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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-06

AND LEATHER GOODS
 ADAMS WILSON PRINTING COMPANY.
Rees Carry Market Baskets.-

Every bee carries his market bas. ket round his hind legs. Anyone ex- amining the body of bee through q microscope will observe that on the hind legs of the creature there is q fringe of stiff hairs on the surface, the hairs approaching each other at the tips, so as to form sort of cage. This is the bees basket. and into it, after a successful journey, he will cram enough pollen to last him for two or three days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-06

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 While fishing last Sunday near the mad of squaw Creek, in Sonoma coun- tIl a party Of San Francisco and Glow efale 8portsmen were attacked by a hige orogn bear Luckily they were aaned, an} soon halted bruin in his nfce charge by some weIl-directed spia After long chase through apse underbrush and among pitfalls a7l pfeciDices the bear was killed. The wight of the brute was 4671s pounds. le members of the party were Steve eRnnetoni, Fred D. Spaulding. John F4Quane of San Francisco and George u! Hall and John Arnold of Cloverdale. l1ey had been camping and fishing for tfee days near the Geysers. Last supaay they pushed on up toward the asfaWater of SQuaw Creek. and not far lqm the limits of Lake Mendoclno and oopama counties. In search of like NISpot in which to cast their lines, slf AsheTmen were crossing Running Dgu canyon, when one of them caught sl5nt or the great brown creature ad- Yapcing toward them. There was no el4s Tor the digging of trenches S9eAly they unslung their guns. and ea1u one took careful aim, first select
 1 tree that could easily be climbed. ol numbered the big fellow until he gsf turned by shot from Spauldings l 4 second later George Hall pink ~ E1g , plantigrade just behind the left slioiaer whereupon the bear col 4a8 .a,fse' S,s losfA his footing and went ss I g4iag tcthe bottom of the canyon s OsioW carrying with him great ls,lSs . anu bushes uprooted in his swift g..t ell. Even then the bear was not u.l ioF He scrambled to his feet, e..E'ling hereely, and made off toward tag sa 1saa of the canyon, followed by ~ oos of the party and all five Of Y "ea' of whom Hall was the fast essl oAner Fully a half mile away llai. 9aihe upon the quarry. nearly ex~ ne99,su. He was finished by the ntm- Oi,. '1aii at close range. Halls break ns'@ race through the thick chaparrai au4 oseF the stones had left him al- uoIs ueYoid of clothing, and this fact. soSfsuer with his scratched-up face, lSu 'as slower members of the party. ", nnI soon arrived, to believe that be na1 aaa hand-to-hand encounter iTl'P the bear.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-06
Colors Of Lake Waters.

R is well known that the water of many lakes exhibit characteristic col- ors. The Lake of Geneva, at the west efa end of Switzerland, is blue, while the Lake Of Constance, at the eastern end of Switzerland. is green. BIueness implies purity since the natural col- or of water is blue. A green lake has it's water slightly eolored with im- Darities. which may be exceedingly fine particles separately invisible Prof. Spring of the University of Liege says that green lakes sometimes become ab- soluteiy eoIorIess for a time. and be has found that this sudden change of hue is due to the washing into the lakes of mud eolored red by oxide of iron. Red is complementary to green. and the result of the mixture is that the green color of the water becomes for the time being neutralized.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-06
HoW Tamperature AReeta Ivory.

Ivory billiard balls. freshly turned, Lave to be treated very carefully, as a sudden change in temperature may cause them to crack. To prevent this they require to be placed for at least three months in a warm room in order to shrink them gradually and dry true before they are finished and polished.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-06
THE TYRANT CUPID.

