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The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of the Interior, has decided that lands purchased by the United States and transferred to the Interior Depart ment, are to be regarded as part of the public domain held in trust for the people, and as on the same basis of lands acquired by cession. The question arose from a discussion of the act of July 5, 1884, providing for the transfer to the Interior Depart. ment of certain lands formerly used as military reservations. This is another blow at land grabbers, as the Land Department at Washington, through Commissioner Sparks, has stated that the time was near at hand when all the public domain would be needed for homestead and pre-emp- tion by honest settlers, and they al- so express themselves that they con tend that I6o acres is enough for any man to locate upon and improve with an honest purpose. Our public lands are at last in good hands, and the in- teresis of the honest husbandmar, and not the Shylocks, are protected.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13
Sensible Plan.

A Silver City man suggests the following plan for catching our Red Tartars and getting them out of the way: "Send all the soldiers to the reservation and let them take charge of every woman and child there. Then say to the bucks, You must bring in those hostile Indians, dead or alive, or your wives and children will be taken to a far-of land, where you will never see them again Take my word for it, in less than two months the trouble will end. Require them to bring in the live Indian or his head. Send a few Mexicsns along to see that they do not bring in Mex ican heads. They are no fools in cun hing. When the hostile bucks art brought in, try and execute every ons who was on the war path, and do il in presence of all the Indians. !"
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13
Gen. Pope. Usual .B.r .. wlna."

Gen. John Pope, of unpleasant memory. who, in assuming command of the army in Virginia, during the rebellion, bombastically announced bis headquarters in the saddle" and now commanding the Department of the Pacific, is credited with saying, in reference to the butchery tn New Mexico by Chiracahuas, 'that there are in Arizona a lot of irrespon- sible scribblers who seem to have no other motive than to create a sersa- tion," and that their reports are ESQ distorted as to be almost unrecogniz. able when the truth is known"
 On thls subject the Silver Belt says: This is the Gen. John Pope who in 1863, telegraphed Lincoln about ev- cry thirty minutes that he was crowd. ing Stonewall Jackson, when in fact the confederates were crowding him and had he map of the world spread before him on a camp stool, he could not have told whether he was in the United States or New Jersey. Lln- coln, when asked what he thought oi the situation, said, "I know John, and regard his dispatches as nothing but wind."
 We remember another little circum- stance which occurred in St. Louis years ago, in which Pope did not cut an enviable figure. He went to chas. tise tailor who had been dunning him for a bill. and the latter stood him off with palr of shears. The opinions of such man will not carry much weight against the accounts published by "Arizona scribblers" oi the bloody trail left by the Chiraca- huas through southwestern New Mex. ico. The ghastly corpses of the sev, enty or more victims of the red hends testify mutely but eloquently to the truths of the statements made by the press of Arizona and New Mexico.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

To JAs. J. HYDE, of the Mohaye County Miner. the press of the Terri tory is indebted for establishing the precedent that a Board of Supervisors of any county cannot cut down a bill when the work is done according to contract. Mir. Hyde made contract with the Supervisors of Mohave coun- ty to do the county advertising at Ss per inch. and presented his bill ac. cordingly. amounting to s4oo. The Board allowed $500, and sui. was brought for the $Ioo. E. M. San ford, now of Prescott, drew the com plaint, a very able document, and the ease was tried before. Chief Justice Howard: who decided m favor of the Supervisors. An appeal was talk en, and the case was tried before the Supreme Court of the Territory, when
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

Judge Towards decision was reversed. A Board of Supervisors act as one in- dividual, and they invite bids to do a certain piece of work, ard while they nearly always have hankering for cutting down accounts, when a con tract is made and fully carried out, they are just as responsible as one in. dividual to another. Mir. Hyde's suit has established this fact. And the printers of the Territory are in- debted to him for making the fight and putting case on record which will hereafter be cited in similar cases.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

