Arizona republican., 1906-07-15
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GONE TO THE SPRlNcS-W. A. Parish, went up to Iron Springs last evening to spend Sunday with his fam fly
 NON PRESIDENTS LISTED-Secre- tary Parker of the Water Users asso- citation is preparing a list of non- resi- dent shareholders in the association for the use of the associations attor- ney. There are about 200 non resi- dent shareholders and after the list is completed, those who have made an- swer to the priority suit, will be check ed off and the remaining names will be turned over to be used in the is- suing of summonses.
 SANTA FE OFFICIALS - There were a lot of Santa Fe traffic off cials in town yesterday but they crawl ed up into the Bradshaws to spend Sunday. General Freight and Passen- ger Agent F. A. Jones spent the day here. A. L. Powell, travelling freight and passenger agent returned yester- day morning from Tucson, where he has been to work up a Grand Canyon excursion for the near future Both these gentlemen, accompanied by Gen eral Agent w. s. Goldsworthy, were passengers for Prescott on yesterday afternoons train.
 DEATH OF A WICKENBURGER The Los Angeles Times of the 18th, in its Santa Monica correspondence of the 18th, carries the fol owing item: James D. Collins of Wickenburg, Ariz., who died at his apartments here last night, was one O. Santa Monicas earliest pio- neers. He came here in 1875, when the town was just starting, and made 1t his home until failing health sent him seven years ago to higher altitude in the hope that a change of climate would restore his strength Three weeks ago he came here to visit rela- tives. He was suffering at the time from heart trouble. MT. Collins, who was 49 years of age, leaves a widow and three childr en. He was the brother of Mrs. John Connolly of this city and built the house on Utah avenue in which the COnways now reside"
 MORALES WATER WORKS - No gales is about to Fo further protected from fire by an emergency reservoir, | concerning which the Oasis says: The big emergency reservoir being built by the Nogales Water company on the hill on the east side of town will have capacity of 600,0O0 gallons and will re- quire a years time in it's construction. The reservoir is being eXcavated for on the ground recently leased to the water
 
 emergency reservoir. A force of men is at work making a large open cut into the hill, which will be continued | for one hundred and ten feet, when a depth of twenty feet below the top Of the hill will be had. Excavating on 1 each side of the cut will be com menced and the basin will be 150 by | forty feet in dimensions, with a depth ! of twenty feet. It wi be bottomed | with cement, will be walled with brick | and asphalted and painted with odor- less elastic paint"
 FOREST NURSERY-A forest nur- sery for the raising of young trees with | which to reforest the Arizona ranges | is to be established on Mount Graham | in Graham county. The Stafford Jour | nal says: Forest Assistant L. C. Mil | Ter, who recently came from Washing | ton for the purpose of establishing | forest nursery on Mount Graham has i ordered the requisite amount of yellow | pine seed from Fort Bayard station, | and has a force of men at work on the | construction of an experimental sta ton at Chlarson's mill. MT. Miller has | just returned from a visit to the PinaI | reserve, where he contemplates making | experiments in the future | With Ranger in Charge Marshall Mil Ter made two trips into the country | beyond the reserve, one of them to the [ Superstition range, which probably | soon will be added to the Pinal reserve. | An interesting feature O; one of these ! trips was a visit to the Pinal ranch | for the purpose of examining a Spanish | cork oak tree planted there twenty | seven years ago by MT. Ralph Iron, | who still resides at the ranch" The | cork tree spoken of above is a real | novelty in Arizona and is the only one 1 in the territory, perhaps in the whole | United States. except in some botanical | garden. It was described at length in | The Republican several months ago by | a man who had seen 1t.