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The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-16
ARIZONA.
It's Attractions and Advantages as a
 Place of Residence in Winter.

Whitelaw Reid. owner and editor of the New York Tribune, who has spent the last two winters in Arizona for the benefit of his health, writes entertainingly and in structively concerning that part of the country. Mr. Reid says;
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as a place for winter residence. and there appears to be such a dearth of pre- else information among many who are vitaIly interested, that it seems almost 8 public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, few facts of personal observation.
 WEATHER.
 During five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day when the weather made it actually unpleasant for me to take exercise in the open air at some time or other during the day. Of course there were a good many days which weather observer would de scribe as "cloudy," and some that were 'showery; but during these five months from No' ember, 1895, to May, lS96,) there were only four days when we did not have brilliant sunshine at some time dur ing the day. Even more than Egypt, any, where north of Luxor, Arizona is the Iaud of sunshine. As to details:
 TEMPERATURE.
 have seen the thermometer mark 92 degrees in the shade on my north piazza in March. On the other hand, we had frosts which killed young orange trees, and there were several nights when thin ice formed. The government reports show a mean temperature for fourteen years at the pres ent territorial capital of 57B degrees in November, 5S degrees in December, 49 de- grees in January, 54 degrees in February, 6l degrees in March and 66 degrees in
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-16
TBECLIMATE OF YUMA.

The climate of Yuma for nine months ot She year has no equal, as we believe, in the world, and during the remaining three months of the year, comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive
 Even though the thermometer in mld-snm' n1er may aa times rise above l00', and oc- .asionally even reach ll0', yet, owing to the absence of moisture in the air, its not oruressive. The atmosphere is pure, light and balniy. When the mercury marks the Aiobest extreme of heat, person does not s-l- e'et oppression or debility which IS
 TT. --~- -t-..s Yen +ho nrAr.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-16

cury is ranging from SO0 to 9O0. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at na tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-16
RAIN.

Showers, and indeed heavy rains are liable to occur in every month of the year; but the actual number of rains seems to an eastern visitor strangely small. The average rainfall in Southern Arizona, as shown by the Government observations, IS but 81I inches per year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-16
SUMMONS.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD JU-
 dicial District of the Territory of Arizona, in
 and for the County of Yuma MARY ELIZABETH MURPHY, Plaintiff
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-16

CAN ONE LIVE COMFORTABLY?
 That again depends on what you expect. You cannot have the luxuries of our New York houses out there, unless you build one; or the variety of our New York markets, unless you charater refrigerator car But there are hotels with almost as much frontage as the Waldorf; and, like everything else in the Territory excepting the mountains and deserts, they are new. There are boarding houses of more kinds than one; and brick cottages of eight or ten rooms can occasinally by rented. Bet ter than any of them, for the man with the energy and the pluck to take it, is to tent on the desert; and he who knows how to ''camp out with comfort through Septem- Der Tn the Adirondacks can camp out in Arizona through the winter.
 As to food, there is plenty, and it is good-if you can get it well cooked. The alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley are the fattening ground for the great cattle ranges of the Territory. From there the markets of Los Angeles and even of Denver are largely supplied, Good beef, mutton and poultry are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks and venison from the vicinity can also be had. Vegetables and fruits are abundant in their season, and sometimes the season is long one. It is the one country 1 have lived in where straw berries ripen in the open air ten months in the year. l have had them on my table, fresh
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-16

rado passes In other respects the sediment of the Colorado is almost identical with tha of the Nile. It will be noticed therefore, that when this water is used for irrigation is superior to artesian waters since it is constantly supplying the land with the richest ferlizing elements. The soil of the valleys is extremely rich in dedomposed vegetable matter and uncombined carbon, readily absorbing the aerial gases, such especially, as oxygen, which terng the soil, decomposes the organic matters so that they can be taken up and nourish the plants which may be considered a leading feature in its fertility It also readily takes up and retains moisture, while the rmness of it's particles affords every facility for percolation and the activity of capillary action In its mechanical composition its particles are in state of very fine division which renders it more productive than coarser soils It acquires heat readily in the daytime, and the loss of the heat at night is very gradual so that it mains always warm and is not subject to sudden changes of heat and cold. Besides it's essential sttuents of water, organic or vegetable matter, sand and clay, chemical analysis shows that lime soda magnesia, iron, ammonia and available forms of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash enter into composition in the proportions best adapted to add it's fertility, though, of course as is always the case in soil analysis, it's composition varies in different localities and is not always constant.
 The sol 0 the uplands, or mesas, lighter and more gravely and in some places of a lree, loamy, calcareous character. The mesa lands are warm and generous. They seem especially adapted for the grape, olive and citrus fruits generally Their soil contains more magnesia, lime or chalk than the bottom lands It never cracks and retains moisture admirably in summer It is of that character which u-iII nroduce wine that will keep good for fifty or a hundred years, and improve annually, not being
 liable to sour, or on exposure to the air, after year old, to become turbd and change color in the bottle glass.
 -ye eau safely say that the soil of Yuma County
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14
MORE MONEY IS NEEDED
Fifteen Thousand Dollars Re.
quirel to Finish the
Bou evard.
Wcodchoppers On the Cotati Con.
tented-The Sd yation Colonv
Scheme.

