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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-01
Won the Third.

LIVINGSTON, May 3l.-lSpeoial. The
half milo race between Black Tad, owned
by II. o. Kellogg, and Gold Dust, owned by
Bliss and Roberts, both Big Timber horses,
was run ON the round track late this after
noon, and for the third time Black Tad
won the laurels. A great deal Of money
changed hands and some heavy bets were
made. The stake money was $1,000, $500
a side. w. NJ. Thompson backed Black
Tad and Dave Kennedy, both Livingston
gentlemen, put up the money for Gold
Dust.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-01
|MISS0ULA!
mate is perfect, beautiful, trees
nd grass and flowers, large
liver running through the
Eenter of the city.
'M|SS0ULA!

having a good, steady growth.
Not less than $50 buildings
have been erected this spring
pr are in. the process of erec-
ion. m
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-06

A Washington dispatch to the Globe Democrat of November 24th says: Sev- eral weeks ago the Globe-Democrat pub lished q statement that ex-President Cleveland had been converted to free coinage of silver. It was announced that Senator Vest, of Missouri, had received assurances to this effect. The statement was widely copied and commented upon. No denial was ever made In the Wash ington Critic this evening the assertion as to Mr. Cleveland's change of heart on silver is given with additional detail and emphasis. The Critic is the only straight Democratic newspaper at the Capital. but is not particularly inclined to Cleveland It says: ',Grover Cleveland has com pletely fepped on the silver question, and will take an early opportunity to declare publicly his conversion to tue free coin age of the white metal When President of the United States, Mir. Cleveland was just as much of ''gold buzz as John Sherman or Senator Edmunds. He never lost an opportunity to say that 1t WAS his belief that silver could never be placed on a parity with gold as money, and that the free coinage of silver, or any decided in- crease in silver money, would result dis astrously to the country. But Mir. Cleve- lana IS all dfOrGu Cduttltltttb AOl tLS presidency, and evidently sees the neces- sity of getting into the line with his party on the money question. Senator Vest can be credited with bringing about Mir. Cleveland's conversion. The story is this: Three or four days before the adjourn ment of the last session of Congress number of Democratic Senators were gathered together in their cloak room, dis cussing the political outlook. Senators Barbour, German, Vest, Vance and Me Pherson were of the party. At least three of the Senators named declared that Cleveland stood no chance whatever for the nomination. Senator Vest spoke warmly of the Presidents tariff record. and maintained that he was the most available man in the party, and would be nominated by accla nation in 1892.
 One of the party said that Cleveland could never get an electoral vote in the West on account of the silver record. At this Senator Vest pulled from his
 pocket a letter which he had received 1 that morning from Mir. Cleveland. In { it the ex-President stated that the writer
 had read carefully all the arguments ad- 1 vanced in both houses in regard to silver
 bill, and he freely and frankly confessed
 that he had been wrong on that question | in the past He declares that he is now ready to announce his conversion to the | double standard theory. The story
 further goes that Cleveland will, in the
 near future, say publicly substantially
 what he said in his letter to the Missouri | Senator"
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-06
Sugar Beet Culture Abroad.
Pheuix Republican.

Protection and bounty have made France, Germany and AustFia-Hqngary independent nations of the world for sugar They are to-day large exporters of that product, and able not only to con trol the sugar markets of the world, but to obtain for the support of their expen- siTe standing armries large revenues from the sugar beet industry. Europe expor- ted to the United States during the last fiscal year over 100000 tons of beet sugar, in spite of our cents per pound tariff. Our importation of beet sugar in 1889 was 21S,S45,000 pounds.
 It is of some interest to note the rapid advance which France has made in the production of beet sugar. In 1857 France produced 49000 tons; in 1887, 465,000 tons. The total of her beet sugar product for each of the three years of 1873-'75 was over 54,000,000. In 1887 Germany put 37O.OOO acres to the cultivation of the su- gar beet.
 The Department of Agriculture is pur- suing an investigation in the line of the | sorghum and sGgar-beet culture, and bas collected samples of the sugar beet from several states. The results show that from ! Northern Indiana the sugar-beet pro duces twenty five tons per acre and con tained 13 per cent of sugar. Fifteer different analysis showed the beet ai high as 16 per cent from Michigan. Thi mean of many analysis shows per cen higher contents of sugar than the average
 from Germany. This tends to prove tha
 we have both climate and soil to mak
 this industry a success. The Unite,
 States possesses soils of every kind, an,
 in every state where wine and corn ar
 grown it is surely possible to raise sugar
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-06
TRADE WITH SONORA,
Circular Report of the Business Done
 by that Border Slate.

