Arizona republican., 1905-02-22

ed his position. MT. Haller's health has been very poor for sometime past, and his condition is such that he has round 1t necessary to leave the survey. MT. Haller has hosts of friends both in Tonto basin and in Phoenix, and all hope that he may soon recover his good health
 Clayton Bennett who has been in the employ of the survey for sometime past has been appointed as purchasing agent and entered upon his duties on Feb. 13. MT. Bennett is man of wide business experience, and is entirely fitted to take up the position of pur- chasing agent, and give satisfaction both to the government and the public.
 Walter Lubkin, official photographer for the U. s. geological survey. arrived in Livingstone today, after being away from this project for six months. Mr. Lubkin will be employed for sometime taking progress pictures of the var lous work in connection with the pro- Ject. He is a great favOrite with all in Tonto Basin, and spent a good deal of time renewing acquaintances with the old inhabitants of the basin, who were so used to seeing him galloping over the country with his camera strung across his back last summer
 John Futile, contractor for tunnels on the Salt River Power canal. and w. Crowly of Sherer & Co, contract ors for excavation of the canal arrived in Tonto yesterday. MT. Futile told interesting yarns about his crossing. the raging Gila, and of countless and impatient hours spent in Maricopa. He reports that the Phoenix Roosevelt road is in fairly good condition, but says it would be a decided improvement all around if it would stop raining He thinks it damper here than in San Francisco.
 Walter Reidy left for Phoenix from Roosevelt on Monday, MT. Reidy has not been in Phoenix for over a year. He came to Livingstone in February, 1904. and this has been his first oppor- tunity of visiting his many friends in Phoenix and the Salt river valley.
 J. c. Peterson of Mesa arrived in the basin from Mesa on the 18th. When. last seen he was praying for the rain to cease. MT. Peterson has the hand ling of the miscellaneous freight from Mesa to Roosevelt until the 1st of March, when MT. Sachs takes his work up, and he fears that the road will be too soft for heavy teaming if the weather does not clear up.
 The continued wet weather has inter fered somewhat with the various work going on. The cement mill will be ready to go in operation in a very few weeks. Some of the machinery neces- sary for the making of cement has not yet arrived in Roosevelt on account of washOuts on the Southern Pacific.
 The power canal has stood up well under the heavy weather, and no ser ious damage has been done either to the excavation or to the tunnels All tunnels are completed down to Grape vine Springs. which is about eight miles from Roosevelt. Messrs. Futile and Crowley are pushing the work as fast as the weather will permit and will have the canal finished when the government engineers are ready to take care of the water.
 Gordon Van Sant of Washington, D. C.. arrived at Livingstone on the 18th. He will be employed in the accounting department as stenOgrapher and type writer. In addition to these accomplish ments he is a rattling good ball player, having been a member of some good teams in the east and will make the Livingstone team much stronger.
 Baseball has taken a back seat until the sun comes out again, but a game will be pulled off in Livingstone next Sunday between the Livingstone and Roosevelt teams if the ball grounds can be made fit, but just now it looks as if a boat race would be in order in- stead of a ball game.
 MACNULTY.