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Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05

THE railroad people and the people
 interested in railroad dividends in Cali
 fornia are at loggerheads at a fearful
 rate. The legislature, now in session,
 was forced to convene on account of the
 popular clamor against the railroad com
 panies. Resolutions have been intro
 duced, which may be considered under three heads as follows:
 First, the state board of equalization shall assess as unit the entire railway
 property within the State, and shall
 afterwards transmit to each county as- sessor details of such property m each county for county taxation. Second. the value of railroad property for all
 purposes Of assessment shall be deter mined by capitalizing the net earnings at per cent Third, in addition to all other taxes imposed by law all railroad companies shall pay an income tax of 8 per cent on their gross receipts, with penalty of per cent on delinuuepcy and per cent per month interest on delinquent amounts, together with an attorney fee of 10 per cent on the amount recorded.
 A railroad corporation Is always a safe target for political party to shoot off their mouths at; nine times out of ten it is claptrap. Agitation of any question is good, and will bring about reforms. No doubt the railroad corporations in California have in many instances over reached the bounds of justice, but what would California have been without her railroads? The products of a country alone do not make markets, and markets must be created before there is material increase ID wealth. Before there were railroads in Illinois, for instance. the market value of corn was ten cents n bushel, and few sales. The Demo 1 cratic party, by sheer force of the popular will Of the people of California, has taken the matter of ad- Iusting the railroad companies affsirs into their own hands and the above are the first steps. It Is claimed that the control nearly all the news papers in San Francisco, and the San Franciscan says that the Chronicles op- position to the railroad is msincere. It also complains that the Republican party Is withholding its aid to the Democrats in their endeavors to bring bout railroad reform: That is, the Re-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05

THE Phenix Herald IS little uff .' to use a bad phrase, and two ether facts we find ourselves forced to present.: First, the day Surveyor Johnson left the city the CITIZEN chrouioled the news of the receipt of telegram from New York announcing the serious illness of Mir JohDson's father. If tie Herald wishes we will send 1t copy of the ps- per containing the notice. Fact No. 9: The CITIZEN never said that Crook was sending bands of Indians into Mexico to meet somewhere town there and come back to this country and surrender as hostiies. That information was cop jed into the CITIZEN from the Clifton Clarion, which was what soma other fellow told the Clarion, connecting Cap tain Rafferty with the affair. for which subsequently, tue Clarion made amend,
 winch the CITIZEN also published. II tbe Herald lIan desire, We will send copies Of the CT HEN containing sad articles, so that be may be more cor rectly informed We may be mIsin-
 formed at times and get upOn the wrong scen', but 1t ''hgrlly ever uccurs. The facts" we sometimes present may ap-
 pen' .'-,.l'9g, YE,, but iu nine eases out of learn they are facts We may have our opinions upon matters of
 importance fO the people, and when We do, shall express them, but the CITIZEN Is essentially q newspaper, whose fac.i
 ties are greater for furnishing the latest and most reliable news, of any paper in
 the Ter tory. This is saving nothing against other papers; fgr from it. We can say m'st emphatically, that the newspapers oi this Territory are superior to the same number of news papers in any State in tine Union. They are as ably edited and present as neat a typographical appearance as the same number anywhere. We have extended our facilities, that Is all, and tine result Is that our subscription list is con- startly increasing There is not a camp Tn Territory that the CITIZEN does not find its way into. IL is the aim of the CITIZEN to be impartial as to sec tions in the Territory and do justice to each. We wish to build up the whole of Arizona, not one section. Any good word we can say for Phenix or any other town in the Territory IS always cheer fully and gladly said, and we shall, at all times deal with facts" alone, barring unavoidable errors and mistakes.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05

SINCE the CITIZEN called attention tC the fact that county assessors had failed heretofore in their duty of collecting such statistics as the law directs, there has been revolution In the matter. All the papers in the territory have taken il up and now the governor has been inter viewed by Prescott Miner reporter and that official says:
 Territorial Auditor Clark is TOW send ing to every sheriff in the territory all the blanks that will be required by them in discharglng their duties under this law. and any negligence which may be manifested in thIs matter 1 shall strlc;ly regard as official malfeassnce and to- gether with the Attorney General do all in my power to have the offender pun ished. That the law has been disre- gGrded heretofore Is no excuse for further noncompliance with 1t. County boards of supervisors should, think, be sutiici nily aware of the value of such an exponent of a oOunty's condition. and see to it that assessors do their duty faithfully and intelligently in thIs re- spect"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05

