The Florence tribune., 1898-04-09
Interesting Letter from Los Angeles.
Lspaelal oorresponaenoe TaIBuaE.l


 which has nagged the United States for the past seventy years, until pa- tience has ceased
 Our local Spanish American colony is all torn up, owing to pro-Spanish ut terances of Las Dos Republics pub lished here. The editor, Sig. Flores, had his hide tanned by two young pa- triotie Americans on Saturday night, which has kicked up hign-jinlzs with sympathizers. The incident will cut a figure in local politics, owing to the di- rect charge of Sig. Flores, that the Spaniards are being led like Old Dog Tray, by the shrewed Gringo and his political collar and chain.
 It is fact that Sig. Flores is not naturalized citizen. Still he demands police protection from the American government as soon as he gets into trouble. He howled like Q good one while being licked, and ran like coy ote when the job was done.
 The dry weather feature is in other haEds. It is no longer disguised that ali produce and field crops will prove short, owing to lack of sunshine and usual rain. No such dry period has been known in seven years. Farmers are selling their stock, driving sheep and cattle to other sections and plant ing less wheat, barley, oats and corn than for many seasons. Dairymen are the first to feel such condition, for with lack of feed the production per COW for cream, butter and cheese is re- dueed, causing a decrease in the out put. At this time last year, Los An geles was receiving from 90 to 150 eases Of butter per day, now the aver age is less than half, with none going into ecld-storege for summers use, while batter is scarcer from natural causes.
 While vegetables are plentiful and reasonable, and living very cheap here, the wholesale price of alfalfa hay is SIS to $f6 per ton; oat hay, $15 to SIS per ton, and wheat hay the same price. The result is that people are selling their driving horses, and the press has published columns upon their being sold for nominal prices to the fertilizer works. Which may" as one paper puts it, ''come back to us in shape of piclsled and corned beef.
 The Arizona colony is constantly growing, and as warm weather ap- breaches the rush to the sea-shore will set in, to tarry by the side of which the most grateful feeling to desert dried or baked person in the world. I have but one suggestion to Arizona people to make before coming here to spend the summer: Know exactly whers you want to go, and arrange in advance for your lodgings. Go direct to the seashore, it is cheaper, and make your plans early, as the summer rush is as bad as the winter travel and that has been wonderful this year.
 David s. Thomas, he of Arizola fame, has gone to the Klondyke. He went by the way of San Francisco, and took passage for Dawson. He remained in up coast points some two months be- fore sailing. Nothing has been heard from him since his departure. Mrs. Thomas, his wife, and Miss Maud slausson are still in Los Angeles. It is stated, however, that Miss Maude will go back to Missouri, and Mrs. Thomas will go further east.
 Mrs. E. R. Kellam, who was Miss Florence D. Reid, and taught the Casa Grande school for several years with much success, is member of the Rus kin Art Club, and very prominent in social affairs in Pasadena and Los Am geles.
 Mrs. Bertha Tomlinson is most com fortably located in a lower suite of flats on Seventh street, near Flower. Her children are well, fat and happy, and attend school on sth street, where they are advancing rapidly. She has been much annoyed by the statement that she loaned certain party, who operated mines south of Casa Grande, the sum of $500. can say for that, 1t is not true in any particular, and favor will be conferred by dropping such useless and senseless talk.
 Mrs Judge Marshall and daughters, Misses Bessie and Minnie, have nice apartments on Grand avenue, near Sixth street. Miss Minnie's health is much improved, and she looks exceed ingly well. They have been enjoying life very pleasantly this winter, amid a wide circle of friends.
 c. r. Kuh1en and Jim Quiggle are both living here, but they are not as as they were in Pinal county. It transpires that Kuhnen borrowed $500 from the Quiggle firmly last summer. h order to regain it the had to sue the gentleman in the Superior court of this county, where the judgment is of record, the