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The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-04

acres, now proftlass, can be made productive hy the construction of rrgatng ditches, and there is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns"
 Tho foregoing statements are not exaggerated iu fact they fall short of doing justice to this derul land. Pineappies, dates, almoNds and wal nuts will do well Strawberries, raspberres black berries, currants oosebcrres and all varieties oi small fruits be successfully cultivated Indeed Yuma County is not only the natural home of the citrus and semi-tropical fruits almost every fruit nut, plant, grain, grass vegetable which be produced in either tropic or temperate zone, will thrive in its rich and fertile soils. wHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
 COUNTY.
 Because the climate is perfect.
 Because the soil is fertile and prolific.
 Because land is abundant and cheap
 Because Q home can be made with little labor.
 Because 50 great variety of products can be grown.
 Because the yield is large and the priced always remuaerative.
 Because life is a luxury in land where the sun shines every day.
 Because there are chances for poor man which he can never hope to find in older countries.
 Because the country is advancing and property values are increasing.
 sl does not require small fortune to secure a piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av- enues to wealth, nor crowd the poor man to the wall.
 Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Because churches, schools, newspapers and railroads are fast developing the moral and material clements of the Territory.
 Because good land is becoming scarce, and if you don't catch on now, your last chance will soon be gone.
 Because the country is one of the few regions of the United States that yields the products of the temperate and semi-tropic zones.
 Because the worker receives a fair com pensation for his labor, and the hustler has field for the display of his energy and en- terprise.
 Because there are neither blizzards or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundations, snow-storms nor cyclones.
 Because the vast and varied resources of the country are yet to be developed.
 Because the wealth of it's mines, its farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet build up great and prosperous county.
 Because a man can make livelihood her, with less labor than in any other part of the United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze, and strength and vigor under it's cloudless skies.
 Because the settler need not spend life time in felhng trees and grubbing out stumps.
 Because vegetation is so rapid that in two years the home is surrounded by a growth of trees and shrubs which would require five years to develop in colder cline.
 Because fortunes here await the venture some, and health welcomes the afflicted
 Because the country has brilliant future and you want to be in the swim"
 Because in it's pure, dry invigorating air, epidemic diseases cannot live or germinate. Because it's people are generous, liberal, hospitable and progressive.
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-04
Irrigating
 canals, bitches
 and Reservoirs.

The above cut illustrates sBTOMATIC WATER GATE, to regulate and keep ia subjeetion the rise of water in canal, due to an over-abund ant flow, or to sudden rises i'll the canal owing to severe rains or storms.
 It is particularly valuable t3 have such Water Gate placed in lower bank O! canal at such points along it's line Where there Ravines, Gullfes. Arroyos Foot Hills Buttes, or Tableland, any rains storms bring down at such points surplus of water that is very dangerous to the banks of canal. The Waste Gate, however, will preve1s such damage, as 1t is
 SELE-ACTING AND A PERFECT SAFETY VALVE Relieving the canal, at shor. intervals, of it's plus water, thus preventing the washing away Os banks and causing great damage generally, no alone to canal, but property owners all along the
 line, who may suffer more less damages. there afterfOr the want of water owing to the damaged condition of canal and while such repair. being made. Not only is it valuable to relieve canal of it's surplus water, to prevent damage and sx- pense, but by it's use the first cost of canal con struction will be materially lessened, the banks need not be made so high or wide.
 The device is extremely simple, and eOmpars- lively inexpensive. Its plan of operation is this.
 There Is a pipe fastened to an opening in tl's vertical gate, l. When the body of water rises to the level Of the upper end of pipe, 2, water ruEs freely into the tank, B. which is immediately filled thus overbaancing the weight, 4. which is on the ether end of lever, g. thus forcing open the gate. which suddenly relieves the canal of a large sur plus of water. When body of water recedes below certain level, no more water is admitted t0 the tank; therefore empties itself by small faucet opening, 6, at the bottom; this being don B. the weight overbslances tank, and brings down the lever, which, being rigid to the swinging gate closes it. This operation continues at short tn tervals so long as the body of water keeps rising over a certain level. The lever, gate, pipe and tank are all rigid, and hinge, pivot, on kcri zontal shaft. The gate, Hume or bex can be made any height width, or length desired. The gate ca be hinged between any bulkhead without boI
 The Water Gate is Perfect Safety Valve, and is to a body of water what safety valve is eo steanI They can be made any size, corresponding with body of water and size of canss. It is secured by letters patent, and for sale snIy by
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-04

