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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-27
STEEL MARKET
VERY STRONG
BilIets Now Selling for $26.5O
Per Ton.
FAVORABLE FOR DISTRICT
Will Hasten Work on the Steel Mill
Will Be Good Year for Coal
Mine Drivers Get Raise
in Wages
FAVORABLE FOR DISTRICT

Dispatches from Pittsburg indicate that
the steel market has reached the high wa
ter mark. Steel billets are now selling for
$26. so per ton. These are being sold in 1000
ton lots on three and four months delivery.
The steel manufacturers are of the opin-
ion that this advance is an indication that
there will be no backward turn in the mar
ket for some time. The dispatch further
states that in all branches of the iron indus
try the market is very strong. Many build
ers have put off the construction of new
buildings, as contracts cannot be made to
have the steel in time for this years work.
This condition is looked on as very favor
able to the Birmingham district, and it Is
thought will be strong incentive to has
ten the work on the new steel mill so that
Birmingham can have a strong showing in
the market.
1t is yet uncertain when the large steel
mill will be>inished, but it is said that
every effort will be used to put 1t in opera
ton before the market takes backward
movement.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-27
New Guano Factory

Gadsden, April 26.-(special)-work las
been commenced in East Gadsden, one
mile from the court house, on fifty-ton
daily capacity guano factory. The con-
tract for the erection of the large frame
buildings has been let. and all necessary
machinery has been purchased. About for
ty men will be employed, and the plant will
cost $25 900. It is being erected by the Gads-
den Cotton Seed Oil Company. Only first
class fertilizers will be manufactured.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-27
The Howard College Athletic ExhIbit,on

The Howard College Athletic Club, under
the direction of Professor Speigel, will give
an exhibition in the college chapel, East
Lake, at o'clock Friday evening, April
%, for the benefit of the college gymnasl-
UNI. Tickets of admission, rs cents each.
The exhibition will be interspersed with
music, and good time is in store for all
who attend. s's
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-27
Agreed Upon Report

Atlanta, April 26.-The international Sum-
day school lessons committee today decided
upon its report to the convention, and it
will be presented to the convention tomor-
row. The schedule of Sunday schools for
1902 has been arranged and will be sent to
England at once for the approval of the
corresponding committee 1t will then be
returned to the United States for approval
It was decided that the next meeting of
the annual lesson committee will be held in
ST. Louis April IS, 1900.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-27

Strangers in Birmingham should not fall
before they leave the city to ride out on the
Traction Companys beautiful red cars TO
Gate City and see one of the most charac-
teristic of Birmingham sights: a rolling
mill In operation. Cars pass the Hotel Nor
ris and the Florence Hotel every 20 min
utes delightful ride on a palace car
over a track as smooth as ice. Don't for
get the color of the cars. 4-23-tf
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-27
WHEN TRAVELLING

Whether on pleasure bent or business take
on every trip bottle of Syrup of Figs, as
1t acts most pleasantly and effectually on
the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing
fevers, headaches and other forms of sick
ness. For sale In so cent bottles by all
leading druggists. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Company only.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-27
Brick Omce Bnildine

Gadsden, April 2s.-(SpeciaL)-R L. Ad-
ans will soon complete his three-story
brick office building on Third street. The
ground floor will be occupied by the West
ern Union and Bell Telephone companies.
The building will cost $4,000.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-27

Steel, April 26.-(Special.)-M a. Ramsey
sold his entire mill plant today, consisti-r
OF saw mill, dry kiln and planning mill, to
A. Haines, prominent Mississippi lum-
herman. The price was 5000 cash.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-27
One Point of View

From the Chicago Evening Post.
"Here's the case of man who sent his
divorced wife bridal gift of 100000 when
she married another man."
Evidently little token of sympathy for
the other man."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-27

Livingston, April 26.-Miss Matte B.
Sprott, daughter of Judge s. H. Sprott,
was married tonight to Thomas H. Robert
son, a wealthy merchant of Fayette, Ala.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-27
The Output of Coal

J. Deb Hooper, state mine inspector, is
kept very busy inspecting the various
mines throughout the district and keeping
ND with the output of coal. He stated yes
terday that in all probability this will be
the greatest year for coal that Alabama
has yet seen. Mr.. Hooper said yesterday
afternoon that the Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railway company had located their
two new mines. They will both be situated
near slope No. 5 at Pratt City. He further
stated that the Pioneer Mining and Manu-
featuring company had commenced driving
their slope at sayreton, near North Bir-
mingham, and that the work would be
pushed as rapidly as possible. He said that
the slope had already been driven several
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25