Say what you
 will Cupid is somewhat of a 1 tyrant after all.
 He waves his
 lash of gover,l-
 nent over the
 head of every 2 W 0 Ill a Il who !. e elects him to rule her life. No oman can choose e happiness and of =wifehood Id motherhood
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-06
F4S HARD TO KILL.
EAR SURVIVED LEAD AND A
 PRECHPiCE.

isquirsd Chase U Canyon and Riore Lead - California Fisherman
 Rudey Interrupted by Big Brown
 Bear with au Ugly Disposition. 9
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-06
Pine Blun Cotton Movement

Pine Blnn Cotton Movement Tor che week ending Thursday |gbt October 5th, lS99. the move |eat of cotton in Pine Emf was as lows,
 lock on hand Sept. x. IS99........5176 ee'd hy ra3s since Sept. 2s, 1899. .1053 Ee'd bg wagon since Sept 2S. 99fG49
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Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

Strawberry peach and the Orange and Lemon Clings, are all fine favored fruit, of beautiful appearance and do well here.
 The principal varieties of pears raised are the Bartlett and Winter Nellis. Both bear regularly and lbun- dantly, and are readily marketed both green and dried The Winter Neliis pear is very hardy and will stand very rough handling. After picking they can be packed into barrels and if nec- essary shipped to Liverpool
 Almond trees grow rapidly. com mence to bear at three years old and are in full bearing at eight years of age. The best varieties are Ne Plus Ultra, L K L.. Nonpareil, Paper Shell and Smith Seeding. This latter variety, discovered and introduced by Mir. A. H. Smith of this valley, who claims that it blossoms later than other varieties and for that reason is less liable to frosts in exposed places in the valley Full grown trees will bear sixty pounds of almonds and over to the tree. Last year growersereceivei: 10 cents per pound in Phoenix.
 The Salt River valley is undoubtedly the ideal home of the grape Among the varieties suited to this climate are the Muscat, Malaga, Thompson Seed less. Rose of Peru, Mission and Sul- tana. They bear abundantly every year. A failure in the grape crop IS absolutely unknown. To person un- familiar with conditions in a country like this, the average yield seems phe- nomenal A full grown Thompson SeedIess vine will bear in weight half as much fruit as an apricot tree, and vben if is remembered that the vines are set about 800 to the acre, it will be readily understood that a man with ten acres of grapes will have some thing of crop to harvest. The Seed less Sultana. when dried, makes the commercial California currant. The Muscat is a raisin grape and needs no introduction to our readers, as that has been the standard raisin grape of Italy and France as well as California for many years The long warm sum- mer of Arizona, which gives our or anges their exquisite flavor, also puts sugar in the grapes, which is one of the requisites for first-class raisins. For the, same reason grapes here are too sweet to make good dry wines, but are well adapted to making the sweet CT wines and brandies.
 Arizona strawberries have more than local reputation. Express ship ments are made from Phoenix from spring to fall, of a quality of berry which equals if not surpasses berries from any other locality in the world. The Arizona Ever-Bearing strawberry. which was first propagated in this val7E ley. is now on every nursery list in California.
 In California, Italy and France olive
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31
TEMPERATURES.

