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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-25
COLORADO RIVER LANDS.
AN EMPIRE OF MARvELOUSLY RICH
 SOIL AWAITING SETTLEMENT.


 SOIL AWAITING SETTLEMENT.
 There is not, ia all probability, one person in a thousand who pass Yuma on their way to California or to eastern points, who has the faintest conception of the natural advantages possessed by that widely-known, I should say, un- known, locality. The fact that Fort Yuma was a remote outpost and of but small consequence, gave rise to many thoughtless remarks from officers in sending their des- criptions of the country in their private letters, or their exaggerated reports to the War Department at Washington; for in their eyes, in those days, a prison would not have been more of a curse than was Fort Yuma. However, there are attractions, opportunities and possibilities connected with this maligned, abused and misrepre- sented locality that will yet cause the wondering outside world to gaze upon it with awe and admira- tion, while they will admit that something good can come out of Nazareth. The lower Colorado river lands contain over 100000 acres of the finest, most fertile soil known upon the Pacific Coast. Be- ginning at Yuma and extending south, on both sides of the Colorado river, down to the California Gulf, comprising body of land sixty by eighty miles, section large enough to hold the entire Salt river valley, Gila Bend, Mohawk and Antelope tracts, and still have enough left to form several new counties, making no estimate what ever for foothil and mesa lands bordering it along. There you can gaze upon countless thousands of acres of level river bottom-lands, with soil varying from six to twenty feet in depth, quietly awaiting some properly organized combination of brain and muscle to call 1t into a smiling, lowing, embowered ex- panse of fruits and perfumes. We'll may the prophetic eyes that look upon us term our town the Los Angeles of Arizona. There are some worthy and commendable efforts being made to demonstrate in practical manner what can be done here.
 Foremost among those who are thus engaged are John GandOlfo, Capt. Ingalls,, O. D. Townsend, Stephen Sumner, Pablo Figueroa, A. o. Green and John Guhl.
 Mir. Townsend is using steam pump to irrigate his valuable and fertile farm. He has set out vari- ous kinds of fruit trees and grape vines. Messrs. Ingalls, and Gan- dolfo are also using steam pump with success. They have just be- gun their praise-worthy enterprise and each have something over ten acres planted to different varieties of fruits, among which are oranges, lemons, lines, apricots, peaches, plums, prunes, pears, etc Some of these fruited last year and a good crop is expected this season. In this immense valley an abundance of water is obtainable at depths ranging from twelve to sixteen feet, and windmills can be used the year round on account of the constant breezes blowing mildly from the gulf, and it is thought that the use of windmills will prove to be cheaper than steam for raising water, although fuel is very cheap here. Wild hemp is found growing in the valley, and for healthfulness the climate is unsurpassed.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-25

ful valleys. With two great rivers flowing through the fertile soil of this sun-kissed land, needing but the labor of a few enterprising men to reclaim a region richer in an agricultural sense than all the wealth of the Indies, the day is near at hand when the word Yuma will be typical of health and solid prosperity.
 MT. E. Mayes, of Tacna, Yuma County, is president of the Antelope Canal Company.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-25
FRUIT CULTURE.

Fruit production throughout Arizona is a subject of great interest at present, and will, no doubt, be the principal industry in Yuma County. The remarkable results that have sprung from very super fcial and imperfect culture has demonstrated that the soil and climate of Yuma County are peculiarly adapted for this branch of agricultural enterprise. The development of these resources is of the utmost importance and is
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-25
THE GREAT COLORADO
 CANAL

One of the most important irri. gating enterprises which will, above all others, be productive of the greatest benefit to Yuma County is the proposed canal from the Colo rado river.
 George W. Norton, a civil engin- ger of acknowledged great ability and distinguished reputation, has made careful surveys and estimates for this gigantic undertaking. which, if completed as designed; will bring more than one million Oi
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-25
HACKETT CANAL.

