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THE FLORENCE TRIBUNE
By CHAS. D. REPPT.
ONLY PAPER IN PINaCcOUNTY.
FLORENCE. ARIZONA. OCTOBER 29. 189.
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Entered at the Florence post office as
ecnnd class matter.
The prospects of Florence are grow
ing brighter day by day. Ia addition
to the mininff boom that is upon "us
comes the news conveyed in the letter
from Re. I. T. Whittemore (printed
5n another column) which assures the
building of the San Carlos dam by the
government. With the question of
supplying1 the Indians with water,
there is now no opposition to the pro
ject, even from those who oppose gov
ernment ownership and control on
general grounds.
The Phoenix Euterprise says : Gen.
J. F. Wilson left on Friday evening for
San Carlos, and from there be will go
some miles below the Indian agency
on the Gila, to examine the reservoir
cite recently acquired by the govern
ment. The government has accepted
that site in preference to the Butte reser.
voir sit, because the bedrock is nearer
4he surface and the walls of the canyon
re closer together, and will only neces
Bitate the building of a dam ninety feet
in width, thus materially diminishing
he cost of construction.
The Tbibcse has never for one mo
ment weakened on Florence, and is
now beginning to realize that it is
destined in the near future to become
a city second to none in the territory.
Its great natural advantages have ever
been apparent to ns, but it has been
up-hill work to impress the fact upon
the outside world, with the "knockers"
and slanderers to contend against,
Men with capital have been driven
away from Florence by these back
biters, but now the light is breaking,
and ereatnres of that kind will soon be
things of the past and forgotten.
A Good recipe for making a town
.grow is given by the Fresno Repnbli
-can. "What a town in a new coun
try needs," it 6ays, ''is inhabitants,
especially inhabitants of the better
class, who own homes, raise families
and develop industries. One of the
best ways to attract such inhabitants
is to offer them a town fit for them to
live in. Good schools for their chil
dren, good social life for themselves,
and decent moral conditions, as a
safeguard to the next generation, are
a better attraction to decent immigra
tion than all the 'liveliness' of vice in
the world. Given these things, and
either low taxes, or higher taxes with
something to show for them, and any
well-located city will grow and pros
per." - The Orange Judd Farmer, pnblished
by Herbert My rick, a man known all
over the country as an able champion
of the interests of the Eastern farmer,
speaking of toe Missoula Irrigation
Coneress, says editorially :
"Let it proclaim In stentorian tones:
Annex arid America; create an inland em
pire ont of the now arid West. . . . Orange
Judd Farmer fully sympathize! with the
high purpose and desires of the enterprising
arid West, and looks to the irrigation con
gress to unite all these interests in an irre
sistible movement for the general welfare.
In this purpose is Indissoluble bound up the
future good, not only of the arid West, but
of the whole country."
. And the Farmers' Voice, of Chicago,
ODe of the leading agricnltural journals
of the central prairie region, edited by
W. H. Burke, who has given the sub
ject careful thought and frequent
editorial comment, says, in August
last:
"Concerning the duty of the government
to act in the matter of storage reservoirs
there can be no doubt."
Mr. Sims Ely, secretary of the Hud
son Reservoir company, read a care
fully prepared paper before the Agri
cultural Society in Phoenix last week
in which he said :
Mr. Newell and hit able assistants have
reached the conclusion that probably the
maximum acreage in Arizona for which
there is water available, one year with an
other, is approximately 2,030,000, and our
own exhaustive investigation of the ques
tion of water supply supports this conclu
sion. It is folly, therefore, to predicate any
policy not based on these facts. At least
one great reservoir for this territory is al
ready assured, (meaning the Hudson reser
voir) and the indications are that private
capital will have two others under way in
the near future. In addition to this, it is
almost a certainly that the government will
construct a reservoir on the Gila for the
benefit of the Indians, in the first instance,
but from which a multitude of white
settlers will likewise benefit. It would
seem, therefore, that the people of Arizona
ure not called upon to wrangle over the
question as to which is the best policy for
the nation to adopt. Much as we are in
terested in the prosperity of the arid re
gions generally, Arizona has first claim on
our attention, and facts Justify the asser
tion that the people of the territory are to a
large extent working out their own salva
f iuh in the matter of storage.