TIE Republicans of Arizona are divided as to choice of candidates for President. The southern portion of the Territory seem to De in favor of Blaine, wbile the northern portion is for Arthur, with Logan men scattered all over the territory. The Logan men are perhaps more outspoken ln their preference than in eitheir of the other cases. The old timers loyalty for Blaine is conspicuous, while the arthur men in part are among those who occupy federal positions and tbuse who are not strong partizans. Much car be sad in fav,r of each of these gentlemen. Logan combines the soldier and staiesman; the soldier ele- ment Is almost entirely for him. Blaine's l ng and gallant fight in Congr, ss dur ing the reb. l ion and with the so-called reconstructed confederstes after the war has wor for him grand name all over the land; Arthur, little known outside of New Yo!k politics until nominated for yice-Presideut by MT. Conkling, has made name tor himself by his con l seryative course while President, that nany eminent men admire We do not pretend to advise the convention, but ar uninstructed delegation would probably be more satisfactory to the people thar one instructed.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05
Serans fnr tlr Crnzr OniIi

Mrs. Wizard is said to have abou S5OO,OOO in her own name.
 Another of Brigham Young's widow has just died in salt Lake. The-e a-a | sixteen left.
 A Maine girl refuses to be married ti.. ! next Ap-Il, because she likes slei-lluy, aud says sue sees there isn't so much sleigmug after marriage.
 Mrs. Mary Kroue enjoys the distiur- tiOn of heinz the ouly lady assayt- ia | the country. She IS ut pre-eut principe. of the Denver School cf Mines.
 < Boston woman has discarded he' | pus dog and now pets her Bu,aaaa '. must have been au awiully disa-.ee4-- dog.
 Mrs. D. ?. Server, 6 Kentuck,an hs birth, who marie ! French sciegti--, 6 sa!d to be tIe hon lsCmts5 vOmaI l1 Washington society. In Frante n a-ly al 'he ra.--I ticket and gnal clerks ara women, E-' are paid as much as men. They --s preferred 5ecau'e of tbeir sub-i-ty.
 Mrs. Webb, the widow of Cptau Webb, has had employment tall how l one of the departments of the Foreign ExhIbItIOn Iu Boston.
 The sisters Of NJ. Thiers, Madam Brunei and Madame Rippart are hF97 ln France in comparative poverty. Ills sisterIn-law, Mile. DCsne, Is imueuset wealthy.
 Let us play we were married. sa-l little Edith, 'and ] will bring bring ns dolly md say, see baby, papa "le-, replied Johnny, land 1 will say, 'DoH bother me now; I want to look through the paper"
 Young lady (who Is writing note TOT the house maid )-"Is there auytllEs more you wish to say, Mary "N@ marm, except just say: Please excuse bad writin' and spellin'."
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05
She Out-Talked the Barber.

