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The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08
PLENTY WATER
Gan Be Obtained For the
Arid Lands Of the Santa
Cruz VdII6v.
Mr.. Walter Graves, a Government
Expert, Has Examined And
Made a Report.

The recent strike of artesian water
south of town. near Warmers Lake, re-
calls the visit of Walter Graves to this
section some few months ago Mr..
Graves is one of the greatest and best
known experts on the subject OF lrri-
cation in the United States today, He
was sent into the southwest by the In
terror Department, to report on lfrl-
gated lands. river beds and their un-
derfiow. water supply and other sub
jects relative to the problem of irri-
cation.
It was about the time when the whole
country. but especially the southwest,
was agitated over the question of re-
claiming arid lands. Congress was
wrought up over the great problem,
and attempted to wrestle with it. The
east. naturally. was a disintereSte1
party. hut the west was loud In its de-
mands for national aid. Congress
was looking for information on the
subject. The Interior Department
was appealed to at once as bureau OF
information Mr.. Graves was ac-
cordngly dispatched into this region
to gather the necessary data, and re-
port on the feasibility of retaining
the arid lands in this section AS an
nounced above. his conclusions make
interesting reading at this time
About two or three months ago Mr..
Graves came up the Gila river and cut
across the country into the Santa Cruz
lti'ey. He made close study of the
river and it's tributaries. He made
Cetour of the watershed. He esti-
mated the unaerfiow of the Santa Cruz
aud suggested way in which it could
he utilized. He noted the extent of
TIE elevated mesas, and the character
Of The soil All of his conclusions
lavg a direct bearing on the welfare
OF Tucson.
Mr.. Graves declares that the under
A1w in the Santa Cruz and Gila rivers
sluTasses that in aEy of the other 0ry
stl ans To use his own words. ne
"Nomme is enormous" BY ira ing
the course of the Santa Cruz on the
map, it will be seen that the river
drains a great stretch of country, and.
furthermore, it has no outlet. The
Santa Cruz flows over lava bed,
whith serves to hold the water at no
great depth from the surface. This
is the first thing which attracted the
attention of the expert, an enormous
volume of water SO near the surface.
AID the thought occurred to HIN TT
once, that this water could easily be
utilized He resolved to look further
into the matter
BY going up the Santa Cruz river,
say twenty-five or thirty miles, you
will find yourself on the upper end of
the valley. The broad mesas lying to
the west and north of Tucson stretch
out below you. The river winds in
and out as it descends. The whole
country slopes toward the city.
1t was near this point that Mr.,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08

Graves loked back over the country.
Why should this immense voilme of
water go to waste, he thought, while
these mesas remain untitled? Why
not utilize the undertow from this
point? And he devised plan then
a10 there
OF course it is not entirely new, nor
is it the cheapest plan on earth. The
idea of transporting the water by
npea of canals is perfectly natural.
BIT in the ordinary ditch one-ialf Of
the actual supply is wasted Mr..
Graves idea is to lay line of large
tile pipes from a convenient point up
the river, to the mesas west and north
of town. The force of gravity would
be all the power necessary to trans
port the water small dam could
easily be constructed at the head, and
a gate could regulate the flow into the
piia line. Thus all the water would
lie utilized with little or no waste.
l.atcrals could be run from the main
canal and the water could be run 70
every section of the land placed ander
cultivation.
This in brief is Mr. Graves opinion
cf the water supply in this vicinity.
In tact. he was enthusiastic over the
resources of this valley. He said the
soil on the mesas was fertile and rich.
And there is plenty of water at hand.
Re was surprised that some company
or enterprisng citizen did not tale
hold of the project long ago. 1t is
simple. 1t is feasible. The water IS
there in quantity. The land Is wait
ing.
what would the project meaa for
Tucson? Mr. Graves says it wo1ld
put thousands of acres about the city
under cultivation. 1t would mean
hundreds of farms and thousands of
farmers. The proGucts which are
now shipped into Tucson could be
raised at home. and the money paid
for them would also remain at home
In short, Tucsons industries would
double, and her population would
qup;ruple.
Mr. Walter Graves has been in the
government service for seventeen
years. He has made life study of
the subject of irrigation. He is well
known throughout the northwest, AMI
resides in Butte. Montana. The larg-
est dam in the world was constructed
in Colorado after his plans. His
opinion on the Santa Cruz valley is
well worth consideration.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08

Fine meats and courteous treatment.
The Palace Meat Market
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08
eating Crow"

The term eating crow" comes from
an ante Revolutionary story. A sol
dicr of an English regiment stationed
in Virginia shot pet crow belonging
to farmer. The latter entered a
complaint with the colonel. who sell
f. ced the soldier to cat the crow.
Ihe farmer was left alone with the
se.dier to see that he did it. After
e soldier had consumed a portion of
ne bird he took his gun, presented il
II the farmer and told him to eat the
remainder of the crow or he would
shoot him. This was the origin of the
eating crow story.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08

4 clean shop. with clean counters
Tue Pa lace Meat Market.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08

Don't wait until your friends ara
dead to give them flowers.-Atchlson
Globe.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08
Inixcralfr nf Athena.

