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The Florence tribune., 1901-08-31
PRICES OF LAND.

Improved lands. with government title and water right, can be bought for from S20 to $50 per acre, according to location and inn provements. In the immediate neighbor- hood and to the south of the Casa Grande -.,i ins 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 depth of from twenty to thirty feet; in fact. river seems to be flowing underneath. Here is splen- did opportunity to take up 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 thing oi 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., 1901-08-31
sUNsTRozR IS UNKNOWN.

In fact, in a residence of twenty-one 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 registered temperature of 1l0 degrees is not as oppres- sive as 80 degrees in St. Louis or New York. The Signal Service bureau has recognized this fact, and reports the difference between the apparent and sensible temperature 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 tc 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 bear plants two years or more old,
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-31
LOCAL TIME TABLE. Mountain Time.

For time at other local stations call on Agent.
 Dining Station. CONNECTIONS: Jerome Junction with U. V.&P. Ky, for Jerome; P. & E. Junction with P. & E. k. R. for Huron and Mayer; Mayer with stage to Grown King and other mining points; Prescott with stage lines for all the principal mining camps; Congress Junction with stage lines for Congress, Harqua Hala. Stanton and Yarnell; Hot Springs Junction with the c. C. H. s. & I. Co.,. for Castle Creek Hot Springs, the all-year-round health resort; Phoenix with the M. &P. < $. R. v. K. R. for points on the $. P. system.
 H. P. AsEwALT, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
 Prescott. Arizona.
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-31

The heat us represented in tue above table during the months of June, July and August is nothing like as unbearable as in the Eastern States, and death from
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-31
PRODUCTS OF THE VALLEY.

Unlike the Salt river. the waters of the Gila are fresh and pure; the soil contains no alkali. 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 limited ex- tent; there are 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., 1901-08-31
CASA aaANpE HHsERvoIa.

The reservoir of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company Is the largest in the terri tory. It covers surface of 16OO acres, with an average depth of 12 feet, and contains about eight thousand million gallons of water. It is situated fifteen miles south west of Florence. A leyee of earth has been thrown up across depression in the plain Ii0O0 feet in length, l25 feet in width at the bottom and 9 feet in width at top, 2 to slope on each side. and an average height of 25 feet. The waste is regulated by cast iron pipes feet in diameter, set in solid masonry, regulated by gates and tower. This reservoir cost Sl5O,OOO, and supplies water for 60O0 acres.
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-31
TIRE CASA oRANDE VALLEY CANAL

is forty-three miles in length and covers 60.000 acres of land, about 7,000 of which are under cultivation. It is so constructed that it can be easily enlarged and it's capacity in- creased. A reservoir covering 1GJ0 acres, having storage capacity of eight billion gal Ions, in the southeast corner of township 6 range g, gives ample supply of water the year round to all farmers located below 1t, but those above suffer by a shortage of water during few weeks in summer.
 1t is proposed to remedy this by the con- struction of a huge reservoir near San Carlos, which would store 2sl,s95 acre-feet of water, capable of irrigating 14O.5s5 acres of land. All of this land would be in the vicinity of Florence. The estimated cost of the dam is s1 035, ,82e. This survey was made by order of Congress for whieh s200O0 was appropriated. Mr. ]. D. Schuyler. of Los Angeles, the noted irrigation engineer fullS verifes Mir. Lippineott's report, and strong ly urges upon Congress the duty of con- structing the work. 4 dam 200 feet in height, which Mir. Schuyler considers per l fectly feasible would store $50 600 acre-feet of water and the reservoir would have life of sixty-three years without dredging. The report says: "In the event of the construe- ] ton of this dam there will be built up in tue valley of the Gila river where desert now exists. a community of fully 4O.006 souls and the creation of many million dollars of tax able wealth without permanent outlay on the part of the Government" A bill is now before Congress for the construction of the work, and there is little doubt of it's passage when its merits become known.
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-31
THE EARLY MARKETS.

