The Florence tribune. [volume], July 21, 1900, Image 1

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FLORENCE, .PINAL-COUNTY,'' ARIZONA, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1900.
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A.. F .BAIiKEE,
IRRIGATION'S FUTURE.
Professor Elwood Mead Discusses
Problem of Western Reclamation.
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The Uise and Future of Irrigation in
the United States is the title of an in
torestiujf article from the pen of Prof.
Elwood Mead in the Agricultural Year
book, just issued.
The ear'iest path way of civilization
on the Aujerieau continent, says Prof.
Mead, led along the banks of the
streams. In various parts of the
SoutUwest, notably iu the Salt Iliver
Valley of Arizona, in northern New
Meidoo, and along the southern borders
of Colorado and Utah ure well-defined
remains of irrigation works "avhieh
have outlived by uiauy ceuturi.1 Uia
civilization to which they belonged.
Iu at least one instance the baDk of an
aneieut canal 1ms beea utilized as a
part of mqdern works. '
Hiding up the valliy of the Rio
Grande, in the first lialf of tiie sis-.
toenth century, Spanish explorers
found in tho midst of arid surround
ings beds of beautiful roses, "not un
like those in the gardens of Castile,"
as they noted in their diaries. They
also found Pueblo Iudiuns irrigating
the thirsty soil, as their forefathers
hud done for centuros baforo tiieai aad
as their descendants are still doing to
day. In this ralley nd along tho
tributary streams, and at other places
in the desert wastes of the Southwest,
Spanish settlements sprang up and
maintained themselves by means cf
these lifegiving waters. The ditches
at Las Cruees, N. M.,have an unbroken
record of three hundred years of ser
vice, the history of which is written
in the banks of the canals and in the
fields irrigated. This is due to the
sediment with which the waters of the
Rio Grande are laden. Year after
year this has 6lowly added layer on
layer to the sides and bottoms of these
ditches, until from being channels
cut below the surface of the soil they
ore now raised 2 or 3 feet above. It is
here that one can yet find agriculture
almost as primitive as that of the days
of Pharaoh, whero grain is reaped
with the sickle and threshed by the
trampling of goats.
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(From tho New Enhuul Democrat.) .
Daring the investigation by a spe
cial committee of congress of the out
rages in the Idaho mining district,
the Cear d'Alene investigation, the
republican majority on tho committee
refused to let in testimony that might
injure the administration and ruted
out questions of the democratic mem
bers. Attorneys coached the witnesses
who were favorable to the administra
tion, some cf them being Standard Oil
attorneys. The majority report, of
course, favored the administration.
That is what it was expected to do.
The minority report has only recently
been made public. It is signed by
Representatives J. J. Lentz, of Ohio,
and P. J. Otey, of Virginia. It is con
cluded in unexceptionable language
and sets forth a situation that eanon
ly be viewed with alarm. Its main
features may be summarized as follows :
The president of the United States
has kept and U still keeping soldiers
in that community, and by so doing is
upholding a tyrannical course of con
duet pursued by the governor of Idaho.
The minority points five flagrant in
stances of abuse of power and viola-
tion of law by General Merriam, the
commander of the troops.
1. General Merriam sent on May 3,
about 160 troops to the town of Burke,
and arrested, without warrant, the
entire male population of that town,
consisting of about 300 persons. It
was an outrage upon the liberty of the
citizens, which has no parallel in the
annals of this country.
2, General Marriain sent a detach
ment of troops into the state of Mon
tana, for the purpose of arresting
fugitives from Idaho, an inexcusable
use of arbitrary power by General
Merriam.
3. Lieutenant Lion, acting upon
orders by superier officers, by threats
of violence forced certain citizens to
work in the Tiger-Poormau mine
against their will. No sueh flagrant
invasion of the right of the citizen can
be cited in the history of this country,
4. Major Smith suppressed the
Mullen Mirror, a newspaper published
at Mullen, thus denying free speech
and free press. Thjs was a g ross
violation of law wholly unjustified.
5. The permit system, iu fact e
black list system, approved by Gen
eral Merriam and kept in operation to
this day by the presence of 'the mili
tary forces of the United States, is a
violation ollaw which cannot, be de'
fined.
In summing up the minority say
they are satisfied from the evidence
adduced before the committee that
General Merriam was wholly mistaken
as to his powers and duties ; thaf his
cooduet'has resulted in the grayest in
juries to the liberty of the citizens and
tho rights of individuals. Innocent
men have been kept in prison for
months without trial and have been
finally discharged without any charges
being preferred against them.
"At one time or another there were
over 1,000 men in the prison at Ward
ner, known as the 'bull pen,' They
were kept there many months. They
were not charged with " any crime:
they were held and g uarded by United
States troops. It. was. the duty of
General Merriam and of the president
of the United States to inquire into
the causes and reasons for the deten
tion of so many American citizens.
No such inquiry was ever made. Sach
indifference is hard to, understand and
harder to excuse.
"The plea that General Merriam
was acting at the requeat of the gov
ernor of Idaho and his state represen
tative, Bartlctt Sinclair, is not good.
Neither tha governor nor Sinclair had
the right to violate the law. And
General Merriam knew it, or should
have known it.
"Although the governor of Idaho
has for a year and more been govern
ing Shoshone county by martial law,
he has never called the legislature to
gether ; the laws of Idaho provide that
a session of the legislature can be
called on twenty days' notice. The
minority hold that the president is not
usti3ed in keeping United States
soldiers indefinitely in Shoshone
county at the mere will of one man,
when the legislature, representative
of the people, could have and ought to
be convened and their wishes ascer
tained."
JOVIAL JOE.
Furnishes His Customary Grist of Kelviu
News.