The Hackett Canal also heads on the south side of the Gila river, at about the boundary line dividing Yuma and Maricopa counties. The land it now and will redeem all lies in Yuma County, and consists of about 12,000 acres of bottom-land. This canal is being carried on by
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-25

The proprietors are Messrs. An tonic Contreras, John Gandolfo, Manuel Molina, Palemon Avila, Frank Avila, and Hons. Samuel Purdy and Isaac Lyons, all of Yu- ma County, in which county is situated all the land.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-25

canal passes un- der, and to the
 south side of the
 Southern Pacific
 Railroad, and the
 grade is changed
 to one foot per
 mile with a bot
 tom width of six
 feet, for a distance
 of one and three
 quarters miles to
 a Hume, three feet
 square by one
 h hundred an d
 twenty feet long. At this point the grade is changed
 to two and one half feet per mile, and the can-
 al narrowed to three feet for one
 a nd one- h a If
 miles. The main
 c n al, after it passes to the south side of the railroad, is run
 parallel with the latter, and sixty feet from tn e railroad property line, thereby leav- ing room for a .ffty-foot s tr e e t along and b e. tween the railroad land and canal. A similar canal and street will be laid out on the north side of the railroad, and both streets lined with wild orange, lem on and d a t e palm trees for a distance of ten miles. Lateral dis.
 tributing canals are being con- S tructed from various points on
 the main canal and are, as a rule,
 located inside the fence lines; thus leaving S tree t S
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-25

eleven miles east
 of the boundary line between Yu- ma and Maricopa coun S, tn e South Gila Canal hasits head. This
 canal is being
 built andmanaged by an association of energetic men of the highest bus mess ability.
 Messrs. Robert McPherson of Los Angeles county, w. B. Pope of St. Louis, G. W. Cam eron, of Sentinel, o. F. Thornton andGeo. w. Mauk of Phoenix, Ariz., are directors of the company, and F. H. Woodworth of St. Louis, is the financial agent.
 The canal runs in a southerly and
 westerly direction down the valley of the Gila, a dis tance of thirty miles to Texas Hill. It will fur nish water for IT, GOO acres in Yuma County, south of the Gila river.
 The country thus to be irrigated consists of land with a light, warm, sedimentary soil of exceeding fer tility. Lemon trees have grown here eight feet in one year, and other products have done as marvel ously.
 The proprietors of the South Gila bought the Cam eron Canal in June, 1887, and III
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-25
SOUTH CHA CANAL.

At Oatman Canon, on the south side of the Gila river and about
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-25

OOuDC that the measure WILL meet with legislative sanction. The ad- vantages of this great Colorado Canal not only lies in the increased quantity of land made subject to redemption, but it will form a most important factor in furnishing this necessary water supply, owing to a peculiar providence of Nature. The high-water periods of the Colorado and Gila rivers alternate-the for mer having its greatest rise in sum- mer, at which period water is most needed and useful.
 Nor does the grand project bene- fit Arizona alone, for from the western bank of the Colorado at the lock at Stevenson's Island, a large canal will also be taken out on the California side, which will irrigate an immense tract of land in the Golden State and aid in ad- vancing the prosperity of the town of Yuma, which will thus become the center of one of the largest agricultural districts in the West.
 Itis almost impossible within the space allowed for this description to illustrate all the wealth which must necessarily accrue from the construction of such a system of irrigation, or to call attention to all the points of feasibility in such construction. The whole matter is open to investigation.
 The Gazette, leading daily news paper, published in Phoenix, in the
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-05
81, ZOO Prize for the Four Coolest
DAYS.

The Detroit journal offers topay 81, 900
in gold 10 the person who shall name the
four seperate coolest days between Decem.
bcr /, 1888, and March 10, 1889. on which
the thermometer at the U. S. signal station
IN Detroit shall register the lowest temper
allure. The guesseS or predictions must
be written on postal cards. one guess To u
card. and must reach the office of the De-
troit Journal before December /, 1888
Gen. A. w Greedy, the chief of the U. 3.
signal service. writes to the Detroit Journal
that the coolest weather will occur between
January IA and "a, but this is by no means
certain, for he predicted that July IA. 10
aud 16 would be the three hottest days of
1888, and these days were exceptionally
cool. Although over 5000 separate guess
es were sent to the Detroit Journal in com
petition for their $500 cash prize for the
three hottest days. the actual result of the
contest was surprising; not one of the
guessers named the three correct days.
The Detroit Journal, however. came with
in one-half OF degree of having to pay
the sum of $500 to S. l.. Epperson. 144
Jones ST., Detroit, who guessed June II.
July II and August 3. The guess held
good from Friday. August 3, till Monday,
August 81, when it was found that on
Sunday, August 90, the thermometer at
the U. s. signal station in Detroit had
registered 81 degrees.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-05

