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The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01
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A man who is interested in one. of
the biggest gushers in the Beaumont
oil fields Of Texas thus describes how
one of the big wells starts:
I'VE knew some time before the
gusher was brought in that what we
hoped for was coming. The drillers
were prepared for 1t and had removed
their tools from the deep hole. If they
had not done that everything in the
well would have been thrown into the
air. We could hear the throbbings of
a great force below. The noise was
like the puff Of monster engine,
dying away and then growing louder
than before. The puffs soon increased
to a mighty roar, and We knew that
the climax would come soon. / was
standing near the we'll with my watch
in my hand. 1t was exactly 1925
o'clock on the morning of October 25
when the first substance was thrown
out. First there was only sand, as II
is called in California, or oil rock, as
they term 1t In Pennsylvania Then
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01
NEW USE FOR ZEBRAS
To Replace Horses In African Transport Service

The British war department has de-
termined upon introducing zebras into
the army in Africa for military pur-
poses to take the places Of horses ana
mules Of which there is an ever III
creasing shortage. Experiments which
have been made with these animals
show that they can be utilized to-day
as satisfactorily as they have been in
the past by the Abyssinian and others.
They will fill the existing needs Of the
British transport and cavalry services
in way that II would otherwise seem
impossible to meet them. 1t is ex-
tremely probable that in the breeding
stations to be established in Mashon-
aland and Somaliland a hybrid animal
will be produced for the purpose Of
cavalry mounts by crossbreAding with
English hunting stock, 1t having been
proved by experiments that good re-
suits can be obtained in this manner
The imperial zebra, sometimes found
as tall as fifteen hands, is a result of
breeding the largest average for any
Of the native African breeds not being
over thirteen hands. Zebra and zebra
hybrids have been bred in Europe for
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01

over a century and are quite common
for harness purposes. In their tame
state they are docils and industrious,
some OF them also being quite feet, AL
though they do not equal the horse
for speed.
Both in his gait and attitudes as In
his mode of fighting the zebra diners
from the horse.
When reconnoitring, he moves at the
trot, holding his head high and asx-
ing his fetlocks.
When running away he canters or
gallops, with his head hanging down
in a line with his stretched neck.
When charging he often carries his
head little to one side, so that he 10
ready to seize his opponent by the leg.
While the home OF the horse was
undoubtedly in America, its ancestors
having reached Asia across the Bshr-
ing strait and found a suitable home
among the Himalayas, Somaliland was
probably the original home of the
striped, dun-colored ancestors OF the
Eebras, and in the Somaliland zebra Of
to-day the principal plan Of marking
has been preserved almost unaltersd.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01

habitants from their slumbers, and
the bugle blast that follows the even
ing gun, telling the soldiers to turn In,
has become a signal for the civilian
to go home and go to bed. The aver
age daily number entering the garri.
son for the purpose OF trading and OF
bringing supplies is 10000, the great
proportion of these daily visitors be-
ing Spaniards.
The town contains forty-two schools
and three good libraries. The dwell
ings are small, ill-Ventilated, badly
drained and not over clean. They are
very crowded, as $4,000 people live In
one square mile OF low houses.
There are no springs OF pure water
the great dependence being on rair
water collected in cisterns or on wa.
ter brought from the mainland and
sold by pedlers. Prices are high, al
most as high as the Sugar Loaf-tht
peak of the rock.-J. Ronald Walling
ford in Ledger Monthly.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01
OUR GOODS
..WELOOWE..

IF the business done by all manu-
facturers in the United States with
their customers in South America has
increased in the last eight years as
ours has it is a matter Of about one
more decade when American made
goods will have displaced all others in
that continent" said a maker of vehi-
cles in New York, after he had read
cabled order from a South American
customer for enough carriages to keep
his factory running night and day for
six weeks to come.
THE newspapers have said much for
a score Of months or so about the in
crease of American exports to Europe;
they have told wonderful true stories
Of how we are competing with England
in English markets, with France in
French markets, with Germany in Ger
man markets, but hardly a word has
been said until very recently about our
advance in the markets Of South Amer
lea and our victorious competition
there with England, France and Ger
many.
1T is a fact that ploughs are being
shipped by the trainload from Moline,
ILL.,, to South America, and that a
steamship company whose vessels ply
between London and Buenos Ayres has
contracted for every inch Of its space
which will be available for the trans
portation Of American heavy machin-
cry for a year to come.
"a certain importing firm in South
America has standing order with a
United States firm for a certain num-
ber Of thousands of shovels to be
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01

