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mM&MtemmmMmsMaiMmmmB& ' t t- Territorial Libraiy 'ft ! 'I I VOL. XIII. FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, THURSDAY,, AUGUST 6, 1896. NUMBER 48 She Coconino HmMji &M w f Modest Boast Mr. Thackeray once wrote these wise words: " There is no harm in being respected in this world, as I have found out; and if you-don't brag a little for yourself, depend on it there is no j)crson of your acquaintance who will tell the world of your merits and take the trouble off your hands." It is in a similar spirit that we venture from time to lime in this space to tell you how well wc think we can supply your wants in the lumber line and how much less wc have to charge for it than others. JOOOOOOOOOOOC The Prices oooooooooooo THEARIZONA LUMBER & TIMBER CO., FLAGSTAFF NO WHISKBRS! News without whiskers for Arizona in the LOS ANGELES TIMES Red Hot News. Full Wire Service. Very Friendly to Arizona. Clear and Vigorous. Largest Paper on the Coast. 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ARIZONA. WEEK OR MONTH. .CHAS. A. KELLER, Rpoi-IETO. CANDIES, NOTIONS, TOBACCO, STATIONERY, CI6ARS, . ING, Flagstaff HaB the Pleasure of Meeting a Neighbor. A Golden Opportunity to Moke a Million and Get Prestige In ( Two Worlds. Flagstaff folks had an introduction to tlio inhabitants of Mars lost Thurs day ovouiug. ., The Martians aro pleasant people, intellectual and peculiarly congenial to us Arizonans. Mars is almost one grand Arizona without the canyons or mountains or Flagstaff. They could give us cards and spades and big aud little casino ou deserts, and then beat us. They have deserts bigger than our North aud South" America, and flatter thai) thin mud pounded down. Furthermore, they knew bow to make the desert blossom as the rose, though the roses are blue instead of Ilko ours. This fact was ascertained beyond question, in the following way: All deserts are good for is toblossotii like roses. The deserts of Mars have have "a bluish-grceu" vegetation. The greet) of course is the leaves, therefore the blue is the roses. Therefore they have blue roses on Mars. We of Arizona should feel distinctly friendly to those new acquaintances tif ours, for they are liable to give us some valuable pointers in tho way of irrigation. Already wo have learned something. The proper way to irrigate is to ruu canals, diverging from the poles to the equator, tapping the inciting snows of the polar regions. The canals should be all a uniform distauce apart, and bo under one grand man agemuut. This Arizona should do. Tho territory should forthwith auutil all corporation aud farmers' canals, and gu in ou the Martian plan Buckey O'Neill can furnish any little ideas that may-be- lacking ou linw-to accomplish it, in the way of raising money from tho government and of condemning existing canals. All being iu readiness, the Mars system could bo introduced iu Arizona., FLAGSTAFF TO HIE RKSCUE. We could, of course, caual straight through from the North Polo down here, through tho Rocky sslem of Canada aud Colorado aud all up that way, but right here Flagstaff could come to tho rescue aud save that trouble. Now, what is the matter withdraw ing ou our San Francisco peaks for melting suows? They would assure plenty of gravity for the cauals. Thoy could all have their head up there, divergiug in every direction. Flag staff would ccmo iu for the expendi ture of it lino share of Bucket's gov ernment funds, in tho excavating of the cauals. It should take to make say a dozen or a score of canals, starting north, cast, south and west from the peaks, for tho distance tribu tary to Flagstaff, say $1,000,000. Think of $1,000,000 iu the coffers of Flagstaff! Please, Buckey, let us have it right nwaj ! Furthermore, Arizona 'could make tho desci t blossom with roses. Again, ruch a move would make Flagstaff solid with tho Martians. No doubt they aro anxiously looking this way to detect somo signs of intelligence iu us. When they saw a system of canals like their owu aud all diverging from oue point, and near that point n hand some town among tho pines, they would at ouco conclude that in that town were tho only intelligent people on earth. Aud if they had any pointers to give, naturally thoy would give them to Flagstaff. In tho event of regular communication being established, all dispatches would be dated Mars, via Flagstaff, Arizona. That would give us prestige iu this world, too. There would bo a distinction to be known all over tho two worlds. Perhaps, too, throogb our observa tory here, Flagstaff may become a conimuuicating point for all space, as well as Mars but we forbear, possi bly this is too fond a hope. The Sun modestly suggests to our city dads that now is the flood in the lido of tho affairs of Flagstaff, and they should get out their boat and ride on tho topmost wave. All there is to 'do is just co-operate with Buckey and get those government bonds, and put Martian canals in Arizona. It means -H a million for Flagstaff, more thunder for the populists, aud last but not least" blue roses for Arizona. SIR. LOWELL ON MARS. Mr. Lowell's lecture on "Other World than Ours," embraced just our next door neighbors of the sky only a few million or