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Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11

SAN FRAycrsco Feb a.--A Seattle ais hatch says. The st amer Gem left this port tlis mor-irv loaded with bay and other freight i1r Port Gamble ard Ollon City with four passengers. one called at Port Madison. and i- tle afternoon
 started for Port Gamble Mben h'e
 or six miles g1t smoke was discovered coming from thl hay. The boat vas
 headed for tHe s.1-e, her wheels iashad-
 and the life boat put into Che wafer; uul
 it went Glrift in len minutes Al but
 the extreme forward part cf the boat
 was mass ol damas. Ibe Chinese
 cook and two iecE-haIls showed the
 remaining boat into fhe water, 5umpa1 q
 for it, but fell into tne Ha.e- and were
 drowned. F.C. Yickev, passenger, teacher at Snckomish Indian reserva- tiou, cried to his wife Co follow him and g wOulJ save her and
 plunged into the sound and was
 drowned. His wife followed him and sank in a moment. The deck hands lost were Geo Gowan and r. Rayhack, and they with Nickerv aud China cook com plete the hstof those drowned. Capt.
 Williamson anchored the boat and Kept the crafts head to the wind and kept the bow free from fire aDd themselves safe until taken of by boats from the shore two mlles distant. The Gem vas a stern wheeler. 5S tons and belonged Go John M. Reavy < Co. Union City. She was valued at S6,lOl. N1ir uruc Cu the vessel or cargo.
 SAN FEASCisco. Feb. -Wheat- Primer; SI S5 t S7i for No ,, and Sl S)N1 S2 for Nu Q He-'ey-AcIve and unsettled.
 SAN FEiSCrsco. Feb. S.--tts special meeting of the San Frllcisro chamber of commerce this afternoon, @ rssoiu- ton was adopted inst rrctigg the Senators and Representatives ut Call fOr1ia tO oppose. ss detrimental Co the interests cf the State, tLr passage 0f the bill now pending i1 Congress, respecting proposed transfer ct rev. euUC, marine and other branches ot the treasury sarv.c- Co the larr depart- meu-.
 SAcEAHENro. Feb. S.-Iu tLe Senate today the concurrent resolution which passed the Assembly last Thursday, me- morialIEnE Congress uo- Co ul-5 the bill consolidating ,le southern Pacific railroad with other lines, came Ip on a special order Of busiues- The original and substitute were reai and The roll called without Ge. a--. The substitute was rejected by a vote of -i ,o lti. The Senate then proceeded to con .d-- inc resolution.
 SACRAMENTO. Feb. S.-Altcr long discussion, the Senate alertlI e. night 1 the concurrent resolution protesting a a,aI1st the passage 0t the pending bIll by Congress, winch provides for the of tle Southern Pacific railroad with otler'Eue4. The rssolu- ! tIou wa5 adopted uy the following votes, ! Ayes-BIidWir. handler, Fox. Del Vale, Lugisu, Pitcher, Poster. Johnson. | Knight, DauIiori, Lynch, Maddox, Nur- ! phy, Reynolds, Spencer, Di Stlu'slaus; 1 Steele Sullivan, Taylor Whitney. WoIis- ! .Nli-22. Nl-s-Cr1rer. Cross uog-h- ! srty, Frazer I5rH gan, Beating, Kelly. ! 1. San Francesca. h-.. ,of -.'.sc- h-l- [ .ogE, Nc. ar. .E, A.C.ar., Nelson. Parry, . EoIuer, Ryan. Nu.-l. Wl ,L-I-- ! The Senate ..er a.ia.r.I
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11

During the canvass an article appear ed in the Star from correspondent al Gunsight in reference to B. r. Bivins which was evidently melted by malice and which has shown to have been un- true. As an act of justice to Mr. Bivins Il Is right to say this much. The Star however. on its own account, will say that no man in the community has a higher reputation for sterling honesty aud generosity Of character. An enter prising and public spirited citizen his career in Arizona has been an import ant and valuable factor m the develop ment of its wealth and industries, and has contributed immensely tO the high reputation of the Territory abroad. It would be good for us if we had more men like him, and well for any commU- nity which could claim the advantages of his enterprise and public spirit.
 The above Is from the Arizona Star, and though it comes at this late date II Is but fair to say the Star has at last made right a wrong so grossly done. Of all things mean and contemptible it is the effort Of some irresponsible cores pendent to attack a good and worthy citizen. That the Star was imposed upon IS evident from. the above editorial paragraph. The gentleman in question Is to-day one Of our leading men, and has done and is doing for Arizona and Tucson what few men can do. The op- portunity Is his and he IS equal to the
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11

