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The Florence tribune., 1901-10-05
HOUSE MEMORIAL NO. 4.
To the Senate and House of Representa- 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 Phoenix. Arizona, on the 1lth of Decemb Der, 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 a 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 dol lars for the construction of works of irriga- tion for the reclamation of lands belonging
 
 Resolved. That this Congress do approve the proposed construction, under the plans Of the U. $. Geological Survey. of the Buttes reservoir. in Pinal county, 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 Indien 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, as in a comparatively shoru time the expense of maintaining such In- dinns as Government charges will far exceed the cost of the irrigation works required to make them a self-supporting and self-re- spectiDg 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., 1901-10-05
SUFFERED FROM THE COLD.
One Baltimore Girls Experience In southern Clime-WeatherN Not
 What She Expected.

A foolish maid who went to Florida to spend couple of months left for that cline with the idea that it was one of perpetual sunshine, says the Baltimore American. The Floridian January she imagined was about of the temperature of the Maryland May, and so she left her fannels at home and her furs, and took instead n number of cotton frocks and shirt waists, and couple of straw hats plentifully trimmed with roses.
 Of course, she had tailor gown, silk blouse and the velvet hat she wore when travelling. If she hadn't had these she would probably have been dead of pneumonia before now As it was. she lived in them for nearly week, or until the telegram she had sent home brought re- sponse.
 The telegram was curt and to the point. It said:
 Bend furs, fanneis velvet frock. heavy hats and shirt waists. immediately.
 NELLIE '
 Hereafter. the traveller says, though she be about to take up her residence under the equator, she will carry a plentiful supply of warm garments in her trousseau. For if there is any thing that is really infuriating. she declares. it is to nearly freeze to death Tn a supposedly warm cline while clothed in the height of sum mer fashion, when one might be so much more comfortable in one's own steam-heated house in Baltimore.
The Florence tribune., 1901-10-05
THE EARLY MARKETS.

The absence of fogs and nightly csws is 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 ong seasons giving a succession of crops that double or treble the productive value fthe land.
The Florence tribune., 1901-10-05
CASA CYANIDE REsERyo1R.

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 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 a depression in the plain I4,OOO feet in length. 125 feet in width at the bottom and 25 feet in width at top, to slope on each side, and on average height of 2s feet. The waste is regulated by cast iron pipes feet in diameter, set in solid masonry, regulated by gates and tower. This reservoir cost Sl50,0OO, and supplies water for 5000 acres.
The Florence tribune., 1901-10-05
LOCAL TIME TABLE.
 Mountain Time.

For time at other local stations call on Agent.
 Dining Station. CONNECTIONS: Jerome Junction with U. Y. < P. Ky, for Jerome; P. d E. Junction with P. & E. R. R. for Huron and Mayer; 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 Yarnelli Hot Springs Junction with the c. c. H. $. & 1. all-year-round health resort; Phoenix with the ii 6 P. 6 5. R. V. R. R. for points on the $. P. system.
 H. P. ANEwALT. Gen. Pass. Agt.,
 Prescott, Arizona.
The Florence tribune., 1901-10-05
suSsrRokE IS UsKSowS.

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 90 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., 1901-10-05
MetaornloulcaI Statlstles.

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 drriug the series of six years:
The Florence tribune., 1901-10-05
PRICES or LASD-

Improved lands. with governmenttitlea and water right, can be bought for from SzO to $50 per acre. according to location and im- provements. In the immediate neighbor- hood and to the south of the Casa Grande
 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 a 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 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., 1901-10-05
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 a large increase in popula- tion will follow. Florence is at an elevation of ll92 feet above sea level, situated near the cila 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 a 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, ccret societies, Commercial Club, two newspapers, and the handsomest court house fin 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., 1901-10-05
AN uSrsHABrrABLE DESERT

sin truth the most productive land on the
 lobe, 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 eyer-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 paltry 220 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 hll the reservoir twice year, and the land to be brought under cultivation is practi- eally limitless. This may read like fairy tale. but is is every word true, and has been
 erifed time and again.
The Florence tribune., 1901-10-05
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 ofthe prune, olive. almond, peach, fig. pear, apricot and fruits of all kinds, which pay largely on the einyest- 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- d to become 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- ection. and few date palm trees are also
 full bearing. The season ia from six
 eelxs to two months earlier than Southern California. which gives fruit growers an appreciated advantage in
The Florence tribune., 1901-10-05

The heat as represented in the above table during the months of June, July and August is nothing like as unbearnble as in the Eastern States, and death from
The Florence tribune., 1901-10-05
UNTOUCHED BY FROST.

