Mesa free press., 1898-11-11

adopted declaring that the Indian
question cannot be solved until the
tribal system be not recognized, gov
ernment reservations abolished and
appropriations for material support
be discontinued.
1t is reported that George Gould is
opposed to letting Howard Gould have
the $10,000,000 left him by his fathers
will. because the latter married Kath-
crime Clemmons. Inasmuch as George
himself married an actress, his posi-
tion appears trifle inconsistent. If
the three other Goulds decide to dis
approve of the marriage, 1t will cost
Howard a cool $5,000,000.
1t is to be hoped that the friends of
Admiral Dewey will not insist on his
becoming Presidential candidate. AS
plain Admiral George Dewey he Is a
greater man than if drawn into the
selfish grind of politics Yet Dewey has
diplomacy, executive ability and
keen insight into human nature. If he
could manage the affairs of the nation
as he would conduct a fleet of ships
or the concerns of Manila what Pres
ident he would make.
Naval Constructor Hobson said it
would take three weeks to complete
the preliminary work of raising the
Colon. He thought the Viscaya could
| be saved at an expense Of $1,000,00
She cost $3,000,000. The Almirante
OQuendo, Lieut. Hobson says, is
hopeless wreck The Reina Mercedes,
which was sunk in Santiago harbor. is
good vessel and can be raised with
but little cost.
Father, mother, wife and son are
| running against each other for Office
| in Pawnee county, Okla, says the Salt
Lake Tribune. The Democratic -Popu-
| list candidate for Public Weigher is w.
! M. Obanan, the Republican candidate
for the same Office is w. T. Obanan,
son Of the Democratic-P POpulist cam
didate, and now the middle-of-th
readers have nominated Mrs. Obanan,
wife of the Democratic-POpulist can
didate for Public Weigher.
It appears, explains the Philadelphia
Record, that the movement for the
consolidation Of nine national banks
in Boston is really pushed by the saw
ings banks, which own $20,000,000 of
the $50,OO0,O00 capital involved. The
| national banks are not making money,
| and consolidation and voluntary liqui-
dation are demanded by the share
| holders as a measure of economy in
management and Of opportunity for
more successful dealing with larger
| financial undertakings. The trustees of
the savings banks are looking out for
the interests of their depositors.
| Workmen at Cuyamaca are engaged
| in cutting large amount of lumber
to be used in building a tank house
60x160 feet in size, in which a cyanide
plant will be placed for the treatment
of 100000 tons of tailings from the old
Stonewall MILL The tailings have been
| purchased by Messrs. Strauss and
Shinn Of Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco, who expect to make an expend-
iture of several thousand dollars in eff
forts to extract gold from the tailings.
Experiments said to have been made
| by the cyanide process show the tail
ings to be worth from $3.50 to 81 in
gold to the ton.
| A dispatch to the Herald from Ha-
vana says: All agricultural industries
are recovering with unexpected rapid
| ity. In most of the provinces an almost
average crop of sugar will be ground
next spring. This winter grinding will
be necessarily light on account of the
| lack of machinery, as well as the i'm
possibility of getting ground for cul-
/ tivation. Since October LIST orders have
gone to Boston for 81, 100000 worth of
sugar-grinding machinery. Several
other orders are now pending.
| A large part of the burden Of equip
ping the United States navy in the
war with Spain fell upon the Construc-
tion Bureau of the navy, and in his
annual report, Commodore Hichborne,
! the Chief Constructor, furnishes many
! interesting details as to the extent of
| this work, involving the TRANSFORMED
tion Of more than 100 merchant craft
| into auxiliary naval vessels on short
notice. Looking to the future, the Chief
Constructor points to the Importance
Of properly eQuipping and maintaining
the plants Of the minor naval stations
along the coast, already established,
and he submits estimates for the pur-
pose, averaging about $25, 1000 in each
case. The behavior of all classes of our
naval vessels throughout the various
conditions of the war, is set down as
a source Of qualification to the Con-
struction Bureau, where the greater
part of them were designed.