The argus., January 09, 1896, Image 1

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CATTLEMEN,
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doing business should advertise it. By do
ins so yon inform other people that yon are
on top of the earth. A business that cannot
afford to advertise is not worth monkeying
ith. Remember the loss of a single steer,
will more than pay for brand and paper for a
year.
SHEEPMEN,
Should advertise their ear-marks in the
AR1U9. The brand including paper one year,
constitutes a small outlay, and may save you
a "cut ;" this one "saving" would pay cost of
brand and paper for many years. Remember
-'tis a business maxim: "a business which can
not afford ..to advertise, will not pay to fol
low." Gentlemen, send us your brands.
Volume I.
HOLBROOK, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1896.
Number 5.
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able Railway between Californiaand the East.
The meals at Harvey's Dining Rooms are
an excellent feature of the line, and are only
equalled by those served on the new Dining
Cars which are carried on all limited trains.
The Grand Cation of the Colorado can be
reached in no other way.
JHO. J. BYRNE.
' Geni Pass. Agent. Los Angeles, Cal
C H. SPEERS.
Asst GeaT Pass. Agent. San Francisco. CaL
11. Sk VA Dtlth,
Gent Agent. Albuquerque. N. L
F, P. (TP. Railway.
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will find the best of accommodations at Fred
Harvey's boteL
ho. 2 makes close connection at Ash Fork
with A. A P. trains Nos. 1 and 4. A. A P. No. 1
reaches Saa Francisco 10:45 a.m. second morn.
Ing. A. A P. ho. 4 is a vestibuled train
thiv gbont, lighted with pintcb gas. dining
ear running through. Los Angeles toChicago.
Dining ears under the management of Fred
Harvey, with bis unexcelled service, care and
attention to his guests.
Nos. 1 and 2 connect at Jerome Junction
with trains of V. V. A P. Rr. for Jerome.
Conneeting at Preseott with stage lines for
all principal mining camps; at Congress with
stage lines for Harqua Hala. Station and Var
nell: at Phenix with the Maricopa A P be
nix Ry. for points on the H. P. Ry.
This line is the beet route to the Great Salt
River Valley. For information regarding
this valley and the rich mining section tribu
tary to this road, address any Santa Fé Route
representative, or
GEO. M. SARGENT,
Geni Ft. and Pasa. Agt- Preseott. Aria.
GEO. T. NICHOLSON.
Geal Pass. Agu, Chicago, IIL
J. J. FRET.
Geni Manager, Toneka, Kan.
R. E. WELLS.
Asst. Geni Manager. Preseott. Ariz.
IRA P. SMITH,
Commercial Agent, Phoenix, Aria.
E. COPELAND.
Geni Agent, El Paso. Texas.
PROFESIONAL CARDS.
P. W. NELSON,
ATTO K N EY-AT-LAW,
WUSXOW, - ABIZOXA.
ELISHA M. SANF0RD,
ATTO R ?T EY-AT-LAW,
AS3ZOS A.
W. M. PERRILL,
Dlat'ct Attorney TavaJo County
IOIJKMI, - ASIZOX A.
Will practice in all courts of Arizona.
T. W. JOHNSTON,
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW,
riiaoorr. - ahzoxa.
Will practice In the Conrta of Navajo.
Apache, Coeonino and Mobave Coantiea.
R. E. MORRISON,
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW,
(District Attorney Yavapai County.)
Office la Court House, Preseott, Arizona.
GEORGE ST0NEMAN,
ATTORNFA'-AT-LAW,
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traek.eastof the shop of Wm. Armbrust
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REMINISCENCES.
Personal Experiences and Rec-
olcctions of Arizona, Dur
ing: the Past Tliirty
Tlirce Years.
The Establishment of Camp Ord, and
Other Matters Connected
Therewith.
BT A. r. BASTA.
CHAPTER IV.
It is necessary that we go back a
few years in order to justify the sub
sequent acts of Captain Barry at
Carizo, on the first and second days
of August, 18C9.
During the Navajo war of '62 and
'63, which was mainly carried on by
Kit Carson, the Navajos were finally
subdued and were placed upon the
Pecos reservation, in Southeastern
New Mexico. The Coyotero Apaches
so frequently mentioned in these pa
pers, lived contiguously to the Nava
jos and were conasant at all times of
government's conduct towards that
tribe a tribe thought to be invinci
ble by the Apaches and seeing
them completely whipped by the
troops, they too made voluntary
overtures to the military authorities
to be allowed a reservation; and
were in 1864 put on the Pecos reser
vation along with the Navajos; here
they remained until the summer of
1867, when for good and sufficient
cause were given permission by
Gen. James H. Carleton, then com
manding the District of New Mex
ico, to return to their own country
on the Carizo, which is thirty-five
miles west of the present Fort
Apacñe. .However wnen it cairo
down to the noble science - of thiev
ing, the Apaches were not in it along
with the Navajos, and as a conse
quence' the Navajos simply "stole
the Apaches blind." It was for this
social peculiaritiy of the Navajos
that General Carleton allowed the
Apaches to return to their mountain
homes; the General giving them pa
pers reciting these facts, which were
to serve the Coyotero Apaches as
"protection" papers.
