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The oasis., 1895-12-28
NooALEs NOTES.

Last week Thursday Thos. Hopkins, well known sheep grower near Bis bee, brought in from New Mexico some twenty fine Merino bucks. At Benson someone discovered that they were affected by scab, and straight way telegraphed Colin Cameron, chair man of the territorial sanitary com- mission, Co that effect. Mir. Cameron immediately visited Mr Hopkins, had the affected sheep isolated and dipped. ------------
 All who like fine liquors when at Tucson will not fail to call at the Cali fornia Wine House on Congress street between Main and Meyer. MT. 4. Vanhersecke, the proprietor, keeps constantly on hand at both retail and wholesale, the very finest imported wines and liquors. He imports by the carload and gives his patrons the ad- vantage of the far lower rate on such shipments. See his 'ad" elsewhere.
 Leocardo Bonn has opened a new meat market in the premises formerly occupied by R. H. Clarke, adjacent to the Montezuma restaurant, and has constantly on hand the finest of beef, pork, veal and mutton, with fish and game in their season. Everything about the new market is neat and we'll appointed, and the public can be as- sured of the best service.
 MT. George F.. Bent, manager of the National Mexican Mining & Develop ment Co.,, at Fl Plomo, in the Altar district of Sonora, is visitor at No gales, having come up Tuesday of the present week. MT. Bent reports a good demand for freighters at Santa Ana, to haul to Fl Plomo, a distance of one hundred miles. Twenty dollars per ton Is being paid.
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 Mining investors who need the ser vices of superintendent or manager familiar with the details of all kinds of mines and reduction machinery, with long practical experience in their operation, coupled with thorough knowledge of the English, Spanish and German languages are directed to the advertisement on the last page of THE OASIS.
 Dr. Hendricl of Nogales is at the Lemon hotel. He had started to at tend the teachers institute at Pres colt, in which prominent part was assigned him, but failing in three in- stances to make connections, he con- cluded to return. The doctor is not only a finished scholar and teacher but is also well up in the issues of the day. Fl PhGnix Gazette
 Christmas eve q very agreeable dancing party was given at Benson in the new annex of the Virginia Hotel. Mine Host J. NJ. Castaneda enter tained his many friends at an elegant dinner and wound up the evenings festivities with the dance, which was largely attended and greatly enjoyed by all.
The oasis., 1895-12-28
HISTORICAL SKETCH
Of the Mineral District of "Las Prictas,"
 Sonora. Mexico

Sonora. Mexico
 IA. nominguez in Fl Imparcial translated ]
 It was toward the middle of the last century, about the year l7l3, when, according to reliable accounts the ex- lstence of rich deposits of gold in this most important region of our State became known. the mines Sierritas, Verde, Agua, and Colorado being then discovered and worked by Jesuit mis- sionaries, who established at that time the real of Aigame, as the near est point to water for the treatment of the ores, which they took out in large quantities from said mines, until the persistent mOlestatien of the Pima and Seri tribes compelled them to abandon the district. Afterwards in l79O, miners from Aigame and Las Placltas exploited, for eight or ten years, with good results, the mines Prietas, Verde and others; but some of them becoming flooded and others abandoned, they all remained at the mercy of the chloriders, who many years worked them after their own fashion without greater advantage.
 The importance of those mines was revealed solely by observing the mag nitude of the ancient workings, the large number of arrastras, the im- mense dumps Of tailings and the ruins of large buildings which still are to De seen at said points, Aigame and Las Placitas, known at that time as the Real de Candelarian
 The mines being abandoned fer the space of many years, the active and expert miner, Don Ricardo Johnson, more practical but less fortunate de- nounced the known group of Minas Prietas, under the denominations of San Juan, Dcltina. Amparo, Florencia and Creston, and for some years, un- der the protection of the house of Ortiz Brothers of Hermosillo, worked them with prosperous CT adverse for tune, until he sold the first four for sl50,00O to rich North-American company, which immediately began to work them systematically, establish ing large reduction works at cost of more than S3O0,000 and in short | time took out many millions of dollars until 1891, when, the interior works being carelessly destroyed by fire and | the company being aware that the value of the ore had decreased, it was content to nominally preserve it's pro- perty in said mines, without under taking any new work upon them, such 1 as was necessary to put them in pay ing condition.
 Subsequently they have been pur- chased by the Creston-Colorada Min ! ng Company
 The works undertaken by said North . American company were to open in- terior communication between the two mother veins of which the said four claims are composed and which run parallel from east to west with an inclination of 80 to S5 degrees, by means of vertical shaft between the two veins to depth of 800 feet, from which shaft starts cross-cuts or tun- nels at every 100 feet. The thickness of the first vein is so feet and of the second seventeen feet, with stringers Of pay ore of different dimensions and an assay value of fifteen ounces gold and ten silver per ton. Intelligent ex- perts are of opinion that these mines are not sufficiently exploited and that they arc susceptible of producing a
The oasis., 1895-12-28

