Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-06

beets. But in raising sUgar-beets the American farmer, especially of the West ern States, must get rid of the idea ot al ways trying to save labor. Sugar-beets need much work but they pay treble as much as any other crop, Raising sugar beets gives the farmer a chance not only to get more out of his land than possible with other products. but also improves his land for other products.
 In raising beets the whole agriculture of the land must be changcd.i e., brought from an extensive culture to an intensive one. In raising com, grain. fodder, etc. the farmer uses only the upper part of the sub-soil. If sugar-beets are planted the deeper soil is also placed at the service of the owner.
 We consume in the United States nearly as much sugar as bread, and this one article of food costs our people about S250,G00,000 annually at the prices paid by consumers. No valid reason can be given why we should not produce at home this kind of food as well as our bread and our meat; diversity our farm products; save an enormous tax DOW paid foreign nations; give employment to thousands of workmen, and add hundreds of millions annually to the wealth of this country.
 The "Ghost Dance" of the Wannpais.
 Mohave Miner.
 The Wallapai Indians are holding an- other ghost dance in Frees wash, in Wallapai mountains. The dance is held i by Levy-Levy's band. the last band of the tribe to join the Messiah craze. This dance made its first appearance among the Wallapais in May of 1889. The old chief Surrllm being the first convert and the Piute medicine men, conferred the rights of the ghost dance," and the first dance of the tribe was held at an isolated point, called Grass Springs, about eighty miles northeast of Kingman. The In dians were greatly exited at the time and Whites were afraid that they contempla ted an outbreak at that time. Since then the dances have been held in various parts Of the county, by the various bands and, in August this year. dance which was attended by all the bands was held near Cora Springs, about forty miles north from here and lasted several weeks. | The dance Is kept up continuously for sey eral days and Is followed by feast. The | dancers are dressed in white and dance until they become exhausted in which they are supposed to see visions, which they relate to the chief on coming to. OuI5l EouTTuIH SdgS llldt oIl recent Oc- casion, when he was in trance the Christ" put two bits" in his pocket and Surrum is now on trip to Nevada to con suit the Pute medicine men about the matter The Wallapais are thoroughly imbued with the idea of the coming Of Christ. and that the day is not far distant when the white man will be wiped from ! the face of the earth and the Indians will have full possession and that all the l dead Indians, deer, antelopes and other game will come back" as one of the Wal lapais expressed it. The present craze evidently had its origin in Nevada and the Wallapais were among the first tribes to accept it. The Mohave Indians have time and again been urged to take part in the dances but so far have refused, and ] laugh at the Wallapais for their foolish ness. The dances result in the death of i the dancers, at the August dance, eleven Indians died from exhaustion What l effect the present craze will have on the | Wallapai tribe is of course all conjecture That they are in direct communication i with all the tribes north of here there is no doubt. No trouble is however at present anticipated with them.