One of the children got uD .-r.... VI baby out of the bloody bei i1 - --'.'S '-s mother lay, into it's bed. .5.-.-- i.l dress and then went 10 sIa-- g. cause Of the deed was iealou,s I-s
 RAwLINs, Feb. $. The eos.t left Pacific spring on the S-- "-. stage line, last week. was csB,,.. e-'- storm .of Friday. The coach XII f G. abandoned and the party stare ,' ' on foot Co the station. The I..- '-fl J. Stewart was found frozen t'r F standing m the snow and Iaa--. .--a'- superintendent, was standirr ,-
 frozen SO that Ee could not -l,l. - will lose his hands and feet n. -- Clark, passenger, has re- ,... f found They were out thras 5s '--- nights. Another stage driver a-- frozen; he reports two feet 3r .-..'-. the level and the cattle st7rrir. - stage hne runs from Green -iv--- '-5 Union Pacific railroad. Co F,-. y- y.- .-. kIe through the south pass af-b. 2 a-'--- mountains.
 ST. LOUIS, Feb. S.-O5y F. O-- faulting teller of the IH;-g v. e. bank of this city. was a-rai-g-F -. .--- ..- United States court to. day and .i-.,---. guilty. Sentence Was deferred l'''
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11
Enr nR coin.

When we were a boy 1t was our de light to go skating on the nearest pond, make snow men and go coasting. Then
 we paid but little attention to the cold weather, and save frost-bitten toes, tlng- ling fingers and ears, we should never have known Jack Frost was around. In those days we had but little use for thermometers, and every northern boy belonged to the ''signal service corps" and could tell you week Tn advance when 1t was going to snow. True, we enjoyed the summer seasons, the sweet, wild strawberries, which to our taste have never been equalled by their civil ized cousins, and the blackberries and wild plumbs which would almost melt in ones mouth, etc, and climbing for est trees in search of birds nests, to say nothing of fishing and hunting, passages in boys life which can never be forgot ten.
 We have read the accounts of the se- were weather Tn the northwest during the past few weeks, of the mercury run ming down to twenty, thirty, forty and even sixty degrees below zero. Things have changed. In our boyhood days We loved the ice and snow; but few years of life in the sunny cline of Arizona has so demoralized us that we no longer banker aftersuch scenes. During the long hot days of summer, We sometimes think We should like to go back to our old homo in the north, but after due reflection We have concluded that llU degrees above zero is better for our com fort than sixty degrees below. No! wei have no desire to go north for any length of time. The record of the past few weeks has done more to reconcile us ! to the hot days of an Arizona August than five years of experience had done before. We have decided the question so far as We are concerned we prefer an Arizona August to northern Jan nary
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11
ORAzme LAND SHOULD BE SOLD m LARGE

[
 It is not the policy of the Government
 to speculate on the public domain, yet
 the fact cannot be denied that the.cash receipts of the Land Department is by
 no means an inconHderable sum, and
 inc debts paid off in the way of land
 warrants, whichars now almost exhaust
 ed, amount to millions of dollars.
 ! The homestead law, which is perhaps,
 the best law ever passed byHthis or any other country in the interest of the act
 ual settler and the poor man, has about come to the end of its usefulness, be-
 cause of there remaining but little land
 to settle upon. IL is true that there
 still remains some land in Dakota and a little here and there in other rerrito-
 ries, but nothing to speak of.
 The land in the far western Territo- ries is chiefly grazing land and home stead on such Hand, unless it controls water, which ID it's turn virtually con- trOls all the government land in the surrounding range, is practically worth less, and the same argument holds good as tO pre-emptlons. As the law now stands, If rancher can secure water he cares nothing about the title to the ad- iacent government land, as he has the full use and benefit of it without cost We know Of ranches in Arizona that are valued at many thousands of dollars, yet the ranch may embrace only quarter section of land, but it controls all the government grazing land for miles around.
 What IS needed is a law to sell graz Ing lands in large tracts, and at re- duced price. There are millions of acres of land in Arizona and the West ern Territories that are not worth SI.25 per acre and never can be cold at that price; but are worth 20 or 9 cents an acre, and much of it could be sold in lots say Of about township. As the law now stands, nothing can be done with 1t; no one would make the neces- sary investment to procure water. which in many cases would require an outlay of considerable money, while title can be acquired to but one hundred and sixty acres of the land. Ex-Senator Booth introduced such bill in the Senate several years ago; but it was about the time so much fault was found with the desert land Act, and it was 10 sed upon with disfavor. IT the mat ter Was uow fairly laid before Congress. We have DO doubt but bill could be 1 passed. It would not only return revenue to the government, | but 1t would add greatly to the taxable | property of the country, which now brings nothing and cannot be taxed.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11
FOREIGN

