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The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
COUNTY SUPPLIES.

For blank books for the offices of the re- corder, treasurer, supervisors, sheriff and probate judge, blank statements, etc., ruled to order, pens, pencils, paper, ink, rubber bands and all other office supplies which are or may be hereafter required for the proper transaction ofpublic business.
 Bidders should apply to the clerk of the board of supervisors for further spcciHca- tions.
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
COUNTY HOSPITAL.
Bidders must specify;

Bidders must specify;
 1st. Rate per day for each pauper as- signed to hospital, without medical treat ment, including lodgings, substantial food and necessary clothing. The care and maintenance of said paupers to terminate at the option of the board.
 2nd. Rate per day for each indigent sick person, including medicine and medical treatment, nursing, board. lodging and necessary clothing.
 Srd. Rate per visit for medical attendance upon indigent sick house and office visits, to such as are not inmates of hospital.
 4th. Rate for temporary medical treat ment and medicine for inmates of county poor house, who are not sick enough to be placed in hospital
 9th. Rate for medical and surgical treat ment, including medicines for Inmates of county jail, and attendance in Probate Court in examination of persons charged with in- sanity.
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20

That the names of the aforesaid corpora tors are Fernando B. Maldonado. William c. Smith, Aquiles Arriola and John Riess
 That the name of this corporation is the MALDONADO COMMERCIAL COMPANY. and its principal place of transacting busi- ness is Casa Grande, in the County of Pinal, Territory of Arizona
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20

Leaves Mesa a. m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Arrives at Florence at Il :S0 Q. m. Leaves Florence at p. m., arriving at Globe at p. m., the following day.
 Leaves Globe a. m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Arrives at Florence at Il a. m. the following day. Leaves Florence for Mesa at P. m. Arrives at Mesa at D. m. Stages stop over night at Riverside. Good accommodations given the travelling public. Stages connect with stages for Dudleyville, Benson, Mammoth, Oracle and Tucson. JOHNSON BROS, Agents at Mesa.
 THoS. ARMoR, Agent at Globe.
 SHIELDS & PRICE, Agent at Florence
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
RAILROAD CENTER.

At present it contains population of about i5u0, but with the completion of these two railroads and the Butte reservoir no city ill Arizona can approach it for natural advantages, and large increase in popula- tion will follow. Florence is at an elevation Of 1858 feet above sea level situated near the Gila river, twenty six mics northwest of the railroad station of Casa Grande. with which 1t is connected by an elegantly. equipped duly stage line. Going and coming stages run by the old Casa Grande ruins, and passengers are allowed short time to in- spect them. There are many handsome pri- yate residences i'll Florence, several brick stores, good hotel, an excellent graded school employing four teachers, churches, secret societies d Commercial Club, news paper (the only one in the county, and the handsomest court house in the Territory. Here is held the United States Court for the district composed of Gila. Graham and Pinal counties. The streets are lined with shade trees, which impart an air of comfort on the warmest days.
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
WAN NTED!

A position by a young man, as in structor either in private family or in public school. State salary. Ad- dress P. o. box S4 Jeanerette, La.
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
BURIAL OF INDIGENTs.

Rate for both plain and smooth coffin for each corpse buried, including the opening and closing of grave and conveyance of corpse to cemetery.
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
1 V

The time of the commencement of this corporation is the lst day of November A. D. 1899, and the termination thereof shall be TEN YEARS from the said date
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
COUNTY PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.

For publishing proceedings of the board of supervisors, proclamations, notices to tax payers, etc., including the publishing of all other matter required by the county, for the time and in the manner required by law, and as stipulated by the board of super visors.
 For the printing, binding and perforating of road, poll, license, assessors and collectors tax receipt blanks; for printing letter heads, envelopes, demands against county and all other blanks and job printing required cluding the furnishing of stock.
 Bidders may obtain specifications by apply ing to the clerk at the office of the board of supervisors.
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
II.

That the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corpora tion IS the carrying on of Q general mer- chandise business in the said town of Casa Grande, Arizona
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
MeteoroIoaIcaI statlstlcs.

