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Graham guardian., 1899-05-19
The Fertile Graham Valley.

The editors Of Arizona were civ
en- the opportunity on MONDAY
and Tuesday of this week to wit
ness the development of the SECOND
largest body of agricultural land
urder irrigation in Arizona, and
one of the thriftiest localities to
be found anywhere, but, from the
the slim attendance il would seem
that the editors of the Arizona
papers do not care TO become
familiar with the territory in
which they hive, and about which
they claim to write intelligently
for the information of thousands.
Not alone are they the losers, but
their patrons.
The Gila valley, or. we should
say, that part of il under irriga.
ton, begins at Solomonville and
extends down the river TO Fort
Thomas, and the whole length of
TINS area looks like garden.
There is not that scarcity of water
noted frequently in other sections
where irrigation is practieed. An
other eaus9 Of the prosperity, en-.
Joyed by the farmers there, is the
small holdings of land. There are
no large farms, as q rule, but each
farmer has a small, well.kept, vel.
tilted farm, free from encum hrances
of any kind, and tho neat. well
arranged brick farm houses tel the
story Of prosperity and plenty.
The valley enjoys peculiar aud
valuable market faculties. so that
sea ceiy any Of the products Of the
farms 60 outside but are consumed
al home. In the valley there are
seven Touring mills, each turning
out an excellent brand of -four.
The latest in this line was just re.
Gently built by J. r. Owens, oil
Stafford, and is an elegant three
story brick structure with capa.
city of one hundred barrels Of !
hour per twenty.tour hours, aud is
htted with the most improved |
machinery. These mills afford a |
nome market for every pound of
wheat grown IN the valley at the
highest figure.
The progress of that valley can |
De seen by the Gew business estub.
lshmehts going up in Stafford aud
is adJolning towns. Banks, mer.
,antile honses and manufacturing
Establishments are going up on all
'ldes, and an air OF activity per-
1ades The whole valley.
1t is truly wonderful section,
snd when her mining resources are |
considered, aud taken in oonnec |
.ion with her agricultural posi-.
i is plainly to be seen thai
iraham county viii soon be mum
oered with the most prosperous
counties Of Arizona.
Space forblds more detailed
description of the opportunities
or home seekers and those seek.
ug business locations IN this is.
sue, but we have stored in our
memory some points which wei
hall publish in this, the only az. i
.icI,lipral. paper nkli9lasassi
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19
Progress In the ella valley.

| The development of the Gila
valley in Granam county is pro,
ceeding at rapid rate. Every.
where is luxuriant vegetation,
promising, bountiiul crops of hay.
| grain and fruit. The frost of lasl
| Wednesday nipped the tops of the
alfalfa aud caused damage to the
Iapricots and grapes. 1t was fear.
ed that the wheat had been seri-
ously injured bat events show
that The damage Was comparative.
ly slight. Farm lands are advanc
ing in value. Mr.. z. Anuerson,
who owns one of tie finest bodies
| of land near Stafford, recently re
fused $4,000 cash for 240 acres.
Small tracts contiguous to town
are held al $500 to $40 per acre.
Stafford citizens dlscredlt the idea
Of boom but an extraordinary
amount Of bnilding is In progress.
Jas. Q. Parsley and w. A. Stark
are erecting line brick residences
just south Of the Grcesbeck hotel.
Mr. Holt is about completing a
bank building, Mr. Ming, a late
arrival from Phmnlx has given u
contract for substantial building
in which To open first class fur.
niture store. j. N Porter has
bought a lot for a store building
ana ljams & Co., alsJ contemplate
building in the near future.
Owens rev three story brick
mill is aow turning out flour iu
large quantities. CampbelPs stone
store rs rapidly taking shape.
Within the past year, e +. Ijams
and Dir. Green have completed ana
occupied handsome residences and
many other minor improvements
are noticeable.
The iiouring mills of which
there are four, are an important
taclor III the growing prosperity |
OF the place. Prina Il Co.'S. null, |
IN winch John Blake and JAS. c..
Pursiey are prominent owners,
formerly OF this valley, has had IN
aud out since Jan. lst sixtv.three
cars of grain and finished products.
This mill is kept in operat day
and night without getting ahead
of lis orders. The number OF pro-
m,neut citizens contributed by this
valley to Stafford and the surround
ing district is surprisingly large
In addition TO those just named
we might menti n w. A. Stark,
t. O'Bryan, II. Dial, Geo. Todd,
Ben Maurer, T. L. Hunter. Jas.
Lassator, II l.. Castle, f. T.. Braley
F. w. Hays, the Wild family ana
many others.
Al Solomonville there are many
evidences Of prosperity. w. B.
Kelly and family are occupying
new residence and several other
houses have been constructed or
are contemplated. Business at
the court house, since tho good
work done ut the late term ofI
court and the settlement of the
district attorney problem is now
moving smoothly
There IS said to be prospect
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19

