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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
Don't Neglect Debates.

The topic for discussion We believe to he
the one vital p3rt Of a grange prCEra m.
and We are not dcnartiuE from that idea
when this month We urSe You to Use the
debate IL Your program work Each has
its advantages. In the general discussion
tmiiity can ". overcome confidence
gained. free uS,' nf words acquired and
natural talent developed All these are
desirable hut not enough. as a speaker
having acquired all these attributes may
Vet not max" 4 single point in l5-uirute
talk. Talking at random taking the floor
too many times during discussion. re-
pcatinc statements. etc. may be the re-
suit Now the dt bate properly conducted
will ann to make points by presenting the
ful a manner rs 20 he beyond dispute
The speaker. knowing h can have the
floor hut once will have the subject We'll
looked up will have references at hand
and will he prepared to say the most in a
limited time He Will feel that hc has on
position in the argument and that alone
always causes us to do our best and when
the decision is announced by the judges
another valuable lesson is learned by
abiding the result gracefully. Here comes
an opportunity to practice self-con:rol: az
both sides Of the debate cannot win
there will always be chance for this les
son.
~ 4 previous meeting announce tht
subject to be dehatei and appoint two 81
three spea kers on each sid Limit tn
time for q speaker to uSe-tive minutes i
a good t:me-and have the dehaters try Il
commit their speeches TO memory. though
this point should not always he insiste'
on Or the evening of the debate. appotn
three to act as umNireS or Judges to de
eide which side has presented he best an'
strongest argument and thereby won tn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
Readfleld Grange.

d.y VAS Pomona's day at
".,f,,Id Grange and the program NJ
Hanged by Mrs. {. ~ Daicy, W. rsrv
d. i"',- The Grange hall was very
"','D. md appropriately decorator III
l,.,.,sina. with flowers. vines anu
w. choicest varieties Of trult.
ar the business session the
..fa ..r.n orcharding be Regarded d.
~ Average Paying business
,,fs,,e..d Jh. low price OF aPiie7'
TILL t+.,b r.rice Of barrels ana the coz
=, ,..tc.rirtr and other expenses con-
,cct.d with marketing the frult e'!ee
IN into the discus5inn- Lnlted eii'i
:. -. roYnufarture OF barrels was re-
.,o,oanded. Taking one year win
,.a,h.r nrcharlng may be consideren
!. IRRITABLE part Of farm business.
,rb. afternoon session was open W
j.. ,uflic. III addition to music ny
~. Grange choir. Lecturer Cottie gave
=, collection. Miss Esther |. 'ottie' vac
.,..,,iat. Mrs. Juliette L. Mastermah
at,o ,,ve oua OF her solos. accom-
,.,.'d by Mrs G. Fl. Mallett. Inc
eret on the program was paper nv
!. Waco "PomDna; Her MISSION
...d Wh.t She Would Have Is Remem-
,or" In the yea 100, Joseph Hutch
ir.on settled on Lot q in this town anu
snnn after planted an orchard. In after
wears the trees grew to an Immense
size and bore all varieties or securing
gpplcs. no two trees haFlnG inc save
kind The propagation Of seedlings
ana tho naturalization Of varieties or
nxod Characteristics has given US the
I,rg.. list IF choice %ppl"s We have, to-
dav. ma Pnmnna's mission as the
rnd,i".-s prrsiIing over fruit, IS To give
it h,r special att"n'inn and care.
Hrp. e. Weston eppk- interestingly or
whut this early fruit meant to IN" set
tiers ON these farms: its necessity anT
hr,lth giving properties. ana alluded
to the social features If tn" paring-b""
of former days Select readings AMI
+. citations by Miss Austin Angi" B"alc
ana Miss Fish added to the interest Of
the meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
Rit< of News from the Oranges
,..r..t Concerning Maine Pomona and the Subordinate
cnaPomon. Meetings Held Over the state and Report OF
~. Work Being Done

, debate Then call for the first speaker
on the affirmative side. and as soon as he
has finished. call for the first on the mega
tive side. The second speaker on the
a ffirmatiye side is next. and he il followed
by the second on the negative. and so on
TIL all the speakers have been heard. Inc
first speaker on the affirmative SIDE then
closes the debate by briefly recounting me
points made for and against the question
at issue. 1t * well to nave a good SPEAK
or lead the affirmative. 49,.
At the close of the Speaking let the
three umpires confer and decide winch
side has won. ,,,.,
Debates can be used with good results
bv having one grange take tn" afirmatlNe
and a neighboring grange the nesatlkc.
The challenged grarge may return IN
rn,rt,Sy and 50 create a NOR" So''lal
shirt by the exchange of visits.-Michisan
state Grange Lecturer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE or MAINE Kennebec. 50.