The signal service of the general govern ment maintained station at Florence from 1874 to 18s2. The reports covering the period from Jmy, 1880, to April, 1882, gives the follow Ing statistics, which may be taken as a safe guide to the prevailing temperature given Turing the series of six yeas.
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20

Pacific railway in the vicinity of Casa Grande and Arizola is at present, and with good reason considered one of the most desirable portions of this magnificent Southern Ari- zona. Great changes have been made in the appearance of this part of the valley during the last four years. 1t was about that long ago that the Florence canal was completed and the work of actual improvement begun. It is useless to deny that under our present water system there is nothing like suffi- cient water to irrigate this vast body of land
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20

V.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by the following officers, to-wit: By Board of four Directors of whom one shall be President; one shall be Yioe-Presi- dent; one shall be Secretary and Treasurer and one shall be Manager. The first Board of Directors shall consist of the following stockholders, to-wit: Fernando B. Maldo- nado, who shall be President; John Riess, who shall be Vice-President; Aquiles Arriola, who shall be Secretary and Treas urer, and William c. Smith, who shall be Manager; and they shall hold their respec- tive offices until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter the said Board of Directors shall be elected by the stock holders of this Corporation on the First Monday in January in each year.
 VI.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation is at any time to subject itself is the sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
 VII.
 The private property of the shareholders of this Corporation is to be exempt from corporate debts.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we have here unto placed our hands and Seals this 24th day of October, A. D. 1899. fSigned) FERNANDO B. MALDONADO, (SeaD (Signed) WILLIAM c. SMITH, (SeaD tSigned) AQUILES ARRIOLA. (SeaD tSigned) JOHN RIESS, tSeap
 By W. c. SMITH. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 COUNTY OF FINAL.
 Before me, Charles F. Bennett, a Notary Public in and for the County of Pinal, Ter ritory of Arizona, on this day personally appeared Fernando B. Maldonado, Aquiles Arriola and William c. Smith, for himself and as attorney in fact for John Riess, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considera- tion therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and Seal of office, this 18th day of November. 1899.
 tSigned) CHAS. F. BENNETT, tSeaD Notary Public. My Commission expires July IS, 1903. Nov. 25-Gt
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
THE CASA eRANDr VALLEY CANAL

is forty-three miles In length and covers 6OOO0 acres of land about 7,0Oo of which are under cultivation. It is so constructed that it can be easily enlarged and it's capacity in creased. reservoir covering 1900 acres, having storage capacity of eight billion gall Ions, in the southeast corner of township t., range 8, gives ample supply of water the year round to all farmers located below it, but those above suffer by shortage of water during a few weeks in summer.
 It is proposed to remedy this by the con- StFuetion of huge reservoir at the Buttes, fifteen miles northeast of Florence. Com petent engineers have examined and reported upon the scheme and pronounce it feasible.
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
PRICES OF LAND.
AN Ux1NHAB1rABIE DESERT

Is in truth the most productive land on the globe. and that there is water in abundance to bring every foot of it under cultivation, only waiting for the magic wand of capital to develop it. There is no water-storage scheme on the Pacific coast that has one-half the natural advantages and so few engineer ing difficulties as the Butte reservoir. Here nature has built the abutments in eyer-liy- ing rock, and all that is left for man to do is to put in the headgate, the bluffs which form the gorge being only separated by a paltry 220 feet. country is drained through this narrow canyon 20O miles square, representing 40,0O0 square miles, or larger than Maine and Massachusetts combined. The rainfall is suf- ficient to fill the reservoir twice year, and the land to be brought under cultivation is practically limitless. This may read like a fairy tale but it is every word true, and has been verified time and again.
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
PRODUCTS OF rHE VALLEY.

