Arizona republican., 1902-05-12

of knowing there is nothing further to look for in that direction. The enter prise is backed by the leading citizens
 of the town and its object is to find oil. nothing more or less.
 AS TO RAIN-Bisbee, Douglas and 1 Naco enjoyed rains on Thursday and | Friday and at Bisbee the precipita tion | was heavy. The unsettled state of the atmosphere here during the last day
 or two makes rain among the posibil- | ities of the near future. Yesterday about noon there was rather an odd demonstration of the clements. Vari- ous and successive little whirlwin Is passed over the eastern portion of the city. They are called little in compaIi- son with hurricanes, but were large III comparison with the usual little coun- try road WhirlWind One may be de- scribed as illustrating all Of them. it occurred between r. and 1 o'clock The dust between Sixth and Seventh streets ana Madison street and the NJ. S$ P. de pot was so thick from the ground to a
 height of perhaps 300 feet. that one could not see through it. A person standing on Washington at sixth street could not see the depot. even in vague
 outline. The litle cyclone lasted for probably two minutes and passed away as suddenly as it came. These dust storms usually precede rain here. dl though rain not necessarily follows tEe
 dust. That is the disappointing fart oi it.
 COUNTY w. C. T. U.-The Maricopa county convention of the Women $ Christian Temperance Union was ', parlors. May 9. The meeting was
 called to order by the president. Mrs. Colwen of Mesa. Devotional exercises
 the morning session was devot- ed to reports of superinten- dents The monotony of the rou-
 tine work was broken by a solo Ey
 Miss Wilbur. Of Mesa which was most
 beautifully rendered. The noontida
 prayer was offered by the territorial
 president, Mrs. La Chance. Tine Phoe-
 nix union entertained the visiting lel-
 egates at luncheon at the Sixth Avenue
 hotel At 1:30 D. m. the ladies again
 met in the church and Were led in devotions by Mrs. Watrous. Plans of work were given by the territorial superintendent. and an excellent paper on .. <. work and read by Mrs. Ri..e
 Reports of local unions and election Of officers followed. Rev. (. V. Cowan gave an earnest talk. and Rev. Toll gave a beautiful solo. The evening meeting was held in the Baptist church and the programme consisted of music and brief addresses. This was followed by social and reception to delega ,es.
 A WATER ELEVATOR.-A piece of c3 of engaged in farming and whose land IS low enough to warrant the conSider1- tion of any sort oi pumping plant. IS now in operation on the ranch of J. D. Cooper. at the north end of the rail road bridge near Tempe The machine is called the Hercules Gravity Dis charge Elevator, and il can be worked with anything from a single horse pow e! equipment to a steam or gasoline engine. The principle of the elevator is an improvement and enlargement of the old fashioned chain pump. each bucket. however. holding about fo,3,- gallons and the cable passing over two wheels at the top, one of which is plain and the other sprocket. Between the two upper wheels there is ample time and space for the discharge of the Wa ter from the buckets to the receiving box. The machine is being made ny the Phoenix Iron Works and is nos d new invention. It was first built and successfully operated here some years ago, and later the party behind the en- terprise skipped the country. In illus tration of what the elevator can do t is said that the one on the Cooper ranch is now raising 216 gallons i1er
 minute from well twenty-three feet deep and with a single horse power. It is also estimated that that amount of water will nicely irrigate over forty acres of land