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Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

OUR attention has been called on several occasions to the price asked for land ID the Santa Cruz bottom, by per- sons who have come to the territory within the past few months We will not undertake to say that the price of such land (S100 per Gcre) is too high, for there are many things, taken altogether, which seem to favor the high price. That it IS high no one doubts. That the argument such high prices retards the progress of the town, is iu measure, true. If land holders would look at the matter in a different light We believe in the end they would realize more for their land than if sold now at SI00 per acre. If tracts that are m demand from time to time were sold at less figures, it would enhance the value of that unsold and the community would be benefited as well. Those who come from thIs time on who cultivate land will be experienced farmers and intelligent people, there fore, we should like to see land holders adopt another plan. 1t is not we'll for property holders of any description to hold their property atfigures really above the property's market value. In many instances property is too high. When the boom comes prices as they now are will be sustained, but mistake should not be made during ordinary and quiet times,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

THERE is to be another grand jury whose duty it is to make further inquiry into the condition of the new school house and to discover, if possible, whose fault it is that the building is represent ed as a "death-trap." The blame should rest upon those at fault, whoever they be. That there is serious fault and great danger in the stability Of the structure can not be questioned. There IS at this time intense feeling agalnst somebody or everybody connected with the affair and under the excitement and present condition of things it Is to be hoped that men of judgment, unbiased, free of prejudice will compose the jury. A mistake, under such circumstances IS easily committed without apparent in tention and cool, calculating judgment is required to place the blame where it belongs. The jury has grave and i'm portant duty to perform, and the people demand that the investigation be thorough and complete and the guilty parties made responsible for erecting a school building of such magnitude, un- safe for occupancy.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03
Breyities.

Eastern bonnets were mostly hats.
 Few pakes will be worn.
 The favorite red is eoquelicot CT Uid poppy.
 Little girls dresses are ungracetuly short.
 Most bonnets are stringless.
 Marabouts trim many visite man telets.
 Glace silks are effectively trimmed with velvet.
 Rows of very narrow velvet ribbon are seen upon new French parasOls.
 Cords and tassels again form part, of the decorations of dressy costumes
 All straw is alike to the hungry donkey.
 A bad dinner is often redeemed by good salad.
 Wise counsel eometh not from an empty stomach.
 Rare beef and well cooked fish betray a wise cook.
 Peace hideth herself under the lid of the well-managed pot.
 All should profit by the aii of tbe co k-except the apOtheeary.
 Neither the nibbler nor the g,utton knoweth the value of the feast.
 True economy Tn the household has heaven for its banker.
 Scandal mongers are now known as victims of the foot and mouth dIsease.' Since David Davis new baby arrived he goes out and sits on the fence Ofteuer and longer than he ever dId.-Louisvilie COurier-JOurnal.
 General Sherman declines 10 accept a commission as Brigadier General n the Missouri militia.
 Frank James has been acquitted for comphcity in the Mussel Shoals rob bery. He was immediately arrested by the Sheriff of Cooper county, Missouri.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

A COMMITTEE of carpenters has ex- amined the school house building and pointed out the weakness of the struct- ure, but said committee does not point out who is to blame. Architect Petit tells the grand jury that the school board agreed to the changes and planes the trustees m some matters. The builders statement throws tue blame on the architect. Now We believe it k in order for au outside architect to examine the building and make report. It would be good idea for the board to do this, and the expenses borne by the party who IS found to be the cause of all this trouble.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03
Army Changes.