Hogs Ripened r Old Pennsylvania
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Old Pennsylvania

The way the thing operated was sim
pie enough. The hogs were out in the
yard nosing around, when they heard
the splash of the feed as it was put in
the trough. Naturally, as the weight
came first on the side farthest from the
trough, that side of the floor tilted
down under the swine's weight. When
they all got over to the trough that
side, in turn, went down. And so the
plank floor was rocked back and forth
every time a hog went in or out.
Connected with this swinging plat
form was another one which received
equivalent motion, of course, through
the medium of long lever. On this
second platform were set the casks OF
whisky which were to undergo the rip
ening process. OF course, every time
the lower floor rocked, so did the up
per likewise, and the whisky was
shaken around with every motion.
Naturally, Urcle Billy's hogs were
fatter than anybody else's, because
they were fed so much oftener. Part
Of the ripening depended on feeding
the hogs, so as to make them rush in
through the open door and thus shake
the platforms.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01
LIFE AT GIBRALTAR.

Interesting Description of the PictuT-
esque Old Fortress.
The incoming steamer anchors In
the bay half mile from shore, pas
sengers are taken off in boats, and be-
fore entering the city they pass rigid
examination by the police, who ask
a number OF pertinent questions. The
name, nationality, occupation and mis-
sion of the stranger in Gibraltar are
entered in book.
He receives card, which entities
him to the hospitality Of the rock for
tyenty-four hours. II he desires to
stav longer a bond OF $50 for good be-
havior will secure him immunity from
molestation for not more than thirty
TO sixty days. This permission, how
ever. can, with the proper kind OF in
fiuence, be renewed many times.
The town is quaint. picturesque and
quiet. with its 10000 people, mostly
English and Spanish, though the num-
ber of different nationalities represent
ed makes it one Of the most cosmopoli-
tan places in the world-Jews, Turks,
Levantines, the natives Of Gibraltar
called Rock Scorpions" Africans and
refugees from all nations, joltlng each
other in the three badly built irri-
tatingly narrow streets OF the town.
The garrison numbers about 6JOOC
persons, making the population of the
rock about $4,000. The soldiers are
for the most part, regulars brought
home from foreign service for rest
and reeuperation. The governor OF the
rock lives in the government house
formerly an old convent
Everything is done by military rule;
the hours Of the day are announced
by gun fire, the morning gun followed
by the bugle reyeille wakens the In
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01
Gold in Kanaaa ghale,

Professor Ernst Fahrig, chief OF
laboratories OF the Philadelphia Com
mercial Museum, gives the result of q
test made by him Of the shale found In
Ellis and Trego counties OF Kansas,
which is believed to contain gold in
paying quantities. The test comprises
three mill runs, in which gold was Sc
cured to the amount Of s235, $3.50 and
$S07, respectively, by the electrolytic
process. Prof. Fahrig visited the shala
fields and gathered the sample lots
which were used In the above tests,
He makes an official certificate Of the
above tests, and states that he haa
no doubt of the existence OF gold in
the great body of these shale landsl
and the ore can be probably wopkes
upon a yield OF 81 per ton. -
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01

There are but few people who can
be induced to believe that there ever
was such a drink as "hog-ripened
whisky" but among the Older genera
ton it would be no trouble at all to
secure aftidayits that such a beverage
was well known in this immediate
vicinity, writes correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Record from Doyles-
town, Pa. There was, in the days gone
by, in a village only four miles from
here, a man who kept a tavern that
soon became famous through its pro-
prietor's unique inventions and ingeni-
Gus contrivances to attract attention
to his hostelry. Then, as now, to sue
ceed meant the necessity of being well
advertised. In his effort to do some
thing new Uncle Billy" as he was
called, conceived an invention that was
potent in making his tavern the most
talked about one for miles around. The
result, as known to the patrons of the
inn, was some good whisky. Of some
age, that had been continuously agi-
tated while within the oaken casts
within which the drinks were kept for
"ripening."
What the curious ones discovered
about the invention was this When
they went to see the ripening of the
whisky they found a hog pen with a
plank floor so balanced as to swing like
a big barn scale. There was an open
side tarthest from the feeding trough,
and the sides were fenced.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01

