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The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-20
Articles Of Incorporation
 OF THE Saint Joseph Irrigation Company,

The undersigned being desirous of forming a corporation under and in ac- cOrdance with the laws of Arizona, do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation.
 First, The names of the cOrporatnrs are: John Busnman, Joseph C Hansen, Henry NJ Tanner, Sanford NJ Porter and Nathan T Porter shall constitute the Board of Directors for the first year.
 Second, The name of the corporation is the Saint Joseph Irriga ation Company. The principal place of business shall be at Saint Joseph, Apache County, Arizona.
 Third, The general nature ofth busi- ness to be transacted is the building of dams, constructing of canals, buying, leasing and selling of water and water rights, and do such other things incl dental 10 such a business or necessarily connected herewith.
 Fourth. The amount of capital stock authorized Is twenty thousand dollars in shares of ten dollars each, twenty per cent of which is to be paid up with. in one year.
 Fifth, The corporation will begin business on the fifteenth day of March ill the ycar eighteen hundred and nine- ty-three and terminate in twenty-five years.
 Sixth. The affairs of the Company shall be conducted by board of five directors. The officers to be chosen by the board of directors shall be Presi- dent, President, Secretary and Treasurer; and at the session of the board of directors, an Assistant Secrp- tary and Superintendent and such oth- CT special officers as may be deemed ne- cessary for the conducting of the busi- ness of the Company. Election of di- rertors shall be held annually on the second Monday in March. Election of officers at the first meeting of the board the' eafter. The highest amount of in- debtedness or liability to which the corporation shall subject itself shall be twelve thousand dollars.
 Seventh. Private property of the stockholders of this company shall be exempt from corporation debts.
 In testimony whereof we have here unto set our hands and seals this 1lth day of March, eighteen hundred and nlnatV-t brae
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-20
A Wild ApnIe Orchard.

The wilderness of Koolan, in the Sandwich islands, contains a forest of native wild apple trees, countless in number, stretching from the sea far ID the mountain sides The trees vary from forty to fifty feet in helght. and in the harvest season, from July to September, are loaded down with fruit, some white, but mostly red. 4 person standing in the midst of this orchard ,an look around him for miles, up the mountains and toward the road, and the only thing in view will be one vast rove of apple trees literally red with ripe and ripening fruit, the branches of the trees bending to the ground with the bouuteous harvest. The crop of this extensive apple orchard which nature planted in the solitary waste would fill fleet of one hundred steam CTS. The orchard stretches over a country from five to ten miles wide by twenty miles long, and many of the larger trees bear at least fifty barrels apiece. t------
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-20
GENIUS IN A CAT TRADE.
A Boy Who Made a Double Deal in Q Fe
 line Speculation.

A Boy Who Made a Double Deal in Fe-
 line Speculation.
 A boy was heard telling his com panions the other day about little speculation he had succeeded in making, says the Utica Observer. A lady hailed him and asked him if he knew of any one who wanted a cat. He didn't at first recall family in need of one, but when she suggested that quarter of dollar would be given him if he would find some nice, pleasant family that would give the animal home, he sud denly recollected a family i'll a distant neighborhood, and put the cat under his arm and the quarter in his pocket. He started off down the street, and had walked several blocks looking for a barn that offered inducements for cats, and finally met couple of young ladies. One of them noticed the tabby's seek coat, and they stopped the boy and asked him whose it was. Of course it was his, and in less than a iiffy he thought more of that little animal than he ever did before of cat in his life. Would he sell it? We'll, he didn't care to, because he wanted to carry it home to his little sister, but he thought, ,possi- bly he could get another one, though probably he could never find such a nice eat as that. Would he take half dol lar for it and carry it home for her? Yes, he would, cause he wanted the money to get him some new shoes. So he got the half-dollar, and the young lady got the cat safely delivered ct her home. It is surmised that the boy had been reading the record of some of the county officers as brought out before the Investigating committee.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-20
Probate Notice.

