Williams news., 1904-09-17
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
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A. s. Mills, a. former Phoenix newspaper man, is reported to have made a big mining deal on prop ertv near Cave creek MT. Mills has been engaged in mining for the past three years.
 The board of supervisors of Nav ajo county have appropriated $500 for the purpose of repairing the bank of the Little Colorado river at Hoihrook, in order that the town may be protected from being washed away by floods.
 A private letter written to the editor of the Florence Blade by an administration official, who is in position to know whereof he speaks, states that the San Carlos reservoir will be built and that work will be started on 1t very soon.
 Judge Doan is authority for the statement that in one case pending in Graham county in his court, he has counted 150 plaintiffs and has not been able to find out how many defendants. It will take at least four months to try the case, which will probably be referred.-Pros- pector.
 Foot ball will be feature for the first time during the territorial fair in Albuquerque next October. Here tofore, except for a single game a year ago, there has been no foot ball playing during the fair. Teams from four of the New Mexico educa- tional institutions have been en- tered this year to contest for hand some trophies to be offered by the fair association.
 Clifford Pinchot, of the bureau of forestry, in speaking before the American mining congress in ses- sion two weeks ago at Portland, Oregon, said: "One of the miscon- captions of the law creating forest reserves is that it prevents the location and development of min ing lands. You can develop mines in forest reservations the same as you can elsewhere. You can also use the timber on the reserves to assist in developing your mine."
 The Santa Cruz county grand jury found six indictments against John Dessart, four against R. Allyn Lewis and two against l.. F. Swain for embezzlement in connection with the recent failures of the In- ternational bank at Nogales. Bail was fixed at $20O0 on each indict- ment. Two charges against Des sart, two against Swain and three against Lewis were referred to the next grand jury. Dessart, one of the indicted, was committed to the territorial insane asylum some time since.
 The ranger force from now on will be put out in force securing the ranges for "burned brand" cat tie. The COW punchers are round- ing up all over the southern Ari- zona ranges, and thousands uI on thousands of cattle are being brought together in big herds all over the country. The rangers at tend these round-ups, with their eyes open for cattle that have been rebranded illegally. These cattle are cut out and, where possible, re- turned to their owners, whose brands have been changed by rust lers.-Tucson Post.
 Incorporation papers of the Ari- zona. Colorado and New Mexico railway company have been filed at Denver The new corporation is said to be a part of the Southern Pacific scheme to build from Cliff ton, Arizona, to Durango, Colorado The Southern Pacific at the present time has no road to Clifton. Con- meeting with the Espee main line at Lordsburg, however, there is a private road owned by the Clifton Copper company, and it is proba- ble that if the new road to Durango IS constructed ii will iOin the Cliff