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The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE


 Notice is hereby given that pursuant to instructions and in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of the Interior, under the provisions of the second section Of the act of July 5, 1881, t2s Stat. 1osl. thar the laads embraced in the Old Camp Grant abandoned military reservation. Arizona. in fractional sections g and 8. township [ south. range if east fractional sections 3, l. 5, 8, 10. i5 and l6, township 2 south, range I6 east, will be re-oafcred at public sale on the reservation on the 18th day of January. 1899, 1t i0 .. na., to the highest bidder. at not less thaa the appraised value thereof, the pur- chase money to be paid at the time of the
 R.J. TRIpPEL Register.
 J. T. RAUAAN. Receiver. Department Of Interior, October P, Isss. Approyed THos. RYAN. No 5-i0t Acting Secretary.
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24

r P. FISHER, NEWSPAPER ADvERTIS- fls ing Agent, q Mechanics Exchange, San Franaisco, is our authorized agent This paper is kept on file at his office.
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24
Meteorological Statistics.

The signal service of the general govern ment maintained station at Florence from 1874 to 1882. The reports covering the period from July, 1880, to April 1882, gives the follow Ing statistics, which may be taken as a safe guide to the prevailing temperature given during the series of six yeas:
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24
THE
 FLOREN CE TRIBUN IL.

The only newspaper pub lished in Pinal County, the richest of all the Ari- zona counties n mines and agricultural lands. h general circulation among farmers and min CTS. The most desirable advertising medium in Arizona. A newspaper that yeu need not be ashamed to send away to your friends. subscrip- tion s8.o0 q year. or $5.00 for two copies Gin ad- vance,. Address
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24

Pacific railway in the vicinity of Casa Grande asd Arizola is at present, and with good reason considered ono of the most dasirabie portions of this magnificent Southern Ari- gona. Great changes have been made in the appearance of this part of the valley during the last four years. 1t was about that long ago that the Florence canal was completed and the work of actual improvement begun. It is useless to denS that under ear presant water system there is nothing hke a sniii- cient water to irrigate this vast body o1 lari
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24

And in accordance with law, and m order of the Board of Directors, made the sth day of September, 1898, so man shares of each parcel of such stock as may bs neces- sars, will be sold Ut public auction at the oifIee of the company, No. BIO Pine street, rooms i4 and II, San Francisco, California. on fUhsDAY ', the 18th day of November, Isas. at the hour of Ono O'clock P. M. of said day to pay said delinquent assessment thereon. together with costs of adyertising and ex- .penses of the sale.
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24
rHn CASA anANDa VALLEY CANAL

is forty-three miles in length and covers 6A.o coo acres of land. about 7.6g0 of which are under cultivation. It is so constructed that if can be easily enlarged and its capacity in- creased. reservoir covering l.bao acres, having storage capacity of eight billion gall Ions, in the southeast corner of township G. range 8, gives ample supply of water the year round to all farmers located below it. but those above suffer by n shortage of water aaring few weeks in summer.
 It is proposed to remedy this by the con- struction of a huge reservoir at the Buttes, fifteen miles northeast of Florence. Com potent engineers have examined and reported upon the scheme and pronounce it feasible.
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24
New Mexico 6 Arizona By.

Daily except Sunday. Pacific time.
 J, J. FREY, General Manager.
 T. A. NAUGLE. L. H. ALEREcHT, Assistant General Manager. Train Master
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24
AN us1sHABIrAB1a DEszzr
CASA GRAEDE REsEavoIR.

The reservoir of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company is the largest in the territory. It covers surface of 1600 acres, with an aver age depth of l2 feet. and contains about eight thousand million gallons of water. It is sit uated fifteen miles southwest of Florence. A levee of earth has been thrown up across a depression in the plain +, ,000 feet in length. 125 feet in width at the bottom and g feet in width at top, to slope on each side, and an average height of g feet. The waste is regu- lated by cast iron pipes feet in diameter set in solid masonry, regulated by gates and tower. This reservoir cost $150,000. and sur- plies water for G.0O0 acres
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24

The beat as repTesenfed in the nbOYe table during the months of June, July and August ls nothing like as unbearable as in the Eastern States, and death from
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24