Tn the Probate Court Of the County Of Apache Territory Cf Arizona.
 In the matter Of the estate of NJ. H. Phelps, deceased. Order for Sale of Property, Upon reading and filing the petition of ". H. Phelps, administrator of the estate of Nj H. Phelps. deceased, praying for order to sell ali of the real estate and personal property belong ing to said estate, and it appearing to the Court that necessary 10 sell all the real estate and personal property belonging t. the said de- ceased:
 It is therefore ordered that the said order be published i'll the St. Johns Herald, a newspaper published in St. Johns, County of Apache, Ter ritpry of Arizona, ct least four weeks from the date hereof.
 Dated April Sd, 1893.
 ART MCDONALD,
 Probate Judge. ALFRED RUIZ,
 Attorney for Administrator
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-20

Attorney for administrator.
The morning call., 1893-08-09
THEORY AND PRACTICE.

The Sacramento Bee admits that John
C. Calhoun was something OF nullifier
in his day, but gives Grover Cleveland
precedence by long odds. Concerning the
latter the Bee says:
With an autocracy worthy of the palmy days
of Di0nysus, tyrant of Syracuse, he has
placidly smothered the laws aud serenely
wiped out the statutes. Frigidly cool in the ma
jestlc supremacy OF his egotism, he has checked
the workings OF the Geary act, and his Cabinet
has practically nulted a law OF the land passed
by Congress representing 100000 Of
freemen.
Calhoun was a nullier in theory, CIeve-
land in practice. Probably Calhoun
would have been nullifier in practice If
there had not been a rather determined
sort of man in the Presidential chair when
his notification fever was on. President
Cleveland has never advocated the theory
Of notification, but laws he does not like
stand little chance of enforcement during
his administration. An opening has al
ready been made in the silver-purchasing
act if Congress refuses to repeal it.
The morning call., 1893-08-09
NO MORE HALLUCINATION.

The fair at Chicago has run more than
half its allotted time. and there is little
reason to expect better results from the
point of view of attendance than have
been attained in the months which have
gone. 1t is now possible to sum up the
probable. and the management have done
SO with sense of disa appointment. Never
was fair so magnificently planned. so CON-
plete and gigantic, and never have inan-
ciai results fallen so short of expectations.
The Chicago Herald says that no money
will come back. The citizens of Chicago,
10000 IN number. who furnished money
for the buildings will get nothing out o I
The proceeds. This disposes Of $4,000. 600.
The city of Chicago, as corporation han.
ding taxes, will also lose its donation of
100000 There is. however. posi-
blity that the men who bought $4,000. 900
worth Of bonds after the capital stock had
been exhausted will be repaid in full. 1t
is likewise probable that the contr actors
who laid out the park and erected the
buildings will get their money, but not a
cent more. ard perhaps they will be
thankful for that. Profits come to no.
body. Stockholders GO without dividends,
and the utmost that those who have aided
the exposition can expect is the gratitude
of their fellow citizens and countrymen
that they have made the fair so trium.
plant success in the artistic and indus
The morning call., 1893-08-09
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Lord Beaumont. who is descended from
the last King of Jerusalem, succeeded to
the title last year at the death OF his elder
brother.
The death has just taken place OF Miss
r. j. Crop, at Keynsham England. She
was the first lady " no crossed the Atlantic
from England in steamer.
Mrs. Sarah j. Noyes. who was formerly
Connecticut schoolteacher, has now been
for many years second assistant examiner
in the electrical division at the Patent
Office in Washington.
James Robinson. who now lives at Gin
cinnati. is probably the oldest survivor of
the oldtme circus. He is over 81 years OF
age, and was actively engaged in the bust
ness from his boyhood up to just before
the war.
The Rev. Sam Small, the evangelist, has
returned to his home in Atlanta, Ca. after
trip to Texas. He conducted services in
that part of the country. and had what he
describes as hot time" OF it, but sue
cessful one withai.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps says that
after the publication Of her book. 1.-THE
Gates Alar," quarter of a century ago.
she received nearly 10000 letters. They
came from all over the world. and were
mainly from persons in affection.
Mr.. Balfour's younger brother. who
came rather prominently forward In the
English House of Commons in the course
of recent ebates, bears cnriOGsly strong
resemblance to his fright honorable
friend" the leader of the opposition.
Nine. Lebondy, widow of the great
French sugar-refner who left her for
tune of $50, 100000. lives In small house
at st. Cloud. aud spends about $1,000 a
YEAR. Her son. however. is compromising
for the maternal economy by squandering
the fortune with prodlgal hand.
Joseph Jefferson's genius, industry and
prudence have enabled the actor to acquire
fortune. and for years he has for the
most part cnnfined his season on the stage
to six weeks. This short season keeps
him in touch with his loved profession,
and is source of pleasure as we'll as
DecuniarV profit
The morning call., 1893-08-09
FREE RAISINS.