Although men are supposed t. know ! all about barber shops, few have g1y 1 idea oi the number Oi pretty girls al. ! charming women who climb into tie
 bl. c airs aLd have their halr tr.uud or cut, aud tHeIr heads shampoOed every week. It was about two o'clock ytstel- day afternoon, says Chicago eXcialce. that couple of ladies and b'ta girl entered a West Madi-On street tu.c- i shop, aud asked the proprietor fl Ee would be free from male CLstou -ls f,f | an hour or co.
 II want my head shamPcOed, sad tle | lady patr n, and E. ss.e's hair must te cut, but I shouid die if maD came n. | Now, If you can lock the door. .r mt somebody outside Co say that yOu are engaged, we will get ready" The lar Der reass ured them, and b. gun at once to ''shiugle" Bessie. A vo-
 mau stood Cn each side O; hu, aud from q. c number of questions asstd lt
 would IOt nave been surprising had le taken off one Of Bessie's ears Iu tLe op- erat on.
 Now, 10 be careful and cut it even. Don't you tbInk you aIe cutuug Ci too mUch rom ihis side: Try aud j. ave
 etOu-u to bang, 1T you can. Hash tLe h.ll fine haIr? What do yOu du with
 rhe hair Jon cuty' Were but feU Ci
 the InterrogatiOrs with which he Iii t.
 When the child's hair was s4tsiac. ori- iy arranged, the younger of the W.Utl ~prang JufO the seat, piled her arcucs
 up on .he highest rest, and prepgrei c,
 pe washed. The razor wIeider- bad some
 z. ..sIA s..fr T
 knot, but succet ded, after GroppiHg
 n' ST of tue hairpics on the hcor She
 "ad brought her own comb. brush,
 towel, sponge aud soap, and although
 -he made him wash his hands right there,
 ana cl, an his finger-uails-a Iuxurs be
 had not indull ed m for more than
 mOnth-she had 10 objection to tls colognes and toilet waters on the staud,
 sh ch she helped herself to.
 "I havr heard that you barbers clean the head beau' fully. but The scalp is perfectly awful two days later. Nov, don't want auy such work. so look Co yOnr laurels"
 Wh' her hair was was bed and dried as we'll as towel, bay rum and a pair of b 2. st Ong hands could dry it. she caIlei for fan, which, Of course, WIS not to br found.
 If 1 had thought to bring onel We'll rO matter, here's a paIer,' and the morning shett was creased into a fan and banded to the astonshed tOusorial artist with which to 'dry fan" her ha.r While this operation was in progress the man of the razor was asked bow much money the business yielded, the price of such Jolly Jig chair" what men talked about Vhea they were get ling shaved, what the strop was looi for, and who got tbe green tickets. After the fannIng process the exhausted man was compelled t1 comb cut tLe tafrI 8. and. as he said to his partner when tha. tardy individual returned, "Ny head for a football if she didn't want me to do up her waterfall"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05
Draining for soIghum.

We are satisfied that in the near fu- ture, and especially in the north, farm CTS will select some particular portion Of their farms for sorghum, and devote It especially to that crop. It has been as certained that sorghum is not an exhaus- tive crop, and that it can be cultivated the year after on the same land, with no perceptible dnminution of yield. Now, if .rmers will select their sorghum nd aud tile drain it, using occasionally a little fertIliz ng material, they can raise early crops, and obtain, an immense yield. They can put the soil in the very best COT ditiOn, and, by careful culture, soon eradicate the weeds and keep them out and not be troubled with theses pests They will increase the earliness, prodlctiyeness and quality of their cane. We know tile drainage is a matter of his shest importance and copy the follow ing from an exchange, in confirmation and copy tue following from an ex- Cuduktg Ill OA O0h N-C"S OA the general subject of drainage:
 ''Ihe effect of tile drains upon the temperature of soil in warm weather was the subject of experiment by NIT. Parks, of England. The test was made upon field of flat bog land, i'll Lsnca- shire, during the spring months. The temperature of the soil, seven inches below the surface, never exceeded 66 deg. F., during the trial, was generally 10 to 15 deg. below the temperature of the air in the shade four feet above the earth. At the depth of thirteen inches the soil was generally 5 to s deg. cooler than at seven inches. This was on drained land; on untitled lsnd, the tenn perature of tue soil at seven inches deep was never above 47 deg. Here was an extreme of 19 deg. This was not in the warmest portion of the season. Take Iowa soil, when its dark surface is heat ed by an August sun to 130 deg, and al- low shower to pass down through this mass of hot surface earth; the effect will be perceptible more than three feet deep. The water, issuing from the drains after the shower, will be warmer than that just prior to it.
 Apply thIs to the case in Indian corn; it germinates at IS deg; main feeding roots are seven or eight inches below the surface; very low temperature serves to retard its rootlets, buds and leaves.
 An increased average temperature of the snil, at the season of planting, would frequently save a crop, causing rapid germination. The rapid passing of of the surplus water during wet weather and the consequent higher temperature by reason of decreased evaporation would prevent an unhealthy condition of the corn, as indicated by the yellow leaf.
 Sudden and extreme changes of me- dium, whether of heat or moisture, affect plants the same as animals-they catch cod" The tendencies of tile drains k to equalize the temperature and moisture. The warm descending rain penetrates to the deepest feeding roots, loaded with plant food, gathered from ar and soil. At harvest that farmer hes crop. He has baked on a certainty.-Rural World.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05

