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The Florence tribune., 1901-05-25
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The Florence tribune., 1901-05-25
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 im- Droyements. 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 inexhausti- ble quantity is found at a depth of from twenty to thirty feet; in fact, a river seems to be flowing underneath. Here is splen- did opportunity to take up and improve land with 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 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., 1901-05-25
MeteoroIogicai Statistics.

The signal service of the general govern ment maintained station at Florence from 1871 to 1882, The reports covering the period from July, 1880. to April, 1882, gives the fol- lowing statistics. which may be taken as Q safe guide to the prevailing temperature given during the series of six years;
 .ooo Moan May Afr
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-25
Steel BuildIpn for mer,co

A steel frame business house, be- longing to 8 United States corpora ton, was recently dedicated in the City of Mexico. This is the first building with steel frame manufac- tured in the United States to be erect ed there. The structure is three stories in height and was completely built in a little more than 12 months. About 1,000 tons of structural steel were employed in it's construction The outside finish is white stone from Real del Monte. President Diaz pre-. sided at the formal inauguration oi the building
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-25
suNsrRokE IS UNKNOWN.

In fact, in residence of twenty 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 no 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 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., 1901-05-25
A RAILROAD CENTER.

At present it contains n population of
 bout 15O0, but with the completion of these
 railroads aud the San Carlos reservoir no city in Arizona can approach it for natural advantages, and a large increase in popula- tion will follow. Florence is at an elevation of Ils2 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 con- ing stages run by tho 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 shade trees, which impart an air of com fort on the warmest days.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-25
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 a few weeks. But for all that the wonderful Casa Grande valley is some thing better than a 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 ago that the Florence canal was completed and the work of actual improvement begun. i It is useless to deny that under our present l water system there is nothing like a sufi- cient water to irrigate this vast body of land.
 TAE CASA GRAsDE VALLEY CANAL
 is forty three miles in length and covers COCO 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. 4 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 few weeks in summer.
 It is proposed to remedy this by the con struction of a huge reservoir near San Carlos, which would store 2SI, ,396 acre-feet of water, capable of irrigating ll0,69S acres of land. All of this land would be in tho vicinity of Florence. The estimated cost of the dam is Sl, l,Oss,e96. This survey was made by order of Congress, for which s20,O0O was appropriated. Mir. J. D. Schuyler, of Los Angeles, the noted irrigation engineer, fully verihes Mir. Lippincoti's report, and strong ly urges upon Congress the dnty of con- structing the work. dam 200 feet in height, which Mr. Schuyler considers per fectly feasible, would store 550.O00 acre-feet of water and the reservoir would have life of sixty-three years without dredging. The report says: Tn the eYent of the construc- tion of this dam there will De built up in the valley of the Gila river where desert now exists, community of fully 1000 souls and the creation of many million dollars of tax l 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., 1901-05-25
AN uxrKHABIrAB1E DESERT

is in truth the most productive land on the globe and that there is water in abundance to bring every foot of it under cultivation, only waiting for the magic wand of capital to develop it. There is water-storage scheme on the Pacific coast that has one- half the natural advantages and so few en gineering difficulties as the oan Carlos reser voir. 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 paItry 220 feet. 4 country is drained through this narrow canyon 200 miles square, representing 40,o00 square miles. or larger than Maine and Massaehu- setts combined. The rainfall is sufficient to hll the reservoir twice year, and the land to be brought under cultivation is praeti cally limitless. This may read ike fairy tale. but is is every word true and has been
 erihed time and again.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-25
LOCAL TIME TABLE. Mountain Time.
Southbound No. 1 Nor
other local stations call on

For time at other local stations call on Agent.
 Dining Station. CoSEEcTIoNs: Jerome Junction with U '. ( P. By, for Jerome; P. ( E. Junction with P. & E. R. R. for Huron and Mayer 1; 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 Hala. Stanton and Yernell; Hot Springs Junction with the C. C. II. s. 6 I. Co. for Castle Creek Hot Springs, the ail-year-round health resort; Phoenix with the M. &P. & 5. |. Y. R. R. for points on the s. P. system.
 H. ?. ANEwALT, Gen. Pass. Agt..
 Prescott, Arizona,
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-25
PRODUCTS OF THE VALLEY.

