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Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

holds out alluring promises. Statistics show that 75 per cent of the worlds wealth is taken by man from the soil.
 That being the case, it is of vital inn pOrtance to have the call upon the ser vices of q man who has devoted 20
 years of his life in this fertile valley. and one who is thoroughly familiar with every detail from the smallest garden seed up to the mighty cotton wood. When Irving L. Hill estab- lished his seed and nursery house, six years ago. he did so with the inten- tion of giving to the people and ranch CTS of the Territory the best obtaina- ble. and in that time he has establish ed reputation that is a far greater asset than wealth. His ample facili- ties at % and 24 West Jefferson street enable him to furnish patrons any quantities of the best of everything for this climate in the way of garden field. lawn and flower seeds and the best and most popular of all the stock and poultry foods, remedies. tonics and insect destroyers. In addi- tiOn he has the exclusive agency for the famous Petaluma Incubators and Brooders.
 The nursery department which is located on South Center street, offers everything in the way of fruit, orna- mental trees and shTubbery.
 Last year his nursery offerings were practically all consumed, and to meet the rapidly increasing demands for native grown stock. required the en- larSement of his capacity and he is now planting quite heavily in Citrus as well as deciduous fruits and in the ornamental lines
 This industry is practically in its in fancy and the steady demand only sti- mulates him to attempt to supply any demand made in the future.
 Mir. Hill is always glad to consult or write to patrons and advise them as to the best seeds and crops for any particular location or soil throughout the Salt River Valley and this aids him wonderfully in the selection of his own supplies. rF ,sis s-NyelI known the Territory and as the guiding spirit of this important busi- ness, has been closely identified with the steady growth of Phoenix and the valley for the past 20 years He fully realizes the great importance of noti- lying the outside world throughout the eastern farming centers. of the wonderful opportunities this valley offers them to acquire land that has 10 boom element attached thereto.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

oranges in the United States if you could ship them and it would make about three boxes for every man. wo- man and child in this country.
 But We shall presently however be able to raise and ship and sell about five million dollars worth of oranges and grape fruit a year from this valley.
 AND MELONS.
 If you know anything about the true inwardness of melons it is waste of time to tell you that there are only two or three places in North America where real melons can be grown. The Salt River valley is one of the three places and is a little the best of all They raise what they call melons and sell as melons. over a large portion of the T.. s. but if you live to get your teeth into Salt River valley melon you will know right away that you have been fooled and impos- ed upon all your live by those other things they have palmed off on you as melons. You will never taste anything else before you get into Paradise that is quite so utterly delicious as a cant aloupe or a watermelon raised in the sandy loam of the Salt River valley soil under the fondIing sunshine of Arizona skies.
 If you could plant the whole Salt River valley to melons and sell the fruit at two and a half cents a piece the crop would fetch exactly $310.OOO,- 900. You see if you could clear one cent on every 200 melons it would eX- actly pay your interest and of course no one would be hog enough to be- grudge you net profit of one cent on 200 melons. Why that remorseless rGbber John D. probably makes nearly as much as one cent net profit on every gallon of oil he sells.
 Three hundred and ten millions of dollars for melons. That is a little more than the whole worlds total yearly output of copper. and it is al- most five times the value of the total mineral output of Arizona for 1907. when she came scooting down the home stretch with Michigan and Mon tana staggering up the third quarter. But that would make about 4.OO0.O 900 carloads of melons and you could not sell that many if you could ship them. The rich could not eat so many and it would not be wise nor right to tempt poor folks. already suffering from one end of the land to the other Tor whiskey, to spend their hard earn ings for such a bewildering luxury as Salt River valley melons It would only turn their heads and make them with their lot
 NO ROWLING DESERT.
 Most people in the United States have been educated to think of Ari- zona as one broad. bowling. sun- scorched. wind-swept desert. That is a false and fatuous notion. We have ii is trlla q 1-cr-,. rid count .... h,,t ITO
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

