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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

THERE is probably no compact body of agricultural land in the whole world that will equal in area and fertility the valley of the Gila commencing at Flor ence and ending at Yuma, including the Salt river valley. It is more than two hundred mles in length with an average width of perhaps twenty miles, and there is sufficient available water to irrigate every foot of it. The capa- hilities of production of this vast tract of land is something almost incredi- ble to those who have not witnessed the prolific growth of vegetation in southern Arizona. Everything the temperate zone produces will flourish here and many tropical and semi-tropic- al fruits and plants grow exceedingly well. There is hardly variety from the hardy deciduous fruits of the most northern states to the delicate citrus productions of the southern countries. that cannot be successfully grown in this valley, and the tropical banana and date are readily cultivated with little care. This wide range of pro- duction, in addition to the long sea sons in which from two to four crops mature during a single year, presents a wonderful array of advantages that are apparent even to the most casual observer. In addition to these there is an exclusive supply of the earliest and most profitable market enjoyed by it's fruit raisers, involving rare benefits that no other section enjoys. The climate is all that mankind can wish for, the pure, dry atmosphere being es- pecially beneficial to invalids and lux urious to the robust. There are ab- solutely none of the evils that afflict the dwellers in other localities, and all the conditions of health and pros perity are concentrated in this mar yelous region. The time is close at hand when this valley will support a dense population of happy and pros porous people, and it will acquire fame throughout the world as the nearest approach to an earthly paradise.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07
Fire at Flagstaff.

A fire was discoveed in Flagstaff at 3 30 Monday morning in a saloon on Railroad Ave. The flames spread rapidly east and west taking every thing from San Francisco to Gold Ave. The loss will not be less than one hun dred thousand dollars. At one time the entire western portion of the town was in danger of being destroyed but by hard work of the citizens the flames were arrested in that direction. The flames rapidly swept eastward until the fine new Danohan building was reached which in a few minutes was a roaring furnace. A saloon building owneq by Jas. A. Vail was burned but being on a corner gave the workers a chance to save the remainder of the business DOT ton of the town. The Signal Office almost total loss. The Champion office saved but the building and mater ial badly damaged. The only insurance was held by $. Salzmon on stock and general merchandise three thousand dollars. All other policies on Railroad Avenue had been cancelled a few days previous. The cause of the fire is not | known.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

THERErseenls to he q lurid rivaI-y, among the towns along the Atlantic X Pacific railroad in the matter of con flagrations and half dozen very res pectable blazes have recently trans pired, the latest being the town of Flagstaff, which received its second visitation last Monday morning. As there is nothing left to burn it is likely that the contest will be declared off.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

Austin Darlington, superintendent of the Highland canal, was in Tempe Wedensday and informed News re porter that fourteen miles of the canal have been completed, and it is the in tention to have the whole ready for op- eration by the beginning of October
 When finished this will be one of the most valuable canal properties in the valley, having an unfailihg supply water, which will irrigate some of the most fertile land of the southwest.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

BY neglect to have its municipal ordinances properly published accord ing to law, test case has decided the fact that the city of Sacramento, Cali fornia, is practically without city laws. The city trustees were of an economi- cal disposition and their parsimony is likely to be the most expensive ex- perience the city has ever paid for.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

THERE is disposition manifest in several of the large and most populous counties of the Territory to ignore party lines in the selection of candi- dates for county and territorial offices to be voted for at the coming election, and choosing men for the various positions upon basis of their qualif- cations for the duties of the positions 10 be filled. This plan, it is reason able to believe, will give an efficient corps of officers and prove beneficial in many ways. Maricopa, Pima and Final counties will likely follow thi: line of policy and elect only good and qualified men to office.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

TIE profit of fruit canning as dem onstrated by the California establish ments that supply the superior grades of goods, is sufficient to induce the erection of large plants in this valley when the fruit product shall warrant their construction. Our farmers need not fear an over production, for when ever they reach the time of surplus of fruits for home consumption capi- talists will not be slow in supplying cannerics.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

TEXAS is embarr assed by the posses sion of too much money in its treasury. Its general fund has surplus of more than two millions and it's school fund contains sixteen millions. The money is coming in from all sources so rapid ly that the treasury can find no room to store it away. Poor Texas; it has our7deepest, poverty-stricken sympa- thies.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07
A Fast Man.

