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The Arizona sentinel., 1897-09-25
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.
 In regard to climate, healthfulness, fer tility and productiveDess of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance Of water supply, variety of resources and cheap transportation by rail and by water, no part of Arizona can surpasS Yuma county, which is destined to become one ot richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 1t lies between 320 OO' and 34' 20' north latitude and ll30 2O' and ll4o 40' west longitude. It contains 6, ,4SS, ,320 acres. It is about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com- bixed, or as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The gestern boundary of Yuma County k formed by the Colorado river, which separates Arizona from California. The eounty is bounded on the north by Williams Fsrk and the Santa Maria rlver, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east hv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and yavapai. and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. Its county seat is the town ot Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritsry of Arizona, and every drop ot water which falls on its mountains and plains finds its way to this mighty river. It IS formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ing snows cause greater depth of water in this river m summer than in winter. thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 uwill be seen that for the entire distance .,on. its western boundary, Yuma County pos.esses the great advantage of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises In the western part os Nav Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent oi xb;ch are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Has sayampa and Salt rivers It flows west through Yuma County and empties into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county, traversed by these great rivers from its northern to it's southern and from it's eastern to its western bound aries. possesses far greater water supply than any other county in the Territory, ana far more than can be found ill all Cali ternia.
 This water Is now being diverted from its natural channels by means of numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for the purpose of retaining and irrigstlng the inmense tracts of lands which lie in this favored country, and which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the roIo-sfo rivers st th. town of Yuma and .gns through the county, following the gan erol course, and at sn average distance ofabout four miles soutb. of the Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- gstior and cultivation car find su easy ootlst {n tkis way and can De 5rsnspoitea osI the markets and csntss of population .a tss Essr or :, ssy.
 Another competing rzlsrOa- -s P5-.sS's- t.oEa San Diego. California, to tFe town oEYuu.a, aEa thence along the aortn side sFrls Cgila r.ve1. -aas : una County will x.,a .xo.ntional railroad advantages.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-09-25
A Good Circus A Moral Circus Largest Circus

No show travelling on the American continent today can equal the Walter L. Main shows in size, elegance or 6 'andeur-Dollas News.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-09-25
Xuna. Sunday Afternoon, Oct. 3 With it's vast concourse of arenic
 wonders.

Real Roman'1ippcdrome 100 Exalted Circus Champions in s
 l5O Supreme Acts. Complete, Largest, Creates Worlds
 Mensgerie. The original and only Con,plets
 Wild Beast Show. Scene in 8 steel-barred circular den;
 100 trained beasts. Grand Free Street Parade At 10 o'clock am. Positively no gambling CT games of chance permitted. HighDiveFree at1O:3O am. Doors open st l p. m.
 Performances at 2 p. m.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-09-25
MINES.
THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.

There is no section of the United States, or probably of the earth, more rich in min eral wealth than the County of Yuma. All the country north, east and south of Yuma lies directly within the main gold belt that commences in Alaska and ends in Mexico. From the San Bernardino mountains in California to Ehe Sonora boundary line the and hills are'exceptlonallyr rich in the precious metal, as though demonstrating tbe theory often advanced that the richest rold mines are found bordering the beds of
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-09-25

curY is ranging from so' to so'. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at na time in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-09-25

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 s1 inches per year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-09-25

since ig s constantly supplying the land with the richssttertilizng elements. The soil of the valleys
 is extremely rich in dedomposed vegetable matter
 and uncom6iHad carbon, readily absorbing the
 aerial 1s-- -1e3 especially, as oxygen, which en- tsring the soil, deoomposss Che organic natter 70 that they can be taken up and nourish sl -laats which may 5e considered leading feaeurs in its fertility It also readily takes up and retains moisture while the frmness of its particles sffords every facility for pevcolstiOn and the activity of capillary action. h Is mechanical composition it's particles arc in 8 state of very fine division. which gcaiers it more productive than eOarssr soils It zcquirics heat readily in the daytime, and the loss of Che heat at night Is very gradual 50 that it 70. mains always warm and Is not subject to sudden changes of heat and cold Besides it's essential
 stituents of water, organic vegetable matter, sand and clay, chemical analysis shows that lime, soda, magnesia, iron, ammonia and available forms of nitrogen, phosphorc acid and potash enter into composition in the proportions best adapted to add to it's fertility, though, of course is always the case in soil analysis, its composition varies in different localities and is not always constant.
 The sol o the uplands, or mesaS, lighter and more grayelly and in some places of tree, loamy, calcareous character. The mesa lands warm and generous They seem especially adsPoeu i"1 Uhe 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 will produce wine that will keep good for fifty or hundred years, and improve annually. not being liable to sour or on exposure to the air after year old, to become Suzbid and change colo l tho bottle or glass.
 ve can saisly say that the soil of Yunsa Coea5g |.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-03
Personal.

