Arizona republican., 1902-07-25

Gage at Tombstone. He had arranged to go back there as soon as the work of re-establishing that famous mining | town should get well under way TRAIN LATE.-It is very likely no mail will be received from southern Arizona towns this morning, as word was received here yesterday that the west bound train due at Maricopa last night was twelve hours late. No req son was given for the delay, but pre- sumab bly it was on account of wash outs.
 BACK TO CANANEA-W. C. Greene and party, who have been attending court in Prescott returned this morn ing on MT. Greenes special car Oli- vette, which was attached to the reg ular train. A special engine of the NJ. X P. company was immediately at tached to the car, and it was taken to Maricopa to meet the east bound train passing there this morning Presum- ably MT. Greene is en route back to Cananea in stead of Los Angeles, as was reported.
 GOOD PROSPECTS.-R. D. French of Prescott. formerly a resident of Phoenix, was here yesterday in the
 
 ports that he is greatly pleased over his mining property, known as the Monitor group, two and q half miles from Prescott. There is one tunnel on the property penetra ting the hill a depth of 300 feet and another is in fifty feet, there being four foot vein of good ore in the latter. The former owners took about S60,000 out of the ,xrhia ic, only a prospect, but a good one.
 JUSTICE GRAY'S COURT-In Jus tice Gray's court yesterday Candelaria Zuniga. arrested for embedding two steers, was discharged. as was Jose Galez. who was arrested for whipping a boy. He admitted hitting the boy who refused to leave his premises, but had several witnesses to prove that he was justified in using harsh discipline. Joseph De Baud was arrested for as saulting a smaller boy by the name Of Williams and twisting his arm. He will be tried this morning at o'clock. The case against Charles Mcfarland Jr. for destroying scenery at the park theater was tried, and judgment was withheld till today.
 COAST EXCURSION-The following named were among last nights M. & P. eXcursionists to coast points: To San Diego-AIr. and Mrs. N. Golf. Mrs. D. M. Hills. Mrs. I. Hobson, Mrs. w. D McBrayer, Miss Eulah Porter, Miss Nellie A. Wright. J. w. Richardson, Miss May McNulty. For San Francisco MT. and Mrs. George Hall. For Cor onado-Misses Lena and Dorothy Mi chelson and Master Abbie Nicholson. For Long Beach-Mrs. Albert Miller and two children. For Avalon-Mr. and Mrs. s. L. Easterling. For Santa Rosa J. s. Tait. Mrs. C. I. Tait, Edna Tait Mrs. E. Van Dusen. For Los Angeles Miss Florence Wilson.
 GET WATER ANY wAY-AIr. c. L. Bowers of Oakland, Cal, writing to The Republican, says: Being interest ed in Salt River valley l can subscribe to your article in last weeks issue re- garding water storage by the govern ment. The moment the government be- gins the reservoir property in the valley will double in value, and the farmers could we'll afford to pay one dollar per acre for ten years for an abundance of water. and would come out many times that amount ahead in increased reve- nue. In the meantime, it seems to me something might be done prospecting for artesian water, which if found would help to put the country on very substantial footing and insure uninter- rupted prosperity. No better invest ment could be made.
 NAVAJO OIL FIELD.-The Petro- leum Gazette. published at Pittsburg Pa, in its last issue contains an article on report printed in The Republican not long ago on the oil fields of the Navajo Indian reservation These oil signs were reported by Deputy Sheriff Charles Slankhard. who had just been through that country with Sheriff Stout in pursuit of a horse thief. Over | a great area the oil wells out of the ground. That country also contains a great many springs, and there is a great coal deposit, the veins in many places coming to the surface. The | country surrounding this region is a 1 desert. There is no vegetation of any sort. About three miles away the h. 1 dians have small corn fields, which are watered from a wash. but they have made no effort to develop any water, though it comes to the surface. The oil region is about thirty-five miles north of Gallup.
 GEORGE ALKIRE TO BLAME.-If the people of this valley who have been concocting schemes for irrigation had spent part of the time trying to induce George Alkire to leave town this agri- cultural community would have been better off than it is. It is well-known
 fact of several years standing that every time he has gone away from
 town it has rained, yet nobody seems
 to have thought of it this time. It has
 been trying to rain for week, for it
 knew that it was about time for MT
 Alkire to make his annual flight He
 got ready last night to go to New York
 and the rain turned loose. He did not
 get away, after all; but that fact was
 kept secret and it went on raining
 just the same as if he had gone. The
 west bound Southern Pacific train Wa
 twelve hours late and a special lei
 here this morning to meet it. Mir. Al
 kire was on board, bound for the coast
 He will go north to British Columbi;
 and east over the Canadian Pacific t, | Boston.