Unlike the Salt river, the waters of the Glla are fresh and pure; the soil contains no Ilkali, is deep, rich gray ash, especially almond, peach, fig, pear, apricot and fruits of all kinds, which pay largely on the invest ment. It is also the natural home of alfalfa, which grows in the most prolific manner. The grape does exceptionally well in this valley, and wire and raiSin culture is destin- ed to become prominent industry. Citrus fruits have been cultivated to u limited extent; there are a number of orange trees in the neighborhood of Florence which bear their golden fruit each year without pro lection, and few date palm trees are also in full bearing. The season is from six weeks to two months earlier than Southern Califor- mia, which gives fruit growers an appreciat- cd advantage in
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20

The heat as represented in the above table turing the months of June, July and August nothing like as unbearable as in the Eastern States and death from
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
THE FLORENCE
 TRIBUNE.

The only newspaper pub- lished in Pinal County, the richest of all the Ari- zona counties In mines and agricultural lands. In general circulation among farmers and min- CTS. The most desirable advertising medium in Arizona. A newspaper that you need not be ashamed to send away to your friends. Subscrip- tion $S.00 a year, or $500 for two copies Gin sd- vance,. Address
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20

thereof with the County Recorder of Pinal County. Said shares of Stock shall be fully paid and non -assessable.
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20

FULL WIRE SERVICE.
 VERY FRIENDLY TO ARIZONA. CLEAR AND VIGoRoUs.
 LARGEST PAPER ON THE COAST. The Times is the only paper with specia Arizona News Bureau, and publishes conn plete Territorial Correspondence. The Times reaches Arizona points 24 hours aheadi of the San. Francisco dailies. and is 4s to 60 hours earlier than
 all papers from the Eastward.
 12 TO 36 PAGES. By mail $9 per year. By carrier 75 cents per month k@ Subscribe with Local Agent
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
". Y. PRIC
1.-THE HGHGRADE

Tax Collector, Pinal County, Arizona.
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20

The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation is at any time to subject itself is the sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
suNsrRoKR IS UNKNOWN

n fact, in a residence of sixteen years in Arizona the writer has only known two persons to be overcome by the heat and hey recovered. Their condition, however, vas more the result of whisky than heat. rhe air is so dry here that a registered emperature of no degrees is not as oppres- i've as 80 degrees in St. Louis or New York. 'he Signal Service bureau has recognized his fact, and reports the difference between he apparent and sensible temperature to be ulls 30 degrees. At nearly all times there is pleasant breeze; the nights are invariably ool in the simmer, and outdoor labor is ,erformed without serious discomfort to ither man or beast on the warmest days. rery seldom does the thermometer get be- DIV the freezing point in winter, and in the ardens of Florence to-day are castor bean lants two years or more old,
 UNTOUCHED BY FRosT.
 Orange and lemon trees require slight pro- action during the winter for year or two, ntil the wood is sufficiently hardened.
 While it is a popular thing. for one to say hat he is mot here for his health, it is an ndisputed fact that for all pulmonary ail- rents no climate on earth is equal to South rn Arizona, and there are numbers of active, industrious citizens, with but one lung, who me here years ago, expecting to live but q w weeks. But for all that, the wonderful asa Grande valley is something better than health resort.
 That portion of the great Casa Grande alley lying along the Hue fo the Southern
The Florence tribune., 1900-01-20
THE EARLY MARKETS.

The absence of fogs and nightly dews is Q formidable obstacle to the destructive and unsightly scale-bag. and the fruits of the valley are all bright and clean All the agri- cultural products of temperate and semi tropic zones are easily grown here, the long seasons giving succession of crops that double or treble the productive value of the land.
 PRICES OF LAND.
 Improved lands, with government title and water right, can be bought for from so to $50 per acre, according to location and im- provements. In the immediate neighbor- hood and to the south of the Casa Grande ruins there are thousands of acres covered with a heavy growth of mesquite timber yet open to settlement. These are among the choicest in the valley. Water in inexhausti- ble quantity is found at a depth of from twenty to thirty feet; in fact, a river seems to be flowing underneath. Here is splen- did opportunity to take up and improve land with a pumping system of irrigation, which is said to be successful on small tracts. However, with the completion of the Butte reservoir, pumping will be thing. of the past and it is only mentioned here for the purpose of showing what can be done, and to magnify the further fact that what was once considered
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
CLAIMS AGAINST THE TURK.
missionaries Put Big Values
ON Boots and Bedding.