plants, entirely apart from their fruit
bearing value. There is great promise,
however, that we will ultimately secure
n fruit that is hardy and Of good quail
ity. Some of the hybrid raisin grapes,
prod dced with a view of securing re-
slstance to a disease known as "cou-
lure" or dropping Of the fruit, have
borne for the first time. These vines
have proved hardy so far and have
produced fruit of remarkably fine quail
ity. Some Of the vines appear to be
resistant to a serious and destructive
root disease which has appeared in
California, and they may resist the
worst Of all Pacific coast grape dis
eases-the so-called California vine
disease"
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01

shipped every month, yet the demand
is so great that a special order for H.
900 more, to be shipped at the earliest
moment possible, was received by cable
a few days ago. These orders former
ly, and not so many years ago, went to
England, France and Germany,
II have been informed by our agents
in South America, who handle many
and various lines of goods, that this
trade has been transferred from Eng
land, France and Germany to the Unit
ed States because Of the superior excel
lence OF American goods. the quickness
with which they can be delivered and
their comparative cheapness.
"The sale Of American products in
South America depends upon price,
just as 1t does in England, France, Ger
many and every other country where
the use of American goods is increas-
ing, and the feeling against the United
States which is known to exist in GER
tain Latin-American countries disap-
pears when it becomes a matter Of dol
lars. When an article is desired IT is
bought where it can be had for the
least money, no matter where 1t was
made.
Moreover, the fact that 1t is Of
American manufacture gives it repu-
tation for excellence which similar ar
ticles made In other countries do not
have"
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01
Seek Frost Proof Orange

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For several years the United States
has been working to secure, by breed
ing. a race of oranges resistant to frost.
1t was proposed by this means to re-
store the orange groves OF Florida,
which formerly produced several mil
lion dollars worth of oranges yearly,
but were nearly all destroyed by cold
a few years ago. Twelve Of the new
evergreen hybrid oranges, secured as
a result Of crossing the hardy Japanese
form with the Florida sweet orange,
have proved to be the hardest ever
green oranges known in the world.
Southern nurserymen have pronounced
them to be OF great value as hedge
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01

It sometimes happens that a bachelor
envies a married man almost as much
as a married man envies a bachelor.
The population of the Australian
commonwealth, according to the latest
returns, Is 3,775,366.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01

The late Bishop Whipple's diocese
contained 10000 Indians, and It was
his gelf-imposed task to keep in fire.
quent communication with all of them.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01
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The Tucson citizen., 1902-12-05

Choctaw, from Holdenville, I. T., IL
Ardmore, III miles, was recently pur-
chased by the Frisco and is being ex-
tended to connection with the Okla-
homa City & Southwestern. All of
these will be feeders for the Enid, San
Diego & Pacific. The gaps are being
filled in rapidly in the territory, and the
Frisco map of Oklahoma will soon be a
complete network, embracing every
point of Importance.
Several other extensions are being
projected in Indian Territory, connect
ing with the Arkansas Valley & West.
ern, or the Denver, Enid & Gulf. With
the purchase of the Kansas City. Fort
Scott & Memphis to Birmingham, Ala,
the Frisco has now intersecting lines
between Birmingham and Charleston,
S. c., thus with the Enid, San Diego &
Pacific forming direct line between
the Atlantic and Pacific and with the
Chicago & Eastern ILLINOIS, also recent.
ly acquired. a direct connection with
Chicago"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-12-05
THE FRISCO fACES THE WEST
Another Great Railway Seeks Rn 0utI6t TO
the P0GifiC.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 5.-Further infor-
nation contained in special TO the
Union in regard to the building of the
Enid, San Diego & Pacific railroad froln
point on the Rock Island in Oklahoma
to the Pacific coast explains that the
proposed road is to be an extension of
the Frisco system. The dispatch says :
''The building of the Enid, San Diego
& Pacific gives the Frisco direct line to
the Pacific, something that President
Yoakum has long desired. 1t will lie
the main line from St. Louis to the Pa
cific, also from New Orleans and Calves
ton and Fort Worth. The route selected,
it is claimed, will also be in easy con.
nection with the Mexican Central at Ell
Paso.
The Frisco at present is the most ex.
tensive builder in the southwest, and
especially in Oklahoma. In addition to
the lines named, there is another build
ing southwest from Oklahoma City to
Vernon, Texas, and completed as far as
Lawton, Oklahoma. The Arkansas &
The Tucson citizen., 1902-12-05
QUAY PREDICTS VICTORY FOR STAKEHOLDER
aEszoNA