! bought of MT. Johnson the CrestOn
 mine, which may be considered as the
 extension of Minas Prietas, together
 with the Santa Cruz and Colorado, for
 the sum of s9OO,000. He afterwards
 received half million dollars in gold
 by way of compromise in q law suit he
 brought against said gentlemen for
 fraud in the sale; which gentlemen, as
 have said, are now the actual hold
 CTS of the principal mines of the place
 The works undertaken up to the pre- sent time in these rich properties are'
 in the Creston, vertical shaft which
 now reaches the 9S0 foot level with galleries at every 100 feet, the thick
 ness of the vein and the value of the ores being similar to those of Minas
 Prietas; in the Santa Cruz the works consist solely of vertical prospect ing shaft which barely reaches 200 feet and in the Colorado an inclined shaft that measures from 500 to 900 feet on the foot wall or bed of the vein, with three levels with galleries: the first HOO feet, the second 900 and the third 100, with several shafts or productive works. The thickness Of the vein is six 10 eight feet with an average value Of 200 dollars per ton, both the Ores ton and "Colorada" having powerful h0lstng machinery for raising their ores, which are treated in the Prietas mill lately remodeled, and in another no esslarge erected on the "Colora- dar claim. The management of all these works is entrusted to truly eX- pert hands, for the present Superin- tendcnt, Mir. Howell Hines, is giving this great enterprise all the push it demands and under skillful admins tration the company has earned many millions Of dollars.
 The important mines, Amarillas, Verde and Grand Central, are also no less rich properties belonging to diverse owners, in which systematic work has been undertaken and power full machinery erected for treating their ores.
 There are besides new mines belong ing to the Union Mining Co.,, seyen- teen in number Recovering an area of four leagues in circumference, in which extensive prospecting work has been done with good results. Blanca Julia and Fortuna are two prospecting shafts that now reach the depth of l5O and 200 feet with good hoisting 
 They are being opened by Mexi- can company for the purpose of cut ting the principal veins that cross the district from F. to w. in that section and the now Very important mine, La patria, which from simple prospect has become q rich mine with a prom ising future, the ores of which pay value of 100 dollars gold per ton.
 The prospect shaft known as Zara goza with a depth of POO feet is wor- thy of being mentioned on account of l It's promising future.
 Intelligent miners, native and for eign, agree that this is one of the most | mining regions of the entire world. Many good mines, guarded by ,he mystery of traditional richness, awaken the cupidity of men of enter prise who do not hesitate to risk their ,apital in truly colossal works of ex- )loration or in new discoveries in this 'ayored region.
 The satisfactory outcome of some of 1
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women need, imposes hardship upon both