THE very sad news which spread over the city Tuesday morning came like a thunder-clap in clear sky. True, the news of Mir. Lords illness had been re- ceived several days ago, but none thought that death was SO near. MT. Lord has had long and eventful career in Arizona. His acquaintance WAS ex- tensive. aud he counted among them many warm friends. Sympathy in his misfortunes before his death added to the news of his denise, finds in tbe hearts of his friends the largest measure of sympathy both with the dead and the living. Let his faults be buried with him. and sing only the song of his virtues. But the saddest of sad news vas the tidings carried from lip to lip that morning of the death of Mrs. Free man, she havIng taken her own life. Ii was sudden, unexpected, unlocked for The shock was accompanied with won derment profound. It cast gloom over the whole city. Every lip spoke words of sympathy for the bereaved husband and sorrow for the dead.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05
WORTH TWO LICKIyGS
4 Fun-LOvinG Afric'n Taking the PI,..
 of Gabriel
IHarper's Drawer.

Some years ago, in GeorgIa. tb.. band of Christians k own as AscsUs,g- lsts We re haviag grand revival. Or. day, when the me etIng was in full f5rIs storm Came no, and a young gentle man who Was out hunting wIrb i.- servant took refuge in the chutch d.-- Being curious to see the service. tba t-- hunters crept up into the gallery aTi there md ID pl zee where tneg c,~11 observe without being observed.
 Come, Lord, come; our robss s-. ready. Come, Lord, come" cried .1- preacher, while all present gave jGri "Amenw
 "Marsa Gabe," whispered CufTy, him, his huntingdon to DIS mouth. ",++~7 gIb dem jist one tOot"
 "Put that horn down, or I'll b-as. your head" replied the master m whisper.
 The horn dropped by Cuny'- side. erI again the minister cried: "Come. T,or5 come; We are all ready for thy coui5g Come, Lord, come"
 ''Do, Mgrsa Gabe do list femme ga 'em one toot," pleaded CulIy, wettlugIa llps aud raising the LoEn
 If you don't dropShat horn. Cr- I'll whip you within 5u inch of rs., life," whispered the ezasperated masts-
 "Blow, Gabriel, blow; We are reslv for His coming. Blow Gabriel. blow pleaded the m nIeter.
 Cuffy could DO longer resist the teug- iation, and sent wIli peal ringing from end to end of the church; but long De-. fore it's last echo dlsd sway hls master and himself were the only occupants ot the building.
 "l's ready for de licking, N.rsa Gabe.~ said Cuffy, lowing every tooth n bis head, -for l clare to gracious it's vorf two lickiDcs to see de way common farm cattle kIn git obrr de ground wid skslr5l 'Scensionists behind dem"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05

ABOUT the smallest trick, showing the smallest spirit that pervades a small journalist, of small paper, appeared in the Star of thIs morning. In the article headed "Wholesale Arrests" taken from the Tombstone Epitsph, the editor purposely Omits the name Of Mir. Living ston from the members If the Marshsrs posse. 1t was not omitted we presume 50 much because 1t was Mir. Livingston as it was because Mir. Livingston was a representative of the CITIZEN. Such petty jealousies are unworthy a jour naiist, and we hope our contemporary will not persist in that line If journal ism, for his own good, for as soon as exposed the practice will be held in con- tempt.
 TIE c unty Republican Central Con- mittee are requested to meet at the Probate court room on next Saturday at o'clock p. ID. for the purpose of calling a county convention to elect delegates thereto to the Territorial convention 10 meet April 25th. It would be very grati- fying if there could be d full attendance of the committee.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
APRIL 5, 1894

"A HOUSE divided against itself can not stand is an old axiom which has held good in the past and is likely to hold good in the future, and We believe it viii hold good in the case of the civil and military powers now exercised on the San Caglos reservation. The military authority has assumed certain coItrol; 1t Is crowdIng tbe agent to the wall; the peaceable Indians are with the agent and opposed 60 the military; the "WaT- riors' t?l aud the military unGeTs' and each other. snd tt Is generally under stood that ;1e "WarriOfs' boss tue millt- ary and in consequence are making 1t as hot for the agent and the Interior De partment as it Is possible. This state of things cannot last long. The Indian violates daly toe rules Of the agency and then calls upon the military 10 pro- tect them ard they do A short time since an Indian married a squaw, having purchased her with borse; after living with the woman few days sent her back to her parents. Re tben de- rnaHdei the horse, but the parents (Chi- ricabuas) refused to give 1t up. There was & court trial in which Capt. Craw. ford was the court. He decided that the parents should give up tte horse 1t this juncture, a Chiricahua chiei stepped forward and reminded" Capt Crawford that General Crook had prom ised them at the Sierra Madre farce tC let the Apaches manage their own af fairs" Crawford reserved his decision and the parents kept the horse. Ther' is, under the present state of affairs only one way and that Is for the govern ment to remove the Apaches. Why should they remain here to murder anC piunder. Blood marks their patt wherever they go; plunder and stoler horses and cattle are in great quantities and numbers on the reservation guarded by the United states soldiers. If ther, was a band oI white outlaws with th' sixteenth part of the plunder these h dians possess, banded together, as the! are,wouid the government protect them We are not ale to see any difference be tween an Indian murderer and whit, murderer. We punish the first and fee, aud clothe, and protect the latter iron the righteousness Of the law. This con ditlon of shings cannot last long, anC should not lest day.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05