A disagreeable girl Annie Mosity,
A sweet girl Carrie Mel.
A very pleasant girl Jenny Rosity,
A smooth girl Amelia Ration,
A seedy girl Cora Ander.
A clear case of girl-E. Lucy Date.
A geometrical girl Polly Oon.
Not orthodox Hetty Rodosy.
One of the pest girls Ella Gant..
A.flower girl Rhoda Dendron.
A musical girl Sarah Nade.
, A profouud girl Mettie Physics.
A star girl Me ta Oric.
A clinging girl Jessie Mine. ;
A nervous girl Ilestea leal.
A muscular girl Callie Sthenics.
A lively girl Anna Mation..
An uncertain girl Eva Neacent..
A sad girl Ella G.
A great big girl Ellie Phant.
A warlike girl Millie Tary.
The new engines of the Denver &
Rio Grande railway have iron, pipes
extending along the roof of the cab
and connecting with the boiler.
Through this pipe without making a
perceptible motion, says the Railway.
Review, either the engineer or fireman
can send under 200 pound pressure a
jet of steam aud boiling water that
would effectually kill or injure any
thing living that happened to be on
the tender or the front end of the
baggage car. The blow of cock thus
arranged is expected to prevent train
'roVows climbing over the tender.
Special to Florence Tkishne.
KeVin, Ariz., July 14th.
The tearing down of the British flag
on July 4th for a while assu med
serious proportions, and it was feared
that it might bring about internation
al difficulties, that England might
have to recall her troops from South
Africa and order them at once to
Kelvin, on the banks of the raging
Gila.
Happily this lias all been averted
by arbitration, and a- mutual under
standing that it was only a Fourth of
July spritual inspiration of the Kelvin
brand that set the wheels to work in
the brain of an impulsi ve person to a
very undnly patriotic -degree, only that
and nothing more.
The trauquality of the English
gentlemen was not-greatly disturbed
over- the event, as on that evening
they, sipped their champagne in their
beautiful club house and smiled com
placently at the prospective great out
put of the Ray Copper company.
Mr. Foley was tho hero of the hour
only championed by the writer, and
both will receive substantial recogni
tion from Queen Victoria just as soon
as the incident is thoroughly inves
tigated and a reliable report is fur
nished her majesty.
Life goes on apace at Kelvin very
mueh as it does at other new mining
camps in various parts of the world, a
little rough and tumble to persons
from Boston, London, Florence and
other great centres of culture and re
finement. Yet tha celebration of July
4th brought out an assemblage of peo
ple that would do credit to places of
many years older growth. It demon
strated the fact that a good representa
tive clas3 of, people are making and
going to make Kelvin their perma
nent home.
Mr. George Truman was the golden
tongued orator of the day and made us
all feel as proud of his oratorical abili
ties as his gallant exploits as a rough
rider in the service of his country.
Judge Marshall and Bill Zent proved
themselves the right men in the right
place in originating and carrying
through the whole affair to a success
ful finaie as they do everything else
they undertake to do in life.
Your correspondent had the pleasure
of being introduced to a number of the
staff officers of the company on July
4th, but on account of the heat, the
water . and - the general excitement of
the day lost track of the names, which
however I will procure later and make
the amende honorable, They all as
sured me that they were very much
pleased with the Florence Tkibonb
and its spicy newsy articles, both
local and otherwise, and they are unan
imous in their conclusion that there
must be a power behind it all that can
furnish such an , up-to-date journal
under such pioneer conditions.
The Cannon-ball stage rolls in every
other night bringing in connection
with its. quota of passengers and
freight, a big lot of ice; so life
Kelvin is thus cooled down somewl
and made perfectly endurable'.
Taylor Braunaman's stage comes
every evening bringing lots of pass
gers and joy aud goed will toward
people.
Mr. Meyers, Jr., the Adonis of Kelv
as the presiding assistant postmas
in the distribution of the evening u.
gives great satisfaction to all in his
fable, courteous attention. lie ci
out the Spanish names with as gr
ease and grace as the English, grea
to the delight of that worthy class
people.
Mrs. Hockett is looking better tl
ever despite the vast amount of we
planning and thiuking she has to
Mr. and Mrs. Lemon and their c
tured and refined family are quite
addition "to the society of Kelvin, j
Little Miss Ruth Hockett, with 1
petite and winsome ways, has returr
to Kelvin after a pleasant visit abro
Miss Burgess, who read the Decla
tion of Independence on the Ifourth
July, is from Indiana and is quit
favorite in Kelvin society circles.
Miss Katie Donnelly, Mrs. Troi
Mr, and Mrs. John M. Phy, ' Dr. 1
Devinej Will Flint, Wm. McGee, i
J. D, Thomas and children, Mrs. J,
Brown and children, Mrs. W. D. F
man and child, Miss Sears, Jc
Miller and three sisters, paid Kel
a visit on the Fourth and seemed
greatly enjoy the festivities of the:
casion. IX, was a gala day indeed .
Kelvin, winding up with a1 grt;
ball in the company's new store in
evening. Space forbids me say
anything about our higher ir;
spiritual life, wireless telegraphy'
heaven in this article as the thermo
ter registers to-day 114 in the shadi
Truthfully yours, ,;
Jos. Mulhatto:
TO THE DEAF.
A ' rich lady cured of her deafi
and noises in the head by Dr. Nie "
son's Artificial Ear Drums, gave $ ,
000 to his Institute, so that deaf pet
unable to procure the Ear Drums 1 ;
have them free. Address No. 190c ' -Nicholson
Institute, 780 Eighth Avei
New York. m5-l
A coocj looking
toor&e and ooor look
ing harness is tho
worse kiqu 05 t combination.
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