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Evening star., 1898-10-15
ConstitutionaI Revision.

In the house of bishops action upon cur
rent matters has been deliberate, in accord
ance with the traditions of that body. At
first the matter of constitutional revision
was indefinitely postponed, but later was
taken up. The most important subject be-
fore them was the consideration of the cam
on of marriage and divorce. The vote of
81 to 81, as exclusively announced in The
Star, upon Bishop Potter's amendment to
the canon proposed by the joint committee
on revision, shows the pretty even division
of sentiment. The subject has been under
debate the whole week and final disposition
remains to be taken. The probability is
that the Potter amendment will remain in
the canon when the vote upon the latter as
a whole is taken next week, although its op-
pouents assert their ability to defeat it.
The bishops also proposed a canon for
four missionary councils, the setting off of
a new missionary district in Japan, repeal
ed the canon on the distribution of the
prayer book. rearranged missionary juris-
dictions and nominated the bishops for va
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cant jurisdictions, selected San Francisco
as the next place of meeting, agreed to
amendments establishing the provincial sys-
tenn and adopted other minor measures.
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Speedy, Harmonious. Conservative.
Considered from nearly every point of
view. the present convention is regarded
by the Episcopal Church leaders as the
speediest. most harmonious and unob-
trusively conservative trienntal meeting
since 1874. The business before each house
has been dispatched with a celerity show
ing that the main subjects to be legislated
upon had been fully considered by the
thinkers of the church long before the con-
vention. and the conclusions then reached
are now being put into definite legal form
with unanimty and speed of action. Not
more than a dozen bishops are new to the
house. and the direction of the secret af-
fairs of that body remains practically or
nearly as it was in the Minneapolis ses-
siOns. But in the house of deputies nearly
one-third the delegates are attending their
first trienuial session. In spite of this the
house is regarded by the few who have
attended half dozen trienntals in success
sion as being more conservative, better in
formed and containing more brilliant and
learned lay delegates than have attended
before for many years.
There is no sensationalism to be found in
either house, and the sessions are con-
Quoted with a gravity and regard for dig
Eity befitting the great church for which
they are legislating. Many of the young
men belonging to the convention display
remarkable knowledge of church history
and traditions, and snow tnelr Capacity loT
the leadership to which they are destined
in the years to come.
The temper, or, rather, the state of mind.
of the house of deputies has been clearly
shown in its action upon the matters be-
fore it. 1t is frank, liberal. enlightened,
but well held in check by and obedient to
the conservative leaders, such Rev. DR..
Dix, the chairman, and Mr.. Joseph Pack
ard jr the acting chairman from time TO
time. There has been no complaint of dis
(riv ina nd
afforded a chance to be heard in the order
of strict precedence.
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Canon on Church Unity.

In the house of deputies the subject that
has excited the warmest, the most spirited
the best oratoricaI effort of all the leading
deputies, has been the amendment, offered
to article Y by Rev. DR.. Huntington, upon
church unity. DR.. Huntington, undaunted
by the defeat his ideal met at Minneapolis
in 1850 revived it in d splendid address,
and it was al once attacked and supported
with absorbing interest by the house. The
debate consumed nearly two days of the
sessions, and still remains to be settled.
IL would seem as if the resolution will be
defeated, although a positive prediction is
not safe at present
Constitution l, adopted by both houses in
1880, was quickly rejected as it was deem
ed unwise. IL was coincidence significant
and yet amusing, that at the moment the
deputies defeated it a message came from
the bishops saying they had adopted it.
The bishops then displayed their wisdom
and courtesy, later in the same day, by
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Special Committee Appointed.

Another important action of the bishops
was to appoint a committee to consider
what parts of the report of the joint COM
mission on canon it will be wise to take up
at this convention. This indicates their
purpose not to commit the next two or
three conventions to the consideration of a
scheme of general reconstruction of the
canOns, the report contemplated. In
this the deputies will follow them as the
opinion seems TO prevail that the joint
commission has somewhat exceeded the
purpose for which it was created.
Both houses will take up such of the pro-
posed canOns as seems necessary, but the
remainder, not considered. will be left in
the report, to be taken up again in trien-
NAL meetings to come.
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take place. The Rev. DR.. Greer of New
York and the bishop of Tennessee will
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The Arizona sentinel., 1898-08-13