J.W. PEW. Secretary. Office sio Pine street, rooms l5 and r. San Francisco. California.
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24
suNsTRoKE Is UNKNowN


 ls nothing like as unbearable as in the Eastern States and death from
 suSsTRoKE IS UEKNowE
 h fact. In 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 registered temperature of no degrees is not as oppres- sive as 50 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 fulis 30 degrees. At nearly all times there is i pleasant breeze; tho nights are invariably cool in the summer, and out-door labor ia either man or beast on the warInest days Very seldom does the thermometer get 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, uItil the wood is sufficiently hardened.
 While it is a popular thing for one to say that he is mot here for his health, ]" 1t is an ,ndisptitsd fact that for all pulmonary ail- ments no climate on earth is equal to South 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 That portion of the great Casa Grande yalles ying along the Hue of the Southern
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24

HOW 3 A peculiar book for Iad,as ps N, l5eas. Union Publi thing Company
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24
old Camp Grant Lands for Sale.

H.c. RIzER. Acting Director. FIr.l publication Oct. ls. Isas.
The Florence tribune., 1898-12-24
pnopucrs oF TaR vALLsY.
THB EARLY MARKETS.

The absence of foss and nightly dews is 9 formidable obstacle to the destructive and unsightly scale-bng. and the fruits of the valley are all bright and clean. All the agri- tropic zones are easily grown here, the long seasons giving a succession of crops that double or treblethe productive value of the land.
The times., 1898-12-15

We are eager for trouble with Germany,
we could not devise a scheme more GER
tain 10 bring 1t than such a discrimina-
ton in favor of America and Spain.
The statement of the Associated Press
Is obviously false that article five of the
treaty is the cession by Spain of arms
captured at Manila. There was q distinct
agreement by the American and Spanish
officers ON the surrender of the city and
suburbs that the arms and ammunition
of the Spaniards should be returned to
them when either they or the Ameri-
cans should leave the islands. 1t
was not In the power or the Peace
Commissioners TO abrogate that agree
ment, and. in fact. 1t is known
that in providing that this nation
should bear the expense of returning the
Spanish troops to their home ii was re-
affirmed that their arms should be re-
stored 10 them.
These inaccurate reports as to the terms
of the treaty will multiply, and public
opinion will be formed without positive
knowledge of its provisions. The Admin
istraiion and The Commissioners will suffer
for alleged arrangements they have never
made. 1t would be the part of wisdom
TO make the treaty public that there
should be the fullest discussion of its
features before it reaches the Senate for
ratification.
The times., 1898-12-15
THURSDAY, DEcEMBER Is. 1895.
The pnr.ing of Br,nn.

II is evident that Mr.. Bryan would rath-
er be wrong than President. Hardly has
he removed his shoulder straps before he
proclaims TO the world that the purpose
of his retirement from the army is 10 en-
ter on a crusade against American ter
Titorial expansion. Turning mis- back ON
century of the proudest traditions and
most glorious achievements OF the Demo-
cratic party. he repeats the time-worn and
often refuted arguments and cries of his
partys enemies.
At every progressive step in which they
led the country, every step that has added
so much TO the greatness of the Republic,
the Democratic leaders of old met obstruc
tionists who foresaw the same calamiues
Mr.. Bryan now describes as cur COON. No
men cherished a more profound regard for
the essential principles of the Constitu-
tion, but they We're impatient of the abuse
Of its vaguely implied limitations to pre-
vent the realization of the very destiny
It was the chief purpose of the Constitu-
ton to promote. Every argument made
against the acquisition of territory. with
out the consent of the people involved"
that is heard today. was Numbered into
the ears of Jefferson and long line of
Democratic expansionists. Today We en-
Joy the rich fruits of their foresight, and
the nation is far stronger and its iniu-
enee far more extensive for their courage
and their contempt of the cries of the
timid
In entering on this new path without
the guidance of Democratic example and
against the lessons of experience, Mr.. Bry-
an only adds one other voice TO the dis
cordant few that are raised against a pol
icy that has already received the approval
Of a majority of American voters, and has
aroused a higher degree of enthusiasm
than any cause in recent years, except the
war of which it is the natural product.
Repudiating one of the most pronounced
and one of the most beneficent of Demo-
cratic principles Mr.. Bryan forfeits the
leadership which he carried TO within
sight of the White House We do not
deny that he is a picturesque martyr. 1t
is a role to which his tastes and his quail
tiles of character seem to commit him.
When man opposes himself 10 the con-
science, Judgment and desires OF the great
body OF the American people, they do not
deny his sincerity, and they may admire
his courage and his devotion to his own
conscience; but they do not follow him.
1t does not seem, indeed, credible that
Mr.. Bryan can hope 10 make any head
way whatever against the strong current
of popular opinion; therefore we may dis
miss the idea that any personal ambition
moves him In his present choice. For his
belief in the calamitous consequences of
national expansion. he bravely surrenders
his future. Like the monk who takes the
vows of poverty, he accept the martyr
fate. In spite OF the fellowship of a few
Democrats of prominence, he abandons his
party's traditions to enter on a conflict
which he must know can end only in de-
feat
The times., 1898-12-15
The Paris Treaty.

