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The Florence tribune., 1897-12-11
PRICES OF LAND.

Improved lands with government title and water right can be bought for from S2o to proyenents In the immediate neighbor- hood and to the south of the Casa Grande ruins there are thousands of acres covered with heavy growth of mesquite timber yet open to settlement. These are among the choicest in the valloy. Water in inexhausti- ble quantity is found at depth of from twenty to thirty feet; in fact, river seems to be flowing underneath. Here is a splen- did opportunity to take up and improve land with a pumping system of irrigation, which is said to be successful on small tracts. reservoir, pumping will be a thing of the past and it is only mentioned here for the purpose of showing what can be done, and to considered
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-11

E1 ly sure method. No Humkug. Fulldt eetions 15c. Royal Supply Co.,, Psducah K v,
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-11

The heat as fepresented in the above table turing the months of June, July and August is nothing like as unbearable as in the Eastern States, and death from
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-11
C,E. ANCULLO'S Meat Market.
 Main Street, Florence.
Main Street, Florence.

Is antly supplied with Fat Beef, which will be furnished customers at the lowest cash prices. We buy for cash and are com. pelled to sell for cash, and will use our best endeavors to guarantee satisfaction to our customers.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-11
sUNsrRoKn IS uNKrowE


 turing the months of June, July and August is nothing like as unbearable as ia the Eastern States, and death from
 sUEsTRoKE IS UEKNowE In fact, in a residence of sixteen years in Arizona the writer has only known two persons to be overcome by the heat. and they recovered. Their condition, however was more the result of whisky than heat The air is so dry here that a registered temperature of no degrees is not as opures- siye as 80 degrees in St. Louis or New York The Signal Service bureau has recognized this fact, and reports the difference between the apparent and sensible temperature to be fulls 30 degrees. At nearly all times there is a pleasant breeze; the nights are invariably cool in the summer, and outdoor labor is performed without serious discomfort to Very seldom does the thermometer gst be- low the freezing point in winter, and in the gardens of Florence to-day are castor bean plants two years or more old,
 UNTOUCHED BY FROST.
 Orange and lemon trees require slight pro- tection during the winter for year or two. until the wood is sufficiently hardened.
 While it is a popular thing for one to say that he is mot here for his health, " it is an undisputed fact that for all pulmonary sil- ments no climate on earth is equal to So1fh ern Arizona, and there are numbers of active. industrious citizens with but one lung. who came here years ago, expecting to live but few weeks. But for all that, the wonderful Casa Grande valley is something better than a health resort.
 valley lying along the line of the Southern Pacific railway in tho vicinity of Casa Grande and Ar izolr is at present, and with good reason considered one of the most desirable portions of this magnificent SOuthern Ari-
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-11

TRIBUNE, Florence, Ariz.
 Florence, ArIzona
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-11
TIE CASA eaANDg VALLEY.
Information for Those Seeking Homes In the Garden Spot of the West.


 Pinal countv was organized in 1875 from portions of Pima, Maricopa and 1aVapal counties, and contains an area of 1,S5s square miles, or 8, ,4S5, ,520 acres, one-third Of which could be made productive by a systematic Storaoe of the surplus water now running to waste. Next to &aricopa it is the most i'm portant agricultural county inthe Territory. 1t it traversed from east to west by the Southern Pacific railroad, and brelcn Si the great Santa Fe system is now approach ing from the north The objective point Of this read is Q connection with the sonora road, of the same system; The southern Tempe and it is confidently believed that work will not cease until the Deer CreeA coal fields are reached and connection IS made with another branch ot that roao run !Nl ed to Fort Thomas. l.
 Thus it will be seen that Pinal county IS the theater of railroad building at tue pres ent time, and inside of year Florence, the county seat, will be
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-11
rRopucrs oF rHa vAlIEY.

Unlike the Salt river, the waters ot the Gila are fresh and pure; the soil contains I, no Alkali, is a deep, rich gray ash. especially almond, peach, is' pear, apricot and fruits of all kinds, which pay largely on the invest ment. It is alse the natural home Of alIaiIa' The grape does exceptionally well in this valley, and wine and raisin culture is destin- ed to become & prominent industry. Citrus fruits have been cultivated to a hInited extent; there are a number of orange trees ia the nsighborhoed of Florence which bear their golden fruit each year without pro teetion, and a few date palm trees are also m full bearing. The season is from six weeks s.s to two months earller than Southern Califor- mia, which gives fruit growers an appreciat- ed advantage in
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-11
A RAILROAD CENTER.

