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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
A PAVING BUSINESS.
Chicken Raising Profitable Pursuit With
 Little Competition.
Tucson Citizen


 Among the many pursuits which can be made profitable in Arizona, there is none which would bring quicker and larger re turns than poultry raising. Eggs now bring 50 cents per dozen, perhaps trihe above the average price, though at times the price reaches as high as 75 and 80 cents. Nine tenths of all of that article sold in Tucson are shipped in. mostly from kansas although California sends in some. From 800 to 1900 dozen are bought from outside markets every week, when not one need be imported Eggs are always in demand. and the market is never glutted. When fresh they are worth from five to ten cents per dozen more than the outsideproduct. The sign ''Tucson Eggs always brings them a ready sale, the prices ranging high.
 Poultry ranches with say 5O0 or 100U chickens, divided into small flocks of 20 or 30, and given plenty of room with free access to water, would make an invest ment that would pay l000 per cent Chickens are hardy, and as rule in this country are left to their own sweet will G1ven a little care, the trouble is well re- paid.
 It might be said that an Arizona eli mate is not good one for poultry. In the Salt river valley, the business is carried on very extensively. bringing good re turns. For nine months of a year poultry can be made to produce in this climate il immense quantities.
 The home supply of eggs consists of : few brought in by Mexieans. For these good prices are always paid, and young chickens find quick market. The cie or labor, and persons otherwise in capacitated may carry it on as well as the | strongest.
 l Women, boys or disabled persons may follow the work making ont of 1t a first | rate income
 l Poultry raising is not an experiment 1 Everywhere chicken ranches pay, Arizon; included, and there is no reason why the ] vicinity of Tucson cannot supply the i home demand for eggs, and the city bt furnished with fresh product instead -o the stale article sent from Kansas.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
C0mmnn Sense.
pTQSDpctOr

The man Halliday who was arrested and is in jail at Tucson was read out of the Mormon church year ago. The effort of the Citizen and Republican to create feeling against the Mormon church on account of the misdeeds of one or two polygamists is so utterly nonsensi- cal that no intelligent Catholic. Protest ant, Methodist or Intidel will fail to see the straits to which politicians will re- sort to blind a voter by appealing to ignorance on affairs on which he is not posted. That there are polygamists among the Mormons, is just as true as there are outlaws, Yagabonds, stranglers and fornicators in all other denominations, but is that any reason why the entire church should be condemned for the wrong doings of one or more of it's mem- bers? Why were the Mormons selected by the maker of the republican platform as target for the Edmunds bill. That bill is sweeping in its ideas of reforming society. Let the party of morality. now that they are in power, carry out the pro visions of the Edmunds act, and bring be- fore the bar of justice every democrat who transgresses the edicts of that enactment. Then the people will be led to believe that they are sincere in their effort to re form society instead of believing as they now do that it is simply dodge to dis franchise democratic voters.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

The Democratic party showed its cloyen hoof again in yesterday Convention in it sen deavor to curry favor with the Mormons It opposes the disfranchisement of any citizenex- cept upon conviction of crime. That is, a nan guilty is murder, arson and all the crimes of decslogue should not be deprived of the right to vote, even though he hasbeen in jail, until after he has been tried and proven guilty. A nice position that, for intelligent men to take!-Phenix Republican
 THE law, which is supposed to be the specialization of common sense and jus tice, considers man innocent until he is proven guilty. Give dog bad name and then kill him." may answer for temporary political buncome, but no intelligent per son will subscribe to that doctrine How in the world the seal of guilt can be set upon man without proof, IS beyond the modern idea of justice. It might prevail ln despotic Russia, but in our grand coun- try of freedom it has no place.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
4 Bright Future.
Yuma Times.


 The construction of the Tucson canal and the opening of direct wagon road to the Harqua Halas means much to the settlers along the Farmers and Mohawk canals. The new county road from the Bonanza mines Is the shortest and best route attainable to the railroad, and when the new mill is erected and thecamp com mences to produce bullion, immense quantities of grain, forage and other farm products will be required. Phenix will undoubtedly make bid to supply the camp with these necessaries, but she is handicapped by the longer haul, and there Is no reason why our Yuma county farmers should not knock down the per simmons with the shortest road"
 While the Tucson canal is being built the farmers can obtain employment for their teams during those months in which they are not needed on the farm, and the large force of teams employed by the ca nal company will consume all the grain and hay raised under the present canals. With several years work in sight, and with an assured market for home pro- ducts, who win say that tine outlook for Yuma county farmers is not bright one! At the expiration of three years the fruit trees will commence to yield a revenue and the far seeing man who plants his orchard now will be able to sit down un- der his own vine and fig tree, and quietly watch the potent forces of nature, the gracious sunlight and the pulling wa ter, complete his labors and return to him ill silver dollars, the reward of his toll.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
The Tucson Canal.
Yuma Times.

