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The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
WHICH TOWN IS THe BEST?

Primarily that is a question for the phy- sician, if there is physician in the case if not, try them all. If mountain region. considerable altitude and a comparatively low temperature is desired, Prescott is in picturesque region, near a great mining districts, and has the social advaataPa of an army post, whipple Barracks. ] az staff IS still higher, is in region of lse pine forests, and is within 9, hard y's journey of one of the wonders of the Id, the Colorado Canyor Oracle is a Fl :tty mountain nook, powered in splendid live oaks, like ,se of California, and is also near an Aportant mining district. If lower altitude and a distinctly semi tropical climate are desired, the three places most likely to be considered are Yuma, Tucson and Phoenix The first is near the sea level; is the warmest and probably the driest of the three, has the least population, and the smallest provision for visitors. Tucson is the oldest town in the Territory, and, after Santa Fe, perhaps the oldest in the Southwest. Its adobe houses give it a Mexican look, and are thoroughly comfort able. Its newer houses are of @ handsome building stone, found in the vicinity. The nitorial University is Iere, and it was formerly the capital. Its elevation being more than double that of Phoenix, it is somewhat cooler, and as there is next to no irrigation near it, the air is a little drier. Phoenix is the centre of the greatest irriga- tion in the Territory. The country for miles around smiles with green fields, cover ed with almost countless herds of cattle, and it is everywhere shut in by low mount aims. It is the Territorial capital has the Government Indian School, the Territorial Lunatic Asylum, and other institutions, and is the general focus for the Territory Like Tucson, it has its occasional wind and sand stOrms-perhaps not quite so often. At either place visitors who know how to adapt themselves to circumstances can be entirely comfortable, and in each they will find an intelligent, orderly, enterprising and most hospitable community. They will find a country full of mines, full of rich agricultural lands, abounding in cattle and horses, in vineyards and orchards and the beginnings of very successful orange groves "a country, in fact, as full of promise for hardy and adventurous men now as Califor- nia was in the .fifties. Above all, it has beer their lot to search for health in far countries, they will revel in the luxury of being in their own land, among their own | cOuntrymen, within easy reach of their friends by telegraph or rail, and in a climate as good of its kind as any in the world.
 ACTUAL HUMIDITY.
 This 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 heen begun,
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
ARIZONA.

Arizona stands at the threshold of an era of wonderful social an1 industrial de- veiopment. 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 d 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 press;on as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her 8 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 scramble for franchises. Nothing mora surely indicates great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest arc falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the mouey lend IS than this. Arizona has reached that climacticel period which every western state has ex 1 perienced sometime in its history when after long aud weary struggle and doubt with each side of the balance first up ahC then down, the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and sunhprst of energizing hope has thrilled the droop ing spirits of the people to greater aIC i braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence i of the great Tombstone boom and the com pletion of two transcontinental lines 0 | railroad across her territorJ ha rather dropped out of public attention 1 but in that time she has been quietly ac cumulating fund of substantial wealtI and force of moral character whicl qualify her now to rise ur and take he | destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican This is Q mistake of great importance fro'. the moral point of view. There is but on' considerable center of Mexican population in the territory, the city of Tucson, an( even there it is not by any means at pres ent the predominating element. It thinl it is certain that Arizona has not to-day nearly so large Mexican population al ] Colorado and not above one-tenth as mucl as New Mexico >"Fitz- Mac," in Denve News
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
 GILA,
CHA.

In the valleys of the Collrado and the Gila rivers there IS room for thousands. It is not too much to say tlat nowhere within the limits of this broad Onion can be found more desirable region for the making of a home. No laborious clearing of the land is rec aired; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbtry have so rapid growth that within eighteen months the immig ant can surround his abode with attract;t Ys 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 thePure 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 proftless can be made produc- tive by the construction of irrigating ditches, and there is no investment which assures i larger or more permanent returns,
 The statement in this article on Yuma 1 county are not exaggerated; in fact they fall
 short of doing justice in thls wonderful bit
 of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds and
 waluuts will do well. 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 ca2 be produced in either tropic of i temperate zones will thrive in the rich and 1 fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the town of Yuma and Yuma County there can i be no better investment for capital seeking 1 large and renunerative returns than is af- l 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 sun
 shine kisses into bloom and fragrance every 1 form of vegetation, and where the clear days
 and cool and balmy nights are one longcon-
 tinued poem of happiness and delight, we l can offer to capitalists an ideal field for in- vestment and to home seekers a veritabla paradise in which to settle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
ATTITUDES.