First Lieutenant c. c. Barrows, As sistant Surgeon U. $. Army, is relieved from duty at Fort Grant and will pro- ceed to Whipple Barracks, for duty at that post. relieving First Lieutenant w. E. Hopkins, Assistant Surgeon U. s. Army, who, upon being relieved, will proceed to Fort Grant, for duty as post surgeon.
 Court of Inquiry to consist of Major James Riddle, Sixth Cavalry; Major G. A. Purington, Third Cavalry; Captain W. E. Dnugherty, First Infantry; First Lieutenant G. $. Anderson, Sixth Cavalry, recorder, will convene at San Carlos Agency, A. l., on Monday, the 18th day of April, 1884, or as soon there after Fs practicable, to investigate examine into, and report upon Captain Crawford's administration of affairs at that agency and particularly the founda- ton for reports made by him concern ing the Indians, and which have been questioned or denied by officials of the Department of the, Interior. The Court will report facts as found and express an opinion on the merits of the case.
 The portion of the sentence in the case of Private Charles Gilhgan, Com pany c, First Infantry, remaining un- expired on the lst prOximo, ls remitted.
 The portion of the sentence in the case of Private Frank Allen, Troop l., Sixth Cavalry. remaining unexpired on the 1st proximO Is remitted.
 Second Lieutenant Britton Davis, ThIrd Cavalry, is detailed to inspect the beef cattle delivered at the San Carlos IndiDn Agency under contract with the Interior Department.
 Private Robert Kyles, Company K, First Infantry, wIll proceed to Fort Verde for medical treatment.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03
Attention Democrats.

Hon. W. A. Rowe sends the Phenix Gazette the following letter for publica- tion. We give it publication for the benefit of our Democratic readers:
 LOGAN CITY, April 20, 1884.
 Editor Gazette: Will you please sug- gest to the Democracy of the Territory that the central committee would be glad to entertain from representative Democrats suggestions, reasons, wishes, etc, relative to the appointment, tine and place for holding the Territorial nominating convention? The central committee appear to be a modest body, and its members, instead of aspiring to be party bosses, as accused, seem sin cerely anxious to secure the views of its parry before acting upon matters of importance. In quiet way the com mitteemen are gathering from all DOT tions of the Territory, and from the body of the party, the views and desires of its members, and when this shall have been thoroughly done then they will go for ward and carry out such plans as are indicated by the majority. All com muuications intended for the committee will be submitted to them If sent to this place until May 10th, after which to Prescott. Very respectfully,
 W. A. ROWE,
 Chairman Central Committee.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03
THE nOCTORS

The medical men of Arizona, of the Alopathic school, are about to form a medical association. These assoclations are established in all the States and much good no doubt is derived there from; especially is this 20 when con- ducted upon the broad principle of live and let live. Where these associations are there are fewer quacks, but when they make war upon physicians of other schools, because of different school, there is apt to be more injury done than good. Already are We in receipt of communications which fear that the association in Arizona will squeeze the breath out of the other fellows.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03
Sparks from Prescott.
Winter No. 2.

lCOurier.
 Winter No. 2.
 What will you have now: Rain or snow?
 Ed. G. Peck, who discovered the Peck mine, Is in Quiiotoa, Pima county.
 When improvements now going on shall have been completed Gurley street will be beauty.
 MT. Murray will soon place 2,000 head of cattle on the Wells range winch he recently purchased.
 Mrs. General Crook will start for the At antic states tomorrow morning, and will remain there for some time. Her many Arizona friends ysill unite with us in wishing her pleasant visit.
 Bill Leff. (the man of many wOrds,) came in from Jerome last night, and says the United Verde Copper Company ave about 175 men working on the new road to Ash Fork, and will have it done in about one month.
 General George Crook commanding the department of Arizona, his aide-de- camp, Major John B. Bourke and Dr. McCreery have gone south to look after Apaches. The trip from Verde to San Carlos and other places will be made on horseback. After seeing his red wards, the General will make a short visit to the East.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

