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El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1895-11-09
LAS VEGAS. NUEVO MEXICO NOVIEMRE 8 DE 1895


nidad para resolyer los probemas que
el cambio de circunstancias habia echa-
do sobre e, pero no mostr6 su liberia
ldad usual en- el asunto de facilitarnos
medios para fomentar nuestra lustra-
ci6n, creyendo tai vez, y con razon,
quo los descendientes dc los espaholes
que descubrieron y conquistaron el
nuevo mundo no tenian ninguna ne
cesidad de limosna y podian depender
de 81 mismoS como 10 habian hecho
desde Ia epoca de la conquista del
pals hasta entonCes. Fue may prudente
y juiciosa la determination del gobier-
no federal de dejarnos atenidos d nues-
tros propios recursos y esluerzos, y este
10 prueba el gran adelanto que en- los
itimos yeinticinco amos hemos hecho
en- bienes temporales y Ell los dones
mas apreciabes de la civilzaci6n. La
generalidad de nuestro pueblo realza
la necesidad de la epoca y Sc une y
hace cuantos sacrifcios sc lie piden
para extender las luces dc la educa-
ci6n todos los ambitos del Territorio
y puede con conhanza decir que esta-
mos en- el buen camino y con el ITEM
po podremos realizar cuantas esperan-
zas hayamos concebido de que nuestra
raza sc mantenga al nivel de las mejo-
res que hayan venido 8 vcngan en- 10
sucesivo 4 colonizar nuestro Territorio
y a establecer su residencia en- medic
de nosotros.
Las siniestras proiesias de nuestros
enemigos son inspiradas por la inyen-
chile antipatia que sienten encontra
dc nuestro pueblo y no estdn fundadas
sobre ninguna razon 8 hecho tangible.
NADIA hay que temer para el porvenir,
porque la eXperiencia nos Suministra
cada dia lecciones muy provechosas
que nos serdn de grande utlidad para
nuestro adelantamiento luturo No
podemos negar que con nuestra aneX-
ion 4 una naeionalidad distinta la
nuestra han yenidc 1,,onestro medic
hombres que tcnian mayores conoci-
mientos que nosotros, mas ayisados en-
los artes y en- los negocios mundanos,
quienes naturalmente supieron eXplo.
tar nuestra inocencia y Sc aprovecha-
ron de nuestras riquezas porque noso-
tros estabamos con los ojos cerrados y
sabiamos POGO dc las tretas y artima
mas que Sc practican en- paises mas
adelantados Debi6 por esta misma
razon suceder que como hablabamo,
dnicamente I'm idioma exuano para
nuestro gobierno fue neceSarlo depen,
der de hombres que sabian el idioms
nacional y estaban al tanto de las leyei
y prdcticas que Sc usaban en- los demit
estadps y territories, y como conse
cuencia de este nuestros conciudada
nos natiyos estaban como quien dice
merced de los recien venidos y han te
nido que contentarse con el papel d,
pdpiIos y someterse 4 Ia direction d
individuos que conocen a fondo Ell sis
tema de gobierno y por su Macdonald
dad tienen la Influenza y considera
cion de que carecemos nosotros col
sus compatriotas que gobiernan. Aqu
como en- todo el resto del universe c
APPLICABLE el adagio dc que zen tierr
de ciegos el tuerto es rey," y esta su
mission forzosa que Ia necesidad no
ha impuesto durari dnicamente mien
tras no Sc extiendan y Sc generalice
entire nuestro pueblo las luces de un
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El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1895-11-09