WHY CAPITAL SHOULD SEEK YUMA COUNTY Because its mines are the richest.
 Because it's grazing lands are the best.
 Because its farming lands are valuable and productive. Because it gives assurance of the largest returns on money invested. Because its grand resources are yet to be developed
 Because it is a young, growing county with an assured future.
 Because the opportunities for engaging in manufacturing enterprises are better than ill any other region of the West.
 Because good mining properties can be had at reasonable figures.
 Because there is demand for additional facilities for ore reduction.
 Because there are vast stretches of rich soil to be reclaimed by the construction of irrigating canals.
 Because there are large tracts of grass lands that can be utilized by the sinking ot artesian wells.
 Because there are many openings ina new country which cannot exist in older com munities.
 Because the opportunities for engaging in the successful cultivation of semi-tropic fruits are better than in any other part of the United States.
 Because property values are rapidly ad- vancing
 Because Arizona's boom is yet to come Because 1t is a virgin field, ready for the seed which will produce & golden harvest.
 ARIZONA
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-04

The climate of Yuma for nine months of the year has no equal, as we believe, in the world, aud during the remaining three months Of the year, comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive. Even ,-ough the thermometer in mid-sum- mal may ag times rise above l000, and oc- casioHsliy even reach ll0', yet, owing to the absence of moisture in the air, it is not oppressive. The atmosphere is pure, light aud baimy. When the mercury marks the highest treme of heat, person does not feel that oppression or debility which is Fsit in the Eastern States when the mer- culY is ranging from S0' to 9O' The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and st no tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-04
Resources
 of Yuma County.
YUMA COUNTY.

< white man first set foot. on what is now Ynma County ia l7"l. It is the southwest division of the Territory, and one of the four original counties of the Ter ritcry. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in few years ex- rect to see Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali fornia catches of Arizona is that of the picturesque town of Yuma, which is snugly situated in the embrace of gentle rolling hills, upon whose crcsts and sides the modern homes of our superior civilization are crowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to Arizona, the new empire of the West, upon whose undeveloped riches the eyes of the ountry are at present turned, and as such, she is bound to grow and prosper with a rapidity that at present can hardly be re- alized. But coupled with her geographi- cal position we find that she is the center of a country whose agricultural possibili- ties are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and wanting only water to become paradise of blcom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place and many enterprises are on foot to supply the life-giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-04
c. ", 6ARNhART,
No { SUIgER STREET,

No { SUIgER STREET.
 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Please write fer price iss and further information giving length, top and bottom dimensions Of canal All plsns snt ecJtcgttcns :1-nisssd with -ve<T order
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-05-04
LANDS AID soTLs.

The lands f Yuma County comprise the river 1ot.ons and valleys and tho uplands or mesas. The bottom 8nds are noister and slightly fertile, f i-6eea. # is possible to make comparisons where all are wonderfully productive ard prolific
 The upiRrcs CT r,c1as are warmer and, perhaps sghGy better for U ,ltiyat;on fthe citrus fruits Yuma contsin2s ~sri,. of ,eiI Tn rslley lant
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
THE GAME is UP.
Police Believe Owons tho Man who Ha
sent Armour Threatening Letters.

Police Believe Owons tho Man Who Has
sent Armour Threatening Letters.
Chicago, Dec. IA new phase of the
Armour and Pullman bomb sensation
developed Tuesday morning and in the
opinion of city detectives and thepostal
inspectors there is now u more direct
connection of S. A. Owens with the If
fnir than there was Monday. Owens
is the metal worker under arrest who
warned the Pullman and Armour house
holds more than once of the coming of
the internal machines through the mail
and who is suspected of being the
sender of the explosives. Armour's
private secretary, Mr.. Quinn, came to
the post Office Tuesday morning and
showed Inspector Stuart four. letters
which had been received within the
year by Mrs. p. d. Armour. All the
letters We're signed Jack" and the
spelling of Prairie avenue is the same
as on the bomb packages. All the let
trs contain threats and demands for
money. The police will endeavor to
discover whether S. A. Owens, the pris-
oner, is the writer and sender of any
or all of these missivcs.
The police Tuesday morning made
q thorough examination of the room
occupied by Owens at 1873 Clark street,
and there found cigar box shavings
and powder, resembling that used in
the bomb packages, and also other
things tending to implicate him as the
sender of the bombs.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
THE MARKETS.
Grain. Proyl.ion.. Etc.