THE Republican delegate convention at Phenix on the 25th instant voiced the sentiment of the Republican party in the Territory when they passed the fol- lowing resolution:
 Resolved, That endorsing the ad- ministrstion of the Republican party, both national and Territorial, and affirming our faith in Republican principles ana our devotion thereto, we nevertheless deprecate the practice of Federal officials who owe their positions to the fact that they are Republicans, appointing to subordinate positions men of Democratic proclIvlties, as being inconsistent, unfair and unjust to those wlo are maintaining Republican prin- ciples in the Territory. and tending to party disorganization. We know that there are men in the Republican ranks, of ability and integrity to fill every position within the gift of the party, and all other things being equal, they should be given the preference.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

GEN. ROLLINS of this city when called to preside over the late delegate con- vention at Phenix, said:
 This is a convention of the Republi- can party, of which 1t Is an honor to be a member. It is meeting of the mem- bers of that great political organization which came into being under no star of fortune or of hope, but during those dark and troubled days which were filled with threatening destruction to the gov ernment itself
 The party had its birth in holy love for freedom. Its courageous youth was spent in defending and saving the coun- try; and DOW, in its full manhood, it meets once more in Convention in the different States and Territories of the Union to select delegates to place in nomination the twenty-second President of the United States.
 As branch of that great party, as a detachment of that grand army of Union loving men let us look upon the history of our organization-a record of noble deeds well done, of human letters broken, of human rights secured of national honor upheld, of Union pre- served, and let us each strive through devotion tn the great principles of our party, to sustain its record and maintain its supremacy as the safety of the coun- try and the hope of the toiling millions against the Democratic fallacies of tariff and of government.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

SENATOR EDMUNDs writes a letter of explanation. He says he was not inter ested in the Burlington railroad at the time he voted for the bill to restore its land grant. Some time aiterward he in vested in a small way in shares and bonds. The Senator is totally indiffer- ent about the matter SO far as the Presi- dency IS concerned. but be says he likes to stand well in the estimation of his fellow citizens, and he dislikes to be ae- cused either of corruption, bias, selfish ness or acting upon public questions in which he has a private interest, when such accusations are untrue. We be- lieve that there is no man freer from corruption or acting upon public ques- tions to hls own private gain than Sena- tor Edmunds. It is dangerous, however, to write letters. Many another man has lost the nomination because he wrote letter, but there Is one very prominent feature in Senator Edmunds' letter. He says: T am neither willing or desirous to be either a candidate or President, which everybody who has either spoken, or written to me upon the subject knows" and we believe the Senator is sincere Mir. Edmunds is a formidable candidate. and we are glad to see him nip in the bud false accusations early in their inception.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

IT really looks as if President Arthur was third in the race. His strength in the New York convention disclosed weakness that caused his friends to flee to the friends of Edmunds for protec- tion-that Is to beat Blaine and by bad management on the part of the Blaine men succeeded in giving Edmunds the four delegates at large. It begins to look as though thea fight would be between Blaine and Edmunds. It is evident thus early that the Arthur and Edmuuds strength will consolidate to beat Blaine.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

DESPITE the croakers Tucson goes steadily forward. Despite those who would hold her back for causes best known to themselves she is making long progressive strides. Factory after factory, small, it is true, are being added and more are coming. Tucson is a fixture, not only that, but it is at that point in its financial and business career that nothing but some great unforeseen disaster can do 1t serious harm. It has passed the critical period-business is healthy-not SO voluminous with few houses, perhaps, as it once was, but there are great many more business houses now than formerly. There are more people and the business is divided. Money IS comparatively easy for this part of the country. Should any boom from the outside come, which is e1- pected, there will be lively business here and it will be more permanent than any boom we have ever had. Our people are not depending alone upon mines, though prospects in that respect were never better.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03
I DOUBT 1T.

