The border vidette., 1932-03-19
DEVELOPMENT NOTES FROM
ABOUT THE STATE

ABOUT THE STATE
| Bisbee- Business very quiet
and no building of consequence.
Mines operating on three day
week basis.
Flagstaff-Highway construc
ton projects on Nava-Hopi road
between Cameron and Desert
View, and in Oak Creek, pro.
crossing rapidly. Storm damage
10 Oak Creek highway much e1.
aggerated. Considerable losses
of cattle and Indiap reservation
sheep reported as result OF cold
weather this winter. Prospects
for summer tourist travel appear
favorable. Flagstaff preparing
for largest Indian show ever at
tempted here, with 5000 Navajo,
Hopi, Apache. Hualpai and Supal
Indians expected for Southwest.
ern Indian Pow Wow July ga.
Globe-Mining activity con.
tinues below normal with no i'm
mediate outlook for improve.
ment. Heavy rains have i'm.
proved range conditions aud pro
mise abundant feed.
Kingman-Business conditions
unchanged. Mining activity
about the same except that q
humber of men have been put to
work at Katherine mine. Ranges
in very good condition following
continued rains. Oiling of u. s.
66 highway from Kingman to
Oatman nearly completed. Con.
vention of U. S. 66 Grand Can.
yon Boulder Dam Highway as
sociation to be held in Kingman
March 81 %.
| Nogales-Much activity in soil
preparation for new crops. Con.
ditions excellent for both irriga.
ton and dry farming. Ranges
and cattle in very good shape.
Imports and exports through
port of Nogales in February
tosaled 1925 978, against $l.OO3,. !.
376 in January and So 2,O63, 1881 in
| February a year ago.
Phoenix building permits is.
sued in February amounted 10
| $685. compared with $46.718
in January and $2O6.375 in Feb.
ruary, 1881. Spring lettuce ship.
ments to begin in few days.
| Prescott-Heavy storms have
| left abundant moisture for ranges
and farmers. Yavapai Cattle
Growers association formed to
advertise Yavapai beef. Winter
guest ranches report good busi.
ness. Work to begin soon on
5000, 600 water-syste expansion
projsct. Smoki Ceremonials and
Snake Dance set for June IL,
with Prescott Frontier Days and
Northern Arizona State Fair
July to 4.
| Safford-Grain planting delay.
ed to some extent by wet
weather. Wheat and barley acre
age will be about at 10 per cent
larger than last year, with cor.
responding decrease in cotton.
Prospects for range conditions
best in many years. Work to
start soon on oiling of 19 miles
of U. S. highway 1870 near Bylas,
completing surfacing of this
route from Arizona New Mexico
line to Phoenix.
Tom stbne-Tourist and gen.
eral business slow. Raoges ia
fine shape, with plenty of water
and grass. New $85, 200 road job
between Bisbee aud Tom bstone
we'll started and $4,000 job be.
tween Tombstone and St. David
up for bids in few days. Consid.
erable scouting of lead-silver
properties in district.
|
Tucson-Building permits for
February totaled $28. .5l8, against
$21 ,93l for January and $5O,721
for February Of last year. Out
look for range conditions excel.
lent.
Williams-Saginaw and Man.
istee Lumber company resuming
logging operations. Oh surfac'
ing of last seventeen miles OF
new highway between Williams
and Grand Canyon to be started
within sixty days. Olympic
games and many large national
conventions on Pacific Coast this
summer expected 10 stimulate
Northern Arizona tourist travel.