a special from Washington says that
it is the purpose of the administration to
continue pressing the sublime porte to
pay the American missionary claims
pending against it, but those acquainted
with the character of the claims believe
they greatly ovcrcstimate the value Of
the property destroyed. The total loss
which the missionaries at uarpoot say
they sustained as a result OF the out
break at that point in 1895 amounted to
SS7,9S5, of which $43, 100 represented the
value of the buildings damaged, SD 81
the personal losses of the missionaries,
and $11.6OS the loss on stock and APP
paratus.
Rev. G. III. Wheeler apparently suffered
the greatest loss. He estimates that &c.
O1O will be required properly to reimburse
him. Among his effects destroyed We're
notes and bonds which he values at So
700 and the accrued interest is put at ST.
800 more. Clothing and materials which
he possessed and which were damaged
he values at $1,3342; furniture, $1,000;
bedding, $3.50; provisions, fuel and medi-
cine. $3.50, and boots and shoes, $50.
Rev. c. L. Gates apparently wore more
expensive shoes than Mr.. Wheeler, FOR
he asserts that those he lost were worth
So. DIR. Gates lost clothing valued at
1913. horse, donkey. and COWS SIS, and
bedding $50. Miss Il. G. Wheeler values
her clothing she lost at $1.13S, bedding at
S211 and photographs and pictures at
$500. Hcr boots and shoes were worth
SIG.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11

Belgium has five automobile clubs, with
a combined membership of 740.
The scarcity of coal in Germany is Sc
riously interfering with the iron and steel
industries.
Steamboats, are to be put on the dead
Sea for traffic between the villages on
the banks. The first boat is already run
ming.
A syndicate in Paris has made applica-
ton to the minister of public works for
permission to run steam carriages on the
streets.
The Berlin papers publish a Washing
ton dispatch with reference to the con-
vening of a second Panamerican congress
and comment on the proposal in rather
unfavorablc terms.
In the British House of Lords Lord
Kinnaird asked the Government to sup
port the United States in attempting to
secure ~non-cxhibition displays on Sunday
at the Paris exposition.
The League of German Agriculturists
has just held its general annual meeting
In Berlin. The League numbers 2OG;tNAD
members. an increase of 1900 over the
membership of the preceding year.
The marriage rate of Queensland. Aus
tralia, has been steadily declining from
14.5 per 1000 in 1868 to 6.3 per 1000 in
1898.
The Russian Government has consent
ed to postpone for one year the operation
Of new regulations, dcpriving Japanese
subjects.of fishing privileges in the wat
ers Of Snghalien, Siberia.
A botanical garden has been establish
ed at Coquilhatville. Congo Free state,
BY the Belgian Government, to be called
the Kew Gardens. Experiments with
rubber and other tropical plants will b
nads.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
News Of Minor Note-

Newport is expecting a crush of noble
lords of higl, degree this summer.
Gertrude Despaincs. %. of Chicago.
died from ptonlaine poisoning. in New
York.
Homicilcs.in South Carolina have aver.
aged over 300 Il year for the last five
years.
Republicans at Boston indorscd S.ccrc.
tary of the Navy Long for the Vice Pres
idency.
The plague has appeared in the .Iara-
rood district of Persia, 1876 deaths being
reported.
Fifty thousand dollars wortl, of auto
mobiles have been shipped to Havana
recently. 2.
The torpedo-hoat destroyer E'arrasut
will make its first real sea cruise from
San Francisco to San Diego.
Because girls devote TOO much time to
gossip, men will replace them as operators
In Paris telephone stations.
Atlantic liners leaving New York are
BY no means crowded, despite predictions
Of a rush to the Paris exposition.
II. CoqnclinI and Nine. Bernhardt will
tour American after the Paris EXPOSE
10. with "Cy no de Bergerac."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
TWO HUNDRED ReeELs KILLED.
FiIipinos' Twenty Victims ut Catubi.
LY lOmradesA