The University of Athens is very Old
1t is conducted on the German plan
Most Of the professors are graduates Of
German universities, and the German
language is heard about the building
more frequently than any other except
Greek. The institution has large
amount Of property, and several OF the
chairs have been handsomely endowed
by private individuals.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08
DANGEROUS If NEGLECTED..

Burns, cuts and other wounds often
become troublesome sores. Even
where delay mas aggravated such in
juries, DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve
effects a cure. Il had a running sore
on my leg thirty years" says II. c.
Hartly, Yankeetown, Ind. After US
ing many remedies. tried DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salye. A few boxes
healed the sore" Cures all skin dis
ceases. Piles yield to it at once. Be-
ware of counterfeits. S. ID. Bell &
Son.
Force" lust the thing for breakfast
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08

II this weather keeps up you will
have to hunt up your last spring suit
and have 1t cleaned or buy q nev, one
from Smith, the leading Tailor.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08
Something Like IL.

Does your son matriculate this year,
Mrs Hammondsne?
why, really. | don't know. amt
heard anything about matriculaton.
but he wrote me in his last lcticr that
he bad got vaccinarcd. ana it took ter
rible '-ChicagO Record Herald.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08

Open evenings until 8, Sundays from
IL to p. N. nr Fl. A. Schell, opti-
clan
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08

Photograp aphs-For all kinds of Photos
and Kodak work call at cor. Jackson and
Stone ave. l66-l90
, 1902-02-19
Damon Lodge, Laramie.

For two or three years prior TO The
organization of the grand lodge OF
Wyoming, Damon lodge worked under
a warrant from the grand lodge of Col
orado, but when the grand lodge OF
Wyoming was formed, among the first
things it did was to issue 4 charter to
Damon lodge. This bears date Decem-
Der II. 1854, and is signed hy William
X. Schnitger, grand chancellor. The
following were the charter members of
the lodge at the time of its advent into
the grand lodge as a part of the grand
domain of Wyoming:
Daniel Nottage, George A. Deahe, Ed
Kerns. Jesse T. Jones, G. B. Mason,
w. X. Burke, Fred Ruprecht, DR.. Will
lam Harris, James Davidson, George
II. Temple, II. NJ. Simpson, William
Fisher. c. p. Gardner, d. }. Pierce, }.
w. Griner, } w. Metcalf, Simon Bales.
II. G. Welch, Edmund Peale, James
Sterling, NJ. C. Barrow. e. J. Jones,
William Sinclair. II. Mckinley, A. S.
Blackburn, William knave, Charles
Smith, jr., Larry Malloy, E. S. Snow,
William Dunning, c. B. Wynne, W. II.
Bintz, John West, James Ross, w. A..
Jamison, Otto Gramm, A. M. Osborne,
NJ. H. Mills, Thomas Feast, T. p. Will
Jams, N. X. Boswell, James Hansen, f.
E. Calvin, c. w. Gates, r. w. Baxter,
Charles Mccarthy. James Barr. r. But
Ter. John Harris, William Nottage, o.
b. Yelton, n. Hickey, Z. S. Croker,
Jacob Verne. John kellett, J. J. Clark.
Louis Miller, Lon Briggs, A. NJ. Har-
ris, S. J. Titus, T. II. Cloughley and j.
Massingall.
The lodge now has a membership of
1l2, with Henry Merz as the chancel-
lor commander.
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of tho Odd Fellows will be the guest
Of the company and its drill team will
take part in the drill.
SERh NETT