formerly the capital Its elevation being more than double that of Phoenix, it is somewhat cooler, and as there is next to no irrigation near it, the air is a little drier. Phoenix IS the centre of the greatest irriga- tlon Ill the Territory. The country for miles around smiles with green fields, cover ed with almost countless herds of cattle, and it is everywhere shut in by low mount ains 1t is the Territorial capital, has the Government Indian School, the Territorial Lunatic Asylum, and other institutions. and Is the general focus for the Territory Like Tucson, it has its occasional wind and sand storms perhaps not quite so often. At either place visitors who know how to adapt themselves to circumstances can be entirely comfortable, and in each they will find an intelligent, orderly, enterprisinc and most negotiable community. They will tlnd country full of mines, full of rich agricultural lands, abounding in cattle and horses, i'll vineyards and orchards and the beginnings of very successful orange groves "a country, in fact, as full of promise for hardy and adventurous men now as Califor- mia was in the:fifties. Above all, it has beer their lot to search for health ir far countries, they will revel in -ls Iuzur. 5f being in their own land, amoug their own countrymen, within easy reaeb of their friends by telegraph or rail, ard in a climate as good of it's kind as any in the world.
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beverage. Experiments with the ralsln-grape have shown that this climate and soil possess every advantage for the production and curing Of this staple article of commerce.
 ''Besides the fruits already mentioned, the or ange, lemon, lime, olive, fig, pomegranate, ana others of the citrus family be grown success fully in the valleys of Southern Arizona. Orange trees now in bearing in the Salt River valley and at Yuma while the bananas is also being eui- tivated at the latter place. The Arizona orange m l quality and flavor will compare favorably with the best California.
 "In the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt ana the Gila rivers, there is room for thousands. It IS not too much to say that nowhere within the limits oi this broad Union can be found a more desirable | region for the making of Q home. No laborlouS | clearing of the land is required; it lies almost | ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbery nave so rapid a growth that within eighteen months the
 immigrant can surround his abode with attractions which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits rpen and ready for market | full month btfore the California product The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure, dry atmosphere brings health to all who inhale It.
 For the establishment of colonies, such as we have
 made of Southern California arden, Arizona | presents unrivaled opportunities Thousands of | acres, now proitless, be made productive
 by the construction of irrigatng ditches, and there | is no investment which assures larger more | permanent returns.''
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WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA


 COUNTY
 Because the climate is perfect. Because the soil is fertile and prolific. Because land is abundant and cheap Because home can be made with little labor.
 Because so great a variety of products can be grown.
 Because the yield is large and the prices always remunerative.
 Because life is a luxury in a land where the sun shines every day.
 Because there are chances for a poor man which he can never hope to find in older countries.
 Because the country is advancing and property values are increasing.
 Because, unlike Southern California it does not require a small fortune to secure a piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av- enues to wealth, nor crowd the poor mn to the wall.
 Because Uncle Sam has yet many far in Yuma county waiting for occupants. Because churches, schools, newspaperz and railroads are fast developing the mora and material elements of the Territory. Because good land is becoming scarce, and if you don't catch on now, your last cha will soon be gone.
 Because the country is one of the lew regions of the Uuited States that yields the products of the temperate and semi-tro9.. zones.
 Because the worker receives a fair c u- pensation for his labor, and the 'rustler' has a field for the display of his energy and en- terprise.
 Because there are neither blizzards or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundations. snow-storns nor cyclones.
 Because the vast and varied resources of the country are yet to be developed. Because the wealth of it's mines, its farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet build up great and prosperous county.
 Because man can make livelihood her. with less labor than in any other part of the United States
 Because there is health in every breeze, and strength and vigor under it's cloudless skies.
 Because the settler need not spend a life time in felling trees and grubbing out stUnps.
 Because vegetation is so rapid that in two years the home is surrounded by a growth
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-08-13
IS IT A LAWLESS COUNTRY?

The man who goes to any considerable Arizona town with the idea of the South west derived from novels, or from ''The Arizona Kicker" will be greatly mystified. He will find as many churches as in towns of corresponding size in Pennsylvania or Ohio; and probably more schoolhCuses. He will find plenty of liquor shops. too, and gambling houses, and dancehOuses, and yet he will see little disorder unless he hunts late at night for it, and he will be apt to fnl-as at Phoenix-a community of ten thousand people requiring in the daytime only one policeman, and hardly requiring him. During my winter there l did not see a single disturbance in the streets. or half dozen. drunken men, all told Min ing men and an occasional cowboy certainly had quarrels, sometimes, in the disorderly quarters at night; and there were stories of the use of the knife among Mexicans: but the visitor who went about his own business had as little trouble as on Board
 way or Chestnut street. The Pima and Maricopa Indians, who are encountered everywhere. have been friendly with the whites for generations, and there isn't an Apache within some hundreds of mile7,
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WHICH TOWN IS THe BEST?

