Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-14
EARLY FRUIT AND VEGET
ABLES.

EA HL4 F-1SO1 HAAN
ABLES-
R;pa epricots reached the HRRALI
office Yesterday from Chaplain Scottt
ranch in the upper valley above thf
falls. on the Arizona Canal. They are
Of the New Castle Early variety, are
large and of fine quality. Mr. Scott
informs us that he gathered the first
ripe ones on May 3rd and yesterday they
ware ripe enough n suffic ent quantities
To begin gathering for shipment, fully
weak earlier than last yehr. The box OF
enrioots for the HERALD Office was &C
comoenied by sample lots Of toe moat
na-fecs lettuce aud rad shes that ever
rrsced tsble. These vegetables were
both as large SO they should BE- and
were so crisp aud tender that they are
great luxury; the ri.dishes are az mon
in diameter and only dge weeSs from
&hs saed and so tsndsr that they may
be pulled apart with tbs binds; eEd
several had pulled apart in drawing
them from tbs ground. Ms. Cochrsne
of the upper valley, who is producing
these vegetables, is supplying the Rio
Verde company nov building their canal
IN that region OF country. with several
hundreds of pounds of these vegetables
every week. The upper valley is prov
ing to be one of the richest and most
desirable regions Of the entire valley;
it is higher than The great body Of the
valley and consequently freer from frost.
when there is any frcss at all. The very
early fruit and 6oest vegetables OF that
locality speak volumes for it's special Rd-
vansages. II the raising of vegetables
in commercial quantities for shipment
abroad should be undertakes In this
valley there lie no more favorable loce-
Sicn shan the upper valley.
THE abuse of the privileges OF free |
governments by those who enjoy those
privileges is one of the strongest srgu-
ments made against such q system OF |
government by those disposed to favor |
monsrcbiem, and when the thinking, |
Rejecting people Of these United States, |
the peopleswho are its citizsns in every |
sense OF the word; citizens in loyalty to
our republican form OF government;
citizens whose patriotism knows DO
sacrifice too great when occasion re-
quires for the maiutenarcss OF our
liberties; ctizsns who honor our bust
nees circles because they are of them
citizsus who maintain n system Of free
public schools; citizens of broad religi-
GUS spirit; cisizars whose lives are spent
lot alone for personal gain or sggrand-
izement, but in broad Humanitarian
effort to make life less Of d burden to
their fellow citizens; wben such PEG
PIE behold g monumert erected in
to him because he wss rnuI dsrer, they
stop and re- fleet IS TO what constitute
They are prone to ask themselves
whether those privileges are not sadly
sense of common decency in 2 nation of
seventy millions OF free people cen be
Oh n |
paralyzed, the laws OF the country
made to prevent and punish crime, US
any people, especially those claiming
the protection of tboee aws. And yet |
it was but yesterday that this nation
beheid such scene in The unveiliog of
marble monument, erected in Argyle,
Wis, to the memory of Patrick O'Sulh-
vsr, convicted murderer who died in the
j ofet, Illinois penitentiary, sentepcec
Cor life for eugsging in the murder OF
De Cronio OF Chicago. Tbs monument
IVES erected to him because he wBs
from the standpoint OF American cti-
zenship rather than from a standpoint
of sentiment, Or religious OF political
bigotfy, 1t scarcely seems possible thai
people cslling themselves citizens of the
United Ssstes could perpetrste such al {
outrage upon the laws of free people,
That is indeed very broad and liberal
freedon that permits representation of
tie memory OF murderer in the erection
of monuments; and yet es people We
realize the weakness Of the thing. the
sentimentalisn, the foreign motives,tbe
misunderstood liberty which actustes
these men, the offspring of monarohisn,
and we say to ourselves their outrage