At present it contains a population sof about 1900, but with the completion of these two railroads and the Butte reservoir no oity in Arizona can approach it for natural advantages, and large increase in popula- tion will fellow. Florence is at an elevation sf 1858 feet above sea level, situated near the Gila river, twenty -six miles northwest of the railroad station of Casa Grende, with winch daily stage line. Going and coming stages run by the cid Casa Grande ruins, and passengers are allowed a short time to in yate.residenees in Florence, several brick stores good hotel, an excellent graded school employing four teachers, churches, secret societies, 6 Commercial Club, news paper (the snly one in the countyl. and the handssmest court house in the Territory. Here is held the United States Court for ths district composed of Gila Granan .t anI Pinal counties. The streets are lined wltn shade trees, which impart an air Of comfort on fha aarn1esf days
The morning times., 1897-03-07

The theaters are glad that Inauguration
week has gone by. II was a great week for
them-mammoth in receipts. but mighty in
labor. Especially in the popular-priced
houses was il no holiday Of restful joy.
What with daily matinees and midnight per
formanceS, there was scarcely time to eat
and drink, much less make merry. And the
poor actor, whose contract read with usual
mannecs." got the enthusiastically small
end OF the horn and no mistake. He got
no extra money for his aIl-night and all-day
work, because midnight matinees are the
usual thing III Washington during the
week IN which we grind out Presidents
Now things viii settle into their accustom-
ed lilies again.
1t was remarkable how few familiar
faces found JReir ways INTO the theaters
last week A washingtonian could not
have been more among strangers in New
York or Chicago. He VIII take his in
nings this week The Heart Of Mary
lana holds over, and the native viii have
a chance 10 see this altogether enjoyable
performance But Sol Smith Russell has
gone unseen Of many. Hundreds who
wanted to see him, either did not call at
the FoA oliltrs ul>lihiis TIE NAhNdS, VI
went Ire fiud the house Sold ont lie says he
Will bring back the Morton play.
Tie Columbia has the only novelty of the
week IN the appearance there OF Lillian
Russo Il. The diva has not played in
Washington since she opened the La
fayette Square year ago last autumn.
There She produced De Koven's La
TziCane" This time she brings another
novelty and piece more generally praised
than the other II bears the name An
American Beauty which we will al
agree is graphically descriptive Of the
prina donna.
The Academy this week has The Girl
1 Left Behind Me- play by David Be
Iasco and Franklin FyIes. Some commen-
tatoTs have steadfastly held that Be
lascO does his best work in collaboration,
citing his SUCCESS in partnership with
Desille and FyIes, and the failure of The
Younger SON. The Ugly Duckling,' and
even more obscure plays, while his Heart
OF Maryland is his single original I'M
assisted and complete success.
That perennial railroad play, The Linn
tied MAIL is the g rand's attraction,
and the BiJou retains its present success,
the MiacOs' Spectacular PantonIme Com
paRy. At Kernan's Harry Williams Spe-
CIaIty Company VIII bring back familiar
faces.
The morning times., 1897-03-07
paradise" Making.

The making of ''paradises," meaning
forests or parks stocked with wild animals,
is fad among rich Englishmen at present.
The Duke of Bedford owns a number Of
foreign deer, and the Hon. Walter RothS-
child keeps a quantity of kangaroos at
Tring.
Sir Edward Loder has hundreds of an
telopes, gazelles, foreign deer, kangaroes
and Patagonian hares running loose in his
park near Horsham, and has imported and
is trying to acclirnatize some noose-deer.
An Irish landowner imported two pairs
Of japanese deer twenty-five years ago,
and 800 OF their descendants are now
flourishing. Other large proprietoTs have
stocked private sanctuaries with foreign
animals.
1t is expected that with the beginning
of the next reign many of the crown do
mains will be taken over by act OF parlia-
ment, and kept as sanctaaries for wild
creatures as has already teen done in the
case of the New Forest.
The morning times., 1897-03-07

