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The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10
HOUSE MEMORIAL NO. 4.
To tie Senate and House of Represents lives 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 hy 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 of such tribes have become q charge on the Government. and forced by the loss of their fields into lives of degrada- tion 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 doI- lars for the construction of works of irriga- tion for the reclamation of lands belonging to other Indian tribes; therefore be it
 Resolved, That this Congress do approve the proposed construction. under the plans of the U. $. Geological Survey. of the Buttes reservoir. in Pinaicounty, 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, us in comparatively shors time the expense of maintaining such In- dians as Government charges will far exceed the cost of the irrigation works required to 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:
 l. 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., 1901-08-10
UNCLAIMED FORTUNES.
Large Amounts of Money That Are Awaiting Claimants in the
 London Courts.

A large number of heirs to consid- erable sums of money left by decedents during the last year have not yet been located, says London exchange. To mention few out of the many still sought, it may be stated that the next of kin of Baron Ge Garedell Geanny, who died at Pisa in 1s4a. are sought. and there is a lot of money waiting for the missing heirs of Joseph Sullivan. for merly of Cork and late of San Fran cisco.
 Six thousands pounds sterling await James E. Higgins or his children. He was last heard of in New York and be- yond that the veil seems impenetrablc 1 A dying mother left her child, named Robert Purkis, in the care of friends years ago. There is money for that child if he can only be found. 1 A Doncaster race meeting in 1881 saw the last of W. J. Clarkson, so far as is known. Money awaits him now. 1 As far back as 17sg Peter Sullivan lived in Waterford. In 1900 the court of chanoery is looking for his descend- ants
 Scarcely less curious than the long list of missing persons is the table show ing the strange resurrection of long lost companies.
 i For instance. the West New Jersey society has paid no dividend on it's stock since 1892. but representatives of the shareholders are now being sought There are shareholders in the Waterloo Bridge company whose addresses are i unknown who are entitled 10 funds.
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10
RAILROAD CENTER.

At present it contains a population of bout iaOo. but with the completion of these
 railroads and the San Carlos reservoir no city in Arizona can approach it for natural advantages, and large increase in popula- tion will follow. Florence is at an elevation of l492 feet above sea level. siSuated near the Gila river. twenty-six miles northwest of the railroad station of Casa Grande, with which it is connected by an elegantly equipped dssly 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, ecret societies. Commercial Club, two newspapers. and the handsomest court house in tho 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 com fort on the warmest days.
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10
TIE CASA eRANpE VALLEY.
snformation for Those Seeking Homes
 In the Garden Spot of the West.

Pinal county was organized in 1875 from portions of Pima, Maricopa and Yavapai counties, and contains an areaof AS6s square miles, or 3,iSa,s2O acres, one-third of which could be made productive by a systematic storage of the surplss water now running to waste. Next to Maricopa it is the most important agricultural county in the Terri tory. It is traversed from east to west by the Southern Pacific railroad, and a branch of the great Santa Fe system is now ap- proaching from the north. The subjective point ofthis road is connection with the Sonora road, of tho same system. The Southern Pacific is also building fin this direction from Tempe, and itis confidently believed that work will not cease nntil the Deer Creek cea. fields are reached SHd coA- nection is made with another branch of that road runhing from Bowie to Globe and now completed to Fort Thomas.
 Thus it will be seen that Pinal county is the theater of railroad building at the pres ent time, and inside os year Flsresee, the county scat, will be
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10
MeteoroIoaIcal statIstIes.

The signal service of the general govern ment maintained station at Florence from 1874 to 1882. The reports covering the period from July, 1880. to April, 1882, gives the fol- lowing statistics, which may be taken as safe guide to the prevailing temperature given during the series of six years:
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10
PRICES OF LAND.

Improved lands, with government title and water right, can be bought for from S2O to $50 per acre, according to location and im- proyements. In the immediate neighber- 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 Q 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 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 a 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., 1901-08-10
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The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10
AN usISHABIrABLE DESERT

