Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-03-10
YUMA.
Advance in the Price OF
City Property.
THE TERRITORIAL PRISON
Its Officers and Guards-The
Indian School-The Good
Accomplished.

EDITOR CITIzEN:-Continui my
observations on the steady progress
which Yuma is making brief allusion
to our splendid levee should not be
considered out of order Through the
energy, is not orlgIhately, of some of
Our best citizens. a petition was for
warded to Delegate Smith at Washing
| ton about q year ago to secure an ap-
| preparation by congress of $4,000 to
construct levee from prison hill to the
mesa, a distance of over half a mile
extending along the eastern border of
the town, ostensibly Gt is said) to pro-
tect navigation. The subsidy was
promptly granted, the amount expended,
the work completed, and today Yuma
reposes securely behind high, bread
EN- bankmeRt of clay that would seem
impervious to any food that is ever
probable to come. Building lots in the
lower portion of the town sustained
account of this improvement, and much
building it is predicted, will shortly be
prosecuted il this section of the town as
3 consequence of the security it is felt
the levee affords.
THE TERRITORIAL PRISON
in common with other institutions here.
both public and private, has sustained
radical improvement under Superin-
tendenI Gates management, every build
ing having been renovated or rebuilt
since last May, and the work still con-
tlnues. Prison labor is being utilized
to the fullest extent possible, In fact
no other is, or has been employed to
accomplish what has been done, but it
was deemed necessary to expend $1,000
for tools and material. Uunder pres
ent management two new cells for
prisoners have been completed, large
library and residing room constructed,
the walls of the machine shops taken
down and rebuilt with new adobes IN
de laid aith stone foundations and all
the buildings plastered outside and in
side with native cement. This cement
is obtained on Prison hill, and it is
found quite durabis and at no cash out
lay, the prisoners doing all the work.
The en- tire natural wall on the west side
is now being removed by prisoners, ard
furnished for paving Orange avenue, the |
cement affording a revenue Of 5000 per
month, or suffic eut to pay the salary OF |
two guards. When this gravel and |
cement shall be removed mu ;h more |
yard room will be afforded thereby, |
while the stone obtained therefrom is |
being dressed and will figure as a |
further profit when disposed of to |
builders. The present wall on the west
side will be replaced with another of
adobe Of wich $4,000 is being made for
this purpose.
THE OFFICERS AND GUARDS
of the prison are as follows: Tbos.
CAFES, superintendent, N. F. Shaw.
assistant su erirtendent, E ] Trippell,
and tore *. eper, P. G. Cctter,
Physician, W. Il. Moore, of Pima
yard master, guards: B. +. |
Har lee, \. Tyner, and A. l.. Figueroa,
Of Yuma county, Geo. Sailsday and NJ.
P. Richardson, OF Mancopa, j. T. |
Raudde, OF Graham, j IS. Scow, and |
+. II. Eastman, Cochise, S. II. King
and Henry SpauldIne, Yavapei, E. r.
Pima, and VIM Sicily ella.
Commissioners: S. G. Bagg, J. L. Las
sour, and n. @. Williams.
From the fact that most visitors to
Yuma crafty their curiosity and witness
the educational progress OF the aborig-
nees it is presumed that in might be of
to others to know what can be
seen at
THE YUMA INDIAN SCHOOL,
which occupies the old quarters of
Fort Yuma, California on the north side
# the Colorado. The buildings have
all been reftted for the purpose and
some new ones built. shade and orna-
mental trees planted and altogether
hese improvements present an inviting
aspect to the place. The school, which
s principally industrial, is under the
,areaud guidance of nj o ladies', sisters
IF st Joseph, when is Catholic Order,
hough the school is sustained by the
The principal is Mother
A mbrosia, who has the credit of having
the work from the COM
nencencht, nearly seven years ago. |
Since then encouraging progress has
)een made. The girls are taught
cookery, house Ike ping and needle
work, in the latter of which specimens
mo q q the writer would be hard to {
keel by our Own race of similar age
md opportunities. The boys, or some
# them, show remarkable aptitude TO
ne trades, particularly carpentry and
h ,emsking. p. j. Martins the instruct
IT in shoe making, while the boss farmer
s w. V. O'Brien, Lieut.. W. L. Heffer-
nan, the physician, gives frequent
essons in military tactics in which the
,oys evince pride and have attained |
considerable proficiency. Enough may
,e seen In the recitation rooms to
convince any fair and unpreiudlced
,erson that the devoted sisters IN charge
f the school are accomplishing good
york, the consclientionsness of which
must afford larger share of the reward
hey secure for their dislnterested labors
nd the sacrifices they are making in
,ehalf of their red brethren.
+. B. L.