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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-08
DeGrafenreid at Pistsburg.

PITTsBURG, TEX. June 7.-R. G. De-
Graffenreid, candidate for congress,
spoke here last night. He left to-day
for Winsboro, Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-08
Cen. s.anIer on for Au.,ln-


san ANTONIO, TEX. June Cen. d.
s. Stanley, commanding the department.
OF Texas, left this morning for Austin.
be win join Governor Ross and attend
the commencement Of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college Monday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-08

Kaufman Orders Primaries for July &c.
Special to the Gazette
KAUFMAN, TEX, June Ia meeting
OF the Democratic executive committee
Of Kaufman county was held at the
courthouse to-day. Primary elections at
the several precincts were ordered for
July 26 for the purpose of eleotiug dele
gates to the county convention to be held
at Kaufman August 2.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-08

plause. Commission matters are fast
warming up here. Gen. Hogg received
q good deal OF comment from both
speakers, pro and con respectfully.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14
A Good Move.

Mons Ellington, of the Tempe Land Improvement company, and Neils Peterson, have set aside blocks of land from their large holdings, for coloniz ation purposes, and placed the prop erty in the hands of Schultz & Frank lin. The senior member of the firm, will start for the east some day the present week, to place the matter be- fore a colony all ready organized to take the lands in question.
 The plan which has been submitted for the consideration of the colony, and which is good one, is this: The land owners will sell 20 acre tracts with water, and furnish the following trees and vines, raisin grape cuttings 10 acres, apricots 3 acres, orange I of an acre, olive 1 of an acre, Bartlett pears acre, peaches, one acre, figs sufficient to encircle the entire 20 acres, leaving five acres for wheat or alfalfa-also lumber for houses, one COW, one horse, carpenter tools, nails, etc, all for $500, leaving the terms of payment as follows: One-third cash, balance in five years, with six per cent interest.
 The company will also enter into an agreement to furnish employment for all the men of the colony, and fine market for their products.-Pheni1 Gazette.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14
HarQuR Hala Sale-
IPhenix Herald.I


 This afternoon deeds executed by Frank Kirkland and Tom Cochrane were executed and delivered to A w Hubbard and George w. Bowers. The deeds convey half interest in the Bonanza group of mines, at Harqua Hala, which comprises the Golden Eagle, Gold Belt, Gold Ark, Golden Fleece, Gold Mountain, Gold Hill and Gold Star lode mining claims.
 The consideration stated is nomi- nal one of $5, but we are informed that the transaction was upon cash basis of $20O 900 for the entire prop erty.
 The principal development work has been done on the Gold Mountain and Gold Hill claims which are ex- tensions of each other. There are two shafts 40 and 60 feet deep, connected by 2OO-foot tunnel that shows high grade ore in the bottom.
 Messrs. Hubbard and Bowers own the famous Clip mine on Colorado lion in silver.
 The present sale was consummated and money paid over through J. C. Peacock, Q former cattle king of Colo rado City, Texas, and now a resident of this place. The mine jumping pro cedure of MT. Horne will probably be disposed of before any extensive sys tenn of development will be inaugura ted. The ownership now stands: A W. Hubbard ]; c. H. Gray and G w. Bowers each l
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14
Arizona's Climate In Washington.

Lieut.. Glassford, whose careful stud ies of, and valuable reports upon, Ari- zona climate are well known here, is in Washington. He holds an inn portant position in the Signal office. General Greeley depends largely upon him for information concerning this far western arid belt. A separate re- port on Arizona's meteorology will probably be presented to Congress and the theory of sensible" temper ature, as distinguished from actual thermometric measurements, will be SO elaborated that eastern legislators can clearly understand why the gen eral notion of excessive Arizona heat is in fact accompanied by practically no deleterious effects.
 Whcn-thia fact. and reasons -there- for, is once clearly put before Con gress, there is good ground to expect favorable legislative action for Ari- zona generally and Salt River Valley in particular.
 We expressed regret when Lieut. Glassford was called away some months ago. We are glad to know he is still actively concerned for oul welfare. He would doubtless be pleas ed to receive any suggestions or in. formation our citizens may see fit to communicate on this subject.-Phe nix Herald.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14
Our Cattle Industry.
Tucson Citizen.


