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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-07-27

THE report of engineer McGinni's upon the Buttes storage reservoir site deals with the facts as correctly deter mined for distance of seven one-half miles above ii1e proposed dam, and tl.e s5!res rcp. essf ils capacity only to fbat point He estimates tho ''------z''sf =-taie ts''-'e-''F tha point of survey to reach thirteen and three-fourths miles, making q total length of twenty-one and one-half miles with q greatly varying width. The estimated service of the capacity of the seven and one-half miles of wa ter being constant flow of fifty thousand miners inches for two hun dred and twenty-five days, exclusive of the natural flow of the river, the remaining thirteen and three-fourths miles vii give fully double the quantity stated. These figures represent something proti- gious in the bulk of water that can be saved several times during every average year, and as it is all ad- ditional to the usual supply from the natural flow of the river the construc- ton of the dam will add just that much to the water facilities of the val ley besides insuring a supply during the several months when there is no rainfall. It is magnificent enter prise for this valley and its value in the development of our rich natural resources cannot be over-estimatei.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-07-27

AN exchange suggests the only method to get Sullivan thoroughly "licked" is to place him on the new postage stamps.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-07-27

Mrs. H. B. Summers has been en- gagged to teach the school across the river, near A. w. Sharpe's, for the ensuing year.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-07-27

Q i-..-s ,fs' 'i't ttf f''t'I';f EI'flflty have eathefed themselves together sufficiently to carry out similar pro ject on the Salt and Verde rivers. Mir. w. A. McGinnis, the civil engineer of this city, returned from Florence this morning with the results of two weeks survey tor the dam and the capacity of the reservoir, and will at once be- gin the office work on the proposition. He is employed by the Board of Su- peryisors in the matter. He has not yet, of course, completed any of the estimates, but informs the editor of the Herald that the dam necessary to be built will be about 200 feet high and $50 feet long, and can be con structed by merely loosening the rock along the box canyon where it is pro- posed to construct the dam, and rol- ling them down into the canyon. The dam can be made much higher without any more trouble than the 200 hun dred feet will require In other words, the construction of the dam will con sist of filling the box canyon with rock for a sufficient distance to safely resist a column of water 200 feet high The water will be backed up for about 20 miles and the capacity of the reser- voir will run up into the trillions of cubic feet. With this reservoir com pleted Pinal county will reclaim and put i'll cultivation one of the finest bodies of agricultural land in the United States Maricopa county is greatly in need of cessation of her pickering among water companies and waking up to the necessities of the common welfare, if she would maintain her position and prosperity among other counties of the Territory The county should take hold of this matter"
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-07-27

All the above ditches are private property except the Florence, Monte zuma and Alamo Amarillo, which are incorporated.
 There are three private ditches on the Gila, above Riverside and below the San Pedro, as follows:
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-07-27

S e rv ing as in-
 structor at West
 Point. In the fall
 of 1861 he was colnmi s S o n @ d
 col on ell of the
 Ninth Miss ouri
 volunteers. H @
 resigned his vol unteer mnlis-
 sion March 12, 5 1862, and served { as assistant ad- ! jutant general of fthe Department 'of Mississippi in 1862, being on the
 field during the
 advance upon
 ITntil Mnrch 2
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-07-27

On the San Pedro, west side, and in their order up stream are the follow ing ditches:
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-07-27

THE Phenix Herald has received very correct impression of some of the wonderful resources of Pinal county and in recent editorial says; "The
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-07-27

and siege of Corinth. Until March t6, 1864, he was assistant adiutsnt general to Gen. Halleck. At tho< eIose of the war he went to Washin2 toz1s serrinS as aa atant general from Jnly. 1865. sS ; =scJutanr gcn faI Of tb9 Division of the Pacific.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-07-27

As newspaper TeporfArs never let unless they are sure to win, the gam ble was spurned with indignation. But the news is valuable, and now the question repeats itself, What does it mean?-L. A. Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
The Chicago Tin Plate Combine.

