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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-01-17
BIhh ARp'S LETTER

I never meet a Gambler or read OF ono
but what my mind Involuntary whispers.
"Gentlemen of the Banks County Guards.
| k.GW Of bot one Gambler family III the
STATE ana an it's members marked for
force and originality This family goes
back to revolutionary sire and has in
herited his virtues, his patriotism. his in
tegri.y ana self-reliance. | never knew a
family that had more se,f-reliance. They
lear on nobody and ask no favors, but
forge ahead. Yes. they forge ahead and
carve their own way in the battle of Nc,
but not to make money. They are all poor.
bGt are Independent and successful. | don't
mean To say they are poverty stricken, but
! never knew Gambler who was rich.
Riches are not their goal. ] know of two
generations Of these Gamblers and they are
ali alil<c--.tue girls and the boys-alike in
their il'1y tr3n 'ng-their estimate OF
DUTY their SC Lriety their high ambition,
their chcerfuluess, their faith in God and
His DEGREES.
"Gentl"men of the Banks County GUARDS,
you will PLEASE to right race"
1t during the long winter Of 1912
when We're in winter quarters at
Centervlle Va, We boys used to go down
occasionally to hear Captain Gambler drll
his company. This Captain Gambler was
the father of our next governor, aa1 Ike
all the Gamblers. had his own ways ana
methods. lie was Il Chesterfield in ~ IL
ners, Stonewall in patriotism and was
never krCw to use any profane language
or to relate q vulgar anecdote lis polite
ness was intuitve. He couldn't help it.
"Gentlemcn of the Banks County Guards.
please to give me your attention. / hold
in my hand order from the colonel
commanding directing me to take you on
picket duty to Masons hill tomorrow morn
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Our Young Folks Page

to school, skate to town and any place
where they have XS, occasion TO +a GO for me
is about the only way they are able to
, travel for the horse cannot be used unless
he is properly shod for the ice.
Effe Gilmore, Nut Bush, Tenn.-Dear Ju-
Nor: Papa has been a subscriber the past
year. and has renewed again. don't see
how we could get along without The Weekly
Constitution. I viii give you a DESCRIPTION
Of the little town [ live in. 1t has four
stores. two churches, one blacksmith shop
two cotton gins, two grst mills, one saw
mill and contains about 100 inhabitants. l
think Tho Junior page would be more IN
terest!ns if the cousins would give a ue-
scription of their homes or the town IN
which they live. or any uncommon place
around them. I have eighty cancelen
stamps, which I would Ike to exchanse
with some of the cousins for pest oner'
Correspondents solicited.
Teonora Lowcry. Atmore, Ala.-Dear Ju-
rior: take as my subject "Ambiuon.
When ruled by reason and religion amb-
ton IS a virtue; when unchecked and mad
dened by vanity and covetousness. IT is a
| vice. No great deed was ever accomplished
| without ambition. Hope and courage are
| kept alive by ambition and difficulties will
| sink before it where before they had APP
| peared mountain high. Without 1t man
would be content ta die a poor, debaScd
| creature. having no ambition to rise in his
| profession to its highest point, It IS me
! abuse and not the use OF amoltlouS IRE
| that leads to sin. Kept within its bounds,
| il is a noble quality leading to perfection
| l would like correspondents. Age fourteen
Sunhower, Happy Hollow Tex.-Dear Jul
| nior. Papa has been a subscriber of The
| Constitution quite a While and We all thlnk
! it is a grand paper. l take for my subject
! "Fricndshp." Pure, diSinterestcd friendship
IS bright flower to send forth more of
! 10 G1lDii, q GpjiiGNUpsS. It's origin is Ul
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. -
Dear Junior: | am farmers daughter
nine years old. ride a bay horse named
Kittie Wells | have thirteen rabbits. | in
close cents for the Grady hospital
Anne Adele Hamilton. Shelton. S. c.
Dear Junior: I am farmers daughter.
eight years old. ! live in the country
Elvira Cleveland. name your little sister
Lucette. | have nine little rabbits an4
four big rabbits. l inclose cents to the
Grady hospital.
Louise Edwards. Hunts. n. C.-Dear lu-
nior: Christmas is all over now, and il
WAS dun times here How was it with
YOU all? What did Santa Claus bring you
All? He brought me Il tea set. It is very
vrrtty. priz.. it ever so much. | wi
send my 10 cents for the club Would like
some correspondents my age, winch IS
fourteen.
Leona Anna Mitchell, powellton, Va
Dear Junior: ] am not quite four years OLD
and cannot write, so will get mamma 10
write for me. | wish to tel you about
Santa Claus. He came round Christmas ana
brought me q nice doll carriage and a
pretty doll with it, and Il tea set ana Il
jumping monkey, and filled my stocNlh$
with nice things. oh, | enjoyed them all
50 much, ana now | send YOU 10 cents that
/ may become It member Of the Grady Hos
pital Club.
Nellie Tyler. Fay s.. Louis Mo-D"ar
Junior: Our schools have again reopened.
Some of the girls and boys did not come
back, but the fumigators did not neglect
us Did they have to visit all the cousins?
! hope not. I would Dc sorry if they had
TO See their houses turned bottom upward
and top down like ours WAS. My chief mo
tive in writing is to thaHI all those who
were so kind as to answer my letter. /
received 4 good many and in the cOurS"
OF time viii try to answer them all.
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JUNIOR CORRESPONDENTS.

