Arizona republican., 1890-05-25
ON THE CURBSTONE.


 shall contribute occasional observations on matters of interest that may come under my eye. Of course, I shall be responsible for what l say and for that reason shall arrogate to myself quite a number of liberties not usually allowed newspaper contributors. It shall be my aim to make the column set aside for me readable and interesting. shall express my sentiments freely and honestly, but do not expect every one else to agree with me and shall not feel hurt by just criticism. On the other hand shall be pleased to receive good stories and interesting facts from any source. Letters may be addressed to Carlos" care of TIE REPUBLICAN.
 HAD glimpse, the other day, of C.. J. Dyer's "birds-eye view" of Phoenix, which is really work of art. It locates every house in the city and shows all the finest blocks as well and some of the private reidences. This map measures forty by thirty-six and when fully worked out will be Autographed and sold to the trade. It is a work in which every resident of the city is inter- ested and am glad to know that Mir. Dyer is meeting with the most substan- tial encouragement. It will be just the thing to send to friend in the east to whom one may want to give an idea of the location of the city.
 
 'I AM more than astounded with the climate of Arizona" said J. B. Haggin, the head of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S express and California S millionaire. MT. flag gins daughter has been an invalid for some years. Her life was really despaired of and she was finally advised to try the climate of Tucson as last re- sort. She rallied rapidly and in a few months had sufficiently recovered to be able to travel and moved in special car from Tucson to Fort Huachuca, where the improvement that had already set in was continued, and she is now rapidly convalescing. Miss Haggin has so greatly improved that her parents have returned to San Francisco, leaving their daughter in the Huachuca mountains for the summer. Such cases should help along the sani- tarium scheme at Tucson.
 WHOSE duty is it to tell the fellow who is operating the wheel of fortune on the streets that he is violating the law and to desist. If he played to men only there might be no cause for com plaint, but he is raking in all the money the little boys manage to scrape to- gether. At best, the wheel is nuis- ance, unfair to men who pay license and rent and Instructive of the morals of those whose habits are just forming.
 
 HARRY GATES, who was for long time the paragrapher on the San Francisco Music dn Dramd, has returned to the operatic stage and is again singing at the Tivoli in that city. Gus Cook, a we'll known newspaper writer, has taken his place on Music and Urdma and is doing some splendid work.
 HENRY L. MERRITT, who gained con- considerable reputation for himself in theatrical circles as dramatic editor of the Los Angeles Tribune, has returned to his old profession of architecture and is now located in San Francisco.
 ALMOST every advance agent who has visited San Francisco in the past three months, was formerly newspaper man and the majority of them were of more than local reputation in the newspaper profession. It is needless to say they are first class advance men.
 
 ''IT IS hard to make great many peo- pie believe that we can raise first-class oranges in the Salt River valley" said A. B. Shearer to me yesterday. "If they could see my ranch think they would change their minds. Six years ago I began work on sixty acre tract of new land six miles north of the city and to- day 1 have twenty acres of oranges, twenty of grapes and twenty of other fruits that will compare favorably with any in America. Most of my orange trees are five years old and I don't be- lieye they can be beaten as that age any