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The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09

extinct oceans. The great Colorado desert was once an inland sea, cut off centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leav- ing it's waters to cvaporate in this intense heat. Throughout all the country border ing the desert, including this section, lich mines are being constantly discovered, and some of recent location are already produc- ing immense profits. In the neighborhood of Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and all signs portend great mining boom for this county which will culminate as early as the coming fall in an iGroad of much capital. Experts are arriving every week and mines are being bonded at more than heavy prices. 1t seems wonderful to believe that all this min eral wealth has been lying at our very doors for so many years without taker, but tine tendency of prospectors is to go long dis tance off into strange lands rather than to 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 prospectOr. Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchant- ment to the view.
 So it is that this county is almost virgin field for the mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching in its mountains its mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, for thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed fastnesses of our mountain ranges and their presence be almost unknown, so vast is the extent of country
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits, particularly in lodges, have given great impetus to mining throughout the county.
 New locations are being constantly made, and all show well upon the surface. The La Fortuna mine, recently put in operation, has 2)-stamp mill running night and day, and the production of gold averages $75, ,O0G per month. This mine is situated about 30 miles southwest of the village of Yuma.
 Rich gold discoveries have also been made in Castle Dome, Harqua Hala, Centennial, Palomas, Pot Holes, and other mining dis tricts, and, although the mining ou lcok in the county was never better, still most ot the silver and lead mines are idle, owing to the low value of these metals,
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09
The Wiser Way.

."How fresh and rosy you look, Nora" exclaimed Isabel, who had just returned from the beach, and was greeting her friend.
 "Yes, dear," replied Nog9q. -'I az, feeling splendidly, and mamma says I have an alarming appetite"
 "Where in the world have you been since 1 saw you?".
 "I have remained at home," replied Nora, "and have worked hard every day. But 1 have been taking that wonderful medicine, Hoods Sarsa- parilla, and it has done me. oh. so much good. You see I always like to eelwell when l go away, and leave inc mountains next week."
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09
LANDS AND SOILS.

The lands Of Yuma County comprise the rive,
 bottoms and valleys and the uplands or mesas The
 bottom ands are moister and slightly mere fertile
 IT, indeed, 1t IS possible to make comparisons
 where all are so wonderfully productive and prolific | The uplandS or mesas are warmer and. perhans
 lightly for betterthe 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 brownisb orav Sanfy loaIn, resting, in most places, upon gray clay subsoil at depth Of from ten to twenty feet
 below the surface, The clay subsoil forms hard. pan which IS impervous to water. These soils have been slowly formed by the decomposition of shales Sandstones, marls. limestones, etc, mixed with or Sanlc and vegetable matter, washed down by the mighty rivers and have been gradually deposited during the course of centuries The fertiIizino brownish mud held in the wat tlof the Colorado and Gila rivers resembles that from the Nile. and its quantity varies from O. to O.5 per cent
 though the water when even considerably discolor- ed by mud is good drink, resembling in this res pect the Missouri river water A chemical anaI-sis Of the sediments of the Colorado and of the Nile exhibits wonderful similarity in the constituent parts of each. That of the Colorado exhibiting
 IVY GOS'eS'''3 h4OoO phOopuOTlC dClQ and car Donade 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 elements. The soil of the valley Is extremely rich in dedomposed vegetable matter ana uncombined carbon, readily absorbing the aerlal gases, such especially, oxygen, which en- ternS the soil, decomposes the organic matters so that they can be taken up and nourish the plants WHICH may DC considered leading feature in it l lertiilty It also readily takes up and retains mosture while the irmness of its particles arsrd, every facility for percolaton and the activity of capillary action. In ts mechanical coInnositon it's particles are in @ state of very fine division which renders 1t more productive than coarser soils I acqur1es heat readily in the daytime and the loss ' the heat at night is very gradual so that it re halhs always warm and is not subject to sudden ;hanges of heat and cold. Besides it's essential con- tltuehts of water, organic or vegetable matter. and and clay, chemical analysis shows that lime, oda, maSnesia, iron, ammonia and available forms 'i nitrogen, phosphorc acid and potash enter into composition in the proportions best adapted to dd to its fertility, though, of course as is always he case ln soil analysis, its composition varies in -iherent localities and is not always constant.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09
ARIZONA.
It's Attractions and Advantages as
 Place of Residence in Winter.