sense will be guarantee that every
interest, farming and industrial, will
be safe in his hands. Such man is
Col. A. t. Bliss, the gallant soldier,
the successful aud honorable business
man and clear and upright citizen
Apply the remedy, voters, and save
the district from further disaster and
humiliation.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-05
Vigor and Vitality

Are quickly given to every part OF
the body by Hoods SarsapaTilla.
That tired feeling is entirely over.
come. The blood is purified, en-
riched, and vitalized, and carries
health instead of disease to every
organ. The stomach is toned and
strengthened, the appetite restored.
The Kidneys are reused and invigor.
ated. The brain is refreshed, the
mind made clear and ready for work.
Try it.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-05

1t was unmitigated gall in Pension
Commissioner Black TO say in his
Lansing speech that Michigan was
not much of wool state, when upon
the Central Michigan fair grounds at
that moment there was splendid
exhibit of Michigan focks, and when
the report Of the bureau of statistics
makes Michigan second only TO Ohio
in the production of fine wool.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-05
Farm For Sale.

/ offer my farm. for. sale, of so acres,
with good, improvements. on the town
line road. between Owosso and Benning
ton, well watered, with good Strings. In.
quire on the premises. or address me at
Owosso. HUGH DOUGLASS.
Wanted--A man for permanent position
must be able to give security, $12 per
week guaranteed. Address with stamp.
e. G. Reed, Howell, Mich,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-05
For Sale.

Three houses and lots one on Adams
street. mostly new. One on Mulberry
street. well. cistern, cellar, fruit of all
kinds, rooms, one on next street west,
new, six rooms. Will sell cheap on long
time. Enquire of L. F. Kingsley or at
this office.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-05

/ have a number of choice thorough
bred Poland. China hogs, which offer for
sale at reasonable prices. Inspection of
stock can be made at my farm. two miles
east of Bancroft. ii. j. Gulick.'
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-05

All persons indebted to me by book
account or note ale earnestly requested to
call and settle and oblige.
X. l.. BREWER.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-05
PARTIAL LIST OF PREMIUMS

As Awarded ct tho Twenty-ninth
Annual Fair Of the shiawasse 90.
Agricultural Association, held en-
Their Grounds IN owosso October
2. 9, 4 and 3, 1893.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-05

Found at Burton-A hunting dog; own
err can have same by proving property and
paying expenses. I. Lounsberry, station
agent, Burton.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13

Randolph will take this opportunity of
defending his action in recalling his
pledges made in the name of the Tory
regarding the Irish question,
Immediately on the reassembling of
parliament in August, 1886. Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, as leader of the house
of commons, then declared on behalf of
the government that ''the great sign
posts of our policy are equality, similar
ity and, if | may use such word, 81
multaneity, as far as practicable, III the
development of a genuinely popular
system OF local government in the four
countries which form the United King
dom." NO words could be palmer,
NONE MORE EMPHATIC.
They were also in the fullest degree
deliberate and authorized There was
not one dissentient murmur raised
against them among the members of the
Tory party, and it was understood by
Lord Randolph that the declaration thus
made received the full and entire ap-
proyal OF the leaders of the Unionists.
Nor was this all. In September, 1886,
when the supply bill was being some
what holly contested by the Irish men,
bers, Lord Randolph, again speaking
officially and in the name of the govern
ment, gave an even more specific
pledge. 81 think" he said, ''that the
functions of the board of works and the
local government board call for the
most careful consideration from tho
government with view to their devek
opment as far as may be in accordance
with lrieh ideas and desires. 1t is the
desire and intention of the government
to make proposals to parliament at the
earliest opportunity, which l hope may
be the next session (this session of 1857.
The object of these proposals will be to
place the control of all these questions
in the hands of the Irish people"
Great preparations have been made to
give Lord Churchill demonstration of
welcome such as has seldom been wit
messed at Preston.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13
THE CoNKLING GRAFTON.