THE Apaches arc satisfied with their work on this side of the border, and have gone to pay our Mexican neigh DOTS visit. Their soiourn among us has cost rs the lives of about one hun dred citizens, and the country is we'll advertised in the east as an Indian stronghold. The imbecility of the officers in command is alone respon- sible for the wholesale butchery of citlzens. The troops had the Indi- ans surrounded and could have ex- terminated them had they desired. but they had business elsewhere! Not an Indian has been hurt, and they are doubtless congratulating themselves on the successful raid they have made through the two Territories.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

WE have received from Secretary Van Arman copy of the acts passed by the Fighting Thirteenth Legislative Assembly. Thanks.
 J. R. Fitzpatrick left on Tuesday .last for Chicago, on a telegram that his wife, who has been in that city for some time, under the care of an eminent physician, was much worse, and his presence was needed at once. We sincerely hope Mrs. K. will inn prove, so that she can accompany her husband home.
 Geo. Wilson, who for some time past has been in the employ of R. s. Foster, of this place, delivering milk to customers, was arrested this week on a charge of embezzlement, having collected and retained money belong. ing to MT. Foster. He was arraigned before J. w. Spafford, Justice, plead guilty to the charge, and was sen, fenced to four months in the county jail.
 1 Cor. C. ZULlcK, the new aspiran, for the Goyernorship of Arizona, is not and never was a resident of the Territory, and knows nothing of oul wants and needs. By selecting him. President Cleveland would wrong the people of Arizona and violate the pledges he has made relative to Terri. torial appointments. We do not be lieve he will be guilty of such mis take. Give us Mr. Oury, Mir. Presi dent. He is the choice of the peo pie irrespective of politics.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13
U. B. Land Commissioner Sparks.


 The people of Arizona will say "amen" to the manly ard heroic ef. forts of Hon. Wm. A. J. Sparks, U. s. Land Commissioner at Washing. ton, in protecting the people of the Territories from the thieving land grabbers, with which our country is infested. For years the system of robbing the people out of their just rights has been carried on at Wash ington, and It remained for Demo, cratic administration to administer the laws as they were intended. All hail Land Commissioner Sparks, and Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of the Interior, whom kind Providence has given to us. The rights of the people are once more in the ascen- dency, and the public domain will be protected from land sharks, and saved for honest settlers. Mir. Sparks says: "The public domain is looked upon as the legitimate prey of land thieves, railroad rings, corporate rings and sharks of all kinds. The terri. tory that IS looked after by this office extends from Key West to Behring straits, and the difficulties of commu. nication and the intricacies of the business cannot be overstated. Since 1 have been in office l have hardly taken a step that I have not found something wrong. l have already detected and stopped some grand land steals. One was by the Northern Pacific railroad. The corporation was smuggling through change of boundary line, by which the govern ment was to lose I5I,ooo acres of excellent land. I revoked the order and prevented the steal. Then there is the grand steal in Arizona, known as the Peralta grant. They had taken possession of very large tract of country and were intimidating the inhabitants, but we squelchedit. Oh! there is hardly day that something important don't happen here. The other day I detected a grant that should have been one league that was being occupied as seven leagues. or course we sat down upon that. There are an immense number of such things-so many that it would worry both you and to go through them all."
 Commissioner Sparks has issued an order susrendlng final action in the General Land Office, and by this means he has got operations down to basis by which fraudulent claims will be detected and cancelled and honest claims given to honest settlers. In word, if properl, backed up and carried out, his plans will save the lands for the homes of honest settlers. This plan has already met with the violent opposition of all the trick sters and land sharks in the country, They are bowling over it because il breaks up their business, but it save: the public domain for men who pro pose to go upon and honestly settl' and cultivate it The land system under the present auspices, is show ing wonderful signs of brighteninl up, and the work already accomp lished is great. The jobbers ar, thoroughly scared. In the past wheI they have been unable to either bu, or scare commissioner; they have brought influence to bear that would cause him to resign.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13
To Journalists.