hundred million miles away the planets of our own system. Naturally, greatest interest attached to Mars.'' Mars, be said, is without doubt in habited. The Martians are a people of high intelligence, mathematicians of the finest order and of unknown form. Their shape may be like our own, but if so it ij wholly a coincidence, and a strange one at that. They may look like Palmer Cox's brownies for all we know, or have eyes iu the back of their hoads, or be fitted out with wings. The cauals run from pole to pole, with laterals at regular intervals. At the juuetious of canals aro patches of vegetation different from the rest of the planet, twenty or thirty miles across.. The lines seen are not canals, but vegetation tributary thereto. The finest lines that could be seen would bo fifteen miles wide. This, of course, is impracticable for the cauals proper. Mars is level. When they want to tako in auy flue scenery they must look to our own earth for it. Thoy can take iu the Grand Canyon at one glance, and have no doubt raved of its wonders and envied us Flagstaff folks. Thoy have deserts so big that our our Sahara or little Arizona are tho one a "patch work," the other iufiu- itismal in comparison. Probably they could give tales of men lost aud per ished ou the desert that would make our owu reports of bleached bones and griuuing skulls of a few prospectors aud picked to bits by the buzzards and coyotes, mere incidents by way of comparison. The atmosphere ou Mars is very thin far thinner than ou tho tup of the Sau ,Fra'ucIsco peaks. Flagstaff people are used" tobfealfflug"" a nignt air, but could they drop down in Mars they would pant worse than a Phoe nician would on our peaks. Iu fact, he would have to take along a reser voir of our atmosphere, or at least have his bicycle pump aloug. Although the new 24-inch telescope is up aud pointed at the firmament, Mars is not yet favorable for behold ing. He is far off, but coining this way. Iu two or three months he will be near enough to merit close iupec tiou. Then somo ucw and startling discoveries with the the big glass may be expected from Mr. Lowell and staff. H. The Distance to Moqul Crawling slowly along towards the Canyon is a heavy wagon loaded with five campers aud their paraphernalia. The party bad uooned at Cedar Springs and pulled out again with tired horses. They felt confident tbey had covered halt the distauce to Moqul, but to make sure "asked a passiug traveler. "It-is just niuc miles to Moqul," he auswered. "I thought so," remarked tho driver. But here comes another traveler, and of course he must be asked. "To Moqul? Let mc see. Moqui lies just twelve miles distant." "Oh. come off? It isu't'that far? "That's right, gentlemen. Just twelve miles from that beud youdcr." Some tore their hair, some guasbed their teeth, while the driver nlono was calm and collected. Dear reader, I would prefer to modify the talc, but must record the truth. And a third traveler hove in sight, and the driver asked, in bushed voice, how many miles to Moqui, aud amid deathless silence awaited the reply. "You sec that tree with the branches on it? From that tree to Moqui is seventeen miles and a half." With pale face and curly hair the driver dragged ou the now unconscious tourists. Around tho hill the outfit crawled, and behold, there was Moqui. O what liars there are in this world! President Garland has given out tho statement that little difficulty is now apprehcuded in settling the right of way question through the Indian reser vation and that construction work will commeuce on the line of the G. V. G. & N. in September and the road com pleted half way from Geronlmo to Globe by the end of the present year. Gua'vdiau. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Bumor of an Extra Session Congress. of How the Labor Unions Are Golag to Bolt Debato on the Money Question Want Information on the Money Question. ritoM ocn nEOULAii conREsronDEHT.1 Washington, D. C, July 31, 1896. Ono of the most interesting rumors of the week was that saying President Cleveland bad fully made up his mind about Cuba aud intended to call an extra sessiou of Congress in September to act upon bis recom mendations ou that subject. This rumor was extensively discussed by tho politicians of all parlies, and quite a number of them expressed the opin ion that there was probably some thing iu it. While opinion differs as to what would be the effect of calling an extra session of Congress just as the presidential campaign gets into full swiug, to act on the Cuban ques tion, it is practically unanimous as to tho object that would be behind such an act ou tho part of the president to detract public attention from tho silver question by a war scare or even an actual war. Although about one half of his cabinet are incliued to sup port Bryan, it is known that President Clevolaud is anxious to see him de feated, aud that tho only reason his opposition has not yet been publicly shown is that he Is not yet decided in what way he can act to be sure of do ing him the most harm. It is because they kuow of this feeling on the part of Mr. Cleveland that the politicians have given serious attention to this Cuban extra sessiou rumor. Whether au extra session of Con gress