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VOL. VIII.
FLORENCE, PINAL COUNTY, AKIZONA, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1899.
NO. 31.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS-
' DR. ANCIL MARTIN,
. JYE AND BAR.-Thoenlx, Arizona
.GEO. M. BROCKWAY,
THYSICIAN(AND BURGEON. Office and
A resideuoeat hoslal Florence. Arizona
GEO. SCOTT.
tX'STICK THE PEACE, NDTARi
" Public and Conveyancer, Dudleyville,
" DOCTOR 'MORRISON.
J rHTSTCI N ! SURGEON. All Calls an
' svereir proi.iptly day or night. Resilience
iri ih "iTHi'ld tuilding 5ust book of C. R.
llicheai Co., store, 1'lnrsuee, A. X.
M-. I'. KEIlKMAX,
fc President.
WM.'C'.DAVIS.
Vice-Prcident.
THE
CONSOLIDATED NATIONAL BANK,
Of Turhoa, Arizona.
Capital Paid Up, - -Surplus
and Profits,
Deposits, - - -
50,000
10,000
500,000
Foreign exchange. Cable-aud telegraphic
transfers all over the world.
Aocountsof Individuals, firms and corpora,
tions solicited and their interests earefuHy
looked- after.
B. B. TENNEY, Cashier.
THE
CnderManagement of
, . Dr. GEO, M. BROCK WAY.
Completely Restocked With
Drugs, Patent Medicines,
Toilet Articles, Perfumeries
Blank Books, Stationery, Cigars, Etc.
WOVELTIES ORDERED FROM TIME TO TIME.
,'M M Istairait
''Oppoaite'Toi fr.'.-REXCR Tribusk office
In P. R. Brady, Jrs.f New Building.
First-clats in every resiiect- Meals 35 and 25
et Ladies dim og room.
Corner 7th and Main street
Florence, - - - Arizona.
Elliott House,
(3onth Side Railroad Track.)
' Casa Grande, ' - - Arizona,
W V. ELLIOTT, Proprietor.
First-lass Accommodations" for
"Commercial Travelers and the Gen
eral Public.
' Rooms newly furnished er.d kept neat and
clean. Table sirpplled with the hesttfce mar
f tet affords by an -excellent American cook.
Corner Saloon,
CHAS. W. HARDY, Proprietor,
'Florence, - - - Arizona.
Headquarters for the Gang-
The finest of Wines, Liquors
and Cigars.
i IIGHEA & C
DEALERS IS
General lerclanfee,
Corner Ham and 12Mi streets.
vFlorencB - ' - Arizona.
G. E. AHCULO'S
Meat Market,
Main Street, Florence.
T. nflvsiinalledwithFat Beef, which
-will be furnished customers at the lowest
auIi nricM. We buv for eash and are com
pelled to sell for cash, and will use our best
endeavors to guarantee satisfaction to our
eustomers.
Antonio, Chinaman
DEALER IS
lerctoflise,
Corner 9th and Bailey streets,
Florence. - -. Arizona
mm
mm
General
Florence Hotel,
'L. K. DRAIS, -
PfbDrletor.
Kv,-ly Furnished and Refitted.
Will be run
STRICTLY FIRST .CLASS.
"Table supplied ' it h the best
the market affords.
Elegantly Fr.fnished Ropms
A SDALL UOUK UN A fl WKTMRKTS,
Bar Constantly Supplied With
the Choicest Wines, 'Liquors
' and Cigars.
Patronage-of Commercial men and the gen
eral public respectfully solicited.
The Valley Bank,
PrKENIX. ARIZONA.
Capital, - - - $100,000
Surplus, - - - 25,000
Wit. Chsisty, President.
M. H-Shshm an, Vice-President.
M. W. Uissisqeb, Cashier.
Receive Deposits,
Make Collections,
Buy and Sell Exeasatxje,
Discount Commercial Paper and do a
General Banking Business. Office
Hours, 9 a. m, to 3 p. m.
COBRESPONDEHTS.
American Exchange National Bank. N. Y.