Orange ard lemon trees require slight protection during the winter for a 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 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. It is useless to deny that under our present water system there is nothing like a suffi- cient water to irrigate this vast body of land.
 THE CASA GRAEDR VALLEY CANAL is forty three miles in length and covers 1000 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 1900 acres having storage capacity of eight billion gal Ions, in the southeast corner of township $, 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 huge reservoir near San Carlos, which would stcre 2S1 s96 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, ,0sss26. 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 veriies Mr. Lippincott's report. and strong ly urges upon Congress the duty of con structing the work. A dam 200 feet in height, which Kr. Schuyler considers per fectly feasible, would store 550.000 acre-feef of water and the reservoir would have a life of sixty-three years without dredging. The report says: In the event of the construc- tion of this dam there will De built up in the valley of the Gila river where desert now exists, a community of fully 4O.O00 souls and the creation of many million dollars of tax able wealth without permanent outlay or 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., 1901-10-05

We have arranged with the New York World to furnish this paper with limited number of subscriptions for a limited time Monthly Editions. We are enabled to offer
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11
MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

at the Municipal Election held
here, on the 9th. Of May. the foil
lowing officers were elected with
out opposition; Chas. D. Caffery,
Mayor; F, Demanade, F. E. Gil
rard, H H. Hohorst, A. E, Mou-
ton, John O, Mouton, Ben Falk
and Geo. Deblanc, Counciimen.
All of these gentlemen are so we'll
and favourably known, that any
comment on our part would be
futile, suffice it to say, that in their
hands the welfare Of Lafayette is
assured, and that each of these
gentlemen elected is according to
our point Of view 1.-The right man
in the right place"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11
Seventy Young DOCTORS.

The State Board of Medical ex-
aminers held its examinations in
the Tulane Medical College, at
New Orleans DR. H. s CocraD1
President; DR.. A. F. Barrow, vice
president; DR. J. D.. Trahan, DR..
F. M. Thornhill and DR.. F A.
Larue, all in their places. There
were ninety applicants for admis-
sion to the medical profession and
Of these seventy were successful
and are now entitled to write M
D, after their name.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11

President L. E. Stephens, has cho-
sen the fifteenth of June as the in :
auguration day of the State Indus
trial Institute. All will be in readi-
ness for that date as the furniture
is on its way 70 Lafayette now and
in our next number we shall give
full details Of the inaugural cere-
monies. Work on the dormitorv
building has begun and will be
pushed with activity
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11
B. Falks saws

B. Falks says
Since his weekly advertisements
his sales have been much larger.
but his store is still full, and there
are goods for all
B. Falk says,
His advertisement this week is
meant for you don't let al the
chances Of your life slip by.
B. Falk says,
He IS too busy at his store TO
talk much about oil, his aim is to
sell goods and sell cheap too.
B. Falks says,
This is the last day of the week
and if you can't record a good
transaction for the seven days past
come over to his place of business
bright and early, Monday morn
ing and he will make you feel
good. over the bargains he will
offer,
B. Falk says.
Young or old married or single
every body receives the same at
tention at his store.
B. Falk says
II youPd be wealthy think Of
saving as well as Of getting No
form Of saving is as easy as buying
cheap.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11
SHOT IN THE FOOT.

While on an outing on Vermillon
Bay Prot. R. II. Broussard Of
Pilette accidentally shot himself in
the foot. The Muzzle Of the gun
rested on the foot and the dis
charge lacerated the member con-.
siderably. DR.. Tolson, who at
tended, the injured man, found the
wound painful but not dangerous.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11

General Fire Boiler, Tornado,
Accident and Life Insurance
Agency. Our Territory is Youngs-
vile, Broussardville, Scott. Caren-
GRO, Breaux Bridge and Lafayette.
Call or write for any informs zion
or any kind Of insu rance.
SR Parkerson, Agt.
Felix Mouton, Solicitor.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11
Let me sell you a light stylish
buggy. E, H. Vordenbaumen.
DEATH OF FATHER THE
BAULT.

Rev. Father Joseph A. The
bault, one Of the well known priests
of this diocese. died in New Or
leans, on the 9TH. of May. He
had been chancellor under Arch
bishop Janssens and was with that
lamented divine when he expired
on board a vessel, bound for Eu-
rope, Father 1hebault was only
thirty four and succumbed to that
dread desease, tuberculosis. His
death has caused universal regret
and his funeral, at which the BIZ
shop od1ciated, last Friday was
largely attended, by both clergy
and laity.
Only one quality-the best,
n o~I0f Ck~~o
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11

DIED, on May 9th, Willar d
Kahn only son Of Sigmund Kahn
and Rose Bendel, aged nine
months. Though little Willard S
journey on earth was such short
one, he will be sadly missed in the
loving home where he was so ten
derly cared for. To the grief strick-
en- parents who mourn his loss, the
Advertiser extends sincerest con-
dolences.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11
CANE PLANTERS

The Lafayette Sugar Refinery
20. It'd, is now ready to contract
for cane. In addition to market
prices, it is paying a bonus OF
25cts., per ton for cane delivered
by wagons. Advances are made
on cane.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11
CHURCH NOTICE.

