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The Arizona sentinel., 1895-08-31
YuHs Climate.

Weather Observer A. Ashenberger furnishes us with the following i'm portant facts relative to the climate, rainfall and weather at Yuma.
 The following data from the records of the U. s. weather Bureau are frem observations taken for periods rang ing from i've to twenty years and are published by request of the Hon, Mayor of Yuma:
 Mean actual barometer.-Yuma, 2e.76 inches; Denver, Col, 24.73 inches.
 Mean annual emperature.-Yuma, 73'; Jupiter, Fla, 730.
 Mean maximum temperature during month of July.-Yuma, lO6 .60; Phoenix, lO7.30.
 Mean minimum temperature during month of July.-Yuma, 770; Galveston. Tex, 790.
 Mean minimum temperature during month of January.-Yuma, 42'; TucsonJ 35'; Phoenix, 32'.
 Highest temperature recorded.-Yuma, llS0; Phoenix, ll9'; Fort Lapwai, Idaho, .ll5o.
 Lowest temperature corded.-Yuma, 220; Riverside, Cal. Voluntary observers record. J, 2l0; Jacksonville, Fla, 15'; Gal weston, Tex, 110
 Mean relative humidity.--Yuma, Az, San Diego, Cal, 75%; Chicago, 74%; Pen sacola, Fla, 76%; Port Angeles, Wash, SS%. Mean annual rainfan.-Yuma, 3 iDches;' Tucson, l3 inches; Jacksonville, Fla, 55 inches; New Orleans, La., 62 inches; Neah Bay, Wash, l02 inches. Average annual number of rainy days Yuma, IA; Tucson 49; St. Louis, ll5;. Washington, D. C., l26; New York, l26; Baltimore, l33; Chicago, l36; Cincinnati, Al; Atlanta, Ga, Al; Rochester, N. Y.,- I'll; Tatoosh Island, Wash, l86. Average annual number of cloudy days.-- Yuma, Y; Sacramento, Cal, 45; Oswego, N. Y., 173.
 Average annual number of partly cloudy days.-Yuma, 69; Sacramento, Cal, 76; Oswego, N. Y., PA. Average annual number of clear days Yuma, 279; Portland, Ore, 92; Oswego, N. Y., 6S.
 Average hourly wind velocity Yuma, 6 miles; Dodge City, Kan, l2 miles; San- dusky, O., 13 miles. Highest wind velocity recorded.-Yuma, 54 miles; San Francisco, Cal, 60 miles.
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-08-31

Arizona stands at the threshold of an era of wonderful social and industrial de- velopment. There can't be doubt about the fact. The dawn for which she has waited so long is breaking at last There is every promise of day of great pros perity and permanent upbuildiDg just be- fore her. The impulse of a new and ener- gizing hope is visible everywhere among her people. while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small inn pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her full share of atten- tion and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 4 lively competition has sprung up for the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-begging for ownership. There is a scramble for franchises. Nothing more surely indicates a great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest are falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lenders than this.
 Arizona has reached that climacticer period which every western state has eX- perienced sometime in its history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each side of the balance first up and then down, the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and a sunhurst of energizing hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater and braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the com pletion of two transcontinental lines of railroad across her territory-Arizona has rather dropped out of public attention, but in that time she has been quietly ac- cumulating a fund of substantial wealth and force of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take her destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican. This is a mistake of great importance from the moral point of view. There is but one considerable center of Mexican population in the territory, the city of Tucson, and even there it is not by any means at pres ent the predominatpg element. It think it is certain that Arizona has not to-day nearly so large 8 Mexican population as Colorado and not above one-tenth as much as New Mexico ->"Fitz- Mac" in Denver News.
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-08-31
LANDS AND SOILS.

The lands of Yuma County comprise the river bottoms and valleys and the uplands CT mesas The bottom ands are moister and slightly mere fertiIe' if. indeed, it is possible to make comparisons where all are so wonderfully productive and prolific The uplands or mesas are warmer and, perhaps sihy better for the cultivation ofthe citrus frults -zr,,aa contaiasa variety of soil The valley land
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-08-31
Resources
 of Yuma County.
YUMA COUNTY.

