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New-York tribune., 1901-11-04
With a fair fight, success is
well earned victory,

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absolutely certain. -, .,.sad with
Mr. Brerner deservedly feels well satisnfG hib ir
the results his vigorous campaign, WHICH la
many WAYS has been unprecedented 49, -
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been much hampered by Lack OF money a.
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ten or twelve years have the Contributors 10 ~
Republican campaign fund been so scarce. rms; -.
course can be attributed largely 10 the tact @th%t @
their money to the Citizens Union believe t.Sl @
we could have. perhaps. used the money 10 pet s
advantage than the Citizens Union. on account ol
our admirabia and complete election ul5ttIStc c,.i
ganization. In work however, Ihe C@l.i, ~
zens Union has heped us out on more IMAM oiie
occasion. ., ,-.oS, bas
done most excellent work :or the ticket; put, o"
ing TO the fact that there has not been one he'u
over the entire campaign work, we are not aott " "
tell lust what the sum total or the FeSuits hls @
been To have central head would nave otei
the best way Of conducting tile campaign III iii'
When Mr. Brenner informed that John Il.
Shea chairman of the Democratic Campaign Io'Ii-
rnitfee had declared he had positive Information
that many Republicans would cut the fuslon tlckSl
aud vote for Edmund H. briggs for borough prest-
dent instead of J. Edward Swanstrom. the fuslon
candidate the chairman of the Republican COM
mittee said: Ill, 10
ANY Republican who Will cut the ticket VIII De
hurting the party and committing serious offence
It viii, weaken the entire fusion movement. swan
strom is AN able man. and represents the ann.
Tammany idea whereas briggs, II elected: wouiI
tie Mr. Lows hands In administering the AFFAIRS OF
this borough. l have already been informed that
the Democratic managers have been putting IoFIn IN
every effort for the election of briggs and one OF
the county tudges
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18

the indefensible position of doing noth- ing itself or allowing any one else to improve this great natural reservoir site.
 ,. We firmly believe that the inter- ests of humanity dictate that the h. dians should be gathered on the reser- vations, have lands allotted to them in severalty, and that they be furnished with farming implements and an mex haustible supply of water for irrigation of their lands, to the end that they may become self supporting. By this means will a home life be furnished for the Indian and he will more rapidly advance in civilization as a conse- quence. He will abandon his nomadic life; his children will be kept at home and educated iu neighborhood schools, instead of being sent to large India D schools at a distance where they are kept Gas it would seen0 for mere purposes of show. After being in- structed in the arts of civilization for a time they are returned to savagerv. to become more unhappy and discon- tented than if they had never received the questionable advantages. We feel that the present policy of the Indian department is all wrong in this regard
 3. The Pima and Maricopa Indian reservation contains 350. .000 acres of as fertile land as lies within the bound aries of Arizona, aud is admirably adapted for homes for these people, as well as the wandering Papagoes, who are now compelled to prey upon the herds of our farmers and raRchmen for subsistence.
 4. The construction of storage reservoir at the Buttes by the Govern ment offers plain business proposi- tion for the correction of these evils.
 Resolved. that.the Secretary of the Territory be instructed to transmit a copy of the foregoing Memorial to ou: Delegate and Delegate in Con- gress, and also copy each to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
 COLLECTS DEBTS FOR ALL.
The Belgian Post once Has Inaug- urated n New System. of
 cfearings.

An interesting clearing system is about 10 be installed in the Belgian postal department for the benefit os merchants. It is designedlfo settle dif- ferences between debtors a1d crecitors which are now adjusted hs he ex- change of numerous rsmittanres. The system aims to establish a sort of clear ing house under state control. For sev. eral years the Belgian post office has been used as collecting agency with considerable success. but the new plan is expected to be much more eonren- tent. For example a merchant has 2c0 small accounts clue 10 him in va. rious parts Of the country. amounting to some $5.Ge0. Instead of sending him. as at present. separate advice as each amount is paid, or. as we would say. as soon as each draft is honored, the post office will simply carry the total amount of s5.000 to his credit in the National Banl. of Belgium. He will not be required 10 give separate re. ceipts to his debtors. as the original schedule tillcdin oy him at the post of flee serves as a formula for completing all record of the transactions to which the separate items refer.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
HOUSE MEMORIAL NO. 4.
To the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States in Con-
 eress Assembled.


