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The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
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The French scientific journal La Nature calls attention to a recent re- port of the French consul at Hawaii which, it thinks. throws light on some problems of ethnography. Not long ago little schooner, dismantled and with it's rudder gone ss the result of a tempest, was drifted by winds and ocean currents from Tahiti to Hawaii, after s1 days of helpless wandering. Hawaiian traditions declare that in ancient days people came from Ta- hiti, drifting with the currents, and settled Hawaii. The adventure of the dismantled schooner seems to prove the possibility of such migration, and it is suggested that the currents of the Pacific, which have not yet been sufficiently studied, may throw much light on the distribution of the native races among the island groups.
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
TIE CASA eRANDE VALLEY.
information for Those Seeking Homes
 In the Garden Spot of the West.

Final county was organized in 1875 from portions of Pima. Maricopa and Yavapai counties, and contains an area of s, ,26s 6ssquare miles, or S,4Ss.520 acres, one-third of which could be made productive by a systematic storage of the surplus 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 branch of the great Santa Fe system is now ap- preaching from the north. The objective point of this road is connection with the sonora road, of the same system. The Southern Pacific is also building in this direction from Tempe. and it is confidently believed that work will not cease until the Deer Creek coal fields are reached and con- nection is made with anlthcr branch of that road running 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 of year Florence, the county seat, will be
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
HOUSE MEMORIAL NO. 4. To the Senate and House of Represents lives of the United States in Con-
 cress Assembled.

We, your Memorialists, the Nine teenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, respectfully rep resent that the National Irrigation Congress, held in Fhoenix. Arizona, ou the 1th 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 by 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 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 i 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 nov is engaged fin the ex- penditure of hundreds of thousands of dol lars for the construction of works of irriga- 1 tion for the reclamation of lands belonging to other Indian tribes; therefore. be it heSOlV6us ludb bniS congress QO approve the proposed construction. under the plans of the U. s. Geological Survey. of the Bnttes reservoir. in Pinal county, Arizona, recently reported, to again reclaim the lands of these tribes, believing that by so doing can the GovernIaent alone honorably redeem the broken pledges made by it to these people, and thus preserve from further want and degradation two of the surviving Indisn tribes of the American continent that have always been the constant friends of the 1 white race.
 Resolved, That we approve the proposed construction or such reservoir not only as just and phlanthropic, but as economical l.and good policy, as in a comparatively shor. time the expense of maintaining such In- dians as Government charges will far exceed the cost of the irrigation works required to make them self-supI,orting and self-re- specting community.
 New, therefore, your Memorialists, the Nineteenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, desire to go ou record as earnestly endorsing the above recommendations of the Sixth National Irrigation Congress for the following reasons:
 l. The reservoir site referred tc having been withdrawn iron entry by Government authorities, cannot now be utilized by any private corporation and the Government therefore occupies
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
A RAILROAD CENTER.

At present it contains a population of bout 1900, 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 i402 feet above sea level, situated near the Gila river. twenty-six miles northwest of the railroad station of Casa Grande, with which it is connected by an elegantly equipped daily stage line. Going and com ing stages run by the old Casa Grande ruins, and passengers are allowed short time to inspect them. There are many handsome private residence in Florence, several brick stores, good hotel. an excellent graded school employing four teachers, churches, secret societies. Commercial Club, two newspapers, and the handsomest court house in ths 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., 1901-06-01
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- provements. In the immediate neighbor- hood and to tine 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 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 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., 1901-06-01
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 Thrice-a- w eek Edition
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 OF A WEEKLY.

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 Its political news is absolutely impartial. This fact will be of especial value in the Presidential campaign coming on.
 The best of current fiction is found in it's columns. These are only some of the reasons: there are others. Read it and see them all.
 We offer this unequaled newspaper and THE FLORENCE TRIBUNE together one yea for S3.00.
 The regular subscription price of the ts c, papers is S400.
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
sUNsTRoKE 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 SC dry here that registered temperature of 1l0 degrees isn 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 temperaturet to be fully 30 degrees. At nearly all times there is pleasant breeze; the nights are invari-
 ably cool ill 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 i gardens of Florence to-day are castor bean plants two years or more old,
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
AN USISHABIrABLE 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 no water-storage scheme on tie Pacific coast that has one- half the natural advantages and so few en gineering difficulties as tine san Carlos reser yoir. Here nature has built the abutments in ever-living rock. and all that is left for man to do is to put in the headgate. the bluffs which form the gorge being only separated by paltry 20 feet. A country is drained through this narrow canyon 200 miles square, representing 10000 square miles, or larger than Maine and Massachu- setts combined. The rainfall is sufficient to fill the reservoir twice year, and the land to be brought under cultivation is practi- cally limitless. This may read like fairy tale. but is is every word true, and has been
 erified time and again.
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
CASA oRAEpE nrsEKvo1R.

