The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-12
ARIZONA GOSSIP


II am going to war;" said Governor Nc
| Cord to the Arizona Republican. he had
| just returned from Albuquerque and San
| Ia re, N. M, where he went to observe the
progress in recruiting his regiment 1t is
doubtful II that territory will be able to
fill its quota of four companies. The Al
| puQuerque company is fun and ready to go
into rendezvous. Nearly enough men have
been obtained at Las Vegas Inc company
| at Santa Fe Is only half full ana at Las
| Cruces little or nothing has been done
IN the way of recruiting. Governor Otero
is very enthusiastic and hopeful OF being
| able to contribute the full strength called
| for.
governor McCord has had a message
from Governor Barnes of Oklahoma saying
that the four companies from that territory
| would be ready to move by July 10, and they
mad been ordered into rendezvous at Whip
pie barracks. From this circumstance,
though no other intimation has been given
| out by the department. 1t is surmised that
this regiment is designed for service at
either Hawaii or the Philippines.
| The governor Is we'll pleased with the
character of the New Mexico rechrits. He
is also somewhat surprised, for that terri
| tory, with Its Spanish-speaking population,
presented wonderful possibilities in the way
| OF recruits which would assimilate slowly,
| II at all, with the rest OF the regiment
| This pleased surprise has had great deal
| to do with the governors final decision to
head the regiment. wherever 1t may be
| sent. He has been informed by the presi-
dent that he will be given leave of absence.
| The main difficulty that presents itself
| in this territory now Is to hold down the
| northern part of the territory. 1t will be
| allowed only 10y men, and Donaldson at
| Prescott and Hochderffer at Flagstaff each
mas contingent largely In excess of that
number. The governor last night directed
| Captain Baldwin, who was leaving for the
north, to muster in fifty men at Prescott
| and forty-nine men at Flagstaff. Captain
Russell Of the Phoenix company will prob
ably become the senior captain of the reg
| iment, since his company was the first
| mustered In. On the same theory Borrow
dale of Albuquerque will rank next.
| The Star says Kirk L. Hart has taken
the initial steps to organize company of
Arizona sharpshooters, which, when fully
| organized, will be rendered to the war de-
partment for special service. The COM
pany will be made up of only crack shots,
| such as cannot be overmatched outside of
| Arizona. They will use long range rifles,
| so as to be utilized in picking of gunners
and disabling officers Of rank SO as to de-
moralize. Wounding the enemy, instead
of killing, will be their work. Mr.. Hart
| is one OF the finest rifle shots in the coun-
| try. No man understands the use of arms
better than he. being one of the most ex-
pert gunsmiths in the country. He has
forty sharpshooters already on his roll and
can have u hundred in ten days.
| OF the seventy men mustered in by Cap
| tain Baldwin for Arizona volunteers, Kirk
Hart personally enlisted sixty of them.
| Kirk got the men. but others drew the
prize; it will not be SO In his company Of
sharpshooters.
large acreage Of grain hay was cut
and baled in Pima county in June last,
says the Tucson Citizen. Ninety per cent
Of 1t was barley. The late rains were ben
eficial in frightening the straw and filling
| out the heads. producing nearly two tons
to the acre. Two hundred and fifty tons
were shipped to Southern California, the
| farmer receiving $12 per ton on the car.
The favorable prospect for an increased
demand in fodder this fall and winter is
being taken advantage of by our farmers
| and an Increased acreage is being planted in
corn, sorghum, CATER corn and COW beans.
| A large quantity Of seed has been imported
| from the east, and the native Mexican corns
are scarce. The acreage planted Is spring
| ing up rapidly since July /, nurtured by the
warm rains, fully two inches on the aver
age having fallen in Southern Arizona.
o O O
| The United States civil service commits
| sion announces that an examination will be
| held by its postoffce board of examiners
| in Phoenix on August 9Th next, commence
| ingsat 9 a. M, for the positions of clerk
and carrier In the postoffice in this city.
Only citizens Of the United States can be
examined.
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| arithmetic, letter-writing, penmanship,
| copying from plain copy, geography of the
| United States and reading addresses. The
arithmetic will consist Of tests in the fun
damental principles, extending as far as
| common and decimal fra ctions and embrace
| Ing problems.
The age limitations for this examination
are as follows: Clerk, not less than IS
years; carrier, between 81 and 40 years. APP
plicants for carrier must weigh at least 1875
| pounds, and must be not less than five feet
| four inches In height, and must file with
| their applications a medical certificate,
| showing them to be not under the required
| weight and height, and to possess the re-
quired physical qualifications.
| No application will be accepted for this
examination unless filed in complete form
with the board at the postoffice in the city
| named above before the hour of closing
business on July 20, 1898. Applications
| should be filed promptly in order that time
may remain for correction If necessary.
| A gentleman who has been in the money
| lending business in Phoenix for several
years, says times are not as they used to
be. II remember" said he, "only a few
years ago was hunting around for money
to loan at IL per cent and could not find
enough. I'm still hunting, not for money,
but for borrowers who want money at
per cent and I still cannot find enough.
Yet I hear some people complaining that
j times are not as good as they were. Now
what makes good times, a dearth of money
at high rates or an over-supply of money
at low rates? 1 may add that have not
| heard capitalists complaining, though their
interests have been greatly curtaied. The
kickers are the fellows who in heaven will
| complain that there is too much alloy mn
| the gold in the ts."-Arizona Republic
| can.
| Mastering in officer Captain Baldwin and
Clerk W. N. Tiffany returned to Phoenix
| from the south Friday morning, where
they made soldiers of the Southern Arizona
| company. They left in the evening for the
| north to muster in the Northern Arizona
| company.
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