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The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1939-02-02
Inauguration of Fast
Overnight Service

Inauguration by the Southern
Pacific Company Of fast overnight
freight train service, effective
February 1, for the handling OF
less-than-carload shipments from
Los Angeles to Yuma, Phoenix
and Tucson, with coordinated truck
service from those points to many
other southern Arizona cities, was
announced today by L. H. Trimble,
general freight agent at Phoenix.
The trucking facilities of Southern
Pacific's newly acquired Peoples
Freight Lines, long established in
their territory, will be utilized In
the new train-truck schedule, with
a time saving Of "a hours, Trimble
said.
A new train, named the ARIZONA
Overnight" will be added to the
company's fast growing fleet of
famous merchandise carriers to
speed shipments from the Les An
geles area to the Arizona COM
munities, for first morning delivery
in Yuma and Phoenix and first
afternoon delivery in Tucson.
With Yuma, Phoenix and Tucson
as break bulk" points, less than
carload shipments consigned to-
Benson, Bisbee, Bowie, Casa Gran
de, Chandler, Coolidge, Douglas,
Florence, ella, Globe, Mesa, Miami,
Negales, Stafford and many other
southern Arizona destinations will
be forwarded on the trucks Of the
Peoples Freight Lines and rail
connections.
The Arizona Overnight will leave
Los Angeles daily, except Sun
days and holidays, after the close
Of the business day. Travelling at
high speed, it will reach Yuma that
night and arrive in Phoenix early
the next morning, finishing Its run
at Tucson that noon. Trucks will
be waiting at the freight stations
to expedite local store-door de-
liveries.
Waybills for the shipments will
be handled by telegraph, as in the
Los Angeles-San Francisco "Over.
night" service and on other similar
runs, so that distribution may
proceed without delay. All instruc
tions having thus been received
and sorted In advance, freight
handlers are ready to go to work
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1939-02-02
Luncheons Given AT
The High School

Last Thursday and Friday two
freshman groups entertained with
luncheons or oral part of their
semester final exam, a written
exam was given first.
The High School faculty and
their wives were the invited guests
present to enjoy the delicious
luncheons, prepared by the girls
who proved themselves charming
hostesses and excellent cooks under
the able direction of their instruc-
or Mrs. Viola Leucks.
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1939-02-02
Eastern Star to
Sponsor Tree
Planting Ceremony

Ocotillo Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star of Coolidge will
sponsor a "Tree Planting Cere
mony" on Arbor Day, February 3
at 4:30 D. m.
The tree will be planted in San
Carlos Park with officers Of the
chapter presenting the program
Rev. Earl M. Ward, pastor of the
Coolidge Community Church will
deliver the address. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1939-02-02
Cotton Harvest
About Finished

Arizona's cotton harvest will be
completed in about another week,
the total ginnings will estimate
about 10000 bales, of this amount
about 10000 are long staple cotton.
By counties the ginnings to date
are registered as follows:
Graham-27, 429 bales.
Maricopa-99, 500 bales.
Pima-10,636.
Pinal-44,361 bales.
Yuma-4,812 bales.
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1939-02-02
ARIZONA
IN WASHINGTON
By BOB MERKLEY

