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SEALED PROPOSALS.

BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE
office of the undersigned until o clock p.
m, on Tuesday, January 3, 1889, for. sup
plies for City of Sacramento, for term
of one year from date of contract, as
follows
Hardware, ' Oils, Etc.
Provisions for City Prison.
Meat for City Prison
Stationery for Offices
Lists can be obtained in office of City
Clerk A certified check in sum Of one
Hundred Dollars made payable to City
Clerk, must accompany each bid. The
Board of Trustees reserves the right TO
reject any and all bids. ~
NJ j. DESMOND, City Clerk.
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ORDINANCE NO. 47o.

Preventing the Sale of Milk in the City
of Sacramento, Unless the Cows From
Which Such Milk is Derived are Free
from tuberculosis.
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these items tell of economy in the truest sense
unusual values in shoes

shoesads'
We
of
las park
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pOcketbOOks

Ladies' pocketbooks, of the regular
value of 81 or more; discount, % per
cent.
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jjewelry

All jewelry, except watches an,
clocks, discount, % per cent.
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ICrOckery

All lines Of crockery, as well as
beautiful glass vases and pretty bisque
fgures-discount, % per cent
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We've still many great values In
ladies' fine ready-to-wear suits; we
are closing them out at half price.
These are all this seasons goods
and desirable in every way. Among
them you'll find suits which but
Few days ago sold at $3.50 to $50.
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from various departments
umbrellas

Mems umbrellas, all high-grade goods;
regularly worth So or over; discount,
% per cent.
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IatOniZerS

Finely decorated glass atomizers,
with metal connections and rubber
bulb; regularly worth 25c to $3.50;
discount, % per cent
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Misses kid or cloth top button
shoes; neat square toes and AM
medium weight soles; per vi Gn
Child's patent leather shoes, with
foxings; sizes from 6 Qn- AA
fants) to 2 (misses0; per VI %Hn
pair: ............. UUU
Lace and button shoes of tan goat
leather; sizes from 6 Qn- AR
fants) to ~ (misses0; per III gn
pair. r................ UUU
Ladies kid lace and button shoes
400 pairs), made on good, sensible
lasts; splendid for young AA
misses school wear; sizes 21a QSn
70 t79, ....;..''. wv
Ladies' hand made cork-sole shoes;
turned; pointed and mar IN n FR
row square toes; regular v & hEs
value $3.50: !; '::'i:: :.i.:::;Gl5 @ia UJfJU
p Ha4a,s corner
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slippers

Mems or ladies' slippers; above s.
regular value; pretty holiday goods
discount, % per cent
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fancy goods department

fans
Ladies' colored silk fans, regularly
worth soc and T5c; discount, % per
cent
empire fans
Fine Empire fans, in a great range
of prices; 81 to So; discount, % per
cent.
Igarters
Ladies fine grade round silk garters,
in glass-top boxes; regularly worth
75c and 81; discount, % per cent.
laundry bags
Fancy laundry bags, in bright new
effects; a great variety, at various
prices; discount, % per cent <sF
Epincushions
Fancy pincushions, Swiss aprons,
nurses and housemaids' aprons, all at
| a discount of 25 per cent.
hosiery
Ladies' fancy cotton hose, regularly
worth soc, roc and 81 a pair; discount,
% per cent.
raj ball costume? Have
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IceIluioid goods


Dolls, all sizes and prices, toys and
games of all kinds, are subject to the
| discount of % per cent.
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smoking jackets

Mems handsome smoking jackets;
recently reduced to prices ranging
from 1896 to Sc; discount, % per cent
The Arizona sentinel., 1898-05-14