Realizing the possibilities of creating a confection from a plant that is known to contain not only food and drink for man and beast, but great medicinal properties as well. D. A. Donofrio was lead to make extensive experiments covering a period of sev- eral years, and as a result of these ex- periments he perfected what is today the only confectiOn of this character obtainable, known as Donofrio's Cry stalized Cactus Candy.
 It is made from the heart of the Echino Wizilini Cactus, which scien- lists tell us is invaluable for the heart and nerves, while the Indians have for ages claimed that this par ticular plant was a sure cure for all forms of stomach trouble
 Arizona is the natural home of the cactus and Phoenix now boasts of an enterprise the field of which is un-
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

mocking birds and the dainty little native canary. In the evening. until midnight. the melodiUus nightingale. And everywhere the gentle little grey love-birds. always paired and always talking in low and liquid tones of melody to their mates. They all ap- pear 10 revel in the beauty of the scene and desire to make it joyous. They swing on the plumy fronds of the date palms and the waving branches of tho alamos in the freshness of the morning. A mid-day they shelter themselves from the sultry sun in the dense and cool foliage of the plane tree or the fig and they nest in great numbers among the perfumed branch es of the orange groves.
 4 SUGGESTION OF BLISS.
 Think of eating a luscious. cool S',it River valley melon that melts in your mouth on hot June evening and lat CT retiring to bed with a dozen night ingales in the dense foliage that sliad- es your open window. each pouring the flowery. liquid notes in a Niagara of melody from his little throat and then repeating. and repeating. and repeat ing. each jealously trying to chlalenge your special attention by out doing the others. like rival priml donnas. un- til to save your swOoning senses from music madness, you jump out of b..d and heave your boot into the tree to frighten them away. But in she orn- ing again you are awakened by the far off song of the meadow lark. sail ing low as she sings. ove- ,he green pasture or the blooming alfalfa field.
 and oh. if there be
 An Elysium on aarta
 T. IS this. it is this
 Yes at its loviest, the irrlgato1 por- tions of the lowlands of Arizona. (tha tierra calientel is truly an ElySiura un earth.-fruit and fragr tnce and s"ng from sunshine until midnight I,ut Q: course life is not always at us i.,v-iost even in Arizona. which in tn" quality of its oranges and melons. leads thet world as distinctly as it does in the production of copper.
 Tn Arizona that diagonal I;ue I men toned is the whole thing. IT is ,he geological characteristic of the ter ritory just as the Rocky mountain range is the geological characteristic of Colorado, and the Sierra Nevada range the characteristic of California. Along that line is where we find our home market (which of course. as al- ways. is the best markeD for the oranges and figs and apriccts dnd peaches and melons and dates md grapes and pears and berries and po- tatoes and tomatoes and cabbage anl
 
 dred other fruits and vegetables shat grow to perfection on the irrigated lands of our low country. the Salt R1v- CT valley around rose scented Phoenix Phoenix the beautifuD. That 'lia-
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

have very little of really verdueleSs desert,-not nearly so much as South ern California or Nevada. Our mag nificent Coconimo forest is the larg- est area of heavy pine timber in the inter-mountain country and we have under tillage more land than the state of Rhode Island contains. and we can raise about fifty times as many varie- ties of fruits and grains and vegeta- bles
 About half our territory has an elevation of 1.5O0 feet above sea lev el. the other half an average of 5000 feet. This gives Us a great variety of climate and great range of veg etable production. Almost every veg etable that will grow anywhere be- tween the equator and the artic circle will grow somewhere in Arizona.
 ARIZONA TOMATOES.
 We can ripen tomatoes in the open eleven months in the year and if We could plant all the irrigable land of the Salt River valley to tomatoes and make them all in to ,catsup. we could produce enough of the stuff to float the American Navy across the Rocky mountains. There is profit enough in raising tomatoes here at twenty-five cents a bushel to pay two per cent on S4000 an acre for the land and regular wages for every lick of work necessary to the industry.
 ELvSIUM ON EARTH.
 If you draw a line from the north west corner Of Arizona to the south east corner. you will come pretty near dividing the territory into the two geological divisions which nature has created.-our plateau country on the northeast and our low country on the southwest The difference in their elevation above sea level may be roughly stated as averaging 1000 feet and as to climatic conditions. that gives us two distinct regions. one hay ing the climate of Cuba. (with 8 diff ferenceD and the other (also with difference, of course) the climate of Kentucky. In both cases the differ ence springs mainly from the lesser rain or snow fall and the consequent dryness of the Arizona atmosphere which is an intending delight. To the northward of that diagonal line the country is mainly what We call in the west "a range country" a stock coun- try. valuable mainly for grazing There is very little farming there. The section to the southward of the dia- gonal we call the desert country, though but little of it is an actual esert-verdureless. Where water for irrigation is obtainable in this desert region you have an elysium on earth a Paradise, and not a lonesome, tune less Paradise. for it is
 A GREAT BIRD COUNTRY. and the air is musical from sunrise to midnight with their songs. In the morning. meadow larks and orioles and
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01
VIM. E. THOMAS. Clerk of the Board Of Supervisors.