 Hitherto comparatively few men have engaged in the business of stock raising in Arizona, notwithstanding 1t affords greater return for the money invested than almost any other bus mess. Some of the most solid men in this county have made their money in the stock business. There are scores of good ranches yet to be had ln Pima county, where water can be obtained by sinking wells, and we are pleased to learn that not a few of such available sections are being taken up. The cattle plant of Arizona will be largely increased during the present year. Already we have secured beef market, both east and west, which is gradually assuming such proportions as to tax our cattle men to their ut most to supply the demand. Arizona is better adapted for stock-raising than any of her competitors. Cattle thrive both Ill winter and summer, and stock can be taken offthe ranges and slaugh- tered In as fair condition as that of stall fed cattle. There is no feeding of stock during the winter months, or loss of cattle through inclemency of weather, as instance the disaster in Nevada and Northern California, dur ing the past winter, and it is only of late years that stock-raisers have seen the advantages Arizona possesses in this line of industry. Only few years ago Wyoming was looked upon as a worthless territory; to-day she ranks among the foremost cattle producers in America. We believe Arizona will be next to come to the front with her numerous herds of cattle, which can not fail to greatly advance the ma terial wealth of the territory.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14

THE lower house of Congress has at last passed n silver bill which, while not entirely satisfactory to the advo- c ates of the white metal, is neverthe- less progressive measure that gives great hope that something better may follow. The bill provides for the pur chase by the government of silver bullion amounting to four and half million ounces monthly, for which certificates are to be issued that will be legal tender and redeemable in lawful money. It also provides that when the market price of silver reach es parity with gold-that is, when 270t grains of silver is worth one dollar in gold-free and unlimited coinage will follow. This bill does not meet the demands of the radical silver men who have introduced a free coinage bill, but it is extremely doubtful if the latter will develop sufficient strength to pass. The pas sage of the bill now before the senate demonstrates the interest that has been awakened upon this subject and it inspires the hope that further efforts may yet bring about legislation that will breathe new life into mining operations throughout the western states and territories.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14
Bullion Imports.


 From Deputy Collector Wilson the Nogales Herald gets the following summary of ore and bullion imports from Mexico for the month of May The ore imports were
 Fl Paso smelling and reduction works, 13,00O pounds valued at $l- 3S6.
 Omaha & Grant smelter, Denver, LOG, 900 pounds, valued at $51 ,6O9.
 Nogales sampling works, 57OOO pounds, valued at $6,O91.
 Philadelphia smelling and reduc- tion works, Pueblo, 182,000 pounds valued at s6,72l.
 W. J. Chamberlain < Go, Denver A 900 pounds, valued at " l67, Total of impGrtrtions, 766,5O( pounds, valued at $6s,900.
 The bullion imports were
 Gold, IA bars, valued at $39, ,922.
 Silver, six bars, valued at $S, 300, al consigned to San Francisco.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14
Indians in the Dragoons.
IProspector.


 On Saturday morning about 8 o'clock Mexican named Jose Maria Rohelle, while waiting for water to rise in small spring he had just cleaned out at the head of Charcoal canyon, in the Dragoon mountains, discovered an Apache skulking down the hillside to the south of the spring. This especial pet of the Government had the wisdom to partially conceal his head with bunch of bear grass as he crept through the brush, but forgot to conceal his rifle, the barrel of which glistened in the morning sunlight. Examination of the ground a couple of hours afterward disclosed the tracks where the Indian had gone down into the canyon and probably crossed over into the Stronghold, the rocky formation here precluding the possibility of further tracking. Yes terday evening about o'clock two other Mexicans, Juan Soto and Trini- dad Mendeville, heard two shots in the Cochise Stronghold, and with the aid of a small telescope discovered four Apaches camped at a spring in one of the canyons that trends toward the center of the Stronghold.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14
The Dependent Pension Bnl.