beverage. Experiments with the r1isin-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 tho or ange, lemon, ltuTe, olive, fig, ponegranRte, and others of the citrus family, be grown succass- fully in the valleys of Southern Arizona. Orange trees are now in bearing in the Salt River valley and at Yuma; while the bananas is also being cul- oivated at the latter place. The Arizona orange ill quality and flavor will compare favorably with the best California
 ''In the valleys of the Colorado the Salt and the Gia Iivers, there is room for thousands It is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Union can be found a more desirable region for the making Of home. No laborious clearing ot the land is required; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbery have so rapid growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with attractions winch would require years to mature in less favored chmates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market iull month b. fore the California product. The 0nght sunshine makes life luxury and the pure GrF atmosphere brings health to all who inhale It. TOT the establishment of colonies such as we have made oi Southern California arden Arizona presents unrivaed opportunities Thousands of acres, now prottless, be made productive by the construction Of rrigatng ditches and there IS no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns" ."
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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 a mountain region, considerable altitude and a comparatively
 low temperature is desired, Prescott is in a picturesque region, near great mining districts, and has the social advantage of an army post, whipple Barracks. Flag staff Is still higher, Is in region of dense pine forests, and is within 2. hard days journey of one of the wonders of the world, the Colorado Canyon. Oracle is a pretty mountain nook, embowered in splendid live oaks, like those of California, and is also near an important mining district
 Ii lower altitude and Q 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 dlest ot the three, has the least population, and tLa smallest provision for visitors Tucson is the oldest town in the Territory, and, after Santa Fe, perhaps the oldest in the Southwest. Its adobe houses give 1t d Mexican look, and are thoroughly comfort able, Its newer houses are of handsome building stone, found in the vicinity. The Territorial University is here, and it was
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formerly the capital. Its elevation being more than double that of Phoenix, 1t is somewhat cooler, and as there is next to no irrigation near it, the air is a little drier. fhoehIx Is the centre of the greatest irrjga- 'ion Tn 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 alnS' It is the Territorial capital, has the "oTernment Indian School, the Territorial Lunatle Asylum, and other irstitutions. and Is the general focus for the Territory. Luxe tucson, it has it's occasional wind and saho storms perhaps not quite so often. A' either place visitors who know how to adapt themselves to circumstances can be en'lFeiy comfortable, and in each they will hnu an intelligent, orderly, entsrprising and most hospitabIe community. They will ma a country full of mines, full of rich agricultural lands, abouuding ill cattle and lior9eS' Ill 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 CaIifor- n'a was in the:ffties. Above all, it has 'eeH 'helr lot to search for health in far eopntrieS' they will revel in the luxury of 's'ns ln their own land, among their own countrymen, within easy reach of their lrlehds by telegraph or rail, and in climate as good of it's kind as any in the world.
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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 mvstifed. He will find as man; churches as in towns of corresponding size in Pennsylyania or Ohio: and probably more sch0olhCuses. He will find plenty of liquor-shOps. too. and gambling houses, and dancehouses, and vet he will sec little disorder unless he hunts late at night for it, and he will be ant to inI-as at Phoenix-a communitv of ten thousand people requiring in the daytime only one policeman, and hardly rcoHiriuo him. During my winter there 1 did not see single disturbance in the streets. or halt dozen drunken men, all told. Min. lng men and an occasional cowboy certainly had quarrels, sometimes, in the disorderIy 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 Marlcopa Indians, who are encountered everyw here. have been friendly with tbe whites for generations, and there isn't an Apache within some hundreds of miles.
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\ white man first set foot on what is now Yuma County Tn lTTi. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and one of the four original counties of the Ter ritory, 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 fornia catches cf Arizona is that of the picturesque town of Yuma, which IS snUgIy 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 eternaloblivion. Yuma is the gateway to Arizona, the new empire of the West, upOn whose undeyeioped riches the eyes of the country are at present turned, and a5 such, . is bound to grow and prosper with fapidity that at present can hardly be re- alized. But coupled with her geographi- cal position we find that she is the center ofa country whose agricultural possibili- ties are practically unlimited, being sar- rounded by a soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and wanting o2ly water to become a paradise cf l:loom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at l Yuma's very doors, utalrcady reaction 1 is taking place aad many enterprises are On feet to supply the life-giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
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I3 IT 4 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 locks for
 either the beauty or the seductive excite
 ment of Monte Carlo will not find it. As
 little will he 6Gd 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 suhduing it to the residence and uses of civilized man. But 1t has two transcontinentaI lines Of raiIw av with numerous feeders; it has fast mails. and rival telegraph hnes, 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 ot them las 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 a circus, often a horse race, and, in the spring, a thoroughly curious and interesting "Gesta." For the cest, people must take their amusements with them. Good horses are abundant and cheap, and there are plenty of cow 6oys-the genuine articIe-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 drive of six or eight miles; and since the winds are quite regular in their l lirection, it Is rarely difficult to choose | 'oute or which the dust will be largely carried away from you. . The unbroken | lesert itself is often as easy to drive over IS all Eastern highway, and the whole alley Is paradise for bicyclers, or eques- rians.
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AE1NrE
 .H AAU Aasa

