Arizona republican., 1909-02-08
WENDEN HAS
 B|G STRIKES Conservatism Begels Only
 Modest Announcements GOOD NEWS IN PROSPECT
Development and Exploita- ton to Follow--Irrigation on Bill Williams Fork. Prize Winning Mules Mak- ing Good in Harness.

respondence of The Republican)-Fri- day was arbor day. It was not cele-
 brated here in the usual manner, but
 was observed as holiday and school was closed. Otis F. Young spent several days
 in Phoenix this week on business. The Wetzler family have moved and are now settled in Judge Josephi's
 house. They find their new quarters very comfortable.
 r The devotees of Terpsichore spent several very pleasant hours in dancing
 at. the school house Friday evening. The infant son of Mrs. Paul New man was i'll several days the latter
 part of the week.
 One of the Corona men, Henry Scholar, is suffering with a felon. and tis in town for treatment.
 Rev. Buie left Friday to conduct
 divine services at Bouse. Rev. J. E. Crutchfield, presiding el- der of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, was in town Tuesday and Wednesday
 Dr. Cartmell was called to Bouse on
 professional business the first of the week. While there he treated the Bouse' physician. the two-year- son of R. O. Morley and several mem bers of the Kyle family.
 Reilly Johnson, who is putting in an | irrigation ditch to water the Reid
 Johnson ranch on Bill Williams land, informed the reporter this morning
 that the work would be completed this
 month: that they had been somewhat
 delayed because the high water in the river prevented the laying of the cement Hume, which extends along the side of the bluff next the river for some distance. Next season this farm will be in a position to furnish garden truck and alfalfa to the mines in Bill Williams district and possibly some in the Wenden district as well. In doing their assessment work on the Queen Sheba group of claims in
 Cottonwood Pass, near Wenden, a short time ago, Messrs. NJ. M. Briggs and S. J. Snapp came upon a fine ledge of ore in the bottom of their shaft. The ore Is free milling and shows So much free gold in the horn
 spoon that the owners are going to 1 put on a small force of men for fur
 ther development If the ore contin-
 ues as 1t has begun Messrs. Briggs and Snapp have a second Golconda- , This is one of the strikes that we like . to hear of and write about. as these gentlemen are both honest. cautious
 and conscientious men, and if they say they've made strike, they have; 1t Is no "hot air boom.
 R. R. Mcdonald of wenden has just
 taken a contract to do further devel- opment on the Victor and Bell Crown
 property. eight miles northwest of
 here. Mir. Mcdonald has put on a
 force of twelve men and will drift on the vein of high grade gold and cop
 per ore which they have uncovered in their 500-foot shaft. They hope to be
 shipping ore within a month. A large
 part of the victor and Bell Creek stock Is owned by Erie, Pa, and Buffalo, N. Y, people. J. H. Matteson of the latter city Is secretary and treasurer and the rest of the officers are local men. President ]. B. Martin of Har- qua Hala and R. R. Mcdonald is vice president.
 The three spans of mules which J. W. Boone recently purchased in Phoe- nix came in overland in fine condition
 and have been used ever since their arrival in hauling out the heavy ma
 chinery for the c. P. Copper Company.
 They will now begin hauling in ore
 from the mine for smelter shipment.
 The mules are fine, strong looking an-
 finals, one of the larger span took
 the blue ribbon at the Territorial Fair in 1908, and the other large span took first prize at the fair of 1907 They cost $500 a span, and the small team ls300. MT Boone finds that he has
 not yet gotten sufficient live stock to
 haul the amount of ore which the
 Cunningham Pass Company will have
 for shipment. and is going in again to purchase two more eight mule
 teams.
 J. M. Burson of Phoenix, who is in terested with J. R., McKinnie, a banker of Colorado Springs. in some mining claims north of here, came in Friday for load of supplies. MT. MeKinnie, Is also interested in the sugar factory at Glendale.
 Watch the columns of this paper for a writeup of the big ore body found about six weeks ago on prop erty in this district Ye reporter in tends visiting the mine shortly and will then be in position to tell all about it. We might have gotten out scare head lines and made big hur- rah long ago. but as the manager of the company very succinctly said: Just wait awhile to see if we have struck the real thing and if it's going to hold out,' and not being one Of the yellow sheet type of reporters that gather news at any cost, we waited
 We are writing the news of Wen dendale district, both social and min ing news, and are trying to help every man build up his business-legitimate- ly-but we also aim to tell the truth.