The friends of the late Roscoe
CONKLING have probably discovered by
this time that they made mistake in
selecting Col. INGERsoLL to deliver the
funeral Grafton. The address was
Ornate to a point of beauty, but it gen.
eralized too much. Mr.. Combines
early life was sketched in detail by this
great master of oratory, but when he
came down to events with which Mr..
CoNKLING'S fame was most intimately
associated, Col. INGERSOLL sighted his
subject. Roscoe CoNKLING's heroic
qualities were displayed in his con-
tests with the half-breed faction
of his own party, and these are
the features of his public career
which lNGERsoLL handled most gin
gerly. 1t is probable that the orator did
the best he could under all the circum-
stances. He was never in sympathy
with Mr.. CoNKILNG-and, consequently,
could not be expected to admire his
heroism. At the time CoNKLING was
achieving his most brilliant triumphs,
Col. lNGERSOLL was supporting a lance
Oh the other side. He was fighting un-
der the BLAINE banner, and it was nat
ural that he should share the feelings
and prejudices of his leader. 1t would
have been almost as appropriate to have
selected JAMES q. BLAINE to deliver
the CoNKLING funeral Grafton as to
have picked out ROBERT G. INGERSoLI
for that service. While Mr.. NIGER
SOILS Grafton will forever remain as a
model OF rhetorical beauty, it will also
forever stand as monument of III
justice to the greatest man the Repub-
lican party has ever produced.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13
SUNDAY SLICES.

The Chicago hackman has reputa-
ton for his ability to stand up against
the influences of booze, but he lost his
laurelS when he came in contact with
the Kentucky visitors who lately hon
ored our city with visit. According to
the story, as it is told in Chicago, after
taking breakfast at the Richelieu, a
party of the Kentucky gentlemen hired
four-in-hand outfit and went out sight
seeing. "Where do you want to go?"
asked JEHU, as he mounted the box and
drew up his chargers. 1--WE want to see
the town." came the reply from within
the coach. Cali right. Well see the
town. retOrted JEHU, and crack went
the whip and round went the wheels.
About four hours later, when the party
returned to the hotel, one of the Ken
tuckians was ON the box handling the
ribbons, while the driver was chucked
under seat inside.
OPIE READ, the ArkanSaw Traveller
funny man. has written novel, and a
quaint book it is. There isn't much
humor in it, but it is as full of touches of
nature as one of DICKENS books, and
contains philosophy that would do
credit to FRANCIS BACON. 1t is a
homely picture of life among the hum
bier classes in the Arkansas cane
brakes.
~
AS an evidence that the country is
getting long way from the war times
the Republicans of Illinois nominated
man for governor who had only been a
private in the army. 1t hasn't been a
very long time since when a man
who hadn't been a brigadier gen
eral in the war wasn't considered
worthy of political distinction. Private
PIFER, who is likely to he the next gov
ern0r of Illinois, was bricklayer before
he went into the army. He was so
badly wounded as to disqualify him
from working at his trade, so he studied
law when he came out of the army.
Later on he got into politics, and is now
the leader of his party in one of the
foremost states of the Union. And yet
there are people who say that poor
boy has no chance i'll this country.
-
1t has been nearly three weeks since
anybody growled because the streets
are not sprinkled.
Xxx
The weather and the coal dealers seem
to be Oh friendly terms.
-
Our Minnesota Democrats are suffer
ing from surfeit of harmony this year.
In the days of ANDREW ia KSoN little
internal motion now and then was re-
garded as essential to the good health of
Democracy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13
HIGH LICENSE OBJECTIONS