 We, your Memorialists, the Nine teenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, respectfully rep resent that the National Irrigation Congress, held in Phoenix, Arizona. on the llth of December, A. D. 1896, unan- imously adopted the following:
 Whereas, The Pima and Maricopa Indians tribes numbering in the aggregate ten thousand souls, have been deprived of the waters used by them in irrigation before the advent of the white race in America. through the appropriation of such waters Dy settlers on the headwaters of the Gila river; and
 Whereas. Through the loss of such waters the lands once cultivated by these tribes have become barren and worthless, and the members ot such tribes have become d charge on the Government and forced by the loss of their fields into lives of degrada- ton and penury and
 Whereas, Such tribes have from the ear Hest days been the friends and allies of the white race; and
 Whereas, The people of the United States have pledged themselves by solemn treaty to protect such tribes in their property and property rights; and
 Whereas, The Government of the United States has and now is engaged in the ex- penditure of hundreds of thousands of dol lars for the construction of works of irriga- tion for the reclamation of lands belonging E5
 Resolved. That this Congress do approve the proposed construction. under the plans of the U. s. Geological Survey. of the Buttes reservoir. in Pinal county, Arizona, recently reported. to again reclaim the lands of these tribes, believing that by so doing can the Government alone honorably redeem the broken pledges made by it to these people. and thus preserve from further want and degradation two of the surviving Indian tribes of the American continent that have always been the constant friends of the white race.
 Resolved, That we approve the proposed construction of such reservoir not only as just and philanthropic, but as economical and good policy, as in a comparatively shor, time the expense of maintaining such In- dians as Government charges will far exceed the cost of the irrigation works required 10 make them a self-supporting and self-re- specting community.
 New, therefore, your Memorialists, the Nineteenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, desire to go on record as earnestly endorsing the above recommendations of the Sixth National Irrigation Congress for the following reasons:
 1. The reservoir site referred to having been withdrawn iron entry by Government authorities, cannot now be utilized by any private corporation, and the Government therefore occupies
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
AGE MADE A DIFFERENCE.
The Change Wrought by Years in the Desires of Precocious
 Yoaaester.

In his secollections of Mission ary in the Great West" Cyrus Town send Brady says: When my little son could scarcely walk I took him to the cathedral one day, when I re- turned for something had forgotten after morning service. left the child in the nave, and when I went back to him he had advanced halfway up the middle aisle and was standing where the sun threw golden light about his curly head. A tiny object he was in that great church. It was very still. He was looking about in every direction in the most curious and eager way. To my fancy he seemed like little angel, when he said in his sweet childish treble. which echoed and reechoed beneath the vaulted roof: Papa, where's Jesus? Where's JesusY He had been told that the church was the house of the Saviour, and on this, his first visit. he expected to see his Lord. That baby is quite grown up now. Not in the faintest particular does he resemble an angel. The other day, when rode off to the wars, he aston ished even me with lis request: Papa, if you get wounded, don't forget to bring me the bullet that knocks you out; want it for souvenir for my collection Fortunately for me, if un- fortunately for him, I brought him no bullet"
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
AN UsIsHAB1rABLE DESERT

 Is in truth the most productive land on the globe, and that there is water in abundance to bring every foot of 1t under cultivation. only waiting for the magic wand of capital to develop if. There is DO water-storage scheme on the Pacific coast that has one half the natural advantages and SO few en gineering difficulties as the san Carlos reser voir. Here nature has built the abutments In ever-living 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 22o feet. A country is drained through this marrow canyon POO miles square. representing 40,000 square miles, or larger than Maine and Massachu- setts combined. The rainfall is sufficient to fill the reservoir twice year. and the land to be brought under cultivation is practi- sally limitless. This may read ike fairy tale. but is is every word true. and has been
 eri&ed time and again.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
The New York W orld
 Thrice-a- w eek Edition ALMOST A DAILY-AT THE PRICE
 OF A WEEKLY.

The most widely circulated "weelxlvr newspaper in America is the Thrice-a- Week edition of The New York World, and with the Presidential campaign now at hand you cannot do without it. Here are some of the reasons why it is easily the leader in dollar year Journalism.
 It is issued every other day. and is to all purposes daily.
 Every week each subscriber receives IS pages. and often during the 'busy'' season 24 pages each week.
 The price is only S1.00 per year. It is virtually daily at the price of a weekly.
 Its news covers every known part of the world. No weekly newspaper could stand alone and furnish such service. The Thrice World has at it's disposal all of the resources he of greatest newspaper in existence-the wonder of modern journal ism America's Greatest Newspaper" it has been justly termed-The New York World. Its political news is absolutely impartial. This fact will be of especial value in the Presidential campaign coming on.
 The best of current fiction is found in it's columns.
 These are only some of the reasons; there are others. Read it and see them all.
 We offer this unequaled newspaper and THE FLORENCE TRIBUNE together one year for $500.
 The regular subscription price of the two pal CTS is S4o0.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
suNsTRoKE IS UNKNOWN.

