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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
Graham Gems.
Solomonville Bulletin.

Talk up the interest of your town and county to every stranger you meet. This kind of gab always pays.
 large number of people who were here attending court, went down the val ley on Sunday last. Those who had never seen the valley before were astonlsh- ed at the many evidences of progress.
 An attempt will be made in a short time to have mail route established be- tween this place and Fort Grant. It should be done, and the Bulletin will have more to say on this subject in the future.
 Gilbert Webb, of Pima, says the voters in the valley will go solid for Mark Smith and Brady, the Territorial Democratic ticket but they will be divided on the two county tickets. Gilbert knows all about the valley.
 The court was long and busy one. It brought people to town from every section of the county, who bring but one report, that of peace and plenty. This we are glad to record, and say that there is no longer any doubt of Graham be- coming one of the best counties in Ari- zona at no distant day.
 After the stage robbery, we learn, Nate Solomon and one or two others took the GICl1 Ol bllC lOODC4o CinNl 1OllOhCu uulll they found the mail sacks which had been rifed of their contents. A good many letters were found however that had not been opened. One letter containing checks and drafts to the amount of S1, 700 belonging to I. E. Solomon was recover ed. Sorry Nate could not follow up and capture the freebooters.
 Interest in the Lone Star Mining dis | trict continues to grow. During the past week J. H. Vanghn sold half interest | in his Belle mine to Judge Barnes. Judge Blake, and David Cough. 4 company has been formed to be known as the Belle Mining company for the purpose of work | ing this property. The sale was a cash transaction, and the purchasers besides, have put up the necessary money to carry on development work for the present
 The editor was down the valley on last Sunday as far as Thatcher, passing through some of the Mormon settlements Every evidence was to be seen to demon strate the fact that for progress, enter prise. thrift and hard work, they, as a class, have no superiors. The growing corn is in spendid condition. New and attractive brick buildings are being erect ed, irrigating ditches have been repaired since the floods and carry an abundance of water. Fruit trees, shade trees anC shrubbery were noted to be neatly trim med, giving evidences of the civilization that are not found in every settlement II Arizona. To say that the rights of thi' progressive people, who have chased th' coyote out of this valley, removed tht mesquite tree and made 1t blossom witl growing fields and orchards, are to b. tempered with, is to say that the Amer ican people are opposed to human lib
 erty.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
Gold Dust Days In Harqua HaIn.

InellN Heralu+
 The veteran freighter, c. Phelps, is in town to-day from Harrisburg, where he has a nice little store that does good bus mess with Harqua Hala minesr. A sug- gestion of the good old gold dust days is afforded by the introduction of nuggets and amalgam balls as 3 medium of ex- change in lieu of regular currency. Store keeper Phelps accepts crude metal as it comes in pennyweight packages or bigger Jumps from arastras and the more labor ious process of hand mortaring. The gold is considered worth $l6 per ounce. Some times the quicksilver is not entirely re- torted and its value is less, but as gener- ous bills are bought and "the boys" often called up in line of battle before the bar the thinness of a miners metal is made up in the profits on his mercantile trans, actions.
 A system something like that of bank deposit has been developed. The chlori- der leaves his gold, whatever the quantity may be, at the store and gets credit therefor Against this he draws goods al his necessities require. Sometimes tht store owes him and sometimes he owes the store. Meanwhile the bullion hai been forwarded to the U. s. mint or tc metallurgist Price in Frisco. When re turns from this are received general set clement fellows and new deals begin MT Peck handles about S700 monthly in bul | lion, besides his actual cash sales. ! The outlook for Harqua Hala is yer, | good just now. Capitalists are sending in experts to examine property and tn men who are on the ground working thei leads realize satisfactory returns,
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
Artesian W ater.
Corr. Boots and Shoes