Mr.. Heitfe.d. the new senator from
Idaho, does not like the hours in Wash
ington, which he says keeps him up till 10
o'clock at night, when he has been used
to go to bed a s. He also likes to rise
with the sun and have an early breakfast
whereas in Washington he is obliged to
wait for several hours.
1t is said thar Arthur Balfour created
no little amusement by attending a recent
British cabinet council arrayed in full golf
costume. His excuse was that he was on
his way to the links, and was anxious to
lose no time. But. after all, this is the
season of the year when craftsmanship all
over the word is hard pressed by sports
manship for first place in the public esti-
nation.
Mrs. Julia Zaszinski. who is now in her
second century. being 101 years old, is one
of the romantic characters of the west.
"Grandmother" Zaszinski is remarkably
strong and preserved for her advanced
age and is being Well cared for by the
Sisters of st. Josephs hospital in Tacoma.
she came to the sisters one cold day, sew
eral years ago, out of the street. and has
made her home with them ever since She
was born in the land of Kosciusko, and
when child removed with her parents to
Prussia on-the-Rhine, on account of a de-
sire on her fathers part to keep his head
on his shoulders, after the triumph of
the political party he had been opposing
She lived there until young womanhood,
and saw the country devastated by war
more than once When a girl about II
years of age, she heard the lannon's OPEN
ing roar at Waterloo, and from a treetop,
Whcre she had climbed to keep out of the
way OF the soldiers, witnessed the last
charge of the Old Guard and saw the clos
ing act in the great drama Of which Ma
poleon had been for years the star Wei
ington and his staff stopped at her fathers
house on their way to the battlefield
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-03
snnnho MouIdn,t DO.

The San Francisco Argonaut tells an
amusing story about Alphonse Daudet.
When he brought out Sappho an American
publishing house that issues religious
books. not knowing its character. offered
NJ. Daudet a large sum for advance sheets
of the work. lie accepted the offer, ana
the advance sheets were sent. When
the publishers received them they decided
that they could not issue the book, and
they cabled to the author: 'Sappho' will
not do" This dispatch puzzled Daudet
He consulted with numbers of friends,
and this was the conclusion at which
they eventually arrived: "Sappho" in
French is spelled with one "p'-"Sapho,"
after the Greek fashion. In English Il
Is spelled with two. An unusually acute
friend pointed this out to Daudet. which
much relieved the novelist and he cabled
back to the publishers: spell It with two
'p's." IL Is needless to state that the
publishers were more astonished az Dau-
dets reply than he had been at their
cable dispatch
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-03

That it requires a persistent wooer to
win the smiles of Dame Fortune is Illus
trated in the case of George Turner, the
recently elected senator from the state of
Washington" said c. r. Wellman of Spo-
kane Falls, to Washington Star reporter
Il am a friend and neighbor of Senator
Turner" continued Mr.. Wellman, "and 1
never read in fiction of anything more in
terestng than his long struggle for fame
and fortune and his sudden success. For
years Turner was a struggling barrister
In the days of tie boom he invested his
savings in mining stock that for many
years was considered worthless. He be-
came candidate for United States senator
in 1892, but the fight resulted in a dead
lock. The governor of the state, after the
adjournment of the legislature, then ap-
pointed his principal opponent, John B.
Allen, to the place.
when the recent legislature convened
at Olympia he went to the capital and
again declared himself a candidate for SEN
ator. The night of his election he receiv-
ed telegram that a lucky find had been
made on the LIE Roy mining property, of
which he owned $4,000 shares. When he
returned to his home at Spokane his neigh
boris rendered the senator-elect a reception
While in the midst of a crowd of congrat-
ulatory friends another telegram was
handed him. 1t told of the discovery of
paying gold ore on property he owned in
the Trail creek country. Senator Turner's
lie Roy mine stock is now worth $3.50, 900
and the Trail creek property will prob
ably make him millionaire. AL this good
luck was crowded into one brief week.
don't believe you can find the equal of this
anywhere in actual life"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-03
Blight BITS.