NIT. Thomas came 10 Arizona Oct. G, 1884. He took deputyship in the sheriffs office and afterwards was deputy assessor for a number of years. From 1890 lD '93 he was deputy re- corder and im 1894 was appointed post master of PfpeniX by Mir. Cleveland.
 In May 1905. he was appointed clerk of the board of supervisors He owns a ranch on North Central avenue and from 1898 10 May. 1906, he was engag ed in raLching. He is q native of Virginia. The duties Of his office are much the same as the duties of a
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01
HILLS SEED HOUSE.

The Only Exclusive Seed dfiouse in. the
 Territory. @-'>>
 In the locality of perpetual sunshine and continuous growth of vegetation. the seed and nursery man plays a most important part. In fact a part that is the foundation upon which this sec tion depends and in which the future
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01
PHOENIX IRON WORKS.

Mir. G. R. Willscroft came to Phoenix in 1888 from Toronto, Canada. and in 1889 he opened the Phoenix Iron Works. He does all kinds of machine
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

repairing. and manufactures mining machinery, deep well pumps, struct- ural iron. and makes all kinds of sheet iron tanks. and mine cars. He does all kinds of casting. The works are To- cated on south Seventh street and are very popular with ranchers needing repair work done, on account of their convenient location and the mechani- cal ability of the proprietor.
 No man in the valley is better know among the ranchers or more generally respected than is MT. Willscroft
 He is agent for the Model Gasoline Engines and he builds gravity dis
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

limited. The product of this factory has even been sent to the Crowned heads of Europe. as Well as to discrim- mating Americans.
 The founder of this wonderful con- lection came to Phoenix, from Italy. seventeen years ago and has devoted the greater part of his life to the man ufacture of candies. His discovery opens up a field for utilizing a plant that here to fore was considered prac- tically worthless. The medicinal prop critics no doubt acrue from the fact that the cactus thrives best out in the desert far from civilization. where il has pure air. with almost 36O days of sunshine each year and only natural rain fall.
 THE MANUFACTURE of this confection ready for shipment requires special machinery. MT Dom ofrio perfected a machine that slices and cuts the cactus into inch squares. This machine now accomplishes in a day what formerly required fifteen people to do by hand.
 These squares of snow white cactus are then immersed in large vats where they are covered with a granulated sugar syrup and allowed to remain from eight to twelve days. after which they are cooked in the syrup, then
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

county auditor in many of the eastern states. The county board of supervis- ors does the business of the county. All of the county officers report to them and are answerable to the board for all of their actions. This makes the office of clerk of the board one of importance and Mir. Thomas ably at tends to his many duties.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01
CACTUS CANDY.

A Splendid Manufacturing Institution Utilizing a Heretofore Waste Product In the Preparation of Delicious Confeetion With Great Health Properties.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

Most people in the United States have been educated to think of Ari- zona as one broad, bowling. sun scorched. wind-swept desert. That is a false and fatuous notion. We have it is true. a very arid country. but we
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

This Salt River valley is a good wheat country, if you care for wheat. IT will produce 40 bushels to the acre with good farming. That is 12.OO0.OOO bushels if you plant all the land to wheat But of course it will not pay to raise so cheap a crop as wheat on land worth S1 900 an acre.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

subsistence the valley can supply. We can sell them s36.5O0, 900 worth of food
Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

gonal marks ideally of course. not strictly. there are no such perfectly straight lines in nature) our
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-09-28

Baking Soda, &c lb., for 25c.
l Id. package bird seed, Sc.
Assofoet!da. gum. sc o.. po.. SC OF.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-09-28
WATER THE ONLY
REALLY SAFE LIQUID

