Arizona republican., 1906-04-08

tain road. The coloners vacation was
 taken by the doctors orders. as he has
 not been in good health recently and
 an outing was deemed necessary. on
 the way up he was taken quite sudden
 ly ill at Fish creek station and stayed there two or three days, then continu-
 ed his drive to Roosevelt. He returns
 home feeling very much better and
 shortened his stay somewhat in order
 to be here last night for the national guard inspection.
 Colonel McCIintock reports that the turning of water into the Power canal which has been mentioned in these col -
 uInns is a much more important inci- dent than many perhaps realize. Here tOfore the cement mill has been run
 ming at only about half it's capacity ami at a fuel expense of about $50 per day. That expense will now be done ava 7 with and the mill will also be able to run at full capacity. With the sale of power to the contractor the daily saving by the use of the canal is now estimated at $350. The cement mill after the water was turned in ran full capacity until Monday. when there was slight break in the canal that caused a temporary shutting off of the water, 1 but it is no doubt repaired and run ming again by this time.
 Another important item is a proposed | change in the course of the canal fo' | a distance of about a half mile The | recent flood in the river changed the | course of t somewhat near the upper | end of the canal, with the result that | it has cut into the south bank danger ously near the canal Though 1t has l not cut into the canal and may never 1 do so, it has been considered the part | of wisdom to run a new canal for about a half mile, some distance furth- | CT back from the river. so there will
 be no danger of a stopping of the work i later on by the canal washing out l This is something of an undertaking | involving some tunnel work. A force i of 15O men was set al this work a few | days ago.
 1 The river is still so high no work
 can be done op the foundation of the ! dam, but the contractors have two inn 1 mense swing cables across the river | and are rushing the work of stripping | the hillsides preparatory to rushing 1 construction when the suspicious hour l arrives. The 1000 horse power electric | plant is in commission. and the engi-
 neers are preparing for the early in- ] stallation of another plant of the same | size just below the one now running. I A party or NlSllOlS 10 lNDOStNClJ- ln- I cluding Mrs. w. B. CIeary, Miss But i terfield, and Mr. Pysel. guests of Con- 1 tractor Mills and wife, were expected l to return to Phoenix last night.
 1 An Indian who drank wood alcohol | at Roosevelt the other day was added i to the local cemetery soon after. That 1 beverage does not seem to agree with | the redskins any better than it does 1 with the whites.
 1 Colonel McClintock says that him
 self and wife are grateful to EngiueeT ! Hill at Roosevelt and to MT. Maclean
 at Fish creek for many cOurtesies dur . ing their trip. Mrs. McClintock. who | is an enthusiastic botanist and student of plant life, gathered some hundreds
 of specimens during the trip. The hills valleys and deserts are just now array
 ed in the height of glory, especially fo!
 one interested in plant life.