Mesa free press., 1899-01-27

| Mr.. Grover arrived in Mesa or
Monday evening, having been on the
road from Navajo county since the
beginning of winter with his band OF
twenty thousand sheep. He was
snowbound in Tonto during the heavy
storm, but lost only about one huu-
dred aud 6fty head out of tho hand
OF twenty THOUSAND. The sheep
crossed the river Mpnday and are o,
the desert east of town where corrals
have been built and winter camp es-
tablished. The prospects ara good for
plenty Of feed on the desert this win
ter and spring
Alkire Bros, the popular Dry
Goods and Clothing dealers of Phoo-
nix. now occupy their new quarters
onA door east OF their former place OF
business. Their present rooms are
spacious, with splendidi;ght and ven
tiiation. The stores are provided
with elegantly furnished reception
rooms for waiting lady customers.
Tbs entire store from garret to base
m-nt ia filed with goods of lutest
styles and prices are lower than the
lowest. This is one OF tha most pop
ular firms in the territory and is de-
servedly enjoying q largely increasing
trade.
NJ Parr, OF Graham. has introduc :
ed bill in the House providing for
free teyt books in schools OF the ter
ritory. II provides that in July. 1899
the Supt Of Public instruction shall
publish requests for bids or proposals
for supplying schoo! text books. one
advertisement to be in a Los Angeles
paper and two in Phoenix papers. 1t
also provides chat such books must be
delivered free to the school children
and shat said list shall only be changed
once in s years. No reference is made
to exieting contracts, The bill has had
its second reading.
The Legislature this week repealed
the Immigration law. In approving
the repeating law, Governor Murphy
said: "In approving this measure !
take OCCASION to say my action is to q
large degree based upon what con-
slider inherent defects in the law you
have repealed. I believe, however.
that proper legislation to, encourage
immigration ia desirable"
We understand that branch Of the
famous Lime Kiln Club has been or
ganized in one of the remote districts
Of Ar;zona. The club will advocate
the tenets of tfat famous conglomer-
alton as enunciated by Giveadamn
Jones and Cabbage Leaf Pete. that is
to say. eternal opposition to all i'm
migration and to the newspapers.
The legislative assembly last week
disposed Of the contest against Brown.
Scott and Benham, the Republican
assrmblymen elected for this county
The assembly very justly and proper
ly voted to seat those gentlemen, IN
the ground that there was no ground
whatever for the contest.
One of our wise, well informed and
astute legislators has introduced a
bill in the Legislature to raise the age
of consent in females from fourtet n
to seventeen years. He is certainly
a we'll informed legislator. The age
of consent il now and has been for
six years in this territory. eighteen
years.
There will be All old peoples social
in Coop hall today AMI an old folks
dance tonight. Th -se annual gath.
erings of the old peop'e are always
enjoyable. and yet it is realized that
as the years roll by many of the genial
familiar faces will he missed on these
pleasant occasions.
J.rH Bush and James Wiley left
Wednesday for tbs Alaska gold fields
Mr.. Bush spent last winter and sum
mer in the troze,. north and il to
eurning this time expecting to hno
the golden fleece and we hope MS
expectations will be fully realized.