Whitelaw Reid. owner and 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 part of the country. Mir. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as a place for winter residence, and there appears to be such dearth of pre- else information among many who are vitally interested, that it seems almost public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, few facts of personal observation.
 WEATHER.
 During a five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day when the weather made it actually unpleasant for me to take exercise in the open air at some time or other during the day. Of course there were good many days which weather observer would de- scribe as cloudy" and some that were "showery; but during these five months (from No' ember, 1895, to May, lS96,) there were only four days when we did not have brilliant sunshine at some time dur ing the day, Even more than Egypt, any, where north of Luxor, Arizona IS the laud Jf sunshine. As to details:
 TEMPERATURE.
 1 have seen the thermometer mark 92 l 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 fer fourteen years at the pres mt territorial capital of 574 degrees in November, 5 degrees in December, 49 de- roas ill JanaAry, 5l degrees in February l degrees h March and 66 degrees
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09
MINES.

There is no section of the United States Or probably of the earth, more rich in min eral wealth than the County of Yuma. Al the country north, east and south of Yum; lies Directly within the main gold belt tha commences in Alaska and ends in Mexico From the San Boruardino mountains i. California to the Sonora boundary line th' mountains aHd hin, are exceptionally rich i tie precious metal, as though demonstrating Juo theory often advanced that lao lieaes gold mines are found bordering the beds
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09
VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
 CHA,

In the valleys of the Colorado and the Gila rivers 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 a hOme No laborious clearing of the land is repaired; it lies almost ready for the blow Trees and shrubbery have so rapid growth that within eighteen months the immigr ant can surround his abode with attract;C Cns which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market a fuli month before the California products. The bright sunshine makes life a luxury, and the pure dry atmos- phere brings health to all who inhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as are made in southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivaled opportunities Thousands of acres now prohtless can be made produc- tive by the construction 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 short of doing justice in this wonderful bit of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds and waluuts will do we'll Strawberries, rasp- berries, blackberries, entrants, gocseberries, and all varieties of small fruits can be suc- cessfully cultivated. Indeed, Yuma County is not cnly the natural home of the citrus and semitropical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetable which can 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 Yuma and Yuma County there can be no better investment for capital seeking large and renumerative returns than is af- forded here. With a matchless climate, where all forms of disease known to the damp and rigorous regions of the east and north are unknown, where the bright sum- shine kisses into bloom and fragrance every form of vegetation, and where the clear days and cool and balmy nights are one long-con- tinued poem of happiness and delight, we can offer to capitalists an ideal field for in vestment and to home seekers a veritable paradise in which to settle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09
ARIZONA.

Arizona stands at the threshold of an era of wonderful social an1 industrial de- velopment There can't be 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 of many things, which made but small inn pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her full share of atten- ton and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 4 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 lend rs than this.
 Arizona has reached that climacticer period which every western state has ex- perienced sometime in it's 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 com 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 a 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,h 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 it is certain that Arizona has not to-day nearly so large Mexican population as Colorado and not above one-tenth as much as New Mexico >"Fitz- Mac," in Denver News.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09

cury is ranging from SO0 to 9O0. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at no tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09
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The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09
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The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09
EeeEzzszs(7p gJT E GgEE OF
 XET TaTA GS9Dgy LI II Y E The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings of FAIR ARIzONA's BANNER COUNTY.
FAIR ARIzONA's BANNER COUNT

Facts Setting Forth he Many Advantages and Inducements by County Place Residence.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09
THECLIMATE 0F YUMA.

The climate of Numa fog rma months of the year has no equal, as we believe. in the world, and during the remaining three months of the year, comprising June, July.
 and August, the heat is not oppressive Even though the thermometer in mld-sum- n.cr may al times rise above lG0', and Oc- casionally even reach IlG', yet, owing to the absence ci moisture in the air its not oppressive. The atmosphere is pune, light and b-lmr. When tao mercury marks the ii-i..a a....er. -t hoat % poison does not
 Q .f.t oppression Or debility which is s t i---.- --a.s -'ates when tao r-
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09