Farmer Weishback-Up tew the city 1
seen shght-of-hand perfesser tibet TUX
a lot er hard-biled ags right outen my
whiskers, bling,
Farmer Saurre-Huh! Thets nothin'.
EARNED Weighback-So we've fined Their
Free Silvers sence been gone, hey?-New
York Press.
-"Will some pupil kindly put into or
binary language the authors phrase, 1t
is not the vain rhapsody of an original
dream? asked the teacher of the night
school.
Dat amt no pipe" said the bullet
keaded young taan in the front row.-In-
dianapolis Journal.
so you" asked the newly arrived
shade. "are Nebuchadnezzer? 1 have al
ways wanted to ask you why you ate
that grass"
The shade of Nebuchadnezzer coughed
uneasily. ''To tell the truth" he said.
My wife insisted on having the grass
cut right away and the family next door
had borrowed the lawn mower.-NeW York
Press.
Eastern Tourist lin Frozen Dog)-''I
understand there have been four murders,
two lynchings, six stabbing ARRAYS, three
marriages and ten suicides here, lately.
To what do you ascrbe this sudden out
break of Vivaciousness? ' Bronco Pete
We'll, I'll tell yer, pardner-de boys is
tryin ter show dat deres a long felt
want here fer a high-class, clean, pro-
gressive, up-to-date family newspaper.
Puck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-03
Tenrs Merc Forbidden.

She was dainty little thing and the old
gentleman appeared to be prepossessed in
her favor right from the start, but there
was evidently something that made him
pause, says the Chicago Post.
Look here" he said, in his blunt fash
ion, 4 like you and your references are
all right You run the typewriter as if
you knew all there Is to know about II,
and you don't look like a girl who would
be sick every third day and want to get
away an hour on two early all the rest
of the time. but before I engage you 1
want to have clear understanding with
you on one subject"
Yes, sir she replied, looking at him
inquiringly.
you will be perfectly satisfactory but if
you are not there must be no doubt about
my right to discharge you"
Certainly not"
IF 1 want you to go I'll just have one
Of the clerks put note on your desk or
leave it with the cashier for you, and
you're to take that as final"
Naturally" she said, looking at him
in some surprise.
You're not to enter any protest or file
any objections" he persisted; land most
OF all you're not to weep"
w ny, L suppose 1 can ask you why
1Ou Cih L ASK me Cnlng, ne broke
in. If you get note asking you to quit
you're just to put on your things and
walk out without a whimper or question
of any kind. Is that UNDERSTOOD
1t is she replied.
Have 1 your promise to live up to that
agreement"
You have. But it is such an extraord-
mary request that IL"
Young woman" said the old gentle>
man impressively, I've been in business
mere for fifty years, and up to the time
woman got good foothold in the bust
ness world l was in the habit of engage
ing and discharging clerks as seemed to
me best from the standpoint of my bus
mess. In an unguarded moment however
l was induced 10 hire young woman to
rpa typewriter for me, and after found
that she wasn't satisfactory to me it took
me over eight weeks TO discharge her. |
left a note on her desk and she promptly
came in and wept on mine l turned the
JOB over to various subordinates, but each
time she came into my private office to
do her weeping, and inside of a week she
had the whole force wrought up to a point
where business was being neglected and
she was still drawing salary just the
same. Woman in business may be all
right, but when it comes to getting her
out of business somebody else can have
the job. However, If you'll make a SOL
emn promise to go without a single weep
if you don't suit, I'll try you"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-03
Protection TO Bnthers.

Now that the summer season is at hand,
and many persons will presently be visit
ing the seaside resorts, it may not be out
OF place to refer TO the fact that the leg
stature Of Georgia has provided statute
for the protection Of surf bathers. The
statute is technically known as Section
500: of the new Code of Georgia QS90, Vol
III, and il provides that the proprietor or
keeper of every hotel. boarding house or
other public house. or bath house, on the
sea coast of the state, where the public
may resort for surf bathing, shall at all
times during the surf bathing season, keep
and maintain at their respective establish
ments, in fun view and accessible to the
bathers and guests a suitable and sea-
worthy life boat, or life raft, fully equipped
with oarg. oarlocks, life preservers and
life lines, and that the boat or raft shall
be mounted upon a suitable wheeled car
rage and kept at all times ready for in
slant use in case of emergency 10 bath
ers. Failure to comply with the law in
wolves liability of conviction of INSIDE
meanor, and deprives the keeper of the
house of the right to collect any charge or
debt from any guest for board or lodging
during the season.
The provisions of the law are not I'M
reasonable, taking into considera ton the
number of lives lost in the surf each sum-
mer up and down the Atlantic coast. Num-
erous instances may be recalled by those
having good memories of lives lost in the
surf which might have been saved if
surf boat or other life-savins appliances
had been Immediately available. The pen
atty of failure to observe the law-forfeit-
ure of the right to collect board bills-may
induce hotel proprietors to make haste in
providing their establishments with the
necessary outfits
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-03
The city schools.

