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The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28
ARLEGNA.
Its Attractions and Advantages as 8
 Flaee of Residence in Winter.

Whitelaw Reid. owner aid editor of the New York Tribune, who has spent the last two winters in Arizona for the benefit of his health, writes entertainingly and in structively concerning that rart of the country. Mir. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as a place fer winter residence, and there appears to be such dearth of pre- else information among many who are vitaliy interested, that it seems almost q public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, a few facts of personal observation.
 WEATHER,
 During Q five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day when the weather made 1t actually unpleasant for ne to take exercise in the open air at some time or other during the day. Of course there were a good many days which a weather observer woUld de scribe as cloudy" and some that were 'sho;7ery; but during these five months (from No' ember, 1895, to May, lS96,l there were only four days when we did not have brilliant sunshine at some time dur ing the day. Even mere than Egypt, any where north of Luxor, Arizona is the land of sunshine. As to details:
 TEMPERATURE.
 1 have seen the thermometer mark 92 1 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 a mean ; temPerature for fourteen years at the pres ent territorial capital Of 57l degrees in November, 5S degrees ill December, @ dc grecs in January. 54 degrees ia February, ! q 1cSreca in March and 5G degrees iu
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28
ARIZONA.

trizona stands at the threshold Of an era of wonderful social and industrial de- velopment There can't be doubt about the fact The dawn for which she has waited so loug 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- l 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- ! tion aud interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 4 lively competition has sprung up for the possession of tbings hich 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 lend IS than this.
 Arizona has reachet that clinacticer 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 sunhurst of energizing 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 com pletion of two transcontinental lines Ot railroad across her territor ;-AriZona has rather dropped out of public attention. but in that time she has been quietly ac' eumplatiue fund of substantial wealth and a force of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take hel destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican This is a mistake of great importance fro'. 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 thin} It is attain that nTizona has not to-day nearly so large q Mexican population al Colorado and not above nne-tenth as mucl as New Mexico ,"Fitz- Mac" in Denve , | Nars
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28
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 XIyTyTA gSqg TJ Ia \ \ E The Soil, Climate Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings of FAIR AR!zONA's BANNER COUNTY.
FAIR AREzONA's BANNER COUNT
Brief Statement Forth the Many Advantages Inducements b of Residence

cnry is ranging from So' to 9O' The air is so dry that perapiratson is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the hody, and at no tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28

Don't go to the KlOndike-yeu don't hare to. Stop at Iaeger's and got B big beer; cool and refreshing.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28
VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
 GIiA.
CHA.

In the valleys of the Col rado and the Giia rivers there is rocm foi thousands. It is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad UEion can be found moro desirable region for the making of home. No laborious clearing of the land is reG aired; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbery have so rapid growth l that within eighteen months the ilnmi9 ant can surround his abode with attract;C IS 1 which would require years to mature in less i favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market full month before the : California products. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmos- pherc brings health to all wb3 inha!e it. For l the establishment Of colcajes, such as are made in southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivalcd opportunities. Thousands of acres now prottIess can be made produc- tive by the contraction of irrigating ditches, and there is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns.
 The statement in this article on Yuma county are not exaggerated; in fact they fall shor5 cf doing justice in this wonderful bit of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds and waluuts will de well Strawberries, rasp- berries, biackberrice, GU rants, goaseberrios, and all varieties of small fruits can be suc- cessfully cultivated. Indeed, Yuma County is not only the natural home of the citrus and somitropical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut. plant, grain, grass, or vegetable which csG be produced in either tropic of
 temperate zones will thrive in the rich and fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the
 town of YEma and Yuma County there can be no better investment for capital seeKing large and renumorative returns than is af-
 iorded here. With a matchless climate,
 where all forms of disease known to the
 damp and rigorous regions of the cast and
 north are unknown, where the bright sun
 shine kisses into bloom and fragrance every
 forn of vegetation, and where the clear days and cool and balmy nights are one long-con-
 timed poem of happiness and delight, we can offer to capitalists an ideal field for in vestlnant and to home seekers veritable paradise in which to settle
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28

The atmosphere is singuiarly clear, tonic and dry. 1 have nevar seen 1t clearer anyw here in the world. It seems to have about the same bracing and exhilarating qualities as the air of the Great Sahara Ill orthern Africa, or of the deserts about Mount Siuai. in Arabia Petraea. It IS much drier than Tn the parts of Morocco. Algiefs or Ttnis usually visited, and drler 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.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