To most people the mention of
silver brings thoughts Of knives,
forks and spoons, or dimes,
quarters and half-dollars. But when
you say silver to western
Congressman, he knows you mean
only one thing: What will silver
be worth after June 80, 1899
In the House of Representatives
there is a combination known as
the Rocky Mountain Group. 1t is
composed of Members from Ari-
IONA, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and
Wyoming. Congressman Murdoch
Of Arizona is secretary of the
Group Theirs is the task of getting
for the Rocky Mountain States the
most favorable legislation possible
1t looks easy with combination
like that. Why they represent 4
sixth of all the states in the nation,
and a third of its entire area. But
let's see; they have a total of only
IA Representative in the House
New York alone has AZ. Mmmm,
not so easy.
Anyway, here is the silver situa-
ton: The Government is buying
newly-mined silver at Ga cents an
ounce, which is over 20 cents above
the world price. That of course,
is rather good for the silver
mines, and most miners are salts
fled with the price as it is. But
what will be after June 30? There
is a law granting the President
the power to buy this silver at ia
cents. but that law expires on the
last day of June. If Congress does
nothing about it, western mines
will then be forced to compete
against the world. Many of them
could not make it.
There is another law which has
no time limit and would do wonders
for the silver mines if the right
person could be persuaded. This
law saws in effect that the
Secretary of the Treasury shall
buy silver on conditions as seem
most advantageous to the public
welfare until silver is one-fourth
the stock of gold (ounce for ounce,
or has reached a price of $1.29. ="
But western Congressman say the
Secretary of the Treasury has not
been particularly friendly toward
the silver interests, and time spent
on trying to incur his favorable
action is just so much time wasted.
Perhaps the Secretary does not
consider the plight of the silver
mines of such Importance that the
Treasury could help them ION condl-
lions as seem most advantageous
to the public welfare" After all,
this is a big country.
Even though the present set-up
guarantees the price of ga cents
until June 80, miners have already
come to a time when they are
desperately in need of some
definite knowledge of what is TO
happen after the law expires. To
be eligible for-that price, the silver
must be at the smelter. To reach
| the smelter from the depths of the
mine is sometimes a matter Of
months. In small mines it takes
many weeks to get out carload OF
ore. So the silver which is being
mined today may have to be dump
ed onto the hopelessly glutted mar
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1939-02-02
Range Conservation
Program for Ariz.

The range conservation program
for Arizona, under which co-operat-
ing ranchers will receive payments
for carrying out practices designed
to improve the grass and conserve
the soil of range lands, will be
continued in 1899 on the same
general plan as in 1888 according
to information received by K. K.
Henness, county agent.
A maximum payment, or range
building allowance, will be es-
tablished for each ranch participant
ing in this program, Mr.. Henness
said and the rancher can earn up
to that amount by carrying out
approved practices at a specified
rate of payment for each practice.
Deferred grazing, development of
watering places. construction Of
tanks, reservoirs and dams; erosion
and run-off control by contour list
ing. furrowing and other similar
methods, are among the principal
practrices for which payment will
be allowed.
Payments for practices will be
at the following rates:
For contour listing, furrowing
or subsoiling (chiseling), so cents
per acre; for contour ridging, 10
cents per 100 linear feet; spreader
dams, 15c per cubic yard for
material moved; spreader terraces,
so cents per 100 linear feet; earthea
tanks or reservoirs, 15c per cubic
yard of material moved in excess
900 yards and 10 cents per cubic
yard Of meerial moved in excess
of 5000 yards. concrete or rubble
masonry dams, Sc per cubic yard
of concrete masonry; excavation
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1939-02-02
House Bill No. % Pro-
vides Funds For Fire
Protection of I'm
Incorporated
Towns

e&OO A1CA VI AOoO Wdo
obtained his week for the benefit
of the Fire Department which now
makes total of 900 feet, and Fire
Chief Vest informs us that by the
end Of the month there will be
some % fire hydrants scattered
yer the city at the most advantages
points which will be available for
use in case Of fire. Mr.. Vest Is
making plans to divide the city
into sections 80 that the exact
location Of the fire can be reported
Immediately. He expects to circu-
late maps of the town, divided
into sections, so that the citizens
can acquaint themselves as to what
section of the city they are living.
Kenyon Harris, Don Paul, and J.
c. Jayne represent the board who
have been active in trying to
interest the property owners to
support fire department. House
Bill % has been introduced to the
Legislature which is an act relat-
ing to volunteer fire departments;
providing for tax levy for such
companies and amending section
1911, Revised Code of 1928. The bill
should be interesting to Coolidge
property owners at this time and
we herewith print the same:
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature
of the State Of Arizona:
Section /. Sec. 1911, Revised
Code of 1928, Is amended to read:
1911. ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES
AND TAX LEVY. NOT MORE
THAN ten days after THE OR
GANIzATION OF a volunteer fire
company is PERFECTED, and $50
thereafter NOT LATER THAN
JULY 10 OF EACH YEAR, -"
the chief and the SECRE-
TARY TREASURER of SUCH
company shall SUBMIT to the
board Of supervisors an estimate,
CERTIFIED BY ITEMS. of the
amount of money required for the
equipment and maintenance of
THE company for the ensuing
year. > TIE board shall AP-
PROVE THE ESTIMATE OR
MODIFY THE SAME. AND
SHALL levy"** a tax against all
property = situated within the
boundaries Of THE territory DE-
SCRIBED IN THE ORDER OF THE
BOARD AUTHORIZING THE OR
GAMZATION OF SAID COMPANY
AND appearing upon the last az
sessnent roll, SUFFICIENT
TO PROVIDE THE AMOUNT APP
PROVED. The levy shall be
MADE AND the taxes - collected
in the manner, at the -
time, and by the . officers -
provided by law for the collection
of state and county taxes. -
The 20 COUNTY treasurer
SHALL KEEP THE MONEY RE
CHIVED FROM SAID TAXES in a
separate fund known as the "volun-
teer fire COMPANY fund" of THE
town or settlement FOR
WHICH COLLECTED.
This Bill if passed would remove
the former mill limitation and
would assure an unincorporated
town of obtaining sufficient funds
for adequate fire protection and
greatly relieve the responsibility
that is how being shouldered by a
few of our public spirited citizens.
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Immediately upon arrival Of the
train at break-bulk points.
In connection with the 24-hour
having on shipments from the Los
Angeles territory, southern Arizona
will also have the advantage Of a
similar time saving on merchandise
Forwarded from the San Francisco
bay district, it was pointed out.
The Arizona Overnight will work
in connection with the San Fran
cisco-Los Angeles Overnight to give
second morning service to Yuma
service to Tucson, according to.
the announcement.
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1939-02-02

OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Washington, d. c..
Jan. 23rd, 1899.
Mr.. C. j. Moody.
Project Engineer.
Dear Mr.. Moody:
Pursuant to a provision of the
repayment contract between the
United States and the San Carlos
Irrigation and Drainage District,
this order is promulgated APP
portioning the stored and pumped
water for the lands irrigated under
the San Carlos irrigation project in
Arizona for the season of 1899.
On January 1, 1889, there were
4,310 &C. IT. of water stored in the
San Carlos Reservoir. 1t is esti-
mated that there will be 100000
acre feet of water available from
the pumps operated in the project
wells, making a total of 104,310
acre feet of water available. The
total area of the lands under the
constructed works of the project
is 100000 acres, of which $4,000
acres are in Indian ownership and
$4,000 acres in non-Indian owner
ship. 1t is also estimated that the
requirements of Federal and State
agencies and municipalities and
schools will not exceed 5000 acre
feet of water for the season of
1899.
Based upon the foregoing data.
the stored and pumped water of
the San Carlos project, less 5000
acre feet estimated for the Federal
and State agencies and munic-
qualities and schools, will provide
101 $40 acre feet Of water to be
apportioned over the 100000 acres
of irrigable lands, or 1.013 acre feet
per acre The water shall be
measured at the source of supply
and will be subject to a deduction
for evaporation and transportation
loss.
This order applies to all lands
under constructed bitches ready for
irrigation, and the stored and the
pumped water shall be delivered
in the same proportion per acre to
each acre cultivated in so far as
the physical condition permits, and
shall be subject to the basic
charges and per acre limitations
provided in the order authorizing
the assessment of operation and
maintenance charges against the
lands of the project. The delivery
Of pumped water as herein ap-
portioned will necessarily be
limited each day to the ability OF.
the project to supply power for the
operation of the pumping plants,
also to the ability of the lands to
make use of the water from the
wells which can be operated.
1t is possible that additional
water will reach the San Carlos
Reservoir and become available for
apportionment later in the season
of 1899, and in that event the pro-
ject land owners will be duly
notified in advance of any additt-
ional apportionments.
Sincerely,
(Sgd.) JOHN COLLIER,
Commissioner.
Approved: Jan. 25, 1889.
(Sgd.) OSCAR L. CHAPMAN,
Assistant Secretary Of tho Interior.
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ket sometime next summer. Is it
any wonder that western miners
are writing desperate letters to
Washington?
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Water Apportionment of
San Carlos District 1899
UNITED STATES

DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Washington, d. c.
Jan. 23rd, 1889.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
EDITORS NOTE:

This page is reprinted from the
current issue of the Minneapolis
Spokesman, the Recorders sister
publication. Minneapolis is holding
a century celebration October 2
to Z.
Because many of the individuals
and events on this page are fam
liar to st. Paul and the interests
of the Negroes of both cities inter-
Irvine we reprint a portion of this
special edition of the Minneapolis
paper for our readers.
It was humanity impossible to Sc
cure and publish the names of each
individual or family which figured
in early Mill City history. With
limited time and space this news
paper did the best job it could with
all things considered.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
EXCELLENT QUALITY