OF a Touring mill at Solomonville.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. E. Solomon " ere
prepared to entertain twenty or
thirty visiting editors and the
covers were laid for grand ban.
quet in Solomon's hall. Those
who failed to come wero the losers.
Mrs. Julius Wetzler, nee Eva
solomon, with her son Sidney. has
spent the last three months at her
old home in Solomonville. Her
husband is a prominent merchant
aud sbeepowner Of Navajo county.
The writer is indebted to Re.
corder Michelena for courtesies
exteEded,-Rlnge .Ne,os.
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19
ARIZONA LETTER NO. 4s
A trip into Graham County---Generai
Mining Notes.

1
| Attendance upon meeting o
the Arizona Press Association o
| Solomonville has enabled ME I,
divert 10 some extentmy attention
from Pima county. | may ado
here that the Mining Review was
the only paper of its class repre-
sented, and | found j! has won
favor in this section, as in fact is
the case wherever it is known, be-
ling In so many of its features an
Arizona publication. The brief
stay i made at Solomonville and
Stafford did not afford me an op.
portunity to gather as much In.
formation as | could have WISHED.
Yet can present few interest
ing items.
Dory Morris, a Solomonville
man OF good reputation, is inter
ested in the urahams, and has as.
sured me that he will furnish me
by mail such information conUern
Ing his promising property as will
be a surprise.
Mrs. Holburn, who was paid
S25,O0O for eleven copper claims
IN the Lone Star district, nIne
miles north of Stafford, was pas
senger Oh the train on her way to
Boston. Mr.. Frank Qualey speak
Ing OF these properties sand that
lhe product, assorted ore, as ship /
ped to FL Paso during the winter
frequently showed 20 per cent
copper VI in silver and SO in goid.
No ore has been shipped of late,
but MIR. Quaiey thought he would
send out ut least 500 tons during
the summer. He said he was en
route To Ell Pase to secure supplies
Tor The cainp, and perhaps purchase
o0 ton smelter. On his return
ne would place thirty.fve men at
work. A building for. the smelter
IS 10 course of construction, In
-he course of month he would
7isit Tucson. His brother Chas,
5 at the mines.
Judge Jonn Blake of Stafford
'ald he and associates, all of SAT.
ord, were shipping copper bear
ng ore to the Silver City Reduc-
ion Works from the "Strip" re.
,ently segregated from the San
Carlos reservation. On April lst
| shipment OF 81 ,552 pounds show
ID l24 ounces silver; 33 per cent
copper, netting S24S99 SO. Five
men are working The claim. The
Judge shipped April rs four aud
me half tons, which went l9 4-l0l
'er cent IN copper.
The Chiffon district on the
Frisro and Chase Creek, will be
by telephone after Octo-
'er next, it being the purpose OF
Dr. Lacy Of Solomonville aud his
ssnciates To extend the Gila Val-
ey line TO the big camp.
PrTToCK, IN Los Angeles
lining ReUiel0.
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19
The Business DIRECTORY.

A business directory is soma
thing that Graham snd 6ila esun.
ties need very badly, and Buss &
Birdno, Satfora's real estate agents
recognizing this fact, have deter.
mined to publish one. Every busi.
ness in both counties should be
represented as it will be a book Of
great value to all branches of ftrade.
Willcoxand Bowie being contiguous
to these counties, will be nelnded.
MI Boss will call on You within a
short time and explain the PROPOSE.
ton.
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19

territory, in future issues. We
hope to be able TO again visit that
valley in the near future, to SEQ
more of the section which has fory-
ed ahead 50 rapidly since our last
visit there abont six years ago.
and which is SO susceptible Of stiil
greater improvement.-Southw
St0ckmap.
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19
A Convenient Dericn