educacion que 10 ponga en- pie de igual-
dad con los eXpertos que nos han ma
nipulado hasta ahora 10 que nos ha
sucedido era muy natural y en- clio no
hay motive para avergonzarnos, pues
siendo nuestro Territorio pals conquis-
tado por una naci6n extrangera era
muy justo que hombres de esa nacio-
nalidad sc constituyesen en- nuestros
tutores 8 directories hasta que la gene
ralidad de nuestro pueblo eonociesc
sus derechos y aprendiese ell arte de
adquirrIos y conservarlos.
Ahora volyiendo al tema principal
dc nuestro articulo diremos que no hay
ninguna razon para sentir tenor 8 20
cobra respecto al powenir del pueblo
hispano-americano de este Territorio.
No perdera su idioma aun cuando
aprenda el inglts, como indudable-
mente 10 aptenderan todos nuestros
compatricios en- el curse de veinte
amos mas. No sc exunguira nuestra
raza, sino que por el eontrario aumen-
tara en- ndmero, en- nqueza y en- in
fluencia y sera siempre un factor inn
portante en- los negocios de Nuevo
Mexico. Nuestro pueblo Sc idenud-
cara mas y mas con cl pueblo de la
gran nacion que perenecemos sin
perder con este el cardcter que lie dis
tingue nj olvidar su origen y sus tradi-
clones, pues nunca podra cQntarse
como aislado en- el hemslerio ameri-
cano, porque en- el nueyo mundo hay
pueblos innumerabes de su raza {
idioma que divlden con los anglo-sa-
jones el imperio delcontinente estando
en- poseci6n De MGGico y Cenuo-Am6-
rica y ocupando los hispano-america-
nos casi toda Ia America del Sur Mas
no dependemos de estas cosas para ase'
gurar el futuro bienestar del pueblo
hispano-amerlcano en- este Ferrltono
Nuestra conhanza en- su conservation
y continuidad Sc apoya en- razoncs in
conuovertibles { inmutables que solo
puede impugnar alguno que este cega-
do por la preocupaci6n mas crasa. Es-
tas razones son que nuestro pueblo es-
ia bajo Ia protection del gobierno de
los Estados Unidos y disfruta derechos
lguales 4 los dc los demis habitantes;
que sus poblaciones y colonias ocupan
cuatro quintas parties del Tenitorio
poblado y ALI Sc mantendrdn los ac-
tuales poseedores Y sus descendicnte,
sin peligro de extinction y con todc
prospecto de adquirir mayor importan
cia cada dia, segun vayamos adelan.
tando en- las a,tes { lndustrias de /.
civilization, 10 cual acabamos con Ia
fcci6n dc inferioridad dc raza con que
tanto nos moteian nuestros cnemigos
Tai inieriorldad es un absurdo, come
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El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1895-11-09
j. BIEIIL,
FuDGTaTIO Y EDlbalSaDadOT

Su despRch0 esta situado en- In Avenida Dou-
gla's Piazza Nneya, Las Vegas, \. NJ. Tiene un
surtidO complete de ataudes, etc, maguihco
G clrro fuuebre. tonducira funerales precios
moderados. Sc atenderan d ordenes tant0 de dia
como de uuchc
Vende Monumentos y Tumbas para
los sepulcTos,
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1895-11-09

Gran surtido de Filigana de Orc y
Plata d precios mas baratos que MIN
gun joyero en- ell Terrtorio. Sc ID
atencidn especial d la compostura de
relojes y prendas, garantizando eli ira
bajo.
En- el local que ocupaba el sehor
Abeytia, lado sur dc la plaza.
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16
An editor who died OF starvation

An editor who died OF starvation
after making DR.. Tanner ashamed
of himself, was being escorted 10
heaven by an angel who had been
sent for that purpose. "May L
look at the other place before we
ascend to eternal happihess97'a ked
the editor,
"Easy ,"said the apgsl ssyS.
So they went btlpwsand sskir-s
finished arouhd takingjn the Sights. !.
The ang. hlost track a. the rditor,
and went around hades to hulr
him up-s Hesfoaad him by . big
furnace, tanning himself and &
ing with raptsre upon q lot dt
people insthe ,fres
: There Was a sign on the furn 90. Z
which said, Delinquent sdtjscrib-
ers. 1s'
"Get move on you,a aid The
angel, 1--WE must go "You 20
on,r said the editor, 81 am not
eoning. This is heaven enough
fer me. fs-ss
Wood, turnips. green's,
excelsior, country produce aid !
railroad ties taken same as ca.h. ~
Rolling Stone. 8:
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16