LONDON, Feb. G.-Au uu,r..g.-. CT, about j0O tons bUrtheg. f.s,'~ of Cape Cornwall Friday. n ,-.'''- possible to render any ass,stars.. -'' '- DUBLIN, Feb. S.-Davitt. Bs,r.. l Quinn who were arrested some -.-.. --' '-' for. making inhammatory spesrr., -- fused to give bail this roruin-ar.5 ... q, lodged ln kiimaiuham jail For .--.. 4. six months.
 OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. S.-P-. Wiggings says th, storm on r-' next will be one of tbe sevrrs-+ this side of the Atlantic for year,
 BERLIN, feb. 7.-Empero- held a conference O1 Iue,... -l Count VOu Hathieldt, r0-el-a ,-..-- There Is importance at.lcI.s ,..t. interview, as 1t k reported the 5r. sion was 10 regard ru Bismarck, -...
 DURHAM. Ont. Feb. -.-H. Cr.- accountant Of the Bank ot Conn - has abscOuded. His accounts ... .. 7. from Sl0,O00 Co Sl20p.
 DUBLIN. Feb. 1.--The Dublin l.-.... officially says that the --ra-Isu o--..... in Ireland during January rg-I.- ninety.
 LONDON, Feb. s. The su-,ys-. l the disaster of the steamer E-- Castle. which fouujereJ ja the Blscay on the 2I instant. .ra....t three days by chewing flannel ,- The third officer became s.-r..- and jumped overheard, but ns
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11

GEN. NARDwELL rose m the House { few days ago on a question of privilege The Yuma Sentinel had attacked the General Among the things he said iu reply was that he knew the author of the article; 1t was Samuel Pu7dy The articles were false from beginning to end,aud contained language too vile and filthy tu be read ID any respectable fam fly He knew Mr. Purjy to be a black guard, avil.fer and a craven dog, unfit to associate with the lowest eur. or even the coyote that roams the prairies. The speaker was never cashiered from the army, but had served throughout the war and was honorably discharged. He had never drawn pay for three months in one, nor had he gaubled any money borrowed from the poor soldiers, who never saw a cen: of it thereafter. After the General got through with Mir. Purdy he turned bis attention 60 the editor of The Tombstone Republican, and paid his respects Co him in anything but complimentary terms. Just now it seems as 1T the editors and statesmen of Tombstone were not fond and cllnging lovers. If they are not careful they will yet say something winch will be taken exceptions to, and then What9
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11
TIE NICKEL MAN

We daily see the small nickcls which
 are so commonly used m making change,
 but fes of us have ever thought to in-
 quire where the metal that is in the
 nickel came from. We know that cit
 passes for five cents, but the intrinsic value IS not more than about one-ffth
 that Of silver. There is but one nickel mine in the United States that is being worked. This mine is situated in Lan- caster county, Pa Is has been worked
 for twenty years and is developed to a depth of two hundred and fifty feet. The length Of the lode IS three thousand
 feet and it produces from four to six hundred tons per month; the refined
 metal is worth three dollars per pound. So it would seem that the nickel man had pretty good thing. Yet he Is not satisfied, and there being but one mine in this country, he has it chased as among the infant industries" and has so far succeeded ID securing a protect i've tariff of twenty cents per pound. Recently Congress proposed to reduce the tariff. but the nickel man went over to Washington and convinced the mem bers of Congress that fl they reduced the tariff the "only nickel mine" Tn the United States would have to shut down. A protective tariTof eighteen and one- half cents still stands. but he says it is too low. So far as we are concerned, we should very much like to see the "Dickeltfrauds" dispensed with altogeth- CT and have five cent pieces made of sil- yer, winch has some intrinsic yalue. If there wss scarcity Of silver, then there might be some excuse for using the nckle; but we have millions of silver bullion that remains uncoined, and the probabilities are that We shall have surplus for many years to come. Throw the nickel fraud overheard and give us silver dimes and half dimes. The nickel fraud ''promise to pay is no better than the "green5ack' promise to pay" Deither is money, and all there is n them IS faith faith We have in the Government. A cart load Of nickels would not buy a nights lodging in 'Oreign country, and a coin that is SO worthless should be discarded altogeth- !
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11
rHE IRoN ANp sTEEL NIILs.