in truth the most productive land on the globe, and that there is water in abundance
 O 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 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 headsate, the bluffs which form the gorge being only separated by paltry 220 feet. country Is drained through this marrow canyon 200 miles square, representing 40000 square miles, or larger than Maine and Massaehu- setts combined. The rainfall is sufficient to All the reservoir twice a year, and the land to be brought under cultivation is practi- cally limitIess. This may read like fairy tale, but is is every word true, and has been
 erifed time and again.
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10
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 popular thing for one to say that he is mot here for his health." it is an undisputed fact fhat 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 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 ten years. It was about that long l ago that the Florence canal was completed and the work of actual improvement begun. It is useless to deny that under our present 1 water system there is nothing like suffi- cient water to irrigate this vast body of land
 THE CASA CYANIDE VALLEY CANAL is forty-three miles in length and covers 60,000 acres of land. about 900 of which are under cultivation. It is so constructed that it can be easily enlarged and it's capacity in- creased. 4 reservoir covering 1900 acres. having storage capacity of eight billion gall Ions, in the southeast corner of township 6. range 9, gives ample supply of water the year round to all farmers located below it, but those above suffer by a sEortage of water during Q few weeks in summer.
 It is proposed to remedy this by she con- struetion of a huge reservoir near San Carlos which would stcre 2si, ,s95 slcre-feet of water, capable of irrigating 1I06a3 acres of land. All of this land would be in the vicinity of Florence. The estimated cost of the dam is Sl.0Ss,926. This surrey was made by order of Congress, for which S2O.O00 was appropriated. Mir. J. D. Schuyler, of Los Angeles. the noted irrigation engineer. fully verifes Mir. Lippincott's report, and strong ly urges upon Congress the duty of con structing the work. dam POO feet in height, which Mir. Schuyler considers per- fectly feasible, would store 55O.0OO 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 construe- tion of this dam there will be built up in the valley of the Gila river where desert now exists, community of fully 4000O souls and the creation of many million dollars of tax able wealth without permanent outlay on the part of the 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., 1901-08-10
LOCAL TIME TABLE. Mountain Time.

For time at other local stations call on Agent.
 Dining Station. CONNECTIONS: Jerome Junction with U. '. & P. Ky, for Jerome; P. & E. Junction with P. & E. R. 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 Kala Stanton and Yarnell; Hot Springs Junction with the c. c. H. $. & l. Co.,. for Castle Creek Hot Springs, the all-year-round health resort; Phoenix with the NJ &P. & $. R. V. R. R. for points on the s. P. system.
 H. P. ASEwALT, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
 Prescott, Arizona,
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10
suNsrRoKE IS UNKNOWN.

In fact, in residence of tweHty-one years in Arizoua the writer has only known two persons 10 be overcome by the heat, and they recovered. Their condition, however. was more the result of whisky tkan heat. The air is so dry here that Q registered temperature of no degrees is not as oppres- sise as so 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 90 degrees. At nearly all times there is pleasant breeze; the nights are invari-
 ably cool in the summer. and out-door labor is performed without serious discomfort to either man or beast on the warmest days. 1 Very seldom does the thermometer get be- low the freezing point in winter, and in the i gardens of Florence to-day are castor bean plants two years or more old,
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10
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 sy adapted to the growth ofthe 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 docs exceptionally well in this valley, and wine and raisin culture is destin- ed to become prominent industry. Citrus fruits have been cultivated to 8 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., 1901-08-10

The heat as represented in the above table during the months of Juxre, July and August is nothing like as unbearable us in the Eastern States, and death from
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10
THE EARLY MARkErs.

The absence of fogs and nightly dews is a ormidable obstacle to the destructive and unsigltiy scale-bug. and the fruits of the valley arc 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 f the land.
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10
CASA anANpE RESERVOIR.

The reservoir of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company is the largest in the terri tory. It covers surface of 1900 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 evee of earth has been thrown up across depression in the plain Il,0OO feet in length, 125 feet in width at the bottom and 9 feet in width at top, to slope on each side, and an average height of 25 feet. The waste is regulated by cast iron pipes 8 feet in diameter. set in solid masonry, regulated by gates and tower. This reservoir cost $l50,000, and supplies water for 600 acres.
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10
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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-21
SUM MONS.

In the district court of the eleventh
judicial district OF the state of Mon
tana, in and for the county Of Fiat
head.
NJ. d. Baldwin, plaintiff, VS.. James
z. Finch, N. p. LagOni and w. f.
Stuff, defendants, alias summons.
The State OF Montana sends greet.
ings to the above named defendants
and to each OF them:
You are hereby summoned to ans.
Wer the complaint in this action,
which is filed in the Office of the clerk
OF this court, a copy Of which is here
Wl.A served upon one of you in each
county wherein any of you reside, and
to file your answer and serve copy
thereof upon the plaintiffs attorney
within twenty days after the service
of this summons, exclusive of the DAY
of service; and in case of your failure
to appear or answer, Judgment will
be taken against you, by default, for
the relief demanded in the complaint
This action is brought to recover a
judgment for certain sums of money
due, owing and unpaid from said de.
PENDANT, James E. Finch, to this
plaintiff, upon two promissory notes
to wit: One of said notes for the sum
of 100000. dated May 10Th, 1898 exc
cuted and delivered by said James e.
Finch to Franklin DeGreen, said
note bearing interest from Date at the
rate of 10 per cent per anhum until
paid, and that there is due from said
defendant, James E. FINCH upon said
note the sum of $103.20 with interest
thereon as aforesaid from the 10Th
day of August 1901, that this plaintiff
is the owner and holder of said note
and that the same is now past due,
and for the further sum of $1.500.O0
April 23rd, 1901, executed by sail
James e. Finch to this plaintiff, with
interest thereon from date at the rate
of IL per cent per annum until paid,
that said note is now past due and
wholly unpaid; also for the sum OF
$4,000 as attorney fees as provided
in said notes and costs OF this suit,
and to foreclose two certain mOrtgag-
es executed and delivered by said de-
PENDANT, James E. Finch, to secure
the payment Of the aforesaid notes.
respectively, upon the following de-
scribed real estate situate in the coun-
ty of Flathead, State of Montana, to
wit: The s1a of the ne "A. and the nh
of the seA of sec. 81, in Township
% north. range % west, containing
100 acres. all of which more fully
appears in the complaint on file in
this action in said court.
Witness my hani and the seal of
SAID court this 14th day of September,
| 1901.
| 100000
| .:SEAI.. JAMES X. LANG.
| $4,000 Clerk.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-21
FALSE ACCUSATIONS.