women need, imposes hardship upon both
caterer and consumer. The greatest sue
cess is achieved by the government, no
matter what its character or scope, which
enables so far as it may the mass of the peo-
pie to procure with the least expense the
articles essential to existence, comfort and
progress. Then any tax that is uneq ual
in operation and that cannot be levied
and collected with uniformity is inequi-
table and impolitic. The inequality with
thereof is too plain to need elaboration
here. The single instance wherein it is
required that all men engaged in similar
lines, but in widely differing locations
shall pay the same amount OF tax, is
sufficient to condemn the license.
The latter is levied for the privilege
OF conducting a certain business. Yet
it is apparent that such privilege is
more valuable in some parts of the city
than in others; that in one place a man
will sell $40, 900 worth OF goods per M onth,
and in another only 5000 in the same
time. The license is equal, but the priv
ileges are certainly not. And it is OF no
use to enter upon any refined calcula-
tions for the purpose of squaring things.
1t could not be done even if it were just
that it should be. The men engaged in
manufacturing and selling to other people
are making a living, and that is II
right and should never be placed on the
plane of privilege. .-.
And the cases of evasion OF this tax are
too notorious to need recaptulation.
That the unjust and impolitc nature of a
license tax is being recognized is evident
from the instances OF exemption OF var
ious enterprises in different cities of the
United States. A nd in New York City
large and powerful tax reform associa-
ton, composed, OF some of the most in
tiuential and prominent merchants has
commenced an energetic crusade against
these mercantile licenses. They also adj
vocate the abolition of the personal prop
erty tax.
AS we stated in the beginning. the
municipal legislators in Office in this citv
promised as candidates the repeal OF this
tax; now is good time to redeem that
promise. Maybe the merchants of the
facilitate the redemption.
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THE OPENING OF CHINA

Recent dispatches to the New York
World. and telegraphed to the Herald,
state that one of the conditions of the
peace treaty to be signed between China
and Japan will be the throwing open of
the former country to- the trade of the
world. This would be such radical de-
parture from the ancient policy of exclu-
sion characteristic OF China that the news
of its probable adoption must be taken
gingerly OF course if it is an absolutely
essential condition of the suspension of
hostilities, the necessities of the flowery
kingdom may compel consent, but Just
why Japan should be so concerned about
throwing wide open the interior of the
kingdom to trade and development does
not appear. The chances are that back
of this apparently advanced policy of the
mikado are the promptings of some of
the powers of Europe DESTROYS of opening
new fields of enterprise for their own
people.
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OUT=OF=THE=WAY FACTS

Spectacles were first used in the latter
part OF the thirteenth century.
Penny postage for London and its
suburbs dates from the year 1851.
The first crop of tea grown in Natal was
in the year 1881. Today Natal tea is COM
mon.
The rare operation of amputaton at
the hip was recently performed at Cincin-
natl.
Sixteen pints OF the juice or sap which
makes india rubber are frequently taken
from one tree.
At the age of 70 Darwin declared that
cigarette rested him more after hard labor
than all else.
At the Bon Marche (cheap market),
Paris, last year 662 persons were arrested
for kletpomania.
The climatic limit to the cultivation of
wheat is not so much the cold of winter
as the heat of summer.
The deepest we'll on our Atlantic coast
is that at the silk works near Northamp-
ton, Mass. depth. 300 feet.
The accidental dropping of fare into
the atted floor of a street car constitutes
the legal payment of the fare.
la the Bank of England sixty folio vol
writing in keeping the accounts.
when placing himself under medical
advice Carlyle once told doctor, "I'll do
anything we tell me, but we munna stop
me pipe.
The new photograph of the heavens
which is being prepared by London, Ber-
lin and Partisan astronomers shows g.
600. 900 stars.
The nearest approach to the north pole
was on May Il, 1882. when Lieutenant
Lockwood stood within 1896 miles of that
coveted spot.
The people who die annually in Lon
don number 81. 900 and it takes twenty
three and fourth acres of ground to give
them decent burial room.
When portion OF the brain is removed
it seems to be renewed. but VIII ether the
substance is true brain tissue or not APP
pears to be undetermined.
When dead bodies are entered as cargo
on ship they are recorded on the in
voices as s'statuary, or natural history
specimens to allay the superstit lous
fears of the crew., -.
There are at least two cases on record of
five children at birth. viz. a woman of
koningsberg, September 3. 1874. and the
wife of Nelson. q tailor, in Oxford Mar
ket in October, 1900.
A size in coat or trousers is one inch
in underwear. two inches; i'll SOCK. an
inch; in Il collar, half an inch; in
quarter OF all inch; in Lats, on"-eighth.
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ulous and rich city like Los An
geles taxation is insignificant as COM
pared with that in small municipalities.
People accustomed to the protection and
facilities afforded in cit es are not dis
posed to acquire property and take up
residence outside their limits.
The growth of Los Angeles cannot be
arrested. and it is destined to extend in
definitely. The population has doubled
in five years, and with similar percent
age of increase. in five years more its
population certainly cannot he less than
1901 1t is more likely to be much
greater. Sooner or later Pico Heights,
Rosedale and University must be
sorbsd and the sooner they come in the
better it will be for them, for their prop
erty will be appreciated in value, as their
population will more rapidly increase.
There are no physical distractions Ito ex.
tension of the city limits; OH the con-
trary every condition invites it. The
time is not distant when for many miles
in all directions the country will be
densely peopled, many residents being
horticulturalists. Though there are some
obstacles for the pr sent, there will be
varied manufacturing industries In the
early future.
In the north and east residences are
more compact than in the south and
southwest. a difference that results from
climatic conditions. The people of Los
Angeles are accustomed to large residence
grounds, ornamented by flowers. shrubs
and shade trees. Their taste has become
SO developed in this respect that it will
be difficult to change it and make them
content to live in solid blocks OF resi-
dences. A change is not desirable or
probable, and hence city inhabited by
such people must of necessity extend
over a large area. Here in Southern
California there are too many small mu-
inequalities, for they tend to prevent the
mass from keeping in touch and moving
forward under common impulse.
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A TAX THAT SHOULD GO