| IS a striking advantage offered by Arizona that, with the same general con- ditions as to temperature and dryness of air, the physician Is able to select nearly any altitude he may desire. Thus, asth- matic sufferers can find almost the sea level at Yuma, or an altitude of only a thousand feet at Phoenix, CT of only 2,4O0 at Tucson. Others, who find no objection to greater elevations, can choose between Prescott or Fort Whipple, 5,400; Flag staff, G, SO0,; the Sulphur Spring Valley, or Fort Grant, 4,20O; Fort Huachuca. 4,S00, or Oracle, about 1, 900.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
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 gyTzEA GS&0HJEI Y k The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings Of FAIR ARlzONAS BANNER COUNTY.
FAIR ARlz0NA's BANNER COUNT

Brief Statement the Many Advantages and Inducements offered by County Residence.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
TEMPERATURES. .

1 have seen the thermometer mark 9 degrees in the shade CD my north piazza in March. On the other hand we had frosta which killed young orange trees, and there were several nights when thin ice formed,
 The government reports show mean ,emperature for fourte cen years at the pres snt territorial capital of 573 degrees in November, 5 degrees in December, 49 de .rces in January, 54 degrees in February, q degrees m March and GG degrees Il
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
WEATHER.

During a five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but One day hen ,he weather made it actually unpleasant for ne to take exercise ill the open air at some time or other during the Jay. Of course there were good many lays which weather observer would de scribe as 'cloudy, and some that were 'shoYery; but during these five months ,from No' emDer. 1895, to May, l696.l 5here were only four days when we did not nave brilliant sunshine at some time dur ing the day. Even more than Egypt, any where north of Luxor, Arizona IS the laud If sunshine As to details:
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
ARIZONA.
ItS A3tractiOns and Advantages as q
 place Of Residence in Winter.

Whitelaw Reid. owner and editor of the New York Tribune, who has spent the last two winters in Al.zona 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 place for winter residence, and there appears to be such deartb of pre- else information among many who are yitally interested, that it seems almost q public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, few facts of personal observation,
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02

April. The same reports show the highest and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight years, at the same place, as follows; For November 781% degrees and 42 degrees, December 731l degrees and 36A degrees, January 6511a degrees and B degrees, Feb ruary 7l1@ degrees and 35H de rees. March SI1S degrees and fl 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 stranger to be without one at hand
 The atmosphere IS singularly clear, tonic and dry. I have never seen 1t clearer anyw here in the world. 1t 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 tc me about the same in quality as the air or the Nile between Assouan and Wady
 Halfa, but somewhat cooler.
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The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
WHY CAPITAL SHOULD SEEK YUMA COUNTY

WHY CAPITAL SHOULD SEEK YUMA COUNTY Because its mines are the richest.
 Because it's grazing lands arc the best. Because it's farming lands are valuable and productive.
 Because it gives assurance of the largest returns on money invested.
 Because it's grand resources are yet to be developed.
 Because it is young, growing county with an assured future.
 Because the opportunities for engaging in manufacturing enterprises are better than in any other region of the West.
 Because good mining properties can be had at reasonable figures.
 Because there IS a demand for additional facilities for ore reduction.
 Because there are vast stretches of rich soil to be reclaimed by the construction of irrigating canals.
 Because there are large tracts of grass lands that can be utilized by the sinking ot artesian wells.
 Because there are many openings in new country which cannot exist in older com munities.
 Because the opportunities for engaging ir the successful cultivation of semi-tropi fruits are better than in any other part the United States
 Because property values are rapidly ad vancing.
 Because Arizona's boom is yet to come. CAN oNL LIVE COS.FORTABLY? That again depends on what you expect. You cannot have the luxuries of our New York houses out there, unless you build one; or the variety of our New York markets, unless you charater refrigerator car. But there are hotels with almost a much frontage as the Waldorf; and, like 1 everything else in the Territory excepting the mountains and deserts, they are new There are boarding houses of more kinds than one; and brick cottages of eight ol ten rooms can occasinally by rented. Bet ter than any of them, for the man with energy and the pluck to take it, is to on the desert; and he who knows how ''camp out" with comfort through Septem Der Tn the Adirondacks can camp out il Arizona through the winter.
 As to food, there is plenty, and it il good-if you can get it well cooked. Th' alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley ar, the fattening ground for the great cattl' ranges of the Territory. From there tn, markets of Los Angeles and even of Denve are largely supplied, Good beef, mutton and poultry are plenty and cheap, Quail ducks and venison from the vicinity cal also be had. Vegetables and fruits ar abundant in their season, and sometime the season is a long one. It is the on country 1 have lived in where strawberrie ripen in the open air ten months in tn year. ] have had them on my table, fres picked from the open garden at Christina:
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
ACTUAL HUMIDITY.