Thls is extren ely slight, everywhere in Arizona, as com pared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air is driest on the high mesas, remote from snowclad mountains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gation has been begun. Wherever irrga- tion is carried on on large scale, the percentage of humidity in the atmosphere must be somewhat increased, although to an eastern visitor it is scarcely perceptible. The same Government observations al ready cited show relative humidity, at Phoenix or Tucson, averaged for weeks, from morning and evening readings. at less than half the usual humidity on dry da.'s in New York. General Greedy, in a pub licatiOn from the Weather Bureau, gave the normal weight of aqueous vapor in the Arizona air aS from 114a to 4 grains per cubic foot.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28

April The same reports show tbe highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years. at the same place, as follows; For November 7S1a degrees and i2 degrees, December 7319 degrees and 36}a degrees, January 6515 degrees and 32 degrees, Feb ruary 7l1a degrees and 2514 de rees. March 8l1 < degrees and fl degrees and April 80% 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 it Is never prudent for stranger to be without one it hand.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28
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The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28

extinct o5eane. The great ColoT@d" desert WAS once an inland saa, cat ofi cent''r-es eild perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, ieaV- Ing it's waters to evaporate in this intense heat. Throughout all thc country border ing the desert, including tb;s soction, iich mines are being constantly discovered, and some of recent location are already prodre- ing immense profits. Tn the neighborhood of Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and al' signs portend great mining boom for this county which will cullninate as early as the coming fall in aa inroad of much capital Experts age arriving every week and mines ere being bonded at moge than heavy prices. 1t seems wonderful to believe that all this mln- cral wealth has been lying at our very doors Tor so many years without a taker, but the 1 tendency of Prospcctors is to go long dis tcnce off into strange lands rather than to i seek for mines in a county as old as Yuma County and so accessible. The greater the distance, the hardship, and the danger, the greater the fascination for the prospectcr. i Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchant- mont to the view.
 So it is that this county is almost virgin field for the mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching ln its mountains it'
 mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, fol ] thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed fastnesses O our mountain rauges and their presence bt almost unknown, so vast is the extent O country
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits particularly in ledges, have given greg impetus to mining throughout the county.
 Now locations are being constantly made and all show well upon the surface. The L; Fortuna mine, recently put in operation has 2)-stamp mill running night and day and the production of gold averages $75, ,00t per month. This mine is situated about 8 miles southwest cf the village of Yuma.
 Rich gold discoveries have also been mad in Castle Dome, Harqua Hala. Centennial
 Palomas, Pot Holes, and other mjring dis tricts, and, although the mining e, lcok il the county vas never better, stiu .-,ost O the silver and lead mines are idle, owin
 to the low value of these metals.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28
IS IT A 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 looks for either the beauty or the seductive excite ment of Monte Carlo will not lind it. As little will he find the historic remains or the cosmopolitan attractions of Egypt; nor could he reasonable expect the amusements and lnxuries of onr own Eastern cities. The people of Arizona are still chiefly b,sy in the pioneer work of subduing it to the residence and uses of civilized man. But it has two transcontinental lines of railway with numerous feeders; it has fast mails, and rival telegraph lines, and is throbbing with the intense life of the splendid West. The two nrinci pal towns in the south ern portion, chiefly sought for their climatic advantages, are Phoenix and Tucson. Each of them has 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 horse race, aud, in the spring. thoroughly | curious and interesting "iesta." For the cest, people must take their amusements with them. Good horses arc abundant and cheap, and there are plenty of cow boys-the genuine article-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 sprinkled drive of six or eight miles; and slnce the winds are quite regular ip their direction, it is rarely difficult to choose a route or which the dust will be largely carried away fror4 you. The unbroken desert itself is often as easyl to drive over as an Eastern highway, and the whole valley is a paradise for bicyclers, or eques- trians.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-01-28
RAIN.

Showers, and indeed heavy rams are but the actual number. of rains seems to an eastern visitor strangely small The average rainfall in Southern Arizona, as show by the Government obsel vatiOns, is but S1a inches per year.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

MALONE. ~. Y. May 23.-wfuiau
Rockefeller OF New York. through his
attorney j. r. kelias OF Malone. has
purchased OF Mrs. q. II. Brentwith the
well known Villas tract OF rs. 7S2 acres
In township 16. town OF Waverly.
Franklin county. The tract is covered
with virgin forests and includes numer-
Gus beautiful lakes and streams. among
which are Wolf and Mcdonald ponds.
IL viii be sdded 20 the Rockefeller pre-
serve. making one OF the finest 10 be
found ia ali the Adirondacks and fnsur-
Ing the preservation Of the timber with
out the state interfering.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27
A DEMOCRATIC BODY
Presbyterians Reject Proposal
TO Reduce representation.
1HE DEyONNaIIOy FREE FRON DEBT
The People 60 ne kept In Teuca
With Church aHair~ - Drastic
ketioa "a tAe NcCiaert
Cnse .eeln. LiLrI1.