! white nan first set foot on what is HOW Yrma County in l77l. 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- pect to see Ylma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali fornia catches Of Arizona is that of tn picturesque town of Yuma, which is slugly sitpated in the embrace of gentle rollin' hills. upon whose crests and sides tn modern homes of our superior civilization . are crowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway c Arizona. the new empire of the West, upon whose pnGeveloped riches the eyes of the country are at present turned, and as such, it is bound to grow and prosper with c ya2idity that at present can hardly be re alized. But coupled with her geographi- cal position VIC find that she is the center of country whose agricultural possibiii- ties are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by a soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta Of the Nile, and wanting oaly water to become @ paradise of bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, but already a reaction is taking place and many enterprises are on foot to supply the lifo-giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25
LANDS AND SOILS.

The lands of Yuma County comprise the river
 bottoms and valleys and the uplands or mesas The
 bottom ands are moister and slightly mere fertile
 if, indeed, it is possible to make comparisons
 where all are so wonderfully productive and prolific
 The uplands or mesas are warmer and, perhaps,
 lightly for betterhe cultivation of the citrus fruits Yuma containsa variety of soil The valley land of the Gila and Colorado rivers have for the most part deep sedimentary soil of brownish, gray sandy loam, resting, in most places, upon a gray clay subsoil at depth of from ten to twenty feet below the surface, The clay subsoil forms hard. pan which is impervious to water. These soils have been slowly formed by the decomposition of shales sandstones, marls. limestones, etc., mixed with or
 ganic and vegetable matter, washed down by the mighty rivers and have been gradually deposited during the course of centuries. The fertilizing brownish mud held in the wat olof the Colorado and Gila rivers resembles that from the Nile, and its quantity varies from O.1 to O.5 per cent , though the water hen even considerably discolor- ed by mud is good drink, resembling in this res pect the Missouri river water. A chemical analysis of the sediments of the Colorado and of the Nile exhibits a wonderful similarity in the constituent parts of each. That of the Colorado exhibiting a triie less potassa, most phosphoric acid and ear
 bonade of limestone beds through which the Colo rado passes In other respects the sediment of the Colorado is almost Identical with that of the Nile
 It will be noticed therefore, that when this water is used for irrigation it is superior to artesan waters since it is constantly supplying the land with the richestfertilizing elements. The soil of the valley is extremely rich in dedomposed vegetable matter and uncombined carbon, readily absorbing the aerial gases, such especially, as oxygen, which en- tering the soil, docomPoses theorganic matters so that they can be taken up and nourish the plants which may De considered a leading fcatur5 i'll it fertility. It also readily takes up and retains moisture, while the 6rmness of it's particles affords every facility for pcrcoation and the activity of capillary action Tn ts mechanical coInpositonits particles arc in @ state oi very fine division which renders it more productive than coarser soils I aquiries heat readily in tho daytiue and the loss ot the heat at night i. very gradual so that it re
 mains always warm and is hot subject to sudden changes of heat and cold Besides it's essential con- ,titucnts of water, organic vegetable matter, sand and clay chemical anal sis shows that lime, soda, magncsa, iron, ammoI q and available forms of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash enter into composition iu the proportions best adapted to add to its fertility, though, Of course as is alway the case ill soil analysis its composition varies in d.ForcntI cali.ies and ]. net -lagys constant.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25
WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
 COUNTY.

Because the climate is perfect.
 Because the soil is fertile and prolific.
 Because land is abundant and cheap.
 Because @ home can be made with little labor.
 Because so great a variety of products 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 there 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 ii does not require a 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 in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Bscause churches, schools, newspapers and railroads are fast developing the moral and material elements of the Territory. 1 Because good land is becoming scarce, and if you don't catch on now, your last chance will soon be gone.
 Because the country is one of the few regions of the United States that yields the products of the temperate and semi-tropic zones. i Becauae the worker receives fair com l pensation for his labor, and the 'rustler' has field for the display of his energy and en- tarprise.
 Because there are neither blizzards or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundations, snow-stoc ms nor cyclones.
 Bccausa the vast and varied resources of the country are yet to be developed.
 Because the wealth of its mines, it's farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet bull uP great and prosperous county.
 Because a man can make a livelihood fer, with less labor than in any other part of the United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze, and strength and vigor under it's cloudless skies.
 Because the settler need lot spend life time in feLling trees and grubbiug cut stumps.
 Because vegetation is so rapid that in two years the home is surrounded by growth of trees and shrubs which would require five years to develop in colder cline.
 Because fortunes here await the venture. some, and heath volc, ,mes the afflicted
 Because the country has a brilliant future and you want to be in the swim"
 Because in its pure, dry invigorating air, epidemic diseases cannot live or germinate. Because is people are generous, liberal, loepiiaJlc anI progressive.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25
ARIZONA.