STATE OF MAINE. Kennehec. s.
a. u 1904. on exec ution dated The second
day of September. A. ID. lsi issued on a
judgment rendered by the Supreme Judi
cial Court at a term thereof begun and
holden at Augusta within and for the
County Of kenneErC on the first rucSday
of March. y. ID. 800. 10 Wit. on the TWEEN
ty-Sevtnth day of March A. D. lnn3. in
favor of Sophronia r.. Story OF FaySton,
in the State of Vermont. against Mary T.
prubc of said Augusta. for the sum OF
twenty dollars damage for rents and
profits. and thirty-two dollars and forty
eight cents costs of suit and will be sold
al public auction to the highest bidder at
the office Of Arson NJ Goddard in said
Augusta on the twenty fourth day of De
toher. A. ID. 1901. al ten of the clock in the
fore'. Don. the following described real es-
tate and all the right. title and interest
which the said Mary f. Druhe has in and
10 the same. or had in and 10 the same
on the seventh day of September A. d
1901 ut five o'clock and ten minutes in the
afternoon when the same was seized on
said execution. to wit: Two third parts
tain lot or parcel of land and buildings
thereon situate in said Augusta and
bounded as follows, to wit: Bounded on
the north by land now or formerly oc-
Cupied by Franklin Q. Ward: on the east
by Pleasant Hill road. so called former
y known as the Allen road: on the south
by land owned or occupied ny said Frank
lin o. Ward. and on the west by land
owned or occupied by said Franklin o.
Ward.
Dated a said Augusta this seventh dav
of September A. n. 1904.
HENRY T. MORSE.
septSd1tawSw Deputy Sheriff.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
Oxford Pomona Grange.

4 meeting " the oxford Pomona
Granu" Will hc held with Crooked River
Grange. Holsters Mills. the first Tuesday
In October. The program will he az fol
lows
orauing Grange In 9th degree.
Kuutiur business
Comforting 9Th degree.
IutTImiSSinu.
Afternoon.
Music by choir
Reading Ivy crooked River Grange.
Song hv SISTER NJ ihc Lowell.
Reading. Paris Grange.
SorE 10y Frederick Robbie Grange.
rarrr Ivy BRO. Moulton of Lakeside
GrlUE"
Song by Sister Ida Kimball. Norway
Grange.
Reading. Sister Alice IIamlin. Bear Mt
GrauEc
QUESTION Resolved. That it would II,
fnr ;hC D. st interest Of the American Ico-
vi, Ia place railroads ana other Interests
un,irr government control. opened by
brother j u Howe
Music 10y Crooked River Grange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
Penobscot Pomona Grange.

Pleasant Lake Grange. Stctson. will en-
t.rttin rcuubSCot Pomona. oct. -. Whei
opening exercises, music.
Quotations.
N,lr,.sS 81 welcome. Mvrtic FitZ
KcSIuIS. Mrs Edith tOwan. Plciadcs.
business.
Question Does ii pay the average farm
~ t. kt,p pure bred stock Geo Friend.
Topic Poultry. Discussion to he opened
10y Alice Merrill.
Recess.
can To- order and music
Comforting NTH degree full form.
Recitation. Ida Tutits.
Topic The duty of the farmer in public
aud 81, ilI life u. w Sheldon.
Closing cNcrciscs. yield not to Tempta-
tiDn -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
septSd1ta wN

EENNEBEC COCNTY.-In Court Of Pro
bate at Augusta. in vacation. September
6. 1904.
LAURA A. HALL. widow of LEWIS
r. HALL, late Of Vienna in said County.
deceased. having presented her applica-
ton for allowance ont of the personal es-
tate of said deceased:
ORDERED. That notice thereof be
given three Weeks successfully. in the
kennebec Journal. printed in Augusta. in
said County. that all persons interested
at Augusta. on the fourth Monday Of
September inst. and show cause If any
/ they have. why the prayer of said petition
should not be granted.
G T. STEVENS. Judge
Attest: ". A. NEWCOMB. Register
septSdlaw3t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

