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Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09
ALKALI AND ITS CURE.

One of the problems of the coming half century, says the San Francisco Call, will be the reclamation of alkal land. Farmers in this state who are puzzled to solve it are not generally aware that it is occupaying able minds in France, Austria, Hungary, Algeria and British India, and that the agricul- tural authorities of these countries are no further advanced than the land owners of Iulare and Kern.
 Alkali is found Tn the soil of all arid regions. SoIl, being formed from rocks, always contains salts: but ip most coun tries, when copious rains fall, the excess of salt is carried of through the rivers into the sea, while in dry climates 1t remains in the ground. These salts are known by the general name of alkall. They consist largely of potash, phospho- ric acid, nitrogen and lime, the very articles which constitute the bulk of the popular fertilizers, but they also contain common and Glauber's salt and carbonate of soda. Where these last are superintendent nothing will grow but weeds. And it has been found in this state and in British India that, while the alkali is killed by profuse flooding followed by drainage, it is in creased by irrigation, which brings to the surface carbonate of soda and com mon salt from the earth below.
 The remedy for alkali is to dress the land with gypsum or land plaster. This converts the carbonate of soda into Glauber's salt, and sometimes trans forms hopeless desert into a produc- tive field. Professor Hilgard of the
 Berkeley university says that by treat ing a very hard patch of alkali land with plaster at Tulsre crop of wheat equal to forty-fve bushels to the acre WAS raised. The land was so hard that 1t was impossible to blow it, but layer of gypsum gradually softened it and converted the stonelike clods into pllable humus. The trouble with the process is that the gypsum costs money, and is
 beyond the reach of the poor settler
 Ranchers who can afford it will find
 that 1t converts land which may be desl
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09
Highest o all in Leavening Power-Laest Govt Report RH!A!:'!:!! !!:'!:! Bs%5ssg Bski1s
 ABSOLUTELY PURE
In addition to meat, flour, milk and

In addition to meat, flour, milk and other household provisions, the material for 229 pieces of clothing was purchased, and made into garments by the ladies of the society. There were also distrib- uted mattresses, blankets, uilts, shoes, etc., etc. SIxty-eight families were assisted among which are 8 goodly number of incureble and old people who permanently, and at stated times, draw on the society tor their total or partial support-Some ot them having done so for years.
 The city of Tucson among many other kindness furnished the society poor with medical assistance and great part oe the medicines. MT. Rule kindly con- tributed twenty-dollars worth of bread. MT. Schumacher liberal ration of beet day.
 We feel very grateful to all those who ln any manner whatever have helped ua to relieve the unusual distress which has visited cur town the past year, and we regret to say still continues unabat- ed.
 We take this opportunity to thank them all most cordially, and to convey to them a new appeal to their generous feelings, as the necessities continue to be very great, not to say often heart rending.
 THE LADIES SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE
 PAUL.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

JUDGE SLOAN is already or shortly will he a private citizen. Ia his retire ment the judge takes with him the best wishes and good will of the general pub lie whom, as judge, he has served faith fully and well during his incumbency ID office. True hs did not please all. His station as dispenser of justice forbade that, but the general concensus ot opIn- ion is that "he made good judge" His determination to leave Arizona for the pnrpose of establishing himself Tn Corpus Chrlste, Texas, is viewed with regret by his many friends here. The CITIZEN joins them in wishing both himself and family good health and prosperity in their new home.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

FOR eome time past we knew that
 trouble was brewing iu the university
 but did not care to mix in the proceed ings pending an equitable adjustment Of it's affairs. These came sooner than
 was expected and more radical, we are
 satisfied, than was at first anticipated,
 but all is well that ends we'll and the
 end has been reached iu a manner that
 generally will be considered satisfactory.
 A retrenchment in expenses aggregat- ing s7OOO annually has been made. This was arrived at by sweeping reduction in salaries and the abolishment of pro- fessorships. The services of Pref. Gulley, as head of the agricultural d. partment were dispensed with, as was also those of Prof. Eberly, assistant chemist to Prof. Collingwood. Prof. Collingwood was also relieved, but a successor will in due course of time be appointed. The responsibilities of the in. titution will now devolve wholly OF Dr. Comstock. For the past year he has been the nominal head, but by the recent change has been put practically in charge, and instead of a division of authority as heretofore. there will be but one. He is a man of large experlence and fully competent for the task assigned. It is fortunate for the university that his services are at the disposal of the board. In short time the ripple of excite ment caused by the efforts of the board in behalf of retrenchment will have subsided and the good work so bravely begun carried tc successful issue.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