1t is worth recalling to the minds of the
present members of the city council that
every member thereof was elected upon
platform pledging the repeal OF mercan-
tile licenses. Upon this point there was no
difference between the Republican and
Democratic platforms. The planks reat-
ing to the question we're responsive to the
general public opinion, but up to date the
memb ers carried into Office on those
planks have not been quite so responsive.
This form of taxation should be abol-
ished. and that right away. 1t is wrong
in principle and unsound in policy. To
tax man for selling goods in a store, at
stand or from a wagon, is virtually to
levy tribute upon him because he is try
ing to make a living. 1t deters enterprise
and decourages industry, and therefore
retards production. The burdens and
difficulties of the people who do the bust
pess of life shuld be lightened rather than
added to. Every dollar of taxation levied
against the man or woman who makes,
sells or carries things that other men and
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EXTENSION OF CITY LIMITS

The movement to annex Pico Heights.
Rosedale and University to Los Angeles
meets our hearty approval and we are
sorry that there are either who are OPP
posed to it. They are all contiguous, and
SO far as external appearance is concerned,
are parts OF the city.
The tendency throughout the civilized
world is to extension of territorial limits
of cities wherever there is sufficiencv of
population and no physical obstruction.
Facilities for street transportation and
telephones make it practicable for men to
have residences distant from their places
of business. Communication and trayel
between them involves no material incon-
venience or loss of time. The increase of
taxation to support a municipal govern
ment is the only objection that can be
urged to becoming annexed to a CITY. but
that disadvantage is overbalanced many
times by the better protection that is al
forded by the police and fire departments.
sn in many other ways. In pop
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THE HALF nILLION CLUB