Bertha Leonora Hamilton shelton s. c.
Dear Junior: | am a farmers daughter,
nine years old. | ride a bay horse named
Kittie Wells. | have thirteen rabbits. | in
close cents for the Grady hospital
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A SIMPLE CAThRREI CURE.

have spent nearly fifty Years in the treatment of
Catalrh, and have effected more than any spe
cialist in the history of medicine As must
tire from active life, viii, from this time send the
means OF treatment and cure used in my practice
Free and post paid to every reader of this paper who
suffers from this loathsome, dangerous and disgusting
disease. This is sincere offer which anyone il free
to accept. Address, PROFESSOR
j. A. Lawrence, II " est Bed St.,New York
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lined one
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to school, skate to town and any place
where they have occasion to go. Inc
highways are filed with skates, for 1t
is about the only way they ar" abe to
travel for the horse cannot be Used unless
he is properly shod for the ice.
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Anne Adele Hamilton. Shelton, s. c.
Dear Junior: l am q farmers daughter
eight years old. ! live in the country.
Elvira Cleveland. name your little sister
Iucette. | have nine little rabbits ana
four big rabbits. l inclose cents to the
4, hnsrif.1
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Probate Notice.

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF THE TER
 ritory of Arizona in and for the County of Pinal; in the matter of the estate of Robert A. Williams, deceased.
 Notice for publication of time appointed for proving will etc.
 Pursuant to an order of said Probate Court. made on the 14th day of April. 1898, notice is hereby given that Monday, the 2nd day of May. 1898 at 2 o'clock D. m. of said day, at the court room of said Court, at the Court House in the said County of Pinal. has been appointed as the time and place for proving the will of said Robert 4. Williams, deceased, and for hearing the application of Minerva Williams for the issuance to her of letters testamentary, when and where any person interested may appear and contest the same.
 Dated April Il. 1898,
 ap1S-St L. c. HERR. Clerk.
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Dining station.

The only North and South Line in Arizona trayersing and reaching the most interest ing sections, including the great Salt River valley.
 Through tickets to all points in the United states. Canada and Mexico. Trains connect at Jerome Junction with Prescott with stage lines for all principal mining camps; at Congress Junction with Congress Gold Co. R.R. for Congress and stage lines for Harqua Hala Station and Yarnell.
 At Hot Springs Junction with the c. c. H i, s. T. Co.,, stage line for Castle Creek Hot Springs, the new all the year health resort. At Phoenix with the M. &P.&S Y.R'y, for points on the s. F. system. F. M. MURPHY. R. E. WELLS Prest Gen1 Mgr, Asst Gen. Mgr. PrescottAriz., Prescott, Ariz.
 GEO. Ii. SARGENT,
 Gen. Ft. d Pass. Agt.,
 Prescott, Arizona.
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Desert Land, Final Proof
 Notice for Publication.
UNITED STATES LAND OFBICE

NoTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN Jessie smith, of Arizola, Pinal County, Arizona, has filed notice of intention to make proof on his desert-land claim No. 24s2, for the NEl4 section 25, township south, range east, before the Register and Receiver U. s. Land Office at Tucson, Arizona, on the 2srd day of May, 1898.
 He names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and reclamation of said land: Charles L. Seribner, Of Arizola, Pinal Co.,, Arizona; David ". Cummins, of Arizola, Pinai Co.,, Arizona; Charles F. Bennett. of Casa Grandc. Pinal Co.,, Arizona {; Frederick Hohler, of Casa Grande, Pinal Co.,, Arizona.
 als-6t EUGENE J. TRIPPEL. Register.
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Notice for Publication.
tHomestead No. 16l7.)
UNIl FU SIIlEso IAND UfFlCE,
 TUcsoN, Arizona, April IS, 1898.

UNII tD SIlIEo LAND OFEIJE,
 TUCsoN, Arizona, April IS, 1S9S.i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in sup- port of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver Unit ed States Land Ofiee at Tucson, Arizona, on May 2S, 1898. viz: David ". Cummins, of Casa Grande, Pinal county, Arizona, for the NW114s, section 26 township 6 south, range east.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva- tion of said land, viz: William c. Smith, of Arizola, A. T.. Charles F. Bennett, of Casa Grande, A. T.; Charles L. Scribner, of Arizola, A. T.. and Frederick HohIer, of Casa Grande, Ar.
 a16-6t EUGENE J. TRIPPEL, Register
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No,ice for Publication.
Homestead No. 1905.) TrNJTEn Z1fATEc T.ANn OFFICE

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
 TUcsoE, Arizona. April 16, 189a.i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ~ following named settler had filed notice of his intention to make final proof in sup port of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver United States Land Office, at Tucson, Ariz., on May 2s, lsas viz; William c. Smith, Casa Grande, Pinal county, Arizona, for the SW4 section ss, township south, range s east.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva- ton of said land, viz: Charles L. Scribner, of Arizola. A. T.; David ". Cummins, of Arizola. A. T.; Charles F. Bennett. of Casa Grande. A. T.; Frederick Hohler, of Casa Grande, A. T.
 als-at EUGENE J. TRIPPEL. Register.
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Notice for Publication.
(Homestead No. 17s0.) INVITED STATES IANn OFFICR

TUCSON, Arizona, April l6, 1888. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE = following settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court at Florence. Pinal county, Arizona. on May 28 1898, viz: Daniel Bingham, of Florence, Pinal county, Arizona, for the SEA section 26, township 5 S.. range E., G. and $. R. M
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiya- tion of said land, viz: William H. Graham, Alexander Hoover, William Schmidt and Will liam J. Le Baron, all of Florence, Pinal Arizona.
 ai6-6t EUGENE J. TRIPPEL. Register.
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Notice for Publication.
(Homestead No. 1904.) UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.

TUCSON, Arizona, April 10, I6so. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE A' following -named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in sup port of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver U. S. Land Office at Tucson, Arizona, on May 2s, 1898, viz: Charles L. Scribnsr, Arizola, Pinal county, Arizona. for the NWH of sec tion s5, township south, range east.
 He names the following witnesses to prove hiscontinuous residence upon and cultiva- ton of said land. viz William c. Smith, of Arizola, A. T.; David ". Cummins, of Arizola, A. T.. Charles '. Bennett, of Casa Grande, A. T.; Frederick Hohler, of Casa Grande. A. T.
 a16-6t EUGENE J. TRIPPEL. Register.
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Notice for Publication.
(Homestead No. 171s.) ,~v-v--- r-,.r. r,r.-r x- A-r