Minnie Maddcrn Fiske seems to be insti
tuting herself as high pricstess OF gloom
have not seen her since the days OF
Caprice" and In Spite of All" when she
did the kittenish curl on the sofa and was
sprightly and winsome, and Richard Mans
| field played support Since then she has
married, and has taken up with various
cults, ''ites' and ''isms" One of these
is Ibenism She is particularly fond OF
the Norwegian's play: she even produced
one. perhaps two. Maetterlink and Sun
derman are the others of her passions. Last
year she used Il play called The Queen of
Liars" which wasn't Il farce comedy, but
an absorbingly emotional play; ard the
putrid wife of Claude Last Tuesday
night in New York She produced drama
tization Of Hardy's pathetic heroine, Tess
of the DUrberyilles'
1t proved to be a rather depressing re-
flex of thiSstory of moral immortality pasts
and presents and brain-throbs and heart
tugs generally. The concensus of opinion
as to Mrs. Fiske (shc has thrown aside her
old name with her old line OF work seems
to he that she has inspiration as well as
technique, and a positive genius for real
ism and naturalism. Then, why does she
devote herself tu the woman with a past
whom we had supposed was dead and
buried?
/ am not one of those who go TO the
theater merely to laugh. The theater is a
temple to art. 1t is deiciousto find humor
in character; is sweet to listen to the
sentiment OF lovers; 1T is fine to be thrilled
by surprises and demonstrative passion.
But why not he a trffle discriminating in
motive? Can sympathy be excited for a
woman in no other way than by robbing
her of her virtue and make her despoiler
refuse reparation? That theme is unpleas-
ant, andit is trite. There are other motives
In certain scenes of THE Heart OF
Maryland'' the situations are thrilling
The tension is terrible, if the artists per
mitted us for a moment to forget them
and think Of ourselves. Mrs. Carter's
work hot merely suggests, but attains the
heights OF Bernhardt; her nervous tam
trums are real and tremendously moving,
and Mr.. Belasco has suggested it all.
Yet the delicate question of virtue lost
is not foraD instant suggested. The cack-
lers find their philosophy broken down by
this play. They find it is well to be
moved and thrilled, and the sophisticated
and pseudo-realsts may learn of it that
the Imagination sometimes yields; that
the sordid actualities Of life are not all
that stimulate interest.
Dear Mrs. Fiske be Minnie NJ addern once
again, as Mrs. Taber became Julia Marlowe
a second time. If you will not PLAY for
us the ingenious creatures of yore, at least
devote your technique, your inspiration.
and genius to some other form Of didactic
Ira ant hnt hi icl,
commandment shattered to atoms and the
heroine sitting in desolation ON its ruins
The morning times., 1897-03-07
COuraging

THERE'S the queer case OF the tall, shapeiy
and dashtng actress, which las engaged
much Of our attention during the past
week. You mustn't expect nie 70 place
the lady too accurately, especially in this
public manner; so let it be sufficient to
say that she was once a Washington girl,
or was thought t. be; and even as a shy
maiden her gowns were something daz-
zling and her neck and shoulders superb
Andbya happy pycoincidenttE the gowns seemed
to have been constructed partly for the
purpose OF exposing to the appreciative
view these selT-same shoulders, and this
seIf-saue aIabaster neck Well, as was
telling Harry only last evening, she went
abroad anc She staid two or three years;
and only the other day she came back
again, and last week we saw her in New
York with her husband He is her real
one. small. probably "A head shorter than
she, rich, possibly Just little, anyhow. not
at all the fellow that a ny of Us would think
so fine 4 girl would choose TO lavish her
careSses on
What Is the matter with these dear girls
Why don they choose for husbands fellows
who arc really men, men as tail as they. for
one thing; men ull-chested, men with arms
andlegStOtheIn. tnen whocaRtalk.m who
are able to howl once in a while, real
men, whom real women can respect and
look up TO, not down upon. men who work
for a living, or who could do it if they
really We're compelled to-ror, OF course,
we don't blame the rich who are n0s
Obliged to work; but on the other hand are
very willing to be their little hrothers-
So, my fine. bag girls, remember this:
Choose man once Il awhile with fine
bass voice
The morning times., 1897-03-07

