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The Florence tribune., 1901-07-13
AN uSrxHAB1rABLx DESERT

in truth the most productive land on the globe. and that there is water in abundance
 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 Carlosreser yoir. Here nature has built the abutments in ever-liying 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 patry 22o feet. A country is drained through this narrow canyon 200 miles square, representing 40,0oO square miles, or larger than Maine and Massachu- setts combined. The rainfall is sufficient to fill the reservoir twice a year. and the land to be brought under cultivation is practi- cally limitless. This may read like fairy tale, but is Is every word true, and has been
 erifed time and again.
The Florence tribune., 1901-07-13
A RAILROAD CENTER.

At present 1t contains Q population of bout 15O0, 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 1492 feet above sen level, situated near the Gila river. twenty-six miles northwest of the railroad station of Casa Grsnde, with which it is connected by hn elegantly equipped daily stage line. Going and con- ing stages run by the old Casa Graude 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 shade trees. which impart an air of com fort on the warmest days.
The Florence tribune., 1901-07-13
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. & Fl. 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 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 il &P. & s. R. Y. R. k. for points on the $. P. system.
 II. P. AsEwALT, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
 Prescott Arizona.
The Florence tribune., 1901-07-13
cAsA anArnE RraEnyo1n.

The reservoir of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company is the largest in the terri tory. It covers a 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 levee of earth has been thrown up across a depression in the plain li.00O feet in length. 125 feet in width at the bottom and g feet in width at top. to 1 slope on each side, and an average height of 9 feet. The waste is regulated by cast iron pipes feet in diameter, set in solid masonry, regulated by gates and tower. This reservoir cost s150,OOO, and supplies water for 5000 acres.
The Florence tribune., 1901-07-13
sussTRoKE IS UNKNOWN.

In fact, in 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 a registered temperature of no degrees is not as oppres- sive as 50 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 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 1 plants two years or more old,
The Florence tribune., 1901-07-13
PRODUCTS OF rHR VALLEY.

Unlike the Salt river, the waters of the Gila are fresh and pure; the soil contains no nlkali. is deep, rich gray ash. especial ay 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 does exceptionally well in this valley. and wine and raisin culture is destin- ed to become a 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., 1901-07-13

The heat as represented ln the above table during the months of June July and August is nothing like as unbeerable as in the Eastern States, and death from
The Florence tribune., 1901-07-13
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The Florence tribune., 1901-07-13
MeteoroIoaIoaI statIstIes.

The signal service of the general govern ment maintained a 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., 1901-07-13
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 a succession of crops that double or treble the productive value
 fthe land.
The Florence tribune., 1901-07-13
UNTOUCHED BY FROST.

Orange and lemon trees require slight protection during the winter for Q year or two, until the wood is sufficiently hardened,
 While it is q popular thing for one to say that he is not here for his health," 1t is an undisputed fact that for all pulmonary ail-. ments no climate onearth 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 inthe vicinity of Casa Grande and Arizola is Ut 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 sufH- cient water to irrigate this vast body of l land.
The Florence tribune., 1901-07-13
SPRING READING. SUMMER READING.
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We have arranged with the New York World to furnish this paper with limited number of subscriptions for limited time Monthly Editions. We are enabled to offer
The Florence tribune., 1901-07-13
THE CASA aHAsDn VALLEY CANAL

is forty-three miles in length and covers 60,000 acres of land. about 1000 of which are under cultivation. It is so constructed that it can be easily enlarged and it's capacity in- creased. A reservoir covering 1,600 acres, having storage capacity of eight billion gal 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 shortage of water during few weeks in summer.
 It is proposed to remedy this by the con- struction of a huge reservoir near San Carlos, which would stere 2sl.s96 acre-feet of water. capable of irrigating 14O.69S acres of land. All of this land would be in the vicinity of Florence. The estimated cost of the dam is Sl .Os8. .926 This survey was made by order of Congress, for which S20.000 was appropriated. Mir. J. D. Schuyler. of Los Angeles, the noted irrigation engineer, fully yerifes Mir. Lippincott's report, and strong ly urges upon Congress the duty of con- structipg the work. 4 dam 200 feet in height. which Mir. Schuyler considers per- feetly feasible, would store 550.000 acrerfeet of water and the reservoir would have life of sixty three years without dredging. The report says: Tn the event of the construc- tion of this dam there will be built up in the valley of the Gila river where desert now exists, community of fully 10000 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 it's merits become known.
The Florence tribune., 1901-07-13
WHAT THE MONTHLY woI

This offer which is the liberal made old subscribers scription and in advance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22
Poll,s Wonderland Thenter.