T he Amrln-Cnlirnrnlii nanlr B-
California. '
Am. Exchange Kat'l Bank, Chicago, III.
First National Bank, Los Angeles.
Bank of Arizona, fresco tt. Arizona.
ARIZONA CONSOLIDATED.
Stage and LiTerr Co.
. (iNCOBPO RATED 1892.) --'
DAILY : STAGE
X ETWEES j
Florence tnd Dasa Grande
Livery, Feed &
Sale. Stables
Florence and Casa Granae.
THE ARIZONA NATIONAL BANK,
Or Tuci on, Arizona.
Capital Stock, - - . $50,000
Surplus and Profits, - - 7,500
OFFICERS:
Bsanos M. Jacobs, President.
Thed Fleishman, Vice-President.
Liokel M. Jacobs, Cashier.
i. M. OlutSBY Assistant-Cashier.
Transacts a General Banking Badness.
Makes telegraphic transfers. Draws For
eign and Domestic Bills of Exchange.
Accounts of Individuals. Firms and Cor
porations solicited.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
European Plan.
GEO. H. A.LUHRS, - - Proprietor.
Corner Center and Jefferson Streets
Phoenix, Arizona.
Leading fctmiress and family hotel in Ari
zona. .Located in the buiutf8efeirterf Con
tains oue hundrrdrom.
Tunnel Saloon.
CHOICE WINES,
LIQUOKS
AND CIGARS.
J. C. KEATINC, Proprietor,
Lem Wing Chung
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Groceries
And Notions.
Sell cheap for cash.
Corner 10th and Bailey streets,
Florence - - Arizona,
WATER WANTED.
WHILE MILLIONS OF GALLONS RON
TO WASTE.
What Bocent Government Investigations
Disclose in Regard to Irrigation
Possibilities In Arizona.
Good Indians and Industrious White Hen
Who Are Practically Destitute
for Lack of Water.
An Exceptionally Favorable Opportunity
to Inaugurate the Much-taiked-of
Systsai 01 Federal Irrl
gatUn. From the Los Angeles Times. July 10.
J. B. Lipplncott, the representative in Los
Angeles of the Hydrograpbio Office of the
United States Geographical Survey, fur
nishes The Times the following irrigation
possibilities in Arizona:
"The Gila River Indian reservation Is
situated about eighteen miles south of Phoe
nix, and extends along the Gila River for a
distance of nearly fifty miles. Here are
located the Pima and Maricopa Indiana to
the number of nearly five thousand. These
Indians are known throughout the Terri
tory as 'good Indians.' They have always
been peaceful in their habits, and agricul
tural or pastoral in their pursuits. They
are now cultivating the lands where the
prehistoric races built the now-ruined Casa
Grande and its neighboring canals. Irriga
tion has been practiced in this valley from
prehistoric times. Many ancient ditches can
be traced across the plain, showing evidences
of engineering skill, and testifying to the
fact that large volumes of water were at
one time carried.
"The Plmas and Maricopas have been,
until recently, a self-sustaining nation.
They raise their crops of grain and corn
with a skill equal to that of the whites
The settlers, seeing the results which the In
dians have produced, through the operation
of the desert- land act, brought udder culti
vation much land in the valley of the Gfla,
adjacent to this reservation, and have built
extensive eanals between Florence and the
railioad station of Casa Grande. Under the
provision of the United States law, all land
bought nnder the desert-land act must be
made productive by the application of
water. In order to comply with the provis
ions of this law, the settler was compelled to
make diversions from the Gila River at
points above the Indian reservation. Other
lands we-e taken up under similar coodi-
ioiu onhe upper portion of thel'riia River.
These diversions by the whites quickiy de
prive the Indian of their water supply,
and for the past five years iUt-y have been
left on the desert without water for their
crops and scarcely enough for their horse?.
They are put hi the lKisition of either havii.-g
to steaL starve or be fed as puuiio wards,
and the government has been forced to issue
rations to them and feed them, as it does the
soldiers. Numerous court decisions have
been rendered establishing beyond con
troversy the fact that the Indian has the
prior and the better right to the water, but
the whites have maintained their water
supply despite the dictates of the court.