A&
Further details of the fighting mt Catu-
bug. Island of Samar. in which twenty
Americans were killed and two wounded,
have been received. The American gar
rison of Catubig, Island of Samar, CON
sisting OF thirty men belonging to the
fOrty-thlrd regiment. was attacked by
rebels. Twenty of the Americans were
Killed. The remainder were rescued.
The Americans were qlurtcrcd in the
Catubig Church, which the enemy, num-
bering several hundred men, surrounded
and fiercely attacked. The Americans
fought for two days and then the rebels
managed to ignite the roof of the church
and it burned away and finally fell upon
those inside the cdiiicc. The walls re-
manned intact, however, and were used as
Il shelter by the besicyed Americans for
three days longer, the enemy attacking
the building on all sides ut once. The
Americans continued firing from the win
dows and doors of the church, and did
great execution among the Filipinos. 1t
is estimntcd that over POO of the latter
were killed. many dead bodies being re-
moved from the scene of the fighting.
After five days resistance by the Amer
leans a lieutenant and eight men arrived
from Laoan and engaged the bcsicgcrs.
who thercupon retired. The fortunate ar
rival of these re-cnforcements prevented
the humiliation of the American force in
trcnched i'll the church, who had repeated
ly declined to surrender when ordered to
do so by the Filipinos. The ten surviv-
ors We're without food. had little ammuni-
ton and were PHYSICAL: exhausted when
relieved.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
DEATH RECORD OF THE WAR
Casualties of American Troops at San
tiago and Manila.

Casualties of American Troops at SAM
tiaGo and Manila.
In comparison with the casualties suf-
fered by the British troops in South At
RIGA, those sustained by the American
forces in the Philippines seem very small.
A statement just compiled bI the War
Department shows that from July l.,
1898, when American troops reached Ma
Mia, until April %. 1900, these deaths
have occurred: Killed and died of wounds,
43 officers. 5o2 men; died of disease, %
officers, 1,635 men,: total, SO officers, 2,1S7
men; grand total, 225G. Several thousand
men have been wounded, but only a small
percentage have died Of wounds, and
most of them have returned to duty.
The Wal Department has just issued
a complete table of the casualties in the
Fifth army corps i'll the operations
against Santiago from June 90 until July
IL, 1898. The losses are given: Killed,
81 officers, ODD enlisted men; wounded,
101 officers, 1.3344 enlisted men; total, l.
6SS officers and enlisted men.
The total strength of the forces oper-
ating against Santiago is given as 800
officers and 1880 men. The Seventeenth
regular infantry lost the greatest num-
Der of men, its killed and wounded num-
bcring 1872. The Sixteenth regular in
fantry lost 100 men. and Gov. Roosevclt's
regiment and the Sixth regular infantry
each lost 1877 men.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
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The sever strain of university duties
has compelled President Hadlcy of Yale
to take a rest of n month in the South.
Mrs. Caroline s.. Tilden of New Or
leans has given $4,000 to Tulane Uni
versity of Louisiana for u library build
ing.
The School of Political Science at Co.
lumbia has opened a course to tit young
men for the Government service, particu-
larly in the new colonies.
At the University of Nebraska n tabl-
lation Of the churches represented among
1905 students was made recently. There
were found 155 Baptists, GO Catholics,
22O Congregationalists, 1O2 Episcopa-
lians, 20 Luthcrans, 45S Methodists, 3W2
Prcsbytcrians. and smaller numbers rep
resenting other denominations. Two
hundred and fifty gave no information
regarding their church relationship and
seventy were not adherents to IL
church.
DIR. John Guitcras has been appointed
to the chair of intertropical pathology,
which has just been created in the Uni
yersitS of Havana, Cuba.
Prof. Edward Everett Hale, Jr.. Of
Union College is to take the place of
Prof. Frank H. Stoddard in the historical
department of the New York University
summer school this year.
President Sierra of Honduras has con-
coded to Harvard University the charge
Of the ruins of Copan and its islands for
a period Of ten years, with the right to
make excavations and remove any inter
estins things discovered to Cambridge.