Organs whose duty it is to support
the fraudulent Industrial system now
practiced in America are delighted to
know that tin plate will be made in
Chicago. Without ascertaining what
constitutes tin plate, the eager advo-
Gates have proceeded to show that
1.-The Jew steel trust will soon be get
ting the tin ore, smelling it and rolling
it into tin plates" and all because OF
a tariff of "a per cent
1t happens that of the many infants
this tin plate infant has been the slow
est to seize the fond teat of protection
For twenty-five years the country has
been using about SIS, 900. 900 of tin
plates year, evory scrap of which was
imported. Without the war tax the
cost would have been SO, 600. 600 e
year. Now the steel trust will try t.
share this $5,OO0,O 900 of tax with the
Federal Treasury. This is the cause
of the Republican Joy.
Such blessings, for the taxpayer,
are precisely like the establishment Of
the poor-house, the insane asylum, the
county hospital Chicago will have
the honor of homemade tin plate,
and the manufacturer Of tin plate win
give the mills q reason for begging
that the tariff 50 long maintained shall
not be renowned just IS the first mill
il entering on the benefits Of proto0
ion.-Chicago Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

trude, history repeats itself More than
twenty-five years ago my father loved your
mother. To-day love you. Dearest!" his
cheek flushed rs my fathers fate to be
mine also? Look at me- 1 love you truly
She glanced backward across the ceme-
tery-trembling.
''See-they have all gone. It is late"
Gertrude! Do you love me?"
She moved restively. 'I-please-I am
sorry =" but the words died vaguely off her
lips and he saw her eyes fasten with sudden
intentness upon some distant object Turn
ing, he discovered tall, alert figure step
ping briskly toward them down the wide
sand walk; Mordants friend-and youngest
brother of the man asleep yonder beneath
Gertrudes roses
For one instant Mordant looked leyelly at
him, then turned his eyes upon his COM
panion, a keen pang at the sore heart of him
''Gertrude!" his appeal was quick and
sharp. ''fs my fathers fate mine: is it my
friend, not me, you lover"
There was no time for verbal answer yet
as the newcomer reached them, and after
cheerful nod to the man. turned with an
eager out-held palm to the girl, Mordant
read his answer in the dim pink that warmed
her cheek and the full appeased content of
the sweet, upward glance accompanying
the shy hand she gave. MRS. R. INGE
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

HOW the RePublicans REuposs - CfreuD.
vent the Dsmserntic Majority.
According to an organ of tariff
brigandage. s'there ia great deal OF
astonishing talk of what the DEM
ocrats in the next Congress win not
permit the Republicans to do, al
though 1t Is not denied that the B..
publicans will have a clean majority
in the House, The Democrats, it
appears. have declared that they viii
oppose to the utmost certain meas
ures proposed by the Republicans.
For example, they will resist with all
their votes and influence an addition
to the denominations of the tariff and
any measure proposing to extend the
interference of the Federal authority
with elections in the States
These purposes are not only entire
ly within the legal rights of the Dem
ocratic minority. but they are just
and proper as means for the protec-
ton of the people and the promotion
of the general welfare The possibil-
ity that the Democrats. having only q
narrow majority to contend against,
may be able to defeat the most cher
ished schemes of the other party. is
particularly grievous to the chiefs of
the latter, and, as a consequence. plans
for increasing the Republican strength
in the House are being prepared.
One of the methods by which the OPP
position of the minority is to be circum-
vented. if the majority managers can
have their way, is the adoption of
sort of closure" or "cloture' sys-
tenn. like that in use for gagging the
Parnellites in the British Parliament.
Another plan is-and it appears to b.
| thought the most effective-to turn
out the Democrats from every contest
ed seat and put Republicans in their
places. In order to give this speedy
effect. however. it will be necessary to
get the ''cloture" in operation, so that
long speeches and other di1atory pro-
ceedings may be shut off.
On the whole, taking the plans of
the Republicans as their own organs
describe them, the Democrats will be
amply justified in contesting every
step proposed to be taken in this ut
terly Infamous programme and in de-
liberately and determinedly opposing
all moves designed to reduce the vot-
ing strength or impair the constitu-
tional privileges of the minority. or to
impose additional burdens on the peo-
pie, by the new Congress. No harm
can be done if the necessary appro-
priation bills are the only acts passed
at the next session of Congress.
Chicago Globe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
CURRENT COMMENTS.