Zacher, the faster of Racine, Wis, is keeping up his intention of beating the worlds record. He has now been forty-one days without food. When Dr. Tanner made his celebrated fast he was almos dead on the fortieth day, and suffered terrible agony. Not so. with Zacher. He evidently does not suffer any extreme pain. When called on he was lying i'll bed sleeping quiet ly. He Is quite thin and looks like 8 man who has passed through a severe spell of sickness, but is convalescing. His heavy, stubby growth of beard makes him look really worse than he is. The family stated that he still presists in refusing all food offered him. He spends his mornings in bed, and on pleasant afternoons wraps himself up in a blanket and goes out in the yard and sits under a tree.
 He Will not take anything, not even his medicine, from any one but his physician. He has so far baffled the skill of several physicians and knocked their theories out of date. That Zach CT is demented is certain. He is very quiet, and when he talks is rational in his remarks, but his mindis infirm on the subject of food. He gets a lrne testy when pressed to eat, and says he knows his own business, and when he wants anything he will let them know. How much longer nature will be able tosustain life in this manner is ques- ton. The likelihood that he will live ten or twelve days more is very good, as he has not yet reached the stage Of extreme weakness, but retains consider able vitality. The only thing that can be said with certainty is that Zacher, on the forty-grst day of his self imposed fast, Is in much better condition than would seem possible, and there is no, speculating wi h any degree of certainty when nature will succumb to the tre- mendous strain placed upon it.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

THE Phenix Gazette came out with flying colors on the fourth, it's inside being printed with red ink and its out side with blue. While its face looked as blue as the architrave its inside
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

A GLACIER in Alaska is said to be larger in area than the whole of Swift zerland and it is moving into the sea and disintegrating at the rate of forty feet per day. It is believed to be the largest glacier now in existence.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07
A Phenix Boy in Mexico.

Almost everybody in Phenix will re- member Joe Simms, the oldest son of Colonel J. T. Simms, and who had charge of the latter's ranch for some time. Joe is now in old Mexico, and is sub-contractor on the San Luis Po- tosi branch of the Mexican Central railroad. He met with an adventure the other day, which he recounts in a letter, under date of Los Canoas, June 12, which was received by his brother James, in this city to-day:
 "I got into trouble last Saturday night. Ii you remember, I told you, some time ago, about being robbed of $2, 300 by Mexican bandits We'll they tried to do the same trick again. I had $1 700 in the bank, Cor rather box) they came and broke it open and were about to get away with the money when l, having previously put box of giant powder-ffty pounds-behind the money box, and some battery caps and strung out some Head wire" about 300 feet from camp behind some big rocks, pulled the battery and "done up' i five of them. Only one was left and he got away with $500. 1 wish there had been hundred of the devils sc that I could have killed them. My money always comes about 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon and I pay off Sat urday night They robbed the camp just below me of $3,500, and two oi the bandits were killed. 1 heard the shooting and prepared for them. gc to San Luis Potosi tonight and from there to the city of Mexico, for about two months, or until the affair blow: over.-Arizonan.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

Col. Robert Wood has gathered large quantity of alfileria seed from the Santa Catalina stock ranges, and will SOW 1t on the ranges west and south of Tucson. He took quantity out yester- day, and as soon as it rains he will sow the first lot. The seed was first taken. on the Santa Catalina ranges in the wool of sheep brought from California, and the result is it has produced a splendid pasture all through this region. Star
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

IT is believed that the present ses- sion of Congress will be continued through the summer and until next September. It is a session remark able for the vast number of measures presented and the meagre amount ol important legislation accomplished.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

IT is not often that an excessive crop is rewarded with unusually high prices, but near St. Paul, Minnesota, the grasshoppers are so very abund- ant that tbey readily bring one dollar per bushel. They are more profitable than raising wheat and corn.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

ANOTHER titled European has car ried away an American lady as his wife. It was the Duke of Marlborough and the brides name was three million dollars. It is about tune a Know Nothing matrimonial law was enacted to stop this process of quieting foreign titles with domestic coin.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07
Two Ways. Choose Which!

There are two usual ways of doing what Nature sometime does incom- pletely, namely, to relieve the bowels. One is to swallow a drastic purgative which evacuates profusely, abruptly and with pain, the other is to take HOstetter's Stomach Bitters, the effect of which is not violent, but sufficiently thorough, and which does not gripe the intestines. If the first is selected, the person employing it need not expect permanent benefit, and he cannot hope to escape the facilitating reaction which leaves the organs as bad or worse off than before. If, on the other hand, he resorts to the Bit ters, he can rely upon the restoration of regular habit of body, consequent upon a renewal of a healthful tone in the intestinal canal. Besides health fully relaxing the bowels, the Bitters arouses a dormant liver, imparts a beneficial impetus to the action of the kidneys, and counteracts the early twinges of rheumaV sm, a tendency tc gout, and malaria in all it's forms.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

THE Shoshone Indians in Idaho are
 harsssing the settlers in the neigh borhood of their reservation by steal ing stock and committing other dep relations. They are off the reserva- tion under a pretense of hunting. The matter has been laid before the departments at Washington but it is -helieyed that a conflict will result be- fore troops can reach the scene It is the same old story such as Arizona has frequently experienced, and it ex- hibits characteristic common among all Indians of thievery and bloodshed
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

STRONG efforts are being made by the directors of the Territorial Fair association of Phenix to make the com ing exhibition a grand one and worthy of the progress of the Territory. It is their purpose to make it thorough exposition of the products of the soil the mines and the shop, with an auxiliary speed programme that will not absorb every other interest, but one that will satisfy all patrons of the turf. With such @ worthy purpose ir view the Fair ought certainly to find recognition in every town, hamlet camp and farm in the Territory.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07
Died.