Arizona stands at the threshold of ar era of wonderful social an1 industrial de veiopment. There can't be a 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 enel gizing hope is visible everywhere among her people, while the cumulative effect ot many things, which made but small i'm pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her full share of atten ton and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 A lively competition has sprung up fol the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-begging for ownership. Thert is a scramble for franchises. Nothing nor surely indicates a great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest ar, falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lend IS than this. Arizona has reached that climactice period which every western state has ex pelienced sometime in it's history when after long and weary struggle and doubt with each side of the balance first up an( then down, the clouds of despondenc, have suddenly rolled away, and sunburs of energiziug hope has thrilled the droop ing spirits of the people to greater anC braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsidenc of the great Tombstone boom and the com pletion of two transcontinental lines 0 railroad across her territory Arizona ha rather dropped out of public attention but in that time she has been quietly ac cumulating fund of substantial wealtI and a force of moral character whicl qualify her now to rise up and take he destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican This is mistake of great importance fro,I the moral point of view. There is but on considerable center of Mexican population in the territory, the city of Tucson, an, even there it is not by any means at pres ent the predominating element. It thinl it is certain that Arizona has not to-da, nearly so large a Mexican population a Colorado and not above one-tenth as mucl as New Mexico. >"Fitz- Mac," in Denve News.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25
AlI-ti5C.

There is no section of the United States or probably of .ae earth, more rich in min era. we~.,A than the Coaaty of Yuma, A! the country north, east and south of Yum' lies a.recJly within the main gold belt tha commences in Alaska and ends in Mexico From the San Pomarjiuo mountains il California to the Sonora boundary ii@c th' moumtains and hills are exceptionally rick ii the precious metal, a. though demonstrating the theory often advanced that thc richest gold Diaez axe found bordering the bols Of
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25
RAIN.

Showers, and indeed heavy rains are liable to occur in every month of the year; but the actual number of rains seems to an eastern visitor strangely small. The average rainfall in Southern Arizona, as shown by the Government observations, is but S1a inches per year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.


 Tn recard 10 climate, healthfulness, fer tiIity and pro5uctiveness of soil, facilities for cultivation, irrigation and abundance Of water supply, variety of resources and cbeap transportation by rail and by water, no part of Ariaon can surpass Yuma county. which is destined to become one of richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 It lies between 32a 00' and 3+0 20> north latitude and lI30 20' and Il4' 40> west longitude. It contains 6, ASS, 320 acres. It is about as large as the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware com bised, or as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont CT Massachusetts.
 The aestorn boundary of Yuma County is fornled by the Colorado river, which eeparates Arizona from California. The county is bounded cn tha north by Williams Fork and the santa Maria river, whose waters flow into the Colorado, on the aast by the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Yavapai, and on the south by Sonora, Mexico. It's county seat is the town Of Yuma.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ritory Of Arizona, and every drop cf water which falls on it's mountains and plains finds 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 riysr ln summer than ln winter. thus urnishing the most water at the season when it .s most required for the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 twill be seen that for the entire distance along its western boundary, Yuma County poss, s,sess the great advantage of cheap water transOogtation.
 The Gila river rises ill the western part of New Mexico and is fed by numerous streams. among the most prominent of which are the San Pedro, Aqua Fria, Has s4ysmpa and Salt rivers. It flows west through Yuma County and upties into the Colorado at the town of Yuma.
 Yuma ccanty. traversed by these great rivers from its northern to its southern, and from its eastern to iss western bound. aries. possesses far c,sa,ar water supply than any other county in the Territory. and Gay more than can be found in all Cali fornia
 TLis wafer is now Ioiag diverted from is natural cha1rcls by means of numerous large irrieat;ng canals, and utilized for tae purpose of reclining aal isrigating the immense tracts oI lands which lie in this favored country. oad wlieb are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses tAe Colorado ,iycrat the town of Yuma aad runs through the county, following the eoncrol course, aad at an average distance of about fo.z miles south, Of the Gila river, rendering all the lands susceptible of igii- Qation and col.i.atieo, can 6nd an easy outlet in this way and can be transported t. all the markets and calters Of population in thc East CT West. Another competing railroad is projected from San Diego, California, to tc town of Yuma, and thence along the north side 1 of the Cns ligor. T.as Yuma County will nave exceptional railroad advantages.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25
THECLIHaTE OF YUMA.

