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The Arizona sentinel., 1894-12-29
GIIEssa'S Climate.

Weather Observer a. Ashenberger
furnishes US with the following i'm
portant facts relative to the climate,
! rainfall and weather at Yuma.
The following data from the records
! of the y. S. weather Bureau are from
observations taken for periods rang
ing from i've 20 twenty years and are
published by request of the Hon.
Mayor OF Yuma:
Mean actual barometer.-Yuma, 29.T6
| inches; Denver, Col, 24.73 inches.
Mean annual temperature. Yuma, 73o;
! Jupiter, Fla, 730.
Mean maximum temperature during
month of July.-Yuma, 1867 Phoenix,
! 1879.
Mean minimum temperature during
month of July.-Yuma, TT; Galveston,
Tex, 79o.
Mean minimum temperature during
month of January.-Yuma, AZ; Tucson,
35'; Phoenix, 32'.
Highest temperature recorded.-Yuma,
ll80; Phoenix, ll9'; Fort Lapwai, Idaho,
Il5o.
Lowest temperature recorded.-Yuma,
Do; Riverside, Cal. voluntary observers
| recOrd.), 2l0; Jacksonville, Fla, l5'; Cal
weston, Tex, ll'.
Mean relative humidity-Yuma, ~,
San Diego, Cal, 75E; Chicago, AZ; Pen
! sacola, Fla, 76G; Port Angeles, Wash,
So.
Mean annual rainfan-Yuma, inches;
! Tucson, Is inches; Jacksonville, Fla, So
inches; New Orleans, La, 81 inches; Neah
| Bay, Wash, 102 inches.
Average annual number of rainy days.
Yuma, IA; Tucson 40; st. Louis, lis;
Washington, D.. c., l26; New York, 126;
Baltimore, 1873; Chicago, l36; Cincinnati,
al; Atlanta, Ca, l4l; Rochester, N. Y,
III; Tatoosh Island, Wash, lS6.
Average annual number of cloudy days.
Yuma, II; Sacramento, Cal, rs; Oswege,
n. Y, l73.
Average annual number of partly cloudy
days.-Yuma, 90; Sacramento, Cal, 76;
Oswego, n. Y, I24.
Average annual number Of clear days
Yuma, 279; Portland, Ore, 90; Oswego, N.
Y, 6S.
Average hourly wind velocity.-Yuma, 8
miles; Dodge City, Kan, II miles; San
dusky, O., Is miles
Highest wind velocity recorded Yuma,
"a miles; San Francisco, Cal, 60 miles.
The Arizona sentinel., 1894-12-29
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SheFimS Sale

By virtue of an execution issued out Of Justic
Ira Mabbett's Court, of First Precinct, County of
Yuma Territory of Arizona, dated the 29th day of
August, A. D. 1891, in a certain action, wherein
Christopher Horner is plaintiff received Judgemen
against L. c. Moreland, defendant, for the of
Two Hundred and Twenty ninety-seven one-hund-
reth dollars (S22O.9 80 U. s. gold coin and costs OF
suit taken at Twenty dollars and forty cents
(S2O.40) on the 9th day of August A. D. 1891.
have levied on the following described property to
wit All of defendant L. c. Morelands right little
and interest in and to that certain mining claim
situated in San Pablo Mining District, Yuma
County, Territory Of Arizona, called the Gold Mug
get mine, and duly recorded in book +. at page
454, in mining Records Of Yuma County, Territory
of Arizona,
Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, the Goth
day of September, A. d. 1894, at l o'clock p. m, of
that day. in front of the Court House in the Coun4y
OF Yuma, Territory of Arizona, l will sell all the
right title and interest of said L. C. Moreland
defendant, in and to the above described property
at Public auction for cash in Z. s. gold coin to the
highest and best bidder, to satisfy said execution
and all costs.
MEL. GREENLEAF, Sheriff,
Yuma County A. T.
- The above sale is postponed to Octob-
er LIST 1894. MEL GREENLEAE,
Sheriff.
~ The above sale is postponed to Octob-
er 10Th, a. D., 1894, at u o'clock, NJ.
MEL GREENLEAF, Sheriff.
Per W. l. HOPKINS, Deputy.
The Arizona sentinel., 1894-12-29
ARIZONA.