If the Boulevard Balboa is to be COM
pleted the citizens must keep up their
subscriptions a little longer, the amount
of cash now being received falling far
short OF that being paid out for labor.
II is useless to longer deny the fact that
the fund is melting like The snow in June.
and unless it shall be replenished the
work must be stopped. with the result
that the $14. 1S3 35 already expended for
labor, and wisely and economically ex-
pended, will be so much money throw n
into the gulley. For boulevard COM
peted in the middle and ending in a
thirty-,oot precipice will be far from use.
full and worse than ornamental. After
the men were paid off yesterday there re-
manned balance of only $4,000 odd. The
following is the financial account:
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aDoring men, most of them with families

laboring men, most of them with families,
applied at the Salvation headquarters on
New Montgomery street last night for an
opportunity to be allowed to till the
ground for their support and asked numer-
Gus questions regarding the Salvation
Army colonization scheme. In the ab-
sence of Major Winchell, Ensign Wood
explained the plan at length and the
greater part of his hearers registered for
the first chance.
Ensign Woods reports the wood camp
at Cotati as thriving. Twenty men are
employed there at present, and the num-
Der will be doubled as soon as an oppor-
tunity offers. The plan Is somewhat So
cialistic. The owner of the land on which
the trees are growing receives a certain
proportion of all the wood cut on his place
Each laborer pays the Salvation Army in
wood, 40 cents day for his board. With
these deductions all the wood he cuts be-
longs to him. The marketing of the
product is attended to by the army with
out charge.
Major Winchell visited the various min
listers yesterday in order to get them in
terested in the colonization scheme. He
reports having received much encourage
ment.
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modest, matter-of-isct way that adds to
the charm of the narrative and holds the
fortunate listener spellbound.
TO CALL represen tative to-day Mr.. Eli
oft told graphic story of the revolt. He
said that 1t was instigated by the Mata-
beles, who believed that while most of the
English were away they could kill the re-
manning white settlers and loot the coun-
try undisturbed.
Although warned of the coming trouble
Mr.. Elliott, with ten white men and
twenty five friendly natives, continued to
worK the mine in VIII hich he was EN- ployed
until compelled to flee for their lives
They fought their way to Fort Salisbury,
losing two men and killing several of the
enemy. as a relic of the fight he exhibits
q wicked-looking assegai. taken from
native, wnom he was forced to quiet with
q bullet. At the fort $50 men were be-
sieged by the warIike Mashonas for over
a month. but were finally released by an
armed English force.
The mines now being worked are, ac-
cording to Mr.. Elliott, the richest on
earth and are in all probability the iden-
tical spots from which the ancients OBJ
tanned their golden ornaments, as well as
the gold which decorated King Solomon's
temple. The African prospector does not
look Tor noat rock or groupings, as is the
custom in this country, but sinks his shaft
In the abandoned claims that abound
knowing that there he will find the yellow
metal. The claims are all getting richer
as the miners 90 deeper, aud there are few
shafts more than 16O feet in depth.
NalIves are paid 81 so a month and
white miners not less than So uay, but
Mr.. Elliott does not advise write miners
to go to South Africa TO compete with the
native labor unless under contract with
some well-known firm. The natives are
ruled with firm hand By the authorities
In MaShon aland, and upon the least in So
lence to white man are tied up 10 post
and soundy whipped.
Prices OF all kinds of produce, he savs,
are very high, and ne tells of paying SIPS
for sack OF potatoes, $40 for chicken
and $40 dozen Tor eggs.
The mining engineer is greatly run
down in health and weighed only 139
pounds when he left Africa. He viii re-
main here until restored to health at
least. As an incidental discomfort oi
South Africa. he tells of how an attack of
rinderpesl killed twenty-eight cattle
belonging TO the mine where he was en-
ployed, and OF how seventy-tive of his own
fine transport oxen were shot by order ol
the Government while suffering from the
same cause.
Mr.. Elliott believes Cecil Rhodes to be
the greatest man OF modern times and
South Africa the coming country.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14
CHINESE GAMBLING CASES
Important Point Raised by At
torney John E. Rich.
ards
To Secure Conviction 1t Must B
First Shown That the Place 1,
Gambling Place.

