The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-05

| ing 10 RAPIDLY, ana the machinery Cuh
/ tinucs 90 come in from San Francisco.
| II viii cost 100000 when complete,
and have a capacity OF LOCO tons every
Twenty hours.
Every county in Arizona reports an
increase OF assessed values. Thls Is
due 10 mining and railway develop
ment,
Tie large smoke stacks of the mann
moth boilers Of the Tombstone Consol-
lidated Mines company have been placed
in position Much heavy machinery is
! being installed under the roof OF the
/ large hoist. and in short time me
Ihoisting plant, compressors, pumps
and auxiliary machinery being Installed
! will make Of the Consolidated Mines
tcomnanv hoist one of the largest. best
/ equipped and modern mining hoists IN
the west.
! The Z publican central committee
of Mari,opa county has decided TO hold
/ primaries on September &, and The
county convention on September IL.
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the machinery having already arrived.
4 thirty horse power boiler and six
teen horse power engine will be used.
The water will be furnished from a
well 1lG feet deep.
The local option people of Apache
county are to try their luck soon in
three precincts of the county. 1t IS
/ significant that wherever local option
elections have been held in Arizona,
the anti saloon people have won.
The Chloride smelter blew in last
Friday for a test run of the plant pre-
paratorv to the contractors turning it
over 10 the company The test Is said
to have been successful, and consider
able matte was run out.
The Socialists of ella county have
put a full county ticket in the field.
and will make contest for the offices
Of that county.
George W. Atkinson and w. f. Blox-
ton, two Of the largest horse owners OF
Santa Cruz county. have entered pro-
test against paying the assessment OF
$40 per head on their range horses,
claiming that they are willing to take
50 30 a head for them They are now
contemplating rounding up all of their
mares and shooting all but 20 per cent
of the best OF them.
1t is reported that the Octave COM
pany. operating near Congress. has
(. Of oyt trnFNalN rich [
the 90O-foot level of their mine. The ore
is said to go as high as 5000 per ton,
and the ore body Is five feet wide
though it is probable that the entire
width of the body does not give the
above values.
1t is said that Colonel H, c. Hooker
and e. B. Hooker will gather and ship
all their cattle from Cochise county 10
California and quit the CATTLE busi-
ness. The colonel will hold his Fl ot
Springs place, however,
An alarming situation confronts the
people of the Salt river valley who
have horses and cattle to take care Of.
and that is the fact that there are no
pastures available The long dry
spell has killed off most of the alfalfa,
and nothing remains but the bare
ground.
The fire on the first, second and
third levels OF the United Verde is still
raging. and 500 men have been laid
off as a result.
The officials OF the Ell Paso customs
serN ice have been notified that the
bond OF the FL Paso & Southwestern
railroad company. as a carrier of APP
praised merchandise, has been APP
proved by the treasury department.
The company will now be authorized
to carry dutiable appraised merchan-
disc in bond. between ports Of entry in
the United States and Mexico
l.. Fl. Hamilton, secretary Of the
Phoenix Board of Trade, and we'll
known newspaper man, died at the
capital few days ago of pulmonary
trouble
TO MY FRIENDS.