! Water. according to the London
Lancet. Is the only really safe liquid
drink. All other beverages---alco-
holic and non-alcholic--are drugs.
This is what the writer says:
1.-THE thirsty person who can not
satisfy his thirst unless the beverage
contains what is in reality a drug
has acquired an unhealthy habit, or,
10 put it plainly, disease. Yet
what else is the alcohol of the var
ious alcoholic beverages, the caffeine
of tea and coffee, the giucoside or
quinine of bitters, or even the gin
ger OF ginger-beer or of ginger-ale,
the aromatic oil OF the liqueur, the
earbonic acid gas In soda water, the
citric acid OF the lemon, and SO on.
but drug.
"All these when consumed clear
ly convene something into the organ
ism over and above water itself;
they cannot quench thirst In the
sense that water does. Plain water
has become a rare beverage nova
days, and II Is n pity that Il Is so.
I'VE are inclined TO think that the
prejudice against the drinking of
plain water has arisen from a ME
taken idea IN the public mind that
plain water has disease entities in e.
or "inserts," and that only when
mixed with spirlts. hops. malt and
other things, or else in the form Of
tea or beer which neces -arily are
free from disease organisms because
they are boiled, Is u rendered safe TO
drink"
The perl attending the prejudice
against water Is thus indicated:
"Under stress OF great thirst large
do esof alcohol, tea. tannin, car
bonlc acid gas. bitters, and so or
may be consumed. and the effects of
an unduly prolonged course of
drugs. such as In reality these are.
sooner Of later manifest themselves,
frequently indicating a disturbance
of function which in the long run
do serious harm to the whole organ
ism"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-09-28

guarantees to cure after everything
else has failed.
Or. Kun has lived over 20 years
In Salem, and has cured a great many
of Salem's well-known men and wo.
men. and has scores of testimonials
from thankful patients whom he haG
cured In the past. He guarantees to
cure where the kni'e seems the last
resort. He treats all chronic and
nervous diseases, catarrh, asthma,
lung and throat troubles. stomach.
liver, kidney and heart trouble, rheu-
matism, gall stones, tape worms, los,
vitality, general debility. rupture and
all kinds OF female complaints. Ex-
animation and consultation free. IL
you cannot call write for symptom
blank TO the Or. Kun Bow Wo Drug
Co., 1877 South High street, Salem,
oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-09-28
A sure-enough Knocker.

j. G. Goodwin. OF Reidsville, N
c., says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve is
a sure-enough knocker for ulcers. \
bad one came on my leg last SUM-
mer, but that wonderful salve
knocked II out In few rounds. Not
even scar remained" Guaranteed
for piles. sores, burns, etc. 25c at
J. G. Perry's drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-09-28

Don't be afraid to give Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy to your chill
dren. II contains no opium or other
harmful drug. II always cures. For
sale by DR.. Stones drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-09-28

when a boy gets too old for his
mather to wash him, his neck and
ears never get good washing until
he falls In love.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-09-28

For hling letters. or card s-
loose ledger cards, are ava. -
in Offices where they aie asAs 80
and bills and keeps copies ! -
written in the once. We A.r -
good ideas in the way Of 80. 80. =
cabinets. letter copying pr. 80.
sides everything iha, eosla J, I. .,.,,,.
a blank book. from a 49, ,,assil
tablet 20 a large dono's en-"
A. NJ. HASsES o,.-s
Manufacturer Of S..' p,u.'
MouIdings. and all kinAs -, !. :, >.
nnIsh. Corner Mil ana
Phons Main s4t.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-09-28
ARE YOU SICK
Do You Wish
to Get Curedi

After you have
tried the othe'
doctors. come anC
see the old reliable
Chinnnn dnninr IIo
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-09-28

Alum, po., 10c h., 3 for Csc
Alum, lump. Sc h.. 3 for sOe.
Aqua Ammonia. 1Oc pint.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
Modern Taste in Photographs.