I will now resume the thread of
my narative. The motive and object
of this military movement was to us
at this time wholly unknown. It was
on the night of the 23d of July,
1869, that the first report reached
our camp that soldiers were advanc
ing into the Apacheria. The even
ing of the 24th another Apache run
ner came into camp and reported
that the soldiers were coming and
that "they covered the whole coun
try." On the evening of the 25th
another runner came in and report
ed, "there were so many soldiers
that whilst part of them were yet in
camp the head of the column would
reach to the top of the mountain."
The evening of the 26th auother
runner came in and reported "the
troops still advancing and as near as
he could count them, thought there
were about four hundred men."
Early the evening of the 27th, still
another runner came, who said, "the
soldiers are encamped at the junc
tion of the two streams; that they
had displayed a white flag to him;
and that he had talked with the in
terpreter of the expedition, who
said his party wished to see the In
dians and have a peace talk with
them." All this is given in detail in
order to demonstrate how easy it
would have been for our party, had
we been so inclined, or in fact any
other party, to have made good their
escape, for we knew of Colonel
Green's daily movements five con
secutive days prior to his going into
camp at the junction of the east and
west forks of the White river, on
the evening of the 27th day of July,
1869. . This may appear incredible to
many, nevertheless it is true, and
for further proof of how far an In
dian can travel on foot in one day, I
will cite the readers to the custom,
in the early days of the Colorado
Steam Navigation company at Yuma.
The Company would start one of
their steamers down the Colorado
river for Port Tsabel, at the head of
the Gulf of .California, distant from
Yuma by the river one hundred and
twenty-five miles. On the third
morning after the steamer had left,
the agent at Yuma would make up a
dispatch for the agent at Port Ysa
ble, give it to a Yuma Indian, who,
on foot, would arrive at Port Ysabel
before sun-down of the same day,
and report the steamer due there
that evening. The distance across
the country from Yuma to Port Ysa
bel is a little over ninety miles. This
statement can be readily verified by
any one of the old-timers now living
in Yuma city.
To resume: Chief Es-cah-pah, on
receiving the last report, came to
our wickiup and requested Cooley
and myself to accompany him to the
soldier's camp, thirty-five miles dis
tant, to havo a "peace talk" with the
commander of the expedition. To
this proposition we agreed but Dodd
objected to being left alone with the
Apaches, for the reason as he stated,
"the soldiers have been killing all
Indians possible and destroying
their grain crops, and the Indians
might retaliate by killing me." To
solve this difficulty I agreed to re
main at the camp with the Apaches,
to look after our mutual plunder,
and Cooley and Dodd to go with
the chiefs party, consisting of him
self, his brother El Diablo and the
chiefs interpreter, the Indian cap
tive, Miguel.
J. ilia Deing arranged the "peace
party" pulled out, reaching Colonel
Green's camp early in the afternoon;
but instead of being received with
open arms and crowned with peace
offerings, they were surrounded by
the troops, disarmed and placed
under strong guard, who had orders
to shoot down either one or all
should an attempt be made to escape.
Here again was another "pretty ket
tle of fish;" but I in the Indian
camp was totally ignorant of this
mishap to our "peace party." Huero
the sub-chief however who was left
in charge of our camp on the Carizo
sent out spies to note all movements
in the camp of the soldiers. These
spies would return at intervals and
some of them reported .all our "peace
party had been killed by the troops
as they could nowhere be seen in or
about the military encampment, and
that the soldiers continued to shoot
at every Apache that came into view.
This situation of affairs placed me
in a somewhat precarious position,
but the Sub-chief Huero had always
heretofore exhibited particular
friendship for me, and this fact had
a tendency to inspire me with confi
dence. I reasoned with the Indians
and told them it was not probable
that the troops had murdered the
"peace party" and that all would be
well in the end. A little before sun
set of the third day after the de
parture of our "peace party," Huero
came to me and said "a large party
of soldiers and tame Apaches were
then about two miles off but his eye
sight was not sufficiently keen to
recognize either Cooley, Dodd, or
any of his people among the troops,"
and desired my advice as to the
proper course to take under the ex
isting circumstances. I gave him to
understand that in my opinion we
had better abide where we were.
The Indians relying upon my judge
ment made no effort to escape as
they could easily have done, but re
mained in camp with the single ex
ception of one squaw. As the
troops approached and when within
about a quarter of a mile, this squaw
grabbed her baskets and baby, and
made for a high precipitous moun
tain over against our camp on the
west side of the Carizo. It is well
to note here that for the troops to
gain the sumit of this mountain it
was necessary they should travel
seven miles up stream, or to ascend
at another point, four miles below
our camp. The Apaches invariably
make their camp in such localities
when practicable, for obvious rea
sons, as the reader can readily un
stand. continted.
