Arizona republican., 1904-05-20

cloudy and windy, with a good shower in the valley on the 10th and heavy rains in the mountains. abundance of water in the river: grain crops doing very we'll; hay harvesting in progress; garden stuff has started to grow and is looking fine; good rain on 13th.-J. J. Pool.
 COCONINO COUNTY.
 Flagstaff-Cloudy to partly cloudy days and clear nights the past week. a few light showers, not enough to do any good; seeding progressing briskly, and the ground is in good order; the range is improving fast, and stock of all kinds is doing well.-Chas. c. Moers.
 CHA COUNTY.
 Black Warrior Unusually high southeast wind on the 9th; light local showers in the afternoons of the 10th and 11th, and heavy local rain with some hail on the 18th; conditions look promising for planting sorghum and corn for feed.-John Wog. San Carlos-Much thunder and wind each afternoon, and a few very. light showers; rain in Gila valley above San Carlos, up the San Carlos and on sur
 
 well; spring barley heading out; cotton growing nicely.-Stephen B. Weeks.
 GRAHAM COUNTY.
 Matthews-Week more or less cloudy; three or four light sprinkles; high winds; crops doing fairly well: stock doing somewhat better plenty of mesquite browse; bees swarming and making some honey; garden stuff and potatoes progressing slowly; week warm and sultry; water diminishing John s. Waddill.
 Saford-Previous unfavorable wea- ther conditions continue; clouds threat en rain; cutting first crop of hay well under way; small acreage being planted to corn; grain crops very light; bees doing well on mesquite bloom.-W. E.. Glasscock.
 Solomonsville-Dail showers over stock ranges; alfalfa cutting in pro- gress; average yield estimated at one and one-half tons per acre; wheat which was not injured by frosts look ing well.-E. c. Kinyon.
 MARICOPA COUNTY:
 Alhambra-Hot dry weather and lack of irrigation water maturing grain and alfalfa before they have opportunity 10 make growth; melons growing slowly; crop of apricots very small; first crop of hay very light.-Elliott Evans.
 Mesa-The weather has been exceed inSly threatening, but so far there has been only a sprinkle of rain, and farm ing and ground conditions are as last week, with ground considerably more dried out because of the high winds which prevailed during the week; slight rise reported in river, but not enough to change former conditions to any extent; some grain being cut, but yield will be small.-C. L. Diehl.
 Peoria-Have had plenty of dark. threatening weather, but no rain; april cots are ripe, but crop is light and fruit small; cattle and sheep in good condi- tion for the market; pastures pretty good, but outlook for second crop of alfalfa not bright.-C. E. Kimmel.
 Phoenix--Weather very warm; high, hot winds detrimental to grain; grain filling very poorly; no second crop of hay.-J. P. Orme.
 NAVAJO COUNTY.
 Polacca-Light snows and rains of last week together with warmer nights and less wind, have made the outlook for crops more favorable; no planting has been done yet, however.-C. w. Higham.
 Showlow-The past week has been very warm, with fine growing weather; rain is badly needed; cattle on range getting very poor: crops looking fine;