A Washington telegram of June 11th says :-The dependent pension bill as agreed upon by the conferees and reported to the House to-day af- ter providing for pensioning depend ent parents, says that all pensioners who served three months or more in the military or naval service of the United States during the war of the Rebellion and who has been honorably discharged therefrom, and who are now or who may hereafter be suffering from mental or physical disability of permanent character, not the result of their own vicious habits, which in capitates them from the performance of manual labor in such degree as to render them unable to earn support, shall be placed upon the list of invalid pensioners of the United States, to be entitled to receive pensions not to exceed SIP per month and not less than $6 per month, proportionate to their inability to earn support. Such pensions to continue during the ex- istence of such disability.
 Rank in service shall not be con sidered in application filed under this act. Provision is made for pensioning at the rate of $S per month widows o1 men who served 90 days without prov ing death to be the result of army ser vice, and likewise granting $2 month to each child under Is years of age.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14
The Tevis Mining District.
Tucson Star.

Capt. John A. Duncan, of Kansas City, Missouri, and Capt. J. H. Tevis, of Teviston, Cochise county, this terri tory, called at the sanctum of the Star yesterday morning They had just come in from the Tevis Mining Dis trict, located in the mountains about ten miles southwest of Bowie station, (Teviston) which is on the line of the Southern Pacific railroad. This district contains number of valuable mining locations, the most prominent of which is the group known as the Virginia group, containing the following named mines owned by Messrs. Tevis and Duncan, aforementioned, viz :: The Vir- ginia. the Missouri, Silver Chief and the Iowa Mine. The character of the ore so far developed is quartz carrying galena and sulphurets-the galena carrying silver and the sulphurets carrying gold. The lodges all run north and south and vary in width from five to ten feet, and SO far, all the mill tests made of the ore, are satisfac- tory, and the probabilities are that these properties will prove 10 be among the most valuable in Southern Arizona. The development work is progressing very satisfactorily, and the deeper they go on these mines the mineral seems to improve in character and value There are number of other locations besides the properties just described which indicate that they will develop into splendid mining propositions Messrs. Tevis and Duncan, besides at tending to the development work or their mines, are building tramway, g mile in length from the foot of the mountains which enables them to de liver ore from the mine to the mill al an expense not exceeding Is cents pel ton. They are also building other roads They are also putting up concentrating works. These gentlemen seem to fee assured from what they have already seen that they are possessed of fine prop critics and that this group will prov, to be the Bonanza of Southern Ari | zOna
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14

A movement is under way by the stockholders of the A. o. U. w. build ing, to solict further subscription to stock in the amount of an additional $200O, making the total stock equal to $50OO par value. The object of this is to provide sufficient funds for con structing a second story to the build ing which will enable the organiza- tion of Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges. Under the laws of the two latter institutions lodge meetings can not be held upon the ground floor, and as there are quite a number of members of both societies living in town and anxious to organize advant- age will gladly be taken of the op- portunity. Shares are held at $l0 each and, from the interest already evinced, it Is more than likely that the enterprise will be carried to suc- cessful issue Aside from the benefit to the town by the contemplated inn provement the investment will return high rate of interest upon the out lay. It is worthy the attention of every business man and we commend it to their consideration.-Yuma Times:
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14

YUMA has sent forward the first ripe grapes of the season and still retains the championship for the production of the earliest fruits in tho United States This practical demonstration of the superiority of Arizona over its most favored horti- cultural neighbors is worth more than columns and volumes .of theory, and at once gives it the prestige it merits as the favored land of the perpetual sunshine.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14