The Kansas City rolling mills have col. lapsed with sGOOOOO liabilities. The Union Iron and Steel works of Chicago, which are under the same management, have placed a blanket mortgage of ST. C01,0O0 on their works and it Is thought they also will go down After all there seems to have been something in the complaints of the iron and steel men some two months ago. It was then given ont that steel rails could not be made in this country for less than S42 a ton. but the revenue tariff men stated that 1t was a concerted plan Of action on the part Of tue manufacturers to keep the tariff up; but the repeated failures Of late among the rolling mills of the country argues that they were telling the truth. Of late. a number of mills have been selling below the cost of pro duction, consequently those mills which adhered to the ruling price have made no sales; this together with threatened reductions of tue tariff on iron and steel has brought on the failures, SO the iron and steel men say.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11
lie is an Ass.

1T humanity continues ss gulI1.@ - [ It has shown itself n the last few ssa-- we shall advocate a new kind of school prlmer IH order that people may learn iL their childhood wha- ron can't bearlrt' some of them with a trp-Lammer, even when they are old enough Go gs Go Con grsss. One lesson wg should advocate having fixed up something after this style,
 What is three-cari moutes
 "It is bad game.
 ~WhO pla~s 'hlee-card monteE
 "Oue man who looks like a faru--. One man who Io0s7 like new scl.l- phil 0sOpber.
 "Cau two play tLis game:'
 ''Ye= my child. Even four can play .i this game.
 -'What does the fourth man dos
 "He gets left my chi q. He gets badly left. He loses all his mor-s. He pulls his hair and uses Eics-- words.
 Then the fourth nan is an ass 'o- playing"
 ~He is an ass Wheeling Leads.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11

TIE San Francisco Journal of Com merce publishes it's annual review of the trade and commerce Of the Pacific coast. for the year 1882. The report oc- cUpies 43 columns in their large folio sheet. The magnitude of the work can not be rightly estimated by the general public. It IS the biggest thing" in the newspaper line and takes weeks of hard labor by many industrious hands. The exhibit is very credi5able to the business men Of the coast.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11

 TIE new clty charter has been pre- pared, and will be printed in a few days and suhpit;ed to the people before 1t i. sent to the Legislature; every othel page in tie pamphlet will be left blank Tins is for the purpose of giving the reader an opportunity to make and write his objections. The Mayor wiu receive all such pamphlets and the written suggestions or objections will be duly and properly considered. We believe the Mayor has adopted a wise plan. He thinks there is more wisdom m the heads ot several men than in ous man. The people Of Tucson should give Mayor Strauss all the encouragement they can in his efforts to improve and benefit the city. There is much to do, and it wil be DO easy matter to do. There will necessarily be opposition, but this opposition should be overcome by the people who are ia favor of ad- vsEceIent and not ief, to the Mayor to facs the entire buIwarks
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11


 THE Tombstone Republican III its last issue bewa;ls tie condition in which il fiads the city of Tombstone and berates tle merchants and business men right lively as the cause. Tombstone Is a good town and will grow, and Is doing as well as 1t can under the circumstances. O. course when they undertake to compare it with Tucson they will get discouraged and feel just like the editor of the Re- publican did feel when he wrote that long article telling about Tacson's prosperity, the enterprise of its mer- chants and newspapers, aud there IS lots O. truth in what he says. 1: is very true that Tucson has wide-awake business men, and wide-awake newspap ITS; both work for the advancement of the city. They are here to build up the town, not 10 sit down and wait for some body else to come along and do the work. If Tucson has such poor natural advantages as the Republican says, she Is blessed with a degree of enterprise and intelligence and push that few towns in the whole country can exceed.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11

MR. MAsTERsoS has introduced a bill to provide for proving assessment work on mining claims. The United States laws are sufficiently plain on that sub- Ject. Miners understand the United States Mining Laws, and if their claims are good for anything they will do the work, which is the best proof. Haclaim Is not worth the assessment work to the owners lot some new locator try his hand at 1t. The United States Mining Law Is good enough. Any tInkering of that law in the Territory wIll only com plicste the matter, and do no good what ever.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11
7rNsrs L,rns IN AR1zor.