In this city, Saturday June 30, 1888, at 4 o'clock p. m., of pneumonia, after an illness of eight days, Mrs. Florence T. Hise, wife of J. Henry Hise, aged 37 years. Deceased was the daughter in-Iaw of General John Hise, Surveyor General of Arizona, ,eand was true and devoted wife and mother and will be sadly missed from the circle of her i'm mediate friends and acquaintances
 kaves a husband and three little
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

TIE country feels that it is now safe, as the powder smoke of the fourth gives ample proof that the people have lost none of their patriotism. The eagle may feel somewhat misused from the forcible spreading of its wings by the ambitious orators of the day.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

WHEN the coffee dealers form a sue cessful trust to double the price of this favorite beverage there are sui ficient grounds for legislative inter- ference to settle the difficulty.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

A verdict of $10,OOO damages was awarded by jury in Prescott, Thurs day, against the Mineral Belt Railroad Company in favor of the widow and child of James Neal, who was killed in March, 1887, when Neal was employed as the brakeman of a construction train. Seven thousand dollars were awarded to the widow and 5000 to the child.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

PREscoTT readily raised $ls50 to boom the cannon on Independence day but, like many other towns in the Territory, would wildly kick at con tributing half that sum to the press to boom the town and county. A dimes worth of fun to-day is worth more than a hundred dollars bank account tomorrow.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

THE Arizona delegates to the Chi cago convention did not represent the sentiment of the Republicans of the Territory, but it is covertly charged q at they represented the great Ameri- osu sarle-in fact several scores of
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

A stock company to be organized under the laws of the territory of New Mexico, in which parties named Ham mond, Baker and Dane, is reported to have in contemplation the establish ing of an immense ranch in New Mex ico on capital stock of $10,000,0O0, which will control some 250,000 head of cattle. One hundred thousand acres of land and 10000 head of cattle have been purchased in the southwestern part of the territory from Doc. Bolton, of Texas, and negotiations are about completed for the procurement of other large tracts of lands surrounding that already secured. The association is known as the New York and New Mexico Meat Company.-El Paso Tribune.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07
Take a Trip.

The Colorado River, says the Yuma Sentinel, is navigable at all seasons to Fort Mohave, 300 miles north of Yuma, and from March to November to Fl Dorado Canyon 65 miles farther. In June and July the steamers run to the Virgin River, which is 75 miles above Fl Dorado Canyon, and south Of Yuma to Port Isabel on the Gulf 165 miles, making a total of 6O5 miles navigated. The steamers are 187 feet over all, 36 feet beam; comfortably furnished, and the table supplied with the best to be had in the market. No where in the world is there such grand scenery as is seen in Black Canyon on the trip to the Virgin River. This canyon is 40 miles long, with walls SC high that the sun cannot be seen before mid day, and and in some places the sun never reaches at all.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07
A New Canal.

Two miles above the headgate of the Arizona canal on Salt river, the noun tains which line its southern bank re- treat from the river leaving 8 broad and beautiful park-like flat several miles in area, where the green and al most level sward slopes gently from the foot hills to the river, and is dotted with mesquite and Palo Verde, and fringed at it's northern edge with the cottonwood trees that line the river bottom. Here is nestled the stock ranch of Dr. Wilson w. Jones.
 It has been a source of wonder to those who are acquainted with this favored spot that the ancient people, so handy in the construction of canals, never brought the river water on the land, but until few days since no signs of ditch or dam had been found. During the present week, however, while Dr. Jones with I. P. Trott and George Beardsley were running levels to find an advantageous spot for the location of the headgate, they dis covered the remains Of prehistoric canal just below the mouth of Salt River canyon, and now the headgate for ditch is there located, which will tave the river some five miles above the Jones ranch, at the very spot uti- ized by the ancients, using about half a mile of the old channel constructed by an unknown race in an unknown century.
 The canal will be known as the Mon te Verde canal, located by Wilson W Jones and Frank P. Trott will be from five to six miles in length and will irri- gate from 2000 to 2500 acres. Work will be pushed on it vigorously and it will be completed this fall.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07
The Tombstone Prospecter which

The Tombstone Prospecter which strongly advocated a railroad from Tombstone, but got left, thus solilo- quizes "The Prospector is glad the railroad campaign is over. In the heat of the conflict we may have said harsh things against the city and county governments, for not taking steps to bring the road this way, and also used expressions against individuals who did not agree with us on the proposi- ton. We take this opportunity to take 1t all back We don't want railroad and never did. Bull butter 2Sd 6esi hrof is rood nnnl1.rl, l..
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07
Temperance Mining Camp.