THE sneaking attack made on Il @ civil service commission, when Enloe of Tenn, succeeded in getting ar amendment to the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, striking ut the appropriation for the commis son, adopted by the house while sitting as a committee of the whole, was charac- teristically democratic. Everybody knows that the democrats have always been opposed at heart to the abandon ment of the old spolls system, and it hes been made plainer than ever since they have had charge of all branches of the government, but the lack the courage to make the issue square by passing a bill for the repeal of the law and try to accomplish their ends by withholding the appropriation necessary to enforce the law. But it will not work. Civil service reform has came to stay, and even should the house formally adopt thls amendment, which is extremely doubtful, the senate can be relled upon to put it back in the bill and to compel the house to agree to it. MT. Cleveland is said to have used some language that cannot be printed in a family paper when he got back to Washington and learned what these democrats in the house had done.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

IT appears from Washington ad-sces
 that information is now being received by the United States government rela- tive to the movements of anarchists abr pad ,end that this is part ofan arrange ment into which the state depart ment has e. tered lately. A system Of lnterchsnging such information has been for some time in operation be- tween the European governments, and some time ago, it is reported, the Amer ican diplomatic representatives abroad were directed to indicate the willingness of the Washington government to ex- change such information with the governments abroad. According to the report the arrangement above referred to WAS then entered into, and since then the state department has been receiving relative to anarchists from foreign countries. By whom the ini- tiatiye in the movement was taken does not appear.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09
at S2 an acre into land that is cheap at

at S2 an acre into land that is cheap at $50.
 Of the four ingredients which fertile soil should contain-potash, lime, nitro gen and phosporlc acid-aIkali land contains the three first profusion. If it could be divested of its noxious salts and its carbonate of soda, it would be an ideal land. A number of reme- dies for alkali have been tried, and in some cases faithful experiments have been conducted for long periods of time. A few years ego it used to be believed that the carbonate of soda could be got rid of by cropping the land for two or three years with beets. It was occasion ally reported that the remedy had proved efficaclous, and now that beets are worth S5 ton at the sugar factory, if they had established reputation as alkali-killers, the planter would have killed two birds with one stone. But as nothing is now heard of this use of the beet, it must be inferred that it did not answer.
 The traveller who crosses the desolate alkali plains of Nevada is distressed to think that they cannot be redeemed. But he will consolation in the thought that the country contains millions Of acres of land which are not alkaline, and which are not being worked for half they are worth. There is no better land anyN here in the world than the alluvial valleys of the Sacramento and the San Joaquin; but they do not yield much over fourteen bushels of wheat to the acre. Such land in England would be yielding twenty-eight to thirty bushels, one year with another. So much for deep blowing, careful cultivation and iudicious maturing. It will be time enough to mourn over the curse of alkali when we have taught these valley lands to yield their full increase.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

THE report sent broadcast over the unlon that the Arizona democracy was waging war on President Cleveland is faIsehood. While the democratic party do not approve the presidents tinanciaI policy, yet they give him credit with being an honest, brave man, and are waging DO war against him.-Gazette.
 If the Gazette can find one demo crat in ten who has a good word to say for President Cleveland or the person ality of bis administration we will ack- nowledge the correctness of the forego- ing. If President Cleveland has friends in this territory they are found among the republicans and not the democrats. The repu ublicans are at least willing to give him credit for honesty of purpose, however misguided he may be, but bis own party in this territory are less fiber al and more exacting on party lines They, to put it mildly, denounce him as be ng wilful, obstinate and perverse and maintain that no good can come from him. This is the true status oi affairs and hold good in local as we'll as national issues. No veneering of slick ness can hide the rough and rugged opinion now entertained by the demo- cratic party for it's leaders.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

THE action of the house in adopting a resolution instructing the committee on naval affairs to begin an immediate investigation on the alleged inferior ar nor plates, etc, furnished the govern ment by the Carnagie establishments, was by DO means complimentary to either President Cleveland, who had re- mitted certain penalties as the result of an investigation made by him. or to Secretary Herbert, who now has an h. vestigation going on under the supervls- ion of naval officers. It looks as though the democrats of the house do not trust the democratic president or bis secretary of the navy.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