1t is mistake to keep the exact terms
of the Peace Treaty a secret. For one
reason, the laundering and ignorant
agents of the Associated Press, who have
been guilty of a succession of stupid err
rors. are credulous enough to accept the
irresponsible statements of uninformed
pretenders or Jokers as serious and trust
worthy. Already that corporation has
sent out what it calls an accurate syn
opsis of the articles of agreement, of
which the only new features are known
TO be erroneous. The effect of this is to
prejudice the minds of the public and of
Senators against measure for items
which it does not contain, and when
once they have formed an opinion 1t is
difficult to Danish it even when its basis
is shown to be wrong. The determination
TO keep the facts from the public will do
more to organize an opposition than any
knowledge of its provisions would. The
American people are not children, and in
The courtesy of preserving the seals un-
broken is mere humbug that is not ap-
preciated by the Senators themselves In
4 monarchy, where the subjects have lit
tie to do with government, the policy of
secrecy may do; but here official business
is everybody's business. The rules which
exclude the citizen from the free run of
every office are only for the convenience
of officials, the peoples servants, and do
not imply the absence of the peoples
right as masters to know all that is to
be known.
If 1t is true, as alleged, that Spain is
granted the same trade privileges In the
surrendered islands that America enjoys.
for period of ten years, the report by
the same news authority that the Ameri-
can Commissioners refused the request
for such privileges was untrue. That au-
thority was wrong then or it is wrong
now. The granting of anything of the
kind means the certainty of the open
door policy. There is no possibility of the
establishment of a high tariff against
England with a more liberal entry of the
products of America and Spain. England
would have every right to make pro-
test, and there is no doubt that-sh would
do it, and that It would be effective. II
The times., 1898-12-15
Bank LicenSe.

(From the New Orleans Times Demccrat-l
The province of banks lies in keeping and lend
ing money, not in creating it. Money. whether
OF paper metal. is the creature OF the esis-
lative will, and the issuance of 1t is public
function Of the supremest kind Sciolists IN
finance are fond of saying that the Government
should 20 out Of the banking business; the truth
is. rather. that the banks should be put GU; Of
the governing business once and for all. Under
the plan Of Secretary Cage the banks would be-
come the chartered libertines' Of American Iife
One has only to read the story Of Andrew Jack
sons mighty battle against this very evil, in his
day, to see that the American people will make
short work Of all schemes Of this nature. no
matter how attractive may be the guises in
which they present themselves. from generation
to generation.
The times., 1898-12-15
A Ninety Days, War.
(From the Chicago Record.)

Vt Tut tIr et'1S.1-7 ''0 '0e711'7
Leaving out of account the time lost in dP!o-
matte parleying and in advancing to hostiliiies,
the time occupied in actual fighting was les
than could have been expected, even coneeding
the disparity in the strength of the two COM
batants. Technically, the two nations in
state of only from April p. when diplo-
matte negotiations ceased, TO August -, when
the suspension of hostilities was proclaimed, al
though the conflict in Manila was not brought 10
a close until Angus; Is As matter of isct.
however, fighting was in progress only from
April %, when the first shots were exchanged of
Matanzas, to August 10, period Of 1o1 days.
Measuring the time from the fist exchange of
hostilities TO July 90, the date on which Spain
came to a realization of its position and sued
for peace, the actual time required to conquer
the enemy was but 90 days.
The times., 1898-12-15
INITIATING HooLEY.
The ROckefeIler-Whit w hitney-Fl
Syndicate and Its Plans