April. The same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years, at the same place, as follows: For November 7811d degrees and 42 degrees, December 73L degrees and 361a degrees, January G5H degrees and g degrees, Feb ruary 7l1a degrees and 351a de rees. March Sl1a degrees and Al degrees and April S61a 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 a stranger to be without one at hand
 The atmosphere IS singularly clear, tonic and dry. 1 have never seen it clearer anywhere 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 drier 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.
 ARTZONA
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-09

1EhhlIokH Of ARIZONA, county Ot una t S
 On this fourteenth day of August, 1899 before me, c. H. Briney, Clerk of the Dis trict Court, Third Judicial District, Terri. tory of Arizona, County of Yuma, person ally appeared T. w. Brooks, w. F. Marvin, o. H. Willis, Donald Mcintyre, Samuel de Corse, James r. Buck, L. G, Stanchfield and Frank Avila, whose names are sub scnbed to the foregoing instrument as par ties thereto, and to me personally known, and each acknowledged to me that he ex- ecuted the same for the uses, purposes and therein expressed.
 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of sad District Court the day and year in this certificate first above written.
 tsEAL) c. H. BRINLEY. Clerk of the District Court, Third Judicial
 District, Territory of Arizona, County
 of Yuma.
 Received for record Aug. 1f 1899, at 10 9 clock a. m. at request of T. w. Brooks Recorded i'll Book No. of Bonds and Agreements, page 337 seq Records of Nma County, Arizona Territory.
 tsEAL) W. F.. MARVIN, Recorder. First pub, Sept 2, 1893.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

useless and unauthorized act. In con-
cocting an accusation for my hurt
Having no use for your document l
return IL TO you. But l VIII use TINS
opportunity to say to YOU, that your
statement that Having diligently Ia
bored with you TO reclaim you TO the
church. and to bring about reconcilla..
tion, ETC." IL concession that YOU and
I were not In fellowship with each 9th
err, and that the church has lost Its
claim upon me. which statement
amounts to confession that ] had
withdrawn from the church and that
you knew II. Then why seek to prose-
cute me. came into the church Of my
own onsent--freewill-and act. and l
am not aware that sold my personal.
lily. or right TO personal liberty and
choice Of action In so doing. In With
drawing from m organization which
had M sympathy for me. and hid ~
virtues behind the Hcepter OF authority.
have committed no sin against II for
having entered u my own free viii and
choice. l had the right TO withdraw on
the same basis; and for you TO hurl the
invcctivc Of Apostasy after me IL Meth
or manly. Just. nor Christian. but cow
ardly and vindictivc. and such dts
position only wants the opportunity TO
ra-establish the piilory and relight the
faRgots ~ the induisltion period. aA a
cure for heresy. and has no affinity with
that Christian auIerance and suffering
ue''''"'' w WV '''' '"'
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wav
rha, ,na,l ON, tho mauritania trneks
.rhsy were shed Tor nno who had gone
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Ia ,,hansn ara nv banda 80 reut an1
,c,nS
They are nicrecd tonivh, nv many N
horn
Thu chr.u,r ,xam,i. ,c,ul,e. the
.hsnberd 10 bc The seryant--ihe bleed.
ms vir,ir.S yya ndrr,r m,,s, hc so,,vht
20, J,iy.,'',.nds,,y car.d TO-
90 for my wandering boy tonight;
90 search for him where you VIII;
But bring him 10 me with all his blight.
And tell him love him still"
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JOSEPHITE CONTROVERSY.
ALBERT coMER's ANSWER.


