Arizona silver belt., 1900-01-11

lar rate. We cannot exist any longer on thank you jphs, notwithstanding they may come from our order, our church or our party. We are friendly to all these organizations, but they nave no special claims on us, and tley are not entitled to any more favors than an individual Flagstaff Gem.
 The third day of the session of the loint county institute and territorial teachers' association was productive of good results; President A. J. Mat thews, of the territorial association, delivered the annual address, and spoke at some length on the relation ot the teacher to the state, and the importance of the teacher in develop Ing the feeling of patriotism, and the making of good citizens. The address was attentively listened to and heart fly applauded. "A rizona Star, De- cember 20.
 County Recorder w. A. Marvin to. day received a letter from J. II. Maxey, dated at New York. NJ. Maxey and Big Al" Neville are el- gagged in shipping stock from Texas to Cuba and are making lots of money. They will make one more shipment, 50o head of mules, and then close out their business and return to Yuma. Mr. and Mrs. MaXey and Big Al"eA | pect to arrive about the first of next April with money enough to buy big ranch and stock it with 2,000 head cows.-Yuma Sun.
 The Prescott Courier does not favor executive clemency for thieves who have acknowledged their guiItand are :, The Courier says: ".rhere is some ground for clemency in the case of | juvenile law breakers, according, of | course, to circumstances. But for the man who has grown grey W tn accumu- lating years, and is still thief, per | jurer, or any other sort of perpetual violator of the law, there is no ground for cemency, and if he cannot be leg ally hanged, he should at least be kept | locked up the balance of his life, in order that people may be protected from his depredations. Libtrty cer- tainly should not be const- -ued to mean liberty to steal. ."
 | The farmers of the valley lre not planting as much wheat as usual this season. This is to b. regretted, as wheat is not only a profitable crop, but requires much less water than any other crop of like value. An eXperi- enced farmer informed the Gazette yesterday that he never failed to se;ure a good wheat crop when he gave his land thorough soaking in the winter season. The gentleman says this is a
 fault our farmers have, as a rule they !! do not utilize the winter water to any advantage. This soil is sufficiently porus to retain large quantities of water in winter which can be utilized
 to good advantage the following sum mer. Make storage or reservoir or
 your land in winter and you will have something to draw from when water is scarce and your crops need irriga-
 tion.-Phoenix Gazette.
 | ne ;u,o,oct moi nnlv to tba pappla pf
 the southwest, but to people of u
 country generally who would wish to
 see preserved from utter decay one oI ! the most historical ruins on the conti-
 nent, is the following excerpt from
 Senator Hitchcock's report: "The
 Casa Grande ruin, one of the most
 noteworthy relics of a prehistoric
 age and people in the United States
 is near Florence, Ariz. It is built oi
 the material known as cajon-that is
 pudded clay, moulded into walls ant
 dried in the sun, and of perishablt
 character It is located on 4S0 acres O land. which was reserved from settle l menu Dy eNtCutiNc Diuci oi ""iN --
 1892. The custodian, Rev. Isaac T Whitemore, reports that the building
 is without a roof, and the action o
 the clements on the upper edges O the building is causing them to disin tegrate. Further, that if the wall were properly braced and roof pro yided. these remarkable ruins will b preserved for many coming genera tions. and that there is urgent nee' , for an appropriation by congress | provide for the preservation of th ruin. I concur in these conclusions , and reiterate the recommendation 0
 my predecessor in office that s2,OOO D appropriated to provide for the pro
 lection. etc, of this ruin"
 A handsomely dressed lady, preSum ? ably visitor, yesterday offered f Mexican woman $50 for her four-yeaI 7 old boy. The little fellow boxed a i though his face hadn't been waslle | since the February flood, and he wa a a ragged as he was dirty; but throug V the murk shown handsome, pieaSln Ii connteuance and eyes that resemble