Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-03

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Bloomer are pleased to know that he
is steadily recovering from his iato
severe iilness
Santa Claus is coming and oil the
little tots in town and country are
kerping an eye on che holiday goods
which our merchants are receiving.
What has become of the sugar bees
thai we're planted throughout this
country last sprin9i No tests have
been made 90 far as We have heard.
The Mex;cans ara diligently styling
Chm wood trade nowadays snd wood
is looking up. Time 10 coming whom
wood will be wood in this country.
A lot Of the boys had Q turkey
shoot the day before Thankssivinss
Some Of them got of with chesp tur-
keys and some paid pretty dear far
what they got.
The Rehekah Thanksgiving ball st
Tempe vas Q grand succ'ss Tempe
women are no.ed for their beauty and
the hand soonest of them are Rabekahs.
Therefore no wonder they had . sue :
essful tina.
Some people seem to think that
lemons cannot be grown On the Mesa.
Samples left at this Office by J. s,
Laney from his place west OF town.
that Mesa can produce As
fine lemons as any osher place Ia I'll.
United States.
Dol. Lemon, Indian agent &C. the
Grand Junction. New Mexico. sgency
has been q guest for some dey8 of
Col. cleveland OF Sacaton. Gof.
Lemon eeturned some Indian children
from arand Junction 70 their old
home st Sacaton. The Colonel is q
plesaapt .searleman and 1svored this
office with visit.
The G .nsolidated Canal Company
is putting large areas to sksafa again
this year. The company ulready has
already large alfalfa fields south OF
town On which are now pastured over
fifteen hundred head Of cattle. Each
pasture has q we'll from thirty 1--WE to
forty-6ve feet deep and these furnish
an abundance of water fer the stock:
OLe little mnle runs the pump ono one
of these wells aud it raises Gn ab0n-
dance of water for q thousand head
of cattle.
J. Wallace Morse, representing the
Phoenix Gazette called upoL us last
Wednesday. Wallace has recently
passed the civil service examination
and has been assigned to position
in the postal service. He %ill leave
in few days fer Los Angeles to as
sume tn duties OF his new position.
4, G Conway, . pioneer cattle man
of Tonse Basin is down tor few
days IN Mesa.
Reports say that starvation stares
the people of Dawson City. Alaska,
in the face. They have been warned
by the Canadian mounted police to
90 at once to Fort Yukon 600 below.
The last restaurant to close had moth
ing on the bill of fare but beefsteak
and that cost 80 so. There is lots Of
gold there though and we'll all 60
when the daisies oagins to peep thro'
the snow.
The star engagement OF the Phoe-
elk Musical season promises to be the
concert given by the Kitg's Daughters
of the First M. E. Church north, the
proceeds of which are to apply on the
vhur ch debt fund. Great interest is
being aroused from the fact that Sen.
Callardo. dramatic soprano, Prof.
Mama. guitar soioist, and Joseph
Blcndin. c<lloist, are to appear. A
large audience should greet these art
lists in their first appearance in the
capital city. A special train will
leave the depot at s o'clock. Tickets
may be procured at the church door
at 50 cents.
Maoo Rahokoh lnd "a an Wodnosdav