SAN CARLOS DAM.
J. B. Lippincott's Report Now Com
pleted. He Will Recommend a Dam at San Carlos,
which is an Ideal Location.
Interesting Letter from Rev. I. T. Whit
temore on the Subjeot.
1'asadexa, Cal., Oct. 23.
Friend Reppt: I have good news
for you, and through the Tribune for
all the Pima and Papago Indians and
settlers in the Gila valley. On Mon
day, the 10th, I called on Mr. J. B.
Lippincott at his office In Los Angeles,
and he informed me that his report to
the U. S. Geological Burvey is about
ready for the type writer and he will
soon leud me a copy.
I noted these important facts : The
Butte dam would cost (2,600,000 and
would impound 170,000 acre feet and
cost $12 to the acre foot. The site that
he will recommend near Sen Carlos
will store 240,000 acre feet and will
cost but $1,000,000, but $4 per acre
foot. The front of the dam will be on
a radius of 300 feet. It will be 130 feet
high, 90 feet wide at the. water level and
6i7 at the top. It is the most feasible
of all the siteB surveyed.
Hon. Wm. B. Allison, chairman of
the Senate Committee on Indians
affairs at Washington, said to me, "Mr.
Whittemore, If I could be assured that
the dam at the Buttes could be erected
for $2,244,000, according to the report
of Arthur P. Davis, I would do all in
my power to recommend it; but I be,
lieve it will cost two or three times
that sum." When the report of Mr.
Lippincott is printed and presented to
him be will no doubt be astonished,
and he is in duty bound to abide by
his word. The report will be clear and
exhaustive. I shall remind him of his
words and he cannot do otherwise
than recommend an appropriation, in
all probability of $500,000, to be avail
able from its passage through Con
gress, and this will give an opportunity
for the Geological Survey -under Mr.
F. D. Newell to commence work next
March, and if a second appropriation
for the same sum is passed by Congress
a year later, I see not why the dam
cannot be built and in running order
in 2 or at farthest in 3 years. I pro
pose to copy more largely as soon as
the report comes into my hands and
then urge every member of Congress,
in advance, that when it is printed be
give his vote and use his best endeavors
to have the appropriation, proposed,
carry. This report of Mr. Lippincott,
with the facts and figures presented
by Col. J. F. Wilson in the last issue of
th e Tf.ibusk, should be an Unanswer
able argument to secure the storage of
water to save the 0,000 Inoians from
poverty and want, or to be supported
by government at a cost of $250,000 per
annum, which is but about $30 per
capita.
Hon. M. A. Smith has my deepest
sympathy in the overwhelming loss he
has sustained in the death of bis estim
able and accomplished wife. She was
the peer of the best ladies in society in
Washington, a woman of more than
ordinary attainments and brilliant
talents. - I. T. W.
WORD3 OF WISDOM.
What Prominent Men Had to Say on the
Silver Question.
Hume, the historian, spoke in pro
phetic words of the effects of the
demonetization of silver when he said :
"A nation whose money decreases
is, at times, weaker and more miser
able than another nation which pos
sesses no more money, but is on the
increasing hand. Falling prices and
iniserv nd destruction are inseparable
comp. jns. The disasters of the Dark
Ages were caused by decreasing money
and falling prices. With the increase
of money, labor and industry gather
new life.
"We find that in every kingdom into
which money begins to flow in greater
abundance than formerly everything
takes a new face; labor and industry
gain life ; the merchant becomes more
enterprising; the manufacturer be
comes more diligent and skillful ; even
the farmer follows his plow with
greater alacrity and attention."