In fact, ill residence of twenty -onc years in Arizona the writer has only known two persons to be overcome by the heat, and they recovered. Their condition, however, was more the result of whisky than heat. The air is so dry here that a registered temperature of no degrees is not as oppres- sive as 30 degrees in St. Louis or New York. The Signal Service bureau has recognized this fact. and reports the difference between the apparent and sensible temperaturet to be fully 30 degrees. At nearly all times there Is pleasant breeze; the nights are invari-
 ably cool in the summer. and outdoor labor is performed without serious discomfort to either man or beast on the warmest days Very seldom does the thermometer get be- low the freezing point in winter, and in the gardens of Florence to-day are castor bean plants two years or more old,
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
THE CASA eRANDe VALLEY.
Information for Those Seeking Homes
 h the Garden Spot of the West.

Final county was organized in 1855 from portions of Pima, Marioopa and Yuvapai counties, and contains an area of }, ,9Cs square miles. or sls5.520 acres. one-third of which could be made productive by a systematic storage of the surplus water now running Co waste. Next to Maricopa it is the most important agricultural county in the Terri tory. k Is traversed from east to west by the Southern Pacific railroad. and branch of the great Santa Fe system is now ap- preaching from the north. The objective point of this road is connection with the Sonora road. of the same system. The Southern Pacific Is also building in this direction from Tempe and it is confidently believed that work will not cease until the Deer Creek coa. fields are reached and con nection is made with another branch of that road running from Bowie to Globe and now completed to Fort Thomas.
 Thus it will be seen that Pinai county is the theater Of railroad building at the pres ent time, and inside of year Florence, the county seat, will be
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
A RAILROAD CENTER.

At present it contains population of
 bout 15O0, but with the completion of these
 railroads and the San Carlos reservoir no cityin Arizoha can approach it for natural advantages, and lnrge increase in popula- ton will follow. Florence is at an elevation of lis2 feet above sea level. situated near the Gila river. twenty-six miles northwest of the railroad station of Casa Grande, with which it is connected by an elegantly equipped daily stage line. Going and com Ing stages run by the old Casa Grande ruins, and passengers are allowed short time to inspect them. There are many handsome private residence in Florence, several brick stores, good hotel, an excellent graded school employing four teachers, churches, secret societies, Commercial Club, two newspapers. 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 Bhade trees. which impart an air of com fort on the warmest days.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
PIECES OF LAND.

Improved lands. with government title and water right, can be bought for from SEQ to $50 per acre. according to location and im- Drovements. In the immediate neighbor- hood and to the south of the Casa Grande ruins there are thousands of acres covered with heavy growth of mesquite timber yet open to settlement. These are among the choicest in the valley. Water in inexhaustl- ble quantity is found at depth of from twenty to thirty feet; in fact. a river seems to be flowing underneath. Here is splen- did opportunity to take mp and improve land with pumping system of irrigation. which is said to be successful on small tracts.
 However, with the completion of the San Carlos reservoir, pumping will be Q 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
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
raoDucrs or rnE WILLY.

Unlilre the Salt river. the waters of the siila are fresh and pure; the soil contains no alkaii. is deep, rich gray ash. especial ly adapted to the growth of the prune, olive, 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 wine and raisin culture is destin- ed to become prominent industry. Citrus fruits have been cultivated to a limited ex- tent; there are a number of orange trees in the neighborhood of Florence which bear their golden fruit each year without pro- tection, and few date palm trees are also in full bearing. The season is from six weeks to two months earlier than Southern California. which gives fruit growers an appreciated advantage in
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18

Dlnlng Station.
 -CoNEEcTIoys: Jerome Junction with U. V. r. Ky, for Jerome; P. E. Junction with P. < E. k. R. for Huron and Mayer Mayer with stage to Crown King and other mining points; Prescott with stage lines for all the principal mining camps: Congress Junction with stage lines for Congress. harqua Rala. Stanton and Yarnell; Hot Springs Junction with the c. c. H. $. 6 I. Co-, Tor Castle Creek Hot Springs. the ail-year-round health resort; Phoenix with the 4 P 6 5. k. V. R. R. for points on the 5. P. system-
 H. P. AsRwAJr, Gen. Pass. Agt..
 Prescott. Arizona.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18

Tho heat us represented in the above table during the months of June, July and August is nothing like us unbearable as in the Eastern States, and death from
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
CASA esAspE nEaxRvorn.