About II o'clock we reach the ranch of Geo. w. Banghart near Prescott, and for the first time have an opportunity to see what water will do for Arizona soil. Here an artesian well supplies two ranches, each Of ,360 acres, with water Vegeta- tion grows as luxuriantly as one could possibly desire. and the fields take on a greenness and yield all that the heart could wish. Yet this is the same identi- cal quality of land as that over which we have been riding for hours and the only products Of which 7-e5-aaso -hr.lsh- and jack rabbits.
 Arizona has some of the richest soil in the Union, but it needs water. In con- versation with custom house official, who was in position to know, was in- formed that since Arizona has been a Ter ritory, the custom officials have turned over to Uncle Sam the sum of $63, 3,000,00O | over and above the government expendi- | lures in the territory. With this fact in view the people of Arizona are justified in the belief that Uncle Sam should con. | tribute little towards the development of the territory. One quarter of a mil lion expended in artesian wells and water ways will bring into cultivation hundreds of thousands of acres of now desert land and afford farms for population of 100, 900 more people.
 Uncle Sam, drop nickel in the slot and see the water spout and vegetation | grow.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
RIPENING FOR ANNEXATION.
The People and Press of Canada Discuss
 ing the Question Seriously.

Since 1849, says the Irish Canadian, year remarkable for much plain speaking on the question of annexation to the United States, there has been no very pronounced opinion on that subject, either on the platform or in the press. There has been all along, however, strong under current, a private feeling among many, favorable to political union with the Amencan republic, but for obvious reasons this feeling lacked ex- pression, save with bated breath. Men sometimes argue themselves into the be- lief that truth is powerful and must pre- vail, yet they are forced to admit that to tell the truth Is not prudent at all times. Hence we hear occasionally of lamentable want of candor in those who have not the courage of their convictions, a reserve and timidity which were disdained by the annexationists of 1S49, and in consequence the measure and extent of annexation sentiment cannot be accurately gauged. We think Canada would largely benefit by political union with the neighboring republic. We believe such union would inevitably tend to the rapid increase of our population, the influx of unlimited capital, the development on large scale of our prosperity. It has been said that the Americans do not want Canada, that they have already as much territory as they can conveniently look after. but that if Canada were willing to join them they would not object. That Is to say, the Americans will not coerce Canada into annexation. In this the Americans are wise, for, though willing to enter the Union by peaceable means and volun- tarily, Canadians would resist to death any attempt at their subiugation by force of arms. If Canada ever takes her place as part and parcel of the great republic of the West, she will do so, not in the garb of the conqurred, but as a State, clothed in the plentitude of its sovereignty.
 Continuing it's advocacy of annexation, the Quebec Telegraph says: We are Americans as well as the people of the United States, and we want to share the inheritance of Americans. We want to share the political life and the commercial advantages of the republic. We want to elect the Governor of our State, not to have him appointed, without the popular consent, by the Grown. We want share of the diplomatic, the consular services of our country, and not to be debarred from them, as we are now by England We want to see our young men in the Congress and the Senate of great people, uOI CrdlhPeu III lie uaIIOWHeSS Ol dctlOu which limits their career in the House of Commons. In fact, we want more room for the genius of our land-more room in the sciences, in the arts, in literature, in law, in commerce, and in statecraft. We wish the British empire well, and so long as we are citizens of that empire we shall be loyal to it's flag, but that shall not pre- vent us, in legal and constitutional way, from working for change, or from ex- pressing the hope that this Canada of ours will soon be divided into States of the Union"
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
She Is Wise.
Comercio del Valle

Mexico is pushing the extension of her railroad system with all possible expedi- ton. Cars and locomotives are being ordered in large number by the principal lines, and as rule they go to the best makers and purchase the finest rolling stock that can be put up. At the same time the improvements of the terminal facilities of the various lines is not being neglected, and even at tide-water they are in many instances undertaking operations that will result in facilitating very materi- ally the transfer of merchandise from rail to ocean carriers and vice versa. The re- turns are likewise improving, and the rail roads see the wisdom of employing their earnings primarily in the development oi their facilities and in providing shippers with better facilities It Is not improb
 able, for instance, that the Mexican Ma
 tional railway will put on freight train between Galveston, Texas, and Mexico that will enable shippers to reach the capi
 tai in very much shorter time than via the Ward line of steamers and Vera Cruz
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
What a Mud-Turtle Said.