McIllriach & Co.,, advertising agents, of 4oa Montgomery street, San Francisco, is the same old fraud ulent firm which has swindled ma. jority of the newspapers of this coast, under the name of D. Brown. Be. ware of them. It is the same Brown who beat the CHAMPION out of sew eral months advertising, and caused many another publisher in this terri. tory to suffer. Beware of Dead Beat Brown, or any name he may go un. der.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

GERONIMO and his band left the San Carlos reservation on Sunday, the I7th of May, and Gen. Crook left Prescott for the scene of action on Thursday, the 18th. Prescott is some 300 miles from the point where the Apaehes have been raiding and mur- dering. Only this and nothing more. It took Crook eleven days to get req dy to start, the Indians moving sixty miles a day. and Sheridan" only 300 miles awayl
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13
TIE American Advertiser Reporter,

THE American Advertiser Reporter, published by the American Mercan- tile and Collection Association at No. a34 Broadway, New York, is very valuable publication, and should be on the desk of every newspaper pro- prietor in the land. Its object is to expose all advertising frauds, and keep publishers informed as to the financial condition of every firm seek. ing to advertise in the United States. It is on our desk, and we would not be without it,
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13
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WASHINGTON, D. C.--The son of Senator Frye. of Maine, who has been suffering from severe cold, which settled on his chest, was cured by a few doses of Red Star Cough Cure. He publicly endorses it as prompt, pleasant and safe. Dr. Cox calls il the best remedy. l. contain; no opi. a,es or poisons.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

Stockmen complain that the Aztec Cattle Company are bringing large number of Texas cattle into the Ter ritory in the vicinity of Holbrook, without being inspected as required by law. The fault seems to lie with stock associations themselves, as the law provides for the appointment of inspectors on the recommendation ot the stock associations, and in the ab' sence of any recommendations by them, no appointments have been made. The Aztec Cattle Company propose to stock their range, recently purchased from the Atlantic & Pacific railroad. with 35,ooo head of stock. Their range embraces an area of r,3oo, 900 Journal.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

: According to an act passed by the Thirteenth Legislative Assembly, all parties accused of crime have the priv Hedge of appearing before the Grand Jury and making a defense. It is a good law and IS found to work we'll, as under it charges that might resul, in an indictment and an acqulttal be. fore tial jury, are ignored, saving
 the expense of trial.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

MR. PRESIDENT, the people are anxiously awailing an application of your official boot to the rear of Royal A. Johnson, who injured about To, {. 900 settlers by his official action on the fraudulent Peralta land grant. They will never rest contented while he remains in office.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

THE Tucson Star says: "Two Americans were executed by the Mex ,ean troops on last Saturday, about Iso miles from Opusura. They be- longed to the Yaqpi command as sol. diers. The Mexicans put all foreign. CTS to death whom they capture fight ing with the Indians. The Yaquis also treat foreign prisoners in a like manner
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

Hon. Robert Cornell, of Prescott, member of the Fighting Thirteenth. , from Yavapai county. is in Washing ton, urging Cleveland to set the Ari- zona guillotine at work at once, and clean them all out, from Governor to the lowest postmaster.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

The people of Albuquerque are making preparations to give their rev Governor Ross grand reception on
 his return from the east. The ap- pointment seems to give general sat isfaction, except to the Santa Fe ring.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

Chatc. who two years ago, was leader of the band of Indians who murdered Judge McComas and fami- ly, is now leader of the scouts who are now after the hostiles. while the leader of the scouts of year ago is now with the hostiles.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13
Important Notice.

THIS is to give notice that the Ari. A zona Cattle Company has spurchas. ed all the cattle and horses owned by B. F. Saunders, ranging south of the Colorado river. The cattle are branded x on the ribs, and horses the same brand on the shoulder. Also, the Arizona Cattle Company pany has for sale twenty saddle horses, thirty young Utah bulls, three young stallions. two half breed Perckerots, one good roadster, also few good mich cows.
 For particulars, apply to or address
 DANIEL SCHILLER,
 Flagstaff, Ariz.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

THE Philadelphia Times, judging from its "cranky" comment on the newly appointed minister to China, understands the Chinese question about as thoroughly as its Quaker constituency does the Indian problem.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