CHICAGO, Dec. II.
FLoUR-Qu!et and rather easy. Quota.
BILE: Winter Patents, s3.0043.50: straishts
sa.O0Q3.eO; clears, s2.25@2.75: seconds. 81 OOdl
2.10: low grades, sl.75@t2.C0. Spring--Pat.
ents. s3.15a3.5o: straights, s2.65ep2.90: bak-
ers', S2.1cN2.30: low grades. $1s0g1.90: Red
Dog. $l.G5n1.S5; Rye. s230@2.AO.
WHEAT - Unsettled, but iirmer. De.
cember. a5ss@ oGs.c; May. 59i4M6ohc.
CO1,N-Ea sier. No. 2, 25i4G25lac: No. .
Yellow. 251ac: December, 25,4@25lac: Jan.
uary, 251sM25asc and 25s4c: May, 2SeloSh c
July, 2SasG2s7sc ard CSC; September 297.@
297sc and SOC.
OATS-Fairly active and easy. No. 2
lie: December, 16sic: May, 1880 1914 &C.
Samples easier. On track and free or
board: No. 8. 16AM1Shc: No. 3 White. 17lsQ
l9c: No. 2, 17laalSc; No. 2 White, 1s}ali2O
MESS PORK-In moderate request, with
fair offerings Prices quotable at SS.GG@
S.121a for cash: s795dS00 for December
IS. 45dtS.62 for January, and sS.S2ls@9.00 for
May.
LARD-Offerings moderate and demand
fair. Prices steady at s5.271a@532ls for
cash; s517,4a5.2O for December: s5.27,ad
5S5 for January: s5.5CGl5.57a for May
BUTTER-Crcamery. 19fl2Glac; dairy, /:
a22c: packing stock. Galec.
WHISKY-Firm on the basis of 81. % for
highwines: high proof spirits. sl22,s.
LIVE POULTRY-Per pound: Turkeys,
,@7c; Spring Chickens. 6u6iac; Ducks. 81!
Vac; Geese, per doz., S3.5OM6.75.
NEw York, Dec. II.
FLoGR-state and western quiet and
steady.
.WHEAT-No. . red dull steady. 1kaAc
lower. December, G50g55 5-1Gc; March, 67kc;
May. 6e,4Qt6 9-l6c: July. GGtsGlG6hc.
CORNING. quiet and easier. Decem-
her, 33tsc; January, 33Ac; May, 34lsaSa
B-1Gc; No. 2. 333l.e.35c.
OATS-No. dull. steady. January, 2e%
May. 2ihc asked; western, 23a2Sc.
BEEF-Quiet and steady.
PoRk-Steady
LARD-Quiet. Steam-rendered, $685.
BUT'TER-Fancy firm. fair demand.
C1iEESE-ouiet. fancy firm. Western
small. 9l4ulOhc.
EGGs-Quiet. Western, 2!a24c.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
PEACE FIRST.
Triple Alliance Concludes Efforts to
Restore Order in Asia Minor.
But Refuses to BE Influenced BY Ef.
forts of England to Pledge Il in Re-
spect to Armenian Reforms. u

Berlin. Dec. 1.-THE Cologne Gazette
claims to have received an official COM
munication stating that the additional
guard boats, having been admitted into
the Dardanelles, the powers composing
the triple alliance have concluded their
steps in the direction of restoring order
in Asia Minor, and must refuse to be In
f!uenced by the efforts of Great Britain
to pledge the triple alliance in respect
to Armenian reforms.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24

this city witnessed such magnificent
display of wealth and beauty as at
tended the ceremonies of this wedding.
Immediately after the wedding the
bridal party and guests drove to the
Southern hotel, where reception was
held. Later in the evening, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gontard were escorted to the
Planters hotel, where bridal apart
ments had been secured. In a few days
the newly-married couple will leave for
honeymoon tour of the continent, and
afterwards will take up their home in
Hagen, Westphalia. where the brides
father has presented her with resi-,
dence costing over 100000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Senate Receives Presidents Message o.
vau.~ua,ou nl.,uto