- -.
The best producing mine by far
in the southwest is at Bsbee. The
daily product is $4,000 They
ship 700 tons of copper bullion per
month; they have 100 men work
ing in the reduction works and 800
or more in the mine; they are run
ming four large smelters and are
arranging to put on more men;
they have the best mine, work it
wisely, and treat their men liber-
ally; they now have in course of
construction smoke concentrator
$4,000 feet long and eight feet in
diameter. This will carry to an
elevation above the town the smoke
and sulphurous fumes, which latter
have been very offensive.
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16

A petition is before the Board
of Supervisors from residents Of
Mesa and Tempe. asking that
Washing on street in Phoenix, be
opened to the crosscut. canal. The
hoard will Immediately endeavor
to secure the right of way and
open the road which they will
grade and sprinkle. They are con-
sidering the advisability of laying
a pipe from the cross-cut canal
along the road to osthe point where
the water works pipe ends, for the
purpose of securing water to sprin-
kle with, and should that plan not
prove satisfactory they will pur-
chase three or four, sprinkling carts
for that purpose. The object of
the board is to make that boule-
ward from Phoenix to Tempe
Gazette.
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16
Prosperity Ahead.

Range cattlemen freely predict
that this year will bo the greatest
il. their business sine 1885, when.
many men were ruined by sthe
severity of the winter aud the sub
ssequsnt falling prices Of che markes.
81. A well posted Denver estslsanans
says that theru-are fewer cattle on
the ranges of the three states If
Colorado, Wyoming and Montena
than for the past ten years. These
has not been enough profit inithes
business during late years to giys
it any stimulation. Cattle firms. 3
merely remained in the business
for the reason thai they could not
let go or get out of It.
" There is rift in the cloud So
however, the promise for sthss.
present year is good, and if the
prices remain firm and shea season
proves as good, there w:h be plentyz .
of money in the cattls businesss
once more. These remarks Apply. !
more particlarly to the companies
and the big individual holders CO
The smaller grove farmer or 4
feeder, has been keeping up ta&
prescribed line of breeding aud has
not allowed his herd: to, ruui down.
--he has just as many scattie: ras
ever, as a matter Of fact. and is in,
much bs tier condition, ito,5eares,for
them and reap good profit now
that prices are we'll up again
Stockman. go ie$s sa.s
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16


According to the estimate, of. the
Labor Commissioner Of. New Yoik,
the number of men emplsyhd as
carpenters in. Nav York hass been
decreased Is, per CENT by new ma
chinery, the number Of button hole
makers so per cent, of shigb makers
33 per cent? Of .l,akers: Amt con-
fectioners 30 per cent? a of fprni-
ture workers 35 per cent, printers
Al per cent, type founders 80 per
cent. of SILK ribbons vweavers 40
per cent. and wood carvers I62, per
cent ss-
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16


A party down East was blessed
with twins-both boys. 4 He chris
tened them. Peter and Repeater
Another blessing of like 4natura
occurred q year aftvr-botha girls.
and the happy father called them
Kate and Duplicate. But the
latest. birth Of twins has been .
puzzler texhim for a time. as, ppe
vas a,lboy. and thes4othessa SRI,
However !. theaadiadeulsys has been
gotten over hyscaliing the boy Max
and the girl Climax.
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16

Z
b. S Emmal is in receipt of a
letter from Geo. I'll. Curry, at
Playa Vicente. Mexico. The
writer states that he is on the
rapid road to prosperity, acquiring
several thousand acres of land at
that point which has been set out
in rubber and coffee trees. Mr..
Curry says that he and his partner
have $4,000 rubber and $4,000
coffee trees, the former yielding a
profit annually of 50 per tree and
the latter $500 per acre, Ameri-
can capital. he says. could there
find an excellent field to operate
in, the land being naturs'ly rich
but undeveloped, while in climate
it is unexcelled. He is located on
q navigable river and 100 miles
from Vera Cruz, and states that
American money. while hard to
secure, nevertheless is q medium
that purchases twice as many goods
as any other.
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16