The reservoir of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company is the largest in the terri tory. It covers a surface of 1e0O acres. with an average depth of F feet. and contains about eight thousand million gallons of water. It is situated fifteen miles sonth- west of Florence. A levee of earth has been 4hrown up across a depression in the plain I4.000 feet in Ieggth. 12s feet in width at the bottom and 25 feet in width at top. ? to slope on each side. and an average height of 2S feet The waste is regulated by 3 cast irop pipes feet in diameter. set in solid masonry. regulated by gates and tower. water for 6,06D acres.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
THE EARLY MARKETS.

The absence of fogs and nightly dews is a Formidable obstacle to the destructive and unsightly scale-bug, 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.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
Mete oroIouieal etatistIes.

Ths sigma service of the general govern ment r,aintainsd a ststion at Florence from 1874 to 1882, The reports covering the period from sriy. isse. to April. 1882. gives the fol- lowing statistics. which may be taken as a safe gnids to the prevailing temperature given during the series of six years:
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The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
UNTOUCHED BY FROST.

Orange and lemon trees require slight protection during the winter for year or two, until the wood is sufficiently hardened,
 While it is a popular thing for one to say that he is mot here for his health" it is an undisputed fact that for all pulmonary ail- ments no climate on earth is equal to South ern Arizona, and there are numbers of active, industrious citizens, with but one lung, who came here years ago, expecting to live but few weeks. But for all that, the wonderful Casa Grande valley is some thing better than health resort.
 That portion of the great Casa Grande valley lying along the line of the Southern Pacific railway in the vicinity of Casa Gransle 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 ten years. It 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., 1901-05-18
LOCAL TIME TABLE. Mountain Time.
fDining Station.

. For For. time at other local stations call on
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
raE CASA eRANDE VALLEY CANAL

< forty-three miles in length and covers p0 acres of land, about 7,e00 of which are under cultivation. It is so constructed that it be easily enlarged and its capacity in- ereased. reservoir covering 1900 acres, having storage capacity of eight billion gall Ions, in the southeast corner of township G.. range g, gives ample supply of water the year round to all farmers located below it. but those above suffer by a shortage of water during a few weeks in summer.
 It is proposed to remedy this by the con- struction of a huge reservoir near San Carlos, which would store 23l. .s96 acre-feet of water, capable of irrigating l40.s9S acres of land. Ali of this land would be in the vicinity of Florence. The estimated cost of the dam is Sl 035. .926. This survey was made by order of Congress, for which $20oo0 was appropriated. Mir. J. D. Schuyler, of Los Angeles, the noted irrigation engineer, fully verifies Mir. Lippincott's report. and strong ly urges upon Congress the duty of con- structing the work. A dam 200 feet in height. which Mir. Schuyler considers per fectly feasible, would store 553.00O acre-feet of water and the reservoir would have a life of sixty three years without dredging. The report says Tn the event of the construc- ton of this dam there will be built Up in the valley of the Gila river where desert now exists, a community of fully 40O0O souls and the creation of many million dollars of tax able wealth without permanent outlay on the part ofthe Government" bill is now before Congress for the construction of the work, and there is little doubt of it's passage when it's merits become known.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-18
THROUGH TIME TABLE.

No. Chicago Ltd. No. 3 California Ltd.
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The age-herald., 1901-08-09
Cotton Manufacturing at Fall River.

The print mills of Fall River have dissolved their selling combination, and they are said to be preparing to make cut of To per cent in the wages of their operatives. This means of course big strike.
 There is no doubt that such situa- tion is to be brought about for selfish purposes. A big strike at the opening of a new cotton season is what the Fall River operators desire. They con- slider the price of cotton too high, and it is rather high to afford to New Eng land maAers of prints large dividends. By bringing on big strike in Septem- Der, or even in this month, they hope to be able to reduce the price of raw cotton to lower figures, and thus all strike losses would be quickly re- placed. In other words, they propose to make the Southern farmer foot the strike bills ana something more be- sides.
 It is very good scheme from their viewpoint, but there is an increasing number of Southern farmers who can not be caught in r'all River traps. Some of them will hold their cotton until they get for it what they consider it worth. In the meanwhile the prepara- tions for a 15 per cent. cut will no doubt be carried on, and a strike of suitable length and proportions will no doubt be inaugurated. The Fall River manufacturer cares as little about the sufferings of operatives as he does about Southern farmers, and he proposes to hit both classes in order to gain his own ends.