There is no section of tho United States, or probably of the earth, more rich ill min eral wealth than the County of Yuma. an the country north, east and south of Yuma lies directly within the main gold belt that iu Alaska and ends in Mexico. From the San Eo'Eardiuo mouut2ius il California to the Scaora boundary line the and hills are exceptionally rich in the precious metal, as though demonstrating the theory often advanced that the richest gold mines are found bordering tie beds of
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WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
COUNTY.

VIII 1HAIGtIANIS SHOULD COME TO YUM
 COUNTY.
 Because the climate is perfect.
 Because the soil is fertile and prolific.
 Because land is abundant and cheap.
 Because a home can be made with lit4l. labor.
 Because so great a variety of product. can be grown.
 Because the yield is large and the prices always remunerative.
 Because life is a luxury in land where the sun shines every day.
 Because th.re 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 if does not require small fortune to secure a piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av- enues to wealth, nor crowd the poor man to the wall.
 Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms III Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 BscaUse churches, schools, newspapers and railroads are fast developing the moral and material clements of the Territory.
 Because good land is becoming scarce, and Ii you don't catch on now, your last chance will soon be gone.
 
 Because the country is one of the few regions of the Uuited States that yields the products of the temperate and selni-tropic zones.
 Because the worker receives a fair com. pensation for his labor, and the 'rustler' has a field for the display of his energy and en- terprisc.
 Because there are neither blizzards or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundations, snow-storms nor cyclones. Because the vast and varied resources of the country are yet to be developed. Because the wealth ofits mines, its farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will vet build 1 up great and prosperous county. because man can make livelihood her. 1 with less labor than in any other part of the United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze. 'nd strength and vigor under its cloudless skies.
 Because the settler need not spend Q life lime in folling trees and grubbing cut 'tumps.
 Because vegetation Is So rapid that in tso -ears the home is surrounded bv o~oetI,
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ARIZONA.

Arizona stands at the threshold of an era of wonderful social and industrial de- velopmcnt. There can't be q doubt about the fact The dawn for which she has
 waited so 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 a new and ener- gizing hope is visible everywhere among her people. while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small inn pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her a full share of atten- ton and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 1 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 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 lenders than this.
 Arizona has reached that climacticer period which every western state has ex- perienced sometime in its history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each side of the balance first up and then down, the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and sunburst of energiziug hope has thrilled the droop- ing spirits of the people to greater and braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the con- pletion of two transcontinental lines of railroad across her territory-Arizona has rather dropped out of public attention, but in that time she has been quietly ac- cumulating fund of substantial wealth and a force of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take her destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican. This is mistake of great importance fro,1 the moral point of view. There is but one considerable center of Mexican population in the territory, the city of Tucson, and even there it is not by any means at pres ent the predOminating element It think 1t Is certain that Arizona has not to-day nearly so large Mexican population as Colorado and not aboye one-tenth as ell as New Mexico. --"F itZ- Mae" ill Denver News.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
HUM 70 hAU ENIK1 TO. ItO3. Land Office at Tucson, Arizo..,
 December 9, 1897,

Land Office at Tucson, Arizo...s
 December 9, 1897. Notice IS hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his inten- ton to make final proof Tn support sf his claim, and that said proof will be made oeIore the Clerk of the District Court at Yuma Arizona, on January g, 1898, VIE :: Carlos Ramirez, of Yuma, Yuma county, Arlzona' for the se14 sec. %. T. 1OS.. R. 24 w., G. & s. R.M.
 He names the following witnesses to prove hls continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz. Charles Nolan' Patricio Gonzales, George A. Duke and Custodio Ramirez, all of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona.
 EUGENE J. TRIRPEL,
 Register.
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RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