Hon. w. w. Thomas. envoy cxtraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary to
the courts Of Sweden and Norway,
passed through this city on train 81,
wednesday morning, on his way from
Aroostook county, where he has larg.
interests in timber lands, to Portland.
MT. Thonias was met at the station b.
congressman Burleigh. and the two
enjoyed few moments chat until the
train started. Mr.. Thomas said among
other things. that he had an appoint
ment with President Roosevelt, Sept.
Y. and should sail FOR Sweden, Sept.
20. or the Deutschland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

TWO of the big dogs connected with
the IranSgressor" troupe which ap-
peared at the Opera House. last night.
INDUCED in an impromptu scrap, yes
teruay noon, i'm front Of NJ. l.. WncrI-
er store, that was short, sharp and
decisive, whether ii was preineditatcd
on the part Of the dogs as Il novelty in
me way of advertising, is not kuoMn.
out IL so. it was a success. us the u4uu
crowd assembled with great ccler,ty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

Senior Vice Commander Cram. OF tho
Dept. of Maine S. of ", accompanied
by the officers of H. G.. Stables Camp
VIII go to Oakland, Thursday evening,
10 inspect j. Wesley Gilman Camp or
mat town. The trip will be made in
St'lkeys blackboard, and as there will
be good moon, the boys are anticipat
ing most pleasant trip.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
New Advertisements To.Dav

Wallace T.. Berry. tailor
WaIted-FirSt-class baker
Wantcd-Niddlc aged woman.
c. S. Downing * Son-Pianos.
Wantt d Bellbo" at City Hotel
TO Let-Large Furnished Room.
Frank A. Dennis-Music dealer.
For rent-Convenient tenement.
To Let-D:ivinG Horse for Board
Wantpd-TWenty cords Hard Wood
Wanted-Good All Around Blacksmith
II. G. Barker Co-Markdown of frrs.
Wantcd-Lady or Gentleman to Travel
Boston & Albany Il. r. autumnal cXcur-
sion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

MIS- H. L. Sherburne entertained A
large party of lady friends, Tuesday
afternoon, at her cottage, at Robbins.
folht' Cobbosseecontee. The cottage
IS located on one Of the most beautiful
spots on the shores Of the lake. and
WIN the charming entertainment fur
hished the guests, the afternoon proved
TO be one of great enjoyment
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

Rev. {. A. Hayden, pastor of the
winthrop street Universalist churcn.
was IN Portland, Tuesday and yester-
day, IN attendance at the convention
of Cniversalist ministers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

Mrs. Thomas. Treatments In Chirl
opody manicuring, scalp and facial
massage in most satisfactory manner.
Parlors. 80 Western Ave-. or calls by
appointment at your homes. Tel. $685.
4. June2Mon&Thtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

The organ recital will take place a,
lHe Green street Methodist church.
next Tuesday evening. The postpnun-
meht WAS caused by a delay in placing
TIE organ in position.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

A special meeting of the city council
VIII be neld, Friday evening. Sept 80,
for the purpose of acting on the reyis-
ION of the city ordinances
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

Inc management Of the A. W. & G.
railway announces that the half hour
Sunday service on the Winthrop line
has been discontinued for the season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

The schooner Louisa Francis, Capt.
Chatto, has arrived at this port with
a cargo of handsome beach gravel for
w. 5. Baldwin, the roofer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
LOCAL NOTiCEa,

Miss Bertha McClench will be at 3
Weston street. Saturdays, on and after
Oct /, to receive pupils in piano in
struction. sept19dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

Miss Elida Estelle Higgins will re-
ceive pupils in piano instruction after
October first. Address ZIG State street.
septSdtf,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

II. l.. Burrill of Corinna, one of the
leading manufacturers and business
men of that town, was a caller at the
Journal office, Wednesday,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

Cushnoc Royal Arch Chapter will not
Fave work, tonigat, but will commence
on candidates at some date to bc am
nOunCeI later.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

W. W. jackson of this city, has
leased the Blaisdell building on Oak
street for a term of three years. and
will occupy it as a carpenter shop.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