The attractive bill announced by Manager Poli ought to bring big bus mess to this house this week. It is very good vaudeville headed by an un- usual feature in the great sensational whirlwind and novelty dancing of the Four Collonfs. This act is the only one of it's kind and Is a European novelty specially imported.
 Frank Buoman and Rose Adele will give farcical hit in the sketch "The Door Key" and Florence Bindley, the comedienne and versatile musician is sure to please with her clever act Os- car P. Slsson Esther Wallace and com pany in My Wife's Presents" are another comedy skit of rare excellence Hugher and Auger in character com edy, Clement, the ventroliquist; Kelly and Kent and McCabe and Emmett with their singing dog will complete the bill in addition to a grand trip through South Africa by vitagraph.
 Prices-Matinee, 10c and 20c; evening, 10c, 200, and BOG; ladies at matinee 10c.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22

monologue entertainment. The bill is 1 exceedingly strong; in fact, quite as strong as the show which surrounded
 Corbett at Roster & Bials. Violet Dale,
 an extremely clever imitator, who has come to the front in the last few months and who promises to rival Cis- sy Loftus, is one of the most charming features. The three Powers brothers are doing a unique act called "The Par is Exposition" for which they carry remarkably good set of scenery. They do roller skating of peculiar graceful, dancing, acrobatic sort, which is new. There is a one-act play with the White Rats show which is screamingly funny. IL is called "Too Many Darlings," and is played by Georgia Gardner and Jo- seph Maddern. Spenser Kelly, a. bari tone soloist may be relied upon to sing some good songs. The other numbers on the bill are Hendrix and Prescott, doing an attractive and graceful danc- ing act: Frank and Don, telling lot of foolish stories; Aumont and Dumont who do an attractive musical act, and Mauz and Mazet with an acrobatic act as strange as their name. Seats on sale Wednesday, Prices 25 cents, 35 cents, 50 cents, 75 cents and $1; bargain mati- nee 25 cents and 50 cents.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22
THE LAST WOLVES OF IRELAND

They Were Found in the Wicklow
 Maintains as Late as TITO.
 Ireland was much infested with
 wolves down to a period comparatively
 recent. That noble dog, the Irish wolf
 hound, has been bred from remote times for their destruction. Lord William
 Russell records in his diary that in 1906
 he and Lady Russell went wolf hunt
 ing at Kilmainham-qulte close to the
 capital. In 1710 a presentment was
 made in County Cork for destroying the
 beasts, and Macaulay quotes poem
 published in 1719 to prove that they
 were quite common in Munster at that | time. A writer in the Dublin Penny Magazine was acquainted with an old man whose mother remembered that many wolves were slain in Wexford about 17S0-40, and he cites a peculiar tradition that the last wolf was killed in the Wicklow mountains in TITO. The same writer narrates some inter- esting circumstances relating to the slaughter of the last wolves of Tyrone. It appears that the people of those parts were much troubled by two wolves who committed great ravages upon their f1oclss. A reward was offered and a noted hunter, Rory Carragh, sent for. He agreed to attempt the destruction of the beasts There was a large, stone built sheep-fold which the marauders were accustomed to visit, and thither Carragh repaired at midnight, accompa- nled only by a boy twelve years of age and two wolfhounds. Now said Car ragh to the boy, "as the two wolves usually enter the opposite extremities of the sheepfold at the same time I must leave you and one of the dogs to guard this one while go to the other. He steals with all the caution of cat, nor will you hear him, but the dog will and positively will give him the first fall; if, therefore, you are not active when he is down to rivet his neck to the ground with this spear he will rise up and kill both you and the dog. So good night" "I'll do what can,' said the little boy, as he took the spear from the wolf hunters hand.
 Carragh departed for his own station, and the boy, entering the enclosure, crouched down within the gate with the dog beside him. The cold and darkness affected the child SO much that soon in spite of his danger he dozed off into stupor. He was reused by the roar of the great dog as he bounded upon the wolf that was stealing by. The hound flung his enemy upon the ground and so held him for an instant. Then the boy drove his spear with good will through the wolf,s throat just as Car fagh returned, bearing the head of the Spectator.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22
ENTERTAINMENT
Hyperion Theater.

