The oasis., 1898-03-19
HOW LONG,
Oh, Lord, How Long
HALL OUR OFFICIALS
Bs Controlled By Colin Cameron?

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 The following article from the 1cson Star of Thursday with refer ce to occurrences which transpired
 Nogales, has been handed THE IsIs for publication by a gentleman lo says that his name Is to be given
 apy person who may inquire for 1t.
 wili be very interesting reading to
 ople of Nogales, just at this time.
 Nicholas Bercich, wife, infant rughter, and a married daughter,
 IS. M. G. Androyich, arrived in lcsOn Monday morning from the
 me of the family, located to the St of San Rafael ranch, and about oe miles east of L0chiel. The eldest
 ughter is from Bisbee, having ac- mpanied their parents to Tucson on count of her fathers partial indis- sition on account of old age, and uch trouble which has been re- ntiy Inflicted upon him.
 The father and mother left three
 tie girls at home all alone to take re Of the ranch away up in the ilou-- Their little farm is known as -4rita ranch.
 The family called at the Star office lch dlsturbed in mind. The father d gD0ther are Austrian by birth. is SIkty-tiye years Of age and at e.time had a large fortune in Vir- iia City, but lost all. They came 4Arixona ia l8Sl He worked m the
 fnbstone mines for three years and en pllrehased the little hom, in the )nntajhs, where he has since lived nat Was in 1881.
 They are splendid types tue nest hard working German folks, 10 believe hard work, honesty, love 2 God and man to be the highess d iifstduty of all. Not a line Of 'ong doing mars their honest but l wofn faces. But there was 9tiDteln their features.
 Tn y were seated, and MT. Bercich 'd he was in much trouble. and itited "a tell the people now bad he q his family have been treated, and 'sed; Ean l speak in your paper ese things which have been done to Then the oid man, with tears canning down his cheeks, supple. 'nteo by those of his wife and iRhtff, told their story, which in ef was as follows:
 came DO Arizona in 1881 with my Ie aud this daughter, and three ITS after l bought the Hanita zen, nlne miles east of Lochiel. | m lIl. nf Bradshaw aud paid hlln DuV; wanted a quiet home to I ng upmy babies and take care of ! m, Cplin Cameron wrote to me I " tne ranch was on his grant and 1 iy mQst come off there I said | Ihust prove bis title. Then after rus ne came to ne and demanded l " give him one-third of all the ps, yegetables aud fruits and I used. ] told him if it was his land | prove it so and I would leave.
 +~N Nh Nut DldCe ana made [ eIy nappy, home, planted 400 trees.
 gardened and larmed forty acres.
 sv'u our vegetables, fruit, eggs .cnlckens to the miners in the sur nulnR camps, and we were living so ,lpy ] ane contented. but sometimes . s'u, s, ~ our neighbors were being vlten Killed, or scared away. and ' leOs.i'sS .a When they were away from 'e' o1'sl houses would be burned ,u nDmetimes they would be ~ " ,' usap cn the range. Sometimes 'e.ons \ ..1 you'd be found hung. But 2 n. We kept lookout and we got " Nery well. We stuck to our i, ,issss !. and worked hard and prayed 1he good God to take care of us. i that s,what He did. ,eRefal times some of Cameron's came to me and wanted. to buy .tock fRNqI always told them i ssA'sE eW@al them. We'll, then