IL gricves me very much to read that
the case of the young man has been made
public seliquOrrecOrdf forthe day OF his
death was ten glasses OF whisky, half
q o1tle cf FomIuery, a glass OF hen netiictIne,
a glass Of sherry and two bottles of Marco
Drummer. This is not nice. u is giving too
much publicity TO delicate subject Yet,
in the view OF an English friend Of mine,
the information is significant, for a Jury
has decided that this young man was OF
sound. dispoSing mind in other words,
quite capable OF knowing what he was
about when he left his fortune 70 a
flower girl at the Hotel MetrOpoIe az Monte
Carlo
Perhaps after all there are eompensating
circumstances inconnectiOn with this mat
ter. 1t appears that the young mans
daily liquor record was higher on other
occasions, so that the amount consumed
on the day OF his death was not his
limit by any means, fact which in itself
may be a testimonial Of esteem and affec-
ton, as certainly it could be 10 tribute
to his shattered nerves And. as my friend
points out the young woman in the case
was extremely lucky. She sold boutOn-
nieres to some purpose, and the young man
was not so very unfortunate, either He
died before he had destroyed the useful
ness Of his &limentary arrangements by
the application OF various kinds Of fire
water.
The morning times., 1897-03-07

Our dear society leader. whom all OF
usreaIIy and truly admire for Irer generosity
and appreciation, goes right on endowing
libraries and schools and kindeFgaTtens
and that sort of thing. as il her millions
were inexhauStible. 1t Oughtn't to be
mentioned, hut doubtless her millions
are inexhaustihIe; and possibly for this
reason: she is not the angel of any news
paper. Her son nay he, but she is not.
II is hardly TO he believed that the lady
and the son really Guarreled and COM
PEELED the estate OF the husband and
father to ne divided point blank in order
that the nother night have little sOrue-
thing left for charity, and that the son
might run his newspaper to his hearts
content. Yet there may be something in
it; for surely the lady possesses fine bUsi-
ness Judgment, Judgment sufficient to
know that a newspaper, if not a very great
winner. is likely to- be very great loser.
and that she could ger along without one.
But Billy mean the young man-is al
right: all right. We like him for his fine,
game quality, and on the Bradley Martin
theory that the rich do good by blowing
in their money, even If goes for gowns at
SO 900 a gown, and for Suppers at S100
a cover why, perhaps it is Just as
we'll that the millions OF the rich should be
disSipated in newspapers as well as ropes
OF diamonds
The morning times., 1897-03-07

They tell me that the ladies' West End
oSeT game does Eot flourish as it cid
of yore-fOr reasons which, II this be true
tasi hope it isn't, wecan only guess about
i am told that the elderly member of The
paTty-the elderly party. some ungracef,d
writer's would say-llOeS not chase the
fugaCi0us dollar as hard as formerly, at
traotiye though tits to capture the same
blythe exciting and sometimes easy processes
ofthe bobtaiI flush. Then, one ofthe beau
tiful yOHng members OF the company has
moved away TO New York or Brooklyn or
sOmewhere-peTEaps to Brooklyn, if that
is where one of the navy yards is located.
and she, il she is Pla wing yet is playing else
wneIe- The only person who still keeps
up a vigorousiuterest in the gTeat American
game OF draw is pretty thoroughly OCcu-
pied now with the love affairs OF a beau
tiful daughter-and with certain measures
too, which really need, in justice TO the
persons closely concerned, and especially
TO the government, TO be advocated before
certain member of Congress.
So our little game-I say our. because
we all take such an interest in it's
pretty nearly broken up let there is no
reason why other companies for the pur-
suit of the unearned Increment OF draw
should not be formed II is a thing which
desire distinctly 10 De understood as en-
cOuraging
The morning times., 1897-03-07

Monday night last, and Mr.. Frohman dis
tributed souvenirs. | was couTtcously re-
mcmbered, and assume that the National
is to have Secret ervice'' in Washington,
as the souvenir came with Mr. Rapley's
compliments It is a beautiful useful
and valuable bit OF slyerwarc, this souvenir
l6 Is candlcstick, of which the base is
dandeiaboratelyfigm out
or this rises the ha ndie and the holder, in
which sta nds pink candle, ornamented in
silver. In making this acknowledging MT
add my best wishes for the continued pros
perity OF the successful play.
The morning times., 1897-03-07