Miss Leighton, parlors IA Western
avenue shampooing. manicuring, facial
and scalp massage and chiropod1l AZ
patrons home il preferred. TEL k2s-ls.
sept15TH rstf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

Miss Parsons will receive pupils in
piano instruction after October 4th.
Address III State Street. sept17d1wk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

meeting Of the non commissioner
officers of Co. NJ will be held at the
%rmory, AT 1.30 o'clock, this evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
Daily kennebec journal

Cards Of Thanks, obituary notices, roc.
olutions Of respect. etc, will ba
charged at the rate OF ten cents nar
line. No charges less than seventy.
five cents.
All advertising, announcements Of an.
tertainments, whose object Is ths
raising OF money. will be charged a.
the rate Of fifteen cents a line.
Advertising notices, news form, will be
excluded from our local columns, ex.
ccpt such as refer to advertisers ~
cupying space in our ADVERTISING
columns, and VIII be run under
separate head on one OF the local
pages.
Subscribers who fail to receive III.
Journal promptly will confer a favor
by notifying the Office immediatelv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
LOCAL MATTERN.
Journal Telephone Call, 1864.

Eetter cut out f. II. jenkins great
offer as ad appears for last time, to-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

Miss Flora Newman of Waterville.
is the guest Of friends i'll this city, for
few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

'Soec1a1 Advertisements.

SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS not ex-
ceeding twenty-five words coming under
the head Of WANTED. FOR SALE. To
LET. LOST. &c. will be inserted once
for is cents and cents for each suisse
ouent insertion. ADVANCE PAYMENT
In sending by mail remittance of postage
stamps should be made with order az the
charges are too small to open account for.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

Mrs. 9. H. Brickett teacher Of piano
II State st. Sept. 9d2wk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

niUST AND WILL BE SOLD CHEAP
for cash. Top buggy. top sleigh and
pung. My price is yours l.. y. Written,
;. jackson St Sept2odlwk'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
| WANT A RENT OF FIVE 70 sEV

en- rooms. either a cottage house or "a IT
Of house owned by people who occupy it,
Want modern conveniences. but nothing
elaborate. House must be we'll located
and within five minutes walk of post
made will lease for term Of years. Three
In family. References furnished Ad-
dresD A. B. c. Journal once auglsdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
A FACTORY IN OXFORD COUNTY

HARD AND SOFT WOOD, FITTED
for stove or cord wood length. delivered in
not less than one-half cord loads. strictly
cash on delivery. Roscoe E. Penney, is
oak st. Septldtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

APPLE BARRELS MADE TO Or
der c. V. Robbins. Bristol. Ne.
SrptIS Vk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

LARGE SAFE IN FiEST-CLASS
condition. Price reasonable. Robt Mo-
rang 3l5 Wa,er St. septl7d2wi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
,NE ROAD WAGON ALMOST NEW,

and light pung. one 1S-foot boat partly
completed to be sold at bargain. ID. S.
Nelson. 3 Cedar Court, East Side
septl1dlw'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22
NY CONTRACTING AND cENrea1

ONE MCCORMICK CORN HAsVEe-
sr used only one season for ..,o
gain T. T. MarsoD. n State 81. oae
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

THREE FuLL-eLCODED BULL
terrier pups. Apply al City Hotel.
angzdti
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

GREATEST BARGAIN YET, II JEW
ell. Is size Waltham watch. 21-ycar case
$40; a 10-year chain. $50; s3.0o spectacies
N6O by l.. S. Lewis. at DR.. w. johnson 8
office. Augusta. septl5d2wk+
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

HOUSES IN AUGUSTA, VARYING
in price from ssoo to so 900. Farms in Au-
t-lsta and elsewhere. Furnished cottage
vt Squirrel Island. Mrs. e. s. Fogg. 6
summer Street iuneIadtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

ANTIQUE MAHOGANY FURNITURE,
mirror brass lamps. china. pewter. can
die sticks. clocks, Story & Clark organ:
also house plants, ferns, beSonias. gloX-
inias. n. A Farnham, Hallowell.
septl9dlwks
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

! Wish TO SELL nv FARM ON
summer nome ~ for SKINNER resort
SHORE lots for sale. Write for description
70 George 7. Benson, Oakland. Me-. r. =
D. a. a,,r24dp Ign, a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-22

sARBERs FIXTURES. SECOND
hand solid black walnut three chair cat,-
net. Three KoCfrs revolving barber,
chairs; For sale cheap fo- cash C. II.
Bracstreet, Us Watee street, Gardner,
name euG1ldtf
Arizona republican., 1904-08-09
Why it pays to Trade
 at a Cash Store