This is eXtren ely slight, everywhere in Arizona, as com pared with any eastern climate in the United States. he air is driest on the high mesas, remote from suowclad mountains or forests, and in the desert valleys, where no considerable irri- gation has heen begun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
AUTOS FOR BOSTON.
One Made In ST. Louis Said to Give
the Best Satisfaction.

Boston. Mass, July 2S.-By the last
of this week Mayor Quincy expects that
the city viii receive at least one of the
automobiles ordered for city work as
far back as last January. The carriage
expected is one which has been built
by Stanley Brothers of Newton, and
which is known as a steam carriage.
Before long, it is thought the one which
will be ordered from a st. Louis firm
will arrive in Boston. The latter is
naphtha explosive vehicle.
e When the automobiles are turned over
to the city they will be taken to the
city shops on Wareham street, where
they will be temporarily kept, while
certain city employees receive careful in
structions about operating them 1t is
now intended to give one of the auto
mobiles to the electrical construction
division and the other to the repair di-
vision.
Both of the automobiles are of the
light carriage order, and thus far Mayor
Quincy has not decided to adopt auto
mobiles for heavy work, although he be-
leves that it is a question of a short
time only before some Of the heavier
variety will be introduced into the city
DEPARTMENTS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
POOR HORSE RACE.
Topeka Runner Galloped Away From
His Competitor.

A large crowd Of people who are in
terested in sports, witnessed a decided
ly poor horse race at the fair grounds
at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. If the
race was not a fake that did not pre-
vent at least nine-tenths of the crowd
from thinking So
It was reported that the two best
running horses in the state would COM
pete. They were Hessin, owned by J.
c. Goings of Topeka, and George T.
Todd, owned by James Laverly of Hol-
ton, and it was announced that each Of
the owners had posted 500 on his horse.
The betting was in favor of the Hol-
ton horse but when the start was made
Hessin simply galIoped away from his
competitor. The race was never inter
esting or exciting at any stage, but
some of the talent is not so well off
financially today. The time for the q
mile was :35
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
LUETGERT CONFESSED
To a Chicago Lawyer In Febru-
airy, 1898.

Chicago, July 2s.-FranR Fay Pratt,
night that Adolph Luetgert confessed in
February, 1898, that he had killed his
wife
He told me he had killed her." said
Mr.. Pratt. He started to tell me some
of the details, but fell to cursing about
the affair and L was unable to lead
him back to an unfolding of the steps
that I became acquainted with Luet-
CERT. was connected with the Chris
Merry defense and in my visits to my
client l became acquainted with the
sausage maker. He was told by one of
the jailers that 1 was a palm reader
and one day as L was passing his cell
asked me to read his hand. I did so. I
found the lines of fatality, or predesti-
nation, very strong, and I told him that
there were influences that he could not
resist that led him on. told him that
from his hand I could readily see that
in the sense Of self-restraint. He then
said:
Yes, that is so; I did kill my wife.
I was possessed of the devil and killed
her because 1 was in love with another
woman He then started to tell me
about the vat and said his wife a.
tempted to make a dying statement to
him when the dogs began to growl and
he put an end to her. 1t was then that
he switched off to cursing. AS I con-
sidered the confession a professional
one respected it until death has now
placed him beyond further human pur-
suit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
WITH A RADIsH-TOP FLY.
The Grayling's Fondness For Vege-
tables Accidentally Discovered.

Helena, Mont, July 28.-The fishing
season il Montana this year is the lat
est known, even to the Oldest inhabi-
tants, but now that it is on in full blast
the fishermen report large catches. The
small streams are all well stocked with
both trout and grayling. This latter fish
has Jared badly on account of the acct
dental discovery by a boy that they
liked radishes.
In one of the Helena restaurants is a
large aquarium stocked with both gray
ling and trout. One evening after din
ner the boy threw the top of radish
into the water. The red skin and the
green top had scarcely struck the water
when grayling appeared on the sur
face and the radish top disappeared.
A fisherman had witnessed the perfor-
nance, and, deciding TO try the expert
ment, ordered some radishes. Tossing
the tops into the aquarium he was.
pleased to note that the grayling rose
eagerly.
Proceeding to a neighboring fishing
tackle shop he asked to see the curios
in the way of flies, for he could remem-
Der no fly resembling radish- The
search proved futile and he was obliged
to divulge his secret in leaving the or
der for specially made designs, with
large red body and green wings Learn
ing that the fly was highly successful,
the dealer made more flies, told his
friends, and as a consequence there are
Missouri, one of the three places where
grayHng are to be found in North
America, that have not seen big catches
of this species of trout on account of
the restaurant boys discovery of the
Cravings weakness for vegetables
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
MILLER MUST ANSWER.
Mayetta Man Held For Selling Liquor
to Indians.