Baltimore, Dec. H.-It was learned from
trustworthy sources today that Standard
Oil interests are behind the movement to
secure control of the Consolidated Gas
Company of Baltimore.
The syndicate, which includes John D.
Rockefeller, William C. Whitney and
Roswell P. Flower, is the same that re-
Gently secured control OF the gas COM
panies of Greater New York and its plan
is understood to include the absorption.
of similar corporations In various parts
of the country. The interests that are
endeavoring TO bring about a consolida-
ton of three electric light companies Of
Baltimore are also understood to be asso-
ciated with the New York syndicate.
II the deal is consummated, new
company will be formed, which will take
over the Consolidated Gas Company and
the Brush. Edison and Northern electric
companies and operate all under one
management. The Consolidated Gas Com
pany has a bonded debt of COO be-
sides 81. .oo0.oto capital stock. IL has
formerly paid dividends of per cent,
but about a year ago reduced the diYi.
dend to ii per cent.
The times., 1898-12-15
Let Him Resign.

The position assumed by Mr.. Joseph w.
Bailey in the matter of the claim of Cen
eral Wheeler to hold a major generals
commission in the army and seat in the
House of Representatives at the same
time is absolutely correct, and there is
not Democrat in the United States who
does not know it.
General Wheeler should resign one of
the two offices at once. His services in
the Spanish war were distinguished, bat
they will be totally effaced in the memory
of his countrymen If he persists in hts
contention that an army officer has any
place in the halls of Congress.
The times., 1898-12-15
A RECEIVER. MAY BE NAMED.
The Great White Spirits Company
Said to He In Straits.

Trenton, N. J., Dec. A.-Chancellor Me-
Gill has granted an order, directing Rich
ard c. Sibley. president of the Great
White Spirits Company. and the di &C.
tors of the company, to show cause at
Jersey City on Monday next why re-
ceiver should not be appointed for the
company. A temporary Injunction has
been granted, restraining them from dis
posing of the company's property during
the interval. The suit is brought by the
American Surety Company, of New York.
and the Atlas National Bank, of Boston.
The company is a 600 concern. or
ganized under New Jersey laws.
1t is charged that President Sibley and
his associates are converting the income
of the company to their own uses.
The times., 1898-12-15
The President and the South.
.CFrom the Baltimore SUM-

No doubt the President appreciates the hearty
support given by the South TO the Government
when war was once resolved upon, though ex-
perience OF its horrors disinciines its people TO
infiict them unnecessarily on Others In his visit
to Savannah Montgomery, and other points he
will no doubt be pleased to find the South now
recovering rapidly from the wounds of the Civil
War. He will find, also. that his recognition
of the merits Of such Southern leaders as Wheeler
and Lee is duly appreciated.
The times., 1898-12-15
Race Habits,
tFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
It is stated that the native Filipino never cats
alone II he feels that it is time to refresh The
inner man he hunts about until he finds somebody
to join him in the repast. 1t is curious how
many amenities Of life seem to go by eontraries
in the Orient. Here, in this occidental realm OF
civilization, man makes no bones about eating
alone, but when 1t comes to drinking-well, the
fellow who docs his imbibing all alone by himself
is looked upon as rare and decidedly mean
cbarat.fer- 80. -
The times., 1898-12-15

For an innocent man against whom
there is conspiracy of wicked men. Sem
ator Quay shows a fear of District Attor-
ney Graham that surprises some of his
supporters and which his lieutenants are
unable to explain. If he manages TO post
pone the trial according to what seems to
be his program, the United States Senate
may escape the shame of having one of its
members convicted of crime-provided, of
course, Senator Kenney comes out all
right
The times., 1898-12-15
MEDALS OF HONOR.
Senate Bill to Reward Brave SOL
diers

bill prepared by the special naval
board TO correct the injustices done Off
GERS in the navy by the advancement Of
other officers on account of eminent ard
conspicuous bravery in war. was intro
duced in the Senate yesterday by Senator
Hale
The bill proposes to bestow suitable
medals of honor on those who deserve
them, together with an increase of pay.
The bill was referred TO the Committee
on Naval Affairs.
Senator Hale also proposed an amend
ment to the naval appropriation bill, to
pay Inspector Arthur Burtis, L. S. n. the
sum of s1.+0l. paid by him for lodging and
subsistence for the officers of the United
State battleship Maine at Key West. The
money was expended in the care of these
men after the destruction of that ship.
The times., 1898-12-15
GEN. BROOKE ALL RIGHT.
Engineer Reefs Says He Did His
Dutx ut Chic L amRugn