THE Star in order to defend itself for posing as defender of Heith, the leader of tue Bisbee marderers, atts mpts to do something be will materially fail at. The CITIZEN does not need to be heralded as in favor of the law as op- posed to mob law. It was the first pa- per in the territory to deprecate the hanging of the Florence and Tombstone men. But We are glad to have stirred up the matter, even at the expense of misrepresentation by our morning con temporary, which however is TO new thing for that journal to do when corn cred. He does not deny but that he believes that HeIth was innocent and should not have perished. If our neigh bor has not been able to understand us, we will say further: That the murderers were tried, convicted and hanged "oy law" That Keith was tried and con- victed, and hanged by mob" they are gone and to now attempt to make it appear they or any part of them are innocent, IS encouragement to the lawless element in the Territory. h so far Us that ex- tends, so far Is the Star posing as an enemy to law and order. The majesty of the law is what has been the effort of the courts and the best part of tae peo- pie to establish and to make crime Odi- ous even to criminals-not to make that class fearful of mob law, but the pen alty of the law of the people, and If the Star will use its influence ID that direc- ton it will accomplish some good.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05
.Didn,t I ToIe You sop

As predicted by the Epitaph ioL. since, the C9ur d'Alene excitement s but a repetition of Salmon and trass: rivers, and the dozen other igDus ia'l, which the adventurous have fOl!o"el for the past twenty years A letter lig-. .I. John ShOn, recently published m .-- ii. Epitaph, pronounced the country a ol-A' and now comes Jack Clunin, whos5 ability to pass judgment in matters O. this kind no one will questi n; and ID Q letter to Chief Coyle, written ngh. ID Eagle City, confirms the statement oI Sh0n. The whole bo' m was started by the Northern Pacific Railroad and mer- chants along the line of the road for speculative purposes.-EPitsph.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05
KAISER AND CHANCELLOR

Look hier. young man." the Kaiser ssi4 Are you der Hing, or If' Prince Bismarck hUmbiy bowed bis h.,5 You Vas der King, but vys'' --@' "Den. If l vas def hIng. vat for You put on all der alre, And get der cOuadry into war. Una run der whole aHairss Vat for you write dot letters bout Der Lasker bissuss-, eh. You Dedder iOOk a leetle out snatch you bald some day
 -Chicazo N.---
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05
TERRITORIAL STATISTICS

rT,--;;o-..l -- r-t-- lI..l- l----.- pared and forward, d to the assessolS5 O. - ------.--. a<.,.ua1.iA1.r bis.0ks for obtaining the following information from each person:
 The number of acres he or she has under cultivation; class of products; average yield per acre; expense of cul- tvation; average price received; number and kind of fruit trees and vines set out, and their yleld; number of horses, cattle, hogs and sheep; proceeds o5 placer and quartz claims; number of mines patented; number and class Of machines for reducing ores, and average yield per ton; number Of houriog mills and amount of flour made; number of sswmills and amount of lumber made; and a complete detail of all other me chanIcal or manufacturing operations. To obtain this information the Assessor shall be furnished with convenient blanks, and when completed he shall turn the same over to the County Re corder, and the County Recorder shall make complete copy Of the same and forward it to the Territorial Auditor on or before the first day of December of each year.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05

JUST now the Tombstone papers are Honizing Judge Peel for the part he took in preventing Deputy U. 5. Mar shal Evans from bringing to Tucson the woodchoppers. That is all right, but be careful that you don't mix up the wood chopping business with the acts of the Judce. We think that Judge Peel was right in the position be tookCout thls wholesale cutting of wood oil govern ment land is not right