Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-02-28

conciliate the democratic statesmen by patronage and by social atten- tions. It does appear that there is no opprobrium SO distasteful to the democrats in Congress as applying the term Cuckoo" to them.
 in to-dAy's issue will be found a communication from a prominent citizen of the Verde valley in regard to the mail service there, which is in accordance with the views ex- pressed by the JoUKNAL-MINER in it's daily issue oi February 2i We quite agree wlth this correspondent that instead oi eurtSiling the mail service any to the Camp Verde sec ton of country it should be in- creased. The Verde valley, Mogoi- lon mountains, Oak Creek, Beaver creek, and contiguous sections are the most important tributaries to Prescott that we have. Our mail service at present, with Phenix, Is as good as it could be hoped 10 be with the mail alternating three times a week between two different
 routes, while the prospect Is good for railroad mail service there within the next few months. IT the JouRNAL-MINER can aid the Verde valley citizens an securing a daily mail service, which their population fully iusti6es, it will gladly do 50.
 Public sentiment throughout the world Is tecoming aroused on the monetary question. Eastern peo- pie who could formerly see only benefit to the silver producing sec tions of the United States by silver coinage are commencing to realize that silver IS the money metal of the masses. That 1t Is the price of gold which tluctuates and not the price of silver. That the purchas- ing power of silver Is as great to-day SD far as any of the staple com modities, IS concerned as it ever was. The Financial News of Lon don iu q recent issue sounds a note of warning on the subject ss fol- lows: The worlds commerce is reeling to the crisis, yet the mis- chief from the appreciation of gold has only begun. Bimetalism in England is gaining converts. lt is understood that Lidderdale, ex-goy- eruor of the bank of England, IS a strong advocate of an international agreement for point standard of bimetalism. No longer IS 1t bred of a handful of cranks. Nearly every economist of eminenee Is on its side. The international con ference must be reopened. France, Germany and the United States are anxious that this be done. Surely our interests are as great as theirs. 1T, in our pride as the gold mart of the world, We stand aside, the pun ishment will fall upon our own heads It depends upon the British cabinet whether the conference is fruitless or not"
 The Interior department Is dOing this section of Arizona a great in- justice, by its neg,ect in disposing of the Camp Verde Military reser- vation. By executive order issued in October 1890, this reservation was transferred to the Interior de- partment to be disposed of under the act of July D 1881. No further action was then taken for about two years when an order was issued for its survey. The survey was made iu December 1892. and the plat of the reservation filed some time last year, since which time no action has taken whatever. The reservation contains some of the finest agricultural land in Arizona. A large ditch has been con structed from which water can be obtained for irrig ation. The county and territory needs, not only the revenue that would be derived from these lands from taxes but, they need the products of tho land, and they need the settlers that could make homes on them. Ari- zona at best has not too much agri- cultural land the little that she has comparatively should be utilized As 1t will take from three to six months to dispose of this land un- der the act named above, if this were to make a move now towards its disposition, 1t could l pot be accomplished until late in the summer or the early fall. The 1 JOURNAL MINER would respectfully l suggest to Arizona's delegate in congress, that he coule not serve this section better than in urging 1 action ln this question l by the Interior department.
 By the way, the name of NJ. H. | Williams as associate justice of this territory has not yet appeared m .he list of combinations. Others l appointed the same date and even subsequently, have been confirmed. l Wonder if the fact that Williams is an anti-territorial administrationist | has any significance in connection with his non-confrmation.
 Norman l.. Monroe, the great publisher of dime novels, died on Sunday, from having an operation performed, by which the vermiform appendix was removed. A similar