1t is because of his high standing as
citizen. scholar and churchmaD that
everything spoken OF written by Rev.
DIR. LEONARD w. BACON carries weight
with it. Therefore, his views on the
subject of license legislation, as a
method of dealing with the LIQUOR traffic.
are of peculiar interest at this time.
when the license question is uppermOst
in the public mind. Speaking as a
temperance man. it may seem little
singular to temperance people to hear
linn arguing i'll opposition to both pro-
hibition and high license, but when they
lave read his argument they will be
forced to admit that he has discussed
the subject free from any diSqualifying
prejudice.
Dr. BACON starts out with the practi-
Cal proposition that the liquor traffic is
indispensable to civilized Society-a
proposition that the most radical prOhi-
bitionists admit when they incorporate
into their prohibitory laws provision
that the business shall be conducted by
public officers appointed for the pur-
pose. Then he follows that up with a
statement that there is no good reason
why licenses 20 sell intoxicating liquors
shall be sold at any price. If selling
liquor is crime-as it is in the opinion
of radical temperance people-then what
justification is there in morals or re-
Iigion for selling to an Individual the
license to commit crime. Dr.. BACON
assumes that it is of high Importance to
the clear understanding and well-work-
ing of a liquor license law that it should
contain no provision whatever for a
license fee, whether large or small.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13
THE GLOBE
Wants to Know, You Know

W
What Joel Heatwole thinks when
McGill says that he is disappointed
office-seeker?
What W. d. Washburne thinks of
Merriam's anonymous circular calling
him Depew pet?
Why II. B. Willis works for McGill
and talks Merriam?
What Michael Doran calls DR.. Ames
when he is alone?
Why the Scheffer men are trying to
get Henry Kellar TO bolt bis party?
Why Schetfer has the enthusiasm,
Merriam the Doodle and McGill the ma
chine?
Why P. j. Smalley and the Albert
Lea Enterprise make faces at each
other?
Why Eli Warner can flop quicker than
his party?
If Judge Wood will publish the his
tory of his election contest with Mer-
riam?
Why the Republican country press
can't agree on candidates or measures?
II McGill isn't too confident?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13
A HAPPY MEDIUM.

For thee, ask not that Time should,
Grow debonair;
I rather beg years keep thee good
Than make thee fair;
For beauty often proves a curse
A black despair:
Therefore beg the gods immense
Thee IN naught rare:
For ever extremes are far worse
Than means to bear.
For thee and cleverness, Cry
The gods Away
Pass this tempting chalice, by,
While yet We may
For too oft witness is sought
And led astray.
What odds that wrongs was nobly fought,
If I wins the day:
And never happiness is caught
BY verbal play!
pray one God to give thee strength,
While on the wing:
For holding this, thou mast fair length
OF wandering;
And peace which other gods might come
And never briug;
But passing leave their balanced sum
A bitter sting.
Nay hail the happy medium
A goodly thing,
Martha Eileen Holahan.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-13
VESTIBULE TRAINS.

The Improvement in railroad travel
ing within the last few years is some
thing astonishing. There are a good
many things yet to complain of, it is
true, such as the tenacity with which
some railroad companies cling to the
coal stove ana other destructive agen-
cIeS: still we are forced to admit that
nowhere are improvements more per-
ceptible, and nowhere have they been
more rapid than in the accommodations
furnished by the railroads for the COM
fort of their passengers. A great prog
reSS was made when the sleeping car
was invented. Then came the dining
car, and now we have the vestibule
train, and thus has Improvement sue
ceeded Improvement until person can
travel from New York to San Francisco
with nearly as much comfort as he can
enjoy i'll his own luXuriously furnished
home during the same length of time.
The vestibule train. which is the lat
est improvement i'll railway travel, is
the capsheaf of all. The GLOBE read
ers will be interested this morning in
reading the description of the first YES
thule train, which came into the union
depot yesterday, for permanent service
OH st. Paul railroad. 1t is brought
here by what is locally known as the
Omaha road, for service on their line
between this city and Chicago, and it is
to the credit of the 'Royal Route" man
agement that they have been the first to
introduce this improvement into the
Northwest. 1t is a stroke of ell
terprise that the travelling public
will not fail to appreciate, and
the benefit it will be to the Twin Cities
i'll the way of increasing travel, winter
travel particularly, in this direction, is
of incalculahle value