Arizona stands at the threshold Of an
era of wonderful social and industrial de-
vel0pment. There can't be doubt about
the fact. The dawn for which she has
waited so long is breaking at last. There
is every promise of day OF great pros
perity and permanent upbuildiDg just be-
fore her. The impulse OF a new and encr-
giving hope is visible everywhere among
her people. while the cumulative effect Of
many things, which made but small i'm
preston as they transpired singly, is now
commanding for her full share of atten-
ton and interest abroad among home
seekers and capitalists
4 lively competition has sprung up for
the possession of things which have hereto
fore gone a-begging for ownership. There
is scramble for franchises. Nothing more
surely indicates q great industrial awaken
ing than this. The rates Of interest are
falling to moderate figures. Nothing more
surely indicates confidence and competition
among the money lenders than this.
Arizona has reached that climacticer
| period which every western state has ex-
perienced sometime in its history when,
after long and weary struggle and doubt,
! with each side Of the balance first mp and
/ then down, the clouds of dependency
have suddenly rolled away, and sunburst
Of energizing hope has thrilled the droop-
ing spirits of the people to greater aud
/ Drawer endeavor than before.
For the last twelve years the subsistence
/ of the great Tombstone boom and the COM
pletion of two transcontinental lines OF
railroad across her territory Arizona has
rather dropped out Of public attention,
! but in that time she has been quietly ac-
cumulating fund of substantial wealth
and force Of moral character which
qualify her now to rise up and take her
destiny in her own hands.
The population of Arizona is Mexican.
This is mistake of great Importance from
the moral point of view. There is but one
considerable center Of Mexican population
in the territory, the city Of Tucson, and
even there it is not by any means at pres
ent the predominating element. 1t think
it is certain that arizona has not to-day
nearly so large Mexican population as
! Colorado and not above tenth as much
as New Mexico. --"Fitz- Mae" in Denver
News.
The Arizona sentinel., 1894-12-29
PROBATE ORDER.

IN THE PROBATE COURT, COUNTY OF YUMA,
I Territory of Arizona.
In the Matter of the estate of John II. Dali,
deceased.
Elbridge Durbrow having filed in this court a
copy of the will of John H. DALI deceased and the
Probate Their of in the City and County of san Fran
cisco, State of California, duly authenticated, to-
gether with apetition that said will be admitted
Probate in this Court and that letters testament
tary thereon be granted to him as executor as
named in said will;
1t is ordered that Saturday, the 18th day of
August, A D. 1884, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day,
at the Court room of the Probate Court, in the
County of Yuma, be and hereby is set for the hear
ing of said petition, at which time and place all
persons interested may appear and contest the
same.
1t is further ordered that copy Of this order be
published in the Arizona SENTINEL, a newspaper
published in the County of Yuma, for three sue
cesive weeks prior to said hearing.
Dated this Both day of July, A. D. 1894.
F. L. EwIN5, Judge of Probate.
The Arizona sentinel., 1894-12-29

acres, now proctless, can he male productiv
/ by the construction Of Trgatng Gitches, ami ther
is no investment which assures larger or NOR
permanent returns"
The foregoing statements are ro5 exaggerated
in fact, they fall short OF doirg Justice to this
dcriul land. Pineapples, dates, a}moAds and wal
nuts viii do we'll Straw berries, raspberries, blacl,
berries currants, gooseberries, AMI ali varieties Q
small fluis can be successfully cultivated Indeed
Yuma County is not only tie natural home CT thu
citrus AMI sem-tropica fruits, as almost ever!
fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass or vegetable whivf
be produced in either tropic or temperate zone
Will thrive in its rich and fertile soils.
WY EHMIGaAyTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
COUNTY.
Because the climate is perfect
Because the soil is fertile and prolific.
Because land is abundant and cheap
Because q home can be made with little
labor.
Because 50 great a variety of products
can lie grown.
Because the yield is large and the priced
always remunerative.
Because life is q luxury in q land where
the sun shines every day.
Because there are chances for poor man
which he can never hope to find in older
countries.
Because the country is advancing and
property values are increasing.
Because, unlike Southern California it
does not require a small fortune to secure a
piece of land.
Because capital does not block all the av-
enues to wealth, n.r crowd the poor man
to the wall.
Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms
in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
Bscause churches, schools, newspapers
and railroads are fast developing the moral
and material elements Of the Territory
Because good land is becoming scarce, and
if you don't catch on now, your last chance
will soon be gone.
Because the country is one of the few
regions of the Uuited States that yields the
products Of the temperate and semi-tropic
zones.
Because the worker receives a fair COM
pensation for his labor, and the 'rustler' has
a field for the display OF his energy and en-
terprise.
Because there are neither billiards. or
torradoes, earthquakes nor foundations,
snow-storms nor cyclones
Because the vast and varied resources of
the country are yet to be developed.
Because the wealth Of its mines, it's farm
ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet build
up great and prosperous county.
Because q man can make livelihood her,
with less labor than in any other part Of the
United States.
Because there is health in every breeze,
and strength and vigor under its cloudless
skies.
Because the settler need not spend life
time in telling trees and grubbing out
stumps.
Because vegetation is 50 rapid that in two
years the home is surrounded by a growth
of trees and shrubs which would require
five years to develop in a colder cline.
Because fortunes here await the venture
some, and health welcomes the afflicted.
Because the country has q brilliant future
and you want to be in the ''swim."
Because in its pure, dry invigorating air,
epidemic diseases cannot live or terminate
Because its people are generous, liberal,
hOspitable and progressive.
The Arizona sentinel., 1894-12-29

