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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14
R0ERS BLOW UP X
ANOTHER TRAIN.
rhov Also Make Several Attacks on MAIZE
king. All of Which Have Been Re-
pulsed by the British.

They Have Entered the RoOgond which Controls Mafekings
Water supply-Blow Up Bridge and Destroy Train Of
nvuamite-capture Station at BOtohas pass-den Sir
G.rCe White Fails TO Draw Beers Into combatGuessing
At the Bocr Plans-parament TO be Asked for Conditions Of
peaccSending English Residents from the Transvaal-
BOers Say This War Must be ConelusyeBrts Transport
IN sorm-Procamation at the Cape-Enihusiasc Fare.
well to Gen. Ruller
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14

Alma MininE Tru.tseship dispute Decided
by JudEe cherry.

Judge Cherry today rendered n de-
oislon In the ease Of the state Of Utah
on the relation Of Il. a. McMlllsn Va
Glen Miller. giving Judgment for the
petitioners, ana holding that they are
entitled to vote the 10000 shares OF
stock In the Alma sold Mining COM
puny, held by them.
Proceedings In this case were In tho
nature N quo warrunto. and were
brought 10 Gust Glen Miller. George r.
spragur. Llhbie A. Miller. and ID. X.
Augsburg uH trustees Of the Alma Gold
Mining company u being alleged that
they were elected by 10000 shares OF
Cancelled stock voted By Lucicn II.
Smith. The defense claimed that the
stock was never surrendered Or can
Ccllgl.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14

Judge iiiles made the following or
dera today.
Frank Z, McGurrin " Lorenzo Petit
ct al, David Evans appointed guardian
al item.
Jesse Maggenetu vs. y. NJ. Bishop Il
al dcmurrrd argued. submitted and
taken under advisement.
J. II. LupHley 1t nj W G. ]. Higs0n:
motion for new trial, argued, submitted
ana taken under adylacmcnt.
Margaret Reed w Augusta Reed ct al.
judgment for plaintiff AS prayvd for.
q. LnvaEnino W Edmund H.Uhlig ct
all motion To quash summons, argued,
taken under advisement.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14

Henry struck. West Dallas. Texas, In
jured, believed to be fatal
Mrs. Buolah Parsons. KoHse, Texas,
sister OF Mrs. noarke. seriOus.
Another woman, name or home un-
known, was badly hurt. but was hurried
away In a carriage by friends.
The other passengers who were hurt.
were able TO get away without assist
ancc or the need Of surgical help.
The accident was caused by the troll
ley car and tho train attempting to
make the crossing whore there was no
naEman, at the same time.
Boor@-I.ond0n eidehead
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14