The development of this newer civilization
has become so extensive that to cut off its
water supply would mean the desolation of
many thousands of acres of fine farms and
orchards. Evidently, thesituatlon is a dim
cult one, and the Indian Bureau is hard
pressed for a proper answer.
In 18S6 an allotment of $3500 was made
from the appropriation for the Indian Office
for a preliminary investigation of the avail
able water supply for these Indians. Mr.
Newell was instructed to make this investi
gation by the Secretary of the Interior, and
be delegated Arthur P. Davis to take the
matter np In the field. The surveys were
necessarily of a preliminary nature, but the
storage possibility of the Gila River was
fully demonstrated. It was shown that this.
stream drained about fifteen thousand
square miles of the high plateau and moun
tain region of Eastern Arizona, and that the
river is remarkable for its exceedingly light
grade. Consequently, the storage possibili
ties of the stream are great. Recommenda
tions wore made by Mr. Davis calling for
further sad more accurate surveys, and In
the spring of 1898 Congress passed a second
appropriation of J20.000 for the completion,
of this investigation. The hydrograpbio de
partment of the Geological Survey was
again delegated as the proper otfii-e to eort-
dnet tlu-se surveys.
'The Ciila RSver derives its source from
the White Mountains in westeroi.Xew Msouco.
and eastern Arizona, whiehrUe to elevations
of from ten to twelve thousand feet. At the
pointwhere It issue from its mountainous
basin, there are over twelve tliuusund
square miles draining through its canons.
The baoki. biis been extensively explored,
and three large reservoir sites located and
surveyed. The capacity of these reservoir
sites has been determined and filings have
been made under the United States laws for
their segregation from the public domain.
At a point known as the Buttes a dam ISO
feet in height above the bed. of the stream
will store enough water to cover 174,000 aores
one feet deep, or, as it is technically ex
pressed, 174,000 acre feet. A dam at this
point would be approximately 300 feet long
at the bed of the stream and 800 feet at its
crest. At Riverside, Ariz., it was found that
a dam KO-feet long at its. base, and approxi
mately 800 feet long on top will store a much-
greater quantity of water, the surveys at
this site being stilt Inoomplete. At San
Carlos, on the Apache Itoservation, the river
passes through a narrow gorge 100 feet
wide, and a dam at this point 150 feet high
would be but 200 feet long at the crest. Such
a dam would store 861,000 acres one foot deep;
"Extensive explorations have been made to
determine the depth of bed rock at each one
of these dam sites. At the Buttes the bed
rock is disappointingly deep, the depths
ranging in the center of the channel from 75
to 124 feet beneath the surface of the stream.
At Riverside the maximum depth on the
axis of the dam is approximately seventy
five feet, while at San Carlos the depth to
bed rock is believed to be substantially less
than at either of the other dam sites.
"The records of the Bow of the Gila River
have bteakept at the, Buttes for a nuiabet
of years, and the estimates of available
water supply are, therefore, based on actual
measurements, not on surmise, Tbeordi
aary flow of this stream la ample to fill the
largest; of these reservoirs, and an the driest
years of which we hare a rseord It baa been
as great as 200,0M aere feet- '
"It will be seen by the above figures that
the possibility of storing water on this
stream ts very great. It la doubtful If it
has any equal in this line among all the
streams of arid America. The Saa Carlos
dam site, particularly, is one of unusnal
merit. The size of the necessary dasa, the
available water supply, the great storage
basin, and the proximity of railroad facili
ties are perfect; while the other two sites
also have features of merit.
"The duty of water in Southern Arizona
i is sreator than in California. For the raie
' lug of the staple crop of alfalfa, a ilxvit- of
, twenty-fonr inches -of if?r 1 lorti'na.-ily
, applied to the land, which is equivalent; u a
j E..w for six months tit one tuimt's toeas4
each three and one-half acres. On this
tiU, the SanCarios site will furnish enough
water to irrigate over 150,000 acres of laud.
If it is aaaumed that each two acres will sup
port one inhabitant, this would permit of a
population of 75,000 souls to be sustained
from this reservoir.
