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VOL. IX.
FLOKESCE, PIXAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, MAY 2G, 1900.
NO. 22.
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I haTC just returned from San Fr-MipNeo, whore 1 bought a largo ami
1 . well wloctcii stock of S
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execute orders on shortest possible notice. "
Our Milling Department is unsur
passed and we guaiantee satisfaction in all
our manufactured work, which includes all
kinds oi Redwood or Pine Tanks.
We invite correspondence and the ob
taining or our prices before you purchase
elsewhere.
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Corner Washing ton and First streets,
PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
The largest and most complete stock of
Clothing, Hats, Boot3 and Shoes
.in the Territory. '
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FIGHTING FOR WATER.
Colorado and Kansas Irrigation Interests
Clash The Flow of the Arkansas
Rivar the Bone of Ccn-
tention.
After years cf threatening, the Sup
reme Court of the United States is to
ba asUed to deci le tl9 case of Kansas
against Colorado in the ma-tter of the
dirersions of the Arkansas River iD
tho latter State. Tins river in Kansas
flows through some thirteen utmnties,
fording a valley of 2,500,000 acres,
almost as rieh as the valley of the Kile.
The claim, made is that Colorado has
diverted so much of the wate;- of the
river as to seriously damage Kansas
farmers.
Comuisnticg upah this- litigation
tioaheween the two states, Mr. V. H.v
Newell, havinjj charge of the irriga
tion surveyings of the Geological
Survey, made some interesting re
marks. "That trouble would socniir
or later ensne," Mr, Newell said, "be
tween thebe twd states over water
rig-hts, has been for a long time
evident to people familiar with the
condition affecting them. A number
of years ago the Geological Survey
undertook some important surveys of
Colorado with a viei" to determining
the perennial water supply ol its rivers
and its capacity for water storage.
The rivers heading in Colorado furnish
a vast water supply and the sites
available for reservoirinj tho flood
waters of these streams are very
numerous. . Oar work enabled us to
locate and survey c lare number of
such sites, but there are hundreds cf
others, nl through 'ritfht in the midst
of the work of making these surveys,
were cut off through lack of ap
propriation. ...
COSTLY LITIGATION.
"Very expen&ive litigation is likely
to result from this attempt of Kansas to
compel Colorado to slop itsiug water,
and I think when they -get through
with it, they will be just about where
they are to-day. I cannot but think
that if this expense conld ba devoted
to the continuation of the work upon
which the government surveyors were"
engaged some years ago, a deliuite
knowledge would be obtaiued as to
the possibilities of supplying both
States with a water supply qu a
business basis.
"I" the floods of the rivers flowing
though thc-so States were properly eon
ed in storage reservoirs there
would hi enough water to supply all
the lands at .present under irrigation,
and 10 vastly increase the irrigated
area, whereas cow there is a scant and
unreliable supply even for that land
which is said to be 'under irrigation.' "
"How would a proper distribution
of water between the two States be
effected, if all the water possible
should be stored?"
"It would necessarily have to be
through ,scms third disinterested
party actiug as agent, and in whom
both States, would have coGdence.
I believe that in a general inter-Stata
matter of this kind the federal govern
ment is the most logical and natural
party to decide and administer such a
case equitably and satisfactorily."
A CHEAT WEST IS OF MOXEY,
"There are other cases are there
not, besides the Arkansas River which
are likely to cause trouble and litiga
tion?"
"Dozens. This is simply one of
many. Litigation must necessarily
ensue between Colorado and Ne
braska, be tween Colorado and Wyom
ing; in fact until some general system
such as I- have suggested is adopted,
there will be lawsuits and controver
sies beween States whenever a river
crosses from one State to another,
which will involve an aggregate cost
of enormous Proportions, while the
outcome cannot in any sense be satis
factory. It appears to me to be very
largely the old question of people who
should be good neighbors, fighting
over a dividing fence and wasting
time and money enough to buiid a
good bull-tight fence instead of get
ting together in the beginning and co
operating. If the irrigation interests
in question would come together and
bend their efforts towards getting the
government to complete its half
finished work of reservoir surveyings
in that section, then the matter would
be in such condition, as to enable the
parties in interest to proceed intelli
gently on a deSnite business basis."
Guy E. Mitchell.