"so-f6s. Oft. ~ The ENchAhtt wv
! Z, company has received a dispatch
c.pstown. dated this morning
. ,,sr that the Bocts have blown up
49, armorcd train carrying tele-
80 sp.raiors from Mofek'ng.
b. Boers. 1t IL reported, have seized
, ,,llvay station north Of Fourteen
] .,ma between vryburr and KIM
q .y Fightng h eth continuing In
q 1srhborhood.
AeoofdinF 10 dispatches from tho
n Il, he Bosrs have made several at
d !, upon Mafcklng all Of which have
- rruised. IN connection with the
rnorsd attack upon Mafoklng, a dis
n,.tlns report comes from Pretoria to
:, EJECT that the Rustenburg and
MO commanders have crossed the
a rlsf aud entered the Roolgrond ter
= NJ % between Lchtonburg and Mafo-
a.. blowing up the bridge over tho
M o2to river and destroying d train
b. u dynamite and the track. ~
nsf,klns depends upon Roolgrond for
NJ water supply the Significance OF
d J. move Re evident.
4 d.ipaich from Pretoria. dated oc-
~ H. siys.
Gen Koch wires from the Natal
trisr that bic commando has occu-
y . Bsiohas Pass and also has cap
No. he railway station"
fhs latest reports from vryburg say
d armof,d train that was destroyed
d Knslpin contained IN addition TO
n bits force. q number OF workmcn
a Elk resident. Of Marigogo. south OF
Nai'klng. who. on hearing Of the Bocr
eyanoe. took refuge In the train.
Th' following dispatch from Lady
y In has been received at the war Of
A.
sIr Goorgc Stewart white went In the
ditcton Of Van Recnan's paes at 3
m. Fndiyl but failed To draw the
pefs 10 the pass. lie returned to
ilymI,h whvrc no Ia now. No en-
ng,msnt occurred.
lhs capture Of the train on the
western border Of the Transvnal In the
.. ul a lew anticipated rcVeIsea
W' outset OF the campaign. Tue
p plan b nov unfolding itself. II
ma to BE- % strike simultaneously NJ
oiefent points with view Of obtain
~ strong strategic position In Natal
tiofe the arrival of the Hriti.h relu-
ffgsmsnts A, an ,o,.,. M p.,,tsh
, .lp, AZ all points the bri'ish
~ forced by Bocr forces superior at
ksst In number. The most dangerous
psltlob, e,p.c,.ity - 49, ,.'. y,
81 a,ro,., -. - w Us -
n. ',' ,,l. ,'1ln' arc between MARE
~ and Vryburg.
Col Baden.powelI WIN IL 4, cam.
- ~ Ha''N'hs' IL u man OF tho
'a's,l courage and energy. but he has
" 200 men, many Of them irrerilnrs
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14

Washington, oct. 1.-THE war de-
partment received the following from
Den. Otis today:
Manila. Oct. ii-Tacoma arrived this
evening delayed two weeks hy IS
phoon 1871 horses Fourth cavalry, good
condition. nine lost.
Transport Belgian King arrived this
morning,aeycn companies. rhiray fourth
iufantry, no casualties.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14
ABDUCTION CASE,
J. W. Wilkinson and Wife Arrive In
Logan Subscription Suit

Logan. Utah, oct. III, W. wnkln-
son, wife and daughter, who lett here
yesterday with "a child NJ H. w, Smith
Jr. and wcre arrested In ogden last
evening on warrant charging them
with abduction, arrived here on this
mornings train from the south They
win have a hearing this afternoon In
Justice Knowles court.
In the district court today II, q. Dun
a 60. Of salt Lake city hled suit
against Thatcher Milling and Elevator
90. 90 recover 500 alleged to be due for
one years. subscription to plaintlffs
mercantile agency.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14

Trolley Car aud halfway rraln Try To Use
the same Crossing at the same Tune

st. Louis, Oct. IA special 10 the
Post Dispatch from Dallas, Texas,
says:
Near the State fair grounds In the
eastern suburbs. trolley car ON the
Rapid Transit street railway hllod with
passengers collldrd this afternoon with
an excursion train on thea Gulf Color
ado a Santa Fo road.
OF the forty-nlne passengers on board
the street car nearly half u them were
hurt. Six were seriously Injured and
three Of those cannot live.
Those most seriously hurt are.
Edgar crowdor, sulphur Springs,
Texas.
Il. e. Mabrey, Graham. Texas. prob
ably fatal,
Mrs celia Roarke, Kosae. Texas. ex-
peotcd to die.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14
Mss uNprnniLL is cuAMrIoN.
she Wins In the Golf Tournament To-day
by - close score.

Philadelphia oct. i4.-Aiiss Underhill
defeated Mrs. Fox IN the finals OF the
women'a golf championship tourna-
United States Score:
Miss undcrhlll. out. O.. In. 40.
AIRS. Fox, out, il In, A.,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14
Two NEW CITIZENS.