Sir Archibald Allison, in 1853, fol
lowing the precious metal discoveries
in California and Australia, said :
"The two greatest events that have
occurred in the history of mankind
have been directly brought about by a
contraction, and, on the other hand, an
expansion of the circulating medium
of society.
"The fall of the Roman empire, so
long ascribed in ignorance to slavery,
egotism, and moral corruption, was in
reality brought about by a decline in
the silver and gold mines of Spain and
Greece. And, as if Providence had
intended to reveal in the clearest
manner the influence of this mighty
agent on human affairs, the resu rrec
tion of mankind from the ruin which
those causes had produced was owing
to a directly opposite set of agencies
being put in operation.
' "Columbus led the way in the career
of renovation. When be spread bis
sails across the Atlaotic, he bore mun-
kind and its fortunes in bis bark. The
annual supply of the precious metals
for the use of the globe was tripled,
Before a century had expired, the
price of every species of Drodnce was
quadrupled. The weight of debt and
taxes insensibly wore off under the in
fluence of that prodigious increase."
Senator Shermau used the following
language in a speech in 1876, July 11:
"The enormous effect of the law in
Germaoy and as a consequence the
partial demonetization of silver coins,
I suppose is felt by every man, woman
and child who buys or sells anything.
A struggle for the possession of gold
at once arose between the great
nations; because anybody could see
that if $3,200,000,000 of silver coin were
demonetized and $3,500,000,000 of gold
coin made the solo standard, it would
enormously add to the value of gold,
and the Bank of France, the Bank of
England and the Imperial Bank of
Germany at once commenced grasping
for gold in whatever form. Therefore,
what we have observed recently is not
so much a fall of silver as it is a rise
of gold, the inevitable effect of a fear
of the demonetization of silver."
President Harrison's message of
December, 1890, thus referred to the
Sherman act:
"The increased circulation secured
by the act has exerted and will con
tinue to exert a most beneficial influ
ence upon business and upon general
values. The enlargement of our cur
rency by the silver bill undoubtedly
gave an upward tendency to trade and
had a marked effect on prices ; but this
natural and desired effect of the silver
legislation was by many erroneously
attributed to the new tariff act."
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Talks With Traveler.
From the Los Aneeles Exnress.1
Hon. W. R. Stone, for several terms
district attorney of Pinal county, Ariz.,
and repeatedly defeated for the same
office by aspiring democrats, is regis
tered at the Hollenbeck.
"We are hoping that Congress at its
next sitting will so arrange its affairs
that we can have a good sized sum set
ovrr for the construction of the dam at
the Buttes, about 12 miles from F or
euce," said Mr. Slooe, "as this is es
sential to our continued prosperity.
This dam will impound a body of
water so great that at the lowest cal
culation it will irrigate almost 300,000
acres of the fertile land in the Casa
Grande valley."
In commenting upon the location of
this dam, Mr. Stone said: "An amount
has been set aside by the department
of the interior to build a road of ap
proach. This is almost finishei and
will permit the government to take
advantage of the deep soundings that
the department has made to bedrock.
These deep soundings in every instance
have proved most satisfactory. The
point to be dammed is in the center of
the Gila river that flows in the pass
G. G. McNAMARA & Co.
ASSAYERS.
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEERS
AND METALLURGISTS.
Old Gold and Bullion Bought.
Purchasers of high grade Gold and Copper
ores in lots not less than 100 pounds.
Corner Main and 8tb streets,
Florence,
KIRT L.
-dealer
General Sporting Goods,
Tucson, Arizona.
Kodaks and Supplies, Typewriter, Biey
cles and Bicycle Sundries. Gun
and Bicycle repair work.
&ny ly hi Hi igr-cy tjj ijj iy
Si -o. .o. A iG i&x .o. ,p, Pi . - Os - ;ft - - a:gii
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SPINAS &
Hardware
Florence,
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Keep everything needed by the Miner, the
Farmer, Freighter, the Mechanic
and by anybody else.
