Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-30
Daily Grist Of
Arizona News.

A rumor is current that the Old Do
minion company proposes to shut down,
on the ground that it is hot union
camp. The union demands $3, and
some Of the most important companies
in the camp have voluntarily advanced
miners wages to $3.50. so the ground at
least would appear very illogical. The
probabilities are that there isno founda-
tion for the report. Globe Times.
Mrs. N. Fl. Chaplin and Judge NJ. M.
Trickey, both Of Washington, Arizona,
were united in.marriage in the parlors
Of the Bellview, Hotel Probate Judge w.
A. O'Connor. officiating in Nogaies. The
Vidette says that the wedding was q
quiet affair, none but q few Of the In
timate friends Of the highly respected
and well known contracting parties being
present. The yidette joins the many
friends Of Judge and Mrs. Trickey
throughout Santa Cruz county in wish
ing them long and happy welded life.
Benson 10 feeling happy over the sue
cess her people are meeting with in
he development Of artesian water. Etz
& Co. have Just finished their we'll at o
depth OF 750 feet. They have flow Of
forty gallons per minute. This well says
the Bisbee Review is located half . mile
below Benson, and demonstrates that
there is an abundance of water in the
San Pedro valley, ali that 10 required 10
utilize it it is TO bore hole deep enough
and it will come up and water the land.
With Artesian water in the San Pedro
valley and the reform school establish
ment there and the development Of mines
tributary 10 that point, Benson bids fair
to be q center OF very considerable
growth and prosperity.
J. E. Brown Of the Free Coinage 10.
loon received word yesterday from New
Mexico that Tom Ketchum, alias Black
Jack" on Thursday confessed that
Leonard Aiverson, Walter Huffman and
William Waterman, who are serving
time in the Santa Fe penitentiary for
mail robbery, at STEMS Pass In 1887.
are innocent and that the robbery waa
committed by viii Carver. Dave Atkins,
Ed. Cullom. "Brcncho'' Bill. Sam Ket.
ehum and himself. He told where the
articles taken at the time might be
found TO prove his assertion. Mr.. Brown
has made several trips 10 New Mexico
In behalf, Of these boys and now has
hopes OF furthering their cause with this
statement Of .Black Jack 3. ."-B Bisbee
Review.
The deed Tor the ground on which the
territorial reierm school is to be built
at Benson, was filed at the Office OF tho
secretary of the territory last week. The
tract consists Of forty acres Of land
southwest of Benson and was purchased
from Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Land. The
purchase marks q step toward the se-
curing Of an institution which 10 cry
ing need In the territory, Gays the
Phoenix Enterprise. At the present
time the small boys Of Phoenix are run
ming lawlessly at large, many of whose
parents are unable or unwilling TO exert
hand Of control. The courts are
powerless except To convict 10 the
county jail or penitentiary and in such
cases the victim would come forth .
hardened criminal. The news OF pro-
gress in the school 10 welcomed by the
officials here.
A party OF United States engineers, in
charge OF H. q. Heisler, passed through
Florence Tuesday ON their way TO the
Tonto Basin, by the way OF Globe, where
they win begin the work Of sounding for
bedrock in the box canyon Of Salt fiver.
It 10 said the dam, when built. will cre-
ate the largest artificial reservoir in the
world, with the single exception Of the
great lake on the Nile in North Africa.
The reservoir site covers over eighteen
square miles, and will get the drainage
from 6000 square miles. The reservoir
will be 900 feet at its greatest depth and
will, according To expert figures, hold
enough water to keep under irrigation
800, 900 cultivated acres below 1t, be-
sides enough tosreclaim. 200, 900 more
acres of desert land. Besides its value
in irrigation, the promoters OF the great
project expect to get enough electrical
power to aid in the operation of mines
at Globe, and. in fact, all mines within
q radius of fifty miles. The estimated