The absence of fogs and nightly dews is ormidable obstacle to the destructive and uHsightly scale-bug. and the fruits of the valley are all bright and clean. All the agri- cultural products of temperate and semi tropie zones are easily grown here. the long seasons giving a succession of crops that double or treble the productive value the land.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26

Ed Morrison, formerly of Seattle,
and quite we'll -nown here in certain
circles, has been sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary from What
com county on charge Of burglary
Mr.. H. H. Dearborn, the tide land
king, who has been in Eastern Wash
ingtOn visiting his former home in
place last Monday morning, and is
again at his desk disposing of tide
land and other real estate.
In case you or any of the readers of
The Republican need furniture or
household goods of any kind, class or
description, you would make money
by buying such things of the Holmes
Furniture Co., Of this city. 1t un-
doubtedly is made up of the best line
of furniture for the money of any
similar house in the city, and The Re
publican can vouch for it that you will
be more considerably treated in
that house than any other house in
the city.
An entertainment was given at the
A. M. E. church last Wednesday even
ing for the benefit of the stewards,
whose duty it is to raise money for
the maintenance of the church. The
entertainment was quite well attend
ed and highly appreciated by those
present. The following persons took
part: Recitation, Miss Cora Lauce;
solo, Miss Strauthers; recitation,
Mr.. Reuben Miller; paper, Our
State" Mr.. J. F. Cragwell; mandolin
solo, Mr.. Ora; solo, Mr.. Gordon; ad-
dress, Mr.. Black, of New York; duet,
Miss Clara Threet and Mr.. Gayton;
recitation, Miss Lille Bailey; duet,
Mr.. Davis and Mr. Taylor
On last Wednesday evening, April
10, "The Young Peoples Pleasure
Club" of this city, gave their third
surprise party of this season at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Clark,
No. Ill Twenty-fifth avenue north
The first was given at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Dixon, in honor of their
son Chester; the second was given
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs O'Brien,
in honor of their daughter Margaret,
and the third was given in honor of
Alma and Byron Clark Those pres
ent were: Miss Clark, Miss Harris,
Miss Selby, Miss Lee, Miss Bailey,
Misses D. and NJ. O'Brien and Mr.
Clark, Mr.. Miller, Mr. Butler, Mr.
Dixon, Mr.. Brooks, Mr. Morton and
Mr. Hail.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
CUBAN COMMITTEE.

The Cuban convention having re-
jected the Platt amendment, has de-
cided to send a committee, composed
of the following members of the con-
stitutional convention, to confer with
President Mckinley as to the differ
ences which exist between the cOnven-
tion and the United States. The COM
mittee of five is made up as follows:
Seniors TamniayO, CapOte, Berriel,
ToOrtundo and Lorente 1t may be a
wise move on the part of the Cubans,
but it certainly will not cause the
United States to modify the position
which it has already taken on the Gu
ban question; but as has been said
by some newspaper commentator, it
may bring the Cubans to their proper
sense Of mind, and convince them that
the United States proposes to be fair
with them, but proposes to be fair
with itself first of all. This country
has duty to perfom SO far as those is
lands are concerned, and it will per
| form it to the letter of the law before
it will ever surrender one jot or title
of its present power on those islands.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
|TEMS-|NTERES7