The Sacramento Bee says that few days ago the evening train from Shingle Springs was delayed nearly an hour by grasshoppers on the rail. A comparatively few grasshoppers make the rails so slippery that the drivers revolve without grasl,ing the rails. ..-.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

The discovery of land frauds in New Mexico drew the attention of the administration to that Territory, and has been the indirect means of bringing about the recent appoint xoan,e
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

TIE military of the Arizona and New Mexico frontier are better poker players than Indian fighters. Give them plenty of SOW belly and beans, and the devil take the Indians.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13

SEND the U. S. soldiers and band box officers to some fashionable water ing place in the east, where the peo. pie ot the Territories will see them no more.
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13
WEEKLY CHAMPION.
SATURDAY, JUNE I3, 1885.

THE time to plant Apaches is in early spring
The Arizona champion., 1885-06-13
L Baldwin intends to

E' J DdIu"IH IH'eIus 'U SCH aIr his property in Los Angeles except his Santa Anita ranch. About s5,, 900 acres of choice land will be put on the market.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-08
The Metropolis OF Alaska.

Sitka is the metropolis of Alaska ana
is the centre of whatever social lh
there is. During the ownership III
Russia the town was much mon
fiourishing place than it is to-day and
existence was endurable there IL nOtA
ing more. In the castle which still
stands on its high hill overlookas|
Sitka bay, the ruling prince and ta
consort had a'throne-room, and the nov
dilapidated building was the scene d
much ceremony and no little gayety
Then the dress. even. of the people
was prescribed by the Russian Prlb
cess, and there was u marked distint
ton made on the streets and in The
houses between the high and leV
classes. But since the evacuation d
the place by the Russians, Sltka hu1
degenerated as it were, and has goa'
to seed, until at the present time II >
but sparsely settled and has dilapids
ted and weather-beaten appearance
causing 1t to strongly resemble many
of the villages one sees along the cOas
Of Maine. The castle has only TIVE
rooms fit for occupancy, these being
used by officers of the Signal Service
and the others are free to every breea
That blows. Down IN the town. whla
nestles on the curved shore beyca
which stretch the island-,iot, ID watea
of the harbor. the one llain street .
the town runs eastward through arof
of dark-stained wooden houses sns
past the old Russian govcr1m@
buildings, which now serve = bar
racks and Custom-house of the presen
power. To the left of Sitka is the ID
dian village, and in the centre OF ta
town is the Greek church, with y
queer roof and bell tower and Laws
interior decorations. Wai'Seng
about the village, tho silence of who
is rarely dist 1rbed, one looks in vD
for that social enjoyment which eva
tov is supposed to have. There
no caste now, no marked line betWn
the poor and the rich, the good 2
the tad. The few Americans. wh's
fate or with the hope of future g
have settled in the capital, hail the
rival of a steamer with uGfeigL"
light. and after she has gone, agaln
sufne their dull routine of duties W
no other pleasures n view save y,
which can be gained frc.n looking
the surrounding mountains CT "
the land-locked harbor, with its z.
and tree-crowned islands.-Sa" ~
cisco Chronicle.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-08

ere spout sou see yonder was just like
pillar Of are: in fact. it looked like a
red-hot volcany. and some of the men
thought that it was; he knew 1t was
the water. but how it looked like fire
he couldn't make out" The same
thing has been seen on many shores.
and may be observed in August at
Spouting Horn. Nahant, on the Massa-
chusetts coast. The water rushes up
through o narrow opening. bearing
myriads Of jelly-fish. that at this sea
son are broken upand highly luminous
or phosphOrescent. So vivid IS this
light that the column as it rises ap-
pears.a veritable column Of fire that
finally breaks. falls. and rolls back to
the sea in streams of living light.--N.
x. Post.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-08
Vast Field for Sportsmen.