Primarily that is question for the phy
 sician, if there is a physician in the case if not try them all. If mountain region, considerable altitude and comparatively low temperature is desired, Prescott is in picturesque region, near a great mining districts, and has the social advantage of an army post, whipple Barracks. ! az staff Is still higher, is in a region of lse pine forests, and is within 9. hard ( .y's journey of one of the wonders of the VIZ Id, the Colorado Canyor Oracle is a pi :tty mountain nook, lowered ill splendid live oaks, iketJ ,se of California, and is also near an Aportant mining district.
 If lower altitude and a distinctly semi tropical climate are desired, the three places most likely to be considered are Yuma, Tucson and Phoenix. The first is near the sea level; Is the warmest and probably the driest of the three, has the least population, and the smallest provision for visitors
 Tucson Is the oldest town in the Territory, and, after Santa Fe, perhaps the oldest ill the Southwest. It's adobe houses give it a Mexican look, and are thoroughly comfort able, It's newer houses are of a handsome b..ilding stone, found in the vicinity. The Territorial University is here, and it was
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Awhite man first set foot or what Is sow Yuma County in I77l. It IS the southwest dirision of the Territory, and sse of the four original counties of the Ter -ftory. Many great reclamation projects are However on foot, and in few years ex- rect to see Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali eornia catches of Arizona is that of the picturesque town of Yuma, which IS snugly situated in the embrace of gentle rolling hills upon whose crests and sides the modern homes of our superior civilization are crowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma IS the gateway to Arizona. the new empire of the West, upon Those undeveloped riches the eyes of the sountry are at present turned, and as such,
 is bound to grow and prosper with a ,apidity that at present can hardly be re- slized. But coupled with her geographi- ~al position we find that she is the center of a country whose agricultural posslbIll- ties are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by a soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and santing oaly water to become paradise ot Bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at yuma's very doors, but already reaction IS taking place aGd many enterprises are on foot to supply the life-giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-08-13
MINES.

There is no section of the United States, or probably of the earth, more rich in min er3l 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 Bnrnardino mountains in California D the Sonora boundary line the mountains and hills are exceptionally rich ill the precious metal, as though demonstrating the theory often advanced that the richest gold mines are found bordering the beds of
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-08-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
HOMESTEAD ENTRY No. 1855.

Land CH.e So. Tucson. Arizona,
 December 9, 1897. Notice IS hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of Eis .nten- tI5n ta make ina. proof ID support es Ais claim aui that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court as Yuma. Arizona. or January %. 1898. viz: Carlo- Eamiree. of Yuma Yuma couH{v Arizona. for tesc-i sec. 29. T. IoS S., R. -5 w.. G. Es B. N.
 He names -e following witnesses ia prove his continuous vt--i,.ac Ip0B and ur.Lou of sail land. viz. Charles Nolan. F1rr.y.o Gonzales, George 4. Duke and Custod.o Ramirez. all ofyuua. YuHa County, AIlaua.
 Ere FINE J. fEIPrEL,
 Register
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cury is ranging from SO' to 9O'. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at nc tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-08-13
ARIZONA.

Arizona stands at the threshold of an era of wonderful social and industrial de velorment. There can't be doubt about the fact. The dawn for which she has waited 50 long is breaking at last. There is every promise of day of great pros perity and permanent upbuilding just be- fore her. The impulse of Q new and ener- gizing hope is visible everywhere among her people, while the cumulative effect ot many things, which made but small lm- pression as they transpired singly, IS now commanding for her full share of atten- tion and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 4 lively competition has sprung up for the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-begging for ownership. There is a scramble for franchises, Nothing more surely indicates a great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest are falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lend IS than this. Arizona has reached that climactIcel period which every western state has eX perienced sometime in it's history when after long and weary struggle and doubt with each side of the balance first up anC then down, the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and sunhurst of energiziug hope has thrilled the dgoop ing spirits of the people to greater anc | braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsldenc' of the great Tombstone boom and the com pletion of two transcontinental lines O ! railroad across her territory hal rather dropped out of public attention ! but in that time she has been quietly ac ! cumulating fund of substantial wealtl and force of moral character whicl qualify her now to rise up and take he destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican This is a mistake of great importance froI- the moral point of view There is but on considerable center of Mexican population in the territory, the city of Tucson, anC even there it is not by any means at pres ent the predominating element It thinl it is certain that Arizona has not to-da. nearly so large Mexican population a ! Colorado and not above One-tenth as mucl as New Mexico >"Fitz- Mac," in Denve ! News
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Is IT A PLACE FIT TO LIVE IN?

