Williams news., 1903-05-02

and who were present at the time of the killing, have agreed to waive all claims to the rewards offered for his apprehension and to have the same paid to the widows of the of fcers killed by him in Bakersfield. Sheriff Lovin, who offered a re- ward of $500 for him, dead or alive, has already paid the amount to the women. On account of his being killed while resisting arrest, it is not known whether the other rewards will be paid or not.
 Engineer Wilmot Pentland had very narrow escape from death two or three days ago. While at tempting to cross the railroad track at Ash Fork he caught his foot in a switch frog and was barely able to get his foot loose in time to escape freight train which was backing down the track at lively rate. In pulling his foot loose he gave it such a wrench that it threw the ankle out of place, necessitating bringing him home to Prescott to have the injured member attended to. He is now able to walk lit tle.-Journal-Min
 When the Tonto Basin reservoir is started by the government there will be lively times in the vicinity of the dam site. The estimated cost of the enterprise is placed by the government surveyors at $2, ,50O,- GOO and that it will require 500 men four years to complete the work. After the reservoir is completed Phoenix will experience a boom which will be quite welcome to the old-timers who have never lost faith in the future greatness of the capital city, though at times dis couraging clouds have hung over the place.-Democrat.
 Hon. E. s. Perkins, republican member of the council from Apache county in the Twenty-first legisla- ture, has purchased the Wicken- burg News-Herald from the Hall brothers. MT. Perkins is already the owner of two papers, Ships and St. Johns Herald. Those two pa pers will be looked after by Mrs. Perkins. MT. Perkins left this morning for Wickenburg to take possession of his new property. The former owners of the paper will give their time to the mining business, in which they have been extensively interested for some time. -RepuDl1can.
 The railroad people are drilling q we'll at Yucca. The hole will be a 14-inch bore and will be drilled to depth of 1000 feet. A standard rig is used. The old we'll at that place has practically given out and the necessities of the company de- mand that better supply of water be furnished. All along the road the company is bettering its water supply and preparing for a big rush of business next fall and win ter. It is expected that the road will be rushed to the utmost of it's carrying capacity during the years 1903 and 19O4.-Mohave Miner.
 There arrived here Tuesday a party of seventeen men from Ari- zona comprising survey party of the Santa Fe. They left here with supplies Wednesday for Parker, go- ing overland by the county road. They will run preliminary line from a point near Parker, connect ing with the lines which have al- ready been run from Congress and Wickenburg, intersecting the main line of the Santa Fe near Amboy, west of here. The line from Con- gress to the Colorado river is ninety five miles long and the one from Wickenburg is 115, with a maxi mum grade of one per cent. It is expected that the line from the river crossing to it's intersection with the main line in California will not exceed one per cent