4 white man first set foot on what is now Yuma County in l77l. It is the southwest division of the Territory, and one of the four original counties of She Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in 8 few years ex- pect 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 crests and sides the modern homes of our superior civilization arc crowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to Arizona, the new empire of the West, upon whose undeyeloped riches the eyes ot the ountry are at present turned, and as such, she is bound to grow and prosper with 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 oaly water to become paradise of bloom. 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., 1895-08-31

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE A Third Judicial District of the Terri tory of Arizona, in and for the County ot
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-08-31
Irrigating
 canals, bitches
 and Reservoirs.

The above cut illustrates an AUTOMATIC WATER GATE, to regulate and keep in subjection the rise of water in canal, due to an over-abund- ant flow, or to sudden rises in the canal owing to severe rains or storms.
 It is particularly valuable to have such a Water Gate placed in lower bank of canal at such points along it's line Where there are Ravines. Gullies, ArroyOs, Foot Hills, Buttes, Tableland, as 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 preYent such damage, as 1t IS
 SELF-ACTING AND PERFECT SAFETY VALVE Relieving the canal at short intervals of it's sur plus water, thus preventing tke washing away Oi banks, and causing great damage generally, no alone to canal, but property owners all along the line, who may suffer more or less damages there afterfor the want of water owing to the damaged condi ion of canal and while such repair are being made. Not only is it valuable to relieve canal of it's surplus water, to prevent damage and ex- pense, but by it's use the first cost of canal con- struction will be materially lessened, as the banks need not be made so high wide.
 The device is extremely simple, and compara- lively inexpensive Its plan of operation is this:
 There is pipe fastened to an opening in the vertical gate, l. When the body of water rises to the level of the upper end of pipe, 2, water runs freely into the tank, 3, which is immediately filed thus Overbalancing the weight, f, which is on the other end of lever, 5, 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 to the tank, InereIOre SnlptleS lJSelI Dy small fauces opening, G. at the bottom; this being done the weight overbalanees tank, and brings down the lever. which, being rigid to the swinging gate closes it. This operation continues at short in 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 or pivot on q hori- 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 box
 The Water Gate is Perfect Safety Valve and is to body of water what safety valve is to steam flaxp he ma nhn body of water and size of canal. It is secured by letters patent, and for sale only by
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-08-31
C. w, BARNHART,
Ne. 4 SUFFER STREET.

Nc. SUFFER STREET,
 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Please write for price list and further information giving length, top and bottom dimensions of canal All plans and specifications furnished with every order
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-07
Jefferson City Booming. Too.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, March a
Jefferson City is not in the least cast
down by the submission ofthe Capital
removal question, if the general tone
of business and the letting of contracts
for new buildings is any indication OF
the feeling here in regard to the mat
ter. Within the last two days contracts
have been awarded for the construc-
ton of a fine new church edifice by
the Presbyterian congregation and for
a number OF handsome and substantial
new residences. Following this the
big plant of the &. H. Dulle Milling
Company, which was destroyed by fire
in January, will be rebuilt at q cost of
100000. Sedalia, it is reported, offer
ed this company a bonus of $50 1000 to
remove to Sedalia, but the offer was
declined. Architects and builders are
busy with plans and it is believed that
this season will see even more build
ings erected in jefferson City than
there were in 1894, and that was the
red-letter year for the capital in the
way of building. Besides the private
enterprises on foot the people of the
city, at a recent special election voted
to issue bonds to construct a complete
sewer system, and a contract has been
awarded to a Leayenworth bridge
company to construct a highway
bridge across the Missouri River.
Work on the bridge will commence
May /, and it will be completed by
January /, 1896. Lincoln Institute, the
main building of which was destroyed
by fire last August, will be rebuilt dur
ing the year also, and the season will
be an active one,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-07
THE JAG CURE.
He Was Swindled, But Finally Found
Way.
From the petroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Talking about liquor" chimed i'll a
hat man from Cincinnati, 81 regret to
say that l was a pretty hard drinker in
my time. One day / received a eircu-
lar by mail which read something like
this: The attention of men addicted
to alcoholism is called to al entirely
new discovery by which the evil effect
of drink is completely n~eutralized. No
need to stop drinking, but drunken
ness is prevented. Complete direc-
tons, S25. Money refunded in ase a
cure does not follow exact obedience
to Instructions
l forwarded the moneyto Nashville,
Tenn, and in due time received the
following instructions:
Make an incision in the scalp, tre-
phine a portion OF the skull about the
size of a silver dollar. Have a silver
cap made to ove the opening thus
produced. Whenever you feel hilari-
usnes produced by whisky lift off
the skullcap, thereby allowing the
fumes of the alcoholt to escape. Drunk
enness is thereby absolutely prevent
ed. Should an exact compliance fail
to effect the desired results, write and
we will return your money"
"Did you try the plan?" asked some
one.
"Not much. | got cured without it,
GLOW 50? Gold cure?"
"No. | got married, my wife took
me in charge and / swore off inside OF
two Weeks.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-07
CAN'T STOP HICCOUGHING.
Houston, Tex, Doctors Puzzled by the
Case of Eugene Pilot.