-CiviI-Servlce Reform is not dead,
but she is in q four years trance
Louisville Courier-Journal.
At the end of four years Demo-
cratic rule there were fifteen Repub-
lican railway postal clerks in this city
and half q dozen Democratic ones; at
this early date there are four Demo
cratic clerks left--Springfeld Repub-
lican.
Taxation becomes criminal when
ever it fosters monopoly, or when it
tends toward the concentration instead
of the diffusion of wealth. or when it
promotes tyranny and despotism in
stead of equal rights. -National Econ
Omist
"A Republican exchange contains
an article headed Farmers, Think. "
This is very imprudent advice for a
Republican to give. When the farm
ers of the country begin to think to
some purpose the days of the Repub-
lican party will be NUM- ered. Chi
cago Globe.
Edward Atkinson says that labor
receives % per cent of all it pro-
duces. This would be good news to
some of the laborers in the rolling
mills about Chicago-if it were true.
But the trouble with most of Mr. At
kinson's figures is that they accomplish
the proverbially difficult feat of lying.
Chicago Leader.
Twelve hundred men have been
laid off at the car-shops in Pullman.
They will. probably. have time to
study the tariff question and its effect
on the wOrking-men before they 60 to
work again. They may also amuse
themselves by comparing ante-election
promises with post-election results
Chicago Mail
The Standard Oil Company is
credited with an intention to sbsorb
the white lead trust. Perhaps the
Standard people propose to wait until
all the commodities of life are con-
trolled by trusts and then absorb all
the trusts. so that we may yet pay
tribute to this great corporation when
we buy our milk. socks and hair-pins
Detroit Free Press
Hon. John E. Russell. of Massa-
chusetts. accounts for the very general
reduction of wages in an ingenious
manner. He says the protectionist
manufacturers who contributed so lib
orally to elect President Harrison have
no other way OF making good their
bank accounts They have paid Paul,
and now they are robbing Peter
Philadelphia Record.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
BENJAMIN'S BROTHER.

The Most Pronounced Act of Nepotism in
American History.
1t has remained for President Harri-
son to make himself responsible for
the most pronounced act of nepotism
in the history of the Government
General Grants record in this respect
was nOta BILE, but he never went so far
as to give an own brother an official
commission.
The appointment of Major Harrison
to a Federal Marshalship is particu-
larly bold defiance of public opinion.
from the fact that the popular disap-
prevail of acts of that description has
been so clearly expressed of late years.
1t comes directly upon the heels of the
centennial celebration of the inaugu-
ration of Washington. who con-
demned family appointments in ring
ing words which. just repeated, are
fresh in the ears of the people. 1t
matters not that the man was the sup
posed choice of the Republicans of
Tennessee, or that he may be we'll
fitted for the position-the President
has taken direct ground indorsing the
principle which is generally and just
~ repudiated.
His action perhaps is manifesto
ton of the independence of character
which. according to report. he has
felt himself called upon to vindicate.
1t would appear that he has shown
himself not to be afraid to do any
thing in the appointing line that suits
him That he has placed numerous
other men in Office on account of
previous personal relations is in itself
a very prominent fact, but his nomi-
nation of his brother EN- :ohasizes his
tendency to error in this direction in
q most marked way.
Fortunately, it is not likely that he
will break the force of the Washing
tonian and Jeffersonian tradition. The
current of opinion is irresistibly
against him and he has weakened
himself seriously in the popular es-
TENN. Y. World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