"These figures are more startling when
the fact is realized that at the present time
all of the canals below the San Carlos dam
site are absolutely dry, and that the country
from the Apache Reservation to the mouth
of the Salt River is in a condition of w ithered
drought, with Its inhabitants both white
aud Indian reduced almost to the condition
of abject want. It is estimated that 10,000
acres of land should be Irrigated on the
Gila Indian Reservation in order to relieve
the condition of the Indians. This would
leave over 100,000 acres that could be irri
gated on the public domain. If 100,000 acres
of these public lands could be so irrigated
and being subdivided into forty-aore tracts.'
sold to actual settlers, at the rase of S10 ta
fl5 per acre, the condition of the Indian
would be wholly relieved, and it is probable
the government would be reimbursed for its
entire outlay. In addition to this, a district
offering ideal conditions for Irrigation,
with a soil which is unexcelled, with a
climate that will produce crops in continu
ous rotation, will be mado ta support a
population of 75,000, and will add to the
public wealth of the Territory, on a conser
vative estimate, over 6,000,000."
BOARD OF SUmiVISORS.
Official Proceedings J
Office Boabd of EjrALizATioir,
Flore sc An?., July 6, lSOSr.
The Board met pnrsraTitto adjourn
ment.
1'resent R. Vf, Kersey, chai raian ;
J. P. Maybew and O. V. Cook; tnein
bars, and F, A. Chamberlin, clerk.
Proceedings, ot meeting held Jnly 3rd
were read and upon motion approved-
The Board proceeded to equalize
assessments as by law provided, ior
the year 1899. ,
Upoa motion the Clerk was in
structed to notrf the, following
named persons to appear before tbe
Board on, the 17th day of July, 1893,
and show cause, if ny tkere be, why
the additions to their several assess
ments, indicated should not be istade:
James B. Arthur, raised on value ot
100 acres of land from $125 to $250.
Arizona Stage- Co., raised on un
divided interest in the west 82" feet
of block 105, Florence towtisite,, and
improvements from $75 to $200 ; on of
fice furniture from $20to $40.
Manuel Arvizu, raised on 75- feet
front on Main street by 75 feet deep;
the north 40 feet adjoining- the above ;
3& feet north, of lot 10,. block 5, south
Florence, and improvements, from $240
to $400.
X. Aguirre, raised on cattle from 60
to 75 head.
Harry Argall, added- to list, on
mower, one rake,. one plow and set of
.harness, $80.,
Arujo, Jose, added to list, spring
wngoa $l0,hamfls $N).
Arizona Land and Improvement Co.,
raised on lot 3, block 37, Arizola town
site, from $40 to $70t j
Trinidad Arviru, raised on improve
ments on lot 6, block 2, from $75 to
$150; liquors and merchandise added
to list $50.
' Geo. J. Actons raised on southeast
quarter of section 15i township 9 south,
range 17 east, 160 acres, from $300 to
$480; and southwest quarter-section 14,
township 9 south, range 17 east, 160
acres, from $400 to $480;, and the north
west quarter section 22; township 0
south, range 17 east, 160 acres,, from
$200 to $480 ; and the southwest quarter
of northwest quarter of section 14,
township 0 south," range 17 east, 40
acres, from $100 to $120.
B. J. Aldwinkle, added to list
saddle $15, harness $15, house $50. .
Upon, motion the Board adjourned to
meet to-morrow, at 8 a. m.
R. W. KERSEY",
Attest. Chairman.
F. A. Chambeb&ik, Clerk.
Office Board of Equalization, )
Florence, Ariz., July 7, 1890.J
The Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment..
Present E. W. Kersey, chairman;
J. F. Mayhew and O. F. Cook, mem
bers, and F. A. Chamberlin, clerk.
Proceedings of yesterday were read
and approved.
P. E. Brady, Jr., ordered raised on
the northwest quarter of block 124,
Florence townsite, from $50 to $100,
and improvements from $450 to $550.
Bark & Criswell, ordered raised on
cattle, from 750 head, $9,000, to 1200
$14,400.