There never was and probably never will be a cash store that did not sell goods at an average percentage less than credit stores in the same community.
 There are. of course, some things sold at about the same prices, but in such instances it is an article sold by all the credit stores as well as the cash stores at a bargain that admits of no reduction. For instance, if some staple article cost 19 cents and the established price of all mer- chants on it is 25 cents, it could not we'll be sold at less than that price. But on the other hand, there are many articles costing from r to 20 cents sold by the cash stores for % cents that are sold by the credit stores at from 30 cents to 40 cents and that is where the cash stores save you money and if you were to take a pencil and figure the per centage you would find the saving of a big interest on your money over buying at a credit store and paying on the first of the follow ing month.
 lady came in the store one day for a comb. She selected one at 35 cents. She said. ''I just priced one like this down the street at 50 cents I thought there would be more difference than that up here. We always have things charged down the street" We said: Madam. do you know what you would save if you could buy all your goods at the rate of 9 cents where you have been paying 50 cents? You could save exactly $3OO.O0 on every $1,O00.00 you spend. If your husband, now makes s .OOO per year. it would be equivalent to raising his salary $500 per year if you could save the same percentage on all your purchases that you have slved on this comb Well, I de- clare" she said I've never thought of that before. I've been saving and 1p cents on a great many things I've bought here and I've found it pays to trade at Davidson's Cash Store. think you already count on me as one Of your regular customers"
Arizona republican., 1904-08-09

Valley Melon Growers association, was in the city yesterday and tells a different story from that Of MT. Hansen respecting the enterprise. He says he does not claim that the raising of me- Ions here is improbable, but does in- sist that the enterprise at Kyrene was not success this year for various reasons, his main allegation being that the firm of F.. R. Nicholls & Co. Chi Cago commission men, violated their contract with the association in many ways. He says the Nicholls company agreed to advance money for the ma lon pickers, and buy the entire crop and that the grow CTS agreed to sell 10 no one else and in accordance with their contract did not sell to buyer Wood when they might have done so at q good figure. After twenty three car loads had been shipped, he says the Nichols company refused to ad- vance any more money for the pickers who then quit work and that the com pany as yet has made no return on the twenty three carloads, so there is no telling just what the figures wifi be. MT. Hansen it is understood says that at least thirty days are necessary for the commission men to make return so that there is yet no lapse. There has been some friction between MT. Hansen and the leasers but Mr. Murray says it is mainly because Mir Hansen seems to support the Nichols end of
 the controversy instead of the argu- menJs of the growers.
Arizona republican., 1904-08-09
TERRITORIAL VALUES
An Increase This Year and Lower
 Rate of Taxation.

The territorial board of equalizai ion yesterday began the August session. The whole of the day was spent in get ting ready for the real work of the board. Reports had not been receiv- ed from two of the counties, Apache and COconino but later in the day a telegram was received from the clerk Of the board of supervisors of Cocon- ino giving the total of the assessment of that county.
 The board figures that the total va luation of propreyt in the territory for purposes of taxation will exceed the figures of year ago by about S1. 800, = 600. The Valuation last year was q little more than S43,OOO,OOO. It is also certain that there will be a material reduction in the territorial tax rate.
 The returns from the counties show some very curious facts which can be explained only by the theory that as- sessors do not all go about their busi- niess in the same way. The report from Maricopa county for instance shows that on February of this year there were 10000 range cattle in the county. Though this has not been re- garded as a cattle country it is said N4NSS t-ItSC iS UT tS are exceeded in the report from none of the great cattle counties.
 The report from Yuma shows that there is an official ,nodesty there re- garding the value of cultivated lands Tor taxable purposes. Notwithstanding the great prOductivenass of the soil which is said by the residents of that county to be equal to that of the delta Of the Nile, which until Yuma came to the front was believed to be the rich est on earth, the assessor of Yuma county found that it was worth only $3 an acre for taxation. It is also observed that about half the valuation Of Yuma county consists of the South- ern Pacific road.
 some of the northern counties have fallen away since last year but most of the southern counties show an in- crease.