From an official report of Consul Willard, from the district of Sonora, Mex leo, some interesting data IS gleaned by the Nogales Record:
 He says, "A commercial review for the past year shows an increase over that of the preceding one of 1888. the imports from and to the United States being in excess of those from all other foreign countries, and yet no American mercan- tile importing houses are established in the district, the trade being in the hands of Mexican, German, French and Spanish houses. Machinery for miningsspurposes, agricultural implements and lumber are brought almost exclusively from the United States by rail and by sea-
 ''Guaymas is the only seaport, and Nogales on the frontier of Sonora and Arizona, where the Sonora railway con- meets with that of the United States. In former years, up to 1882, all imports and exports were received and sent from Guaymas, but since that date the Sonora District has been connected with the rail- way system of the United States by the Sonora railway, and now the greater DOT tion of the imports are received and ex- ports sent through Nogales."
 The report shows that the imports from the United States during the year amounted to S1.575, ,655. .25 and those from Europe amounted to $622,327. The ex- ports from the district, with the excep- tion of phosphates from the Islands in the Gulf of California (off the Sonora coastl are sent to the United States. Those destined for Europe go through the United States in transit. The ex- ports are silver and gold ores, silver and bullion, oranges. cattle, hides. phosphates, and during the last year wheat has been added
 Sonora exported during the past year about 10000 boxes of oranges to the United States, each box containing from 100 to 250 oranges. They were shipped principally to Chicago and Denver. The fruit commences to ripen in November and is purchased on the tree by fruit dealers in the United States through their agents sent there, who pick, pack and ship them. The price this year has varied from St to S8 Mexican silverl per thousand.
 The population of the district of Sono- ra. according to the last census, is placed at 150,000, one fourth of which are h. dians [eomposipg the tribes of the Yaqui, Mayo, Apatas and Pimnas, most of whom live in villages and cultivate the soil.
 The war with the Yaqui Indians, who inhabit the valley of that name Is about terminated and efforts will be made this year to colonize the lands of the valley.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-06
From San Carlos.
Solomonville Bulletin.


 Parties from San Carlos report the following news at that place:
 The store of Indian trader E. W. Kingsbury has been closed by Agent Bulls.
 Al Seiher, the veteran scout has been discharged, and is now in Globe,
 The cause of Kingsbury's trouble and the dismissal of Seiber are given as fol- lows: Agent Bulls has. for sometime known that whiskey was being smuggled on the reservation, and had spotted a negro soldier as the one who was receiv- ing it. He went to Kingsbury's store, where the stage office is also kept, aud found box addressed to the negro suspieioned Of the crooked whiskey work. He asked Mir. Kingsbury to hold the box until the negro enquired for it and then notify him.. The next day MT. Kings bury was called to Bowie on business connected with his mining enterprise there. While he was away the negro who had evidently scented trouble called at the stage office and asked that the box be sent on to man in Glolle which was done This action was construed by Agent Bullis as a eontrivance of Kings bury or rather his clerk. to assist the negro to escape the discipline and eonse- quences of smuggling whiskey to the In diaus. Just what Seibar had to do the matter was not stated by our informant, but if his dismissal was on account of this transaction, the natural inference would be that the clerk got permission from Sci Der to forward the box to Globe. This however. is only speculative, and the cause of Seiber's discharge may have been something else,
 Further it is learned that Lieut. Wat son, who has proven himself to be the best officer ever stationed at San Carlos, interfered in Seiber's behalf and tele- graphed to headquarters, QysFthe head of the commanding officer at San Carlos asking that Seiber be retained. For this Watson was placed under arrest.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-06
In Need of a ohaperene.
Tombstone Epitanh.

Last reports from the scene of the sup posed landing place of the pilgrims from this city show lamentable state of affairs. It seems that on their arrival at Benson last Sunday night the crowd engaged a special, composed of an engine, 6 few box cars and caboose to take them safely to their destination. As the crowd was large and the cabooge was small some of them were put into the box cars, among whom were Charley Frederick, Henry Fry and Pete Hook. All went well and those in the caboose were dumped out at Tucson. But alasl for the frailties of human nature, and railroad men In par ticular. The few unfortCnstes who were in the box cars were carried on and land ed at different places on the road, in the order in which they awoke. Hook awoke at Casa Grarde and was unlocked and released at that point. The other two slept soundly until Yuma was reached. when they rapped for assistance and were turned loose uron a cold and unsympa- thetic community, which looked askance upon the benighted heathern who hailed from republican county which had been carried by the democrats. At last ac- counts they had not showed up in Tucson. and the universal opinion is that they have gone to the Sandwich Islands for recuperation. The unfortunate who land ed at Casa Grande succeeded lG returning to Tucson, travel stained, dusty and weary, and an informant states that the ooprt had been very lenient with him MT. Ritche was more fortunate in his se- lection of a route from Benson and went overland on foot. He got there ahead of anybody else and was promenading Con gress street with the easy air of an old resident when the advance guard arrived
 From all reports the Tombstone con tingent has done itself proud, and if the court can unravel the tangle into which il | has twisted itself it will do something in the history of the judiciary of Arizona ol which the Supreme Court of the United ! States should take cognizance.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-06