A very ingenious point was raised by
Attorney John E. Richards yesterday
afternoon on a motion before Judge Joa-
chimsen for dismissal in the case of
Woo Bing, charged with visiting a gam
bling place at 815 Washington street.
Attorney Richards urged that according
to the strict Interpretation of the statute
in order to secure a conviction it was
ne cessary to first show that the place was
fitted up and conducted az a gam bling
place.
The statute says ''any person that
keeps or maintains gambling place." or
ANY person who visits gam bling pl ace. ~
1t did not make any difference what the
purpose of the individual was, whether he
was there to gamble or not; unless it was
clearly shown that the place was gam.
bling place there could be no con viction.
TIE Judge decided to reserve judgment
till he had full opportunity of digesting
the point.
If the contention be upheld it will have
the effect OF making it almost impossible
for the police to secure q conviction in
Chinese gambling cases, as the Chinese
can keep moving from one place to an.
other so that il would be difficult 10 show
conciusively that any particular place was
a gam bling place.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14
MDiGSA7I0K At STANFORD.
Athletes Oppose the Attempt to Alter Rules
Governing tie Intercollegiate
Mcfcb

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL, April
13.-The published statement regarding
proposed changes in the regulations for
the coming intercollegiate field day has
stirred up a good deal of indignation
among the students. David Brown '97
said when seen regarding the disputed
points:
THE track teams, according to an in
tercoliegiate agreement, are governed by
the rules of the A. A. u. This organiza-
ton, up 70 two years ago, specified how
many points each place in race should
count-the winner five, second three and
third one. This rule was then dropped
by the A. A. u. In the year in which
Berkeley sent her track team East, North,
who was its manager, was anxious to
nave the same standard as that of the
Eastern colleges. That was two years
ago. We offered no objection and tie
count was changed 10 five. two, one. Tat
Is the way IL has stood ever siace. l do
not believe it is the fair hing to change
the count just before the field day. If he
ommlttees of the two universities having
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14
<mos 3. Eraus VIII r,,.a.

SAN JOSE. CAL, April 1S.-The will OF
Amos S. Evans, the retired capitalist, who
dropped dead from heart disease on April
4, was filed for probate to-day. An estate
valued at about sl25 600 is divided between
the widow, Sarah III. Evans. and four chill
dren-John P, George P and Oliver F.
Evans, OF Fort Wayne. Ind, and Eliza j..
Kalfus of San Jose. The estate consists
OF real and personal property in this coun-
ty, valued at $4,000, and property near
Fort Wavne. Ind. worth over $50. 600 By
the will $4,000 is to be equally divided be-
boards of he First Presbyterian Church,
the interest of which is to be used in mis-
siOnarY work.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14
WNED At ALVISO.
One of a Party of san Joseans Perishe
Whfte Bathing.

One of a Party of san Joseans Perishes
White Bathing.
SAN JOSE, CAL, A pril 13 John Olanda,
an Italian shoemaker of this city, was
seized with cramps while bathing at Al
viso this morning and drowned before his
friends could reach him.
Olanda with party of friends went to
Alviso this morning 10 enjoy days out
ing. They had procured boat to go sail
ing, but decided to take a swim first.
Olanda was the first in the water and al
most instantly was taken with cramps.
He cried for help, but before his compan-
ions could reach him he bad sunk three
times. Graphing irons were procured
and the slough dragged for the body,
which was recovered few hours later.
Olanda was about 50 years OF age and
unmarried
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14
WAGED WAR WITH
{ FIERCE MASHONAS
Adventures of a Santa Rosa
Engineer in South
Africa.
Mark Elliott Re urns After Five
7 ars Spent in Rhodes
Realm.
Tells of the Fighting With Natives
Following the Famous ] lme.
son Raid.

