Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08
siater's Libel

l mammoth land grahberS In this Ter ritory. The true inwardness of the Peralta Spanish land grant, and tke schemins ehicanory oF James Addison Reeyis to gain strength and support for his clarn even among residents Of the Salt river valley and Southern Arizona, are just coming to light. The Tucson Star and tho Arizona Gazette l have recently formed an alliance, and are demanding that Surveyor General hise shall make report on the Persl- 1 ia claim, well knowing that tue Sur veyor General must, of necessity, re- | port in favor of Reavis if he is com 1 pclled to report upon the evidence already in bis office. Only the testi- mony ef the claimants have been filed, Not one hne of the testimony, upon the part sf tho government, has yet been taken, and not enc dollar has yet been appropriated to secure that | testimony. Therefore, tho friends of Reavis want tho report before tbs ad- verse claim eau be procured. The motive of the Star has long been known, and the proof has been pro duced that be received money from Raavls.
 But the true inwsrduess of the ip- 1 ducements of the PhmnIx gang tejoin in with Hughes in demanding this report has only recently come tc light. twill be remembered that Rea- vis claimed tho boundaries of lis grant under the Powers survey, which 1 he claimed was on flo in the Survey CT Generals office, and which located ] the initial point near tbs Pima village on the old staga read from iheuix to Mar.copa This wouid extend the northern boundary to about twelve miles north of PEUGiS. and take in l ths Arizona canal and the sceunuia. ted lsnds of tue Arizona Improvement Company some of winch arg claimed under litle 10 more legal than the ! Pcra.ia land grant But Republican methods in public land matters arg tAase Y Aich always leave , sorpeuliae trail. and Clark Churchill and " Ghristy seem to sorrow and pine, tbai since lne advent oT Grover Cleveland ] things arc not as they asod to was apd haring secured tue aid of tn, pkaax Gazeite, and Raavis having 'seen the 'fucson Star, tho following expose will exbi5t tbe .nigger ii th' wood pile.
 Last summer RsayiS came to Tue son and tarried about five weeks, anc snro that time, Clark Churchill, 8 leader and spokesman of tbe Arizon; canal has teen taking q deep interes in the Reayis Claim, and has gone; s' far as to prolsr his services to tht Surveyor Ges2ral, free of charge t assist him in making a report upor the pcralta Grant. Churchill, Huehe and the gang wei know that if the, can get a report alone up9n the eyl dsnee thas Reayis has been pling ul in the Surveyor Generals office fo the last fourteen years, that the re pert must of necessity be ln fayor 0 Raavis.
 Bnt the reader must net be le' astray by the impression that this al, 10 Raayis is given without a valuabl consideration. On, no, Churchill an, gang are met that kind of hairpins. Ta gam the support of tue gang Req wis, upon the part of the second party agrees to surrender oigbt miles of tn northern boundary of his claim, dls card the Powers survey, and move hi central or initial poInt eight mile further south towards he old Maricc pa junction. This releases all of tn lands under the Arizona canal, draw in tho nerlhern boundary of tks clair to within about three miles of Phoeni and leaves these lunds of tho ArIzon
 canal for sale without any cloud upe
 the title. To be sure, the gang mus aid Rsavis to fasten his clutches upo
 the old and settled portions of the va ley-the homes and frcsidcs of thei [ neighb9rs. But what does seulIe! l. land syndicate care for the rights ( : others. The Salt river valley IS a s Eden that is drawing many peop d from the East, and in the sale of land
 if the title to thcir neighbor's land
 elou6ed, and Reavls makes no claii . 10 theirs, is not many thousand de
 isrs in the pockets of this syndcat. , Reavi5 was heard to state that l
 would make as much by extending |
 southern line over the town of Se
 omonvillc, as nc would lose by givir
 this eight miles upon thc northwest
 Chnrchill, Chrisiy < Co.
 But what exhibits more cheek ths T. !. We thought it possible for any Repu q q lican Foltician, even as an Ati2ol [, is efiiclal to acquire, is that Clark Churc