Houston, TEX, March Eugene
Pilot, a wealthy citizen, is lying at the
point of death from hiccoughs. He
became i'll on Feb. II, with a bilious
cold, attended with symptoms of pneu-
rnonia. Under medical treatment the
symptoms Of pneumonia began to dis
appear, and he was thought to bedoing
well until last Saturday, when he was
seized with a fit of hiccoughing which
lasted nearly an hour. Within half an
hour he was seized with another at
tack which lasted equally as long, and
since that time the attacks have re-oc-
Cured with marked regularity both
day and night.
Various remedies tried by the at
tending physicians have all failed.
Pilot is seventy-four years of age, of
vigorous constitution and has always
led an active life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-07
TRUSTEES SALE.

WHEREAS, J. H. Terrill, by his GER
tain deed of trnst, dated August 2S,
1855, and recorded in the Recorders
Office of Audrain County, Missouri, in
Deed of Trust Book 2, for trusts at
page III, conveyed to J. NJ. Evans,
trustee, the following described real
| estate situated in Audrain County,
| Missouri, to-wit: The following tract
of land lying in lots 3 and 4, block IS,
Nandalia, Mo-, % particularly de
scribed as follows, to-wit: Begin at
the north west corner of lot No. 4 in
said block No. %, run thence southerly
along the west line of said lot,24 feet;
thence easterly along and through the
center of brick wall dividing this tract
from C.. G.. Daniels building, 100 feet;
thence northerly between lots , and
8, 24ls feet; thence westerly along the
north lines of lots 3 and 4, 100 feet to
place of beginning, which said con-
veyance was in trust to secure the
payment of certain promissory notes
in said deed described; and, whereas,
the notes described in said deed of trust
remain due and unpaid and, whereas,
the aforesaid trustee is dead; now,
therefore, at the request of the legal
holder of said note and by authority
of the provisions of the said deed of
trust aforesaid, /, j. n. Stephens, Sher-
if of Audrain County, Missouri, will,
on
Friday, the 29th Day of March, 1895,
at the Chicago & Alton depot build
ing in Vandalia, Audrain County, Mo,
between the hours of q O'Clock in the
forenoon and 5 O'Clock i'll the after
noon of said day, sell the above de-
scribed real estate at public vendue
to the highest bidder for cash,t to salts
fly said debt and the expenses of exc
cutting said trust.
I'd J. y. STEPHENS,
Sheriff of Audrain Co. Acting Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-07
Our S;aSehouse on Wheels.