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 5.-The
Senate not being in session today, the
question of Statehood has not been in
evidence publicly. But the friends of
the Omnibus bill were at work just the
same. Delegate Smith spent much of
the day in conference with Senators
Bates and Bailey, and lit is understood
that they were preparing the minority
report for the committee on Terrific
ries, which will be signed by Quay and
all the Democratic Senators.
Senator Quay has called conference
of the fourteen Republican Senators
who pledged themselves to support the
Omnibus bill, to meet at his commit
tee room on Monday. So far as can
The Tucson citizen., 1902-12-05

aries as their predecessors. This iEA
crease in salaries we regard as un-
warranted and recklessly extravagant
and a matter that should be corrected
The various OF, .ations of the city
have become extel,ded so that unless
careful and business scrutiny is eXer-
cised. the leakages will amount to a
large sum. No further proof of this
statement would be needed than the
wind-up of the Republican, administra-
ton with the floating Indebtedness
above stated, and the most significant
fact that city warrants are selling at a
discount Of approximately Is per cent
We firmly believe that the city's ex-
pcnses can lie materially II reduced, and
the Democratic party has pledged itself
that it will In every way consistent
with the progress and welfare of the
city. curtail every unnecessary expense
to the end that the taxpayers may no.
he additionally lr' dened. but may have
some relief from the weight already on
them. N. w. BERNARD.
ROCHESTER FORD.
GUST A. HOFF.
L. M. JACOBS.
l. H. MANNING.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-12-05
DEPL L0RABLE F|NAN6[AL CONDITION OF TUCSON
THE REPUBLICANS HIVE BANKRUPT6D THE TREASURY
RERGHED LIMIT OF TRXATl0N and PILED UP Il BIG DEBT

We believe the present city campaign
is one of rather more than usual i'm
portance. 1t is not now question
merely of men, but of the consideration,
of certain policies whose workings
have been, as we believe can be readily
shown, most hurtfuI In a financial
point of view.
Laying aside amy questions of minor
Importance, it would seem to be true
that all citizens are interested in the
question of economy and the reduction
of the expenses of the city. With
the present high rate of taxation and
the additional burden soon to be i'm
posed by tho interest to be paid ON the
Narrow Gauge bonds, it lis manifest
that there must be a reduction of ex-
penses, if we are to continue as pros
porous as we have been.
One main policy to be determined by
the voters on next Monday is that
concerning the water system and water
charges. 1t is conceded that the
charges to customers are perhaps
double the cost of maintaining the
works and furnishing the water, and
The Tucson citizen., 1902-12-05
BEAERIDGE

be learned, none of these Senators has
weakened.
1t is said here, but those who have
accurate information will not throw
light upon it, that som kilograms
have been received by Senators, from
Arizona, protesting against the Omni-
bus bill, and throwing cold water gen.
orally on Statehood. Delegate Smith.
it lis understood, was shown these tele-
grams and letters in confidence, and
for the present at least he can not ex-
pose the writer's.
When the measure will be finally dis
posed of, the seal of secrecy will be
lifted and then Mr.. Smith will give the
people of Arizona the names of the
The Tucson citizen., 1902-12-05