Gnlike the Salt river, the waters of the Gila are fresh and pure; tine soil contains no allSali, is Q deep. rich gray ash. especial ly 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 we'll in this valley. and wine and raisin culture is destin- cd to become prominent industry. Citrus fruits have been cultivated to limited ex- tent; there are a number of orange trees in the reighborhood of Florence which bear their golden fruit each year without pro- tection. anl a 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 ar appreciated advantage in
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-25
ChinE'z SIX Crop.

The ordinary annual crop of silk in China is estimated at about 21,00O,000 pounds. of which over GO per cent. is consumed in the country where it is produced.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-25
CASA aRANpR HAsEAvoIR.

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 l2 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 depression in the plain 14.00e feet in length, 125 feet in width at the bottom and 25 feet in width at top, to 1 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.0OO, and supplies water for 5000 acres.
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-25

The heat us represented in the above table during the months of June, July and August is nothing like as unbearable us in the Eastern States, and death from
The Florence tribune., 1901-05-25
TIE EAELY MARKETS.

The absence of fogs and nightly dews is Q 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 tropie zones are easily grown here, the long seasons giving a succession of crops that double or treble the productive value
 1 the land.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1901-01-26
The Danish Islands.

LONDON Jan 1A dispatch Copenhagen the Morning Post
says the PROPOSAL to sell the Danish West Indies
seems to have been definitely abandoned The
treaty between Denmark and the affecting the Islands
garded as hnent
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1901-01-26
Chinese Sign Joint Note.

PARIS Jan 1Os result quarters the As
socated Press the following regard the Chinese sit
uato THE Chinese pehpotentarie signed the yesterday
thus Concluding the preliminary stage negotiation
Chinese Envoy
LONDON Jan 9Dr German minister to
Chna today communicated his w the Pekng correspondent
the Tnes wiring yesterday hat Prince Chun Yu
the Emperor kwang Hsu should
The Prince himself leaving Pekg
Heis IL years old Prince Su has already
Emperor May Return
SHANGHAI Jan "a newspaper of this city publishes letter
Sian Flu announcing that the Emperor
king administer the reformed According
the Empress Dowa9er offers Emperor
Army Canteen Abolished.
WASHINGTON 9The
the House provision relating the abolition the C
votes could be the Senate
against
Uncle Sam to Defend Panama.
WASHINGTON SThere believe that the
Government will adopt vigorous line Panama
attacked there Interruption the transit facilities the 18th
According to treaty arrangement with Columbia the United
States has been given protection peaceful
cOnduc Of traffic tbei Shmrs
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1901-01-26
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS

There are 267 cases of smallpox in
Kansas.
President Mckinley has bad at
tack OF the grip.
Seattle will build one of the battle.
ships.
The Vatican is said to favor the
Boer cause.
There is an outbreak of bubonic
plague at Vladirostok.
Twenty-six Filipino leaders have
been deported to Guam.
Curzon expresses thanks for
American famine contributions.
Los Angeles will have a floral fete
during the President S visit,
Canada is organizing a corps of
Rough Riders for service in Africa.
Important and satisfactory tests
have been made With French sub.
marine boats.
c, w. Pendletdn, of Los Angeles,
has been elected speaker of the
California Assembly.
George NJ. Pullman is losing health
and cash in the gambling resorts of
Phoenix. A. Z.
Charles Hays, the new president
of the Southern Pacific, will take the
railroad out of politics.
Surgeon General Sternberg ignores
the reports OF plague from Dr. Kin
youn, of San Francisco.
1t is charged that the Gar, in his
Manchurian treaty, agrees TO defend,
China in case of attack
A three year old child in Men,
docino county, California, wasI
rescued by hunters Willie being car.
ried off by bear.
a Boer peace commission is beingi
formed at Bloemfontein to induces
Steyn and De Wet to accept Kitchen
ers terms.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1901-01-26
FOREIGN NEWS
Beers Advancing on Cape Colony.

