Arizona republican., 1909-02-03

steps leading to incorporation had been cerefully taken under the direction Of the attorney general of the territory.
 Wickenburg has been growing very
 impatient under what has seemed like an unnecessary delay. But everything
 will be forgiven and forgotten if the
 promised action of the board is taken
 early this week. As there must be
 census taken of the inhabitants within
 the corporate boundaries of the pro-
 posed new city, to be followed by ap
 election to vote yes or mo" on the
 question of incorporation. and later on by another election to determine who
 the municipal officers shall be- and as
 each of these progressive steps must
 be preceded by legal advertisement as
 prescribed by the statutes, some of the
 elderly citizens of the town are fearful
 that they will not live to see Wicken-
 burg an incorporated city unless the movement continues to move.
 The extent to which Hassayampa
 water is relied upon to keep things moving in this section of the territory is indicated by report recently issued from the general offices of the Sant2 Fe, Prescott and Phoenix railroad, which shows that the amount of water furnished by the Wickenburg pumping plant in 1908 was considerably in eX
 cess of that supplied by any other sta- ton on either the main line or branch
 es of the system, including the Ari- Zona and California line. The pump ing station at this point. whichs is in charge of J. Willis, in in operation only a hnrrr nr each fpTpnnnn hIf it could be kept running twenty-four hours a day indefinitely without ma terially lowering the water level in the railroad well. And other wells of equal capacity can be sunk anywhere on the Hassayampa bottom lands in the Wickenburg region. Indeed, there is no point within the square mile Of Wickenburg's proposed corporate linn its. not even on the bluffs of the west side district. where an abundant sup ply of excellent water cannot be at tained by going down to the river lev el This is one of the important as sets that Wickenburg banks on in figuring out her future destiny.
 All indications point 10 an early and l decided increase in mining activity in | the Wickenburg districts. The Octave | Is only awaiting the completion of the | Central Arizona Electric company's big l power plant to begin extensive mining | and milling operations. The Interior | is getting it's affairs in shape to re- sume business at the old stand. The l Monarch is rapidly perfecting plans | for the installation of a new reduction | plant of a sufficient capacity to meet ! its requirements. The Copper Belt has | most of the machinery on the ground | for a tcn-stamp mill. The old Vulture | is once more crushing its famous high | grade ores. and is steadily advancing | its preparations for more extensive | work. In short matters generally are l on the up grade. and the time when | Wickenburg will resume her old-time | commanding position as a mining cen ter is drawing appreciably nearer.
 The circular enclosure near the rail road just south of town. with its pali sace of railroad ties stnding on end six inches apart and strongly wired. is not an elephant compound. or new kind of circus ring, or a herding place for hoboes. as has been variously conjec- tured by facetious observers on pass ing trains. It is simply an unusually well-built corral designed for the safe keeping of William Hollands bunch of wild young horses.
 The new lessee of the Holland ranch. \. NJ. Palmer formerly of Phoenix. is a brother of Mrs. Dr. Keith, and well known to many Wickenburgers. It is MT. Palmer's. design to convert the ranch into a dairy farm, and his pro posed enterprise will have the cordial good wishes of the people of this com munity, most of whom have heretofore been compelled to rely on the tin COW" for their milk supply.
 MT. Holland, being compelled by the terms of his lease to vacate the old ranch house. which. by the way, is one | of the landmarks of this section. hay | ing been erected and occupied long ago by Henry Wickenburg himself. has built new house just across the rail- road track, on one of the most slightly |! locations in or about the town.
 The foundation walls of the new Presbyterian church were completed last week, and work on the building | will be pushed as rapidly as possible.
 s. B. Mattingly of La Belle, Mo, re- joined his family here Sunday morn ing, after an absence of several weeks. His son, Wayne Mattingly, continues to improve in health, and expects to return to Missouri in the early spring