Rev. c. c. Kramer will con-
duct divine service at the Presby-
teriAn Church. Sunday afternoon
At 4:3o o'clock
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11
Your attention reader

The Mutual Life of New York is
the Oldest and strongest of all Life
Insurance Companies. 1t was in
corporated in 1912 and has to-
day admitted assets of 325 mill
lions of dollars. Consult r.
Domengeaux, resident-agent, for
ratesand prospeckns %
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11
LOUISIANA STATE BOARD
OF PHARMACY.

The Louisiana State Board Of
Pharmacy met at the College oi
Pharmacy No, 547 Carondelet,
New Orleans. Or. P. L. Walton
was reelected president and the
following members were appointed
on the comm ittee of examination,
Geo. S. Brown, chairman; VIM.
M. Levy and Max Samson. The
Board then decided to hold exam
ination once year at Shreveport,
if practicable. The examinations
will be held in February, May,
August and November.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11
FOUND.

4 hogs, marked on ear, and s Of
them also marked on tail. Owner
can claim same BY paying cost and
damages.
PAUL MAeIolBA
Plantation Of J 6. Palkeison
Breanx Bridge road.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11
OIL LAND FOR SALE

l60 acre. Oil lands Beaumont Tex situated u Polk Co.
per
4o acres near Sulpher, La, at $3.50 per acre.
5o arpens 1900 feet from Ause LaBue $3.50 per arpent
~ arpens 1000 feet from Anse LaBue $500 per arpen
arpens 1000 feet from Anse l.. Butte $500 per arpep
arpens 25OO feet from Anse Lnue $3.50 per arpent
81 arpents I mi, from Anse LaBstte SO 500.
2oo arpents q mi from Anse La3utte $50 per arpent
90 arpents mi, from Anse LsButs $50 per arpen
800 arpents l mi, from St. Martinvlc at sI2O 900
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11

We have decided to start a we'll
as soon as possible at Anse La
Butte or adjacent territory, as we
are desirous of demonstrating to
the good people Of Lafayette an d
Breaux Bridge that there is no in
tention on our side to withhold
operations, but to proceed on the
lines OF development. Kindly let
this be known and notify US if this
bill can be obtained in Lafayette,
and If not we will have to order it
from here, and oblige.
Yours Respectfully,
J.. M. GUFFEY COMPANY,
By A. F. Lucas,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11

yet begun. AS early as practicable
we propose to make a trip through
this leased territory and make pro-
per selection with the view of start
ing early operations. =
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11
Yours respectfully,
s~LUCAs.

MI. E. Tolsoa is in receipt oi
letter from Capt. Lucas, il which
= says II have been 50 busy
that Il has been impossible for me
fo absent myself in order to take
lup the locations preparatory to
sss.rtsne operations, and this in con-
nection with the absolute impossi-
~bility to obtain men and machin-
cry, IS my reason why work is not
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11

The Advertiser is requested to
publish the following letter in re-
ply to a supposed interview be-
tween a Picayune reporter and
Capt. A. F. Lucas and also re-
marks made in the Lafayette Ga
zette.
Beaumont, Texas. May 9th 1901
Editor Of the Gazette.
Lafayette, La.
My Dear Sir:
notice that you have repro
duced an article, purporting to be
from the New Orleans Picayune,
in which you quote an interview l
had with its reporter, stating that
/ said therA was nothing in it at
Anse I.aButte, and that | stated
that we have no disposition to start
operations there. and that we only
wanted to get control and thar oil
would hold where it is, as we have
plenty Of it. Also the drastic re-
m arks in regard to the Guffey and
Galley Company, and the DISPOSE
ton Of the people who are tied up
with our leases. Allow me to
reply to that, that the statement
made by the Picayune, if it was
such a statement, was an absolute
falsehood, and only made to garble
the condition Of things and irritate
the owners Of those properties. We
think also that your drastic re-
marks were uncalled for, and in
explanation to the foregoing would
say that we propose to bore and
operate at Anse La Butte as soon
as possible, and only difficulty in
obtaining machinery and men capa-
bic Of doing the right kind of work,
has delayed our operations. We
have the interests Of the people
associated with US in lease-hold at
heart, as well as our own. In fact,
their interests are identical with
ours. l will thank you, as our
Company will to kindly cor
rect the disparaging remark that
personally l have never made, and
oblige.
Yours respectfully,
A. rf<- q
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1901-05-11

Mrs. L. E Salles, Of New Or
leans, is visiting her sister Mrs. w.
B, Bailey.