Tailings. The last-named was a small
four-page afternoon- daily, but v;as
raUier lively, and furnished its staid
old afternoon contemporary, the Citi
zen, with a considerable amount of
matter for worry and wonder. I re
ceived no telegraph dispatches, while
the Citizan had a!f30 a week Associated
Press budget, yet, . ill spite of this, I
succeeded quite frequently ia scooping
the esteemed contemporary on tele
gsaph news, sq -that its subscribers
would occasionally ask the editor wty
he could cot compete with such a
small aod ins:gnincant rival. It hap
pened that the Xros Angeles Uerald
arrived in Tucson in the forenoon
with a considerable budget of .tele--ranh
news, much of which had
not been f,eat"down to Arizona, lly
picking out the most interesting of
this stuilf, padding it a ' little, and giv
ing prominence to anything that was
specially interesting to the Territory,
a very fair budget of '.'fresh" telegaph
news was obtained. One of my biggest
scoops on the Citizen was when Gen.
Grant was dying. The end had been
approaching for several days and his
demise was expected at any moment.
We had a full description in the Los
Angeles paper of the previous day,
and only awaited the report of his
death. The Citizen was publshed in
tho next bulding, with an adobe wall
betweea tbe two back yards. As soon
a3 the first copy of the Citizen was off
the press it was handed over the wall
by a' friendly printer. It contained
the Dews of Grant's death, which was
quickly hurried into type, and the
Tailings, with the full report, was on
the street before the Citizen.
"The Qaiiotoa Prospector was as
short-lived as tbe mining camp in
which it was published. -Ia order to
head off possible competition, the first
few numbers were setup iu the office
of a small weekly in Tucson, while
awaiting the arrival of a first-class
printing outfit that had been ordered
from San Francisco. The office in ques
tion had scarcely enough material to
do ita own work, and consequently
the early numbers of the Prospector
consisted of a little six-column, four
page weekly, presenting an aston
ishing array of type of all shapes and
sizes, some of which had been knock
ing arouud on the. frontier for a quar
ter of a century. In canvassing
for subscribers through the embryo
camp before the first number had been
issued I took in $315 within a coupia of
hours, at the rate of $5 a year, 61 which
amount f:30 went for "hospitality," as
three-fourths of the "business houses"
were saloons. Within nine months
after that there were scarcely enough
people in town to load the material on
a wagon."
It is understood that the Aztec Min
ing company proposes to put up hoist
ing works and will proceed to develop
the mines as rapidly as possible. Dr.
JVM. Evans is now on his way east to
conclude negotiations connected with
supplying the necessary machinery.
Although a comparatively new dis
trict, the outlook indicates that there
is a future for the camp.
SOTIS LITTLE-KfsOVN FACXS.
Which SIiott Hoit I.ittie We Know of
Each Oihcp and ct Our
Country.
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Pioneer Journalism.
Harry Brook, former publisher ot
the Pinal Drill, in the couuty, under
the nom de plume -of "Ancient Mari
ner," is writing a series of articles for
the Los Angeles Times which make
interealiuir reading for old-timers. He
says :
"Other papers which I either con
ducted or edited in Arizona were the
Pinal Drill, the Quijotoa Prospector,
the Tombstone Epitaph and tha Tucson
A Promising Pinal County District.
IFrom tho Phoenix Enterprise.
Article of incorporation of the Aztec
Mining company have been filed with
the county recorder of Maricopa
county. The incorporators are J. M.
Evans, J. W. McCoy, G. W. Carrothers
and J. W. Yocuao, all men of means
and familiar with miaes and mining.
The group of mines owned by this
company consists of six claims located
sixty miles south of Casa Grande, Pinal
county, ia the San Pedro mountains.
The claims are copper, gold and silver,
the principal mineral being copper. It
is a comparatively new district for
copper, yet it is not iar irom the
famous Vekol mine which has pro- I
duced many millions of silver, the mine i
once owned by the late John D. Walker
Only 13 per cent, of ail ihe fami
lies in America employ domestic help,
leuviug fcli per cent, without even one
servant.
If all the tlrcssmukers known to ex
ist in America worked 24 hours of each
Cay for n whole year, without stepping
for sleep cr meals, tbey would still be
able to make only one dress apiece for
less than seven-eighths of the women
of America.