Charles Frohman's Comedians will be at the Hyperion tonight with the two plays in which they have made recent big successes. These plays, 'The Lash of Whip" and "The Shades of Night" will be combined in a double bill. b. M. Holland and Fritz Williams are still at the head of this clever organization, and associated with them at the present time are Katherine Florence, Maggie Holloway Fisher, Marie Derickson May Lambert. Grace Elliston, Roy Atwell
 James Kearney, Jay Wilson and oth- CTS. ''The Lash of Whip" is a merry farce. E. M. Holland and Fritz Will Hams have the chief mirth making roles in this piece. "The Shades of Night" is a fantastical comedy in one act. It is from the pen of Captain R. Marshall, who wrote "A Royal Fam fly" This play will close the perform ance this evening. There are two sets
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22
The Household Disin fectant

melted under the prices. This week carpets are being sacrificed and the stock is the finest in New England, the very cream of pattern and quality. The prices that will be tackled to these car pets will be unmatched in the country and if want carpets this spring you can't miss the sale Body brussels, vel vet carpets, extra tapestry carpets, double extra tapestries, moquette car pets, axminster carpets, best ingrain carpets and every kind known will be included In the great sale. Chinese and Japanese mattings will be offered for less than cost of importation, Simi- lar bargains will be found in furniture. See advertisement of the firm for fur ther particulars.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22
Grand Onern lInuae.

Hearts of the Blue Ridge" which
 was written by Hal Reid, author of | the famous Knobs of Tennessee, | Human Hearts" and Night Before Christmas" will be presented at the Grand opera house tonight and to- | morrow and Wednesday nights, with a
 matinee Wednesday. The theme of the
 play is one of those family feuds which
 so often disturb the peace of the North Carolina hills. Bob Reynolds is in love with Missy Carter, whose respective
 parents, like the Montagues and Capt. lets, are engaged in q desperate and bit
 ter feud. When Missy's father learns
 of this he sends his daughter from his
 roof. In the course of the feud Acie
 Carter, Missys brother, falls into the
 hands of the enemies of his house and
 is subsequently killed by one of the Reynoldses. fingered at this treachery
 Bob leaves his father and ma4res Mis- sy, whose father has relented sufficient ly to permit them to live under his roof, but who refuses to notice them. In the last act the feud Is happily end ed by the grandfathers shaking hands over the cradle of their grandson. The play is brilliantly cast and admirably staged, and much praise must be given for the careful and painstaking produc- tion. Seats now on sale. Regular prices.
 There existed in London for several years g. gang of desperadoes whose ex- istence made the best element of soci- ety tremble. They were known as the Captain Nero gang and there was no crime. in which they did not take part Their influence was great, and their numbers included gentlemen and ordi- nary thug criminals. The attention of the Scotland Yard force was always directed their way, for every big deal in marauding had it's hallmarks of their work. At length the leader, Captain Nero, whose supposed o-be-real name was Eustace Lee, was caught and the gang broken up. This same gang en- ters into the plot of From Scotland Yard" the sensational melodrama which Is to be produced at the Grand opera house next Thursday, Friday and with matinee Saturday For it's many thrills,f its charms of story and it's comedy element From Scotland Yard" will be found a most pleasing Seats now on sale Reg ular prices.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22