Norway is about three times the
size of New York state
Canada matches annually $4,000, 900
Holsters.
Northumberland is the worst coun-
try for drunkenness in England
Charity in Great Britain last year
relieved 792,367 persons in distress.
The taxes collected in the city of
New York are greater than the total
wealth OF the city was five years ago.
Mexico and the United States fur
nish the world One-half of all of the
silver that it uses in every way
There are 100000 children of school
age in London, and out OF these 1OO,-
900 are always absent from school.
The vacant land in the city of Bos-
ton has an assessed valuation of $62,-
100000.
All Spanish sheep are white except
those of La Manchura, which are
black.
Over 10000 unmarried girls left
Ireland for the United States during
the year 1900.
The oil wells of Montpelier, Ind,
produced 4O7, 500 barrels of oil in
March, which was sold for S42O,OOO.
In the United Kingdom of Great
Britain the longevity of life from one
to one hundred years is sixty-one
years, seven months and seven DAYS.
In Charleston, S. c., there is an as
paragus farm of 2O6 acres from which
the proprietor is making a mint of
money.
Next year it is reported that there
will be an increase of between $4,000
and 100000 additional acres of land
devoted to rice culture in the South.
There is an oak tree in the island
OF Chios, in the Aegean sea, which is
beneved to be twenty-nine centuries
old.
Over 100000 copies of the novel
East Lynn" have been sold since it
was first issued, and still there are no
signs of stopping.
A seat in the New York stock ex-
change recently sold for $3.50 This
breaks all previous records in this di-
rection.
Mexico leads in the manufacture of
cigarettes. Last year $4,000, ,OOO
packages of cigarettes and 119, 900, ,OOO
cigars were turned out.
France has water boundary as fol
lows: Mediterranean sea coast, 395
miles; North sea, straits of Dover
and English channel, 572 miles; At
lantic ocean, 584 miles.
Nazareth, the famous Biblical city
now has a telegraph office, and the
Armenian proprietor, who is attired
IN European dress, ticks the wires tC
the outside world at that point.
The census of Cuba, taken in 1900
shows the following proportion Of
the races Of that island: Whites
l,O52,497 (of these 91O,299 are native
born); blacks, 5O5,443. (Of these
234,638 are Negroes and 27O,8O5 arc
persons of mixed blood.)
Mrs. John Kangley, widow of John
Kangley, who was left by him 1865
shares Of Burlington stock, has SOLD
the same at $65 per share and there
by realized over 100000 in cash by
the investment.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
BANKERS SUICIDE.

One of the saddest and most la
mentable affairs that has happened in
the Northwest for the past qurter OF
cOuver, Wash, last Friday and Sat
urday The First National bank OF
that city was found to be short some
$81 900 by Bank Examiner j. w. Max
well, who at once charged Charles
Brown, president of the bank, and E
l.. Candy, cashier, with the crime OF
looting the bank of it's deposits
When confronted with the crime they
at once broke down and admitted
their guilt. For a moment after be-
ing confronted with that crime the
men seemed perfectly desperate, and
debated in their minds whether to
take the life of Mr.. Maxwell or their
own. After an experience such as
would cause the average mans hair
to turn gray in the course of an hour
Mr.. Maxwell succeeded in getting
control of the bank and getting the
accused men to leave the building
They at once dropped out of sight
and though warrants were immedi
ately sworn out for their arrest, they
could not be found until late Satur
day night. when their dead bodies
were found lying one across the other
both having committed suicide with
the same revolver. The bank was
supposed to be in excellent condition
until the shortage was accidentally
discovered, as the last report showed
$230,000 on deposit. No official state
ment has as yet been made concern
| ing the exact condition of the bank by
! Mr. Maxwell
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
CHINA'S CONDITION.

Affairs in China are still in a tur-
bulent condition, and an international
upheaval in that country among those
powers that are there now for the pro-
lection Of human life, both natives
and foreigners, may break out at any
moment. Japan has her fighting
clothes on, and she seems determined
to attack Russia, and, if possible,
drive her out of the Far East
Whether Japan is justifiable in doing
this or not, if she does do so under
the circumstances, it will bring on an
international imbroglio that must re-
suit in a general war among the
powers that are now holding the forts
in the Chinese territory. Russia is
mobilizing her soldiers in great num-
bers on the Chinese frontiers and
debating to Corea as to it's official
movements, while Japan is mobiIiz-
ing her fleets on the borders of China
and about the strongholds of Russia
that she may be prepared to let loose
her dogs of war at any moment War
may be averted over there, but it
looks at this writing as the inevitable,
and the principal nations of the
world seem doomed to become en-
tangled in a general international
war over the Chinese question.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
THE PRESIDENTS TRIP.