Gen. Sibley has shown a great
deal of good sense in availing
himself of the excellent quality of
Drawn and muscle which has been
placed at his disposal in the per-
sons of the numerous refugees
from slavery who have thronged
into the lines of the Union Army.
Between 3 or 4 hundred of these
contrabands sent upon his requisi-
ton from st. Louis have already
arrived and more are coming
to serve as Transfers, cooks, ETC.,
for the little army of the N. w.
We happen to know from
personal observation that in agri-
cultural occupations, as indeed in
many others, hired Negro labor is,
on the whole, more efficient
than the class of white labor which
is usually available for such pur-
poses. =.
The Negro contrabands who have
recently arrived here, furnished an
other proof of their superiority
over their Kilkenny prosecutors by
the favorable contrast of their
quiet, civil and inoffensive manners
with the brutal insolence of the
savages who assaulted them with in
suits and even bodily violence.-St.
Paul Daily Press, May 16, 1868.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
FRED DOUGLAS

The next lecture before the Athe-
naeum association will be delivered
by Fred Douglas, on Saturday eve
ming, the 18th, at Pence Opera
House. This is the second visit to
this place of this celebrated repre-
sentative of the colored race and
we presume there is no doubt but
what there will be a greater cur
iosity than ever to see and hear
him since the right of suffrage has
been extended to his brethren in
this state Mpls. Tribune, March
2, 1869.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

with the family or Christian name
of Bonga. One of them married an
Indian woman and son was born
to them. This son became a fur
trader and was a frequent visitor
to the region around st. Anthony
Falls. This Bonga the fur trader
became the hero in 1886 in the
pursuit and capture of the muir
derer of Alfred Aitkin, son of VIM.
Aitkin, a prominent fur trader at
Cass Lake. The trial and convic-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
TO TEACH FREEDOM

1t is a pleasure to be able to
state, that many of the towns and
cities of Minnesota are still
ready =. to respond nobly to the
calls of patriotism and humanity by
aiding in the education and eleva-
ton of the colored race.
The City of st. Anthony has Sc
lected Miss Elizabeth Stoneman
(white), a teacher in the public
schools, to go south as a teacher
of the freedmen.-Mpls. Tribune,
June 10, 1869.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

of Rights the Negroes permit to
sell his labor in the open market.
The results achieved by them dur
ing the so years Immediately fol-
lowing it's adoption is sufficient
proof that they drove a good bar
gain.
Some of the outstanding Negroes
of the late nineties and early Goth
century were:
w. M. Smith, who came to Min
neapolis from Ohio and became the
first Negro Supervisor in the Min
neapolis post office.
Mayme and Harriet Weir, two
brilliant colored women, who taught
in the Minneapolis public schools
from the early '9O's until 1914.
Queenie Harper, who taught in
Minneapolis schools from 1906 I'M
til 1910.
Mrs. Anna Morris, who taught
as a substitute in Minneapolis pub
lie schools from 1902 until 1917.
James L. Titus, who owned his
own drug store and also taught in
the Pharmaceutical Department of
the Free Dispensary of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota Hospital.
Chas. Saunders came to Mime
apolis in the '9O's with William L.
Harris, the founder of the New
England Furniture Co. For a num-
Der of years he was in charge of
the Carpet Department of that
store. He started the first riding
school in Minneapolis and owned a
valuable string of thoroughbred
horses.
In 1898, R. S. Brown, MD, be-
gan the practice of medicine in
Minnesota, and continued tn at
practice until his death in 1926.
DR.. ]. R. Redd, MD, was also a
practicing physician in Minneapolis
from 1908 until his death in 1926.
DR.. R. j. C. Brown, Md, and
DR.. w. D. Brown, Md, sons of
R. S. Brown, MD, are at present
the only Negro physicians in Min
neapolis.
DIR. W. S. Wright, DDS, came
to Minneapolis in 1912 and is still
engaged in the practice of his pro-
fession of dentistry.
Other dentists: w. E. Burton,
1917-1935; M. ]. Richardson, 1928
1884.
Besides ]. S. Titus, who owned
a drug store in the COS, there
have been several other druggists.
Geo. Nelson owned drug store
from 1897 until 1908.
Raymond and Miles o. Cannon
owned and operated drug store
from 1916 until 1880.
Lawyers
There have been long success
sion of attorneys in Minneapolis
since Frank Wheaton graduated
from the u. of Mimi. law school in
1890.
In 1891 VIM. R. Morris began
practice; Harvey Burk in 1906;
B. S. Smith, 1907; A. R. Skinner,
-; Gale P. Hilyer, 1915; Geo.
DeVaughnn, Harvey L. Scott, 1916;
Miss L. o. Smith, 1920; Glesner
Fowler, 1920; Homer Cannon, 1923,
and Raymond Cannon, 1881.
VIM. Simmons has been engaged
in the restaurant business in Min
neapolis for the past % years. For
many years he had a restaurant
on the southwest corner of Fourth
Ave. S. and Fifth st. and many
of the city's prominent political
figures ate in his place.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
BAPTISM