THE public seems to have lost all in- terest in the Coxeyites. Coxey, Browne and Jones are in jail serving their twenty days sentences and the men composing Coxey's army are daily grow ing fewer in number as rations grow scantier. Another party of unemployed men, the command of Michael Fltzger- aid, arrived in Washington from Boston last week. Although after the same thing g-congresslonsl legislation to pro- vide employment for the unemployed they do not affiliate with the Coxeyites and say that they propose returning to their homee as soon as they get their petition prese,ted to congress. They have hired hall n which they sleep and hold public meetings, to which they charge no admission fee. There are only forty-three of them and they all claim to be members in good standing in labor organizations.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

THE first act in the senatorial investi- Ration farce is over although the com mittee has not yet made public either the testimony taken in regard to the charge that Maj. Buttz had attempted to bribe Senators Hunton and Kyle or the conclusion arrived at. Buttz told the committee that he never made such an attempt or had any idea of it. The second act, which will be longer, began with hearing the testimony of the news paper correspondents who had charged democratic senators with proitipg through concessions granted to the sugar trust. When the newspaper men have finished their testimony sens- tors involved will be called on to answer some questions, and tbe republicans on the investigating committee-Lodge of Mass, and Davis, of Mlnnesota-are determined that the questions shall be searching m their nature. But there is very little probability of any important disclosures being made, ss there is nc law to compel any witness to answer
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

THE CITIZEN IS in receipt of petition from the American DramGtists, to the senate and house of representatives for sn "amendment of the copywright law relating to the fraudulent production of plays" and requesting series Of edi- tori AS 0n same. We are ID the editorial business, aud will make prompt response on the receipt of the necessary where with to pay the newsboys which our correspondent evidently overlooked. We will guarantee good position, top of col umn and alongside of reading matter, or first following reading matter in a broken column. We charge nothing for writing a series of serious editorials, or setting them up, but the overburdened newsboys must be paid for taking them to our subscribers. We hope that the owners of the three thousand names a. tached to the petition will be prompt to respond with the small mite of one dol lar each. It would help the work along nightly.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09
A Bicycle Race.

Growing out of talk over the Nogales- Tucson bicycle race, another was made today, Brevort Zsbriskie being backed by K. l.. Hart against Fred Holmes for S2O side. The race is for ten miles, from San Xavier in. The ending was arraigred to come down Camp street, to end at the Episcopal church.
 Holmes won the race, coming in to the finish at 3:51. He started at 3:20, thus making the ten miles in thirty-one minutes. or about three-minute gait. Zabriskie was over a mile behind.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

AFTER all, If ;he dream of a united world of Carnage b =, realized, what does it signify whether armor plates are sound CT not? And he, no doubt, with his advanced ideas, can do much more with the money secured by fraud than can eue so ancient as Uncle Sam.- Star.
 President Cleveland evidently enter tains like opinion. When the commit tee investigated the armOr frauds and de- clared certain amount d1e on contract as forfeited to the government, President Cleveland by tEe authority of his office remitted the fne. Defective armor plates are good enough in times of peace and with a democratic adminis- tra,ion in power there will be DO war. The British may take the Blue Fields Germany, Samoa, Japan, Hawaii, and the little South and Central American republics wiggle their fingers at Uncle Sam, and the dove of peace will not even futter her white wings.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09
A BILLION IN Sight. The UnWorked of a Single Gold Field in 6 South Africa Meas
 ured. AMERICAN ARG0NAUTS. Investigations by COnsuls-The Rapid Increase of the
 Product.
AMERICAN ARG0NAUTS.
Globe Democrat.

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24.-"A great many citizens of the United States are going into these fields. Every steamer bring a number of them to th.s port. '" So writes Consul Benedict at Cape Town, to the State Department in his report on the gold fields of South Af- rica, replying to instructions to send a full statement about the rapid develop meut of the mines. Mr. Benedicts in- vestigs tion shows that the product of one of these South African fields Tn creased from 23,0O0 ounces in 1887, six years ago, to 1,47S,000 ounces last year. This is what is known as the Witwater- srsnd district alone. Other districts gave increases. Altogether, the raw gold turned out by the South African fields last year reached valuation of over S27,000,0O0.
 The increase continues, and Consul Benedict estimates that the Witwster- srand district will be turning out 20,000 ounces month before August of this year. A maximum production of 100000 a month is expected before full develop ment is reached. So much for the Witwatersrand district.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