SANTA ROSA, CAL. April 13.-Mark
Elliott of South Africa, the friend of John
Hays Hammond and adviser of Cecil
Rhodes. returned to his home in this City
yesterday after an absence of five years.
Mr.. Elliott is mining engineer OF con-
siderable prominencs in South Africa, and
spent the first two years OF his absence in
Johannesburg, from there going to Ma
shonaIand.
In the native uprising that followed the
jameson raid Mr.. Elliott had some most
exciting experiences, which he tells of in a
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14

such matters in charge desire to make a
change the proper time TO discuss the
M matter is directly after he field day. No
in niustice will then be done either side.
The bicycle race has always been held
with the other track events. This year
Berkeley wished the race to be held on
the Velodrome track. l offered to hoid it
there provided the race take place be-
tween J and 2 O'Clock on the day OF the
intercollegiate meet. They did not ac-
cept this proposition, although it was left
were unwilling to accept the offer as a
whole / withdrew it. The statement that
there was an agreement to hold the race
on the Velodrome track. the only point at
issue being the time of the race, is abso-
lutely untrue"
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14
LEAGUEns Ar srocKrox.
Ep,oorth Bodies of the Oakland Di,trf
In Convention.

Ep,oorth Bodies of the Oakland Dittrfct
In Conrention.
STOCKTON, CAL, April 13-Epworth
Laaguers gathered at the Central Meth
odist Episcopal Church this forenoon to
hold the third annual convention OF the
Epworth League Of the Oakland district,
which includes this county. The follow
ing delegates registered at the church:
Stockton-Miss Gertrude Hatch, Miss Stella
Sou hworth, Miss Nellie White, Miss Emma
Neumiller, H. E. Williamson, Ar .hur Codd
ans w. II. Young.
oekandINellie Busby, Mabel Hardwick.
Hattie E. Hunter, Laura Moody, Mary L. Col
lins and George W. Beatty.
Antioch-Joseph Schroeder.
Martiuez-S Kingsley.
Alameds-F. ID. Bovard.
Lodi-E. w. Johnson, NJ T. Wallace Martha
Wallace and Minnie Feilers.
Modesto-H"nry ]. Turner, Mrs Henry J..
Turner, l. L. bennett, Rev. ]. Ii. n. William
son and wife, Miss Turner.
Tracy-Mrs. S. Ii. Scott, Mrs. James Higgins.
L. and NJ. Stocking, Mrs. j. Golden Mrs. j. Hay.
James Higgins, John Hay.
This afternoons programme included
praise service. led by Rev. James viii
Jams; Books That Influenced Me-" by
Cora Anderson; round table, "Tne
Literary Spoke" ny Joseph F. Berry
=. D.; Plans for Junior Work" bv Miss
Mary <, Collins; round table, "Younr
People and Entertainments" by Rev. DR..
Berry; How Shall Leagues Raise
Money!" by II. e. Williamson.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14

Not many more than half dozen ap-
plications day are being made now for
EN- ploy ment. Thus far it has been appa-
rent to the committee that there are in
San Francisco 5000 men whose families
are in distress.
Five hundred and twenty five men and
sixty teams were at work yeste rday on
the grand driveway. Good progress is
being made in laying the macadam. The
grading on the cut and the filling in of
the forty-five- foot ravine will not be COM
pleted for several weeks yet
Henry Buffers, prominent mining man
from South Africa. wilt give second lee
ture on the Transvaal a, Y. NJ. C. A. Hal,
next Saturday evening for the benefit OF
the fund. Photographic portraits of 1000
prominent members of the Salvation
Army are being made by n. j. HYDE. and
the pictures will be sold for the benefit of
the boulevard fund.
Tickets are selling well for the contata
Ruth and Naomi" to be given by the
Sabbath-.chool children of the Geary-
street Temple.
At least SIS, 900 more is needed to com. /.
piete the boulevard.
About $50 employed and unemployed
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14