From the st L.. is t.No.) School and Home.
Missouri va admitted as a State or
August 10, 1921. The capital of the
new commonw -alth was st. Louis fol
nearly three N. .nths, or until Novem-
Der 1, 1921. st. Charles then became
the seat of { ,srnment and was thus
used until October 1, 1926, when it was
located by an irrevocable' contract
"forever'' at jefferson City, in Cole
county, 125 ri'es west of st. Louis,
where the State Capitol and other
buildings are p"erbl, located on fine
ly elevated gr"nr6s, surrounded with
handsome an substantial edifices. 1t
is in the ce,. ar Of an agricultural,
timbered and mus III district, and is
quite a ira : CO -te >. In this latter re-
spect it cam { comnaIs and does not
aspire to-wi,b A>dalia, the county
seat of Pettis counts g, which is located
ls9 miles west ri st. Louis, and with
numerous natural advantages has
grown to be q CIR : of 10000 people. 1t
AZ tAiAiFiiS IdllEtl a CtHltT anu HILL
u~facturing plrce, II an abundance
of coal near b !, a jrurrounded by fine
agricultural nd azing lands.
Now, Jefferson ity is the venerated
capital of the Sta; and Sedalia, not
content with its own almost royal
prosperity, desires T. deprive Jeffer-
son City of its main support, it's prin-
reason for existence. To this
end a resolution was .dopted between
sunup and shutdown of February 20,
1895, by a decisive vote, and the ques-
ton of removal of +ne State Capitol
from Jefferson City to Sedalia, be sub
to the voters of the State in
November of 1896. This matter will
furnish a subject for an amending dis
cussion for many months, and it is to
be hoped that, whatever the decision,
It may be made in such a fashion this
time as to be indeed ''irrevocabIe."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-07
Missouri Board of Equalization.

JEFFERSON City, Mo-, Feb. u.s.
From Jas. NJ. sseibert, secretary of the
State Board of Equalization, it is
learned that the board viii be in SEES
sion from day to day until March 20,
1895, and that all parties interested in
the equalization of the values of real
and personal property as assessed for
the taxes of 1895, viii be given a hear
ing at any time prior to that date The
board, as usual, finds many inequali-
ties in the average values of real and
personal property, as fixed by the
various County Assessors. For in
stance, in some counties the average
assessed value of horses is as low as
S16.66, while in other counties the av-
erage assessed value goes up as high
as s56.74 per head, the average assess
ed value of mules ranges from SIT &C
to S45.s2 per head; cattle, from s5.4s
TO S26.66 per head, and hogs from 81 tc
S5.27 per head. The inequalities in
the average value per acre of land are
even more conspicuous.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-07
Snpncer-Trrner

COLUMBIA, Mo-, March 5.-Judge
Spencer and Miss Katherine Turner
were married at 10 30 this morning in
the Episcopal Church Of this city. The
ceremony was very impressive, and
the Church was crowded. A large
party of friends and relatives of the
bride and groom came this morning on
a special train from St. Joseph, and
from jefferson City, Gov. Stone, Lieut..
Gov o'Meara, Treasurer Stephens and
their wives. The wedding breakfast
took place at the mansion of Col. and
Mrs. Squire Turner, parents of the
bride. The party will leave this after
noon for Kansas City, whence the WIS.,
itors return TO st. Joseph and the brid-
a party begin their tour through the
West.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-07
LAST HOURS OF CONGRESS.
Selection of Delegates to the Inter
national Monetary Conference.

WAsHTNGToN, ID. c., March Pre-
ciseIy at II O'Clock to-day the Senate
and House adjourned, and the Fifty
third Congress ceased TO exist
At I1:35 Private Secretary Thurber
announced that the President had
signed all the appropriation bills.
There were the usual scenes in both
chambers which attend the closing OF
a session of Congress.
A resolution of thanks to the Speaker
was offered in the House before adj
journment, although no such resolu-
ton was proposed by the Democrats
at the close of the Reed Congress.
The act of greatest Importance in
the closing hours of the session was
the selection of delegates to the pro-
prosed International monetary con-
ference.
There will be nine members. OF
these the Senate last night chose SEN
ators James K. Jones, of Arkansas
Henry NJ. Teller, of Colorado, ane
John w. Daniel, of Virginia-al Ill Dem
ocrats and silver men.
The House to-day designated
Speaker Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia
Representatives David B. Culberson
of Texas, and Robert Rs Hit, o.
Illinois, as its representatives. CrisI
and Culberson are silver Democrats
Mr., Hit is a Republican and a mod.
crate bimetallist.
The other three members of the
commission will be chosen by the si1
already named. They must be mem
bers of the F~ifty-fourth Congress.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-07
M
Mrs. Mary Hogan Ludlum, OF st. Louis,
a Popular Teacher.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer

One of the fields in which the ag-
gressiye and progressive young woman
of to-day is winning o is in
leadership of physical culture. The
time may not be far distant when DR..
Sargent will have to look to his laurels
or they will be wrested from him. Al
ready there are five women gymnas-
ium instructors who have more than
local regulations.
Perhaps the best known of the
group is Miss Ellen LeGarde, for she,
in addition to having charge of the
physical training in the Providence
(R. L. school, has written OF the sub
ject. She has also invented the only
gymnasium apparatus which owes its
existence to a woman-the musical
dumb-bells. She is an enthusiast on
the subject of physical training, and
has visited all the important gymnas-
iums in Europe.
Miss Lucille Hall is the instructor in
physical training at Wellesley, and
Wellesley boasts of having a better
physical training department than any
other woman's college in the country.
In addition to all her gymnastic work,
Miss Hall manages the outdoor clubs
crews and teams which form so prom
inent a feature of Wellesley life.
Mrs. Mary II. Ludlum is the in
s~tfuctor under whom the young per-
sons of st. Louis are developed in
grace and strength. For six years she
has taught in the High and Normal
schools in that city. Chicago has
placed the well-being of its women
under the care of Miss Kate Anderson,
sister of DIR. Anderson of Yale. Miss
Anderson received her appointment
as head of the gymnasium last fall. At
Bryn Mawr, DIR. Alice Foster has
charge of the gymnasium, which the
500 students are required TO attend.
All these women have to be ''all-
around' athletes, for, in addition to be
able to Diagnose every ill to which a
pupil is entitled by heredity, or which
she may have developed on her own
account, they must be able to instruct
a girl in the art of vaulting, turning
back somer 'aults, military drill, swim
ming, rowing, sprinting and even foot
hall
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-07
PUBLIC SALE!
March 18.

will sell at public sale to the high
est bidder at my farm, 5 miles south OF
Benton City Mo-, on Monday, March
IS, 1895, the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
Brood mares and geldings, the get
of Missouri Clay, Hambletonian, Gold
Dust, Morgan and Rockaway.
Ten head of good mules, coming 2
year-olds. Two extra good jacks, one
and two years old.
Fifteen head of thoroughbred hogs,
eight males old enough for spring SER
vice, 5 Chester Whites, three Poland
Chinas. | will also offer for sale my
Chester White boar, Long Branch, Is
months old, three Poland China gifts
and three Chester White gifts that
will farrow in the spring, some high
grade sows and a nice lot of stock
hogs that will weigh about 100 pounds
TERMS OF SALE.-A credit until Sep
TENDER l, 1895, will be given on all
sums over SO except on hogs which
will be CASH purchaser to give banka-
BILE note with approved security with
s per cent. interest from day of sale.
No property removed until terms OF
sale are complied with.
w. j. BAKER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-07
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

TheBritish steamerVenetian went on
the rocks off Boston and broke in two.
At Itzanki, Roumania, an explosion
in a distillery caused the loss of twelve
lives.
Mr.. G. c. Bland, one of the curators
of the School of Mines at Rolla, Mo-,
has resigned.
Mr.. Dockery made a strong speech
against an appropriation for n statue
to John Shark.
An explosion of sulphuric acid at
McKeesport, Pa, killed two men and
injured two others.
Sir Godfrey Horribly, Admiral of the
English feet, and chief Aid-de-Camp
to Queen Victoria, is dead.
Hogan Roberts was shot dead in
Paulding County, Georgia, by a mob
that broke into his house.
During an amateur performance at
Danville, ILL.,, one actor shot another
in the hand with gun wadding.
Pittsburg fireman are charged with
breaking open trunks in a burning no.
tel and stealing their contents.
Ex-County Judge j. w. Eller was
indicted at Omaha on a charge of re-
tanning money belonging to estates.
The Marquis of Queensberly says
that he will make public in court his
cause for anger against Oscar Wilde.
Phillip Manger, of Boonville, Mo, is
defendant in a breach of promise suit
brought by Lulu Harrison, of Lincoln,
Neb.
Bill Doolin and gang are surrounded
near ingalls,, Ark, and a posse to re-
enforce the Marshais has been sent
from Perry.
st. Louis and Chicago have promised
to furnish seed grain for the Nebraska
farmers. Preparations for planting
he T-a tonttn