would authorize tho absolute recognition of the independence of Cuba, and. whether, jf. it.djd, that recognition would result in Spain de claring war with the United States, and, iu case of war, which political party would be most benefitted, are all questions upon which much cau be said, and about which nobody could be certain. The republicans are very positive in their belief that a war scare or a war would keep them the must. Tho difficulty of getting at how any particular class of meu aro going to vote this year is strikiugly illustrated by interviews with General Secretary John W. Hayes, of the Knights of Labor, and President George W. Mey er, of the Journeymen Stoue-Cutters Association of North America. Mr. Hayes says that organized labor will voto for Bryau and tho free coinage of labor will vote for McKinley and pro tection. Both of those gentlemen oc cupy positions which should enable them to keep posted on the treud of sentimeut in the ranks of organized labor, yet they express opinions di rectly antagonistic. If negotiations now under way are successful, a scries of most interesting joint debates ou tho money question ever held in this country will be a fea ture of this campaign, but tho success of the negotiations are not regarded as probablo by many people iu Wash ington. Tho names mentioned by the negotiators arc Bryan, Senators Vest, Teller, Allen aud Morgan, and cx-Cou-gressmau Warner of Ohio, Williams of Illinois aud Governor Stone of Missouri on tho part of the silver men, and McKinley, cx-Prcideut Harrisou, Spoakcr Reed, Senators Sherman, Alli son aud Lodgo ou thu part of the gold standard men. The requests for official information on the silver question received by the Treasury Department hare grown so numerous that it was impossible for clerical force to answer them with in dividual letters, so a circular has been prepared, which Treasury officials say answers as many of the questions asked as it is possible to answer, and will be sent in reply to all inquirers. The writers of most of these inquiries do not seem to be inspired by partisan motives, but by au houest desire to get at the truth about present fiuanclal system. Outwardly the republicans maintain their confidence of winning, but among themselves they admit that it will re quire the hardest sort of work to do it. Thoy uow realise that while tbey bad WHY Be bothered with Inferior goods when jou cau get a first-class article if only yon will call for it. LEVI STRAUSS & CO'S CELEBRATED COPPER RIVETED OVERALLS AMD SPRING BOTTOM PANTS Are made of the best materials. Sewed with the best threads. 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Although there are lots of other sort of talk, those best informed iu all par tics believe that McKinley will carry tho entire cast, and that Bryau will carry the south aud the extreme west, tearing the middle west to determine whether McKinley and the gold stand ard shall prevail, or Bryan and the free coinage of silver came out ou top. Carefully golug over all sorts of avail able information it becomes apparent tuat if the voting was to be done now instead of three mouths hence, the result wouldbe in doubt, with the cbaucs slightly in favor onmver Three months is a long time, and great changes in sentiment may take place before election day. The storm of last Sunday, according to tlie Sun's veracious informants was not just a common, evcry-day rain storm, but had other and more excit ing elements. From the authority aforementioned there was hail, big hail aud plcuty of it. To the west of town it was "seven inches deep" or was it seven feet? It melted and a slight washout on the Arizona Cen tral were among the results. To the east of town, five miles out, some reli able citizens of Flagstaff wcro out hunting hours. The bail that fell there was no little granulated stuff, of a hundred to the handful. It was big. and heavy, aud pelted down from the sky in a manuer that made the reli able citizens look out for themselves instead of their horses. Some of tho hailstones that fell tbey say not all, but some were "as largo as their Osts aud as clear as crystal." The August "Laud of Sunshine ' maintains the high standard which has come to be expected of the famous Southern California monthly. It con tains poetry by John Vance Cheney and Charlotte Perkins Stetson, and a striking story by Miss Lillian Corbett Barnes, of Pasadena. Mr. Chas. F. Luramis contributes an entertaining article on the subject of the the auto graph cliff, El Morro, in New Mexico, where some of the early Spanish visitors to America wrote their names and adventures. An interesting arti do on thq.vaquero is contributed by Flora Haines Loughcad, of Santa Bar bara. There are numerous other inter esting features to the August number, which is elegantly illustrated through out. K. . Watson and E. Kiehl, two bicyclists, from Prescott, are making the trip to the Grand Canyon this week. Bucblen's Arnica Salve. Tho best salvo in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped bands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to girc perfect satis faction or money refunded. Price, 25 cents per box. For sale by D. J. Bran nen, Flagstaff, Arizona.. -&., i. "JL fcv&AAs?'.....