Islands, st. Paul and ST. George, Tor the pur-
pose OF determining the area of the seal-breed-
ing grounds in those localities. This will af-
lord scientific basis for estimating the num-
Der OF seals that congregate there during the
season. W. w. Duffield and G. r. Putnam from
the East and Frem ont Morse OF San Francisco
will leave for the islands on a revenue cutter
about the middle of Mny
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14
GUARANTORS TO PAY.
The French Opera Season at the Cali
fornia Theater Has Not Covered
Its Own EXPENSES

A good deal of curiosity has been felt as
to whether the French opera season
would pay its own expenses, for although
the prices ranged from one to three dollars.
there were many rows of empty benches,
particularly in the balcony.
1t now transpires that the season, like
most grand opera seasons, was not self
supporting. The ouarant ntors were pledged
to the exten mt of $1,000 each in order that
this City might enjoy the luxury of an
opera season. The guarantors will te
called on 10 the extent of between $500 a:id
$400 each in order TO make up the seasons
losses. The exact amount will probably
be $3.50 each.
There were thirty guaranters so that
would make the loss amount to about
$40. 500
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14
Fruit Semi to Souh africa,

SAN JOSE, Call, April 13.-The first
shipment of canned fruits from this city
to South Africa went forward last week.
The consignment consisted of car of
1900 cases from the San Jose Fruit Pack
ing Company. In New York the ship
ment will be divided and 800 cases will be
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14

sent to each OF the following places: Jo-
hannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth
and Port Natal. Exports from this coun-
, try are rapidly increasing each year, and
1t Is thought that good market can be
opened in South Africa.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14
Chin.se Fooipads on Trial.

SAN JOSE, CAL, April 13.-The trial OF
See Quon, Ah Louie Young and Fung
Gum, charged with highway robbery, be-
gan in Judge Loriean's court to-day. The
defendants are accused of halting Lee
Wing on Sixth street, Chinatown, a few
months ago and robbing him of $264.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14
'frng ~ seattle.

SEATTLE, WASH, April 13.-Ex-Fire-
man Michael ]. Breslin is at deaths $ door.
the result of an attempt upon the life of
Detective Edward Cudihee
Last night Breslin went home drunk
and drove his invalid wife from the house.
a 20-year-oid son, William Breslin. under
took to defend his mother, and his clothes
were cut into shreds- by the husp pand and
father, who was armed with knife.
1hree police officers including Detective
Cudihee, answered a call for assistance.
For two hours Breslin held tue officers a |
bay.
Several times Mrs. Breslin implored
Cudihee to shoot the man where he stood.
as he had tried 20 take her life and lat of
her son.
Becoming more enraged Breslin, with
knife drawn. Iunged at Cudihee, declaring
that he would kill the officer. Instead Of
using his revolver Cudihee struck the in
furieted man over the right eve with a
rock. While the blow did not knock Bres-
lin down he is nevertheless, The physi-
clans balieve. fatally injured. After being
taken to the police station he lost con-
sciousness and is still in that condition.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14

TO CURE a SOLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Ia xatiye Bromo Quinine Tablets All drug
gisls refund the money " 1t tails to cure 25c
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14

Measuring Seal Grounds.
The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
is making arrangements TO survey the PribiIoff
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-15

''For three years we have never been
without Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house."
says A. H. Patter, with E. c Atkins e.
Co., Indianapolis, Ind, "and my wife
would as soon be without -four as a
bottle of this Remedy in the summer
season. We have use it with all three
of ~ur children and it has never failed
to cure-not simply stop pain, but alb
solutely cure. 1t is all right, and any
one who tries it will find it So" For
sale by all druggists and dealers.
Benson, Smith & Co. wholesale agents
for the Hawaiian islands.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-15
REGATTA.

Commits: \. G. NJ. Robertson
w. f. Love and j. S. Walker. All en-
tries to be in before noon, Saturday
June 10Th, at the Office of A. G. NJ
Robertson: first race to start at a. m
/. Yacht. Second class. First
prize, $50; second prize, $25: Course:
Off Waikiki and return.
2. Four cared shell. Prize, $50
Course: Three-quarter-mile straight
away.
I 3. Five cared whaleboat. First
prize, $50; second prize, $50: Course:
Spar buoy and return.
4. Six-oared sliding-seat barge
Prize, $50: Course: Spar buoy and
return.
5. Ten-oared barge. Prize, $50
Course: Bell buoy and return.
6. Canoe, siX-paddle. First prize
$50: second prize, $40. Course: From
start to first can buoy and return.