Williams news., 1903-05-16

lon or the government was a caICle and sheep man of Apache and Nav ajo counties, is now located at Sac ramento, where he will spend the summer and fall examining lands withdrawn from entry for the pur- pose of establishing forest reserves. Stockman.
 The necessities for great quanti- ties of timber for railway ties em- phasizes the advisability of pre- serving the forests. It has been ascertained that each mile of the 25O,OOO miles of railway in the United States requires 400 ties per year. It takes fifty years to grow a tree that will make three ties, and ordinarily requires twenty-five acres to furnish 400 ties.
 A very important work was started this week which will be of great benefit to the town. w. H. Cooley, exforeman of the water service and the gentleman who had contract with the Santa Fe for developing water supply at Man uelito, N. M.. and who successfully carried out his task, put thirty-fve men to work on the construction of the new water system in the town of Winslow.-Mail.
 Peter DeVilla, the discoverer of gold in the Klondike region, and once fabulously rich, is now earn ing a livelihood by mailing boxes at the Ben Lomond winery, near Santa Cruz, Cal. He has a suit pending for the recovery of one of the rich est mines in the Nome region, but has no means with which to prose- cute it, and the case is likely to go against him by default.
 The driver of the Mineral Park mail wagon was terribly burned at Chloride Thursday morning, the 7th inst. In some manner the wagon caught fire and in an at- tempt to quench the flames the driver lost his head and was burned about the hands, back and arms in a terrible manner. Had not bystanders come to his rescue he would undoubtedly have been burned to death.-Mohave Miner.
 A company is being formed in Phoenix for the purpose of starting a condensed milk establishment in the Salt river valley. A citizen of Prescott is prominently identified with the movement. It is claimed that Arizona imports thirteen car loads of condensed milk every month of the year, or an average which amounts to that much. The capacity of the factory proposed to be started will be seven carloads per month, for which they expect to find a ready market.
 A Mexican named Francisco Ruiz, who died at the county hospital last Saturday night, furnishes indisput- able proof that there has at last been found sure cure for indiges- tion. He carefully located the pain and then placed the muzzle of a "45" against his stomach and let Ter go Gallagher. He had previously tried various other remedies, but this was the only one that proved eff fectual. A woman who tried to prevent what she considered the rash act was accidentally shot through the arm. - Yuma Senti- nel, May 6.
 Claw can do something, but there is no law that the wit of man has devised that can make a coward brave, a fool wise or a weakling strong; if you have those traits. you have character. If you have the spirit that makes you stand honestly, do honestly your duty to those around you, that makes you ashamed to wrong the weak and indignant at the thought of being wronged by the strong; if you have those qualities, you have charac- ter - character into which many elements enter, but three most of all, honesty, courage and the saving ofo