Land and Water Friends: There has been great rejoicing in the house where l belong to-day. A little boy lives in the house, and he says that he owns me, through why he does don't know, un- less because he found me one day when I had crawled out from under the side walk. 1 was just going to make myself comfortable in the sunshine when lot of boys come along. One of them spied me and bounced on me right away. He tried to hold me down to the ground so that could not crawl away, and he put his knee on my shell and pressed so hard that expected every minute to hear my shell crack. But another boy knew bet ter how to manage me than the first boy did. He took hold of my shell and pick ed me right up and carried me along The first boy claimed me because he saw me first. and the second boy bought me of him for top and knife with broken blade. Then this second boy carried me home and put me in the back yard. That IS where l have been living ever since He did not think so, though. One day he cound not ind me and he cried because he thought 1 had run away. But I had not l had only made little place for my self ln the ground in the corner of the y the winter as my folks always do. | heard the little boy when he began to cry because he had lost me, and I had great mind to came out and tell him l was not lost; but 1 was too sleepy to stir, and 1 did not make my appearance until to-day. The little boy was greatly surprised when appeared, and almost all the family have been out see me. I feel quite proud be- cause they were so glad to see me. AL most all who have been to see me to-day have said, What nice mud-turtle he lsr' But am not turtle: 1 am tor toise. If had been a turtle, l should not have gone to sleep over winter, but 1 should have been off at sea along with the other true turtles. If 1 were turtle, could not draw my head and feet inside my shell as can now, and as true tor toises can. Not all of us can draw our feet and head in SO far as to shut our mo- per and lower shells together though, the way the tortoise does. He Is perfectly frotaeted by his shell. But most persons do not care to remember the dffrereeee between the turtle and a tortoise, and [ expect some folks will go on calling me a mud-turtle as long as they live. But F th1nk that # wise men can spend a great deal of time studying us and learning our habits, common folks might at least learn our right names. When I heard once of a very learned friend of ours, a man named Agassiz, who had whole garden full of turtles and tortoises near the city ot Boston, and he used to walk among these animals every day and feed them.
 and study their likes and disikes, and write about them. I should like to have been one of those tortoises, for I am sure
 I should have been treated well by such an owner. I have always noticed that the wiser person is the kinder he is toward animals
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
Gila County News.
Globe Silver Belt.