Columns after columns of newspa-
per articles concerning the proposed
swing around the circle" of Presi-
dent Mckinley, which will begin early
in May are being written and printed
just now. This is a custom that has
been in vogue for a goodly number Of
years among the presidents of this
country. In most cases it has been
for political effect, but in this case it
is done purely from a patriotic mo-
tive, that the citizens hereof can come
in contact with the executive ruler.
and see that he after all is but a man
and a citizen. President Mckinley
certainly cannot expect another nom
inatiOn and election at the hands of
the voters of this country, and for this
reason his presidential outing cannot
be charged up to political motives
He may aspire to third term, but
such is hardly probable, and if he did
he would doubtless meet the same
fate as did the immortal Ulysses S.
Grant, the nations foremost man of
the nineteenth century.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Frank Alfred was over from
Bremerton last Thursday.
Mr.. Eugene Harris, who has been in
Tacoma since last January, has de-
cided to return to Seattle and take
up the thread where he laid it down
Mr. Fred C. Stewart, superinten-
dent Of the White river hatchery, was
visiting in this city last Tuesday and
shaking hands with his many friends,
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
QUEEN OIL COMPANY

STOCK SELLING FOR 25 CENTS.
We have just purchased forty acres
of absolutely proven oil lands at Sun
set, Kern County, California.
Work drilling wells will commence
within thirty days and as soon as the
town site is plated We sell the lots,
reserving oil rights. Call at office,
1921 First avenue and see samples of
oil and maps.
Stock worcestershire. Stock will
advance in price as work progresses.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26

abilities are that they would not have,
and if they had have, some European
power would have gobbled up the
whole archipelago dispite the fact
that the United States had broken
the power of Spain on those islands,
and had rescued them from a most
cruel and tyrannical government. No
country in the world had more rights
to that island than the United States
after Dewey had sunk the Spanish
fleet, and it was the mistake of Aguin-
aldo's life to advocate opposition to
this government His manifesto.
however is better late than never.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
TRADE IN CUBA.

1t should be rather discOuraging to
the authorities of the United States
to learn from financial statistics that
the Cubans are doing the most of
their trading in European countries
to the disadvantage of this country.
Although Cuba had been battling for
her liberty and freedom for the past
thirty years or more, no European
country ever raised it's hand to assist
her to obtain the same, and no Euro
pean country ever would have done
So, but the United States went down
there for the sake of humanity and
proclaimed to the Spanish govern
ment that Cuba should be free, and
did more than proclaim-she backed
up her words with gunboats and sol
diers, who succeeded, after many
hard-fought battles, in wiping the
Spanish power from the Cuban isl
ands. Now these Cubans are not
grateful enough to return such ia
vors by trading in the United States,
the nation that has befriended them,
but go to those nations and countries
who stood ready and willing for Spain
to fetter even more securely than they
already had the bond of oppression on
them. Consistency is a jewel, and
the Cubans should begin to practice
such before they are much older.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
THAT MANIFESTO.

Aguinaldo's peace manifesto is a
rather unique document, and though
it may have the desired effect on the
natives Of the Philippine islands, yet
in the minds of a great majority of
the people of this country it will have
no more weight than if it had never
been issued. This insurgent chief
never had foresight enough to see
that he was battling against the inev-
liable in brooking the power and
opinions of the authorities of the
United States, hence he led his peo-
pie into a useless war, which resulted
in many thousands of them being
slaughtered. Had he issued the same
manifesto many months ago that he
has recently issued from his prison
cell, war would have been averted,
and the islands and the inhabitants
thereof would now be enjoying peace,
happiness and prosperity in general.
Perhaps Aguinaldo and his followers
might have established an indepen-
dent government there, but the prob
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
THE PASSING THRONG
SHE HAS A DEFICIT.