ton of every one, develops an enor-
nous increase In the expenditures and
in the floating indebtedness. Under
the last Democratic administration the
tax levy was made only 80 cents. I'm
der the succeeding Republican admint
istration lit was raised to $100-this be-
ing the limit allowed by lawt-and there
is now also floating Indebtedness ap.
proximating the sum of $4,000. This
it will be remembered, is an addition
to the cash outlays by the city amid
the very large sums paid by owners for
special improvements. The street
gradings and laying of sewers are paid
for almost entirely by special assess
ment against adjoining property, so
that the floating Indebtedness does not
represent moneys paid by the city for
either grading or laying of sewers.
In disregard of the elementary prin-
ciples OF judicious management, the
Republican administration raised the
salaries of officials to an extravagant
figure, out of proportion to the ser
vices performed. Some consideration
for the interests OF the taxpayers
would have demanded that these officers
perform the services for the sme sal
The Tucson citizen., 1902-12-05

men who are now endeavoring to stab
Statehood.
The California members of the House
are very indignant at the action of
Senator Bard. They claim that he
pledged himself to General Otis of the
Los Angeles Times before leaving for
Washington that he would oppose
Statehood, and that his action is en-
tirely inspired by Otis, and not by him
self. The Californians say that Otis
is angry because his paper has lost
nearly all it's circulation in Arizona.
1t is denied that the President is
taking any hand in the contest. Sen
ator Beveridge had a long conference
with him when he returned, and the
Indiana Senator lis unQualifiedly op-
The Tucson citizen., 1902-12-05

the profit thus obtained is devoted to
the extension of mains in the outlying
districts of the city. The Democrats
believe this policy Is unjust, and that
this procedure amounts, in effect, to a
special tax on the consumers of water
for the benefit of other people in other
parts of the city. Other improvements
such as the removal of the Wedge
have been paid for, and justly paid for
by the parties especially benefited
Why should not the same theory be
applied to water extension? The cost
of laying mains should be paid either
by general taxation, or what would be
more just, by a special tax against the
property benefited, and by no means
should be paid for by special tax
against the water consumers.
The Democratic party pledges itself
to reverse the plan that has been here
tofore followed as to- this water quest
ton, and to reduce the cost to water
consumers so that they shall not pay
more than the expense of the water
system, economically administered
calls for.
The financial showing of the city, all
matter Of record, open to the inspec-
The Tucson citizen., 1902-12-05
WAS FBOD LEADBR
His Wife Had Left Him and in
Shooting Her He Wounded His
Child and Then Ended
Himself

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 5.-News
has reached this city that Dick Green,
of Luther, Hancock county, the noted
leader of the Green-Jones war, had
shot and fatally wounded his wife, ac-
cidentally wounded his child and then
killed himself ;.
The facts, as received, are that
Green and his wife had separated, and
the vie had gone to live with a
neighbor. Green was passing the
place, and called her to the road to
ask her to send for her clothing, which
she declined to take away with her.
She told him she would neither send
for nor go after her clothes, where
upon he seized her by the arm and at
tempted to take her home by force
She resisted. He shot her through the
head with shotgun. "A part of the
guns load took effect in the body OF
one of his children, but it is said that
the child was not seriously hurt.
After shooting his wife and child
Green went across hill near the scene
Of the trouble and shot himself.
When found he was dead. The
corpse, it is said, was standing stif
and stark against telephone pole
where his life blood had oozed out
1 Ia
entirely naked, his clothing having
caught on fire from the gunshot and
burned into ashes. s
Dick Green was a desperate man
and he was credited with having end
ed the lives of several of those who
sided with the Joneses in long-stand-
ing feud. His death will probably
end the feud.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-12-05

posed to Arizona. He has expre
the opinion that not only is AZ
not fit for Statehood now, but tia
will never be fit to enter the Union,
The Indiana Senator, it is understood
admits that New Mexico has enough
population to entitle it to Statehood.
but he objects OF the dominance of the
Catholic religion among the people
He will not put this in his report, but
he has stated it privately several times
since his return from the southwest.
Beveridge is preparing to make a
long speech in opposition to the Omni-
bus bill, and Bailey, of Texas, will re-
ply to him.
Quay said this evening that the Om-
nibus bill would pass without change.