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THE WILLIAMS NEWS
LOCALS.
A. E. Macomber was a passenger
east on Thursday evening's No. 2.
F. V. Watkins arrived in the
city Thursday evening from Ash
Fork.
Mrs. Ed Crowe, of Ash Fork, has
been visiting in the city with rela
tives during the week.
Mr. Wm. Smoot, Sr., left Thurs
day for the canyon country
where his son William is engaged
in hauling ore for the Canyon
Copper Co., having one of the
numerous six-horse teams employ
ed in this work.
At a meeting of the democratic
central committee held Thursday
in Flagstaff, the following named
were elected delegates to attend the
statehood conference at Phoenix on
the 20th: T. A. Riordan, George
Babbitt and E. S. Gosney, of Flag
staff; J. B. Jones and 11. F. Ash
urst, of Williams. The following
were elected alternates: Kotert J.
Walker and J. W. Weatherford, of
Flagstaff; James Walsh, J. Salz
man and I). L. Cunningham, of
Williams.
The dance at Silvernail's ojera
house last night was well attended
and a most enjoyable time was had
by all. The music by Profs. Watkins
and Hahn was of the kind that
rould not be excelled anywhere
while vocal solos by Messrs. Hahn
and Cashman whiled away the
intervals letween dances and
added greatly to the pleasure of
the occasion. The elite were out
in full force and may numlier the
dance last night as one of the suc--esses
of the season.
Married At the home of the
bride's parents in Redlands,CaI.,at8
o'clock last Friday evening. Edith
A. Davenport and Robert S. Gra
ham. This will be news to many
of Bob's friends here who had no
thought that he was of a matri
monial turn. Robert is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Graham
who recently removed from this
-ity to Redlands, as they expected,
to make a home for their son who
has a good position there, but it
appears that Bob had other plans.
May they all work out well, is the
wish of the News for the young
and happy couple.
Letter List.
The following is the list of letters
remaining uncalled for at the post
office, Williams, Arizona, for the
week ending October 19, 1901.
These letters will be sent to the
dead letter office November 9,1901,
if not called for before that time:
Holden. Miss Llllle
Lobato. Alberto
Malar. I. ii Is
"I I Das. Rleardo
Perea. Slnto K
Pen-lla. BMel
Rasbnrn. Mr L H. 1
Hammers. Anirust
Tnnrda, Hlcenti
WlD.or. MIm llattte
Westorer. Mra O O
Irmendaris, Areren
Hara. Abel
Brown, J S
My-mea. O K
'artier. Sylvester
fanjsa. Imnlnfo
' have. Joae K
I'rns. Callelano
UrnpHT. William
Fowler. Ed. 3
utieres. Mariano
arcia, Narclcla
Persons calling for the above let
ters should say "advertised."
E. IL Smpsox, P. M.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sarano re
turned from Prescott and are visit
ing with Mrs. M. C. Sharpneck
this week.
Sunday Meetings.
There will be the regular meet
ings at the Methodist Episcopal
church tomorrow. Morning preach
ing service at 11, and evening ser
vice at 7:30. Junior league at 3 p.
m. Parents are urged to send their
children to the junior league meet
ing. The public is cordially invited
to all services.
W. C. Geyer, Pastor.
Imperial Land Company.
Southern California is just devel
oping the most extensive and im
portant irrigation system to be
found in Arid America. The loca
tion of this enterprise is on the
Colorado delta, and the water for
the reclamation of that country is
taken from the Colorado river.
In extent, the land to be re
claimed under this system includes
about 500,000 acres in San Diego
county, California, and about 300,
0O0 acres across the line in Lower
California.
The California Development Com
pany has charge of this work, which
is generally known as the Imperial
Canal System.
Although water for irri Rational
purposes did not reach the Imperial
settlements until the middle of
June of this year, over two sections
of land have been planted to crops.
A large number of families are
now moving into the settlements,
taking in teams to work on the
canal system for a while, after
wards to be used in putting in crops
and improving the lands of the
settlers.
A railroad is to be next on the
program. The Los Angeles, Im
perial and Arizona Railway com
pany is being incorporated to build
a standard guage railroad from
Yuma through the Imperial settle
ments in a northwesterly direction
to Los Angeles, or to a connection
with some other line of railroad
that will give entrance to Los An
geles under favorable conditions.
On this line of railroad are located
the towns of Imperial, Paringa and
Calexico. This company also pro
poses to construct a branch line
from the town of Imperial in a
northerly direction through the
town of Ranchita to a connection
with the Southern Pacific; also a
branch line from the town of Calex
ico in a southerly direction to the
headM the Gulf of California; also
a branch line from the town of Ran
chita down through the Eastside
settlement on the east side of Carter
river through the towns of Eastside
and Ganges, to a connection with
the main line at Imperial, or some
point on the main line south of that
town. Work of grading the line
from the Southern Pacific in a
southerly direction through the
towns of Ranchita, Imperial and
Paringa to Calexico will be com
menced in a few days, and this por
tion of the road will be pushed to
completion as soon as possible.
From the best information ob-
First Store Built and Occupied After the
Fire Little Brick on the Corner
Six and one-fourth pounds
noun tain -grown Tomatoes
Twenty-five Cents
Arizona Cream Cheese Twenty
Cents per pound 3 Three
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tainable there will be 50,000 acres
of land under the Imperial canal
system put under cultivation dur
ing the coming season.
The towns of Calexico and Im
perial are already platted and the
lots in these towns are now on the
market. The towns of Ranchita
and Paringa will soon be platted,
and the building operations therein
commenced. Another season will
probably see Eastside and Ganges
commenced.
All indications point to a rapid
settlement and a rapid development
of the resources of this country, and
hence, there must be a rapid ad
advance in prices, not only of ranch
property, but of town property also.
Prices of water stock were started
at $8.75 per share or acre, with lib
eral concessions to those who pur
chased the first 50,000 shares. The
price was then advanced to f 11.25,
and on the first of Octoler, 1901,
the price was again advanced to
$ 15, and by the first of January
next, the prospects are that the
price will go to $20 a share. This
will be cheap, for the price of such
land, with such a good water right
and so cheap water will not stop
until it reaches $50, $75 or $100 an
acre, and the advance under pres
ent conditions must be very rapid.
The price of the land will still re
main the same $1.25 per acre.
The prices of water stock will be
advanced so that it will keep pace
with the price of land and water
combined. The speculation is not
in the land, but in the water.
Oldest Bank In Northern Arizona
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The
Arizona Central
Bank
of Flagstaff, Arizona
Pars Interest on Time Deposit
Sell Exchange on Foreign
Countries
Transmits Money by Telegraph
T. E. Pollock. T. i. Pollock,
President Vice-President
C. H. Edwum, c. O. Robinson,
Cashier Asst. Cashier
H. H. Wats: ins, Agt., Kingman, Arizona.
H. Prut, Mgr., Williams. Arizona.
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