AS a labor saving article the
canvass dam is becoming very
popular, the farmer can carry Il
with hlm IN the field and in two
seconds tnrn the current of an ir.
rigating stream without moving
one shovel full Of dirt These
canvass dams are patented BY Mr..
Wltcher, who proposes 10 prose-
cute anyone who infringes on his
patent. The "Witchcr Dam" is
tor sale by slessrs. Philips g. Kim.
ball, Thatcher, Ariz. Price s2.75
and $500. RI
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19

The ancients beaepea ,,t rhe.
matism was the work OF a demon
within a man. Any one who has
had an attack q sciatice ar NJ.
flammatory rhematism will agree
that the iniicii1n is dam o,niac
enough TO warrant the belief n
has never been claimed thar Oham.
herlain's Pain Balm woai c,st
ont demons, but il will care rhe.
matlsm, and aa eds bear ieSsi.
mony to the trath Of tins state.
meu'. oae application reileyes
the pam, and ins qnick rehef
which 1t affprds IS alone sortA
many times It's cost. For sale by
Stafford Drug % Saaora, ii. p.
Wightman, PiN
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19

My stay in the valley is very
uncertain; hat while here | will
make all the pictares wanted AZ
very low prices. Any kind of a
day viii do, jast come in and let
me do the rest. Bring a little
money with you, as | insist on mart
pay IN advance. | dUARANrEE SAT-.
IsrAorIoN and will deliver no work
unless u is perfect. do rot
charge for re.sittings when il Il NV
fault, but II YOU wish to change
your dress, style Of hair OF monla
| charge enough 10 cover the cost
OF the plate. Baby pictures
speciality. am the Great Amer.
can baby cbarmer.
Dr. RoNyeY.
.l'ha Star ty.,ti.r,t -
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19
The Star GalIcry.
A Reward orersd.

l have number ot ca = on the
range between Black r ,elS aud
the San Pedro, all brandei D 2 on
lett shoulder or ribs. 1 will pay
So for each head in this brand.
whether vented or t.aeyei. ar
not, delivered at Saif ,rt. Ca,tle
are marked with uader and
aver hin in each ear.
Mas. A. zurELr.
q In
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19

yYyANTEp-sEyE TRUSTWORTHY
w persons In this state 20 manage our hisi
ncss Ia their own aud nearby counties. Il is
Mainy office work conducted az home, Salary
suaiglu S9Jj year and eNpenses-dehnite, bon
aAne no more. no less salary. Monthly $40 Re.
refetces Enclose self addressed stamped en-
velplo. Herbert +. Hess Prest., Dept. NJ
Chicago
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19
Notice to Miners.

The GUARDIAN now has in stock
a full supply Of mining locations.
Those desiring them can obtain
any number desired by calling at
or writing TO this Office. If.
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19

All the buggies in the Groesbeck
livery stable are now and first
class. If.
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19

Reirigerators for sale at Ijams
4 Co. 9t
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19
Team. wanted.

Teams wanted for logging and
.,',.'l,l saul,ng !s..,,n Lumber. Apply g Gee;
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19

train No. 10. eastbound leaving Marieopa at
Train No. 2 connects with southern Paeifc
nain No 20, westb0und leaving MaricoPa at
5;S6 O. m. ,.., a nm a
connections made at Phoenix with ). r.; z "
p K r for Prescott and CongresS
Connections al Mesa with stage LOT 1oiunetu' i,ne
MONDAYS. Wednesdays and Fridays, AZ i25O p,
M. for Florence and Globe. Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays at o'clock a. M
Strains stop on signal ,
Pullman Palace Sleeping cars on al Trains
X K MAsTEN' b. +. PORTER,
President. 6enl Supt.
NJ o. BICKNELL,
Genl Frt. and Pass. Agt.
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19
WANTED!

Reliable man for Manager of
Branch Office | wish to open in
this vicinity. If your record is o.
X. here is good opening. Kind
ly mention this paper when writ.
ing.
A. T. Morris, Cincinnati, o..
catalogue A cts. postage.
Graham guardian., 1899-05-19

Chairman Board of Supervisors,
Graham county, Arizona.
P. M1cHELENA, Clerk.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-05-25
HUMOROUS.