THE ordinary thermometer, as a measure of sensible" temperature, is susceptible of great improvement. As an illustration of it's misleading record, the summer temperature of one hun dred and ten degrees in Arizona is about the equivalent of eighty-ive de- grees in St. Louis. The ordinary reader is not expected to take into calculation the relative humidity of the atmosphere of the two localities, and naturally gauges the summer temperature of Arizona by the record of his own locality, when in fact he suffers greater physical oppression at a temperature of eighty or ninety de- grees than the Arizonan experiences at one hundred and fifteen. The stand ard of thermometrical observations should be the sensible" temperature as it affects the human body.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14
Sale of the Harqua Hala Mines.
Phenix Republican


 Arizona's mining industry has in- deed revived and is every day exhibit ing a greater degree of activity. Not in mere idle speculation, but in solid development of many excellent prop critics located in divers parts of the territory.
 From all parts come tales of rich discoveries and lucrative sales, but as being local and affecting several of the best citizens of Phenix, the Republi- can is pleased to announce the bond ing of controlling interest in the famous Harqua Hala mines.
 The deal has been conducted very quietly, and though the bonding was practically clinched on the first of the month by the payment of large sum, the papers ln the transaction were not fully signed until last night.
 As is we'll known to local readers, the ownership of the Harqua Hala group of mines has, for about year, been equally vested in Messrs. c. H. Gray, Frank Kirkland and Thomas Corcor- an of this place, and A. G. Hubbard, of Redlands, Cal These gentlemen, we'll acquainted with practical mining in its details, have for months been engaged in the systematic develop ment of this property, and have put it into such shape that its value might be readily seen and even figured upon.
 The owners have several times been approached in reference to a sale, but until lately no coin had been jingled On June 1st, Messrs. Kirkland, Cor coran and Gray had placed to their credit in the Phenix bank the neat sum of $6 900 in earnest money that the sum of $49, 300 would, on June 10, be paid them-in all $55, ,50O-fol the relinquishment of their rights in the mining properties named.
 The apparent purchaser is MT. Pea cock, well known citizen of Phenix but 1t is understood that the mine: are to pass into the hands of we'll known California capitalist with min ing inclinations, who proposes to worl the property for all it is worth.
 Harqua Hala, to which is attached camp called Harrisburg, is located about 110 miles northwest of Phenix and ninety miles north of Sentine station on the Southern Pacific. Int Central property has been developed by the sinking of two shafts, l35 ant 60 feet in depth, l30 feet apart ane connected by tunnel. The whole workings are in ore of most excellen quality and from six to ten feet il width. Mill workings, the best tes of mines value, have placed tn average run at $30 per ton. The or is fine quality of free milling and re quires but the simplest treatment.
 The mill winch is located sever miles from the mines, is an old insti tuition that has been leased during tn winter by the Harqua Hala company the necessary water for the mine be ing transported by the ore wagons o their return trip.
 Harqua Hala, though located jus across the line in Yuma county, is dt pendent on Phenix for supplies, an renewed activity in the mines will b of great benefit to Phenix merchant
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14

Col. VIM. CHRIsTY, chairman of the Republican Territorial Central Com mittee, has issued a call for meeting of that committee in Phenix on Satur- day, June 21st, at 3 o'clock p. m, for the transaction of such business as may come before 1t. There will be peace and harmony at the meeting The organ" gives the committee a little executive counsel.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14
F. C. S G. W. BROWN.