A temperance mining camp in Ari- zona, or any other mining country of the Great West, is somewhat of great novelty, yet that is what they propose to have at Copper Basin, as will be seen by the following, which is copy of notice posted up prominently in the camp:
 Desiring to have at the Bssin a moral and respectable camp, the Cop per Company establish the following rules for the benefit of their employees Profane or other improper language will not be allowed.
 1ntoxication prohibited, although no restraint Is imposed on the temperate use Of liquor:
 Gambling in any form prohibited, although no objection to use of cards. chess, checkers or dominoes.
 Thepatronizing of any liquor saloon, gambling-house or any other place of bad repute by any of the employees of the company is prohibited
 The violation of any of the above rules will subject the offender to i'm mediate discharge.
 Any employe of the company un- able or unwilling to comply with the above regulations will please call at once at the office for settlement of his account.
 COPPER BASIN COPPER Co,
 By J.J. WILLIAMS, Supt.
 Copper Basin, Arizona.
 As clincher to the above, all em- ployes of the company are required to subscribe to the following pledge:
 We, the undersigned employees of, doing business for the Copper Basin Copper Co.,, do hereby subscribe to the rules and regulations of the camp, and and pledge ourselves to refrain from the use of profane or improper Ian gage, from gambling, from immoderate use of liquors, and agree not to patro nize any liquor saloon, gambling-house or any place of illrepute while in the employ of the company-Journa
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

MT. w. A. Hall, a well known and highly respected citizen of this city has received the appointment of Postmast- CT of Phenix. MT. Hall is an intelli- gent, competent gentleman, and will perform the duties of that office with credit and ability. MT. Mowrey has proven himself faithful servant, and will retire with the esteem of his neighbors. The Gazette congratulates Mr. Hall upon his well deserved reccog- nition.-Phenix Gazette.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

c1amnlOn har's belt from the Benson f4c i----rr m. -sr- grilible pub lie that a mine has recently been dis covered near that city the ore from which assays $1.15 per ounce in silver -twenty-fve per cent more valuable than pure silver is now worth. Per haps 1t is in a highly condensed form and requires to be diluted to state of pure silver before using. We are re- joiced to note the recognition of such rare genius as that budding in Albu- querque. He is evidently promising newspaper man.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

A GENIUS in St. Paul, Minnesota, has invented 6 voting machine. We wonder that the patent office examiner allowed his claim to novelty when
 plenty can be had from $1 to $5 each.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

TIE Albuquerque agent of the as sociated press has honorably won the champion liars belt from the Benson
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

It is not generally known what a. close call Johnny Behan had, i'll re- capturing convict Porter, a few weeks ago. When Porter fired at Behan he was not over thirty yards distant and the bullet came very near ending 8 useful mans career. Superintendent Behan's two shots struck the tree be- hind which Porter was ambushed and when the convict found his rife would not work he gladly surrendered- Yuma Sentinel.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-07

FERNANDO B. NALDoNADO,
 FLORENCE, Arizon a.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-09-06
The Senate Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, August q, 18SS.-An
afternoon paper says to-day that the
Senate Trriff bill is all ready, but that
it will not be submitted to the full COM
mittee until September IL.
The reason for this delay is said to
be that the bill contains fifty per
cent cut on lumber and the republi-
cans do not want that fact to become
public until after the Maine election.
They fear, it is said, the effect in that
State, and hence will hold back the
bill until aitor the election there
One of the most influential OF the
democratic members of the Finance
Committee said to your correspond
Snt to-day that he had diligently
soughtinformation regarding the state
of the tariff bill now being prepared
by the republican members OF the
committee, and he had not been able
to obtain the slightest Information
from any source, and was as ignorant
this morning in the Senate Chamber
at Washington as he was yesterday at
Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-09-06
Prof. LOisette Wins in Court.

From New York SUM-
"Chief Justice Van Brunt, holding
the Special Term of the Supreme
Court on the application of Nelson
Smity and Col. Robert G, Ingersoll,
made the injunction in favor of Prof
Loisette, restraining George s. Fellows
from publishing his Memory System
perpetual,
"Dr, William Hammond, Daniel
GreenIeaf Thompson, author OF a work
on psychology, and several other pro-
fessors testified that Prof. Loisette's
system was original, being a new de
parture in the education of the memo
ry. The Court ordered Fellows to de-
liver up to Prof. Loisette the stereo-
type plates and all the books in his
control Over nine thousand copies
of the pirated edition were delivered
up yesterday
We are informed that full details will
be furnished in the prospectus sent
post free by Prof. A. Loisette, 237 Fifth
Avenue, New York.