Cattle receipts at the Kansas
City stock yards are falling way
short Of q year ago.
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16
Reavis and His Millions,


on immensities He claims Il
have the Buttes, OH the Gila abov'
Florence, located, and what ht
propoces 10 do can be learned from
the following excerpt from sac
dispatch. 1t says: Ill
Millions of dollars roll off thu
tongue Of james Addison Reayis
as easily as millions of acres When
the Casa Blanca Improvement Co
has carried out the plans in full i
will have invested s20,OO0,0O0 and
wil: have 5000, 100000 profits from
water rights. and will have an in
come of $4,000. 900 from water
rents. The water right is sold
once for all. The water. rent is
collected annually.
The Gila River Butte dam viii
create n reservoir covering 100
square miles of territory. 1t will
cost S2.977,598. The reservoirs
capacity will be 25l .537,s72,40OO
cubic feet, or 5,774,5l5 acre feet
In irrigation water is measured in
acre feet. An acre foot of water
means enough water to cover an
acre one foot in depth. The 5,774.-
5l5 acre feet in this reservoir,
therefore, would spread water one
foot deepsoyer 5,774,5l5 acres.
The second dam Of his system
Reayis calls the San Carlos. IT is
to be- 800 feet high, and will ex-
tend only 96 feet across q natural
gorge, costing S2.185, ,075. The
arc so favorable that
San Carlos dam will back mp water
over 2O7 square miles Of territory.
and will hold 864,432,000 cubic
feet, or 100000 acre feet of wa
ter.
The Gila River Butte and the
San Carlos dams are. on the Gilai
river. The 'hiid dam of the sys-!
tenn is on the Salt river, and will
create what Reavis calls the Tonto
basin. This dam will he 450 feet
high. It will cost $3,654,922 49,,
and will contain 9S9, ,698, ,999, ,999
cubic feet. or 22,760,o0o acre feet
Of water. Thissrcservoir will COW
er 1876 square miles.
The Casa Grande improvement.
Co. expects to irrigate millions of
acres in eastern and southern Ari-
zona, and also to extend its canals
and supply into the state-of Sonora
Its reservoirs will drain three mt.
ranges-the Mogollon, the White
and final-an extent of not less
than 10000 square miles, par OF
it we'll timbered, where the snow
collects fifteen to twenty feet deep.
1t will take a tunnel $4,000 feet
long, about three miles, to convey
the water from the Tonto Basin to
the place where it is wanted for
irrigation.
Apparently deserted by his for
mer friends of wealth and influence,
Reavis talks with enthusiasm Of
this grand scheme. He realizes
how difficult it will be TO appeal to
II = =. )
capital after his trouble with the
United States government over the
Peralta claim. He has arranged
to begin modes,ly, but with the
whole plan in view just outlined.
The Gila River butte dam is the
key. Reavis will begin on that.
He will lay the foundation Of a
dam $50 feet high, when finished.
But he will bnild only 35 feet Of
it to begin with. On this height
he will be able to deliver water for
irrigation.
=, oe 0kn 000 III
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16
Ancient Irrigation.


