Arizona republican., 1909-02-20
RURAL ROUTE NO. 8.

Mrs. E. G. Watkins went over to her ranch in the Wilson district to plant corn last week.
 MT. List seems to be a rolling stone. About four months ago he traded ranches with John Shawver, and now he has traded again. This time A. S. suIorpe puBI s1H -WnoIA sql sI I9IsoV MT. Lists, so they traded the twenty acre tracts on which the houses stood. and Mir Mosier bought the other twen- ty acres from MT. List; consideration s125 per acre.
 Mir. Shiflet and the mall man have traded horses. MT. Shiflet liked the horse the mail man left there while driving his bronco, and, thinking the bronco would be a better driver than 1 it, traded. Both parties seem to be pleased
 MT. List took home a bunch of fruit trees yesterday.
 H. F. Smith has been hauling J. J. Casey's baled hay to town for the past week. The last of a 17O-ton lot went in yesterday. It is fine alfalfa and brought S15--the top notch.
 Albert Rhodes was a visitor at Ven sers for a few days last week.
 S s. Green is spending few days in Los Angeles on business trip.
 J. c. Mudersbach finished shearing his sheep last week He would like for the parties who borrowed some of his sheep to return them, as he needs them.
 Our mail man distributed some lit erature on the advantages of stamped envelopes yesterday, and he wished to state that he has a supply on bond at all stimes. with the route number printed on the return card. He also wishes to inform his patrons that all postal cards bearing mica, tinsel or any substance which will rub off. must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and a two-cent stamp placed on the out side of the envelope; otherwise, 1t win not be accepted.
 Colonel W. H. Whigam of Chicago was a visitor to our part of the valley Tuesday and Wednesday. Colonel Whigam Is a cousin of Major F.. M. Lamson and came to look into the af- fairs of the Ernest c. Lamson estate. which he found in excellent condition. He was particularly enthusiastic over the Lamson ranch of eighty acres on North Central avenue. When Major I.amson assumed charge of this tract of land as administrator last october it was nearly all covered, more or less, with brush and weeds, twenty acres being a wilderness of sage brush, mesquite and palo verde Major Lam son has proved as successful in run ming a ranch as in conducting a bust- ness college. Colonel Whigam found the whole tract ditched, bordered, plowed and sown to grain, on which sixty head of steers were being pas tured Colonel Whigam visited the McNeil- Wylie ostrich farm, the olive and orahge orchards toward Camel Back, and the older cultivated lands west of the city. It is needless to say that Colonel. Whigam thinks the future of the Salt river valley is brighter than any other section of America. Colonel Whigam is a veteran of the Spanish war, an officer of the First Illinois cavalry. and range officer for the state of Illinois. He is on a trip to San Francisco and expects to be in Chicago by the first of March.
 Mrs. Mary E. Brown of Los Angeles, mother of Mrs. George Alkire, will ar rive in Phoenix Sunday morning to spend a month. She will be accom- panied by her son, Harry Brown, and his wife, who will stop over for a couple of days.