The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1902-01-02
ARIZONA WEEK BY WEEK.
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Clarence ii. klnR, "iueIy ku'"b da
ne minin. expert and engineer, died
at Phoenix last week. He was asso-
ciatcd with the organization Of the
United States geological survey.
Mr. o. y. Williams, formerly of the
Salt River valley, has recently located
in Graham county and become inter
ested with Mr.. J. w. Wilson in the
Improvement OF land in the artesian
district. They now have two flowing
wells and are now working on a third.
These wells will irrigate about 10 acres
OF fertile land which will be cultivated
next season. Mr.. Williams is the gem
eral agent in the valley FOR the Fancher
Creek Nurseries, located at Fresno,
Cal. He will b., a~sisscd ny Mr., WIZ
sou in thorough canvass OF this sec
tion for the sale of all manner OF trees
and shrubbery Bulletin.
The lower Colorado valley Of Yuma
county is certain to be the garden Of
Arizona. That section enjoys perpet-
usi summer. The soil is fat with agri-
cultural and horticultural wealth.
The finest oranges, lemons, lines and
dates are produced there Cf any section
in the United States The waters Of
tho Colorado river are inexhaus.ible.
II IS the richest in vitality Of any
known river There is an abundance
OF land to be reclaimed and cultivated,
the products OF which command most
e.. 1 1..s.,
Indicate tho future OF the Colorado
river valley in Yuma county, as we'll as
the future OF Yuma citv.-Star.
George Emmonds, n man about 81
years Of age, was bi: on the hand by
skunk Friday night, while sleeping on
the ground a short distance below
Cottonwood Shortly after Q o'clock
he was awakened by some animal walk
ing on :he canvas with which he was
covered, and threw out his hand pre- /
paratory to getting up. Just rs soon .
as the hand appeared from under cover .
the skunk grabbed it aud put his teeth .
through the fleshy part just below the .
little finger of the right hand, and it
WAS only after sOmo trouble that the
animal was prevailed upon to let go
his hold. After killing the skunk, one
OF the large kind, Emmonds came di-
rect to jerome, where Il physician
dressed the wound. y subscription
list was at once started by Johnny Fain
and jeff Davis, with the result that
Emmonds left this morning for Chicago !,
;,-....--seTod d.-Jcror'fe
''e"'' ,a., whcu detachment
o, soldiors wcr,seo wcrS t Of tho Indian scouts,
FORT GranoSe drinking, were in the
who h''.,e soldiers. Soon the post
reuy came along from Wilcox and
d. one of the Indian scouts lying
.'',' in the road, having been shot
cough the head. Tho othor scout
,sappcarod. As soou as the new, of
ho Eillin. reached the post Il dotach-
nent of soldiers and scouts we're sent
n pursuit Of the murderer, Sunday
Norajildo Grjjalva with party
u scouts were at the Starks ranch |
nd told J, \. Gillespie, who now I
ivos therc, that ha had trailcd the 4
Missing Indian from tho sccac or the /
,illirg to tho foot hills of the Dos |
'ahezas, when he turned aud circ)cd -
round Ivy the Mckinley ranch aud the I
lonk ranch, II Is supposed that the e
indian Is oithcr trying to mako his -
Iay back to Fort Grant or to tho san u
'arlos reservation, tie viii probably y
~ capturod,-Buucttn, h
\ correspond ent ~ the Phoenix u
,UIctto, sondS the following from Coa' "
hclla, California, which /, ~ Interest 7
. ArigonAns; Many " your readers Ct
ocol)rct ndio, california, aS hoiug an
osls on the desert bat Il is no longer y
u, but ualy a station Ia tho Cuachvlla
alley, whore land is worth $50 per o.
rro and whcrc the dcrriCks ~ the ~
oil boring machines which bring forth Il
hc ertcsian water that mako, the val "
" 80 lively, almost reminds ono " an H
Il ilrcgton, Coachclla, the coming town lo
the valley sprung up IN u nightas 1t W
ere. When l returned to Phoenix m
last October | passed we'll boring j,
achinc planted in the sage brush by G.
,c roadside, and to my surprise when p,
returned hero about the first of De- ii
,mber | found town with water ar
ipes laid through the principal streets IN
applied bv the artcsiau well that | on
w them boring only Il few weeks be. 70
re. What caused the rush toward m
sitting this valley was the great success ST
ley had in raising early melons. to
ONE OF the growers realizing SI30 per to
re after paying freight and commits
on. 1t is hard to realize all this 20
= on from twenty 10 two hundred al
ct below sea level. They have dc
,wspaper published here called the fe
lbmarine because it is below the sea w
vel. h,