TUcsoN, Arizona, April 1, l89S.| NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE 4 following-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in sup port of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Clerk of the District Court at Florence, Pinal County, Arizona, on May 26, 1898, viz: Louis E. Graham. of Florence, Pi- nal County, Arizona, for the SW14, section 24. township s, range E.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiya- tion of said land, viz: Isam Phy, William Cavaness, William Y. Price and William H Benson, all of Florence, Arizona.
 aps-et EUGENE J. TRIPPEL. Register.
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The boat es represented i1 the above table turing the months of June, July and August is nothing like as unbearabie as in the Eastern States, and death from
 sUEsrRoKE IS UNKEowE
 Tn fact. in a 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 a registered temperature of 110 degrees is not as oppres- siye as 90 degrees in St. Lonis or New York. The Signal Service bureau has recognized this fact, and reports tho difference between the apparent and sensible temperature to be fulss 30 degrees. At nearly all times there is a pleasant breeze; the nights are inyariably c.,c{ in tSle summer, and outdoor labor is performed without serious discomfort to either man or beast on the wermest days. Very seldom does the thermometer get be- low the hraezing point in winter, and in the gardens of Florence to-day are castor bean plants two years or more old,
 UsToUoHED BY FROST.
 Orange and lemon trees require slight pro- tection during the winter Tor year or two, unfil the wood is sufficiently hardened.
 While it is & popular thing for one to say tb,,t he is mot here for his health, it is an 1Iudisputed fact that for all pulmonary afl- uents no climate on earth Is equal to South sru Arizona, and there are numbers of active, Industrious citizens, with but one lung, who came here years ago, expecting to live but a few weeks. But for all that, the wonderful Casa Grande valley is something better than a health resort.
 That portion of the great Casa Grande valley lsing along the line of the Southern
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CASA eRASpe RESERVOIR.

The reservoir Of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company is the largest in the territory. It covers a surface of 1500 acres. with ar aver age depth of F feet and contains about eight thousand million gallons of water. It is sit uated fifteen miles southwest of Florence. A Ieyee of earth has been thrown up across oepression ih tils pam isVoO ieet sLl m i|si | IT. width at top 2 to slope on each side. and an average height of 9 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 S150l000, and sup plies water for 5000 acres.
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New Mexico & Arizona By.

Daily except Sunday. Pacific time.
 J, J. FREY, General Manager.
 T. A. NAUGLE. l.. H. ALBRIGHT Assistant General Manager. Train Master.
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Notice for Publication.
 Qdomestead No. 1T77.) INVITED STATES T.ANn OEprf,r7
JNIIEU oIAJF'S LAND OfFICE,
 TGosOs, Arizona, April l5, 1898.

T0osos, Arizona, April l5, 1898. NOTICE $ HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE 4 following-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in sup port of his claim, and that said proof win be made before the Register and Receiver, U. $. Land Office, at Tucson, Arizona, on May 23, 1898, viz; Charles F. Bennett. Casa Grande, Pinal county, Arizona, for the SElz of sec- tion 19, township south, range east.
 He names tho following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva- tion of said land, viz: Charles L, Scribner, of Arizola, A. T.; David ". Cummins, of Arizola 4. T.; William c. Smith, of Arizola, A. T.; Frederick HohIer, of Casa Grande AT.
 al8-st EUGENE J. TRIPPEL, Register.
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FLORENCE AND
 GLOBE STAGE LINE.

Three Trips week. Daylight Travel Leaves Mesa a. m. Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays Arrives at Florence at Il 80 h. m Leaves Florence at D. nn.. arriving at Globe at p. m., the following day..
 Leaves Globe 8 a. n- Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Arrives at Florence at Il a. n. tie following day. Leaves Florence for Mesa It 1 D. m. Arrives ct Mesa at p. m. Stages stop over night at Riverside. Good accommodations given the travelling. pubic. Stages connect with stages for Dudleyville, Bensor, Mammoth, Oracle and Tucson. JoHSsoS BROS, Agents at Mesa.
 LOUIS SULTAN, Agent at Globe
 D. c. STEVENS. Agent at Florence.
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AN UsIxHAnIrABLE DESERT