The Modesto Herald wants the duty
taken off raislns. 1t does not want this
as benefit, but as a punishment. Says
the Herald:
People who have prospered almost solely by
reasons Of the rasin tariff. yet continue to vote
for free trade in products Of the soil and fac
tories upon which their brethren in other parts
of the Union are dependent Tor a decent live
lihood, deserve no sympathy. Give us free
raisins.
There is good deal of point in this
paragraph. People who want all other
industries than those in which they are
engaged exposed do not deserve sympathy.
But the inconsist ent free-.raders cannot be
punished without visiting punishment also
upon the con sistent tariff advocates. There
are raisin-growers in California who did
all they could to retain the policy upon
which the raisin industry depends Shall
we punish them that the free-traders may
get needed lesson?
The morning call., 1893-08-09
ENGLAND'S SHIPPING.

At the meeting of the International
Maritime Congress. Mr.. Mundella, presi-
dent of the English Board of Trade, pre-
sented some statistics on the growth OF
the British mercantile marine. AS may
be expected the development is remark
able There were at the commencement
of the century 100000 tons of shipping.
all under sail, and it took thirty years 10
add half a million tons to that total.
Steamers were heDg introduced. but not
very rapidly. In 1870 the total tonnage
had gone up to 7.149.O00. OF which steam
ers represented ], 200. 900 tons. At the pres
ent time steam has gone far ahead Of sail
ing vessels, and, making fair allowance.
every ton of steam is worth four tons
under sail. There are 100000 tons OF
steam shipping, and 4,275.O00 tons under
sail. This total is not, however. confined
to the United Kingdom. but includes the
colonies. Mr.. Mundella asserts that the
aggregate is larger than that of the whole
Of the rest of the world. But the rest OF
the world is catching up, and the United
States itself will loom up very large in
shipping by the end of the century. 1t
does now in internal commerce.
The morning call., 1893-08-09
WHlTECAPPING.
coin.

A story of the Conrad boys and the
whitecaps of Harrison County, Ind, reads
like a romance from the imaginative pages
of Mayne Reid rather than narrative of
facts. Harrison County is snmew hat wild
in the Typographical sense, but its sparse
inhabitants, mostly farmers. would resent
the imputation that they are animated by
anything but the highest notions of order
and justice. They carry their views of
the fitness OF things just a little too far.
and in the effort in this instance a num-
Der of them have got bitten.
Whitecapping is the unwritten law when
the community desires 10 get rid of Offend
ing ppighbors. 1t is first boycott, under
which nobody will have dealings with
the prescribed, and then a notice to pull
I'D stakes and 60, and finally compulslon.
Ii tragedy occurs the community salves its
conscience in the numbers responsible and
the supposed dictates of necessity The
Conrads aroused the ire of Harrison
County from suspicion that they were
parricides. The boys one day carried the
body of their father home from the
fields and said they had found it. They
were arrested, and tried for murder aid
acquitted. That should have ended the
course of justice. but Harrison County
thought otherwise. A whitecap notice
was served upon the Conrads to
quit. They knew well what this mean
They laid in ammunition. loaded their
weapons. and while one STAYED at home over
night with the women of the household the
other kept guard outside. One night the
whitecaps swooped down upon the log
calm about sixty strong. They demande ed
admission and. not getting it. they pro-
cepded TO force an entrance with rail
used as batterng-ram. But before they
drew up in front of the house, they had
been sighted by the sentinel, and he had
warned his brother, ana both were in am
bush with their weapons awaiting events.
When the battering-ram began to play
against the door. they opened fire, with
very deadly result. Five men were killed
outright, and a number were wounded.
some of whom may die. The remainder
of the whitecaps broke and fed.
The league of farmers would no doubt
have organized another raid with the fell
purpose of killing the Conrads on sight,
but some days were allowed to pass, and
the Conrads have now successfully evacu-
ated their farm and fed the country.
They promise. however, to return and lay
out few more of the whitecaps. Thus
is feud set up, which is pretty certain to
result 10 more bloOdshed. Public opinion
seems to be on the side Of the Con RAIDS, on
the ground that as their lives were at
stake they acted in self-defense. The
whitecaps undoubtedly were rash in I'M
dertaking to lynch two men who at least
had gone through the ordeal of trial and
had been pronounced not guilty. But in
such community the letter of the law is
not regarded closely.
The morning call., 1893-08-09
THE SPECIAL MESSAGE.