worth repeating here, that nearly
two-thirds of the human race fol-
low only his system of cultivatins
the soil. 1t is the oldest known te
man. In Persia, Assyria and Baby
lon it was in use before any au-
thentic records of history were
! made. In Algeria, within short
time, more than nine million acres
reclaimed. In North Africa, Chi
ma, Central Asia, Arabia and
Syria, irrigation has been known
and carried out i'll detail, Under the
storage reservoir system, since be-
fore the founding of Carthage or
the reign Of love and desertion Of
Queen Dido. In Italy, Spain and
Southern France it has been in
vogue succr ssfully from time I'm
mpmorial-even In those regions,
where the differences betwt en- the
supply Of iw.ter by rain ard snow
fall aid the demands for irragatioaI
were greater than they are in the
valley of the Gila, or any other
portion of Arizona.
These facts force the silnrian and
antedeluvian nlossback tn ories in
regard co the lack of water foI the
continuous and heuntiful irrigation
of elias great watershed, back into
the shades OF oblivion, and estab-
=lish the one grand fact, that all
that is necessary for an abundant
supply Of water throughout the
entire area Of the Territory is the
furnishing Of a sufficient number
of reservoirs of the necessary ca
pacity, to store the winters supply
water, that we may have it for fu-
turc use. As it is We have too,
many canals, too few reservoirs
Let this be reversed. Close up
every narrow gorge, fill..every basin
and husband the magnificent sup
ply of water which Arizona has IN
haud, but which now rush ON to
waste in the gulf below and is lost
forever to the hest interest of our
coming future. Gather and hold
our water supply aud watch the
results in the coming decade, and
see our present So called desert
wastes converted into fruitful gar
dens, fields and valleys settled again
by hundreds of thousands il not by
millions of happy people, and the
valley of the Gila will become rich
er and more prosperous than the
Nile and be pride of the new South
west, and the wisdom and foresight
of the ancient farmers who built
those old canals and the old padres
who followed them, will he verified
in the outcome of following this
system Of irrigation, than which
there is nonc better Sentinel
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16

To win wager, a painter in
sSaoo, Me-, sucked thirty-six eggs
in seven minutes and ifty-fi Ave
seconds. 8ss
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16

33S feet, extend the system aud
furnish means to construct the
other dams
That is to s,y, with cash CAPT
tai Of $4,000 Reavis has figured
out an investment Of $20,0o0,0o0
and profit of $500, 100000. H
talks as if he thoroughly believes
what, he is saying. No wond' r he
says he has got bigger tn ng than
the Barony Of Arizona
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16
Fat People

PAsk l0saaaTr Pills reduce your weight Per.
nansntly from IL to Is pounds . month. No
sssaeisg siekness osinjnry, mo publicity. They
bui4 up ths Ahssith and bsautify the oom-
pIszion leaving no wrinkles Or Aabbiness. Stout
sbdomsns and difacult breathing surely re
ieysa.. 30 sxpsripsent . scisntiAe and positive
rsiIss. Price - per package by msiI postpaid
esstimonials and particulars (ssAlsd) Sc. Al
;sprssspondsnce strictly confidential.
Park aofnodysco :, Boston:
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16

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Alfalfa has been 1o1eA Of the
chief beef making factors of Ai5-.
zona for years, and as forage
grass, it's equal has yet to br
found According to the following
from our contemporary, the.
Breeders Gazette, of Chicago, the
central west is recognizing its
valne: "An alfalfa palac, will be
one of the features of the Nebraska
State Fair. at Omaha. 1t is very
titting that the value of this grett
plant should be thus emphasized.
The building will be about forty.
feet square and Of tasteful archi-
tectural design, and the walls will
he laid up of baled alfalfa hay.
On exhibition III this building it
is proposed to have beef. pork and
mutton grown and finished on
butter AMI cheese from
cows, and honey, sugar.
syrup, wine and vinegar from the
bloom of this remarkable forag~
plant. The West is beginning TO
alfalfa; the Central
West will yet come to it in manv
sections Mr.. Ak. Hyatt brought
into this office last week bunch
of rank alfalfa of thirty days
growth without rain which he cut
froa his pasture of mixed grasses
over which fire would run b.tween
the lunches of alfalfa. This al |
falfa was eighteen inches high and
some Of it in bloom. This is the
Testimony from a Wiscon
sin farm at the height of period
Of alarming drouth. Theory falls
back in the face of such facts.
Mesa free press., 1895-08-16

.zGlOS :: Coop.
The Finest Line Ever Opened in
Mesa can be Seen in Our
Dry Goods Dept,

Which contains new, meat and
fashionable dress goods. aannels,
ladies' and gents furnishing goods
and everything usually found in a
we'll furnished establishment
The morning times., 1895-11-11
OVERHEAD WIRES.