Ia in truth the most productive land on the globe, and that there is water in abundance to bring every foot of it under cultivation, only waiting for the magic wand of capital to develop it. There is no water-storage scheme on the Pacific coast that has one-half the natural advantages and so few engineer ing difficulties as the Butte reservoir. Here nature has built the abutments in eyer-liv- ing rock, and all that is left for man to do is to put in the headgate, the bluffs V hich form the gorge being only separated by paltry 220 feet. country is drained through this narrow canyon 200 miles square, representing 40OOO square miles, or larger than Aelne and hcient to fill the reservoir twice year, and the land to be brought under cultivation is practically limitless. This may read like a fairy tale, but it is every word true, and has been verified time and again.
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Pacific railway in the vicinity of Casa Grande a d Arizola is ut present, and with good reas.n considered one of the most desirable portions of this magnificent Southern Ari- zona. Great changes have been made in the appearance of this part of the valley duriu. the last four years. It was about that long ago that the Florence caual was completed and the work of actual improvement begun. It is useless to deny that under our present water system there is nothing like a snfi- cient water to irrigate this vast body of land
 THE CASA CYANIDE VALLEY CANAL Is forty-three miles in length and covers e0ee0 acres of land, about 7,oG0 of which are under cultivation. 1t is so constructed that it can he easily enlarged and it's capacity in creased. A reservoir covering l.ea0 acres, having storage capacity of eight billion gal- Ions, in the southeast corner of township g., range g, gives ample supply of water the year round to all farmers located below 1t, but those above suffer by shortage of water curing few weeks in summer.
 It is proposed to remedy this by the con- struction of 9 huge reservoir at the Buttess fifteen miles northeast of Florence. Com. potent engineers have examined and reported upon the scheme and pronounce it feasible.
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Meteorological Statistics.

The signal service of the general govern ment maintained Q station at Florence from 1874 to 1882. The reports covering the period S0O ,ybic nj nav bs taken sle es sas guide to the prevailing temperature given during the series of six yeas
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PRICES or LAND.

Improved lands, with government title and water right, can be bought for from ezg to $50 per acre, according to location and inn provements. In the immediate neighbour hood and to the south of the Casa Grande ruins there are thousands of acres covered with heavy growth of mesquite timber yet open to settlement. These are among the choicest in the valley. Water in inexhausti- ble quantity is found ct q depth of from twenty to thirty feet; in fact, river seems to be flowing underneath. Here is a spien- did opportunity to take up and improve land with a pumping system of irrigation which is said to be successful on small tracts
 However, with the completion of the Butte reservoir, pumping will be thing of the past, and it is only mentioned here for the purpose of showing what can be done, and to considered
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G.E. ANCULO'S Market,
 Main Street, Florence.

Is eonstaa atly supplied with Fat Beef, which will be furnished customers at the lowest cash prices. We buy for cash and are com pelled to sell for cash, and will use our best sndeayors to guarantee satisfaction to our customers.
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rRopucrs oF raa vALhaY.
rHE FARLY .EAnKETs.

The absence of fogs and nightly dews is 9 formidable obstacle to the destructive and unsighfly seale-bu,s, and the fruits Of the valley are all bright and clean. All the agri- cultural products of temperate and semi seasons giving a succession of crops that double or treble the productive value of the
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rTLEsl

Flow many suffer tortnre day af;er day. making f.
 e..r.sr and lcseing existence of al pleasure owing. n i'e secret suffering from Piles Yet relief $ ready to e hand os almost any one who si!l sysseuati- ealy the remedy thar has permanently cured tho,- sands. SIMMONS LIVER REGULATION is no drastic violent purge. bn: sente asss.ani 0 nalaE..
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xUaE1Y vEoraAsr.E.
nan BRraTr4f

Nothing Is so unpleasant, nothing 70 common, as bad breath and in neasy evsfy chse t calss from ihs sapiach, and be so easily corrected f ou gig sake SERMONS LIVER REGULATOR. Do not neglect so sure remedy for s.s sepasive disorder il vii also improve yoar appe.itc complexion and general hei h.
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HOW ? A "peeuIiarn book for Ladies paS BY " l5ces. Union PublishingC CompsnJ
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NoTIcE.-Any Information regarding the Casa Grande valley will be cheerfuliy flr- nished by Chas. D. Reppy, Immigration Com missioner for Pinal county, Florence, Ariz.
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SICK nE.anACEE,

This distressing shletioa occurs Iaoss fesGss-sss The disturbance Of the si01aaoh, arisb ieai lh, iugerfsot,y digested contents, caezes severe psr the head. accompanied with dsagv=eab.e uaasss. l' his cung;ifutes what is peprlariy lI.gs6a 8, Headache, for tho rciief of Wi4.eh IAlz S,4.ss L,vaR REGULATOR OR MhDtrIrR.
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Pinai County EsuIIdimg as s4onp
 Association.

GIVIL AND CONTRACTING ENGINEER V Correspondence solicited. P. 0. ad- dress, Florence. Arizona.