But in the southern territory is the coming agricultural empire of the con- tfnent. Palmyra of old, Egypt in the days of the greater Rameses and the plains of greater India must be brought to mind before the infinite possibilities Of the region can be even dimly com lprehended. Along a single Arizoniau river is a greater arable area than in all the lately-acquired Hawaiian isles In the single valley of the Salt, where 100000 acres, partially cultivated, maintain population of SC, 900, are yet untouched a million acres, susce eptible Of irrigation and as well fitted by na- ture for agricultural production as are any of the acres already sO'wn. This development to the extent of the arabic land will come with the conservation of the flood waters of the Salt as simi- lar and no less phenomenal change will come through the same means to the upper and lower valleys of the Gila river
 The soil of the great undeveloped plains or t'deserts'' is almost uniform. Near the stream channels are to be found strips of clay-like black adobe, ," with occasional streaks of alkali, con- taining varying proportions Of obnox- iCus mineral salts. The upper-lying land is lighter, though is not to be c]assed as less rich. It abounds in lime, particularly in lime sulphate (gypsum) It is lacking in two ele ments, vegetable humus and iron. Both arc readily secured by cropping for several years to alfalfa. Thus pre- pared, through the planting and blow ing under of alfalfa, the land is at it's best.
 Alfalfa is king in the southland Of this there can be no dispute. Around about Phoenix 6oO00 acres are planted to 1t, and rich Is the owner of farm thereof, The past season was mort gage-lifter with the alfalfa rai5ers CT the Salt River valley. Crops were good; those of California were poor. The local granger, till rain came to the Golden state, iCftily declined tenders of less than SIP a ton for his baled hay, delivered on the cars. It had cost him about S1 ton to cut and stack and little more than that to bale. This condition, however, was rough on the Arizona eattlemen, who annually drive their feeders to Phoenix. Fewer cat tie, by far, were brought to the valley, for pasturage rates rose and cut alfalfa is rather dear fattening material at dozen dollars ton.
 Of course. a farmer would be a fool to expect to pick up dollars in this style every year Such a man would de- n:and the earth. But he can. and does, in average seasons, clear from S1O to $25 an acre from his easily attended al falfa field. Better than that few farm CTS do anywhere The newcomer will hear tales of single cuttings of five tons of alfalfa to the acre and again, of five cuttings .per snnum. The tales are true, though such records are as rare
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

"'The climate is very dry every
 where in the country except in the Cas-
 plan coastlands. In the valleys it is
 hct, with mild winters On account of the dryness, both of the climate and
 the soil, the country bears in many
 places a naked and barren aspect, but
 wherever sufficient water can be pro-
 cured. and irrigation is carried on, the
 life of nature develops immediately in
 to fairy tale
 Persia is the home of the rose and
 the nightingale. Tn the valleys, the cypress and myrtle abound, the fig g.'oiTs wild, the mulberry and olive are cultivated in large plantations, the vineyards yield strong and highly fla vored wines; apples, pears, apricots, | peaches, cherries oranges and pome- granates of unsurpassed quality are raised in the orchards, and the gay dens teem with roses and geraniums. The date palm grows in the oases of the desert, and dates are a common article Of food. The cereals are wheat of ex- cellent quality, rice, maize and barley. It is characteristic of Persia, for it's climate and soil, not for it's method or energy of cultivation, that many of the fruits which it produces are unequaled in nourishing power, i'll savoriness, in richness Of favor, and in beauty of ap pearance, by any of the same kind pro- duced elsewhere On the earth
 This is Persia. This is also Ari zona In soil and climate in the range of production and in physical aspect the one is the counterpart of the other. But Persia is sleeping peacefully in neglected corner of Asia Minor, while Arizona is on the broad highway Of American civilization and wide-awake @1 y1 l. 1,,5t reason why it is worth while to call southern Californio Our Italy or Ari- zona Our Persia This is because the average American citizen knows much more about foreign lands than about the new empires that are being devel-, oped in his own country, so that the shortest route to his understanding is to tell him that California has the soft climate and semi-tropical luxury of It. ally, and that Arizona has the dry air, even temperature and marvellous pro ductiveness of Persia when her deserts are overcome by irrigation. ."-Irriga- tion Age.
 That the date and lemon, the fig and pomegranate flourish in this region perfectly ripened every year, is in it. self . guarantee that the above is not overdrawn, and that the si1nile is ap propriate. Undoubtedly the lemon reaches greater perfection in the Salt River valley than in any other place in the United States, if not in the world
 It is in the Salt River valley with 1 Phoenix as its center where these unique climatic conditions exist in 1 greatest perfection. It is the center of and of cultivation of the | soil, both agriculturally and horticul- l turally. Here human health and boun- tiful fruit production go hand in hand. | The same causes that produce the one l are always striving under natures programme to promote the other.
 The details Of climatic phenomena will appea- from the following table of the weather bureaus archaeological data for Phoenix. Arizona, for the year 1898, and the actual results in such a climate from the table of vital statis- tics which succeeds it.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31
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HORTICULTURE
By ". Il. Robinson.