Il should like to tell you Il
funny story about my little
boy" ''Oh, we'll, so ahead. "
But l have forgotten it. "
Say, don't you want a good
cigar?-The Rival.
Mrs. Yeast-"Do you think
my visits to your wife do her
any good?" Mr.. Crimsonbeak
oh! yes; she says she always
feels better after you've left. -
Yonkers Statesman.
1.-THE worm will turn" she
said. "Of course" he replied.
THE worm is built on a plan
that makes turning compare
lively easy. It's more or less
of a turn itself. "-Chica go
Evening Post. ....
Infantile Perspicuity. little
Marigold-'I have named zis
dolly after you, Amt janet
Aunt Jane-':Endeedw Little
Marigold tsighing) Yes;
'canse she's got so old now, Use
fraid she'll never have fe1Ierr
Puck.
Dukane--"'SpiEns' is iwsuffer-
able. He is always saying, ]
told you So. GasewelF-''Hc
isn't as bad as Snaggs. Snaggs
is always explaining in great
detail how his plans happened
to fail. "-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
Maud-.'Between us, dear, I
think the counts compliments
rather crude. He told me the
sight of my beautiful face ac'
tually made his Mouth water.
Edith THE ideat I'm sure
your face doesn't look quite
that much like a lemon!"-In'
dianapolis Journ al.
Papa" said little Mabel at
breakfast, ''you know how you
takn ne on your lap when you
tell me stories?' Yes" nod
ded papa. well, Mr.. LippfD-
colt was telling Jennie some
last night" And then papa
looked at Jennie over his glass.
es.-N. o. Times Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-05-25
A GOOD IDEA,

"Our readers can help a good
cause and also be paid for 1T I'd
the following way: Wrap neat
ly and securely any cloth bound
book of 125 pages OF more Gt
may be an old school book if
not toJB) and mail it to the
Fraitdaie Seminary, Fruitdale.
Ala, as contribution to their
library. 1t will be thankfully
received and they will send you
in return six curious shells
from the Gulf of Mexico, TO
two alike"
The above is a good suggcs-
tion. Act upon il. Then each
of you send one or more books
of the same class to the Monroe
City School Board and it will
not be long before the High
School Will have library that
will be credit to you and the
school.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-05-25
THE NATIONS DEAD.

Greater love hath no man
than this, we SAY, as we pause
above the graves OF those who
died for their country and lay
above the sacred dust our trib.
ute OF affection and remem-
brance. Sprung from the soil
Of our native land. the flowers
we strew to cover the wounds
of war were born in the cold
earth. While storm darlzened
the sky and the world was
bound in the letters of frost,
beauty and fragrance were
terminating. and thus out of
the tunult of war came the full
ness and glory OF peace.
Within the circle of the year
that lies behind usN since last
We as sembled in the ''city of
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-05-25
lMPASSABLE ROADS.
A Story from Michigan Which Shoui3
Teach a Needed Lesson 10
Every Mossback,

No ore who has given the
subject close thought can doubt
the moral and sentimental value
of good roads. The successful
maintenance of schools and
churches and the spreading Of
their good influences IS directly
dependent upon the character
Of the highways. The social
life of the cou1tEy is quickeDed
or suppressed as the roads be-
come good or bad. The youth
Of the country leaves the farms
mainly for the reason that the
social advantages are SO often
sadly hedged about by impass-
able mud roads. Isolation, ig-
norance, crime, is the uniyer-
sally accepted Of things,
But alas sentiment is some
thing that is difficult to deaf
with in astatistical way. The
business side of the road aues-
tfon appeals to ak. The fol-
lowing from the Bay City
mich. Tfibune tells the story
the old, old story.
"A farmer from Saginaw
county Brought IN a load Of
grain yesterday to be ground.
AtboTgb living usuch nearer
Saginaw than this city, be
stated that it was impossible
for him to draw a load of graip
TO Saginaw on account Of the
condition of the roads. He
came into the city without any
trouble on Bay county's stone
roads, and be is positive that
the failure of Saginaw to get q
sugar factory was due to the
poor condition of tbs reads in
that county. While in the city
this farmer made arrargem ents
to rent 20 acres of land west of
sl1is city FOR six dollars per
acre, and he will grow ten acres
Of beets and ten acres of CHI leo
~. He will rent his farm near
Saginaw for two dollars an
acre, there being difference Of
four dollars per acre in the rel
alive values of the two farms
ON account Of good roads and a
market for products IN Bay
county
The sarse conditions are to be
found in thousands Of localities,
and the people are begimr;pg to
ask if there is never TO be any
advancement along the lines of
road making and road keeping i?
Good Roads.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-05-25