By special request the News" pub
Corners answer to the Reorganized
church which preferred charges Of
apostncy against him on the grounds
named.
CHARGE AND SPECIFICATIONS.
Lamont Branch
w.
Albert Conner.
The charge Of apostasy from the faith
Of the R~organized Church OF Jesus
CHRIST oi isa,iet-dsy saints, II hereby
made and filed by the officers OF the
Lamont branch OF said church against
Albert Conner. based upon the following
specifications, to-wit.
l.. He holds that the church IL a man
made Institution.
2 He holds that the church holds no
authority other than OF man.
g. He claims that u there be any
divine authority ON the earth II Is with
che Utah Church.
J. A. GuNso1f.Ey. President.
N. J. DANfELsoN, Priest.
a. X. ANDERSON. Teacher.
c. T.. BLAIR, Deacon.
Done At Lamont. Iowa. October 2tth.
To the Lamont Branch. and TO J. A.
Gunsoliey. NJ. J. Daniclron, a X.
Anderson aud e. T.. Blair. the -Four
Presidents OF tho Lamont Branch:
am not aware that the branch has
ever Investigated me. nor questioned the
integrity OF my Views regarding the
faith OF the Reorganization, and or
dcrcd Its four presidents TO pursue me
into the retreat OF my retirement. This
In an o..
the futhors built the basement wall on
which the Reorganization now stands,
ehcy famed nine resolutions as the
sources OF light to guide them In their
Work. The sixth one reads; Resolved.
That the whole law OF the church OF
Jesus Christ In contained In the Bible,
Book OF Mormon. and Doctrine and
Covenants"
turn to those books bus fail 10 Ind
any provision for four presidents for
any branch. nor any authority for
branches to order their presidents To ait
in council and formulate accuse lions
against the members, In any Of them.
Hut 1 do read In Doctrine and Cove
nantri BEHOLD ! am God. and have
me. and were given 10 my servants In
eheir weakness, after the manner OF
their language, that they might come TO
understanding; and lnaHmuch as they
sought wisdom they might be In
sructcd, and innsmuch rs they ninned
they might be chastencd. etc" Please
show me by these books wherein I have
sinned against the faith u the Reorgan-
ration. Any measure not endorsed by
thosc books must Of necessity be In
valid, or why seek "underutandlng'' in
ana by them: therefore In the absence
OF all justification for your assumption.
ana for the further reason that 1 per-
sonaily. and In n public meeting for
business convened. distinctly and en-.
N a.
from all connection and afiiliation with
the teorgnnlzed Church Of Jesus Christ
o. I.ntter-day Saints. since which
time have taken no active part In any
OF the proceedings OF that body In any
respect whatever.
For these reasons I am fully persuad.
ca that YOU have mistaken your calling
and Jurisdiction In your zeal TO do a
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nothing that would not be approved"
by tho- who accepted him. has sub
scribcd himself and published To the
world that he Relieves there are indi-
viduals In the different factions that
hold the pricathoOd." and That where
there are elk OF more regularly baptized
members. any one Of which, who u an
elder. priest. teacher or deacon. there
the church exists" That organization
II necessary. and such an organization
ns the number Of members and the will
OF tod enables them TO attain 10.
Nay. he gees farther. and teaches.
That wherever a branch exists. the
power Of church extension cxista also.
10 the fullest extent when acting In ac-
cordancc with the law.
IL II hercsy.or apostaHy. FOR me TO say
that " there IN any authority on earth
that II In In the Utah church. when the
fathers OF the Reorganization declared
II as from the mouth OF GOd9 Dare you
have the hardlhood TO brand me as an
"apostnte" for accepting as truth what
your president declares and publishes
TO the church and the world7 o shamel
the Lamont branch OF the church Of
Jcspa Christ Of f.ntcr.dny Saints being
In business session this evening Novem-
hcr Z. 1899. President Gunapliey an
nounccd that for some reason certain
documents are not present. and that the
branch officers having preferred charges
hort Conner. desired that the branch
appoint court Of Elders
II was asked that the charges be read.
The president answered that the ofii-
GERS had decided that Il was not necca-
snry those charges be made public. That
due notice had been given to the par
ties, II was then asked whether either
of the accused parties had made answer
20 those charges The answer was that
u was immaterlal whether they had or
not. and ruled the question out " or
der.
Thus another chapter h added TO the
history OF the hidden deeds OF the In
QUESTION Of the nineteenth century
What Is the matter. Eentlemcn7 Has
your frail craft. constructed from the
flaws Of little delegated authority
briefly bestowed become so trustworthy
that after setting away the remnant
stan. you stenlthllv nout TO the rear
To take refuge behind the stcfnmost
bulwarksT
Now, kind reader. the action OF the
fur recognized branch presidents. In
making n public chntgc-ycnial or
otherwiac-ngainst me. and refusing TO
body whom they pretend made ~. and
for suupresslng my answer to tho
branch impels me 20 reproduce the
charge and my answer to the same.
that I may not be misunderstood In
deed or motive by n generous public.
Now, gentlemen. this IN my answer TO
the charges as preferred by the La
monl Branch through its four prcsi-
dents.
Yours respectfully.
tsigned) ALBERT CONFER.