The special message, or the message
giving the Presidents reasons for calling
Congress in special session, will pass into
history as the weakest paper that ever
emanated from President of the United
States The President informs Congress
that the purch ase of S147. 100000 worth Of
silver has UPSET all our industries. He
quotes the passage in the act which de-
clares it to be the purpose of the Govern
ment to maintain go and silver at parity
as preventing the Secretary of the Treasury
from exercising the discretion nominally
vested in him of paying for the silver so
purchased in either gold or silver. mani
testify" the President says. "the refusal
of the Secretary to pay these treasury
notes in gold. if demanded. would Deces-
sarily result in their discredit and depre-
citation as obligations payable only in sill
yer. and would destroy the parity between
the two metals by establishing a discrimi-
nation in favor of gold" Mapifestly, il
the Secretary Of the Treasury had paid
treasury notes in silver and all other forms
OF Indebtedness in gold, the discrmina-
ton the President speaks of would have
been esta blished. But as long as the
money of the two metals is at parity
either might be used in the payment of
any kind of obligation providing there
was 40 discrimination as to the
class of obligations thus paid. The
treasury note and the legal tender
are both payable in gold or silver. and
there is no more reason why ole should be
paid in silver than that the other should.
And if silver had been used in part pay
ment Of either or both the parity of the
two metals would not have been broken so
long as discrimination was not practced.
Congress is. therefore. called together to
perform a piece of negative legislation,
with no affirmative action proposed or sug-
gested. The purchase of 100000 ounces
of silver each month is represented as hav-
ing brought the country so near to ruin
that dog-da y session of Congress held
out the only hope of relief. There has
never been an example of such gross mag
Difying of effects as President Cleveland
has afforded in this message. He has
made a mou tain out of molehill, utterly
oblivi0us of the fact that there were real
mountains of considerable size right at
hand.
The morning call., 1893-08-09
WHERE ARE THEY?
Three Men and a Boy Are
Missing.
The Relatives Have Asked the Police
Department to Try to Find Them
if 1t Be Possible.

Four cases of mysterious disappearance
were reported at police headquarters yes
terday.
Mrs. Oliver. Odd Fellows building, East
Berkeley. is under the painful impression
that her husband. Lorenzo Dow Oliver.
has been the victim of foul play. They
kept a restaurant at East Berkeley, but
sold out about two weeks ago aad went to
San Jose. Oliver had the proceeds OF the
sale of the restaurant In his pockets.
about $500. and his wife advised him to
put it in bank. as it was not safe 10 carry
such a large sum of money around with
him. But lie told her that he wanted to
buy ranch with it and it would be use
less to put 1t in bank for only Il few
days. He left her in San Jose with that
object in view, and since then she has not
man by birth. 80 years of age. 5 feet 8
inches IN height. and candy-maker by
trade. When last seen he wore n suit of
blue clothes, tan hat of soft material. He
has brown muStache and light brown
hair.
C. Sexton, proprietor of the San Fran
cisco Creamery on Sixteenth street. near
Mission. reported the disappearance OF
John Wiley, one of his butter-makers.
He had his quarters in the creamery. and
left for a visit to Oakland on Sunday
morning last. Since then he has not been
seen or heard Of. He is a Swiss, % years
of age, 5 feet 9 inches IN height. has black
hair. cut short. dark mustache, and Wore a
black sack SUIT and black soft hat.
Mrs. j. Harvey of Tiburon is anxious to
know the whereabouts of her son Joe. He
left his home in Tiburon yesterday morn
ing aud took SIS with him. which led her
tn believe that hi did not intend to return.
Joe is 15h years old and Is large boy
for his age. lie has light brown hair and
round face. he wore a black rough
coat. brown check vest, light blush gray
pants, and black and white straw hat.
Frank l.. Nelson was employed as So
licltor and collector for the Hotel Guide.
He lived with his wife at the Melville
House on Market street He left there last
Wednesday to 60 to the Guide Office. but
has not been seen or heard of since. His
disappearance was reported by NJ. NJ. Pat
terson. publisher of the Guide Nelson is
90 or 80 years of age. an American by birth.
5 feet inches in height. He has light
brown hair and mustache and has a star in
ink on his right arm. He wore light suit
of clio .hes and gray Fedora hat
The morning call., 1893-08-09
TOBACCO CULTURE.
Interesting Facts Regarding Califor-
MAS Production.

