The Winslow mail., 1911-05-13
STATE NEWS
Arr 2 O III a
IN BRIEF

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An appropriation is requested for
$4,000 for Arizona fish culture sta
tion
A good roads association, a strong
organization, was perfected at Phoe-
nix April 22nd.
A million and a half sheep are in
Arizona on ranges, producing eight or
nine million pounds of wool annually.
Nogales reports heavy imports of
cattle from Mexico. An average of
10000 to $4,000 head have entered
monthly.
Phoenix capitalists have offered to
establish a central pumping plant in
Sulphur Springs valley to irrigate 20,-
000 acres.
Much attention is being paid to dry
farming in Yavapai county. Many sue
cesses are reported in this line of ag-
riculture.
A highway to Grand Canon from
Prescott and Phoenix via Ash Fork is
assured Work has commenced ada
cent to Prescott.
large tract of $4,000 acres ada
cent to Prescott has been purchased
by eastern capitalists. Land will be
placed under irrigation.
Successful growing of sugar beets
has been demonstrated at Buckeye,
Salt River valley. Large acreage will
hereafter be planted to this crop.
Citizens of Douglas have donated
five acres of land to city for large
park Swimming tanks and other at
fractions will be established at once.
A 0-gallon-a-minute we'll, depth 800
feet, has been developed at San ST.
mon Settlers are taking up land in
San Simon and Sulphur Springs val
leys.
Marble quarries are being developed
at Bowie. Arizona marble is of splen-
did and rare quality New York and
other important markets are calling
for it,
Plans for irrigation of 1000 acres
near Salome are we'll in hand. Con-
| tracts already made for supply of wa
ter to irrigate 5000 acres near Wen
dendale
A summer resort in the Chiricahua
mountains for Douglas and Bisbee peo-
pie is being considered. Ideal site at
Paradise, elevation 5000 feet, springs,
running streams and tall pines.
Monster engines for railroads in
Arizona indicate excellent roadbed
conditions. Engines just received
weigh, filled, over 200 tons; tanks
hold 1000 gallons of water and 5000
gallons Of oil.
Hon. Mark Smith of Arizona, who is
in Washington, says statehood will go
through Congress at this session in
some shape He believes that the
only thing that would prevent it will
be a filibuster in the Senate.
Bandits are taking advantage of the
disturbed conditions in Sonora, Mex
leo, and are pillaging isolated mining
camps and committing murder and rob-
berry by the wholesale, according to
Dan l.. Dodson, mining man who ar
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AriZpe
To thoroughly explore Tiburon ISL
and, the reputed habitation of canni-
balls, and to study the habits and life
of the Seri Indians who live on the
Island, Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Williams
left Tucson for Guaymas, whence they
will embark for the island on the
yacht "Wanderer.'
Ten cars of crude oil have recently
been received at Parker for sprinkling
along the line of the Santa Fe rail-
road between Wickenburg and Par
ker, and the directors of the road have
ordered oil in quantities for the re-
mainder of the line west of Parker to
prepare the road for summer travel.
Refugees from Guaymas, Mexico, to
Douglas, say that 1000 Americans are
penned up in Mazatlan unable to get
away because of the severed railroad
connections and unable to get word to
Washington to send warship to take
them away Gunboats in Mazatlan
harbor prevent any egreSs
1t is reported in Winslow that the
Santa Fe sypstem had discharged all
the negro porter-brakemen serving be-
tween that town and the Needles, a
matter of twenty hands, and had, lin
accordance with the dictates of the
new California law replaced them
with white brakemen, so that all the
brakes now working between the two
points on the passenger trains are
white men.
The Roosevelt dam, at which the
water was turned on by the ex-Presi-
dent on the 18th of March, is 28O feet
high, 700 feet long, 16 feet wide at the
top, ITO feet thick at the bottom, and
contains $4,000 cubic yards of ma
sonry. Nearly 100000 barrels of &C.
ment were used in it's construction, all
of which was manufactured by the gov
| ernmont within half q milo Of this site