Mr.. +. Edwards of this city has an
enemy who has denounced him as an
anarchist and he asks us to deny the
statement in terms as emphatic AMI
vigorous as we can command Mr.
Edwards states that so far from being
an anarchist, he has nearly always
voted the republican ticket and al
ways has been a staunch admirer of
President Mckinley. who was SO ruth
lessly murdered. He feels very much
hurt and Inundated because of the
Islander and would like to meet the
man who started the story.
Mr.. Edwards is a case which prom
Uses to become common. The feeling
against anarchy AMI anarchists is SO
bitter that many an innocent man is
likely to suffer in business and reputa-
ton, even if he escapes the hangman's
moose or coat of tar and feathers.
before the people come to their sober
senses. The condition in some parts
OF the United States today resembles
very much the state of affairs which
| existed in France during ...e bloody
revolution. Then it was only neces-
sary to ienounce an enemy as a sym
pathizer with the aristocracy to have
ham thrown into prison and promptly
guillotined unless he could prove his
innocence beyond a shadow of a
doubt.
Today it is a very serious matter
for one to be even suspected OF anar
chistic sympathies. ana it is a glori
GUS situation for the Islander mongel
and the man who has an enemy he is
afraid to attack in the open.
While all the lawmaking for tn,
suppression of anarchists is going or
would 1t not be wise to make a false
accusation OF anarchistic sympalhies
criminal libel as well as grounds 70,
a civil suit for damages? And be
sure to put the burden of proof on the
accuser
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-21

destructive anarchist or mOnarchist
| Destructive anarchists might object
| TO Mr.. BiSelOWS sentiment, because
respect for all human life would be a
detriment to the assassination of
rulers; mOnarchists might object be-
cause in their estimation workers in
| mines and mills are men of inferior
| blood.
But clearly the only guarantee of
safety to public servants is, as Mr..
BlgelOW said. universal recognition of
| the sancity of all human life, the lives
| of the humble as we'll as the lives of
the great. So long as human life in
mine and mill, in tenement and slum,
is cheaply held, to the end that priyi-
legged few may revel in luxuries they
do not produce, so long will victims
of this injustice breed insane lusts
for revengeful murder But more than
that and beyond that So long as war
is advocated by men in high places
as desirable mode of discipline for a
strenuous national life, and The masses
OF men are looked upon as food pro-
videntally provided for powder. so
long will conspicuous characters be
shining marks for the assassin.
In moral atmosphere, redolent OF
blood and foul with the miasma of
death. the unbalanced minds of siren
nous lunatics naturally foster a pas
sion for the blood of rulers. The only
preventive of tragedies such as that at
Buffalo is the one which Mr.. Bigelow
recommends Instead of cultivating
privileged leisure class at the ex-
pense OF working class plundered to
the door of death, instead of cultivat-
ing national strenuous life at the ex-
pense of grim procession of indi-
vidual lives marching through pools
of blood to kill and he killed-instead
of these violations of all that is holy
in our religions and all that is truly
noble in our national ideals. let us
take Mr.. Bigelow's advice AMI cult
vate in the community sense of the
sacredness Of all human life.-Louis
F. Post in Chicago Public
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-21
HUMAN LIFE SACRED.

Sober men will reflect upon the
tragedy OF the past week with con-
ficting emotions. The attempted MUIR
der OF President Mckinley they will
recognize as an outrage upon the re-
public itself. He is its regularly chos-
en- chief servant. In that office he
personifies its laws ana its liberty. A
murderous blow, therefore, directed
at him In this capacity cannot but be
keenly felt by all of us, who believing
in liberty secured by law. love the
free institutions Of our country and
have faith in the triumph OF it's ideals.
Mr.. Mckinley. together with his fami.
~ and immediate friends, should