i Ever since the first irrigating canal i was taken out of the Salt river in 1868 l fruits have been raised here for family use, but as the valley had no connec- 1 tion by rail with the outside world ! there was no incentive to plant or chards and expect a commercial return. The completion of the Maricopa & i Phoenix and the Santa Fe. Prescott & Phoenix railways, however, gave the valley markets both east and west, since which time the acreage in all kinds of fruits has been constantly in-
 creasing, and fruits raised in this val ley have been marketed from Augusta, Maine, to Los Angeles. Fresh apri- cots, grapes, oranges, pears, almonds, peaches, watermelons, dried fruits and pickled olives have been shipped in carload lots for the past three years
 This valley also supplies all pointS in Arizona by express shipments, with all varieties of fruits, and has shipped
 early apricots and watermelons, even to California.
 There are about 800 acres in the val ley planted to apricots. The principal varieties are the Royal, the Moorpark and the Newcastle. Apricots here are regular bearers, and every year the trees bear more fruit than should be permitted to mature. This is O2e thing that the orchardists here as else where are slew to learn. If the fruit on the trees was thinned soon after it forms not only would the remaining fruit be much larger in size, but the quality would be finer There are sev- eral new varieties of apricots, origi- mated by residing orchardists, of larg- CT size and better flavor than the stan dard varieties. The fruit of the Elvey Seeding, first grown by MT. T. K. Elvey of this valley, is large and of fine flavor and the trees bear regularly. There are also few trees of a variety some thing similar to the old peach apricot but the fruit is of much finer quality and larger in size, and is probably sim far to the Routier apricot, recently in troduced into California.
 Apricots ripen here early III May, which is some three weeks earlier than the California apricot natures. Apri cot trees are set 109 to the acre, and when in full bearing ought to average over 200 pounds per tree. Three hun dred to $50 pounds is nothing uncom- mon for Q full grown tree. Several carloads of apricots have been shipped east in refrigerator cars. Owing to the perishable-n nature of the fruit, how ever, it is considered moref satisfactory by many horticulturists to dry the fruit and dispose of the lcrop in that way Rain is almost unheard of dur ing the time when apricots mature, which gives the growers here an op- portunity to dry their fruit under ideal conditions. Four or five pounds of green fruit will make one pound of dried fruit, which sells for about s cents per pound.
 The better varieties of peaches here bear regularly. The Salway is one of the most satisfactory varieties. It grows very large, has a fine flavor and IS suitable for canning or drying. The
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