THE Nogales Herald is again to the front and a good paper it is too. The name of J.J. Chatham flies to the mast head. This is guarantee that the paper will do yoeman work in behait of southern Pima. It is deserving Of liberal patronage. Long may she live and soon may she prosper.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

THE conservative democrats bear 10 republ,cans the same relation that but terine bears to butter.-Star.
 This is looking at the democratic party through mighty small hole, but one evidently large enough to See 1t ID its entirety. If the editor of the Star wishes to get the true status Of The Conservative democrats" in Arizona We advice him to move around 8 little and he will not be long in discovering his ability to count them on the diglts of his right hand.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

WE publish elsewhere the report o' the good ladies of the St. Vincent de Paul society. The good that these ia' dies have done among the poor and ueedy of Tucson is not to be measured in words. Often the extent or thelr means was taxed to its full est limit, but m case of suffering brought to their kindly notice went unrelieved. The good ladies of this organization deserve we'll for their unselfish labors.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

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Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

r. the rains fall only on the just and uniust Arizonans do not appear to be in auywise in it. Oregon has been hooo- ed but the plains of Arizona have not tasted of the heavenly downpour.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09
For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, sl- lays all pam, cures wind colio, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Twenty five cents bottle. Sold by all drug ists throughout the world.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09
No not Waste Money, Time or Pa
 tieuce.

If you need power for any purpose whatever, serd at once for catalogue of Hercules Gas and gasoline engines. They are simple. strong, safe and sub stantial. Their economy, reliability. strength and superior workmanship are beyond question, and we defy tests to the contrary. Palmer & Rev tyne foundry, manufacturers, 405-4O7 San some street, San Francisco.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09

questions concerning snybody's private business, and no one expects any senator to convict himself any more than the newspaper men did who refus- ed to give away ther informants.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09
M.Raker & Co.,. Dorchester. Mass To The RanCherS:

A party in from the Gunsight coun- try report that section flooded with ws- ter. At the the time he passed through the water in places, he says, ran danger Ous and deep.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09
HERBERr BROWN - Manager

A NEW racing launch promises thirty five milas an hour. She will be or American build and will beat the world on a trial for speed.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09
Report of the St. Vincent de Paul
 Society.

From January 1st 1893 to Dec. 31. 1893 the sum of s9595S was spent by this society for its indigent and sick.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09
SCHOOL CENSUS.
Tucsoa District Does Not Vary Much
 From Last Year.


 The census of children of Tucson has been completed. The number of chil- in the town under eighteen is 2lS5. Those of school age number 151O. Last year the number of children of school age taken by Prof. Fully was 156S. Mir. Starr, who has been taking the census, declares there is not child in town who has not teen enumerated.
 The surprising feature of the census is the number of foreign born children, and children born of foreign parents The total of foreign born, of foreign par ents, IS 335; of natives, born of foreign parents, 9JS. The foreigners are of course mostly from Mexico. Tucson has great many little boys who can never be president.
 A recapltulation of tAe census make the following figures:
 Total children in school district. .2l85 Children under six years. .......... 675
 of school age. 15l0 White children of school age l5O3 Colored children of school age. ..... ' Boys of school age. F1S Girls |" .................7 792 Children in public school. ......... eos
 private .... IF
 sectarian ...... 342
 not attending school. ... 54S Children between eight and fourteen.SSS
 NATIVITY OF CHILDREN. Native, born of native parents. .535
 one native parent. .360
 foreign parents. 5. .955 forelgn porn or .....350
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-09-26

5000 wards Calico at 81 to cents.
1000 yds good Dress Ginghams-all
styles-44c. per yard.
1900 yds Checked Homespun &c.,
worth sc.
$1,000 yds Riverside Checks, best on
earth, sc. per yard.
1000 yds Sea Island to &c. per yard.
5000 yds Ticking 81 to SC. per yard.
Ladies' Suitings, all wool, 2 yds wide.
at 50c., worth $1.OO.
5000 yds Worsted at &c., worth 15c.
1000 yds double-width, yrd-wide wool
Cashmere at only 15c.
Inclusive of finer dress goods is the
choicest, most varied and best selected
eyer brought to this market, and prices
are in proportion with the above.
HATS bought direct from the maufac-
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-03-16
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