THE CHRONICLE ranks with the creates,
newspapers in the United States.
THE CHRONICLE he's no equal on the Pacific
coast 1t leads all in ability, enterprise and news.
THE CHRONICLES Telegraphic Reports are
the latest and most reliable, it's Local News the
fullest and spiciest and its Editorials from the
ablest pens in the country.
THE CHRONICLE has always been, and always
Will be, the friend and champion of the people as
against combinations, cliques. corporations OF
expressions of any kind. 1t will be Independent
In everything neutral in nothing.
The Arizona sentinel., 1894-12-29
Resources
Of
Yuma County.
YUMA COUNTY.

4 white man first sot foot on what !;
now Yuma County in I77l. 1t is TIE
southwest division of the Territory, and
one of the four original counties Of she Ter
ritory. Many great reclamation projects are
However on foot, and in few years ex-
peet to see Yuma County rated as the
richest in the Territory.
The first glimpse the traveller from Cali
fornia catches CT Arizona is that of the
picturesque town of Yuma, which is Snugly
situated in the embrace of gentle rolling
hills, upon whose crests and sides the
modern homes of our superior civilization
ore crowding the adobe dwellings into
eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to
Arizona, the new empire of the West, upon
whose undeyeloped riches the eyes of the
ountry are at present turned and as such,
she is bound to grow and prosper with u
rapiditv that at present can hardly be re-
allied. But coupled with her geographic
cal position we find that she is the center
CT a country whose agricultural possibili-
ties are practically unlimited, being sur
rounded by soil the fertility of which
exceeds that Of the delta OF the Nile, and
wanting oaly water to become paradise of
bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious
iluid have annually gone to waste at
Yuma's very doors, but already reaction
is taking place aid many enterprises are
on foot 20 supply the life-giving waters OF
the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1894-12-29
lrrigating
canals,
bitches
and
Reservoirs.

The above cut illustrates an AUTOMATIC
WATER GATE, to regulate and keep in subsection
the rise of water in canal due to over-abund-
ant flow, or to sudden rises in the canal owing 10
1t is particularly valuable to have such q Water
Gate placed in lower bank of canal, at such points
along its line Where there are Ravines, Gulhes,
ArrOyOs, Foot Hills, Buttes, Tableland, rs any
rains or storms bring down at such points surplus
of water that is very dangerous to the banks of
canal. The Waste Gate, however, will prevent
such damage, az it is
SELF-ACTING AND A PERFECT SAFETY VALVE
Relieving the canal at short intervals, of its
plus water, thus preventing the washing away OF
banks, and causing great damage generally, no
alone to canal, but property owners all along the
line, who may suffer more or less damages there
after for the want of water owing to the damaged
condition of canal and while such repair are being
made. Not only is it valuable to relieve canal of
its surplus water, to prevent damage and eX-
pense, but by its use the first cost OF canal con-
structiOn will be materially lessened, as the banks
need not be made so high or wide.
The device is extremely simple, and compare
lively inexpensive Its plan of operation is this:
There is pipe fastened to opening in the
vertical gate, 1. When the body of water rises to
the level of the upper end of pipe, 2, water runs
freely into the tank 8, which is Immediately filed,
thus Overbalancing the weight, 4, which is on the
other end of lever 5, thus forcing open tbs gate,
which suddenly relieves the canal Of q large s1r-
plus of water. When body of water reeedes bsSv
a certain level, no more water is admitted 60 the
tank; therefore empties itself by a small faucet
opening, g, at the bottom; this being done, the
weight Overbalanees tank, and brings down the
lever, which, being rigid to the swinging gate,
closes it. This operation continues at shoEt IN
tervas, so long as the body of water keeps rising
over a certain level The lever, gate, pipe and
tank are all rigid, and hinge, or pivot on ho<f-
zontal shaft The gate, hume or bex can be HEade
any height width or length desired The gate can
be hinged between any bulkhead without box.
The Water Gate is a Perfect Saiety Valve, and Is
to body Of water what safety va4ye is to steam.
They can be made any size, corresponding with
body OF water and szs of canal IL is secured by
letters patent and for sale only by
The Arizona sentinel., 1894-12-29
LANDS AND SOLE.