Senate Receives PresideDt's Message ON
Venezuelan Dispute.
Washington, Dec. l7.-After the rou-
tine morning business the senate at
1910 p. M, on motion of Senator Nor
gan (dem., Ala.), went into executive
| session.
At one p. m. the doors We're reopened
and the vice president laid before the
senate the presidents message accom-
panying the Venezuelan correspond
ence and the secretary of the senate
proceeded to read it.
The message and documents were re-
ferred to the committee on foreign re-
lations, which committee was author
lied to sit during recess and then at
1870 p. IN. the senate adjourned until
Wednesday.
While in executive session the senate
extended for q period of one year the
treaty between this country and Mex
leo relative to the work of the boundary
commission.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE republic
an committee to fill the committees of
the senate completed it's labors Mon
day night and directed a call for eau
Gus to issue for to-day Immediately
upon the adjournment of the senate.
When this caucus convenes Senator
Mitchell, chairman of the committee,
will submit and the caucus will ap-
prove the following list of chairmen,
which, it will be seen, takes care CT
every republican and populist member
of the senate:
Agriculture. Proctor Wt.): appropria-
Jones (pop.. Nev); census. Chandler On.
H): civil service and retrenchment,
P1tchard IN. CO; claims. Teller (Col):
coast defenses. Squire (Wash.); commerce.
(Mich); education and labor. shoup
Qdaho); enrolled. bills. sewell IN. j.; to
examine the several branches of the civil
| service. PETER (pop., Kan.): finance. Nor
rill (Vt9; fisheries. Perkins (Cal); foreign,
relations. Sherman (O.); immigration,
Lodge (Mass): improvements Of the dis.
sissippi river. Nelson (Minn): Indian af-
fairs. Pettigrew a. d.; Indian depreda-
tons, Wilson (Wash.); interstate COM
merce. cullom ull): irrigation. Warren
WyoG judiciary. ioar (Mass.): library,
Hansbrough IN. Do: manufactures. Wet
more (R. ~: military affairs, Hawley
| Comm; mines and mining, Stewart (pop.,
Nev); naval affairs. Cameron (Pa.); or
| Eanixation and expenditures in the exec
utive departmentss't ler (pop.. N. Co.;
Pacific railroads. Gar ua.): patents. Plat
(Conn.); pensions. Gallinger IN. H.l: post
Offices and post roads. Wolcott (Co,.l:
printing. Hale (Me.); privileges and cleo
tions. Mitchell (Ore); public buildings and
grounds. Quay pal: public lands. Dubois
(Idaho): railroads, Clark (Wyo.): relations
with Canada. Carter (Mont): revision of
the laws. Burrows {Mich): rules, Aldrich
| (R. -: territories. Davis (Minn.): trans
portation and routes to the seaboard, Me-
Bride (Ore.); to establish the University of
the United States. Kyle (pop., 8. d.: In
ternational expositions. Thurston (Neb.);
tW. Va.); national banks, Mantle (Mont.) };
forest reservations, Allen (pop., Neb): to
investigate trespassers on the Indian
| lands, Baker (Kan.)
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
BURDEN OF PROOF.
Important Decision by tho United State.
supreme Court.

ALPOFVonG OcClotOu ~ thO CulLeu StSteS
supreme Court.
Washington, Dec. 17.-Justice Har-
Ian handed down the opinion of the SUI
preme court in the case of Dennis Davis,
charged with murder and tried and sem
fenced in the United States court for the
western district OF Kansas, in which
the defense had been that of insanity.
The court below had instructed the jury
that it was incumbent upon the de-
tense to establish the fact of insanity
TO secure acquittal on this charge, but
this ruling was reversed, the court lay
ing down the principle that the bur-
den of proof Of guilt rests in all Grim
inal cases upon the prosecution. In
delivering this opinion Justice Harlan
cautioned the court against giving too
much heed to thepopularclamor against
e1sa4 Il aasAnaSxi ---
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
Not s sinrle Turk Injured.

London, Dec. IA correspondent at
Constantinople telegraphs under Mon
days date that 1t is now known that not
q single Turk was injured in the dis
turbance at Harpoot, nor did any Chris
tian fire shot, the latter having been
shot and cut down without resistance.
Rev. Royal NJ. Cole has made the journey
from Moosh to Bitlis in safety. The
American missionaries have decided to
remain at their present posts, their feel
ing of security having been restored.
Slaughter and Pillago.
London, Dec. 1.-THE Daily News
publishes three-column letter from q
person described by that paper as being
MS we'll placed for knowing as any Ell.
ropean ambassador, which summarizes
the whole Of the Armenian massacres
and estimates that $4,000 to 10000 per-
sons have been killed within two
months and a10,OOo,ooO ($5O,oo0, Oo0)
worth of property stolen or destroyed.
It is difficult to get the figures of the
Aintab massacres, as Europeans are al
ways kept under guard when in the
towns, but 200 seems low figure for
the killed, and some say it was 1000,
while 400 were wounded. All the Chris
tians' shops and ESQ houses were pill.
LACED and many were burned. About
1000 Armenians who took refuge in the
khans and mosques at the beginning Of
the panic arc still imprisoned there,
for what purpose can only be surmised.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
Several Badly Hurt.

