The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1912-12-21
CIBOLA NEWS
HAPPENINGS
PROSPECT FOR IRRIGATION SYS-
TEN FOR THE VALLEY is VERY
BRlGHT-POLAR BEARS AND
JUNGLE IMPS MEET AGAIN.

CIBOLA, Ariz. Dec &c H. Nc
Donald of the Wide Awake ranch,
who is now residing in Yuma, came
into the valley few days ago ac-
companied by an inspector from the
United States land office Mr. Nc
Donald is interested in securing an
irrigation system for the valley and
is bending all his energies toward
that end. Mr.. Mcdonald and the in
spector are interviewing all the ranch
ers, obtaining opinions concerning the
possibilities of profitably farming
this land without irrigating.
AS a matter of fact, no profitable
crop can be raised from the over
flow alone, and the valley people are
very frank to make affidavit to that
effect
1t is Mr.. McDonald's idea to have
the valley declared desert land and
then proceed to put in an irrigation
system pursuant to the Chapter 67
of the compiled laws of the first ses-
tsiOn of the Arizona Legislature, en-
titled IAN act to provide for the
organization of irrigation districts
If this plan is pursued the water sys-
TEN will be installed by the people
themselves and under their own
/ Tho
in early stages, but there is more
than fair chance that it will go
through.
On the irrigation proposition as
a whole, one thing is certain With
all the various plans and schemes
now in the air, and considering all
the various interests which have an
eye on Cibola, a water system will
be put in. And it is reasonable to
assume that such consummation will
come at no distant date.
Mr.. Ben Seliger, son-in-law of Mr.
A. w. Frankenberg, has come to Ci-
bola with his wife and two sons,
Harold and Madison Mr.. and Mrs
Seliger formerly resided in Ohio and
have come west to take up land and
stay permanently They, however,
have not yet decided whether they
will remain in Cibola or take up
some land in Texas
Your correspondent visited the
school the other day and was de-
| lighted with the interest manifested
and progress made by the pupils. The
teacher, Mrs George Gould, is well
pleased both with attendance and
study records. The school has an
enrolment of ten, and scored per
feet attendance the first month, and
had only seven tardy records. We
would consider that remarkable re-
cord taking into account the dis
tance some of the children must go.
The ten pupils are distributed into
the first, third, fourth and fifth
grades. Some of the supplies order
ed have been delayed and Mrs. Gould
is somewhat handicapped for lack of
d blackboard
BY the Way-can any of the other
schools in northern Yuma county
equa' the Cibola record? One hun
dred per cent attendance and 9612
per cent for being ION time" in
the month of November.
Messrs. Sam Thompson and Karl
Hopping are going to prove up on
their homesteads by committing.
The Land office has set December
26th as the date for appearance with
proof.
Mr.. w. j. Belford is going to
Yuma on the 26th From there he
is to go to Bisbee, Arizona, to work
for a few months.
Messrs. Ralph and Tony Seeley,
Robt. and Ned Barlow and George
Gould went into the mountains for
a week of deer hunting returning
home on the 18th.
The second game in the series be-
tween the Polar Bears and the Jungle
Imps resulted in tie score of
6 to 6. The game was called on ac-
count of darkness at the end of the
fifth inning. The game was signaliz-
ed by loose playing on both sides.
and was really pitchers battle. Rob.
Barlow for the SouthenerS had slight
ly the better of the pitching argu-
ment but inclined to wildness at
times which kept his side from achi
ewing victory. On the other hand the
Northern battery tightened up, com
pared to their Thanksgiving showing,
and pitcher Seeley was not pounded
so mercilessly as before.
Batteries-North End, R. B. Seel-
ey-Tony Seeley.
South End, Rob- BarloW-Ned Bar