When pair of red lips are uYtumed Co yoB-
 own, 'N-F With no one to gossip about it.
 Do you pray for endurance Co leave tte,-. .r. Well, mebbe you debut doubt 1t. When a shy little hand you're permitted -..,-.. With a velVety softness about it. --7' Do yOu think you can drop it witl re-.-
 squeezes Well. mebbe you can-but doubt it. When tapering waist is in reach of your am, With wonderful plumpness about it -' Do you argue the point 'tSixt the good and Ina
 harm? -7 Well, mebbe you debut doubtit. And if by these tricks you should cant1-.
 heart. With a womanly sweetness about it. Will Jou guard it, and keep It. and ac. the sasl
 part! ~- We'll, mebbe you will-but doubtit
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03
PheniX Chat.
lGazotteI

Phenix public schools have closed for the season.
 Next Wednesday the district court will convene for the trial of James Shad- rick, indicted for murder.
 l.. \. Fish, heavy business man and the proprietor of the Tucson Touring mills, Is in the city, doubtless with a view to purchasing grain.
 The Odd Fellows celebration of their sixty-tiith anniversary proved one of the most successful and brilliant affairs ever witnessed n Phenlx.
 Pursuant to the call of many promin- ent physicians, meeting was held m this city on last Saturday night for the purpose of organizing a medical asso- ciation for this territory.
 At the races yesterday much dissatis- faction was felt and expressed at the re- suit. A jockey club should be formed here, and complete set of rules adopted.
 George E. Drew, who was on the ferry boat which broke away from the cable Sunday, came very nearly being drowned. A Mexican pulled him from the water by the hair, and 1t must be remembered, that George has so little hair on his head as to kmake the rescue appear al most miraculous.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03
HOW CROOK FIXES IT UP.

General Crook reported upon the cap- ture (so called) of the Chlricahua old men and squaws that Charley McComas
 was alive and would be brought in in side of 60 days from the time of the capture. From one of General Crooks men, on his way to escort the last of the gang into camp, we are told that Charley
 McComas died last winter-died from the effects of extreme cold. It is thIn story at its best. The whole country has condemned Crook for not bringing that boy in at the time of capture" if he was alive as stated. It would have been redeeming feature of the farce. If dead, why did he no. say so? The only solution there is to it, is that Gen. eral Crook did not have the moral cour- age to say that the child wes dead, be- ing fearful of making his position weaker than it was. His desire to shield the Indians, also, had something doubt less to do with his report. If he was alive it is the best evidence in the whole transaction that General Crook had no control over the Indians, and his de- mand for the child had no weight with the Indians. In either case General Crook remains still in an unenviable position. Why should this man, just now, send the report out that Charley McComas died natural death? We know of no solution to the question ex- cept that as Crook has maintained all along that the boy was alive, something must be done with him, as be could not give it out that the last of the ChIrica- huas were on the reservation. He had to dispose of little Charley somehow, and he has done it.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

WE stated in former issue that the delegate convention which met at Phenix on the 25th instant, had decided to hold the Congressional convention at Tucson. In thIs We were mistaken. The convention concluded that it would be an assumption of poRer that did not belong them, and that the power lay with the Territorial central committee. A delegate from Tucson interviewed a number of the delegates and was as sursd that when the time came for calling a Territorial convention to nominate delegate to Congress, that members of the committee from their counties would vote in favor of meeting in Tucson. As far as we can learn the contest is between Tombstone and Tue son. Since Tucson favored their man for delegate to the Chicago convention it seems to us that it would be grace ful act for Tombstone to favor Tucson as the place to hold the next convention. It is little piggish to want everything. We hope our Tombstone friends will see it in the same light.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