Take it all in all. I know of no cli- mate of equal merit for the invalid It is not perfect. We don't get perfec- tion in this world. The constant sun shine is excellent. The dryness is ex- cellent. But these two essential ex- cellencies result in q feature I wish We could eliminate without sacrificing the others. But we cannot. There is more sudden change of temperature than 1 like just at sunset. If people would recognize the fact and get into the house before sundown and stay there for an hour, it would not be par ticularly objectionable. But people will be negligent, and it takes good deal of experience and many cold be- fore invalids wifi learn to take care of themselves in this respect.
 Many a visitor has pronounced our winter climate perfect. If they only knew the truth our summer climate, as a means Of recuperation and restor- ation, merits even higher encomiua. The days are hot, 'tis true, but there are fewer not nights, and much less hot weather depression, than in New York or Minnesota Impurities are eliminated from the system, and the tissues heal as nowhere else. The ap- petite is generally good and the sleep Ill the open air or behind the wire
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31
AGRICULTURE
IN ARIZONA
By James II. McClintock
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Agriculture in Arizona" if treated
 i'll its fullness, is a subject that would
 embrace discussion of every condition Of huSbandry twiXt the poles and the equator. From the summits of the San Francisco mountains, with their mea- ger messing of Arctic lichens, to the bottom of the Grand canyon, with it's fernery of suD-tropic vegetation, is a matter of only a days travel. To the average American, however, to whom are unknown the various climates and attitudes of her hundred-thousand- square-mile area, Arizona's agricul- ture is understood to mean alfalfa and oranges, and little beside. To degree this idea is correct, for fully nine tenths of the cultivated acreage of the territory lies in the valleys of the Salt and Gila rivers, in what should ba termed south-central Arizona. In these valleys. with rainfall not exceeding twelve inches per annum and with ay- craze elevation of about 1 200 feet, are to be found all the conditions best adapted for the growth by man of semi-tropic flora. The very aridity is, in a way, of advantage. Had southern Arizona the rainfall of New England, there here would be but a miasmatic jungle Today the farmer directs the water u supply Ou1y III6 pAOL OI So1 Ou1IA he has planted, and fears not, as in other lands, that Providence will either drown or parcn his cropr
 In northern and noTth-central Ari- zona conditions prevail in siightwise different from those known in such localities as southern Wisconsin. The elevations range from $500 to 12,000 feet. The summers are damp and de- lightfully pleasant; the winters are cold and often snowy. The pine and juniper are in place of the southern cactus and mesquite. Apples, potatoes and the hardier vegetables generally thrive in the rich humus-laden soil of the mountain valleys, and by the sides Of the streams are to be found the wild cherry, the walnut and the grape. On the upper Verde are grown peaches that would have graced the Hesperian gardens, and the rivers course is fringed with elderberry bushes, there grown to trees Of no mean size.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

OdS Of sugar beet cultivation have not been discovered, though one variety of beet, the Klein WanzIebener, has been fixed upon by the Arizona agri- cultural experiment stations as best adapted to local conditions. In sac charine strength and purity the best Arizona beets have thus far come from localities with attitudes above 1000 feet. Sugar cane thrives in all luxuri- ance, as does sorghum. Both have been utilized in the manufacture of nolasses. Sorghum is one of the most profitable crops when grown for fatten- ing cattle. The feeder secures the quickest and most economical results who combines sorghum with alfalfa hay.
 Canaigre is another plant of high worth. It is nothing more than wild Thubarb, its long, red and green acid sweet stalk giving it it's name, scana aigre,'' which is good Spanish for sour cane" The root is used, sliced by ma- chinery into a semblance of Saratoga chips, dried and sacked. It is valuable to far greater degree than hemlock bark or gambler for percentage and quality Of tannic acid and it's market is worldwide. The demand is yearly increasing, as tanners discover it's worth and the economy attending it's use. Near Phoenix an Anglo-Ameri- can company cultivates over 1000 acres to the astringent tuber. It is also to be gathered in quantity along the banks of any of the Arizona streams that debouch upon the desert.
 Tobacco and cotton flourish as they do in Dixie land, and the farmer who has not plenty of garden stuff" and berries has himself to blame. Straw berries. indeed, have. of late years, be- come staple article of export, and are uniformly of the highest quality.
 The subject of irrigation has not been dwelt upon in this article. for it demands chapter to itself. Also sep arately should be placed the topic of fruit and vine growing and that of the rearing of horses and of cattle. It is enough to reiterate that here, in the borderland, the man who would live by the blow can readily win fo- himself a competence.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

screen is more than usually refreshing and invigorating. If one gets too weary of the heat, few hours ride by train or wagon any day will take him into any desired temperature. But if he stay all summer the air is very dry and as the table will show, the sensible temperature is much less than at most points On t11e Atlantic or gulf coast or in the Mississippi valley. Beyond possible question the summer is here the healthiest season of the year. This is principally because the pcfsons are eliminated from the system by copious precipitation, and we live almost con tinually in the open air. Here 1t is al most always in the summer time the invalid makes his greatest gain.