Not six per cent, ot all the women
in America spend as much money as
500 per year cm their clothes.
Out of 12,1109,000 American families
the income- of 4,600,080 of these fami
lies is less than $400 each per year, and
the incomes of nearly 80 per cent, of
the entire number are less than $t,0C0
each per yeart
There are scores of places in this
couiitry where only one mail comes
every 14 days.
Ask the average person where the
central point of area is 5tj the United
States and" he will lix it somewhere in
Illinois. Tell him it is nearer Sun Fran
cisco ur.d he will be incredulous until
he remembers that Alaska is within
the boundaries of Uncle Sam. Edward
Eok, in Ladies' Home. Jourr.a'.
SUMMER CLIMATE.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
"But, dear cousin, have you many
debts?" "Kb; I can almost marry for
love." Fliegende Blaetter.
"I see villainy in your face," said a
judge to a prisoner. "May it please
your honor," said the latter, "that is a
personal reflection." Metropolitan.
Of Course. The Count "I loaf you I '
I vould marry you!" The Girl "Yes;
but it takes two to make a bargain,
count." "Sairtainly! I will see your
father to-morrow." Yonkers States
man. Conditional. Little Edgar "Pa, is
the a in Colorado pronounced as in
maiden or as in gladden?" Pa "It all
depends on whether you want to make
Colorado rhj'me with dado or shadow."
-Chicago Times-Herald.
She "I'll grant that your income
would be enough for us to marry on, if
only you didn't have sueh expensive
fuSs." He "I? Expensive fads?
What" expensive fad have I?" She
"Me, for one." Lustige Blaetter.
Honest Dealer "E's a good 'ess. But
I must tell yer, 'e's one fault 'e's a lit
tle givin ter runnin' away with yer."
Client "If that's all, he'll do splendid
ly. That last horse I had of you was
given to running away without me."
Punch.
Spacer "I believe that if Shakes
peare were alive at the present time
and trying to live by his pen in London,
the comic papers would reject many
of his best jokes." Humorist "I know
it. I have tried 'em all." Boston Trav
eler. "I saw a statement in the paper that
a German manufacturer has sold an
aggregate of 3,C00,COO thermometers,"
said Mr. Manchester. "He must be very
rich." "it depends up-cn when he sold,"
added Mr. Birmingham. "How is that?"
"In winter thermometers are down,
while in summer they are up." Pitts
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
What Sazerainty Is.
In a speech delivered at Urbroath,
The mineral in the Aztec group is I Scotland, on September 5 last, John
found in three parallel dykes. Water
can be found at a depth of from 50 to
75 feet, .and there i3 a good wagon
road all the way to Casa Grande. Suffi
cient fuel is near at hand and it is said
wood in any quantities desired can be
procured at from $2 to $2.50 per cord,
delivered at the mill. , '
Tbe Excelsior mine is located on as
heavy a chimney or blowout as has
ever been discovered. This clain on
the surface is from 35 feet to 40 feet in
width and carries a high percentage of
native copper, bornite, gray and red
oxides and carbonates. The iron crop
pings show for a width of 150 feet.
The dip cf the vein into the mountain
is 60 degrees, with strong showing for
rapid development. The El Bueno,
Eclipse and other claims are equally
promising and of similar formation.
In the immediate vicinity on the
eastern extension of the same zone is
the Milwaukee Prospecting and Min
ing Co.'s group of ten claims under the
management of Mr. Pony Price. There
is found the same quality of ore . and
the company is pushing downward as
fast as cash will do it. Captain Dolly
and Mr. Bennett, representing a strong
English company, are operating in
the same zone. Three miles north
Frank Iironell has a group of gold
and silver mines bonded to a Kew
I York company, and .Superintendent
I Attix is erectiu-g a 20-stamp mill.
Delicate Question and How it is Gen
ally Handled.
