Arizona republican., 1909-04-25

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 townsite shows above the water now
 except where Romo had his bake
 oven and Francis Cooper's old corral,
 together with the old adobe last oc-
 cupied by J. w. Miller. The water
 is beginning to wash the base of the
 walls of the latter. on the shores
 opposite the new town the water
 touches the hills for miles. None of
 the flat land at their base shows at
 all, but many feet under water. All
 travel up the Tonto mas to be car
 ried on over the high line road, as it
 is impossible to get nearer to Roose-
 welt than four or five miles up the
 west side of the Tonuo on the old or
 lower road.
 We spoke in the fore part of this
 article of the area Of the lake cover
 ing some 3,0S0 acres and also men
 tioned the fact that the rise averaged
 a foot a day during the last four days Just figure out what must be coming in from the rivers above per
 diem to raise the lake one foot in twenty-four hours over this area, and not counting the outflow at the same time through the gates of the dam. I figure it at over 1000, 100000 gallons a day. And they told me when I came it did not rain in Arizona.
 D. s. Tovey. county surveyor for Gila county, under orders of the board of supervisors to make an in spection of the country lying be-
 tween the upper end of the govern ment road that extends some twelve miles up the Tonto, and the com mencement of the grade at OK Bow hill, taking the west side of Tonto Creek all the way, reported that the plan was feasible for good road over the entire distance at a small outlay. That nowhere would 1t be necessary to make a grade of over per cent. It would be necessary to build only three bridges and that for several miles at a stretch all that would be necessary would be to cut the brush out of the way.
 Another important advantage will be the elimination of the water cross ings. The old road as it now stands leads through the Tonto basin streams a number of times, and during severe weather these crossings are rendered very dangerous by a rise of water in them, and also by quick sands. The water often reaches above the bed of the stage wetting the mail and placing the lives of the driver and passenger in jeopardy, with an addi- tional chance of losing tho mails, which are very heavy on Siis run, and also the stage and hor2-as. With the road built through the route takeh by MT. Tovey, there would be no crossing of streams, no quicksand and also there would be no heavy sand to haul through. But all this new work is only supposed to reach of the foot of the grace on OK Bow hill. The grade up this hill is very severe and dangerous and the board of supervisors. while they are about 1t, would do well to take this in hand also. Then the Payson country would receive a benefit of which they are In great need-a good road all the way through. We are informed that there is a movement in foot in Pay son to raise money to help put this latter section of road Tn good condi- jon. But the supervisors should also assist them and make it a go, as it Is bound to cost more than the peo- pie up there can stand individually. MT. Tovey was accompanied on his rip by w. s. Sultan, ex-mayor of Globe, and also by Judge J. C. Evans, )f Roosevelt. The new road, if built, l will pass by the Bronson, Henderson md Clanton ranches. Supervisor Rose s strongly in favor or building it while Supervisor Ryan is on the 'ence.
 It seems that we can't get along | lere lately without a chapter of acci- l ients each week. An italian by the name of Crosse Franco, who was at the clay pit and had 1 ,harge of the blasting there, started l o spring a hole last Monday, using | l short slow fuse. The blast not go- ng off as per schedule MT. Franco 1 proceeded to investigate it. Just as ne dropped a new piece of dynamite l nto it the old charge exploded. The | -ammer he was using was blown | through his windpipe, while the man himself was raised a couple of feet in 1 he air and carried over an embank- nent about fifteen feet down. He was -emoved to the hospital as soon as possible He is expected to recover | n a short time.
 Jack Barber and otis Mcintyre in | iulged in quite lengthy swim out n the middle of the lake last Sunday. | They were out in Macs sloop and | were diving off the boat and climb ng back again having all sorts of l good time. Unfortunately they had | he sail up but swinging loose. Just | IS both took a dive into the lake a | strong gust of wind caught the sail, | which somehow got caught hard | enough to catch the wind and the | boat sped off up the lake like a | loming pigeon just let loose from | captivity. The boys, seeing their | plight, started to swim after the re- ,eding boat, but soon saw that thei | fforts were futile, ana turning com nenced to swim for the shore, which vas more than a quarter of mile way About this time Hugh Carr md wife, who were passing in a mall boat saw their plight and went O the rescue. Both were taken in he boat and taken to shore, being Iearly frozen before they could land, wing to their long stay in the cold water of the lake, after which the air ,laying' on them made it so much verse.
 A couple of Mexicans were cut nd bruised up by a car running way with them last Saturday at the
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