Weekly journal-miner., 1913-01-08
PHOENIX. Will Use Pumped Water.

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 Satisfied, now, apparently with government pumped water for their lands, the Indians of the Gila River reservations have requested the re- clamation service through MT. Thackeray, agent at Sacaton, to complete immediately the project which was left unfinished last spring. Director Newell of the United States reclamation service left yesterday for Sacaton to look over the ground, taking with him Engineer R. E. Peabody of the Salt River valley force, who will examine the work and report an estimate on the completion of the project. The work now done includes seven pumps, finished, a well, canal and some laterals extending from the canal to the land lines of the In dians.
 The fact the Indians are asking for the pump project does not ne cessarily mean they have given up hope of getting the San Carlos dam and reservoir. They still hope for that with a tenacious hope; but they also see the necessity of finish ing the wells and canal lines so the floods of the river can be supple mented by clear water. The objec- ton to the pumped water on the ground 1t contains salt in sufficient quantity to destroy the crops seems to have been forgotten, though there was a strong fight made before the congressional investigation commit tee on that matter last spring.
 Was He Drunk?
 Reading the report of Dr. A. C. Kingsley, superintendent of the state asylum for the insane, and issued by the board of control as its De cember bulletin, Carlos Romero was arrested last evening suspected of being drunk. Careful investigation of the prisoner when he reached the jail, failed to reveal the oder of red wine on his breath and while the charge was not lifted, there is a sus- picion that some other influence than whisky may have turned his head.
 Romero was seated upon the San ia Fe tracks, when the policeman who later arrested him hove in sight The officer paused and over heard words that sounded some thing like this: "It is the general belief that insanity, the most fear ful affliction that besets humanity, IS a hopeless condition and one in which prevention is of no value" |" The English of Romero was not good but the policeman understood and started in amazement
 When he revived from the first shock the apparently intoxicated man was re- ding something which sounded like "and many a person would be restored to health without having been committed to an asy- lum." There was a shudder notice able spreading over Romero's frame as he quoted From 30 to s per cent of insanity is directly or in directly caused by alcohol or drugs" Then he turned a page and found where it says Hard work never caused a nervous breakdown, only when one undertakes work that is beyond his mental or physical ca pacity is serious harm done" And when he came to the line 'Worry is quite an important. factor of some forms of insanity" he fell in a heap muttering That I should worry and get wrinkles?" and then the patrol wagon rounded the corner and the man and the report were bundled of 10 the police station.
 Cattlemen Want More Laws.
 The cattlemen of Arizona are go- ing to take a determined effort dur ing the sessions of the next legisla- tuTe to have a number of matters of importance to the cattle business attended to, and number of rene dial laws passed. These matters are now in the hands of the legislative committee of the Arizona Cattle Growers association and will be drafted into such shape as will per init them to be submitted to the legislature at least for discussion il not for actual passage. Many of them will also be submitted to Gov ernor Hunt so that he may embody them into his call as subjects for the especial attention of the legislators.
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