,jj Walter S. Logan,
Charles M. Demond
' Marx E. Harby,
1 Norton Chase,
Fred. C. Eanford.
Law Offices of
LOGAN, DEMOND & HARBY,
27 William Street,
New York.
between elevations known as tha Twin
Buttes. Nature seems to have carved
out this natural site for a dam, and to
have caused the river to flow through
it as a guide board to man. The back
water that will be created by this dam
will extend for miles and miles up ths
Gila river and into the borders of New
Mexico, and thus will be an endless
source of use at the moment when the
moisture for crops in most desired.
"To those who have never studied
this question of irrigation on the desert
lands," continued Mr. Stone, "the
statement that the greatest crops are
grown during the heat of summer
would appear as a paradox. Still, this
is true. We grow the greatest crops
of alfalfa, with sufficient' moisture,
that are harvested on the face of the
earth. We cut 7 crops a year, and
these average a ton to the acre. After
this our feed is green during the entire
winter and animals are continuously
pastured. The cacti covered and
creosote or greasewood lands come in
to cultivation and are crop producing
in less than 9 months. As a farming
proposition this has no equal, and this
has been discovered by those who
want homes. None know the fruitfu-
nless of our soil until it has water and
a plow to arouse its capabilities. With
us it is not the question of having
sufficient rainfall. The problem is re
duced to that of storing what is annual
ly precipitated. We also pray for
statehood, but our knees are through
our overalls and our prayers remain
unheard or unheeded."
A Presidential campaign is a very
simple matter in Mexico, where Diaz
is the whole thing and popular voting
a roaring farce.
Wanted Twenty freight teams to
haul from Casa Grande to the Ray
mine. Steady work. Will pay $12 per
ton. Apply to Shields & Price, Flor
ence. 3t.
PEARS! PEARS1!
Those who may be wising nice Bart
lett peara for family use can have them
from my orchard, properly packed,
marked and delivered to the stage line's
office at Mesa, at $1 per box, 40 pounds
net.
tf Geo. Schornick.
"I wish to express my thanks to the
manufacturers of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, for
having put on the market such a
wonderful medicine," says W. W.
Massingill, of Beaumont, Texas.
There are many thousands of mothers
whose children have been saved from
attacks of dysentery and cholera in
fantum who must also feel thankful.
It is for sale by Brockway's Pharmacy.
Arizona.
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MONTANO,
Merchants,
Arizona.
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Represented In Ari- ,
zona by Hon. Norton fe
Chase, Adams Hotel, ?
IPhoenix. 5 .
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Florence Hotel,
L. K. DBMS, Proprietor.
Newly Furnished and Refitted.
Will be run
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS.
Table supplied with the best -the
market affords.
Elegantly Furnished Rooms
AND ALL MODERN APPOINTMENTS,
Bar Constantly Supplied With
the Choicest Wines, Liquors
and Cigars.
Patronage of Commercial men and the gen
eral public respectfully solicited.
The Valley Bank,
PHENIX. ARIZONA.
Capital, - - - $ 100,000
Surplus, - - 25,000
Wm. Chbibtt, President.
M. H.ShbbuaX, Vice-President.
M. W. Messihokb, Cashier.
Receive Deposits,
Make CoUections,
Bay and Sell Exchange,
Discount Commercial Paper and do a
General Banking Business. Office
Hours, 9 a. m, to 3 p. m.
COEBE8P01CDKSTB.
American Exohansre National Bank, N. Y.
The Anglo-Calif ornia Bank, San Francisco,
California.
Am. Exchange Nat'l Bank, Chicago, 111.
First National Bank. Los Angeles.
Bank of Arizona. Prescott, Arizona.
ARIZONA CONSOLIDATED
Stage aifl Livery Co.
(incorporated 1892.)
DAILY : STAGE
between;
Florence ?nd Casa Grande
Livery, Feed &
Sale Stables
Florence and Casa Cranae.