The question of summer climate
a delicate one to broach in the icter
section of the great Southwest. A r
dent of almost any place betwt
Iresno and Tombstone will cheerfu
aamit that the summer climate of t
ouier Diace. iusi over wie mil. ia
almost exact counterpart of tl
which is popularly supposed.to prev
ia llados, but at the sametime he v
peculiar local conditions, the dim
&f the town he inhabits is delightfc
co d and salubrious durinsr the st
roer months'. The Los Angeles Til
in a recent comment on climate s
Tuma is generally credited w
possessing about as warm a sumi
climate as is to be found within
conSues of the United States, a re
tation which is lagely due to
hackneyed Rtory about the supposit
soldier, who is said have sent b
from tbe lower regions for his blank'
All the same, the Yuma people i
earnestly assure you that the pec
who live at Needles, up on the Ci
rado river, are in the habit of go
linvtn in Vnma in BiimmHr tn cool
In California, Fresno has a reputat
for extreme heat in summer, but tt
even in mis ravorea section ot ooi:
ern California when one goes av
from the range of the sea breeze, tl
are places where the summer heaS
nii.4 KnfTinirif. fni unmfnrt TMir
Kiverside for instance. An ex-ne'
paper man cf Riverside, who is t
connected with a State institution,!
who recently assumed charge t
paper at Fresno it would not be
to identify him was recently as"
how he liked the climate of Fresno,:
which he replied that it was j
about the same thing as the cliniat
Kiverside, only the nightB were a li
warmer. Now let the Riversiders hi
on their clubs and libel suits.
TO THE COAL FIELDS.
Tucson C3n Be Connected With Then
Fifteen Hundred Dollars.
Morley, the great liberal leader, said:
"And thi3 brings me to the word suzer
ainty. It is said that we have suzer
ainty over the South African republic.
Sir Alfred Milncr said 1here is nothing
in this controversy as to whether we
have suzerainty or not nothing ma
terial. My own view of suzerainty is
that it is a word which nobody cf
course can define, but it has got a flavor
of sovereignty in it, and yet it is not
sovereignty;' and that the Boers hate
the word because-it has got thr.t Savor
in it, and the war "party in the Cape am!
in other places like the word because
they hope to impart into it something
or another which may enable thera un
der a mask cf sovereignty tc do things
which I think they had better not do."
N. Y. World.
(From the Tucson Star.
W. A. Cunningham of Dadleyv
Pinal county, is in the city. Mr. (
section of the San Pedro valley for :
eral years. Referring to the out
in that section he stated to the '
ithat mining bail never been so pro'
ing as uow, and that section of
western side of the Pinals is av
able .mineral region of gold, eo
and silver.
Chittenden and Harrison are devt
ing the Golden Eagle and Loo
mines in the Saddle mountains, a
eight miles from Dudleyville. '
are making a road for the purpo,
transporting their ores, which
will probably ship to reduction w
Bob Anderson, one of thediseovc
of the Deer Creek coal fields, died
Friday at his home in the Ariv:
His brother, the other diecoverer,
two years ago.
Referring to the coal fields, Mr.
ningham says that diamond drills :
just been sent into the fields to
peet lor new coal measures,
coal fields are twenty-two miles .
Dudleyville and he says a good w
road over which four and six 1
teams can drive with full loads, ce
opened to the coal fields for a sun
to exceed $1,500, and that he will
tract to open a good road for that
This is an important consideratic
it would make the distance by w
road from Tucson to the coal
less than So miles. To this road V
be tributary many good mines, a
rich mineral region.
Here is something tangible and'
tieal for the Tucson board of tra
take up for consideration and at i
for a connection with such a fue
ply would prove of incalculable
to Tucson and intermediate
where fuel is in demand.
UonpUnlify.
Mr. Y'ounghusband My dear, I've in
vited Erodsky down to spend Sunday
afternoon and stay to dinner.
Mrs. Y'ounghusband (dismayed) Oh,
Charlie! I don't see how I am to get up
the dinner. I heard him suy once that
he never felt as if he had dined except
he had a course dinner.
"Give him corned beef and cabbage,
then. That is a coarse diuner." N-. Y.
World. '
Matrimonial Microbe' OrlKlu.
Singleton Did you agree with the
doctor who considers kissing dangerous?
Benedick O, yes.
"What dread effect do you think
there is likely to arise from it?"
"Marriage." - T. Y. Prts.
TO THE DEAF.
A rich lady cured of her dei
and noises in the head by Dr. N ,
son's Artificial Ear Drums, gavt;
000 to his Institute, so that deaf p
unable to procure the Ear Drum;
have them free. Address No. l'JO
Nicholson Institute, 780 Eighth Av
New Y'ork. mi
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