 Now that there is a prospect Tn the
 nea- future of opening Up the tImbel
 lands Of Arizona, by the building Of the
 Darrow gauge railroad, steps should be
 taken to provide a way Of securing title
 to the la0d. But very little oi this land
 can be located by pIe-emption or home
 stead entry as it cannot be cultivated,
 aud water cau he found only a: long in- ! te-vals, except along the principal
 streams.
 ] Iu California, Oregon, Nevada and 1 Washington Territory they have a law
 which provides that surveyed lands not ' yet proclaimed and offered for sale. and
 winch are valuable chiefly for timber and stone, unfit for cultivation and con- Ise4uently unfit for disposal under the ! presumption and homestead laws, may be purchased by individuals and by as- sociations at the minimam price of S250 per acre.
 Tiis law should be amended SO as to include Arizona. and no time should be lost to secure its passage. From the best information ", have been able to secure, there Is an area of country sixty miles wide by one hundred and fifty miles in length in northeastern Arizona, which is covered with excellent pine timber. But unless some such law as the one abovereferreJ to is passed, it will be of little benefit to our Territory or anyone else. Even is 1t was such land as could be taken mp under the pre- empiion and homestead laws DO tim ber could be removed from 1t until title could be obtained, which would require from three to five years after date of settlement. Hitherto Arizona has been receiving nearly all her lumber from California and Oregon. But with timber law such as exists in California Oregon. Nevada and Washington Terri tory, we could. as soon as the narrow gauge road is extended to the timber lands Of Arizona. turn the tables upon them and ship iamser to California. We should then also be in a condition to supply lumber to New Mexico and the States of sonora and Chihuahua. 1iexIC1. There ls no reason why Tucson | should moi become the center os great | umbor trade.
 Immediate steps should be taken to l secure the passage O. a bill similar to | hat above re'errsI t1. Not only this, but a dsceltappropIiasicu sGould be se- ,ured with which to sIr7ey the public 1 ards Of Arizona Almost every day lartie. come to the focal land offices to make homsstead OF pre-emptiou entry, 5uly to be turned away because the and sought .or Las mot been surveyed | There should be SlU003l appropriated annually for ;he next threa-years. with which to survey the FubEc lands oi Au- ona. There is much for live. active delegate Il Congress to look after dur lC t-e coming year. We trgst that .lr. Olry wilI wake ul to ,he realization a the great needs oi our Territory aud hat hs will not only secure tLe passage .i tine nmuer law SO much needed, bul hat Ee will go before the committee n appropriations and show up our iaims iu such a clear and forcible man Ter that the necessary appropriation for making a survey Of our public lands nav be secured
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11

IT is learned that Senator Blaine has been for some time past. engaged in preparnga work on the political histo- ry of thIs country. No man is better qualified to do such work. Having been at the front for twentv-fve years as a strong and able leader, certainly there is little he does not know. It will be a work eagerly sought by every one. It VIII al once receive a circulation wide and enormous.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11

4 BUSINESS Mems Association Is one of tbe needed things in Tucson not a Board Of Trade proper, but an associa- tion-a place where the business men can assemble and talk over things which are oi public interest. Such an assocIa- tion would be Of great benefit to the town. It Is necessary for the business
 men to look out for Tucson's interest and not leave it to Tom, Dick and Harry.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11

TIE Southern Pacific Railroad com. pauy propose to carry wheat from Cali
 fornia to New Orleans for S9 a ton. The cost from New Orleans to Liverpool is S5, making Sli from California to Liver. pool Mr. Huntington thinks it cannot be done at that figure without loss. He iavors the building Of the Nicaragua ca nal. which would relieve the Southern Pacific road from carrying at such tow