Arizona republican., 1904-08-31

cerned. It is that of the estate or Josephine Elvey which has been an open incident since the year 1898. Thomas k Elvey was the first admin istrator and on his subsequent death in 1901 Mike c Wall became 'eXecWtor. The estate was known to consist Of l6O acres of land west of Phoenix. which on the first apraisement was va lued at $4S00 It was also intimated and alleged that there had been othet property belonging to the estate, but if any other funds or realty existed 1t was never disclosed. Several dissen- sious occurred from time to time and some of these became the subjects oc appeal to district court. However, everything is now adjusted and there are, hopes of immediate and final set clement MT. Wall filed his final ac count with Judge Phillips yesterday and entered a petition for his dismiss sal The case has been a much cele- l brated one.
 THE ARICA MINES-Col. c. H. Gray expects next month to return to his Arica mines which are forty-five miles northwest of Ehrenberg. He was in i'll health for a long time be- fore coming home the last time but is now feeling very much better and is | going back to transform the property from a promising young mine to a biG | producer. Several parties have investi gated it with a view to purchase but few of them would consider MT. Grays 1 figures and those who did seemed to
 fnd at the last minute that they 1 couldn't raise the money. All of them | however, agreed that it was a fine property but needed more development There is one shaft 13O feet deep and another 150 feet deep. MT. Gray pro- poses to continue sinking the deeper shaft ill he gets clear to the place | where they make the gold, and ac- company the development in other ways by such methods as seem proper He says though that when he does this
 work the man who buys the mine vii
 have to pay for it. He must have d fal check book and be able to play up ir the neighborhood of half million
 He's got a good thing and proposes Io keep it unless he can sell ]. right
 MIR. MANCHESTER BUsY-D. w
 Manchester, special agent of the h.
 dian office, is working hard in tn. AA e1 " HIS bD O4 uGtuS lIOlll tue SelIieI; having claims on the south half of tlte Mcdowell reservation, to the govern ] ment. He expects to finish this work this week. The deeds will then havs
 to be sent to Washington for appro-
 val and final payment will be made immediately on their return which vii
 probably be two or three weeks hence Mir Manchester it will be remembered
 also closed up the affairs between the | government and the settlers on tn,
 north half of the reservation last spring. After leaving here he was sent to the northern part of Michigan
 where he spent the early part of the summer. His duty there was the view ing and valuing of allotments to about
 200 Chippewa Indians. He says he spent his time there most deligatfully the summer climate being all that one could wish for. He slept nearly every night on the ground, either in tents or in the open under heavy blankets. The lakes and water courses were a con- tinual pleasure am are filled with many kinds of fish, the most engag- ing of course being the speckled trout
 He has no fault tC find with Phoenix and likes it in the winter but all other things being equal he prefers north ern Michigan in the good old summer time.