John r. Fitzgerald, late Of Ireland.
now Of salt Lake. and a. J. Crombct,
late Of France. now Of Mercur. were ad.
mittod 10 citizenship by Judge Cherry
today
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14

An order was made By r.c Supreme
Court today In the case u the 1iecla
Gold Mining company w NJ. r. Osborn.
appellant. denying respondents mo-
ton TO dismiss the appeal
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14

They were Accused Of Completely with
Political Opponents The storya first.
Here In dispatch "a Il came early
In the forenoon today.
London. oct. IA special from
Bucharest says that the sultan has been
drowned In the RosphOrua By several
ladies OF the harem In completely with
members OF the young Turkish party.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14
WITH THE JUSTICES.

The case of Ezekiel Holman of Sandy.
charged with assault ana battery on
the person Of Carl Larsen, tho water
master Of that place, has been set for
Tuesday at 2 p, m, This Is a ease from
the Sandy Justice brought here on a
change NJ venue, Justice Brown being
Interested In the case. and was
changed on hiH own motion. quite "a
number ~ witnesses have been
suhpUnnrd Co uprpar The ease Will be
tried before Justice Nelson.
+. II. Marohn. who was cited 10 APP
pear before Justice Nelson, was on
hand yesterday afternoon 10 plead not
guilty. The complaint reads that the
defendant ana ''Wilfully nud felouloualy"
appropriate 500 from Mgasrs Water
man Bros. Mr. Marohn gave a bond for
500, signed hy himself n. Mckenzie
and +. u. Hahn. The hearing has not
been set as vet
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

cessfully raised. The date palm tree hourishes in southern California, but does not fruit Only the female. or pIstiHate tree, bears, which has to be fertilized from the pollen Of the blos- som of the male or staminate tree. All the female trees over six years of age in the valley bear regularly when pol lenfzed. Several punches of dates were shipped in 1897 to the horticul- tural fair in Madison Square garden. The quality of the dates was highly commented upon and they were one of the unique features Of the fair.
 In addition to the above named, many other varieties of fruit are grown in the valley, and while excel lent in quality, are not So extensively raised as the kinds mentioned. Plums deserve special mention. All of the finer California varieties are grown and do well The Prunis Simona is a delicious fruit, large, of a golden straw, changing to a dep crimson in color. The WicksOn is @ little smaller, being about the size of the Kelsey Japan, and is a delicious fruit, either eaten ripe, or for canning purposes. The Wick son plum begins to bear at two years old and is in fuil bearing at four O. five years, when the average amounts to over 150 pounds per tree.
 The white or smyrna fig of com merce is grown in the valley, but the trees bear irregularIy and there is but little profit in raising them
 The black or purple fig bears abun- dantly and has two or three crops every year. 1t makes a fine table fruit and a jam par excellence
 LoQuates, guavas, Japanese persim- mons and other kinds of what might be termed fancy varieties of fruits have been grown to a limited extent
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

scientific manner. For instance there is still an occasional old settler who will insist to ne that the proper way to irrigate fruit trees is to flood the surface of the ground. and this in the face of his own disappointments and the pronounced success Of his more progressive neighbor. It has taken years Of demonstration to convince this class that this valley is the peer of California in fruit raising. The marked success of the orange is SC re- cent that even now but few o fthe resi- dents of the valley appreciate the real ly magnificent future Of that fruit in this valley.
 All have recognized the wealth in alfalfa and stock raising, however, for the succeeding seasons and the bank account of the alfalfa raiser have sug- gested no pr0tracted period of experi- ment to prove the cert2intieS in that direction
 It is now recognized that the soil of the valley is not surpassed in fertility by even that of tho Nile, and the time when it will be found supporting a dense population hinges only upon the question of water supply.
 The farmers buy water from the ca nals by the miners inch, as a rule, one cubic foot of flow per second represent ing forty miners inchss, and semi annually they contact for water for the ensuing six months, the amount taken for quarter section of 160 acres ranging from forty to one hundred miners inches, according to the crop raised and the method of applying the water. The price paid reduced to an acreage basis. runs from $1 to 8 per acre, according to the canal from which i5 is bought.
 So far from excessive are these water
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31
IRRIGATION AND WATER STORAGE
 Ky Sims Fly
By Sims Ely.