Reports Of mining operations at Rlch- mond Basin ale encouraging. The miners there are too busy developing mines and extracting ore to give much time to poll tics.
 About 315 tons of silver ore taken out by chloriders on the Grub Stake or the Mack Morris mine Richmond Basin, was received by A. Bailey & Co.,, Thursday and will be shipped to Eastern reduction works.
 We inadvertently omitted to make men tion, in last weeks issue, of the birth of fine daughter to MT. and Mrs. Wm. Will Hams, which interesting event occurred on the 18th inst.
 The freighting of merchandise between Bowie Station and Globe is on the in ] crease. Messrs. Solomon Wickersham < Co do the forWarding and give good sat
 The grand jury. yesferday rrss.s-.-l in dictments against Bad-dish, Bak-el Gle, Guadalupe, and Nat-tsin, Indians. for murder-charging them with the killing of Ed. Baker; against J.F. Dalton, for rape. The charge against Dolores Garcia was dismissed.
 1 J. M. Grain, newcomer here, is pre- pairing to erect Exiviation works, near | Quartzite, for the treatment of silver ores. It is an important undertaking, which we hope will be successful, as it will be great benefit to Globe District
 Work on the copper and silver mines of Globe district is being energetically prosecuted. New silver claims are be- ing prospected and the production of sil- yer increased. The outlook is certainly encouraging and there is growing activity in every other industry which, after all, are dependent upon the prosperity of our mines.
 Coke teams have been rolling in all week, and departing freighted with cop per bars. A good many new teams have found employment on the Wilcox and Globe road, and the number is now adequate to handle the business of the two copper companies, and the mer- chandise also, provided the weather con- tinues good. At present it is all that could be desired, and the roads are in splendid condition.
 Roscoe Griffith, Tonto Apache, is in arrest upon a charge of assault with in. tent to kill. The case will come before the grand jury. present. term. The squaU Lena" whom he wounded. will, 1t is sup posed, be brought to Globe to testify on the part of the Territory. The offense, if proven, consigns the offender to the Territorial prison for not less thar five years, which may extend to life.
 The Quartet Mining Company art meeting with excellent success in tho operation of their mine and mill. Int mill has been running on custom ore anc the result in every instance has beer satisfactory to the owners of the ore. Orr from the company's mine, the Loco, il now being worked and bar of bulliol was shipped this week, and the compan! in in the the future. n eA An important % strike wa made in the Loco last week, the ore as saying from S100 to $350 in silver per ton The Loco promises to develop into one o the best silver mines in Globe District.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
A PASSENGER WRECK.
An Atlantic and Pacific Express Train Takes Header Down an
 EmbanIment.
Prescott Journal-Miner

The Atlantic < Pacific train No. 8. of October 22d, struck some stock. at the Partridge Creek bridge three miles west of Ash Fork, and was wrecked. throwing the express and mail cars down the em- bankment at the approach of the bridge, the engine remaining on the bridge. The day coach and emigrant cars were also deralled. No lives were lost. but six or eight people sustained slight bruises and cuts. The mail car and it's entire con- tents were burned, the mail agent escap- Ing With butthe dislOcation of his shoulder The express car turned over twice while going down embankment, and the mes senger received but a few scratches on the face and slight bruises on the side.
 It will probably be noon to-day before the wreck will be cleared sufficiently for trains to pass.
 From passenger on last evenings train 1t IS learned that the cattle were in cut near the bridge, and the engine strik- ing them threw them upon the bank. when they rolled back under the mail car. throwing 1t from the main track.
 The mail agent Is reported to be se- rlously injured. The train, which was due at Prescott Junction at 8 o'clock in the evening, was three hours late. the accident happening abont ten o'clock As usual in such cases the railroad people will give out no information concerning the accident
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
THE DEAD MOON.
Interesting Effects Produced by Photo
 graph of the Planets Surface.

The Herald says: A photograph of the moon, taken in March last by the Brothers Henry at the Paris Observatory, and pub lished in Nature of the 18th inst, seems to eclipse all previons delineations of the lunar surface. The picture includes the central region of the satellite.
 It is astonishing how many details on the moons surface are brought to light. The photograph shows striking marks of former volcanic activity. occurring prob ably before the moon had become cool or rigid, when the lunar tides, excited by the earth's attraction, must have been vastly more destructive than our highest tides.
 In some pictures recently taken at the Lick Observatory Professor Holden re- ports that parallel walls on the moon, whose tops are only about 200 yards wide, and which are not more than 1,200 yards apart, are plainly visible. If we shall ever have as good picture of the planet Mars, the vexed question of its canals" its seas and snowy poles, as well as its habits, will be greatly simplified.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
Hampered their Movements
st. Louis Globe Democrat.