Lima, O., Dec. 1.-THE north-bound
fast day express ON the Cincinnati, Ham,
llton & Dayton ran into the north-bound
local freight at Milton. The local Gu
boose was filled with people from here
who were on their way to the meeting
of eyangelists at Weston. Passenger
Engineer Hoyt was buried beneath his
engine, but is not fatally hurt. Fire
man James Osman is seriously hurt.
James Butcher, a brakeman on the local
freight, Is badly injured.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
New Party In Georgia,

Raleigh, n. c., Dec. lib. f. Keith,
one of the executive committee of the
national silver party, responding to
Harvey's new orsler of Patriots" has
already organized ii in North Carolina,
Its members are pledged to vote for nc
gold monometallist; to support ample
tariff for revenue; 10 favor state banks
and abolition of national banks and IL
favor graduated income tax. The new
order is in line with ideas of the Norti,
Carolina silver convention held here in
September
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
Medals for Brave seamen,

Hamburg. Dec. 17.-President Cleve-
land has presented Ferdinand Himbsel,
first officer of the Hamburg American
line steamship Suevia. with gold
medal, and seamen Wacke, Eicholz,
schutt and Marquardt, of the same ves-
sci, with silver medals, in recognition
of their service in saving the lives of
eight of the crew of the abandoned
American schooner Mary E. Amsden,
of Calais, Me-, which was abandoned
ut sea February last.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
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Ia sure They VIII Fight.

Dallas, Tex Dec. I'D. A. Stuart
returned Tuesday morning from Hous-
ton, Tex. He says he is sure Fitzsim-
mons and Nlaher will stick to their
agreement and fight on February IA.
At the last moment Monday night Fitz-
simmons concluded to abandon his in
tention to train at Galveston. He will
go at once to Paso del Norte, Mexico,
and 90 in training. Peter Maher tele-
graphs that he will start in few days
for Ell Pnso and train near that CITY,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
OUR LAWMAKERS.

Six Senators and Twenty Representatives
We're Foreign Born.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE biograph-
ical sketches in the directory of the
54th congress show that &c members
were born i'll foreign countries, six of
this number being senators and 90 rep
resentatives. England has seven, Cam
ada five, Germany and Ireland four each,
Scotland three and Denmark, Norway
and Hungary one each. The Wisconsin
delegation includes four who were born
abroad, and Illinois comes next with
three-William Lorimer, Second dis
trict, Manchester, England; Larry Nc
Gam, Third district, Ireland, and
Charles w. Woodman, Fourth district,
Aalborg, Denmark.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
A Business Proposition.

TIE owners of a large body eff land on Wild
vide II inIo tracts tn suit buyers and sell at $40
and upwards per acre, on long time, and no
payments the first year. Produces all stable
crops; has close markets; schools and churches;
], 200 population; mild climate. For further In
formation address II. E. WERkMAN, Seattle,
Wash
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
TEXAS REPUBLICANS.
Ask This Government to Grant Cubans
d3~lligerent Rights.

d3~llIgGrent Rights.
Dallas, Tex, Dec. 17.-The White re-
publican league, the most influential
body of Texas republicans, at it's meet
ing Monday night passed the follow.
ing resolution:
whereas. the patriots of Cuba are
struggling for those rights Of men we en-
Joy against one OF the most tyrannical gov
ernments In existence. therefore,
Resolved, That we the White Repub-
lican League club Of Dallas urge our gov
eminent to grant these patriots belligerent
StzSts ct the ssrltast posaihls naomsnt."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24
FIathead Valley, Montana.

crops without Irrigation. Forests of pine.
fir and cedar. Mines OF precious metals and
coal Delightful and healthfnl climate. Adapt
supply and power. No extremes OF tempera-
tnre. Market facilities. Homes for all. For
further Information, address Y. +. CONRAD,
kal;spell, Mont.