All Of the agricultural wealth of Ari-
 zona has been created by irrigation. Less than one per cent of the acreage
 of the territory actually Is irrigated,
 yet the values created thereoy within
 the last two decades are enormous
 The young county of Maricopa alone
 with a population now somewhat
 above thirty thousand, contains real and personal property of a total value of at least thirty millions of dollars, conservatively estimated from the notoriously low assessed valuation of $9,164 210 and substantially all of this is due directly and indirectly to irri- gation.
 There are ether counties which are to great extent indebted to the same source for their prosperity. but lack of space fOrbds a detailed descripAon of the development going fo1'walcF or a review of the local conditions }Le- vailing in the respective -lOcalitA
 Yuma county, with 120 miles CT c&
 and eighty thousand available actS< under them presents the most costly ditch development outside of MlricOple county. Much new work, actual and projected. is reported from Navajo county, where, two years ago, there were eighteen small canals with total Of fOrty-five miles. PinaI county has the distinction of containing all important storage reservoir. the prop erty of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company, which covers 600 acres to an average depth of twelve feet, and supplies water to some 6 900 acres. The reservoir is created by an earth dam 14,000 feet in length and twenty-five feet high. It is estimated that Pima county has 130 miles of irrigation ditches, counting the lateraIs but the land supplied does not exceed 12,000 acres. Mohave county presents a good field for irrigation development, but little progress has been made So far, not more tllr,n q dozen miles of ditca having been constructed. Cochise county is unique in having the only artesian wells in the territory. the thriving little settlement of St. David being supplied by eleven wells, which maintain a constant flow. Ia Graham l county 10S miles of canal supply water to some 10000 acres. cultivated by 9 most prosperous community All of f the canals in that county are owned and operated by the farme.s, usually 1 in the form of stock companies. In i all of these counties with the exception | of Yuma and Mohave, the greatest pos sible area is irrigated, and it will be | necessary to increase the water supply l by storage before further development i can be expected
 Irrigation has been revoIutionized 1 and r.odernized by new and scientific 1 methods during the past few years, but the industry itself is the oldest known { in Arizona. The Catholic church rec ! ords show that irrigation was com menced by the Spaniards, around Tue son, mere than $50 years ago, and that it has been continued without break down to this time, in the Santa Cruz valley. In that valley there arc fields which have produced crops every ye1 since that remote date-many Of tbI
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

with the intention of sh0otilga a certain number of shots ard then returning. The birds arc 50 plentiful that ther2siS nc doubt but that he twill succeed in shooting as many times as he desires, have fine sport and excellent practice
 Our wild pigeons are familiar to most all sportSmen. They are found only in the mountains and are very nu- merous Turkeys are also found in the mountains, and one going after them invariably has great sport.
 Rabbits may be found everywhere; several varieties of them, from the small sage rabbit to the jack. great many hunters prefer to hunt them with a smal-bore rife and it is great sport to get after them with a p repeater Squirrel of several varieties may be found at any time in the pines.
 Of fishing we are not so bountifully supplied. There are but three streams in the territory in which mountain trout are to be found. These are Oak creek, White Mountain and Clear creek. Atone time these streams were alive with the speckled beauties, but giant powder soon changed easy fish ing to difficult, and so thinned them out that there were barely enough for a good start at the time our fish and game law was passed. Oak creek is better protected now than ever by q county law recently passed. The fish are now rapidly increasing and we hope soon to have all our mountain streams well stocked with them. In all streams there are to be found what is called here the Verde trout or bony tail The same fish in California is called lake trout These, with carp and suckers, are very plentiful, but not coming under the head of game fish there is nothing of interest to be said regarding them.
 It is to be hoped that Arizona sports men will continue in the good work of protecting their game and fish. They have their laws in working order while the game is yet plentiful, and if proper attention is given to the prosecution of all violators there is no reason why we should not always have good sport without being obliged to travel a great distance to obtain it. The trouble in most states and territories has been that the people did not realize that their game was being exterminated until almost too late to remedy itby laws. We have profted by their ex- perience, and although it may now seem unnecessary to protect some Of the game, I do not apprehend that the open seasons as by law established will work any hardship save in the case of the game butchers who slaughter fo- gain.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

