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vhiuity of Arkansas Flat. This pou-dorms explanation consisted prinei-. ,1'y of 11 “ditch,” u trille less in magnitude tlmif tiio “Henipin Canal,” but probably of as much import nice to the town site of Finestitf. The upper end of this ditch cchm! be ploughed and scraped, but not a word w*is da id about whether mother earth liked to have her back scratched or not. The lower end lt;f this was rocky and required blasiina a circumstance that rondt* the native* in the near vicinity feel somo-whnfc uncomfortable; but they had finally got through and turned the water in, but for some reason the con-tciiy “ Water refused to go through.’ The lower end cf the ditch being a little the highest, probably the bottomI»! the ditch had S-'tllcd a littlo aftoigetting the enormous load oil its back which h id lain there for some time before the conn y of Coconino was born; but the whole trouble did not seem to end hi j•, for c3 soon us. a favorable opportunity presented itself, one representative citizen arose with his hard* boiled hat in his hand and said, “.Mr. Chairman, how vouki it pe if dot ditch vas ran drougli do railroad,” but failed to explain Whether ho would make a dumping ground of the Woolhouse, the Wood Cu's Mall, or .Mr. L'ui.tous bio\ doorymd. After few disultory remarks them was a motion put to the house instructing the chiiim'n to notify the Probate Judge that we were ready and awaiting for three hundred dollars of the people’s money that had accumu la ted in hia hands. Since the six bun
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Flagstaff Arizona Champion
Flagstaff, Arizona, US
Sat, Jan 10, 1891
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