This canal is being constructed by a company of Eastern and Arizona capi- talists who are represented on the ground by Capt. Heil Hale, formerly of Tucson. Mr. Hale spent several days last week in Yuma on business connected with the right of way interests of his company, and when seen by the Times man stated that a present at force of twenty five teams were at work on the canal which would be increased within three months to two hundred and fifty teams The ca nal heads near the old Toltec heading and follows the same general alignment as the Toltec. which will be purchased and used IS part of the new canal This waterway will reclaim 6O,OO0 acres of fine citrus fruit lands situated on the mesas back of the Farmers and Mohawk canals. The soil is light and sandy and eminently suited to the raising of oranges.
 Mir Hale is very sanguine as to the future of his project and says that his company have abundant means to push the enterprise to completion.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

A LITTLE water is now flowing through the Florence canal, the first for an inter val of several dry weeks The farmers along it's route have seen their crops twice destroyed during the present year and some of them are thoroughly discour aged and will make no further attempts at improving their ranches until fully assured that water can be supplied at all seasons of the year. We do not know where the fault lies; there has been plen- ty of water in the river since the rains the canal has caused break that has delayed matters to the great disappoint- ment of all concerned. Mir. o. E. Taft, the Treasurer of the canal company, in forms us that part of the canal, three fourths of a mile long, is in a bad condi- ton and may require rebuilding with made public, but consumers have been promised water from day to day until feeling of distrust ill the company has grown up and the pleasant relations that ought to exist between the company and the settlers has been greatly strained. More energy in making repairs are now observable, and it's is hoped that the troubles of the past may not be repeated. The damage arising in the discourage ment of intending settlers cannot be re- paired for several years and few who have expended all their means in the ex- pectation of plenty of water are now forced to seek other means of livelihood temporarily.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
Democratic Territorial Platform.

The Democrats of Arizona, in Conven- tion assembled, reaflirm their allegiance to the Democratic party, and reassert the principles announced in repeated National Conventions, and continue in its time honored traditions.
 We demand that we be relieved from the tutelage of Territorial form of gov ernment and that be admitted to State hood. We are taxed as American citizens but are not allowed representation or a vote in making the laws that shall govern us. Until that time. we demand of Con gress that home rule which shall allow us to elect all of our executive, legislative and judicial, as well as our county officers. These officers eXpend the money we ap- propriate and pay in taxes and admins ter the statutes we enact and we should be allowed to choose those who shall exc cute them.
 Of our own Legislature we demand the abolition of all useless offices, particularly the offices of Attorney General, Commits sioner of immigration, Superintendent of Schools and Territorial Geologist, and reduction of salaries and emoluments of the rest, wherever practicable.
 And we demand a consolidation of county offices to the end that the fees ahd emoluments taken from the people may be decreased and that taxation may be re- ducad to the lowest possible point. Ihe Republican party in this admins trahOn has shown its untitness to govern successfully. Under ambitious and sel- i fish leaders, careless of the ruin that Is ] being wrought to the Republic, despotic ] Speaker, supported by his party, disre- 1 gards unbroken precedents, and makes l himself the master instead of the servant i of the House. Under his lash the taxes l found necessary during the war were in i creased, free coinage of silver defeated and force bill carried which give to the military control over elections. We de nounce the bill as un-American and un- democratic, as it destroys all hope of free elections. The surplus has been reck- lessly voted away. until now a deficiency looks us in the face.
 We favor the continuation of the Chi nese Restriction act.
 | We favor free and unrestricted coinage of silver
 We favor reduction of taxation ant tariff for revenue only.
 | We commend the course of our Dele
 gate ill Congress, and particularly his op
 position to all legislation in favor of lanC
 grants and his 0ppositionto the proposed
 Land Grant Court Bill"
 We oppose any legislation to disfran
 chise any citizen. except it be on convic
 ton of crime
 We demand the repealof Section 6, Ac
 No. Il, of March 2, 1889, prohibiting an,
 but American citizens receiving the bene fits of public charity.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

z1 dc-77ocratic territorial platform is unusually brief. It advocates immediate statehood, or in it's absence the right to elect our own officials; the abolition of such useless offices as Attorney General, Commissioner of Immigration, Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, Territorial Geologist, and a reduction of salaries generally where consistent with faithful discharge of public duties Its arraign- ment of the republican party is simple and unadulterated bosh, and cuts no fig ufe whatever; q few minor platitudes fol- low, and it then declares its opposition to any legislation to disfranchise any citizen except 1t be upon conviction of crime. It also demands the repeal of the act prohibiting any but actual citizens being admitted to county hospitals. Beyond the issue upon the Mormon question there is but little difference between the platforms of the two parties, save in the unmistakable position taken in reference to the abolishment of several territorial offices.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