1t is only the unlucky who think
fortune blind
Dignity il expensive, and. without
other good qualities, is not particular
" profitable.
Every thing is smooth sailing with
us when we have no difficulty in rails
Ing the wind.
character like porcelain-ware.
must be painted before it is glazed
There can be no changes of color after
1t Is burned in
because man sleeps well Is no
sign tnat he has an easy conscience.
ne may nave got tired out committing
sin.-Somerville Journal.
Pay your bill twice rather than oo
to law. There are as MANY LAWYERS
clamoring for the wrong as thare are
lawyers clamoring for the r;eht-
Atchison Globe.
1t is only natural that the man who
never has time to do any thing never
seems to get any thing done.-Mer.
chant Traveller.
1t amt true dat sorrow 'velops all
de good p'ints O. er man, fur de pusson
| dat grows up in sorrow is like de stalk
o con dat grows up in de shade He
mout be jest ez tall. but he won't be
| nigh so healthy. Traveller.
Some men will not shave on Sab
bath, and yet they spend all the week
in shaving their fellow-men; and many
think it very wicked to black their
boots on Sabbath morning. yet they
do not hesitate to black their neigh
boris reputation on week days
Beecher.
When Drexilius was asked by a
friend how he could do so much as he
had done he answered: The year has
three hundred and sixty-five days, or
eight thousand four hundred and sixty
hours; in so many hours great things
long journey by losing no time
Bishop Horne.
A life without suffering would be
like a picture without shade. The
pets of Nature, who do not know what
suffering is can not realize it, have al
ways q certain rawness. like foolish
landsmen who laugh at the terrors of
the ocean because they have neither
experience enough to know what those
terrrors are, nor brain enough to
imagine them.-Hamerton.
"A difference between honorable
and dishorable competition Is the con-
| duct of the victor to the vanquished-
| Some men rise above others only to
crush them-others TO lift and exalt
them Some boast with noisy triumph
and scOrn those who are left behind;
others have "a way of making people
feel comfortable" One artist who has
| risen high in public favor uses his in
fluence to depreciate the works of his
brother artists; another takes them
by the hand and gives them cour-
age for fresh endeavOrs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
PRACTICAL EDUCATION.
How to Satisfy the Ever Growing Demand
for Hard Facts.


for Hard Facts
While we have never insisted that.
work-benches will be introduced into
every district school in our land. we
do insist, and have insisted for years,
on the introduction of sense-exercises
and sensible expressions of sense-ex-
ercises in every school. high and low.
rich and poor. We are living in an
age of realism Theories are at dis
count. Hard facts are in demand.
The education that touches the life
that is, is highly valued. In this ma
terial age of ours we must not lose
sight of the spiritual. but We must also
not lose sight of the fact that the
spiritual of the present largely comes
through the material, and that
by the material the true
spiritual life of an individual
becomes practical. earnest and useful.
We believe in God, but we also believe
in man. We believe in the Kingdom
of God, but we believe also that to the
kingdom of man He has committed the
care of this lower world Here in the
midst of things we fight the battle of
life, and it is by means of things that
we handle. see, feel, taste and smell;
and so become lifted above the ma
teriality of the world, into higher,
spiritual. earnest. practical. common
sense religion The great heart of the
world throbs In unison with the work.
ing men in it The time for lazy. dig
nified do-nothings has passed away,
and the time of active earnest labor
ers in the shops. on the farms. among
the mountains. and in the rooms where
the thinking is done, has fully come.
We are going to say. over and over
again many more times, life is real
Let US make it so in all our schools
School Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

asked OF the depot master.
ayes, sir"
lis this all of the town.!
at is"
"Why, read that it was . growing
place."
at has grown one house this year."
g. was told that it had great prospects. !"
"Lots of chances here. sir"
"But there is no town here-iterally
nothing to speak Of"
"They all have to begin, you know"
"Can get any thing to eat here"
''No, sir.''
"What time does the next train passa"
"Seven hours to wait"
"Will you tell me who named this town.
eyes, sir. It was the man who moved
out of that cabin"
"What induced him to call it RustlerP'
because he knew that every body would
hustle to get out Of it. Sit down on the
platform and make yourself at home whlle
you have to wait ~ Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
Mixture of Snob and Cad.

A report of the Union League Club
farewell reception to Hon. Robert
Todd Lincoln says: Mr.. Lincoln
was more than usually gracious, his
bearing being OF too dignified type
to be called popular" Yes. MIR.
Lincoln is not popular at all; we have
never heard anybody speak a real
warm word for him. When he lived
in Washington he was commonly
called a snob and here in Chicago he
seems to be regarded by those who
know him as a cad It was of him
that his sagacious father wrote in a
letter thirty years ago that he didn't
believe Bob would ever amount to
much. This letter is printed in Ward
Lannon's Life of Lincoln Chicago
News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