 We would rather see the Democrats have fifty majority in the next House than fifteen if they carry that body at all. Forty or fifty is about the narrowest mar gin which any party can work on satis- factorily. The small lead which the Re- publicans had at the beginning of the Fifty-first Congress hampered their move ments and compelled them to resort to devices which they would not have at tempted if their eight majorty had been multiplied by four or five. The country would be glad to see the party which is nominally in control of the House power ful enough to assume actual control. We want to see the party which wins win by such majority that it will be able tC formulate policy fearlessly. crush out all oppsition in pushing this policy through, and let the country know al once just what it means to do and how i means to do it.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
Rich Mine.
Wilcox stockman

Thomas Steele and Frank Lynch re- turned Sunday from Sonora, where they went short time ago with Mir. Jones, who represented that he had discovered a wonderfully rich gold lead on the Yaqui river. Mir. Jones piloted Messrs. Steele and Lynch to the find, which is located about 260 miles southeast of here on the Yaqui. They state that the lead is un- doubtedly very rich, large in extent, and when developed they believe it will prove one of the richest gold mines on the Pacif- ic Coast. They acquired an interest in it. and will either develop or sell it.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
NOGALES.
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK AT THE
 LINE CITY.
Ite ms of Personal Nature---Flag for the School Eouse---RailrOad Acci- dent---ShOoting Affray---Sew
 Hotel.
Nogales Herald.

Sonora oranges will be in market 5n few days more.
 It is so easy to picture ourselves phil anthropists-if we only had money.
 It takes lots of men to conduct cattle roundup. There were 65 in one party that was at work near here this week.
 Collector Christ has appointed Tom Burke night inspector. He could not have made better appointment.
 Religious revivals most generally start up late in the fall-just after inc elec- tions. And its mighty good scheme.
 Why is it that the hotels and restaur- ants do not get fresh fish from Guaymas? They can be had for almost nothing and the express charges amount to but little.
 Consul Smith has been called upon by the State Department to make a report upon the coal supply and consumption in this section. His report will include the Sonora coal fields of which he is now collecting data.
 L. Ephraim has returned from Denver to which place he took two carloads of Tumacacori ore. He realized handsome ly on the shipment bringing back with him several thousand dollars as the pro- ceeds.
 The flag for the school house has arriv. ed and the trustees yesterday put up a handsome flagstaff in front of the school house. The flag is beautiful one 12 \ 1215 feet, and the flagstaff is 46 feet high.
 The south bounds train on the N. M. & A. jumped the track at a point just above Sanford Thursday afternoon. The accident occurred at place where the track had been washed away during the late floods. and the baggage and one freight car left the track. Express Mes senger McCausland was slightly hurt but no further damage was done.
 A few days ago Charley Wright of Sa- lero made little gun play" at Critten- den, having for target George $. Eaton, the assayer. Charles and his little gun were rounded up, the gun was placed in a safe place and he was taken before Judge Vanderlip, the village court at Crittenden who gave him six months in the county, bastile This issshard on Char ley but he oughtn't be so ready with his little pop.
 The "Belleview," Wolfrs new hotel, was formally opened for business on Mon day, with Albert Wolff as manager. On Sunday evening the Messrs. Wolff, Flu gene, the owner, Albert the manager, and their excellent wives entertained a large number of friends for whom they pre- pared fine banquet There were present lawyers, doctors, editors, mining men, federal and municipal officers, capitalists merchants and others and the occasion was a most pleasant one to all. Choice wines were in abundance and numerous toasts to the proprietors and their wives were drunk. There was music, recita- tions, speeches and repartee and the hours of the evening glided as swiftly as they were pleasant.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-01
Aravaipa District
Tucson Star.

Joseph Smith, who owns some mining property in the Aravaipa canon, Graham county, arrived in the city this week and reports matters there in a prosperous condition. The ore produced by the mines there is galena and silver and as- says about 40 per cent lead and about eight-two ounces silver. The New York company are operating thirty-two pros poets, most of which show well-defned lodges, or true Assure leads. This com pany has road eight miles in length from Dunlap to the mines, sixteen feet wide and teams of any description can pass each other anywhere on the road with ease. A smelter will be put in soon, and the grading for that purpose is now being done. Altogether there are about thirty men employed, in one way or an- other, in Aravaipa. It is hard to get mail matter at Aravaipa, the mail reaching there only twice a week, being seventy miles from Wilcox and about thirty miles from San Carlos Indian reserva- tjOD