have been cultivated every month in
 the year-and still the soil gives no
 sign of weakening in it's productive
 ness.
 But if one seeks for the beginning Of Arizona irrigation he must go far back of the Spanish invasion. Throughout
 the santa Cruz, Gila, and Salt River valleys are numerous signs of a pre- historic race Of agricnlturisls Buried cities, buildings and Notifications dot these valleys here and there, while the lines Of the irrigation ditches ot that remote day abound. In more than one place deep cuts through solid rock are mute witnesses of the industry Of race whose laborers excayated without powder. Some of the governments archaeclOgists have fixed A D. 800 as about the time when the cultivation of these valleys was begun by that for gotten race, but 1 have never been able to understand how that date was ar rived at. 1t is very probable, at any rate, that much speculation as to the high civilization" of the perished race is i'll founded. The alleged skillful engineering disp,ayed in the running and construction of their canals has been explained to me by engineers as being nothing more than the gravity method pursued by the Mexican and Indian ditch diggers Of this day, which in starting the canal from the river and faithfully carrying the eXca- VatiOn in whatever direction the in flowing water persuades. The Pima Indians have been farming and irri- gating on the Gila river longer than their traditions give any account.
 While being of incidental historical interest to the investigator, the age 'cng cultivation O. the valley soils of Arizona, considered with. the unim-
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31
EDUCATION
By R L Long, Superintendent of Public Instruction.


 The scheme of public instruction in A1izona as embodied in it's laws, pro vdes for the free training of every child within it's limits from his admis- sion to the primary school, until his graduation at the university. The present system, however, was not de- veIoped in a day, but grew from very humble beginnings. The earliest rec ord of public funds being used for pub lie school purposes is found in the pro ceedings of the iirst legislative as- sembly, which convened in Prescott in 1864, from which it appears that ap- prOpriatiCns were made from the terri toTlai treasury for the benefit of the public schools in che towns of Prescott. i.aPaz and Mohave, of S250 each, pio- vided that said towns appropriate Ike sum. The sum of $500 was also
Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

quainted with the country, and during
 a days ride have encountered as many
 as thirty deer and a like number of an
 telope. While in one of the towns in
 the northern part of the territory a
 friend of mine and a sportsman stated
 to me in a confidential way that he
 had never killed a deer CT an antelope in his life. that he seemed to, be hoo
 dOo when he went cut and that
 he would give his chance of
 becoming member of the next legislature. or something of the
 kind, if he could only kill one. As I was then on my way so1th I in- vited him to accompany our party as far as Mormon lake. stating to him tHat we would try our best to overcome his hOOdOo Leaving town about noon five hours drive found us at the lake, which, by the way, is at the base of Mormon mountain. We camped at beautiful spring of water near the old Mormon dairy, now deserted. The fol- lowing morning we started up the mountain on foot, separating near the top. Fortune favored me first and l scored on an eight-Point buck. My friend, who had heard mYfGhOt, came to where l was and I sent him to camp for a horse to pack the deer in with. On his way down he jumped another buck but did not get shot at it. On his way back two more bucks raised up and evidently only saw the horse, as they at once laid down again. When my friend reached me he at once asked me very eXcitedly for my rifle. as he had'left his in camp, thinkingtthat af- ter going up and dGwn the mountain so many times there were no more deer there. 1 handed him the gun and back