The several conferences tt4t have recently
taken place between the District Com
ulissiouers and the local manager of the
Western Union Telegraph Company re-
garding the stringing of wires and placing
them under ground, respectively again call
attention TO the fact that all other cor
poratious operating electric wires, such
as Telephone and lighting, raise COIN
paratively little objection TO burying them.
This is not only the case here, but in
other cities. There is no good ground, of
course, save the item of expense, why tele-
graph wires should not follow suit.
Such Il thing as an overhead wire,
whether telegraph, telephone, lighting or
anything else, is unknown in any large
European city. They are an underground;
the streets are not disfigured by unsightIy
poles; there is not great tangIe Of wires
to interfere with the operations of the fire
department, and there is no danger OF a
crossing of heavily charged light wires
with Others aud resultant fire in some
building. This condition is observable
not only in cities like Berlin or Vienna
or Paris, but in towns of five and ten
thousand inhabitants. Poles and over
head wires form no part of the street
furniture.
In the very nature of things this over
head network will constantly grow In
density, and the poles viii become more
numerous and heavier as commerce and
communication expand and business be-
comes more pressing. All these objections
have beeh so frequently urged that reitera-
ton would seem to be useless. There is
this TO be said, however, that municipalities
should not themselves be guilty of doing
what they deem reprehensible if done by
corporations. In Washington, for instance
the fire alarm and police patrol wires
are nearly all, if not all, overhead. They
ought 10 be in underground conduits. Bal
tilnore is just doing this. After it viii
have been done here, the city may with
Justice require all others to follow suit.
The morning times., 1895-11-11
A DANGEROUS CORPSE.

Lord SalisbIry's speech at the Lord
Mayors banquet cannot be said to have
alleviated the apprehension that a great
crisis is threatening at ConstantinopIe.
The dissolution of the Turkish Empire may
be but the first step IN changing the
map Of Europe, an event that would be
preceded by a gigantic war. COUGHING
his opinions in the most careful language,
Lord Salisbury gave utterance to the
fear that only by the utmost restraint oD
the part of each of the powers could
conflict be prevented.
The habitual shifty policy of the Porte
will do its part in bringing matters to
focus. The Sultan will try to play one
of the powers against the other, as he has
done in the past with some degree of sue
cess, not fully impressed with the fact
that conditions have changed and that
he has come to the end OF his rope. He
will not institute the administrative re-
forms demanded by the ambassadors
because he cannot. Revolution confronts
him within; dissolution from without.
The report which comes from Berlin
that Austria may be put forward to take
The morning times., 1895-11-11
COMMAND TO LOVE.
Rev. Aiexa nder Kent Defines Christ's =
AdnIonition.

Rev. Alexander Kent chose for the sub
jert of his sermon yesterday Practical
religion as summed up by Jesus" The
text was from Matthew twenty second
chapter, twenty-seventh and twenty eighth
verses.
In speaking or the passage which reads
thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,' -
he said: This is u most rcn,a rkabie
statement coming from one commonly sup
posed To be the founder of new religion.
IL it is a fair and honest ans wer u the
question proposed by the lawyer it not
only SUMS up the demands Of religion as
presented in all the legal and prophetic
teaching of the past. bat 1t is also a state
uent OF the present and permanent require
ments or religion as conceived by Jesus
Himself.
That Jesus so regarded il as evident from
the tenor uf His life and teaching, love was
the keynote Is which the music OF His life
was set. He lived and labored for others
and in loyalty 10 this purpose and spirit
OF service He surrendered at last His
earthly life. Nor is the testimony of His
teaching on this point any less clear than
that of His life