LONDON Jan supposed tobe rekkhg east from
Vryorg says the Cape Town correspondent the Daily
the way into the heart of Cape Colony The upposon that
they have captured several small garrisons way
LONDON Jan. H. South Africa grows ,orse
than better Lord tcheners dispatches
those little else Of Importance is allowed n come
through
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-07-11
Claims Millions.

Chicago, July "a claim 10
property said to be worth several
million dollars was made here tos
day by Sidney Smith, of Cam
bridge, Mass. In his presentae
tion of facts to the Cook county
recorder, Mr.. Smith says that 100
acres of land, between Thirty-ffth
and Thirtyrninth streets, Rhodes
avenue and the lake and now &C.
counted fine residence property,
was the property of J. Eduthan
Smith, seventy years ago under q
presumption certificate and patent
title. The claimant says he is heir
of the old homesteader and wishes
to come into possession of what be
says is his own.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-07-11
NATIONAL DEBT,

Secretary Gage puts the reduc-
lion 10 the public debt the last two
years at $121,469,23s. This is,
however, the result of complicat-
sd figures. As a cold matter of
fact the interest bearing debt
which stood at 81, O45, 900, coo
April 1, 1899, pow stands at ST.
0O1,1OO, 600. A reduction of $44,-
100000 has actually taken place.
That much of interest bearing debt
has been paid off IN the two years.
A reduction of less than five per
cent in two years in the public
debt is not rapid, but as it has &C.
Cured in a period of war aud high
expenditures, when an army 1OO,-
600 strong has been maintained,
and the naval expenses have been
heavy, and the expenses of civil
administration have been inereas-
ed, it is very satisfactory. It does
not leave much room for admins
tration growing in view of the
heavy taxation of many sorts, and
yet it is much better than an in
q in the actual Indebtedness
would have been. The p:inci1 al OF
tae interest bearing debt soon be
brought once more below a till
lion of dollars, and IN that RESP ect
the wa1s with Spain and China
and in the Philippines will be for
given.
The annual interest charge has
been reduced to $29, 988, 900 a red
uction in two years of about
"a, 000,0 600. This reduction is due in
part to refanding operations. In
1908 the refunding operations will
cut the annual interest charge down
to $40, O0O, 900, which is not a heavy
burden for a rich and populous
country to carry.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-07-11
NAILED ON THE SPOT.

Black Brute Captured in a Young
Lady's Sleeping Room.
Goldsboro Cor. Morning Post.
Near Eureka. a small place in
the northeastern section of this
county, resides E. M. Sauls with
with his family. In their employ
ment was Ed. Applewhite, q ne
gro farm laborer, about sixteen
years old. Early Wednesday
evening Ed. left the house, osten-
sibly to be gone all night.
About two o'clock Thursday
morning one of Mr.. Sauls'
daughters heard some one in her
room and felt a hand touch the
bed clothes. She arose and
struck a match, which went out.
Another match was struck, and
Ed. Applewhite was seen at
tempting to conceal himself in
the room. Mr.. Sauls sprang from
his bed and grappled with the
negro, who made a desperate eff.
fort to get away. There is no
doubt that be would have sue
ceeded but for the fact that MI.
Sauis was quickly joined by his
SOD, and the two oYerpowered
Applewhite and bound him.
Having secured the lustful
wretch, Mr.. Sauls quietly noti-
lied Deputy Sheriff Rom Chase,
Who took the prisoner in charge
nd brought him to this city
without exciting any alarm in the
leighborhood. Applewhite was
nraed over to Sheriff Scott and
-1dged in Jail.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-07-11
TO CURE A GOLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. AL druggists refund the money
If it fails to cure. e, W. Groves sig
nature Is on each box, 25c. sept26
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-18
Woman Married a Woman.