It is greatly to be regretted that the
grand jury could not see its way clear to
making the school appropriation larger;
&c the fun amount Of 100000, indeed. It
takes that much from the county to run
the schools for year, upon consetva-
tive and at the same time adequate basis.
That fact has been demonstrated by
careful management and close calculation.
It is. as Col. Mercer says. the impera-
tive duty of the authorities 10 supper.
the public schools. That duty has become
a recognized part of the public policy of
this city and county. The board of edu-
cation has before now acted upon that
principle I is demanded by public opin.
ion that adequate school Accommodations
shall be provided for all children of
school age, and that care shall be taken
that the school facilities keep pace with
the increase in population. The people
do not object to being reasonably taxed
for school purposes, when they see that
they are getting back value received from
their educational institutions.
The taxpayers and school patrons would
enter most decided protests and objec-
lions to curtailment in either quantity
or quality in the schools. 1t would be
a serious reelection upon the city and
county to have children in large mum.
bers turned away from the school house
doors because Of the lack of a few thous-
and dollars in the appropriation, which it
seems might have been made without
seriously affecting any interest
However since the grand jury has re-
corded its decision, the best must be made
of the situation. But it is not likely that
the board of education will take any steps
looking to a cutting off of school faclli-
ties. The board is in charge of public
interests in the matter. Heretofore it has
proceeded upon the belief that the public
interests would be better served by incur
ring a little debt than hampering the
schools, and it may conclude to proceed
in a similar manner once more. Such
action would be undoubtedly supported
by public sentiment If the appropria-
ton is not sufficient to continue the
schools upon the present very satisfactory
basis. the board can borrow money 20
meet the deficiency, and the deficit can
be met in future appropriations.
At all events, the people will not be sat.
isfied to have the schools reduced end
many children deprived of their rights IN
der the school law.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-03
Valuable Advice From the Bench

A country justice had been elected but
a few days, when a young lawyer rushed
in and demanded a eapias, says the Chi
cago Times-Herald. Now, that justice
did not know capias from police cen,
but he disliked to admit his ignorance.
So he said;
Now, see here. my friend. You are a
young lawyer, and, l fear, lack expert
ence. ] would advise you not to be too
hasty. Don't be in a hurry. Wait twenty
four hours. and then, if you think best,
come to me and 1 will give you a ca
pias."
The young lawyer agreed and went
away. The justice spent the remainder
of the day getting acquainted with the
writ called capias. When the limb of the
law appeared the next morning, the court
felt himself qualified to issue capiases by
the bushel
Before he could speak the young law
yer said:
''Mr. Justice, you were right; l was too
hasty. l have that matter fixed up all
right and do not need a capias. l have
come to thank you for the good advice,
and also have brought you the 81 fee you
would have received for the capIas, as
don't want you to lose by your good
deed"
He went away believing the justice to
be a paragon Of good sense and legal
lore
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-03

South Cardinals liquor trust has at last
fallen and now like other topping
monopolies it must cut prices to hold itself
in the field even for a brief period. There
appears to be no hope of a reversal OF
Judge simonton's decision, and the best
Senator Tillman. the father of the law,
can do, is to appeal to the supreme court
and to congress. with small hope of sue.
cess In either case. The army of con-
stables must so. and there will be no.
body left to levy on Beckroge's trunk
and smoke his cigars. eat his peaches and
wear his patent leather wedding shoes.
The result demonstrates thet fuulity OF
attempting to enforce a law against pub
lie opinion, and against public rights.
which have been grossly outraged and
violated. Evidently the South Carolina
dispensary is on it's last legs. VIII the
end OF Tillmanism come with its down
fall?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-03
TilIman's Sugar investigation.

1t is announced that the committee to
which was referred Senator Tinman's res
olution providing for another sugar scan
dai investigation has decided to go slow.
The committee has concluded to postpone
making any recommendation for the pres
ent. What is the use of investigating the
matter? the committee may ask; have not
senators admitted that they are not gull
ty? Shall senatorial courtesy be so tram
pied upon as to order an investigation al
ter senator's out of their own mouths.
have said that they did not gamble with
aces up their sleeves" as Senator Tillman
expressed it? Suppose the investigation
We're ordered; under all the circumstan-
ces the proceedings would be very much
like those of the Investigation which re-
suited In sending one previously IN
heard-of broker to jail for thirty days,
and nothing more. The work of that in
quiry may de condensed into few lines.
as follows:
Q.-senator scadds. did you speculate in
sugar stock2
Al did not.
Q-senator Bjinks, did you speculate in
sugar stock?
Al did not.
Q.-Broker Chapman, did either Sena-
tor Scadds or Senator Bjinks buy or sell
sugar stocks through you?
Al decline TO answer. as the matter
involves my private business affairs.
Verdict: Not guilty as to the senators:
they are all honorable men. 1t is recon-
mended that Broker Chapman be sent to
Jail as a contumacious witness.
Chorus of senator's: "Vindicatedw
Manifestly the committee on contingent
expenses cannot so too slowly upon spend
ing the peoples money for such investiga-
tons. Meantime, If the gentleman with
the pitchfork can devise any means by
which really and truly investigation
can be had. the country win support him
in demanding that It shall be held forth
with.