Arizona daily citizen., 1901-08-31
ARIZONA
News, Views and
Gossip.

| New Oil Company. Twenty several
oil claims fled yesterday in the record
er's Office indicate that the Gil fever has
not yet let up in this locality. A good
strong company is preparing to put in
boring machinery some miles north Of
town that will throughly test the matter
OF oil in that locality; they are prepar'
ing to 90 down at least 1900 feet in the
search for the oleaginous fluid, If not
more.--Phoenix Gazette.
Arizona la threatening to take from
Kansas the record for tall corn. ID. +.
Kelly assistat superintendent of the
insane asylum at Phoenix took to the
board OF trade rooms, Monday two
stalks OF corn that eclipse anything in
the line ever seen in those parts. They
measure 20 feet in height and each
bears several ears OF corn. A ranch.
man named Spears living near Phoenix
raised the corn. and is said to have an
acre OF IL almost all OF which is as high
as the samples sent to the board oil
trade.-El Paso. News.
ARIZONA Copper Company, Limited -
The directors report that the production
of the mines at Clifton for the month OF
July was 675 short tons of copper. Man
ager Colquhoun states in his cable
"Two furnaces have been shut down in
July in consequence OF construction.
Works all closed down July 3lst; erec-
tion Of plant likely to be hniehed
and smelling commenced early next
month" The production for the month
OF June, per corrected report received
from Clifton, was ssl tons, In place oi
83l as published Engineering and
Mining Journal.
Samuel Fl. King, father OF Frank and
Sam King. met with an accident which,
irwas at first feared, might terminate
fatally. MIR. King was driving home to
his ranch down the valley, and when
near Geo. Miles place his horse became
frightened and ran away. The old gen
tleman was thrown violently from the
buggy, striking the ground with great
force. One hip was fractured and be
was badly bruised up. The fesh in sew
eral places frightfully torn and lacerated
lie was cared for at the Miles reeidence
until physician arrived, and was 80 Be-
riousIy hurt that kilograms were sent u
his relatives al Tucson. We learn thii
evening that Mr.. King, though suffering
from his injuries, ia in no immediate
danger, nut rs he is well advanced In
years skhe accident is considered mos
serisas one.-Yuma Sentinel.
LFAmong the documents filed yesierda,
4 In the county recorders office were ar
ticies OF the Verde Water & Power Co
The incorporators were Augustus G.
Sheldon and Captain z. p. Parker The
articles provide that the board OF direc.
tors are to be named by the incorpor'
ators within twenty days. This is I'M
derstood to be one step in the reorgan'
ization OF the Rio Verde Canal company,
which proposed TO store the food wa
ters OF the Verde river. In 1856 an
amount OF work was done in the cons
truction OF a tunnel at tho Horseshoe
reservoir, and the excavation OF twenty
miles Of canal. This work still stands
and is undertood to be In first class con.
dition. II is said over $500, 600 has
been already expended on the enter
prise. The suspension Of work In 1886
left the company with debts OF about
$4,000 and since that time several
thousand dollars have been spent in
efforts to raise the money to complete
the undertaking. The land to be ir-
rigaked Ia among the finest in Arizona
nkoenix Republican.
y John M. speese and Harry McPhaul
with a number OF Indians left Tuesday
for the headgate of the Rockiand Canal
Company, where the Indians will be set
at work cutting brush and clearing the
right of. way of canal The headgate OF
this company's canal is located on the
Colorado river 20 miles from Yuma,
and is said to be one OF the best loca-
tions for beadgate on the Colorado
river, it being in q solid rock bluff and
will necessitate only few feet OF
tunneling. At the present time the
canal right-of.way is owned by Messrs;
speese, McPhaul and Winsor. the first
named gentleman owing one-half
/ interest. The promoters OF this enter
prise are 10 have canal dug that will i,s
rigate all the land lying between the
Gila and Colorado rivera in the next
six months. There is nearly 10000 acres
in this body of land which adioings Yu-
ma on the east and is known as the Gila
valley and is just as fine soil as can be
found anywhere. Considerable land is
still open for settlement. 1t is the in-
tention of the promoters a. later day
10 fiume the GiIa river and extend their
canal TO the Mexican boundary Yuma
Sentinel.
C. B. Jones, secretary of the South
Bisbee company, arrived in Bisbee last
Sunday, and together with superinten-
dent Beckwith has been inspecting the
ompany's property and others adjoin
ing. gaining a good idea OF what has