Labrador offers vast field for
the sportsman, and probably in few
years to come the possibilities of the
country will be fully tested. Though
reindeer, caribou, foxes, etc, are to be
found, the great attraction of the coun-
try will be its fishing Lakes, ponds,
streams and rivers abound everywhere.
and it is good country for travelling,
the forests beingsparse. The salmon
and cod fisheries already employ over
twelve hundred vessels, giving employ
ment directly and indirectly to nearly
1000 persons. Approaching from the
strait, one is impressed with the wild
ness Of the coast. At every hand
there is evidence of terrible conflicts
with the elements. AL nature seems
opposed to itself, and land and sea
wage eternal war; Here the rocks
rise in precipitous cliffs from the wa
ter that is slowly and surely under
mining them. Huge waves rise in air
in eagerness to reach the top where
the wind catches the spray and bears
il far inlard over the barren. mess
covered rocks. Battlements, towers,
palaces, grOtesque ruins. are all here
pictured. In some places the great
cliffs have been entirely broken
down, and gullies extend far inland
into which The boiling waves rush
with fury. Arches, caves. submarine
halls. follow in quick succession, into
which the ocean rushes with a boom
Ing heard far out to sea. In one spot,
where the water fell back, the air
flushed into a cave Of unknown dImen-
sions. the following wave filed il with
| q roar that was distinctly heard mile
from shore, and the escaping air threw
out spout Of foamy. glistening WA
ter that must have been fifty feet in
height .sThat's IS good as light
house." said the skipper, '.and with
| the wind yOu can hear it two or three
miles from shore-and that amt the
curious part Of it either. a friend OF
! mine at St Johns. in the stealth bust.
ness. told me that he went By here
once IN tie month o. August. and that
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-08
Hunting Jack Rabbits in colorado;

CAPTAIN SuesS formed his company
into two ranks, each headed by its
leader, aud at the word of command
the company started forward to the
scene of carnage. As they approached
the rabbit ground, the two lines d.
verged to the right and left, marching
in a diagonal course each way, and
soon inclosed on one side an area
embracing several acres. AS the
lines advanced they heightened, until
at the proper signal the leaders direct
ed their course toward each other,
and an immense circle was formed
which, gradually narrowing, corralled
an army of rabbits which had been
startled by the tramp of the enemy,
who had encompassed their city as
the walls Of Jericho were once en-
cOmpassed. Then came the moment
Of excitement, and each man graspeG
his gun, fearing that he would get
nervous. and fire before he ought to
and possibly shoot neighbor over
on the other side oe the circle. The
rule is that the first shot shall be
fred by the man toward whom a
rabbit runs, and, in the event Of his
failure to hit it. the next man takes
pop at the jack, and so on. This
rule was as strictly adhered to as
possible. but. after the first two
shots. the game ran in such lively
style that the country all around was
ringing with the reports of musketry
in a very few minutes, and the
ground was SO rapidly strewn with
dead rabbits that the riders were
kept busy picking them up. while
riding around like crazy cavalrymen.
The result was some 1900 rabbits as
the result Of the hunt. -Denoer Trtb-
une
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-08
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

In some provinces of Brazil !.
ore is used in large quantities as hn's
ing stone. so abundant and reads
hard is it. y
According to the latest tests by 4
finest instruments an electric s;,s',
travels at the rate of 10000 Mills Il
second
The hot spring of Ell Hammam O...
Zerguine. in Algeria. suddenly coal.
in 1869: on the 21st Of May, 1884 !
as suddenly rose in temperature 70 i,
former height.
A new motor driven BY the exD,A
sion of small charges of gun-cOttm
has been produced in England, and !
said to be applicable wherever SINAI
powers are required.
Marine animals congregate maiOl,
along the coasts of continents /"
soundings The meeting-place Of tm
maritime currents of different temm,
atures. as on the banks of NewfouOa
land, favors the development Of /,
great diversity of fishes.
Speaking lately in favor of crena
ton in infectious cases, Sir Spence
Wells mentioned that an epidemic d
scarlet fever hasbeen caused in cOua
try town by the opening Of graves 4
persons who died with the dseas
thirty years previously. the germso
infection having retained their vital
ty for nearly a thirdof century