The Bible wac written for the pur-
pose of giving us the history Of God
and to build up our characters. and we
should read it.-Rev. w. A. Leonard,
bishop. ~Episcopalian. Cleveland. Ohio.
We are all susceptible to external
Influences, to Impressions made upon
our minds and hearts by forces work
ing upon them from without. What in
scientific language We call our environ
ment.-Rev. DR.. Dewey. Reformed,
Brooklyn. N. Y.
One of the objections to labor unions
is that they are combinations; but
when. the employers are falling into
combinations 1t Is fitting that the
workmen should have theirs ALSO
Rev. DR.. Bascom. Congregationalist,
North Adams, Mass.
Suffering makes us one. prosperity
makes us two The richer the man is
the lonelier he is. He is to a great
extent outside OF the common brother.
hood. not because he wishes it, oh, no!
but he is out OF it just the same
Rev. DR.. Lorimer, Baptist, New York
city.
The church must show itself a social
force for the alienation and removal
of suffering and sorrow; it must give
up the old thought that the community
must serve the church. and must go
back to the spirit OF the Master. who
came to minister.-Rev. j. d. Rankin,
Presbyterian. Denver, Col.
Whether our money-much or little
shall prove a blessing or a curse de-
ponds on our way of regarding and Of
using it. Money will kindle a fire to
warm the blue hands OF poverty. or
TO burn up truth, virtue, love and all
the noblest passions Of the heart
Rev. d. J. Burrell, New York city.
Christ is Gods light. He is the eff
%fulgeuce OF Gods glory and the very
image Of his substance, the true light
which iighteth every man. Let a
therefore. believe in Christ and keep
himself unLer the influence OF Christ.
and he will not be in darkness about
Godfrey. W. S. Fulton, Presbyterian,
Pittsburg, Pa.
, 1902-02-19
Laramie Company No. 2.

Within the last year the Uniform
Rank of the Knights of Pythias has
taken on a regular army formation,
Laramie division becoming Laramie
company. and being attached to the
second battalion. The charter for the
division. under which the company
still works, was issued December 20,
1880, and was signed by George w.
Lindsay as supreme chancellor.
Pythian Period XVII. The officers at
that time were Otto Gramm, sir knight
commander; W. A. Jamison. sir knight
lieutenant; Joseph Sterling, sir knight
herald; Dwight Smith. sir knight re-
corder; Daniel Nottage, sir knight
treasurer: Walter Sinclair, sir knight
guardian: ]. w. Harris, sir knight
sentinel.
Jesse Converse is now captain, and
the company has a membership of for
ty-five.
The company will celebrate the an
niversary Of the order with q ball and
exhibition drill at the Maennerchor
hall tomorrow night. when the canton
, 1902-02-19
Wvomjno Grand lodue.

The grand lodge Of Wyoming was
formed August %. 1884. the meeting
being held at Cheyenne and lasting
during the 23d, cath and 25th. There
were six lodges in the state at that
time-Cheyenne No. .. Damon No. 3
at Laramie, Rawlins No. 4. Carbon No.
5 Sweetwater No. 6 at Rock Springs
and Buffalo No. Z. The following
grand officers were elected at this
meeting:
Past Grand Chancellor-C. l.. Wells.
No. 4.
Grand Chancellor-w. R. Schnitger.
No. 2.
Grand Vice Chancellor-C. P. Gard.
ner. No. 3.
Grand Prelate-W. J. Sturgis. No. z.
Master Exchequer-J. G. Truland.
No. 6.
Grand Keeper OF Records and Seal
Frank II. Clark, No. 2.
Grand Master at Arms-Thomas
Quealey, No. 5.
Grand Inner Guard-Z. B. Meredith.
No. 6.
Grand Outer Guard-John C. Dyer,
No. I.
Supreme Reprasentatives-W. f.
Chaplin. No. 3, and Homer Morrill,. No.
, 1902-02-19

Mining men and others who make
a business Of buying and selling min
ing stock without having first Squared
things with your Uncle Samuel"
are likely to run up against a United
States court unless they first get out
a license as a broker. which costs $50
a year. and which can be had from the
internal revenue collector for the dis
trict Of Wyoming.
This fact was brought to light to-
day by the presence in the city of a
revenue inspector, whose duty it is to
hunt out and report violations Of the
revenue law Of the federal government.
He Don found that the transfer of
stock Of mining companies was being
carried on largely, and that none Of
the men buying and selling had first
taken out a license.
The law is that an officer of a COM
pany-president. secretary or trustee
had right to dispose Of the treasury
stock Of his W company without hav-
ing a license, but that an individual
stakeholder can sell no other stock
than his own, and that should be done
through the ONCE Of the secretary Of
the company and recorded on the CON-
pany's transfer books.
The inspector says this is a new rul-
ing Of the department. and that his
business out along the line OF the I'm
ion Pacific at this time is to acquaint
mining men and others with the law.
, 1902-02-19