Several weeks ago Mrs. aAGry Rice,
wife of Richard Rice, one of the leaders
among the POttawatOmie Indians, came
to Topeka and made complaint to Geo.
w. Clark, United States commissioner,
that William Miller and William Cox,
of Mayetta, were selling liquor to the
Indians up there, which is contrary to
the statutes and the peace and dignity
of the United States.
In accordance with the complaint Mil
Ter and Cox were both arrested and
placed under $400 bond to appear in To-
peka Thursday afternoon for a pre-
Several weeks ago Mrs. Mary Rice,
Mrs. Rice made the complaint she again
came to Commissioner Clark, this time
accompanied by her husband, and ask
ed that the two cases be dismissed.
They were already in the hands of the
United States district attorney, how
ever, considerable evidence had been
collected and Mr.. Clark refused to dis
miss them.
The Rice family does not belong to
the bead and moccaSin class of POtta-
Watomies They are exceedingly we'll
TODD, are intelligent, and if seen by
themselves would not be taken for In
dams. Mr.. Rice was at one time chief
of police on the reservation, and he has
great influence among the Indians. The
entire family dresses well and is we'll
educated
The Rice family had forgotten" all
about the sale of liquor at the hearing
and when the testimony was all in At
charged inasmuch as there was no ev-
idence against him. Assistant United
States District Attorney H. j. Bone OBJ
jected and said that he had informa-
ton that the governments witnesses
had been tempered with, and he wanted
an opportunity to bring the matter to
the attention of the grand jury.
Commissioner Clark said that 1t was
evident that some one had been selling
liquor to the Indians and suspicion
pointed strongly enough to Miller to
warrant binding him over to the grand
jury Mr.. Clark took occasion to score
Mrs. Rice for the manner in which she
had taken pains to forget what she had
told him when she made the complaint.
Miller was bound over for investiga-
ton by the federal grand jury which
meets in Leavenworth in October. It is
probable that other matters which have
been transporting at the reservation will
be Investigated also.
The charge against Cox was dismiss
ed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
TALE OF TAILLESS CAT.
Supreme Court Judge Renders q HUI
morously Worded Verdict

New York, July 2S.-Judge Mclean
in the appellate term of the supreme
court today, handed down an opinion
which created general comment. It was
a tale OF q tailless cat and the judge
handled it humorously. Mrs. Lillian c.
Moeran owned the cat and sent it to
the exhibition in the Madison Square
Garden by the New York Poultry, Pig
con and Pet Stock association. 1t es
capped and was never recovered. Mrs.
MOeran sued the association for dam
ages, holding that the loss was due to
negligence. In a district court she OBJ
tanned a verdict for $50 and costs. The
case was appealed and came before
Judges Mclean, Freedman and Leven-
tritt. Judge Mclean wrote an essay, in
which he said:
Herein is an instance of bailment, or,
to borrow learned language, from Mas
sachusetts 90 Gray, $3.50, lOcatum of
Manx felino, described as a male speci-
men, longer as to it's hind legs than as
to it's fore, prizewinning from agricul-
tura1 societies, of great value and with
out a tail. Zenda, for so the Manx was
called. was brought to the show of the
defendant and placed in a coop thereof
by mistress and maid, assisted by an
offering man of fair complexion and
dressed in blue checkered overalls, with
a colored blouse, in which livery many
were about. A little later the powerful
and peculiar exhibit had moved the
iron cage Enthusiastically not fastened
a t the bottom along and partly beyond
the platform wherein it stood, making
an aperture sufficient for his escape.
Then he was off.
There was quick but Sootless pur-
suit by the attendants in pack with
many others with hue and cry. Zenda
was never recovered"
Judge Mclean holds that the defend
ant failed to exercise proper care over
the cat and affirms the judgment rem
dered in the district court. Judge Freed
man also wrote an opinion in the case
reaching the same conclusion as Judge
Mclean, but with radically different
wording. Judge Leventritt concurred
with Judge Freedman.