The following official figures given
out for publication will be of interest:
The national balance sheet for 1900
1901 shows a net deficit of 953,2O7,-
200 ($260, 0,036,000). The Boer war, ac-
ording to the chancellor, has cost the
government &146, ,567, 900 ($73283
000), or double the cost of the Cri-
mean war. The total expenditures
for 1901-1902 are estimated at 9187,-
602, 900 ($938, 8,O10,OOO), of which $751;
100000 1921, ,6OO,OOO) is for the Boer
war, while the revenues will yield
only within &57,OO0,OO0 ($285 ,OOO,-
000) of this amount This deficiency
is to be met in part by an increase in
the income tax, and a tax on raw
sugar, mOlasses, sirup, glucose and
coal. To meet the remaining deficit,
which is estimated at 939,7O7, 900
($19S, ,535, ,000), the chancellor pro-
poses to borrow 960,OOO00O ($3O0,-
00O,000) upon consuls.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
At AFRO.AMER|CANS
THE FARM, TOO.

Let the Negroes not desert the
church and the schOolhouse," says a
religious exchange, and it might have
edded, nor the farm as well. When a
race, no better prepared for CONNER
cial pursuits than is the Negro of this
country, deserts the country and the
farm for the counting room and the
city's soft snaps, then such a race is
but lending a helping hand to the re
tarding of its own progress and pros
perity and financially digging it's own
grave!
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
WANT CROOK LARNIN."

What the Negroes of Maryland
should have been doing for the past
quarter OF century tley have begun
to do since the dis1ranckisement out
rage has been perpetrated in that
state. Night schools all over the
state have sprung up like magic, and
every man and his brother among the
Republicans are teaching the illiterate
Negroes to read and write, that they
may be able to vote at the next cleo
tiCH. Here is a true case of an angel
sending it, though the devil brought
il
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
TOO MANY LEADERS.

An exchange thinks that the colored
race is weak in leaders" whereas a
contemporary retorts, 1T weak
from leaders," Both, to some extent,
are wrong. Able leaders, made up
of polished, refined and educated gen
tlemen are much needed among the
cOlOred folk of this country at present
LEADERS of the Booker T. Washing
ton stripe. 1t is also true that men.
immoral, ignorant and vicious, are too
frequently found among the Negroes
posing as their real race leaders,
which is very injurious to them as a
race. There is always room at the
top for good men, while on the other
hand, lmpostOrs should be crowded
down.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
SEATTLE's TROUBLES

Never before in the history of this
city were there so manuy robberies,
holdups and deviltry in general com
mitted as at present. Saloons broils
in the dead hours of the night, when
saloons if run according to law, should
be closed, are of nightly occurrence.
There is no doubt but that if all of
these saloons were closed at l o'clock
and kept closed until the next morn
ing, that the amount of crime would
be lessened in this city. There are
hundreds and hundreds of men in this
city who never go to bed only on the
chairs and benches in the saloons and
brothels where they drink and carouse
until they are unable to navigate, and
then sl2gger over to the bench and
sleep the balance of the time AL
though some man is robbed and ali
but murGel ed every night, it is rarely
that any of these holdups are ever
caught by the policemen and till
more rarely of one ever being con-
victed unless he confesses his own
guilt
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26
THAT MACEO SON.

The daily dispatches of last Friday
report the return of young Maceo
from the Philippine islands, whittier
he went some months ago as one of
Uncle Sans soldiers to fight the
FilipinOs. Young Maceo was charged
with giving information to the insur-
gents in the Philippine islands and
considered a dangerous character to
be allowed to remain on the islands,
hence his deportation. This young
man claims to be direct son of the
brave Antonio Maceo who so long bat
tied for Cuba's liberty and was killed
by the treachery of Butcher Weyler,
being shot under flag of truce. The
young man came to the United States,
posed as an injured innocent and
drifted around over the country in
first one capacity and then another
until he reached this section, where
he became quite a nuisance. 1t is
very doubtful if he is even a Cuban,
and it is still more doubtful if he is
even a son or any relation whatever
of Antonio MaceO, or any of the other
famous Cuban leaders. He impreses
the average American citizen on
close inspection as a complete i'm
pOStOr.
The Seattle Republican., 1901-04-26

A visit from Editor Kibbe and
daughter, of the Elma Chronicle, last
Friday was journalist1cally refresh
ing. The Chronicle, by the way, has
just celebrated it's twelfth birthday.