MORRISON, of Illinois, and Hurd, of Ohio, are getting into deep water with
 their tariff bill. When Morrison pre- sented his bill it was a simple thing-a reduction all along the line of duties no discrimination. The bill recognizes the present tariff system, 1t only cuts off the ends that is, reduces the whole so much that it would be ruinous to both manufactures and laborers. Hereto fore free trade has been argued in favor of the farmer. The Inter-Ocean says:
 What, ask the people, does this drop in the wheat market mean? Is 1t true that Great Britain is getting into shape to raise its own breadstutfs! India Is as much 8 part of Great Britain as the British isles, almost, and if it be true that the problem of transportation m that country IS so far solved thst Eng fish operatives can be fed on Indian wheat cheaper than on American, then the development of home industry IS of supreme importance to the grain raising interest of this country. Our Iron beds would be uudisturbed and our furnace fires unlighted if it were not for protec- tlou. and the threat that India will soon be able to supply England with wheat at practically Eoriental prices should serve as a warning against dependence upon foreign country in marketing our agricultural products. The best inter est of the producing class, especially the prairie farmers, demands the develop ment of home industries. Instead of sending wheat and cotton to England to feed and clothe the operatives of that country, and buying the manufactured article, we should build up the indus tries which would create a domestic de- mand for our agricultural surplus. De- pendence upon a foreign outlet IS a temporary make-shift, and notwithstsnd- ing the sophisms of such men as Carlisle the steady drift of events IS toward the absolute emancipation of American sg- riculture.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

HARPER's WEEKLY is of the opinion that the tariff question will not enter into the political canvass this campaign, that it will be personal; and it urges the Republicans to nominate a man whose past record can stand the racket. We have no doubt that the man" will be very prominent in discussions, but we cannot believe that the tariff question will not become one of the main features in the canvass, notwithstanding the fact there are moderate free traders in the Republican party.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

HE Democrats have discovered that Tilden advocated, once upon time, remote perhaps, in the past ages, a measure to permit the President of the United States to veto any part of a Con- gressional appropriation bill. The matter is talked about these days, hence the effort to give the "old man" of '76 credit for something that appears to be popular.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03
Dr. Handy and Gen. Rollins.
lHeraId.I


 The Medical Association of Arlzol. Arll-, was organized by the various pny slcia-. ias. present in the city on SaturdH! i- The officers chosen were: Pres-yI-,-- y-.-.. Dr. F. K. Ainsworth, of Prescott " Ss. President, Dr. W. II. Cook. oi .-. l'--1- -.,- Secretary, Dr. J. c. Handy, ot --'i 'i. After organizing the association '' journed to meet on October next. The Republican convention on ? riL'. Ii.. last was particularly happy in lis S,'; ..-; tion of General Rollins as its Feril'' .ls. chairman. He proved an able -e-s man and peculiarly fitted for taE tinguished and often perplexing dt:,' l:s- of such position. His speech on ISI,1ii S1i the chair was pointed, brief, anu .,1. .1s the sharp, substantial ring of Dsni'7'. steel.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

TIE development of the new tele- graph companies is beginning to show itself in the matter of rates. The West ern Union has announced a reduction in night rates to 15 cents for ten words and one cent for each additional word be- tween all competitive points east of the Missouri river.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

The bridegrOcm may forget tke brid. Was made his welded wife yestreaD. The monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour has been The mother may forget her child ! hat smiles sac sweetly on her knae. Bus I'll remember thee. Gleucairr,. And a that thou hast done for me-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03
Reply to NIT. POmrOy.

TUCsoN, April 29th. 1884 To E B. Pomroy, Secretary O T. < C.. of c. R. R. Co.
 Admitting there is new law cover ing the incorporation of railroads, the main fact of that report remains the same The company represented by you have S50000 in county bonds draw ing nearly $I, 800 semi-annually interest, and 1t would be interesting reading to know what you done to earn this amount of the peoples money. Your joke on the pigeon hole" would be better ap- preciated by the people. should the Board of Supervisors compel the County Treasurer to pigeon hole" that seml- annual interest of S1, 300.
 W. J. Ross, enc of that committee.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

YENNoR says there will be frost in July. Frost and National Democratic Convention in the same month Maybe the frost is to be Providential event, for there is fear that the Democrats might set the world on fire if there WAS not something to cool them of.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03

THE American Minister to Mexico has forwarded to the Department of State . copy of the decree recently issued in- creasing the duty five per cent on all goods imported into that country after May 18th,