MT A. P Camou, of Sonora, Mexico, is ih town and furnishes the Pro5pector with information concerning the wheat crop of that State winch will prove Of general interest Ir Camou, Sr., who is a heavy land owner ip Sonora. writes to his son from Guaymas that the wheat crop will not be more than a quarter yield this year as compared with recent
 years. The low price of this cereal last year caused many farmers to abandon
 the raising of any this season and not more than half the usual acreage was
 planted The rust affected the wheat which was planted to such an extent that not more than one-half of that is market able. The consequence IS that Sonora will not only be short for home consump- tion, but Sinaloa and Lower California will also feel the effects of the shortage, for the State of Sonora furnishes both this neighboring State and the peninsula across the gulf with very large part of her product in ordinary years. Since the fact of this great shortage became assured the price of wheat has advanced at Quay mas ssS to SIG per cargo of 300 pounds, or five and one-thifd cents per pound.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

THE people of Phenix took all the dele gates of the late democratic convention to the insane asylum. For fear of a pos sible mistake in attributing their motive for this singular, but not altogether in appropriate proceeding, We will explain that it was done for the purpose of show ing to democrats that the charges by the Gazette of mismanagement and incompe- tence m the government of that institu- ton were not supported by the facts The delegates speak only words of praise for the reforms inaugurated there by Dr. Toney, and they found nothing to criti- cize in his management.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
Gold Facts.


 Ii is fact that less than three per cent of the Mormons are poly gamists, and vel the Republican party wants to disfran- chise every memberof the Mormon church who refuses to vote the Republican ticket. They may deny this statement but the cold facts stare that party in the face In Wyoming, where the Mormons have al ways voted the Republican ticket. no effort has ever been made to disfranchise them; but it in Idaho, where the Nor mons have always voted with the Demo cratic party, congress passed the test oath which disfranchises them. and a like bill is now before congress to disfranchise the Mormons in Arizona. In the name of justice, has it come to this pass? That a Mormon can only enjoy his religious con victions undisturbed so long as he votes the Republican ticket? And fine chooses to vote the Democratic ticket he must be disfranchised. The telegrams from Wy oming last week say the MormOns voted the Republican ticket solid, to this the Republicans say amen; and so say the democracy if they believe in the!principles of that party,
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
Mining Notes.
Prescott Conrier

Messrs. Gilmore < Clark, have been fixing the road that leads to their Zero mine.
 Intending purchasers of the Jennings group are busily at work, prospecting the principal veins. That they will purchase Is said to be almost certain.
 Frank Carlisle, of the Black Horse mine, returned home recently from the East. Talk is that lie will at once start the mine.
 A Phenix paper notes the arrival of a good many tons of ore from Antelope Station, Black Canon road, this county.
 Prospeetors. on Saturday last, exhib- ited 10 us encouraging assays of a new find. Assays were made by Mr. Hether- ington.
 There was at the Bank of Arizona, Sat urday last. bar of silver said to have been worth $l,50Q. It was brought to Prescott from the Tuscumbia mill, which is being run by $. G. Mott. Silver was taken out of Prince and Black Warrior ores.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

WF are credibly informed that the case of the recent court martial of Captain A. F. Aliltimore, U. 5. A., is to be re-opened by order of the president. This action is based upon a more complete and full review of the circumstances than was available at the time the sentence of dis missal was approved From all we can learn there are evidences of conspiracy against Captain Miltimore that are under consideration, the first fruits of which were manifested in the removal of our chief executive. Major Miltimores long years of faithful service to his country, in which his integrity was never brought into question, do not support the slimsy accusation upon which he was convicted That he should faithfully disburse mil lions of public money and withstand op- portunities to profit thereby. does not reasonably support the charge that he connived to defraud the government out of the paltry sum involved, and any one acquainted with the man and the cir cumstances cannot believe that he would do so. He has enemies ill the military service as well as in the civil walks of life and they are doubtless moved by the same cause that he could not be induc- ed to serve their purposes. Capt Milti- more has invested all his worldly wealth in Arizona and has become identified with it's interests and growth; he is d shrewd and careful man of business and a gentleman of energy and enterprise, and we only express the sentiment of our best people when We hope that the re- opening of his case will reveal a state of affairs that will fully and completely ex- onerale him of the charge that now clouds lns fair name
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
4 Bad Wreck,
Nngales Hprald

The north bound train on the Sonora road ooliided with work train near Santa Ana on Saturday last and came near causing very serious results. There were a large number of laborers on the work train one of whom was killed out right while three others were badly injur- ed. The wounded were brought to this city for surgical aid.
 The Mexican authorities and the rail- road officials both investigated the affair but 1t seems the former failed to find eyi- dence sufficient to lay the blame to any one and of course the railroad officials held no one especially to blame as that would be an admission that it was the fault of some one in the employ of the company.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
In 9 Nutshell.
St Johns Herald

The Herald is not a sympathizer with the Mormon religion, but it does sym pathize with any sect or denomination that is beng persecuted, either on ac- count of their religious belief, or because they see fit to exercise the right guar anteed them under the constitution of the United States, at the ballot-box. in a manner that they may think will suhserye their interest and afford them the great est protection.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
There was no Mistake
MOhaYe Miner.