The modern taste in photographs is
very apt to be entirely critical.
People are particular as to what they
want in this line. Nothing but the
best is good enough for them. That's
why Logan, the busiest photographer
in Stockton, has so many customers
amongst the critical class. His work
is most excellent. You'll find it
handsomely finished, clear and dis
tinct and true to life. Have a dozen
made next time you are IN town.
Your friends will want one as soon as
they see them. Prices no higher than
elsewhere. Stu 10 at Is South San
Joaquin street, Stockton. Cal.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18

The first six-masted barkentine in
the world has been made from the
British built but German owned ship
Columbia, which was dIsmasted in
hurricane off Cape Fldttery.
Last year at Pusa, India, 100, 600
silk worms we're fed successfully on
the castor plant. The silk produced
was valued at S26. 80 per so pounds.
More than 100, 900 men are employ
cd in the Australian m ines.
In japan, for $40 a month, a man
can live on the best, keep two SER
wants and hire horse.
Eyeglasses for horses so focused
that the animal wearing them is
Obliged to step high is the invention
of a New Yorker. The glasses are
used on horses when they are being
trained.
Nearly $4,000 has been realized
from the sale of baskets made by the
blind in the Vienna blind institute.
The country adjacent to the Caspian
Sea Is supposed to be the original
home of the apple.
In stretch Of 1T miles on the new
extension of the st. Paul road
through the northwest there are 10
bridges. The line goes from Fergus
county, Mont, into Yellowstone
county 50 times, returning into Fer
gus county So times.
During a storm near Washington,
Pa, lightning struck tree, splinter
ing it. One piece of the wood passed
through house some distance away.
part of the splinter penetrating the
owners cheek and knocking cut all
of his teeth. Another piece of
splinter fractured his wites skull.
In Holland the Lutheran church
has given women the right to vote in
church affairs and mems league for
women's suffrage has been formed.
Tinfoil, which is so extensively
used for wrapping purposes, psrtl-
cularly tobacco, is combination of
lead with thin coating of tin on
each side.
Glasgow University has the largest
town clock in the world. The ham
mer weighs 12S pounds, the pendulum
800 pounds, and the whole clock 5000
pounds.
Overlooking st. Isaac's Square in
st. Petersburg, an English syndicate
is going to erect a large modern hotel
building.
Recently in New York two one
legged men went into an automatic
shoe-sbining shop on Broadway, and
each had his shoes shined for one
nickel dropped into the slot.
In Hamburg protests have been
raised against the new methods of
drawing being used in German
schools, dead birds being used as
models. Beautiful birds and butter
flies have been ruthlessly killed for
this purpose.
A prize OF 50, 600 has been offered
by the automobile club, OF France for
new fuel which must be as cheap as
gasoline and give as good results.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
College of NOtre Dame
MARYsVILLE, CALIFORNIA

Boarding and day school conducted by the
Sisters of Notre Dame(Namur) Founded
I'm 1856.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18

The curriculum embraces all the branches of d
solid English education. Preparatory ano
advanced courses IN art, language, and music
For further information address
m4 SISTER SUPERIOR
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-22
Meet:nr nt NetmmnI.n.

wetumpka. July 21.--(Specia1. )--Ir : terest in the evangelistic services at the Baptist Church is increasing daily. The attendance has grown so that chairs have to be placed in each aisle for the worshippers. The meeting is in charge of Rev. W. T. Ray with Vim. H. Carson of Birmingham leading the singing. Apiano has been moved into the church and both plano and organ are presided over by skillful musi- clans.
 At the services Monday morning there were seven applicants for church membership.
 Mir. Ray Is assisted in the meeting by Rev. J. A. Jenkins of the Baptist Church. and Rev W. F. Harris of the Tally of the Methodist Church is con- ducting a revival at Mulberry Chapel this week.
 A stalk of cotton with several opeE bolls has been brought to town by MT. Bell Fain. Fillmore County's progressive farmer, who marketed the first bale In Montgomery and the first bale in We- tumpka last year.
 Mrs. James J. Cain has returned froan a pleasant visit to friends at Bi- loxfs Miss.
 The league of postmasters of the fourth class of Fillmore County met in wetumpka today
 Mrs. T. J. Rogers is still critically i'll at her home on North Bridge Street.
 
 Now comes the story of a man out in wyoming who makes his children hop to Sunday School changing fee' every block to save shoe leather.