The reservoir of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company Is the largest in the terri tory. It covers a surface of 1890 acres, with an average depth of F 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 Q depression in the plain lI,OOO feet in length. 125 feet in width at the bottom and 9 feet in width at top, 2 to 1 slope on each side. and an average height of 25 feet. The waste is regulated by 3 cast Iron pipes feet in diameter. set in solid masonry, regulated by gates and tower. This reservoir cost sl5O,OOO and supplies water for 6,O00 acres.
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
Italy wa.t. a National Hymn.

According to Rome correspondent there is strong movement on foot to induce Verdi to write a national an- them for Italy. At present nothing of the kind exists. and Signor Boiro has written to Verdi asking him if he will undertake to furnish bis countrymen with a hymn embodyi1g their tradi- tions. their ideals and their aspirations. as he alone can embody them. Upon re- ceipt of sis reply the legislature will be asked by solemn vote to intrust the master with the task.
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
LOCAL TIME TABLE. Mountain Time.
southbound No. l Northboand No. ,

For time at other local stations call on Agent.
 Dining Station. CONNECTIONS: Jerome Junction with U. Y. d P. Ky, for Jerome; P. & E. Junction with P. & E. R. R. for Huron and May CT 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 aud Yarnell; Hot Springs Junction with the C. c. H. $. & | Co.,. for Castle Creek Hot Springs, the all-year-round health resort; Phoenix with the N 6P. & $. K. Y. R. k. for points on the $. F. system.
 H. P. ANEwALT, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
 Prescott. Arizona,
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
THE CASA eRASDE 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 its capacity in- creased. A reservoir covering 1900 acres having storage capacity of eight billion gall Ions. in the southeast corner of township 6. range g, gives ample supply of water the 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 huge reservoir near San Carlos, which would store 2sI .s9B acre-feet of water capable of irrigating 140.69s acres of land. All of this land would be in the vicinity of Florence. The estimated cost of the dam is s1 ,0Ss, ,826. This survey was made by order of Congress. for which S2000O was appropriated. Mir. J. D. Schuyler. of Los Angeles, the noted irrigation engineer, fully verifies Mir. Lippincott's report. and strong ly urges upon Congress the duty of con- structing the work. dam 200 feet in height. which Mir. Schuyler considers per- fectly feasible, would store 550.000 acre-feet of water and the reservoir would have life of sixty-three years without dredging. The report says: In the event of the construc- tion of this dam there will be built up in the valley of the Gila river where Q desert now exists, a community of fully 40.0OO 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 its merits become known.
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
PRODUCTS OF TIE VALLEY.

Unlike the Salt river, the waters of the Gila arc fresh and pure; the soil contains no alkah is a deep. rich gray ash, especial ly adapted to the growth ofthe prune, olive, nlmond, peach, fig, pear, apricot and fruits of all kinds, which pay largely on the invest ment. It is also the natural home oi alfalfa. which grows in the most prolific manner. The grape does exceptionally well in this valley. and wine and raisin culture is destin- ed to become prominent industry. Citrus fruits have been cultivated to a limited ex- tent; there are 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., 1901-06-01

The heat us represented in the 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., 1901-06-01
MeteoroIoaioaI Statlstles.

The signal seryics of the general govern snent 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 a safe guide to the prevailing temperature given during the series of six years:
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
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 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 c 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 l Pacific railway in the vicinity of Casa Grande and Arizoia is at present, and with good reason, considered one of the most desirable 1 portions of this magnificent Southern Ari- l 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 Q suffi- cient water to irrigate this vast body of land.
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
THE EARLY MARKETS.

formidable obstacle to the destructive and unsightly scale-bug. and the fruits of the valley are all bright and clean. All the agri- cultural products of temperate and semi tropic zones are easily grown here. the long seasons giving succession of crops that double or treble the productive value
 1.-the land.
The Florence tribune., 1901-06-01
THROUGH TIME TABLE.

Between Phoenix. Kansas City. St. Louis
 Chicago and all points EAST.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-14
OPINION OF THE COURT BY FREAR, CT.