THE ARIZONA NATIONAL BANK,
Of Tucson, Arizona.
Capital Stock, - - - 50,000
Surplus and Profits, - - 7,500
OFFICERS:
Babbom M. Jacobs, President.
Fbkd Fleishman, Vice-President.
Lionel M. Jacobs, Cashier.
I. M, Obksbt Assistant-Cashier.
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Makes telegraphic transfers. Draws For
eign and Domeatic 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; cosiness and family hotel in Ari
zona. Located in the business center Con
tains one hundredroems. -
Tunnel Saloon.
CHOICE WINES,
LIQTTOKS
AND CIGARS.
J. C. KEATINC, Proprietor.
Lem Wing Chung
DEALER IN
And Notions.
Sell cheap for cash.
Corner 10th and Bailey streets,
Florence Arizona.
Antonio, Chinaman
DEALEB IN '
Corner 9th and Bailey streets,
Florence. Arizona.
DrrMs
Grocer
General
maiaise
PROFESSIONAL CARDS-
DE. ANCIL MARTIN,
JTK AND EAR. Phoenix, Arizona
GEO. M. BEOCKWAY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office bud
residence at hospital Florence. Arizona
GEO. SCOTT.
JUSTICE OR THE PEACE, NOTARY
Public and Conveyancer, Dudleyvillr,
A.T
DOCTOE MOEEISON.
I JHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. All Calls an
swered promptly day or night. Residence
in th Guilds building just back of C. R,
MicheaA Co., store, Florence. A. T.
J. N. MORRISON AND W. H. GRIFFIN,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW.
Real Estate and Mining- Bureau. Of
fice In Weedin Building. Main Street. Bus),
ness promptly attended to. Florence, Ari
zona. U. P. FREEMAN,
President.
WM. C. DAYIS,
Vice-President,
THE
CONSOLIDATED NATIONAL BANK,
Or Tooon, Arlxoaa.
Capital Paid Up, - - $ 50,000
Surplus and Profits, - 10,000
Deposits, - - - - 500,000
Foreign exchange. Cable and telegraphlo
transfers all over the world.
Accounts of individuals, firms and corpora,
tions solicited and their Interests carefully
looked after,
H. B. TENNEY, Cashier,
JUAN SOLIS,
Watchmaker
and Jeweller.
In the Keating Building, ad.
joining the Drug Store.
Vocal and Instrumental Music Lesson)
Given.
the
Under Management of
Dr. GEO. M. BR0CKWAY.
Completely Restocked With
Drugs, Patent Medicines,
Toilet Articles, Perfumeries
Slank Books, Stationery, Cigars, Etc
NOVELTIES ORDERED FROM TIME TO TIME.
All Lee's jjesiairaiit
Opposite The Florence Tbibune office
In P. R. Brady, Jr's., New Building.
First-class in every respect. Meals 35 and 2$
eta. Ladies dining room.
Corner 7th and Main street
Florence, - - Arizona
IGlliott House,
(South Side Railroad Track.)
Casa Grande, - - Arizona,
W V. ELLIOTT, Proprietor.
First-class Accommodations for.
Commercial Travelers and the Gen
eral Public.
Rooms newly furnished und kept neat and
clean. Table supplied with the best the mar,
ket affords by an excellent American eook
Corner Saloon,
CHAS. W. HAEDY, Proprietor.
Florence, ... Arizona.
Headquarters for the Gang.
The finest of Wines, Liquors
and Cigars.
C. R. MICHEA & CO.,
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DEALERS IN
Corner Main and 12th streets.
Florence!
Arizona.
G. E. AHCULO'S
Meat Market,
Main Street, Florence.
Is constantly supplied with Fat Beef, which,
will be furnished customers at the lowest
cash prices. We buy for cash and are com.
pelled to sell for cash, and will use our best
endeavors to guarantee satisfaction to out)
customers.
Florence
Piancy
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