At a meeting of the State Board of
Trade yesterday an interesting paper on
the progress and advantages of tobacco
culture in California was read by the
secretary.
The facts as given are not only from an
experimental standpoint, but as result of
years of successful cultivation of the plant
and study of the requirements necessary
for its profitable pursuance on all extern
sive scale.
According to the memory of the earliest
American settlers in the State the tobacco
plant was successfully grown and cured by
the original Mexican missionaries and it
is entirely probable that the seeds planted
by them were imported from Havana. In
those days the product was entirely con.
sumrd by the Jesnits. who were passion
aiely fond of smoking, and until 1862 its
cultivation assumed no commercial i'm
pOrtance. In that year, however. two
million pounds OF cured leaf tobacco was
produced and disposed of in the market at
profitable figure. TIE same results, with
somewhat of an increase, have been at
tanned each year following until 1t is now
clearly demonstrated that the industry can
be carried on on profitable scale with less
cost and care Than fruit-raislng.
The opportunities for the develop
ment of tobacco in this State are
recognized to be superior to any
elsewhere in the United States. as the
redeeming features of our lands and
climate renders manuring unnecessary.
when item alone is saving Of at least
500 per acre as compared with tobacco
producing lands of the Eastern States.
The absence of frosts during the bud
ding season. together with the long dry
summer, renders two crops a year GER
tainty, and the difference of cost in cult
vation is in this case to / In favor Of
California.
To illustrate the success already at
tanned by CALIFORNIA; tobacco a Santa
Clara County grower has contracted to
furnish an Eastern firm with $4,000 hounds
OF raw lenf for cigar wrappers at 80 cents
per pound. A liberal estimate placed on
tho cost Of growing an acre in that section
Is not more than $50. while the average
yield from the same land may be stated
to be from 1000 10 1900 poundsswhen cured.
ana having market value outside OF
cigar wrappers of from 20 to % cents per
pound, which shows an acreage profit of
from $500 to $780,
Authorities on the subject claim that
Cailfornia's tobacco when grown from
Havana seed. seems to possess all the
characteristics Of that produced on the
Island OF Cuba. and it is not TOO much 10
say that we can more nearly initiate the
cuban article than any other State in the
Union. When the leaf Is produced here in
sufnclent quantities manufacturers will
speedily make overtures for its purchase,
and there is no reason why we should not
produce from fifty to one hundred million
pounds of cured leaf, which would repre-
sent in itself small part of the worlds
Production
The morning call., 1893-08-09
Pacific Rank Affairs.

The directors of the Pacific Bank met in
executive session yesterday afternoon,
but only remained in session for few
minutes. They adjourned to meet to-
morrow morning, at which time there will
also be meeting of the stockholders.
At the present time 40 definite plan for
opening the doors has been agreed upon,
but tho meeting tomorrow Is expected to
result in bringing those interested to some
conclusion.
The Mechanics Bank Of Baltimore yes
terday filed an attachment on the bank for
$l097 so.
j. ID. Wilson has fled punishment
against the Pacific Bank to secure claim
against Wieser & Co. of II New MOntgOm-
cry street ior $500
The morning call., 1893-08-09

can do without. Such articles as tea.
coffee and sugar will be imported in about
the usual guam tity. but fewer high-priced
luxuries. Whatever may be said OF the
benefits of foreign trade. no one will con-
tend that it is good policy for nation to
buy high-priced Injuries in excess OF Its
earnings. There is not much benefit in
foreign trade beyond articles in common
use which we do not produce, except In
the purchase of raw material to convert
into finished goods. When customs re-
ceipts increase in consequence of reduc-
ton of duties. it means that other people
are doing work that we ought to do our
selves.