There seems to be a wide difference of
opinion among our citizens as to the OBJ
jects and utility of the Half Million club.
The name Half Million club was given
the organization beause it was organized
fcr the specific purpose of increasing the
population of San Francisco to half a
million. This object is a laud able one
and one which Is worthy the sympathy
and support of every good Californ ian
from the Oregon line to San Diego, and
indeed we of Southern California are only
sorry the people of San Francisco did not
awaken some ten years ago and organize
Half Million club before the Northern
and Canadian Pacific railroads had robbed
the then metropolis of California of over
half of it's trade.
1t is proper that we should sympathize
with the public spirited San franciscan
who have organized the Half Million club,
and there is no goo reason why we
should not all wear United Ca forn;a
badge. but when we consider that the
prosperity of Southern California has
been accomplished by our own efforts and
at our own expense, it seems a trihe
selfish of our northern sister to call on
us to abandon the war cry with which
we have gone to victory in the past an
adopt one that simply means the ag-
grandizement of San Francisco and the
setting aside of the hopes and ambitions
of our own imperial city of the sodth.
If the Half Million club is sincere, WHY
not call itself the United California club
and declare that its object is to in
crease the population of the state of Cal.
ifornia hall million or ten millions. as
the case may be? Let the citizens of San
Francisco spend as much in the next ten
years in advertising the state as Los An
geles has in the past five and it will have,
not half million only, but three quarters
of million inhabitants. We symra-
thize with the cry of United California,
but we will continue to look after the in
terests of Southern California until we can
see some better reason than that adj
vanced by our esteemed guests, the Half
Million club of San Francisco.
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San Francisco has discovered Southern
California and the demimlllion club is
coming down to see what it looks like.
Pasadena News.
The crying necessity for the organiza-
ton of a municipal government in Bak-
erstiel is so potent that it is wonderful
how any intelligent man can oppose the
movement Baker field Californian.
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If the HalfMllion Club of San Fran
cisco expects to accomplish its object be-
fore the end of the century it will nave to
devise some method by which at least
two new inhabitants shall be gained Tor
each one murdered.-Stockton Mail.
The Associated Press flashed the news
over the wires yesterday that a Phoenix
man had been robbed of diamond pin
in Los Angeles. The very idea of a
Phoenix man being possessed of dia-
mond pin was sufficient to give the item
publicity. -Tombston Prospector.
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The Coroner of San Francisco says
there are thirty suspicious deaths re-
corded on ms books for the last month,
several of them known to be murders.
That wicked city will have improve on
the jury system if she don't do some
thing soon to check the growth of crime.
San Ana Standard.
In California the conditions for better
times are very favorable. There is
notable activity in every line of business
The banks are loaning more money, local
securities are looking up, confidence in
existing conditions is being restored and
the public pulse is taxing on healthy
tone. This is as it should be.-Modesto
News.
Arizona is on the eve OF mining boom,
which will continue for many years. The
mining outlook was never more encour-
aging than at present. From all sections
of the territory the news comes of rich
finds-and there are more important min
ing sales being negotiated for Arizona
mines than at any one time in the history
of the territory. Arizona Star.
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Eastern people reading of the enormous
quantity of flowers used at the various
Southern California festivals will be apt
to think it all a williul waste Of natures
raIest gems. Could they but come out
here and see how avishly these treasures
are bestowed. they would most likely re-
greet that they were compelled to live
where even few blossoms are considered
d luxury.-San Diego Union.
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1t is fad which affiicts the people of
these United STAGES to travel off to Eu-
rope every year for scenery and change
There is no scenery in Europe that COM
pares with the wondrous works of nature
to be seen in California-and the changes
are like the Kaleidoscope in beauty of
transformations and climate; in days
ride they can find all kinds and varieties
of climate. -Oaklnad Times.
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THE FIESTA EDITION

The Los Angeles Herald S Fiesta edi-
ton is gem in the newspaper line
Napa Journal.
The Los Angeles Herald's Fiesta nuns
to date in all it's features Press.
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The Fiesta edition of The Los Angeles
Herald was about as n eat piece OF art as
we have seen for some time in the news
paper line. The Herald is progressive
iournal-Ventura Democrat. "a
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The Los Angeles Herald issued special
number yesterday. i'll commemoration OF
La Fiesta. Four pages were beautifully
illustrated and will prove souvenir
worth preserving. -HanforJ Democrat. ~
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The Los Angeles Herald. with its char.
acteristic enterprise, issued a. special
Fiesta edition on Wednesday. The cover
was artistic. being printed in the colors
of the carnival. red. yellow and green,
The reading was interesting and well
illustr ated. -Elsnore Press.
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The Fiesta edition of the Los Angeles
Herald comes to us today embellished
with engravings of La Fiesta. hich has
been the absorbing topic OF the southern
METROPOLIS for weeks and months gone
by. The Herald in it's everyday dress is
one of the best and newsiest papers in
the state, but the Fiesta number IS the
very embodiment of neatness and the de-
scription of the grand affair is Il marvel
Gus wonder in modern journalism. ~
Woodland Reporter.