MtNNF,APOTIS May "a. Democracy
asserted itseif enc PresAvterian gen
eral assembly yes t.,rdav afternoon.
with a shout tat assembly voted down
c~o carefully considered and prepared
plans "a reduce rae fnembersA!r. one hy
a third and tfl other By fs.are than a
half The cori.,fttse or rel,,caa RENE
sentation arrr -tes a ve,r sro vas
scarcely sivcn cDurteous treatment. 50
rronouncea wac fhe feeling against set
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27
OUR PLANSOUTLINED
Filipino Commissioners Told
Of the American Policy.
SCHEME CONSIDERED 4 LIBERAL osg
Sen~rnf otis Reports ce.attfe. 90
Freep--Es.urEent Fere~. Are Ds.-
tntcsrstfnx--rra.sp Ssnrr~n
Arrive. WftAoos k~esaens.

MANILA. May sl-Axusnaldo's en-
Noys met the American commission
yesterday. The Americans presented to
the Filipino commissioners the scAsrns
Or government shich Presidents McEin-
ley under hla military powers ane PEND
inx the action of congress stands ready
70 establish when the Fiiipinos ahan1on
their present rebeliious attitude and lay
down their arms In accor5ance with
this scheme the president win appoint
a soTernor general. who VIII appoint
a cabinet The presidents win appoint
the Judges % the courts. but the MEM
cera % the cabinet and ths Judges Win
be either Americans or F9upinos or
both There VIII also be a general ad-
visory council. which VIII be elected By
the Filipinos
senor Oonzaka. the president 6t the
Filipino commission. said unof1ciaIiy
that he considered the scheme a nb-
erai one. Today the Filipino comrnss-
sioners VIII visit tne United States war
ship Oregon and take luncheon with
the American commissioners.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

SINS " 40 VII accept n--,- W, rot
this whole audience say: Il am insu,,,-
cient, l am sinner. avn lost by rea-
son OF my transgressions. but Christ
has paid il all. NV Lord and my God
my life. my pardon. my Heaven. Lord
Jesus. | hail Thee.'' Oh. IL Won could
only understand the worth Of that -
rihce which have represented 10 vo,.
under tigure-if you could pnders,a,,,1 "A
the worth Of that sacrifice. this Who'll
audience would this moment accent
Christ and be saved.
We go away Off or back into h;stcrv =,
ge' some Illustration by which we mav
set forth what Christ has done for ms
we need not go so far. saw vehicle
behind a runaway horse dasbin1
through the street. a mother and 49,
TWO children in the carriage. The borsa
dashed along as though TO hur1 then, -,
oeash. and mounted policeman. with
snoot clearing the way. aud the hors~
az mn run. attempted 20 seize th,.n
runaway horses 10 save n calamity,
when has own horse fell and rolled ovs-
ann lie was picked up half dead. WHY
were our sympathies so stirred? Pc
cause ne was badly hurt. and hurt for
oshers- But tell you today Of how
Onrist, the Son OF God. on The blood-
reo horse of sacrifice. came for opr rss-
cue aAd rode down the sky and rode
unto death for our rescue. And are
your hearts not touched7 That was a
sasrhce for you and me- o Thou Who
oios' rsde on the red horse Of sacrifice.
come and ride through this world ON
the white horse of vietory'
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

ST. JOHN :. y. F.. May 2s.-It nov,
seems likely that Newfoundland will
soon receive colony % Finlanders. Ap-
phcations have been received by the
colonial government bearing on the
subject. asking what steps it Is neces-
sary % take and how far the New
toundiand authorities would assist. In
formation is also sought as 20 sections
or the island where the FinRnders
would be allowed 20 settle and as 20
now they could engage In The fisheries
and IN farming Industries. with an OF
which tccy are familiar. The colonial
ministry is giving the matter careful
consideration and VIII probably encour-
age the Flnianders TO come here as Il
is believed they would make a very de-
sirable class OF settlers
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

COLUMBUS. o.. May e3.-A special
from Toledo says. "a syndicate backed
b. English capital Is bsing organized 90
control the largest Portland ceusns
works IN the United States. The head
quarters viii be az Quincy. Mich. The
plants 20 be absorbed are located az
sancusky. Castsiia and Cleveland. Cas-
SaEo. Union city. Ind; CoiGwater.
Mich. and Bronson. Mich. besides 9th
ers- The company Is now capitalized az
S@so.000 but this win De Increased to
81 90 600
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