In regard to climate, healthiulneas, fer sility and productiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance of water supply, variety 0f resources and cheap transportation by rail and by water, au~ part of Arizona can surpass Yuma county, W hich is destined to become one Of ,ichest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 327 0O' and 340 20' north latitude and ll3o 20' and lIA' 40' west longitude. It contains 6. .4S8, 320 acres. It is ahout as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com bixed, or as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts.
 The gestern boundary of Yuma County is formed by the Colorado river, which separates Arizona from California. The county is bounded on the north by Williams Fork and the Santa Maria 1yer, whose waters flow into the Colorado; on the east by the counties of Pima, Maricopa anu Yavapai and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. I:s county seat is the town of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory of Arizona, and every drop ct water which falls on it's mountains and plains 1nds its way to this mighty river. It is formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams which rise in the Rocky Mountains, and the melt ing snows cause a greater depth of water in this rivsr ln summer than II winter. thus furnishing the most water at the season when it is most required for the purposes firrigation and agriculture.
 It will be seen that for the entire distance song its western boundary, Yuma County posse ses the great advantage Of cheap water transportation.
 The Gila river rises ln the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams, among the most prominent Of which are the San Pedro, Agaa Fria, Has and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma County and empties into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma county. trayelsed by these great rivers from it's northern to its southern, and from its eastern to its western boUnd. 1 aries, possesses a far greater water supply ! than any other county ill the Territory, 1, and far more than can Le found ia all Cali fernia
 This water is now being diverted from its !. natural channels by means of numerous large irrig2ting canals, and utilized for the purpose of retaining aad igrigsting the immense tracts of lanaa > hich lie in this l favored country, and which arc as fertile : as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the Colorado river at the town of Yuma and runs tBrcugh thc county, following the aencrol course, and at an a, craze distance of about four miles south, O. the Gila river. rendering all the lands susceptible of irri- ration and cultivation, can dnd an easy aptlet in this way and can he transpoi ted Q al the ailets and ceHtess of population n tho East or West.
 Auotlcr competing railread is projected from San Diego, California, to tie town D! Ypnle, acd tbesce along the north side ,f tle Ci.a IIver. Taus Yuma County will . aaye exceptional railroad advantages.
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THECLIMATE OF YUMA.

Tie climate of YuBa ter nine months Of e1c year las 10 equal, as we believe, in the world, and during the remaining three slonths Of the year comprising June, July and August, the heat is not oppressive. Even though the thermometer in nlid-sum. raer may a tines rise above lO00, and oc. sasiOnally even reach li0', yet, on ing to the absence cf moisture in the air, tis not oppressive. The atmosphere is pure. light aud ba,aay. When the mercury marks ,hs highest extreme Of heat, a person ooes not ,esl shat oppression or debility which is
 .s sa.t902 States when tbe n,er.
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oury is ranging from 80' to 90'. The air is 50 dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the hody, anu at na tune in the sumner does the heat produce any discomfort.
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The atmosphere is singularly clear, tonic and dry 1 have never seen it clearer anyw here 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 dricr than In the parts of Morocco, Algiers or Tunis usually visited, and drier than any part of the Valley of the Nile north of the First Cataract. It seems to me about the same i'll 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 for eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 7S11Z degrees and 42 degrees, December 7915 degrees and 36I degrees, January G51l degrees and 3 degrees, Feb rrary 7l1a degrees and 351a de rces, March Sl} degrees and Al 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 1t is never prudent for a stranger to be without one at hand.
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TEMPER EATURE.

l have seen the tuermomoter mark g. 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 cf 57l degrees i1 November, U degrees III December, @ ca- grocs in January, , degrees in February. q degrees ii March and c5 degrees in
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HEzS0 Ey n ES OF
 YUMA GOUTd Y Y r The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings of FAIR ARlzONA'S BANNER COUNTY.
FAIR ARlZONA'S BANNER COUN7

Brief Statement of Facts Setting Perth Many Advantages and Inducements offered by Ceua Residence.