me laBdS Of YuEa County comprise the river
bottoms and valleys and the uplands or Uesas The
bottom snds are moister and slightly more fertile
il, indeed, it is possible to mike comparisons
where all wonderfully productive and prolific
The uplands or mesas are warmer and, perhaps,
slightly better for the cultivation OF the citrus fruits
p1ma oontaiasa -frfotg Of soil The valley land
The Arizona sentinel., 1894-12-29
c. w, BARNHART,
No. 4 SUFFER- STREET,

No SUFFER- STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Please write for price list and further Information
giving length, top and bottom dimensions OF canal
All plans and sseefacatie furnished with every
order
The Arizona sentinel., 1894-12-29
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-03-14
FAMILY TRADITION COUNTS.

A Dominant Force In the Politics and So
ciety of Little Delaware
No resident of a great state can easi-
" gaess the feeling of local loyalty
and OF almost elannish pride common
throughout the commonwealth of Dell
aware. says the New York sun. When
Wilmington is left out of account the
renainderof the state is peOpled chief
" by i rural community, native to the
soil and descended from ancestors
often settled for two centuries within
the bounds of the state. There are
many families still holding lands under
seventeenth century patents, lands
that have descended from father to
son all those years without the passage
of title deeds II is only few years
since a Dclawarean about to remove to
the west sold piSce of land that his
ancestors had purchased from an In
dian chief as the representative Of his
tribe. Long descent in Delaware Is
confined 70 no sclf-eonstituted upper
class. but Is the boast OF all sorts OF
people. There are many ancient
churches in Delaware, and probably
every one includes within its congre-
CATION some families descended from
those that took part in organizing the
church. Rural communities through
ont the state are curiOusly immobilc.
Surnazlcs are few. and the region from
which a man comes is easily guessed
from his name.
Family traditions arc jealously treas
urcd, and family traits reappear gen
Grafton after generation There is a
numerous family in the northern conn
u famous from the fact that nearly ali
its male mesnbeTs have red heads and
heavy red boards. The character is
said to belong even TO distant branches
OF the family in the west Long de-
scent. though 50 common, is highly
priced. and even where a family has
sunk into disrepute the face of a re-
spectacle ancestry is held TO make its
members little better than just every
day newcomers whose conduct is no
worse. NeighbOrs in Delaware have
tenacious memories. and old family
scandsls are whispered about for gen
erations An old gentleman OF blame
less life and excellent name never
dared TO become a candidate for public
Office because il was recalled that he
had been born out Of wedlOck. Geneal-
Ogics are carried IN the heads Of hun-
dreds and old ladies often know the
intricate family relationships of half
the community. According TO tradi-
ton, the Du Points. who have been
making powder for century, used to
remember with satisfaction that an
early Bayard had been a halter. Every
community has local traditions of this
sort and every man lives with the
knowledge that his family history is
known to all who have good memo
ria
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-03-14
FUTURE OF ALUMINIUM.
Roofs for Houses and TTulis for Vessel
sure to BE Made OF IL.