Miss Anna Schultz Of Jersey City, n.
j.. walked into the first precinct police
station and told a strange sto7y. Ac-
cording to the law of the state she is a
WIFE, but Miss Schultz declares she is still
a maid. 1t seems that she became ac.
quainted with nice young man who
said his name was Joseph Gorden; that
he proposed marriage to her and was
accepted. Their married lie lasted one
night. Miss Schultz says she discovered
she had been married to a woman. The
mice young man. disappeared with Miss
Shultzs savings, $50, and it is the
money she wants, not her fake husband.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-18
Farms For sals.

We have received from the Rhode Is
land State Board OF Agriculture n de
scriptiye catalogue OF the farms for sale
in that State. Accompanying the publi-
cation is a fine map of Rhode Island,
showing the counties of the State, the
wafer-courses and so on. There are also
illustrations here and there, showing the
houses on number OF farms advertised.
There is fairly good description of each
farm in the State that is for sale; the
price il given and also the address OF the
owner. who can be communicated with
for further information desired.
This seems to us an excellent idea and
it ought to he adopted in Virginia. We
have time and again expressed the opin-
ION that nothing ischeaper than Virginia
farming lands. There are bargains for
sale all over the State land il they were
properly advertised we feel sure thatpur-
chasers would be found and many desir-
able settlers brought here from other
sections Of the country.
Few States in the Union are capable OF
producing such diversity OF crops as
the State OF Virginia. Our lands. accord
ing to location, will produce grain or
cotton or tobacco or garden vegetables
or fruits, and in ertain sections all these
crops may be proftably grown. There
are few better wheat fields than those to
be found in the Valley and Southwest
there are few better tobacco lands than
those to be found in the Tidewater see
ton; and cotton and peanuts flourish in
several counties OF the east.
In various parts Of the State, apples
and peaches and other fruits, as good as
the best and as good az any man need
want. may be grown in abundance and
many of our farmers have become rich
through fruit-culture. There is no sort
OF comparison between the lands oi
Rhode Island, so far as natural adyan-
tages 90, and little New England thrift
throughout the State of Virginia would
make it a yeritable garden spot. But
outsiders cannotk know of these things un
less we take the trouble to tell them. Vir-
ginia ought TO issue every year first
class handbook, descriptive of her farm
ing lands in general, accompanied by
bulletins from time to time, giving list
of the farms for sale, together with de-
scription and price. II the State should
adopt the Rhode island plan, above noted,
we feel sure that there would be substan-
tialreturns for the money thus exPfnded'
Richmond Times.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-18
PRESIDENT KRAUssE REsENTs
INsINUATIoN.
Will support Mr.. Swanson.

Mr. John krausse. president oi the Rich
mond Trades and Labor Council. makes
the following statement
To the Public.
Ina recent speech at Newport News
MIR. A. j. Montague il reported ~ having
said that / had volunteered To- support
him for Governor and had since given
my support TO Mr. swanson. rcmarking
that the people could draw their own
conclusions NJ To the causes therefor. !
am astoui-hcd that such a statement
should cmauate from such a source. The
statement oi Mr. Montague that ! had
ever volunteered. or promised, him my
support is absolutely inconsistent with
the incts iu the case did not promise
to support Mr. Swanson until ! had in
ycstigatcd his record in Congress and az
ccrtaincd that hc had been faithful and
good friend to labor The insinuntion of
MIR. Montague that had been induced To
support Mr.. Swanson for monetary con
-idcrations j. most unjust and slander
upon me Though am only Il laboring
man feel that have as much Of charac-
te. and honesty as MIR Montague. lhavc
been honorcd 10y the laboring people OF
this city. who have known me for years,
and made president OF the central Trades
and Labor Council defy Mr. Montague
or any one else 10 point to anything re-
flee ing upon my personal character and
honesty. am astonished that a person
Offering for the high and honorable posi-
tinn of Governor should see proper To
abuse and SANDER persons whom he can
not induce 10 support him.
hope you will publish this in justice
to myself. since these remarks Of Mr..
Montague have hcon given currency in
Richmond. and sclirespect to myself and
to my ..icnd~ and the unions which have
honored me demands that | should r.
sent this insult am
Yours very truly.
.IOHN kRirssE.