HoNE rule is essentially primary principle oi our republican form of government which, by a strange in consisteney,,is denied the several Ter ritories until such time as 1t suits the pleasure of the national congress to admit them as sovereign states of the union. Tine partial recognition of this right lately secured through the de- mands Of tho national conventions was considered great step towards the attainment Of an autonomic gov ernment in these several dependen- cies, but i1 practice the plan is shorn of it's most desirable features through it's arbitrary application. A broad in- terpretation of this concession of rights would suggest that the designa- ton of the Territorial officials be left 10 the popular expression of the peo- pie governed, and their choice re- spected by the appointing power with out question. This would practically ex:end~home rule, with all it's manifest benefits, to every Territory, and in partisan sense would strengthen ,and encourage the political parties. Party lines would be closely drawn and the voice of the majority would be ac- cepted by, the people in the spirit that our constitution breathes. The half hearted application of this principle as prac ically demonstrated by the present administration, is little or no improvement upon the old method. FGvoriisnl, political and personal in huenee are the sole factors of prefer men; and the people have no voice whatever in designating their public servants. The farcical results are to be plainly seen in the disturbance ol public affairs brought about by the first year o. trial of this system in Arizona and the complete disruption of the political party it was hoped to harmonize and advance. In some instances the officials given to us con sider themselves under no obligation, to the people for their preference, and assume autocratic functions based upon and supported by a power be yoni the peoples influence andcontrol They are above the popular voice ana answerablo only to busy department official thousands of miles away, where criticism is rarely tolerated. The people, of sparsely settled frontier ter ritories, schooled in hardships and op pressed by multiform injustice, art slow to resent official arrogancy, anC 1t is only when forbearahce ceases tC be a virtue that they assert thei rights and openly condemn the maj administration forced upon them The present is a fair illustration of tn, facts herein set forth, and existing conditions arc forcing the best ele ment of our citizens out of the part! harness and into combination 10 self protection. They realize that hom rule as here applied is failure an, want q change-or at least such rt lief as lies within their own power t bring about.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14

TIE present unprecedented low etage of water in the Gila river fully | demonstrates the importance of the early construction of huge storage reservoir at the Buttes above Flor ence. The semi-annual seasons of rain send down great foods that pass on to the Gulf of California without doing anyone good, and by the con struction of substantial dam in the gorge at the Buttes sufficient water can reddily be impounded to insure ample supply for more than q million acres of a-a5le land during an entire year. The Florence Canal Company located this reservoir site several years ago as part of their system, but the work of constructing the dam has been checked by the act of congress withdrawing such sites and the lands susceptible of irrigation thereirom from entry. Under the strict letter of the law this company possesses yesied rights thereto of which the arlA land act cannot dives: them, but th6inagnitude of the undertaking and Ina tast sum involved in the construc- y,sf6a of the dam, will not permit the ri3kof possible conflict with the gov ernhent that may tie up the enter prite in costly litigation for many yehfs. If clear title to the site can be secured, the capital is ready 10 be- gin the great work at once and an az grega.e outlay of three million dollars is contemplated in completing this huge system of irrigation works. To Pinal county in particular, and tc Arizona in general, the frui;ion of this gigantic enterprise is fraught with i'm measurable benefits. IL would bring under cultivation. the largest compact body of fertile land in the west anC create happy homes for very many thousands of prosperous families. Be sides is direct agricultural benefits grand water power would be incident ally created, by means of which th' great ore bodies in Mineral Hill, ad jacent to the Ruttes, could be profit ably worked and another source O illimitab,e wealth opened up to tn
 people. In the wake of all this pros perity there would come endless m dustries such as tue widest fancy cal now scarcely imagine and Florenc
 would become .ope of the great inlan
 cities of the west. These are nc
 such stuff as dreams are made of, bu
 they are the inevitable outcome
 this single undertaking that mus
 sooner or later, be accomplished
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14
TIE position taken by Attorney

TIE position taken by Attorney General Churchill relative to the illegality of the compromise between the board of Supervisors of Yavapai county and the Atlantic & Pacific railroad company, whereby the taxes paid by that corporation were less than the amount assessed under the rate fixed by the Territorial board of Equalization, is unequivocally en- dorsed by all good citizens who pay the taxes assessed them without ques- ton. The railroad company either owes the full sum for which it is tax ed, or 1t owes nothing and the matter should stand before the courts upon it's merits. The supervisors have just as much discretion in compromising the taxes of any individual, or of remitting them altogether, as they have those of the railroad company. On this point, at least, the Attorney Generals action is to be commended.