WASHINGTON. Nav 11-An infpor-
tant dispatch from General Otis. dated
Nay a. describing tha present sisua-
ton IN the Philippines. has been re-
estved az TIE war Department.. TIE dis
patch il az folioss,
Conditions ~ follows. IN BuIacan
province troops maintained az Ouinga.
Ralinas. san Miguel: rawton proceed
lnE down Rio Grande river from Isldro:
has drive enemy westward from san
Antonio. Ceit. and Araynt where NJ
was joined yesterday by K0bbe's cot
umn. viii reach santa Ana and Can
daoa today MacArthur stiu az san
Fernando and will occupy cities south
and westward.
", Luna's force at TarlAc much efsnfn-
ished. has destroyed sevcral u,ifes RAD
way ln has front. humber % officers oe
rank have deserted Lana sna tsw have
entered Manila for protectinu. IN Pam
panga and bulacan Inhabitants RETURN
tng 20 homes. only fear fnnurKanf
troops south OF Manila lnsurwant lis-
snseEration progressina. though iares
t7rce stil maintained, conditions lns~
proving daily; send hatealaon troops
and sunhoet g. NeEros tomorrow To al
lay excitement IN southern rortlon %
Island and west coast Cebu have de-
MED request OF Aguiaaldo's commits
sioners for armistlce.~
General OTIS also reported that the
transport Warren arrived the 18th inst.
without any casualties.
The Warren sailed from San Fran
cisco on April 20 with headquarters and
Companies B. ID. =. r. q. n. l. and "a
OF the sixth artillery and a datachszieftt
OF recruits. a total of % officers ana
1905 enlisted men. under command OF
General r. y. Wnnston.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

WASHINGTON. May ss-The board
OF naval bureau chiefs has agreed upOn
the details Of the six new cruisers Den
yer. Des Moines. Chatfanooxa. Calves
ton. Tacoma and Cleveland. which viii
Dc the only vessels provided for In the
last naval appropriation bill that can
De undertaken this year owing 20 the
lnaoihty OF the department TO secure
arfnor Tor the others The cruisers will
De sheatned with copper and OF 3I0o
TONS when hgnt ane 500 when ready
for cruise. That is slightly larxer
than the Raleigh and the Csineinnssi
which are OF 1000 tons.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

WASHINGTON. May 11.-The war de-
partment In proceeding on the theory
thar BY the end OF July not volunteer
soldier will be left in Manila. and Gen
eral otis report that the transport
Warren has arrived advances the time
when the homeward mcvement OF the
volunteer troops viii begin. Already no.
tice has been issued that mail for the
First California and Second Oregon vol
unteer regiments should not be sent TO
Manila. but % San Francisco.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. May ss-rni.
y the fourth week OF the Rhode island
iron mouiders strike. and a surhf
change was noticed The shops are xrt-
ung noaunion moiders. and they claim
10 have made gain OF IS men. The 10
foundrtes involved In this section claim
thas they are making half their normal
fOnrara '~~'
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27
Floods ALONG en-. y.,u.

ST. PETERSBURG. May "a L..
portion Of the government n, A-s-s :
KHAN. on the northwest coast % -
caspian sea, has been subnerges -, '.'s a's
overflow OF the river Volea. wh,es =, an
tiaes u into two nearly eouaI -
IN the Zarewsk district many viiIs~.-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

wAsHINGTOS. May 2s.-Director OF
Posss VaiIie. at Manila, has notified the
postoffice department. that be has es-
tabiishcd a railway post service be-
tween Manila and MaloloS. the former
Filipino capital This Is the initial move
IN the direction Of building up a railway
mail service IN the Philippines.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

MAIDEN. Mass.. May 1s--rhe exsr-
cises yesterday in the four days ceie
brafion of the two bundrso and dftieth
anniversary % the founding OF Maiden.
which began saturday. brought thou
sAnas OF visitors TO the city from All
sections OF the state. An the srao.,,.
and factories not only In Maiden but i,
Aeirose and Everett were closed
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

TOPEKA. May 2s--The secretary %
war has Informed Governor sfanssv
that owing % the objection OF General
Otis no more bodies OF Kansas or other
soldiers killed In the Philippines WIN b.
forwarded 20 the United States until
cooler weather sets Ia The governor
nsd asked that the body OF LIeutsnans
McTaGxnrt be sent home
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

LONDON. May 25.-Much anxietv !.
felt in royal circles over the eonst,,cr
Of the health os the king Of D.nns~r
IL Is announced that unless there A. -,
immediate change for the better shs
Princess OF Wales. who Is now ax nss~-
ssiliss. win start for copenhagsn.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

Why 10 vote OF thanks ike i. tur~-
su'e. Becauss ~ must bs ucvsa -
soFs oear4 pasoo9.