away. The tide softly ebbtng from thsm
they two standing iresolute.
''ShAn we-fhose howers:" he eaid
CHANGING towards the soldiers' tombs
She shook her head MY soldier grave
~ smiling, lis not among his comrades but
with his people Y0u will go with mo there:'
They moved forward, away from the
shtfdng figures busy with wreaths. toward
that line of dappled woodland darkly Hmm
ing the limpid west In the last lot She
having entered the rusty iron g1te-stooped
over slab Of gray stone and laid on its time
worn surface the bunch of loose roses He
watched her with wistful eyes
II know why you do that, !" he said, a
she raised up and stood outlined to him
against the scrap of amber beyond her. She
looked at him Your mother loued him
that soldier"
Yes" she answered, reverently. II do
it for her While she lived she came thus
on this day and remembered him He"-
she looked at the crisp roses she had placed
ON the stone-'.he died for her"
Il know" said her companion, quickly
II have been told, my father loved her, too
and he also Is with the dead"
1T all happened" said she. softly, look
ing up with dreamy, awed eyes, before
either you or I were born This man" she
touched the gray stone, land your father
went to the way, each with her image in
=,
know then where her heart lay, and SO
when they went she told them when her
heart spoke the beloyed's name in his alb
sence she would send to him letter that
amidst the roar of battle and the lonely
watch by camp fires he might know his
loves prayers followed him One night
they two sat weary and sad in the light of
the camp fiame and ne saw your father take
a letter from his breast and sit gazing upon
it with dreaming looks His cheek waxed
pale. .Jimr he said And glancing up
your father saw that wan dread fixed in his
eyes as they stared at the letter. Jim
turned in that instant whittier than his
friend Yes. John, yes, said he, in hur-
ried. HUSKY whisper.
Next day." the speaker 9azed at the dis
tant woods with her hand Laid against the
laces at her throat. 1.-The next day your
fathers friend sought oblivion In tho thick
est of the Highland found it "
DO you judge him harshly-my father"
asked Mordant, wistfully, watching the soft
wind at play amidst the light dusk hair
Remember. he loved her so-and it was
but half lie. Could he know his rival
would take it as he did,"
Never mind" said she, kindly, consid-
crate of the gloom that had come into his
eye. 1T is all past She loved this poor
fellow and he died for her. AS long as 1
live he shall have roses"-tenderly, under
her breath-'for her sake'
She came out Of the lot and was beside
him. her earnest, sweet eyes meeting his as
she spoke.
do you, then" said he, 'lay such store
by true love? You would reward it? Ger
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
HER ENGAGEMENT RING.
First the Bashfui Fiancee Tries to Hid,
1t, But She Soon Grows Bold

First the Rashful Fiancee Tries to Hide
1t, But She Soon Grows Bold
Did you ever have a chance to OBJ
serve. unobserved. young woman's
conduct toward her newly-acquired en-
gagement ring? 1t seems so strange
upon her hand that she can not refrain
examining it a dozen times an hour,
ways. however, on the sly. On the
first night she sits up an hour later
than usual to admire it boldly in the
seclusion OF her own apartment A
frequent kiss is administered to the
shining band and its glittering gem.
and during the night she dreams that
it has fallen into stream. and awakes.
clutching the finger to assure herself
that the precious pledge is still secure
Then, on the following day. she
wears it only in secret, taking care TO
transfer it to her pocket at table ana
when in the company OF init
mates, but place her among strangers
or among casual acquaiutaDees who
can not be inquisitive. and how brave
ly will she haunt the token before
their ewes as one who should say:
Il NAV not be the lovliest creature
in the world, but you will observe that
get there all the same
Gradually it assumes its place In
her daily life, and her bushes grow
less violent with each succeeding ex-
PLANTATION of its insignifcance and each
extravagant description of its donors
attributes. But before it finally be-
comes a part of herself as it were. she
must, of course, leave it dozen times
At least upon the washstand. and SUI
fer In consequence Of a dozen vioiens
attacks of paIpatation of the heart IN
til IL in recoyered-Washing Fosk
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30

DETROITER W b o
has been making a
trip tn r GU gh tn e
West got off the tran
at a Dakota station
called Hustl er. -
He found it to consist
of the station house
and two cabins, and
one Of the cabins was
tenantleSs.
"Is this the town
of Hust Ter l' b e