Last week the National had play by
Martha Morton and next week it pre-
sents one by Michael Morton. These two
are sister and brother, and the coincidence
of their profession and their kinship fur
nishes the only instance of this kind in
al the history Of the drama. The gift
OF writing plays has been very Sparingly
endo owed by Providence and perhaps divine
ec0HOmy has judged a family we'll he
slowed with one playwright in its ranks.
N other branches of literature and in
the arts we find two and often more OF
one family, frequently the whole family,
devoted to the same profession. This is
especially true of actors. There are in
stances in literature, other than dramatic;
in art and sculpture the coincidence is rare,
and the Morton case is the single eXcep-
tion TO the opposite condition of af-
fairs in dramatic authorship.
There IL q reason for II. | think. In
the first place, the genius for play
writing is the rarest gift in the world.
There are less than two hundred men and
women earning a livelihood from their
plays, whereas, there are ten times as
many artists. one hundred times as
many miscellaneous writers and actors.
With only two hundred opportunities, the
lightning which strikes dranatists has
little chance OF striking twice in the same
place.
The genius for play-writing is not only
rare, but the technical science to develop
it is harder TO acquire than any other tut
ton. There are no schools for dramatists
There are in literature only two books
which may serve as a text. and they recite
only the crudeSt elementary facts about
the equipment OF the stage. There are
no professors OF play-making. The dram
aust is in every instance a seIf-discovered,
Self-tutored, self polished, self-finished
man.
His is the only profession in which there
are no grades. Nothing is acceptable,
nothing stamps a man a dramatist, except
the best. However long he may study,
however hard he may work, however good
may Ire his work in all points, but il it fails
short by so much as a single point Of the
maximum Of public demand the play is
thrown out and the writer condemned as
NO dranatist. Totus, aut mullins
When the young dramatist, who has
presumed TO believe himself gifted, who
has studied his own resources and devel-
oped them with the most trying labor.
brain-lahor; who has been the despised and
rejected OF all actors and managers, whom
ne has approached because he wore the
badge of obscUrity-when he at last comes
to the hopeful moment of production and
the first effort is set before the critical
public, it is not judged by the standard of
q beginner, or with charity for a tyro, or
with JOY at the approach Of SO rare a bird
The morning times., 1897-03-07

as vocal and dramatic artist What Miss
Russell wrote back, in autograph, by the
way, is sensible enough TO be repeated:
i owe my health and the beauty with
Which the public is. so kind as To credit
me, to regular Indulgence at ali sea-
sons OF the year in simple cold baths. l
consider IL a most potent defense against
ali sickness. People, and especially la
dies, are particularly fond Of telling me
how well hook and how ma rvelously pre-
served is my complexion. Ii that is So
l can only say it is owing, in my iudg-
ment, Co my cold dips. 1t gives the skin
a ruddiness and a glow that nothing else
can. would recommend this treatment
TO every one. There was noted Russian
general Who, inclined to be of delicate
physique, built for himself constitution
OF iron by this diurnal cold water treat
ment. 1t is heroic, to be sure, but it is
effective"
1t is announced that Mr.. Joseph Holland
has accepted the opposite role TO Miss Annie
Russell in Madeleine Lucette Ryleys new
play, The Mysterious Mr.. BugIe" With
company composedof such artistSas Annie
Russell, Joseph Holland, Guy Standing.
Edgar Norton, and JohnL. Wooderson Mrs
Ryicy's latest effort will be given every
chance of winning a popular reception
Joseph Hollands part is very much On the
same plane as the one he pla yed years ago
in Mr.. Wilkinson's Widows"
The morning times., 1897-03-07

VIII be interpreted by such wel-known ar
lists as Catha rine Linyard, leading prima
donna OF various opera companies; usanne
Leonard, the Noted contraito; Sadie Kirby,
former leading sOubretJe of Hoyt's farces;
Mabel BoutOn, comeiienne and danseuse
from London; George HawIey, Josie Dit,
Minnie Miller, Irene Bentley, Hattie Moore,
Jerome Sykes, late leading comedian of
The original Bostonians, who alternated
the principal roles with II. C.. Barnabee;
William Cameron, eccentric comedian in
THE Passing Show Harold Blake, and
others equally noted.
The morning times., 1897-03-07

The Little Duchess isn't getting along
any better than the fine. tan, shapely ac-
trcss-nor so well, possibly. l hear that
she is rot able To find her husband any
where. Some would consider this pretty
sad-though others wouldn't. Henever had
any money, and the Duchess has the title;
and as the arrangement by which their
marriage was Consummated contemplated
that there should be an exchange Of beauty
for title, 1t would seem fairly good
bargain for the yonng woman VINO secures
the title and retains her beaU5yin addition.
Perhaps the condition of the Duchess is
more TO be desired than The situation II tie
actress, but perhaps not.
IND on second thought hereby revise
somewh hat my biting sarcasm about the ac-
treSs. Perhaps She loves the little fellow
Perhaps there is something aniable about
him Anyhow let uss0y thatlove, whatever
it is, pia IS mad branks, and that you can no
more regulate IL than you can the idIs
wind.