ence, and as in the case, with the Chir icahuas. the incorrigible ones should be deported to where their influence could not effect injury.
 The most dangerous are the soothSayers, or medicine men, and there are many of them Tn every tribe. They are regarded as omnipotent and sway their ignorant brethren by senseless incantations, form ulas of words and ceremonies for the purpose of raising the dead and convinc- ing the aborigines of the belief that some breech-clout scrub, thing acceptable to the Indians God can render them invul- nerable to every one whose skin Is not colored as their owu Just how to deal them is a question. In 1881 Arizona disposed of one, by shooting him, which was consid- cred by the white as good medicine, and which had quieting effect upon the major part of Apaches for the last nine years, but in disposing of him the troops lost captain and nine privates, whose lives were taken as a quid pro quo for one dead Indian prophet who had promised, through his influence. the Lord would come down like a wolfon the fold upon the pale face and that the reds should possess the entire world Dandy Jim, Skippy and Dead Shot, enlisted scouts, were subsequently, hung, by judgment of court martial, for participation in the attack upon tue troops.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-06
Enoourage The Railroad.
Buckeye Bade

The chief obstacle in the way of deveI- oPin-s the -laturdf TJssUUfCJ's Of 1S~izc-.n.- is lack of railroad facilities. Owing to the natural ruggedness of it's topography, railroads can not be constructed without the outlay of enormous capital far above the average computation made for rail road construction elsewhere. consequently railroad corporations and capitalists do not give railroad construction within our borders much consideration, especially so, when laws prevent the granting of a bonus or subsidy tQ encourage the con struction of such enterprises. In order to obyiate such impending obstacles a plan may be devised, whereby. such en- terprises may be encouraged by legisla- tion without increasing the burden of taxation on the public, as would have been done by the bill before the last Con gress granting a subsidy to the Arizona Central railroad. Tine plan which we wish to outline and bring to the notice of the next legislative Assembly, Is for that body to pass such law that would en- courage the construction of railroads by granting to all roads constructed within the territory of Arizona for the next two years, an exculsion from taxation for at least five years from the date of their completion. Such a law would greatly facilitate the negotiation of securities, issued for constructiqn purposes ty rail road companies, as 1t must be remember ed our rate of taxation is equal to half the rate of interest generally paid on such securities. It also takes at least five years before railroad running through a new and sparsely settled country, could derive an income sufficient to pay inter est on it's bonded indebtedness when ex- penses and taxes have to be considered first NoobjeotioIs could be raised to such a law. while its beneficial influence would soon be felt by the building of railroads and the flowing of capital into the terri tory which railroad enterprises generally attract.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-06
Need of the Hour.
- Yuma Sentinel

Irrigation Is the great work, not only of the hour, but also Of the coming century
 Not only is the Pacific Coast waking up to the importance of this great and neces
 sary work, but the farmers of the Central States are taking hold of the matter in dead earnest. In South Dakota, in one county alone, 50,000 acres of land will be irrigated by artesian wells. Two hun dred artesian wells will be put down in another county. There will be, in that state alone, next season, 1000 square miles under irrigation, with water from aresian wells. In Texas, at Dallas, where so much money has been spent in boring for artesian water, they have been sue ceosful, getting well that yields ,C00,000 gallons of water per day. In New Mex leo and Colorado wonderful results have been obtained, not only from artesian wa ter. but also from the ranch, farm, garden, orchard and vineyard plan of making small ponds and filling them with water from the winter and summer rains Be sides these, capitalists are taking hold of the great irrigation projects as never before, and pushing them on to successful completion. Great schemes are well in hand, some of them covering hundreds of thousands of acres of land. Ten years from to-day will see all portions of the country, which at the present time are seemingly valueless, on account of their dry, barren and forbidding appearance
 among the most fertile and desirable DOT tions of the West Millions of dollars will be spent in securing and storing water for irrigation. All tf at IS neces- sary is water. Water will do 1t. It can and will be had. Money will get it.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-06
The Buffalo Mines.
Silver Belt