A circular from the superintendent of the census to the enumerators of Mohave county has been received, calling their attention to the fact that their returns must be defective from the fact that the death rate was below the average for the same number of people elsewhere On investigation it is found that the death rate is lower than any other county in the United States. This is due to sever al causes: First, the climate is nearly perfect, being dry and even; second, the people of this county are mostly young or in tue prime of life. Consequently, barring whisky and accidents, man might live to great age and then have to go somewhere else to die.
 The Phenix Gazette has failed to come to hand this week and, in fact the mail from that place usually takes a longer time to reach Florence than that from Los Angeles.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
The Right Man.
TnnSnn stnr

The selection of Hon. l.. M. Jacobs of this city as chairman of Territorial Dem ocratic Central Committee, was a just tribute to Mr. Jacobs fidelity to the party ever since its organization in the territory, as well as his ability to manage the cam paign with success to the Democratic ticket and honor to himself. The Demo cratic party will most heartily endorse the action of the convention in its selection of MT. Jacobs as leader of the party for the next two years
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

THE assertion that the repeal of the law creating the office of territorial su- perintendentofp public instruction is blow at popular education can hardly be sus- tained. The duties of that official are at most merely nominal and chiefly clerical. As the head of the educational interests of the territory his chief duty is the pres ervation of uniformity in school matters. All his duties can be transferred to the secretary of the territory, or some other official having a days leisure now and then, at small compensation, and the in- terests involved will not suffer from tie change.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
The Atlas.
Tncsnn Star.

From E. ". Hasllin the star learns that the Atlas well which is now down 500 feet will be thoroughly tested by Jas. Quiggle by 8 stamp pump which will run 49 hours without stopping. The well Is piped for a depth of 600 feet and there Is 300 more feet of piping at the well. Ifupon a thorough test 1t is determined that there is not sufficient water to run the furnace it will be sunk 200 or more feet at once until a sufficient supply is obtained. If however the pumping test discloses the fact that there is sufficient water 10 run jacket furnace it will be erected at once and the production of bullion will begin at an early day.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
Improvements.
Yulna Times

Visitors express their surprise at the many permanent improvements made in the village during the last couple of years. Now that a commencement has been made let the good work go on for every new building adds to the value of sur rounding property. Under the old regime slipshod methods were the rule, but now all this is being gradually changed much to the benefit of the town.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

IT IS more than rumored that anybody knowing the ropes can receive teachers certificate in Maricopa county, regard less of his qualifications. Indeed one no- toriously incompetent person claimed the ability to obtain a certificate and onfess- ed the method of it's acquisition. This is one Of those peculiar impositions upon the public that shouldbe inquired into by competent authority.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

THE democratic convention at Phenix nominated N A. Smith as their candi- date for delegate to Congress, by acclam- nation, there b ing no opposition what ever. For joint councilman for the north ern district, Harris Baldwin, of Yavapai, was nominated and Hon. r. R. Brady of Florence for the southern district The race is now on and lively times are ex- pected
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

The arms of the Florence militia com pany have arrived and the uniforms are expected very shortly. The latter will be altered to fit by Wm. Johnson, the tailor, and in a short time the boys in blue will become useful as well as ornamental.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

The Florence delegates to the Repub- lican county convention are: J. H. Hull, A. F. Barker, NJ. w. Harter, J. M Ochoa, G. G. Gonzalas, A. $. Adler, O. H. Car penter, J. P. Welles, E. B. Modem, J. Suter and J. B. McNeil
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

TWELVE thousand dollars can be saved annually to the people of Arizona by the aoolishment of several useless territorial offices. This sum represents the waste only at one Of the many financial leaks that require careful inspection, and if proper economy in legislative appropri- ations IS observed, the saving will reach sum that will astonish those who have given but little attention to the subject.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

c. D. Henry, is making some altera- tions and improvements ill his brick store on main street.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

B. B. De Nure, candidate for nomina tion for sheriff by to-day's convention has been in town this week.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

R. H. Chamberlin of Reymert, is pay ing Florence q short visit.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

A huge watermelon from D. Hadley's Happy Ranch, was presented THE EN- TERPRIsE printers yesterday, through J.. M. Lie.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20

FRANK J. HHNEY associated too much with the republicans to receive the nomi- nation as joint councilman.