Five colored females, converts in
Rev. Hedgeman's colored church,
st. Anthony, were immersed in the
pond below the mills opposite the
paper mill in st. Anthony on Sun
day afternoon. Those whites who
were present making light of the
proceedings should have been ar
rested and dealt with according to
the law.-Mpls. Tribune, May 10.
1870.
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ton of the culprit in this Staying
marked the first criminal action
for a crime in Minnesota. The
story of Bonga's daring exploits
is related by Merle Potter in his
collection of "1O1 Best Stories of
Minnesota"
Bonga has been described by a
contemporary as:
"a thorough gentleman in both
feeling and department and the
blacklist man ever seen. He was
large in frame and in heart, intelli-
gent, and an agreeable talker."
Bonga was born in the vicinity
of Duluth of Negro and Indian
parentage.
Stories have also been told of
runaway Negro slaves who came to
the site of Minneapolis by way of
the underground railway on their
way to Canada and freedom.
The history of Fort Smelling
mentions the fact that as early as
1920 Negroes were brought to. the
fort as slaves by officers sta
toned there. In 1884 a DR.. Emer-
son brought to Fort Smelling his
slave, bred Scott, who 18 years
later won national publicity in the
famous "Dred Scott Decision"
Eight Families Came
The first group of free Negroes
who came to Minneapolis for the
purpose of settling and establish
ing homes for themselves were
eight families who came up the
Mississippi River from Missouri,
Arkansas, and Illinois, and settled
just above St. Anthony Falls. There
were no houses to be rented and
they were housed in the basement
of the "Old Winslow House" and
at Fort Smelling until they could
erect homes. During the ten years
(1857-1867) this small settlement
of Negroes was augmented from
time to time by others. Some of
the free Negroes who were work
ing on Mississippi River steam
boats built or purchased homes and
sent for their families.
Many of the Negroes, who had
deserted the Southern Confederate
army and joined the Minnesota
regiments, came to Fort Smelling
with the troops for discharge from
war and some of them settled at
st. Anthony Falls.
There were also barge-loads of
Negroes who came to st. Anthony
Falls as "Contrabands of War;
under the colonization plan of
President Abraham Lincoln in
which he endeavored to alleviate
the distress of homeless freed
slaves.
In this way the little settlement
of Negroes at st. Anthony Falls
grew rapidly and by 1867 the
Negro population was approx
mately 200.
Is Years of Adjustment
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
RAISING MONEY

The newly enfranchised colored
citizens are circulating a subscrip-
ton paper for the purpose of rails
ing money to defray the expenses
of their proposed celebration in st.
Paul.-Mpls. Tribune, Dec. 20, 1862.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

A petition is being circulated
about the streets praying the legis-
lature to pass an act submitting
to the people an amendment to the
constitution prohibiting the immi-
grafton of Negroes into the State.
st. Paul Daily Press, Feb. 8,
1868.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

The colored people of the city
have made application to the Good
Templar to rent their Lodge room
in Concert Hall in order to hold
religious services once or twice a
week, etc.-St. Paul Daily Press,
Nov. z, 1863.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

The house has passed bill to
continue the Freedmen's Bureau
another year. The Bureau may be
necessary to protect the blacks, but
still, it seems that they ought by
this time, with the assistance of the
military, to be able to take care of
themselves. - Tribune, March 81,
1868.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

whose ages are from to Ia, both
boys and girls. Any person want
ing one or more of said children
can learn full particulars by in
curing of the Boarding House and
Employment Committee of the Y.
M. C. A. of Minneapolis.-Tribu
Feb. 16, 1868.