 We learn that the owners and lessees of the Buffalo group of mines, who were here for several days, and thoroughly in- vestigated all business and technical matters connected therew ith, are we'll pleased with the management and the prospects of the mine And well they might be not only has a substantial part of the invested capital, needed for the opening and exploration of the Buffalo mine, rebuilding of the smelter plant, and the equipment of the mine and smelter been returned in the shape of copper bull lion, but the prospects are good, that within a short time, the whole invested capital will be repaid, and the enterprise prove profitable one.
 This favorable result is due in great measure to close and economical man. agement and 1t can well be foreseen- considering the favorable location of the Buffalo group for cheap work k-that the future results, with extended work, will equal those of the Globe mine and be as profitable. The prospective status, to gether with the commencement of work on the Long Island group. and other cop per mines around 1t, will before long, make Globe District the foremost copper district in Arizona, and cannot fail to bring us railroad in the near future. Those who have worked faithfully for the recognition of Globe as a most important mining district, are certainly entitled to credit by the citizens of Globe and Gila county generally. If our silver mines ! will also be taken up and worked in a i systematic business-iike manner, the time l cannot be far off, when Globe will be the center of a large and profitable minin. i industry.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-06

gold and silver, and on one of these MT. Campbell has two claims, from which he IS taking out some ore. The gulf is visible from the surrounding mountains, and he states that the weather is a great deal warmer there at present than in this city. 1t was very warm there all last summer, with plenty of rain. The seasons there do not make any difference with the raising of crops, as, to plant any month ID the year, summer or winter, you can raise big crop. Dates, cocoanuts, palms and oranges grow luxuriantly, and the inhabitants raise plenty of corn, beans and wheat; in fact they grow these grain crops in winter and are at present planting them: There are several Americans en- gagged in mining in this district, and some ores have been shipped from the mines there to this city. The mountains are covered with heavy pine timber, which shelter host of wild animals, including several kinds of bear, lion, panther. etc. MT. Campbell killed large animal about three weeks ago which was striped and spotted like tiger and was about the same size. The inhabitants are so much afraid Of these animals that they never live alone but collect and build their houses in bunch for protection. The longevity of these primitive inhabitants is remarkable, 100years being the average life of these people.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-06
It Pays to Raise Fruit.
Corr. Dixon Tribun,

E. H. Gould is confident that he will be able to save his entire raisin crop here and his shipment of raisins will reach probably forty carloads. The Briggs vineyard will perhaps furnish as many more. Estimating the price of these at S250 box of twenty pounds, We have $200000 as the gross income from less than 700 acres of land. This is not all profit, certainly, but S250 per acre will leave at least $100 margin after defraying all expenses, which is not bad for these dull times, nor need we stop with the simple mention of the owners gains. These vineyards have afforded employ meut to something like 400 people for over two months. including men, women, boys and girls thus distributing twenty five or thirty thousand dollars among those who need 1t most.
 Every tradesman and mechanic has shared in the benefits, while thousands in the lands far away will be delighted with the delicious products of these vines Now let us choose one of the best managers and most fertile grain farms in the country for comparison. l am not going to give the owners name, but the facts given are from his own lips and may be depended upon. The ranch embraces 2000 acres. and produced a 40-bushel crop every second year. That is an average annual yield of twenty bushels per acre. The total worth of this crop Is s;36, 900 annual ly; of this amount some $24, GOO are paid out for expenses, leaving a net profit to the owner of S12,000 instead of S70,000 as in the case of the vineyard farm of one third the acreage. Some ten. or at most twenty, men do th;s work, and they, as a rule, are without homes, mere wandere Is caring nothing for the country or its in- stitutions beyond the few dollars they earn-in short. 1000 acres ill raisin grapes will employ 200 men, women, boys and girls, whose wages will amount to some thing like $60,000 while the grain fields employ twenty robust mon (none other can endure the laborl every other season or an annual average of ten, and dis tributes about $24,000. Nor can 6 landowner justly boast of his land as the best obtainable security.
 Let us suppose that his 2000 acre tract is cut into ten acre lots and thrown on the market at S150 per acre, the purchaser paving one half down and securing the remaining half by mortgage. Is 1t not plain that the seller may obtain two acres
 as security for his $150 instead of one and from this derive an income of SIP pel annum without raising his hand. instead i of the paltry $6 obtained by unceasine
 care and toll in heat and cold, ill growing grain on high priced land? If his only ! ambition is to own land in large tracts
 let him still sell and migrate to Mexico
 where the same sum will buy him an en
 tire state, with cattle, peons, and bandits | thrown in.