J. H. Braly, ordered raised on south
west quarter of section 31, township
4 south, range 10 east, 160 acres, from
$1,050 to $1,600; and sonth west quarter
of northeast quarter sectiuo 29, town
ship 4 so.'th, range 10 east, 40 aores,
from $200 to 400.
Braly, Mrs. M. J., ordered raised on
north half of section 20, township 5,
range 9, 320 acres, from $2,000 to $3,200 ;
and southwest . quarter section 20y
township 5, range 9, 160 acres, from
$1,000 to $1,600.
Bennett, Angelina, ordered raised on
southeast quarter section ft, township
5, range 8, 160 acres, from $1,200 to
$1,600.
' Beard, W. II., ordered raised' on
west half of northwest quarter and
west half of southwest quarter, section
15, township 6, range 9, 160 acres,
from $1,518 to $1,600", iroproweraents on
same from $600 to $1,000; also south
east quarter section, 26-, township 5;
range 8, 160 acres, from $350 to $875.
Bennett, Dolores, ordered raised on
fractional part of northeast quartet ot
northeast quarter of northeast quarter1
section 30, township 6, range 6, fiacres,
from $35 to $60.
Bennett,. CJiaa. P., ordered raised on '
southeast quarter section- H; township
6, range 6, 160 acres, with water right, -$600
to $870.
Rogert & De Golyer,. ordered raised
on cattle head $2W, to head $480.
Bryan, E. B., ordered raised- on?
west half of section 24, township 6,
range 6, 320 acres, and KX acres water
right, from 1 1,375 to $3,420. .
Bayless & Berkslew, ordered raised
on east haii of section 8, tovmBui 10,
range 18, S20 acres, from $640 to $060;
southwest Cjuarter section 9, township
lO.range 18, 160 acres, from $320 to$480 ;
west half of northwest quarter aod
west half of southwest quarter section
27, township 10, range 18, 160 acres,
from $320 to $430?aslhalf of northeast
quarter and east half of southeast quar
ter section 28, township 10,rangel6; 168
acres, from $320 to $480; east half of
northeast quarter section S3, township
10-, range 18, 80' acres, from $160 to
$240; west half of northwest quarter
section 34, township 10,: range 18,80
acres,. $160 to $210-.
Brown & Wills, ordered' raised o
northeast quarter section 22, township
7, range 16, 160 acres, from $320 to $480.
Brandenberg, J. V., ordered added
h to list, improvements on ranch at
Arivaipa-1150.
Branaman, It!. L. ordered raised' on
southwest quarter of section 35, town
Bhip 4, range 14, 160 acres, from $350 to
$480.
Brown,'; J. raised on northeast
quarter and south half of northwest
quarter section 31, township 4, range
10, 240 acres, from $480 to $1200 ;;riorth:
east quarter section 22,' township 7,
range 16, 160 acres, from $320 to $480 ;
northeast quarter of southeast quarter
aod northwest half of northeast quar
ter and southeast quarter of northeast
quarter section 12, township 8, range
16, 160 acres, from $320 to $480 ; west
half of southwest quarter aud south
west quarter of northwest quarter sec
tion 7, township-9, range 17, 120 acres,
from $240 to $360; southeast quarter of
northeast quarter and northwest quar
ter of northwest quarter' section 18;
township 8, range 17, 80 acres, from
$160 to $240; north half of northeast
quarter and northeast quarter of south
east quarter and southeast quarter of
northeast quarter section 19, township
8, range 17, 160 acres, from $320 to
$48Q ;- west half and southwest quarter
of southeast quarter section 2C, town
ship 8 range 17, 360 acres, from $720 to
$1080; east half and west half of north
west quarter section 29, township 8,
range 17, 320 acres, from $640 to' $960;
west half of northwest quarter and
southeast quarter of northeast'quar
ter section 32, township 8; range 17,
120 acres, from $240 to $360; west half
of southwest quarter of southeast quar
ter of south-west quarter and west ba'.f
ot northwest quarter section 33, town'
ship 8-, range 17, 200: acres, from $400
to $600 ;- east half of northwest half,
west half of northeast quarter and
southeast quarter section 4, township
9, range 17, 320 acres, from $640 to'
'$960; east half of southeast quarter;
east half of northeast quarter, north
west quarter of northeast quarter see
Hon 9, township 9, range 9, 200 acre
from $400 to $600; also raised on cattle
from 1600 head $19,200, to 2000 bead
$24,000, J. F. Mayhew voting "no."