Thoc,imate of .-nma for ntae months of Che year las uo claal. as we believe. in the world, and during lhe remaining three nonths Of the year. comprising June, July. and August lac heat is not oppressive Even though tAa thermometer in uiLd-sum- mer may a times rise aag.e I55', and oc- ca-iosaiiy oEca reach liy., yet, owing to 1he absence sf saoi-talcia tae air, its not oppressive 1a.ataalaa.a is pure, light ar5 'a'u- Wien lie mercury na.hs the hieha. -at.e--e o. he.t a person does not tsl taae oppression CT debility which j. !. .a I.a...-w "h.a tae .oyI-
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25

cury is ranging from SO0 to 9Oo. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the hody, and at no time in the sumner does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25
V EATEE2.
rE1iPEGATURE.

l have seen the thermometer mark 92 .egrees in the shade on my north piazza in Iarch. On the other hand, We had Mosta which killed youns orange trees, and there :erc several nighty when thia ice formed. The government rs7orts show mean 9mpeIatasa for fourteen years at the pres Tt territorial capital of 574 degrees in November, 5 degrees ill December, 49 de Toea iu January, 5I degrees m February, u degrees in March and G5 degrees n
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25
ARIZONA.
lis Attractions and Advantages as q Place of Residence in Winter.

Whitelaw Reid. owner aad editor of the New Iori, Tribune, who has spent the last two winters in Arizona for the benefit of Ais health, writes onter5ainiagly and in stfnctiveiy concerning that part of the country. Mr. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as Q place for winter residence, and there appears to be such a dearth of pre- .ise information a'nonc many who are yit.Ny interested, that it seems almost a public duty, to set down, in the simplest .orm, few facts Of personal observation
 WEATHER.
 During five months residence in }outhcrn Arizona in winter there was but 5ue day hen the weather made it actually unpleasant for ne to take exercise in the pen air at some time or other during the lay. Of course there were a good many lays which weather observer would de cribe as "cloudy, and some that were 'showcry; but during these five months from No emDer. 1895, to May, lS96.) here were only four days when we did not lave brilliant sunshine at some time dur ng the day. Even more than Egypt. any where north of Luxor, Arizona Is the Iaud sunshine. As to details:
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25

The atmosphere IS singularly clear, tonic and dry. 1 have never seen it clearer anyw here ill 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 in quality as the air on the Nile between Assouan and Wady- Halfa, but somewhat cooler.
 ARIZONA.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25

April. The same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years, at the same place, as follows; For November 781a degrees and 42 degrees, December 731a degrees and 3G1a degrees, January 651I degrees and g degrees, Feb ruary 7l1l degrees and 351a de rees, March SI1l degrees and fl degrees and April S61l 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 stranger to be without one at hand
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25
EaTz.5za 77LEz OF
 YUMA G5GDTyE1 E ' The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and H3aoy
 and Varied Offerings Of FAIR h4lZONA'S BANNER COUNTY,
FAIR R3lZONA'8 BANNER COUN

Brief Statement Forth the Many Adantages aud Inducements oaarea By CountY Place Residence
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-25
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

ThIs Is extren ely slight. everyw here in Arizona, as compared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air is driest on the high mcsas, remote from snowc!ad mountains or forests. and in the desert valleys, where uo considerable irri gdticu Las been begun
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
NOTICE TO co-owNER4
To Patrick W. Murray and the estate OF
Nicholas Ayers, your heirs,
administrators and assigns:

To Patrick ". Murray and the estate OF
Nicholas Ayers, your heirs,
administrators and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the under.
signed. our co-owners, in acco1 dance
with the provisions of section 1924 Of az
Revised Statutes OF the United States.
expended in labor and improvements on
the Lotto quartz lode mining claim. stu.
ate in the SUI nm:t Valley mining district
Silver Bow county, Montana, the notice
of which is recorded in book &C." at page
1873, Of the records Of lode claims Of said
county the SUN of twenty-five t$25) dol
lars in the years 1895. 1896. 1897 and 1898.
in representing the said lode claim for the
said years. said payment covering the
portion Of the representation OF said
claim. which belong to your interest. and
that Of the undersigned. And IL within
90 days after the completion of the SER
vice of this notice by publication. you
fail or refuse to pay the Undersigned your
proportion OF the said representation
work. your share (P. w. Murray 500.
and the estate Of Nicholas Ayers SOS, for
representing work in the year 1898. &C.
cording to your interest in the said min.
Ing claim. that your interest in the said
lode claim will become the property Of
the undersigned in accordance with the
provisions Of said section 1924 of the Re.
vised Statutes of the United States.
MICHAEL WARD.
Butte. Mont. June l. 1899.