Chattanooga Tenn, Dec. H.-ReferrinG
10 the charge of carelessness and incom-
potency in Gen. Brooke's management of
Chickamauga Camp. Engineer Beets. of
the Park Commission, said today:
Il was with Gen. Brooke almost con-
stantly last Summer and know that he
worked assiduously to maintain proper
sanitary regulations. Gen. Brooke made
frequent personal inspections of the camp
and made every effort to have the men
take proper care of themselves. The
charges of Col Hartsuff and others
against Gen. Brooke are. in my opinion
wholly unjust
The times., 1898-12-15

miral. let it pass the bill creating the
grade. If not, Congress can reject II
without preventing the proper reward OF
Dewey. 1t is deplorable that navy with
so many superb officers should be sub
be anything but encouraging to men of
merit
The times., 1898-12-15
Positive Regulates.

- (From the Pittsburg Leadcr.)
The political salvation Of Senator Quay mani
testify lies in his ability to stave of the all
sufficient business Of defending himself in court
until he has completed that other all-suficient
business of SO aligning the legislature as to in
sure his own reelection.
The times., 1898-12-15

1t is hardly possible that Senator Plat
weuld allow the Cabinet office held by a
New York man to pass to "a man from
another State. especially since he has had
to decide between Depew and Root for the
Senate. If he does not hoist E,ihu Root
into the Bliss chair he will know why. The
convention of 1900 is not SO very far away.
The times., 1898-12-15
utonin In Fact.

Now if we could just induce Carl Sehurz.
Grover Cleveland. William j. Bryan,
George f. Hoar. Joseph Pulitzer. Eugene
Hale, Charles Eliot Norton, Richard f.
Pettigrew, Joseph w. Bailey Andrew
Carnegie George G. Vest, and l. P. God
kin to form republic of their own and
reside in il during the term of their ma
tural lives,
Here they are-Democrats, Republic
cans. Mugwumps, and Populists-Scotch-
men. Irishmen, Hessians, Hungarian Jews
and Wild Asses of the Great American
Desert; lawyers, capitalists, editors. edu-
Gators, New England reactionaries, and
Southwestern ignoramuses; gold men,
silver men, protectionists and free traders
material enough to stock a continent or
make a cemetery famous forever
Why not then give them Guam? This
is the tight little island of the Ladrone
group We acquire from Spain in the
Treaty of Paris 1t is only ninety miles
in circumference, but there would be
room enough for Cleveland. and thin men
like Schurz and Pulitzer could fit into
the interstices. or course, the name Guam
would have to be changed to Utopia and
the city Of San Ignacio de Agana re-
dubbed Saint Ego. but the island is fruitful
and healthy and the natives are absolute
IN ignorant They are docile, too, and
would welcome with enthusiasm such a
.ovarDr,ap+ aS we here DrODoSe.
The times., 1898-12-15
ASS Aurtip.

From the St. Paul Dispatch)
Queen victoria's poet laureate doesn't have 10
sell his poetry-fortunately for him.
The times., 1898-12-15

An enterprising reporter attempted to
interview Senator Quay in Philadelphia
yesterday. He located the senator in his
counsers office engaged in conversation
with his son and some personal friends.
Say that father" the son is quoted as
saying, was here consulting with his
lawyer regarding his case
Don't say that" spoke up Senator
Quay. THAT would be - lie. The
case is over"
The times., 1898-12-15

Chauncey NJ. Depew's path to the
United States Senate has been apparently
cleared of all obstacles. All of his posi-
BILE competitors, even including Gov.
Black, have, it is said. Withdrawn from
the field. Gov Black has formed a part
nership with a law firm in New York city
and will become a resident of Gotham
after he retires from the gubernatoriai
office. Mr.. Depew, according to the pres
ent arrangement, is to be elected senator
by acclamation-