Williams news., 1903-04-11

passed, or since July 1, 1903, over 15,OOO letters have been sent out from the office of Governor Bfodie. Those letters have been official and semi official communications to all | parts of the world, most of them, however, in the territory.-Phenix Gazette
 A botanical laboratory for the study of desert growth will be es- tablished near Tucson. It will be a branch of the Carnegie Institute, which is established in Washing ton, for the further study of all plant life. Ten millions of dollars has been donated by MT. Carnegie for this purpose, and branch labor atories are being established in diff ferent parts of the world to study the flora of the respective sections, and this is the first and only insti- tuition of it's kind in the world for the exclusive study of the desert plant.
 The editor of this paper has vis- ited the underground workings of several mines, and was always glad to get back on the surface of the earth. Would not work under the ground for $2O an 8 hour day, or any other sort of day. As long as we are a live man we will not stay under the ground long at time, and the fellows who do work underground are entitled to an eight-hour day and good pay for same. When a man takes his life in one hand and a few dollars in the other, the dollars begin to look very small.-Prescott Courier.
 The San Pedro Valley Develop ment association is quietly but per sistently carrying on the work to secure government aid to reclaim our desert waters, and each week seems an advanced step toward an ultimate victory. The association is now assured of having a govern ment engineers report to the de- partment at Washington on the feasibility of developing artesian water in the San Pedro valley un- der the reclamation act While here, the engineer will also visit the Charleston reservoir site. and make report on that also.-Ben- son Press.
 Seventeen double deck cars load ed with sheep were shipped over the southern route Tuesday night. They were consigned to George Col lins of Chicago, and were shipped by George Sponsler. one of the largest sheepmen of the territory. He makes his headquarters at Flag staff, but his sheep range through a great portion of the territory. This is only the beginning of larger shipments, there now being orders for cars to carry 10000 head with in the next ten days. The sheep are fat, and are to go to the Chi cago and Kansas City markets Phoenix Gazette.
 The cattlemen of Arizona had better remove their drift fences. and that speedily. The United States attorneys of Arizona and New Mexico have instructions to sue all cattlemen who have failed to re- move their fences, and Uncle Sam will not let up until the last foot of drift fence has been removed. It will save expense and trouble not to wait until suit is brought before fences are removed. The idea that the public lands belong to the cat tie barons and the sheepmen is bound to be abandoned in Arizona, as it has been in other countries.- Phoenix Democrat.
 A. c. Sieboth, superintendent of the Arizona Hancock Consolidated, developing property at the head of Pinto creek, and also of the Lake Superior and Arizona Mining Co.,, operating on Queen creek, returned | on Saturday from both mines. At the Arizona Hancock sinking from the 25O-foot level was started last | waak and ic nrOuraccipu c.tiCfoo