of lovers in "The Shades of Night
 One is a young couple of the present
 day; the other is pair of spooks who
 were lovers 125 years before The spooks
 are ancestors of the present-day sweet
 hearts. The first pair Is entirely una
 ware of the presence on the scene of
 the spirits. Not until 12 o'clock mid
 night do they see end hear the spooks.
 Then the mortal pair and their super
 natural visitors engage in gay badinage
 and have funny adventures until day break, when the shades vanish and the substantial lovers are left to themselves to wonder over 1t all and be happy.
 Seats now on sale. Prices $150, s1, 75 cents and 50 cents.
 | The coming of Richard Mansfield to the Hyperion next Friday night brings the only opportunity this generation has had or probably ever will have to see one of the greatest plays of the greatest dramatist who ever lived. Mansfield will present Henry " Macready, Garrick and Phelps delight ed in the role of Henry w., and the ar- tistic scope afforded in the production, and Richard Mansfield has added his name to the list of those who have helped to make famous the fascinating splendor of. the King Harry play. It is war play, full of the challenge of arms, the blast of battle and the glory of victory. It is full of the enthusiasm of romance, but comedy embroiders the story with so happy an effect that it seems more comedy than romance. King Hal is the ideal type of youthful king and lover, who, as he boasted of himself, If he be not fellow with the best king, thou shalt find the best king of good fellows The cast numbers fifty-two and includes the original players of the first night. There are a ballet of thirty-four and choir of men and boys numbering forty. The total number of people appearing in the re- markable spectacle of the fourth act, showing the return of King Hal and victorious army, is nearly 400. With MT. Mansfield are the French players whom he secured from Paris on loan from their home tieater for this season only to play the French characters who speak French. Indeed he has spared no detail. The company travels by spe- cial train of ten cars. The sale of seats and boxes begins at the box office to- morrow morning at o'clock. Prices $2, $15O, $1, 75 cents and 50 cents. Not more than ten seats sold to one person. The curtain will rise at 7:45 o'clock ! prompt.
 The White Rat Vaudeville Show, | whose bright particular star is James J. Corbett, will appear at the Hyperion | next Saturday, matinee and night. Cor bett has been great success in his
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22
EAGLES AS PROPERTY.
Ownership of Nests and Birds Respect
 ed by Pueblo Indians

Ownership of Nests and Birds Respect 1 ed by Pueblo Indians.
 l Among the Pueblo Indians of New | Mexico and Arizona there is property right in eagles Each clan claims own ership in several eagle nests which may or may not be near the place where the clan lives. When the nests are distant from the villages wheye the Indians claiming them live 1t has been found that the ancestors of these Indians came in former years from the localities where the nests now are, and they point to the fact that these nests are heirs as proof that they also by inheri- ance, own the land round about them
 Driven into new locations by maraud- ing Navajos and Utes, these Pueblo In- dians have steadily contracted their occupied territory, but they still visit the old nests, as their forefathers vlsi- ted them before the white man came to Mexico. Some of the Pueblo Indians, the Zunis, for instance, keep eagles in cages, treat them as domestic fowl, but the most of the tribes procure their ca gles by taking the young from the an-
  keys also, but neither turkeys nor eagles are kept for food. With the feathers of the birds the Indian decorates himself and his prayer sticks" on occasions of religious ceremony. The various tribes respect one anothers property rights in certain nests and the birds which are matched in them and heavy punish ment is provided for an Indian killing an eagle not his own
 Sometimes the nests are fifty miles from where the tribe lives, but investi- gation always shows that the tribe lived once where the nest is. Genera tions without number the eagle builds his nest in the same spot and rears his young there. So the titie of the Pue- bios reaches back into the twilight of American history. Those Pueblo Indi- ans speak of their eagles as they do of their sheep, their dogs, or their horses Though the king of birds may be flying wild half hundred miles from the h. 1ian's abode, yet it is the Indians ea- gle.
 When an Indian visits one of his nests l 70 secure bird he does not take all of | he young, but leaves some, so that the l
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22

breed may be perpetuated. Returning
 home with his eaglet, he strips 1t of it's
 feathers and kills it. The body of the
 eagle is not thrown on the rubbish
 heap, but is buried in a special eagle
 burying ground. The ancient Pueblo Indians used to keep parrots as domes- tic birds probably only for their feath- CTS, which were used in decorations for religious services. These parrots they by barter with the Mexicans to the south of them. It is known that the Aztecs kept a variety of birds as domestic fowls and used them for food, as well as eating their eggs, but the Pu- eblo Indians seem to have kept their domestic birds for their feathers solely. Chicago Chronicle.