This depends on what one expects in a huge, parsely settled Territory of mount aims and deserts The man who looks for either the beauty or the seductive excite ment of Monte Carlo will not lind it. As little will he find the historic remains or the cosmopolitan attractions of Egypt; nor could he reasonable expect the amusements and luXuries of our own Eastern cities. The people of Arizona are still chiefly busy in the pioneer work of subduing it to the residence and uses of civilized man. But it has two transcontinental lines of railway with numerous feeders; it has fast mails, and rival telegraph lines, and is throbbing with the intense life of the splendid West
 The two principal towns in the south ern portion, chiefly sought for their climatic advantages, are Phoenix and Tucson. Each of them has ten thousand inhabitants or more. They have the electric light, tele- phones, trolley cars, plenty of hotels, banks, bookstores, good schools, churches, an occasional theatrical performance, some times lecture or 0 circus, often horse race, and, in the spring, a thoroughly curious and interesting ''iesta. For the cest, people must take their amusements with them. Good horses are abundant and cheap, and there are plenty of cow boys-the genuine article-to show what horses can do. The driving for fifteen or twenty miles in almost any direction from Phoenix, is nearly always easy. The roads are apt to be dusty; but there Is one we'll sprinkled drive of six or eight miles; and since the winds are quite regular in their direction, it is rarely difficult to choose a route or which the dust wifi be largely carried away from you. The unbrokon desert itself is often as easJ to drive over as an Eastern highway, and the whole valley is paradise for bicyclers, or eques- trians.
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ARIX0Ni.
It's Attractions and Advantages as a
 Place of Residence in Winter.

Whitclaw Reid. owner and editor of the New York TribmHc, who has spent the last two winte in AIizona for the benefit of his health, writes entertainingly and in structively concerning that part of the country. Mir. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as place for winter residence, and there appears to be such a dearth of pre- else information among many who are vitalIy interested, that it seems almost public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, a few facts of personal observation.
 WEATHER.
 During a five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day when the weather made it actually unpleasant for me to take exercise in the open air at some time or other during the day. Of course there were a good many days which a weather observer would de scribe as ''cloudy," and some that were "showery; but during these five months (from No' ember, 1895, to May, IS96.) there were only four days when we did not have brilliant sunshine at some time dur ing the day. Even more than Egypt, any where north of Luxor, Arizona is the Iaud of sunshine. As to details:
 TEMPERATURE.
 have seen the thermometer mark % degrees in the shade on my north piazza in March. On the other hand we had frosts which killed young orange trees, and there were several nights when thin ice formed. The government reports show mean temperature for fourteen years at the pres ent territorial capital of 575 degrees in November, $ degrees in December, 49 de grees in January. 54 degrees in February, Gl degrees m March and 66 degrees in
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-08-13
THECL1MATE OF YUMA.

fine climate of Yuma for nine months of fhe year has no eqnal5 as we believe. in the sorld, and during the remaining three months of the year, comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive. Even though the thermometer in mld-sum- ner may al times rise above l0O0, and oc. casionally eNea reach ll005 yet, owing to fine absence of moisture in the air, it is not oppressive The atmosphere is pure, light aud balmy. When the mercury marks Ihe Highest e&tre~le of heat, person does not fssl that oppression or debility which is 4.l+ ,s th. Eastern States when the er-
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ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

Thls Is extren ely slight, everywhere in Arizona, as compared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air is driest on the high mcsas, remote from snowclad mountains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gation has been begun. Wherever irriga- tion is carried on on large scale, the percentage of humidity in the atmosphere must be somewhat increased, although to an eastern visitor it is scarcely perceptible. The same Government observations al ready cited show relative humidity, at Phoenix or Tucson, averaged for weeks, from morning and evening readings, at less than half the usual humidity on dry days in New York. General Gre y, in pub lication from the Weather Bureau, gave the normal weight of aqueous vapor in the Arizona air at from 1a to i grains per cubic foot.
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AIR,

The atmosphere is singularly clear, tonic and dry. 1 have never seen it clearer anywhere in the world. It seems to have about the same bracing and exhilarating qualities as the air of the Great Sahara in Northern Africa, or of the deserts about Mount Sinai. in Arabia Petraea. It is much drier than Tn the parts of Morocco, Algiers or Tunis usually visited, and drler than any part of the Valley of the Niie north of the First Cataract. It seems to me about the same in quality as the air on the Nile between Assouan and Wady- Halfa. but somewhat cooler.
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April The same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged tor eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 7S1a degrees and 42 degrees, December 73R degrees and 361a degrees, January G5H degrees and 32 degrees, Feb ruary 7lH degrees and 351a de rces, March ST degrees and il degrees and April SG1a degrees and 46 degrees. The nights throughout the winter are apt to be cool enough for open wood fires, and for blankets Half the time an overcoat IS not needed during the day, but it is never prudent for stranger to be without one at hand.
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RESOURCES OF
 YUMA COUNTY E The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Raany
 and Varied Offerings of FAIR ARIZONA'S BANNER COUNTY.

of Facts Setting Forth the Many Advantages and Indictments by County Place of Residence.