Roofs for Houses and ITulis for Vessels
sure to BE Made OF It.
Aluminium. which itself possesses a
high degree of specific heat. does not
really absorb heat itself. and thus j.
not liable 10 the chief objection 70 iron
buildings in hot countries But apart
from light decorative purposes, says
the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch, such a
balconies, cupOlas, finals and veran-
das, il is as a roofing material that
aluminium should be most welcome To
the builder. In plates or scales, two
thirds lighter than copper, uncOrrOded
by air and undimmed even by the sui
phur Of London smoke, IL should make
q roof fit for a palace of romance
The humber elements of health and
comfort in the house hardly less im-
portant than its external defenses
against the wcather-pipes, cisterns,
taps and gGtters, now made OF iron
which rusts, or lead which poisOns-
would be more enduring and far more
healthy il made OF this light and clean
" metal, which might also take the
place Of all water-hOlding vessels now
made of heavy, brittle earthenware or
painted tin An aluminium bath is
among the probable luxuries OF the
next century. But it is not as a mere
accessory 70 comfort and convenience
that real development OF the new
metal snould lie. II is for use at sea
that its most marked quality of light
ness obviously SITS it.
The marine engineer and the naval
architect, who are already looking in
this direction for a reduction Of the
weight which is inseparable from loss
os efficacy. whether in speed or cargo,
cannot neglect the possibilities OF a
metal, which, when mixed in the pro-
portion of one to fifty, gives to alum
inum-brOnze a hardness and tough
ness which makes il almost as reliable
as steel. and which, if the proportions
could be reversed and the strength pre-
served. would reduce the weight OF
ships and machinery alike by two
thirds. That is a problem which
awaits the metallurgist for solution.
Tie reduction in cost, Judging by an
alOgy. can only be a question of time
AID research
The best steel now costs little more
than one-half penny per pound, while
aluminium is fifty times that price.
Eut aluminium exists in far greater
quantities than iron. is more widely
distributed, and neither the limits OF
time nor the history of metallurgy for
bid us 70 conjecture that, as the world
has seen its age of stone, its age Of
bronze and its age of iron, so il may
before long have embarked on new
and even more prosperous age of alum
mum
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-03-14
II aY-IER.s ENEMY.
l;reas Destruction la the Delaware ;
Eet< by the Isorer.s

TREAS DesiructioR la the Delaware Fay
Eed< hy the .. Borer."
The .'5Orer.~ a pest about the size OF
q small straw wbeTry, is working great
havoc among the oyster beds in Della
ware bay and tributary streams. says
the Philadelphia Ledger.
Capt Moses Veale, Of the oyster
schooner White Lily. says that the de-
structive powers Of the "bo-er" have
been known 20 oystermen only few
years fIe had followed oyster digging
for nearly thirty-fve years, and the
first -'borer" he saw was about ten
years ago. but their ravages in the oys-
ter beds were comparatively unnoticed
until last year.
Capt. Veale said that last year the
number Of dead oysters with holes made
BY borers in the she'll became 50 great
that oystermen were alarmed. This
year the work of the borers has become
a grave matter, and il IL continues
many bays viii he depOpulated Of Oys-
ters- From one bed we dredged on this
trip we got twelve hundred baskets Of
oysters. but out Of these only two hun
dred were good. the dead oysters hav-
ing been killed BY borers- a peculiar
thing about the ravagesof the 'bOrers'
is their apparent selection Of the best
oyster beds We have found this TO be
true several times this season We
have foand bed of small oysters al
most entirely free from 'bOrers.' This
bed win be separated from another
bed OF larger oysters by two hundred
feet, but this latter bed win be so badly
affected by the creatures that it viii
hardly pay to work It.
Prom what I can learn from oyster
men the destruction wrought by borers
is much more severe in Delaware bay
than in other places
The work of the borer this year
makes a double misfortune. for the
oyster beds were badly damaged by the
big storm in August and September
Very few people who are not in the
oyster dredging business know any
thing OF the methods of Nae bcrer.
When first took notice of its work
secured several oysters just after the
borer had fastened itself to the shell.
When the borcr fastens itself il holds
on like leech, and it is with difficulty
that it can be removed with the
fingers.
Sometimes the bOrer fastens itself
to the oyster shell near the edge and
then the oyster is not killed. When
the hole Of the borer is made near the
center Of the shell the oyster is at
tackled in its vital parts and dies in
three or four days after the hole is first
made
Some of the bed-owners near Maurice
river have lost large sums of money
this year on account of the bOrer. All
oystermen say there can be no way OF
taking away the borer without de
strovfncr the oyster beds