A complete line of mining blanks at
The Republican once.
, 1902-02-19

came a law unto itself, conducting Its
business as to it seemed most like
ly to promote the interests OF the or
der.
The grand lodge of the District OF
Columbia arrogated to itself all Pyth.
ian power and supremacy. carrying the
order into the neighboring states. ere,
ating grand lodges in Pennsylvania.
New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware.
At the regular quarterly session of
the grand lodge of the District of Co
lumbia, and provisional supreme lodge,
held April IA. 1868. resolutions were
adopted providing for a meeting to be
held on May 16. 1868. at the city of
Philadelphia, comprised of delegates
from the several grand lodges. with a
view to the institution of the supreme
lodge.
Pursuant to this cell the meeting
waS held, aId after considerable dis
c~ussion of the proposition, a plan"
was adopted for the organization of the
supreme lodge, and tn same being
duly ratified by the grand lodges of the
District of Columbia, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware
on August II, 1868, the delegates from
the respective states, met at The city
Of Washington, District of Columbia,
and thereat formally organized the Su-
preme lodge, knights of Pythias of the
world.
The first supreme chancellor. Sam
uel Read, Of Mt. Holly, New Jersey,
was certainly the greatest organizer
that the order ever had. He devoted
his entire time, thought and study to
the propagation Of the order, using ev-
cry known method to accomplish this
end, and succeeded most wonderfully.
Brother Read vas reelected in 1870.
and came to the supreme lodge session
at Baltimore in 1872 with a report
showing that by no means had he been
idle during his incumbency.
The session of 1900, held in Detroit,
is still fresh in the minds of all Pyth-
ians. Here Ogden H. Fethers. of James
Vile. Wisconsin, was chosen supreme
chancellor, and Tracy r. Bangs, of
South Dakota, supreme vice chancel-
Tor. Immediately succeeding this ses-
sion the machinery was set in motion
by which the control OF the Endowment
Rank passed into other and trust
worthy hands, and the affairs of this
branch of the order were thoroughly
aired at a special session Of the SUI
preme lodge called by Brother Fethers,
to meet at Chicago, beginning July 8,
1901. A new table of rates were adopt
ed, and laws ~whfch guarantees
the safety and reliability of the rank.
Brother Fethers is proving a power
for good in Pythianism, and the future
of the order never looked brighter
than it does today.
The next convention of the supreme
lodge will be held at San Francisco,
California, in August, 1902.
, 1902-02-19
OIL Land Filled Upon.

Messrs. Neuberger and Woodhave,
who have been here for several days
looking over the oil situation. are said
to have filed upon about a thousand
acres Of land FIVE miles south Of town,
the tract filed upon being near that
of Mr.. Van Buskirk, who took the gen.
tlemen out yesterday.
The filing was done by posting no
tees upon the land, designating it's
exact location and the name Of the
claim, together with the names of the
parties interested Hundreds OF these
notices have been posted. and the gen.
tlemen are still having them tackled up.
although they returned to Denver yes
terday.
, 1902-02-19

The lodges before the organization
OF the grand lodge were Il part of the
grand lodge of Colorado.
Since its organization in 1884 the
grand lodge ef-Wyoming has met an
puallys the last session being held last
year at Cheyenne. Milton B Moore OF
Saratoga is now the grand chancellor.
, 1902-02-19
n Deed Filled,

A. F. Whitman returned to the Mich
igan mine this morning.
The following mining deed was filed
In the county clerks ONCE today:
Charles R. West, foreman at the
Monarch coal mines, is in from Nor
gan. a guest at the Johnson.
J. J. Fagau fled a claim for the
Nome mine, twenty acres in section
I, township Is. range IS. Centennial
mountain district.
James Weaver and R. w. Woodbury.
Of Denver to the Templar Mining com
pany, Templar lodes, Nos. ; and 2;
Breckenridge lode. in Blue Grass riv-
err district, sections IL and 10, town
ship %, range II. The May lode, Nos.
1. 2 and 8, and the Woodbury. lodes,
Nos. /, 2 and 3. in Wallrock canon dis
trict, $1,000
, 1902-02-19
COUNCIL
DISCUSSES THE ANTi.cOcAiNE
ORDINANCE AND DE-
FERS ACTION.
Members Addressed on the Subject by
Police Judge Hayford and Or. Swi-
gart-laramie Hardware Com
pany Tar Matter-Other Matters
Of City Interest.