Upon tnotioo Board adjourned to
meet to-morrow at 7 a. m.
E. W. KERSEY,
Attest: Chairman'
F. A. Chameerms, Clerlr;
Orrit'K BoAitD or Equalization,
Florence, Ariz., July 8, 1HW.J
The Board met pursuant to adjourn-'
meut. "
Present B. W. Kerery, chairman
J. F. Mayhew and 0. F. Cook, mem
bers, and F. A. Chamberlin, clerk, by'
Thos. Gr. Peyton, deputy.
Proceedings of yesterday werereadr
and' approved.-
Charaleau, Angelina, ordered ruised'
on sou tb west quarter of section 5,'
township 5, range 9, 81 acres, from'
$480' to $810'; northwest quarter of sec-'
tion 7, township 5, range 9', 75 acres,'
from $450 to $750; northeast quarter of
section 7, township 5, range' &V tl9
acres, from $714 to $1190; northwest'
quarter of section 8, township 5, range'
9, 101 acres from $606 to $1010;-north
east quarter of section 8, township fy
range 9, 78 acres, from $468 to $780.
Charaleau, Pedro, ordered raised on'
northeast quarter section 8, township 5;
range 9; 160'acres; from $1280 to $1600;'
west half of northeast quarter section
24, township 10, range 14, 80 acres,
from $160 to $400; west half of southr
east quarter of section 24, township 10,'
range 14, 80 seres, from $100 to $400.
Ghnm, Kin, ordered raised on'
merchandise from $50 to $300.
Clark, J. L., ordered raiked'on'north--'
east quarter of section 15, township 9,'
range 17, 160 acres, from $400 to $480;
southwest quarter of southwest quar
ter section 3, township 9,' range 17, 40
ssvtHpt- rifcarKsr of t!orhwt'
quarter' sec ti-ju K,. tbvrneHip 9,'t-an'gv
17,40 acres, west half of northwest
quarter section 10, township 9, range'
17, 80 acres, from $200 to $480.
Denier, A. J., ordered raised on!
nortit tai'-'o southeast quarter section
31, township 4, range 10, 62 acres.'
from $500 to $620.
Durau, Y. G., ordered raised on stock'
horses 40 head from $125 to $200.
Diistin, Mrs. Emma J'.,- ordered'
raised on improvements of lot 5) block -1,
also of block 1, lot 4, Western Ad-"
ditionFlorence townsite, from $350 to'
$50o:
Draper, Richard, ordered raised on'
cattle 25 head $300, to 60 head $600;'
also added to list possessory right at
Cottobwood $150.
DeNure, B: B., ordered raised on'
southwest quarter of section 20, town-'
ship 6, range 6, 160 acres, from $480 to'
$8007 improvements on same from $100''
to $350.
Day, YT. T., ordered' added- to list'
house and improvements, Casa Grande,'
$250.
Davis,' Geo. .O.,' ordered raised on'
northwest quarter of section 5j town-'
6Tiip 10, range 18, 160 acres, from" $375'
,to $48();' . '
Edoff, J. P., ordered1 ra5wt on north-'
east quarter section 10, township 5,'
range 9, 123 acres, from $!K50 to $14001
English, L. L., ordered raised on im
provements and 10 acres water right,
Beeti'on 23,' from $200 to $250.
Upon motion Board adjourned- to'
meet Monday, July 10, at 7 a. nv,
R. W. KERSEY,
Attest: Chairman.'
F. A, Chamberlin, Clerk',
By Taos; Gv Peyton, Deputy.
It is said that Jack Best, who wasar-'
rested above here some time ago and'
taken to Socorro on the charge of horse
stealing, gave bond on hia arrival at
Socorro and was immediately appointed;
as a deputy sneriK for Socorro county.-
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