side at El Caney and Santiago
and in the faraway Philippines.
Rich in the heritage of her
brave, America reverently gives
thanks for the heroism of her
sons. The great deeds of the
civil war and the heroes of
those days of stress and strus-
gle will never be forgotten by
this nation. They laid the
foundation of national unity.
upon which is built the mag
nificent structure of our happi-
ness and prosperity. They
perpetuated the ideals of free
dom and instructed this gener-
alton how to live and die for
their country.
When wars shall be no more,
in the far future when man has
reached the fulfillment of his
destiny, he will look back over
the battlehelds of the world and
recognize that there death took
hostage for perfected Civiliza
ton, and there the wrongs that
barred the way of progress
were struck down by those who
fought the battles of liberty.
The bumbIest hero who fell al
Marathon or Manila struck
blows whose echoes shall never
cease to resound through time,
and, and though history may
forget the names of those who
wrought, their work remains.
The old Greeks gave simple
crown of oaken leaves or laurel
to those who were winners IN
the Olymplan games, and thus
the memory of those brave souls
who ran so we'll the race of
life, who won the goal, a nero's
death. Our garlands will with
er, our flowers lose their fra
GRANGE and their beauty, but
their deathless deeds shall
bloom anew with every golden
year of our nations history;
and time shall have for them
neither death nor oblivion.
LOU v. CHAPLIN.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-05-25

the silent" to commune with the
spirit Of our dead, Liberty has
spoken new fiat. She has
called upon this nation. With
the voice of the bugle and the
roar of cannon to give answer
to the query, Am I my broth
er's keeper" She heard the
cry from the islands of the sea
and to this people as once be-
fore, she gave the command
go forth! Strike Off the
shackles and loose the letters
of those in bondage"
AS one voice, from counter TO
workshop, from farm, mill and
mine, from valley, mountain
and desert, east, west, north
and south, the strength and
pride of this nations youth and
manhood cried: Here am 1;
send me-" And so they went
forth to offer the sacrifice of
their blood upon the altar of a
righteous cause.
They fought and fell under
the fierce heat of torrid sun
shine, they died by bullets,
disease and starvation, they
died of wounds and WEAKNESS.
Their graves are on foreign
hillsidese, in tropical jungles,
and in the depth Of the ocean.
Some sleep in the quiet church
yards of their own dear land,
but wherever they lie we offer
to their memory the tribute of
our gratitude. and from their
blood and suffering a new eKa of
the world shall spring, a
memorial to the bravery Of the
American soldier.
Il am my brothers keeper"
America has given the answer.
"Lo, when the oppressed cry
unto Liberty, when my brother
reaches appealing hands Unto
me, l will SUI cor him and share
with him the blessings that
have been granted to me-" At
the call of duty she took up
The White Mans Burden" and
declared. by the memory of
Bunker Hill and Antietam, tina t
tyranny should fatten no longer
upon the blood of the innocent
and the feeble.
| With the tears we shed above
the graves of our lately fallen
there is mingled pride in their
achievements and that they full
filled the prophecy of their
sires at Shiloh and Gettysburg,
and for this they were schooled
by Grant and Lee and learned
of Washington and Lincoln.
Their blood been the solvent
that has made American citizen.
ship homogeneous, and has Civ.
en- the flag the same meaning in
the south and north. In '9s the
sons of men who had opposed
each other in 81. banded to-
gether under the stard and
stripes, fought and fell side by
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-05-25

If Secy. AIger deserves pun
ishment why does he escape?
If Gen. Miles deserves it, why
is it not administered to him?
The people who have been read
ing about embafmed beef re-
spectfnlly ask the Administra-
tIon taSanswer these questions.
Post Dispatch.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-05-25

The necessary appropriation
bills have been passed and
Capt. Pitts has resumed the
payment Of state warrants.
His action in refusing to- cash
them prior to- the passage of
the appropriation bills has been
generally commended by the
masses throughout the state.
The law means what it says,
and in declining to violate it
Capt, Pitts has proven himself
the kind of a Democrat most ur-
gently needed these days. He
is of that kind which Monroe
county points to with plide.--
Paris Mercury.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-05-25

Speculation has run into
dogs. AT least Miss Grace
Reed, of New YORK. City has got
a corner on Maltese puppies.
She worked the deal easily
when she found that breed of
pups" fashionable and is now
getting fancy prices for them
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-05-25

r. L. Woodson. one of Mon
roe ccuntyTs ambitiosRs and de-
serving young lawyers. has.
been appoiutea by Mayor North
as city attorney Of Monroe City.
1t was a good appointment
Paris Mercury.