The council met at 7:4O last eve
ing, Mayor Spicer presiding and the
Following members answering present
at roll-call: Councilmen Engstrom
Schwatke. Simpson and Tregoning.
Absent: Councilmen Gates and
Hicks.
The minutes Of the last meeting
were g a and approved.
Mr.. Gates came in during the read.
Ing Of the minutes and took his seat.
The Laramie Furniture company. do.
ing business at BOG Second street, petit.
toned for right to erect scales in front
of its place Of business, the scale beam
to be inside the building; and also to
erect a coal box across the gutter in
front of the business house. Referred
to the street and alley committee, to
report at the next regular meeting Of
the council. The committee consists
Of Messrs. T~regoning, Gates and Eng
strom.
Mr.. Corthell stated to the council the
facts concerning the assessment of the
Laramie Hardware company. The
stock had been assessed to the First
National bank, he said, as it was own
ed by that institution. The company.
he said. is not a corporation. The as.
Is without doubt a double assessment.
The matter was referred to the city
attorney to report at the next meeting.
The ordinance committee reported in
favor Of the passage OF the anti-cocaine
ordinance, and the report was placed
on file.
The anti-cocaine ordinance was read
by the clerk.
Police Judge Hayford and DR.. Swi-
CART addressed the council concerning
the ordinance. each taking the position
that the terms OF the ordinance were
too vague and broad for practical ap-
plication. Both deplored the growing
use Of opium in its various forms by
the youth Of the city, contending that
something should be done to prevent
the deadly drugs getting into the hands
of irresponsible persons over the coun-
ters Of drug stores in SO free a manner
as they are now permitted to do. Co
caine. DR.. Swigart says, is the most
common and the most deadly Of the
various forms of opiums.
The ordinance IA referred back to
the judiciary committee.
On motion Of Mr.. Gates. Engineer
Whiting was requested to complete
the record OF VS. on the city sewers,
that the marshal's book may CORE
spond with his own, the records to al
so show the connections that have
been made with the different sewers
and present his bill to the council for
remuneration.
Mr.. Tregoning moved that whenev-
err a property owner was making con-
nection with any sewer. under the su-
pervision OF a licensed plumber, the
property wne be not required to pay
S.. The motion was adopted.
Mr.. Simpson moved that the mar
shall be directed to secure possession
of the map of the water mains and
keep It at the city hall.
J. G. Horsman of Denver, represent
ing n Colorado nursery, addressed the
council concerning young shade trees.
The council took the matter under ad-
visement.
Mr.. Simpson spoke of the condition
of the alley between Second and Third
streets, from Park avenu to the creek,
where a bridge is needed across the
, 1902-02-19

The matter was referred to Marshal
Davies. The marshal is acquainted
with the situation and will recommend
the building of the bridge. as at pres
eht teams entering the alley from the
Park street end have to back out.
At 9:25 p. m, the council adjourned.
, 1902-02-19
xxx
is THE NUMBER OF THE PYTHIAN
PERIOD BEGUN ON THIS AN
NIvERSARY DAY.
Order Completes the Thirty-Eighth
Year Of Its History-Story Of
Founding Of First Lodge, With
Scraps Of Local History-Grand
Lodge Of Wyoming Eighteen Years
Old.

Today marks the completion of the
thirty-eighth and the beginning of the
thirty-ninth year of the history of
Knights of Pythias-Pythian Period
XXXIX, it will now be written-and
a short history will interest local mem,
bers Of the order and others. The fol,
lowing, taken from the grand lodge
souvenir edition Of the Pythian Ban.
her, published at Springfield. ILL.,, in Oc-
tober, 1901. tells the story. That edi-
ton of the Banner also contained a
portrait of Charles S. Greenbaum.
grand keeper of records and seal of the
grand domain of Wyoming. among a
number of other notable members Of
the order. The Banners article says
in part:
While there are but few members
of this great fraternity who are unfa-
miliar with the beautiful story of Da-
mon and Pythias. yet there are thou
sands who are utter strangers to the
inspiring history of the order Of
Knights of Pythias. Realizing this fact
we feel justified in repeating the fol-
lowing brief sketch of the story of
Pythianism from its birth to the pres
ent time-a span of but thirty-eight
years.
Washington Lodge No. l, though it
has gone out of existence, has
passed into history as the mother
of the order, having beer instituted on
February 10, 1864.
While it existed only in name. yet an
alleged grand lodge Of the District OF
Columbia was organized on April 8.
1864, with Joseph T. X. Plant as grand
chancellor. Inc A. Van Der Veer as
grand scribe. the object evidently be-
ing to clothe these brethren with such
oficial trappings as might have en-
abled them, with some semblance Of
authority. to enter upon the labors of
propagating the organization and gain
ing a foothold not only in other parts
Of the District of Columbia, but also in
the adjacent states. The first effort
resulted. on the 18th of April. 1864, in
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the order, which it saved from destruc-
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