This case was begun in the District Court Koolaupoko,
Island of Oahu and taken by defendants appeal jury waved
to the Circuit Court June, 1899. 1t placed the
calendar for August Term 1892 but owing to the large
number of preceded, reached until the
August Term 1900 when the jury waived cases were taken up
On the 9th of August 1900 at the was set Tor
the t at NJ About other that preceded it were
for the same At about II the 7th or about
three before the the called and counsel
for the plaintiff asked if he ready to proceed lie re-
piled that he ready he had not supposed the case
would be called soon, but would be ready on the following
morning Counsel for the defendant then asked II he was
ready proceed He replied that he had understood that the
had been for the St at which time ne Wod De READY
but that he ready to proceed Immediately Nelther
counsel had asked continuance before Both now de
sired continuance until the following day The court OF It's
motion dismissed the appeal and defendant excepted on the
ground that the order contrary to law and an ABUSE OF
cretion.
On the s moved the court vacae the order
sssng the appeal and renstate the case on the
the motion being based the record and an affidavit OF de-
counsel A. g. Robertson setting forth the 1acts
above stated the m he attendance pre-
pared try another which had been set Tor ra oelo
another Judge of the court the same day. Wen Tue
ba notified him appear this that the defendant ana
his witnesses reside Heea Oahu and that aant was fam
with the facts and of the and the law app
cable thereto and that in his opinion defendant had complete
defense the action its merits and that the dismissal OF e
appeal would work injustice to him. Counsel was not actually
engaged in the trial of before the other orc
Plaintiffs counsel did not oppose this motion but on the con-
ary joined requesting the court to vacate the order aus
missing the appeal and to renstate the case lhe oo wac
denied, In part on the ground that the aiuasH was
in regard merorious Defense and defendant excepted
On the 18th the defendant moved to reopen the matter OF
the first ruling thereon that ne be allowed TO ME
additional affidavit to merltonous deIense anu hae '
order smissno the appea be vacated and the renstaed
This motion opposed by plaintiffs counsel on the ground
that it in of correct practce The moton
denied and defendant excepted
In this court plaintiffs counsel joined defendants counsel IN
the view that the order dssng the appeal and the over
ruling of the first motion the Circuit Court were erroneous
and should be reversed.
There be some difference of opinion as to whether
the dismissal of appeal its reinstatement IS matter OF
discretion to be reversed only OF an abuse OF dscreuo
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-14

insufficient for education, maintenance and
pport The aim courts in assuming control over 1ne
atates Of has been to see to 1t tha sucn e' T
a,auaod and used the best interests OF the nnnos
tt.;nant Of this object that portion OF the
uhae of their property be sold encumbereo ana Tue pio
osed of for their educato maintenance ana support curing
ss; merit 20 that they may be better able to care Tor
themselves upon reaching their majority OF otherWsn M
benefit; and good reason suggests oen 70 Us ~ So
~ IN this respect their real and their personal prop
srty- i, a,s ,,;oh ,revailed in
gand for the rule followed that the court Woui
- exercise jurisdiction sell cucumber an infants real
not existing here the rule itself does not exist NO sum
cent appearing for Distinguishing between a anu
a property in this connection, and there being "egn
for regarding the classes OF property as peng
m the same basis hold that courts OF probate when
aaye as already noted all the power of court OF chancery
Do matter have inherent jurisdiction authorize the mortgag
mo Of minors real whenever their discretion 1t sha
appear to the best interests of the MINOR TO follow m
>, -: 4hat
Ne NAV add that about twenty past the view hat
sur probate this power has been entertained ana
acted upon by least four justices OF the supreme o m
sour Circuit Judges each of whom has, IN one OF more
authorized guardians to mortgage the real estate OF MINORS ana
by . large number of the members of the bar
While this jurisdiction should be jealousy exercised e
eon is not open in collateral proceeding as to whether OF
f under the of any particular case the reet
prayed for should have been granted.
essns knneu Ballou McClanahan and Il. A. Bgelo,o,
Ssr plaintiff. 1;o IT,
snr. defendant
an THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF
HAWAII.
DECEMBER TERM, 1900.
ARTHUR G. MERRICOURT u. NORWALK FIRE IN
SURANCE COMPANY.
MoT1ox REHEARINe.
u,,,,rrrn .,.pv & 1901. DECIDED JANUARY 49, 1901.
Ens.R CD GALBRA1rH j. w. L. STANLEY, ESQ, OF THE
BAR IN PLACE PERRY, j., DISQUALIFIED
oral apphcauoh Oh INC
sud and no unusual affecting the subject
obligation TO volunteer
information life or losses by fire.
entire pocy DC
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otherwise circumstance concerning lnis
insurance or the insurer made no spehc
1t not to d1saoW PROOF ta
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-14


IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF
HAWAII
DECEMBER TERM 1900.
LIHUE PLANTATION COMPANY u ]. K. FARLEY
Tax Assessor
APPEAL FROM TAX APPEAL CouRr, ISLAND kauai.
SUBMITTED JANUARY 3 1901 DECIDED JANUARY "a 1901
FREAR, CD. GALBRAIrH PERRY, u.
valuation Lhue Plantation Co.'S sugar
plantation sustained and the appears
of company and the assessor dismissed
OPINION OF THE COURT FREAR, CT.
This is appeal from the assessment, OF January -
1900 of the Iihue Plantation Companys plantation ~
uaed in the District of Lihue, Island of Kauai
The company returned its property at S2,o6oooo l
assessor placed $3500000 The Tax Appeal Court put
at $2sO0OO0. The company admitted that 1t should DC
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-14
coNcuRR1NG OPINION BY eALBRA1rH, J.

concur the conclusion, but in all of the given
therefor by the Chief Justice in the above decision 1t
that the question presented by the exception the order
of the Circuit Court disissng appellants appeal clearly
Of law, and not of judicial discretion.
The discretion theory carries with it the idea that there
fixed rules of law questions of right involved To
me, that these the only questions presented When
the appeal perfected the appellant entitled abo
lutte right under the law trial de He also had
against him. The order dsmssng his appeal denial of
these rights. An of law, and nothing