Counterfeit money in dollar and
half dollar denominations is now in
circulation. Merchants and dealers
will do well to exercise care. Las
Vegas Opt is.
Shiny Pete Chee, but I got 'er
snap!
Shoebrush Bill Wat's datt
Shiny Pete I shines a feller ever
day w'ot's got 'er wooden log. Chi
cago Record,
The"Senate Committees.
On Agriculture and . Forestry
Messrs. George, Bate, Peffer, Roach,
Proctor, Hansbrough.
On Appropriations Messrs. Cock
rell, Call, Gorman, Blackburn, Brice,
Allison, Hale, Culloin, Teller.
To Audit and Control the Con
tingent Expenses of the Senate
Messrs. Jones of Arkansas, Jones of
Nevada.
On the Census Messrs. Turpio,
Berry, White, Murphy, Peffer, Hale,
Hansbrou;yi, Davis,
On Civi' -Service and Retrench
mentMessrs. Gordon, Irby, Cock
rell, Morrill, Lodge, Perkins.
On Claims Messrs. Pasco, Caffery,
Mitchell of Oregon; Stewart, Peffer.
On Coast Defenses Messrs. Gor
don, Irby, Mills, White, Smith,
Squire, Hawloy.
On Commerce Messrs. Vest. Gor
man, White, Murphy. Berry, Frye,
Jones of Nevada, Culloni, Quay.
On the District of Columbia
Messrs. Harris, Faulkner, Gibson,
Smith, McMillen, Wolcott, Gallinger,
Hansbrough, Proctor.
On Education and Labor Messrs.
Kyle, George, Caffery, Murphy,
Lodge, Perkins.
On Engrossed Bills Messrs. Alli
son, Cockrell.
On Enrolled Bills Messrs.Caffery,
Mitchell of Wisconsin, Dubois.
On Epidemic Diseases Messrs.
Jones of Nevada, Gallinger, Quay,
Harris, Irby, Blanchard.
To Examine the Several Branches
of the Civil Service Messrs. Peffer
Gray, Yilas, Gallinger.
On Finance Messrs. Yoorhees,
Harris Vest, Jones of Arkansas,
White. Morrill, Sherman, Jones of
Nevada, Allison, Aldrich,
On Fisheries Messrs. Call, Gib
son, Hill, Miicliell of Wisconsin,
Squire, Perkins, Proctor.
On Foreign Relations Messrs.
Morgan, Grjyr, Turpie, Daniel, Sher
man, Frye,-Davis.
On Immigration Messrs. Hill,
Yoorhees, Faulkner, Harris, Stewart,
Chandler, Proctor, Dubois, Lodge.
On Improvement of the Uissis-
sippi liiver ana its .tributaries
Messrs. Blanchard, Bate, Palmer,
Pettigrew.
On Indian Affairs Messrs. Jones
of Arkansas, Morgan, Roach, Blanch
ard, Allen, Stewart, Piatt Pettigrew,
Shoup.
On Indian Depredations Messrs.
Lindsay, Faulkner, Kyle. Cockrell,
Shoup, Chandler, Pettigrew, Perkins.
On Interstate Commerce Messrs.
Gorman, -Price, Lindsay, Smith,
Culloni, Chandler, Wolcott.
On Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands Messrs. White, Jones
of Arkansas, Kyle, Roach, Brice,
Stewart, Dubois, Hansbrough.
On the Judiciary Messrs. Pugh,
George, Vilas, Hill, Lindsay, Hoar,
Teller, Piatt, Mitchell of Oregon.
On the Librasy Messrs. Mills,
Voorhees, Wolcott.
On Manufactures Messrs. Gibson,
Smith, Caffery, Gallinger.
On Military Affairs Messrs. Bate,
Cockrell, Palmer, Mitchell of Wis
consin, Pasco, Hawley, Cameron,
Davis.
On Mines and Mining Messrs.
Stewart, Bate, Call, Irby, Mills,
Jones of NeVa'da, Shoup, Allison.
On Naval Affairs Messrs. Black
burn, Gibson, Cameron, Hale, Per
kins, McMillen.
On Organization, Conduct, and
Expenditures, of the Executive De
partments Messrs. Smith, Cockrell,
Hill, Caffery Proctor, Dubois, Lodge.
On Pacific Railroads Messrs.
Brice, Morgan, Faulkner, Murphy,
Caffery, Davis, Wolcott, McMillen.
On Patents Messrs. Call, Kyle,
Mills, Berry, Piatt.
On Pensions Messrs." Palmer,
Brice, Vilas, Gorman, Peffer, Shoup,
Hansbrough, Gallinger, Hawley,
Quay.
On Post Offices and Post Roads
Messrs. Vilas, Irby, Mills, Hill,
Mitchell of Oregon, McMillen, Wol
cott. On Printing Mr. Gorman.
On Private Land Claims Messrs,
Hale, Teller, Pasco, Berry.
On Privileges and Elections
Messrs. Gray, Pugh, Turpie, Palmer,
Daniel, Hoar, Mitchell of Oregon,
Chandler.
On Public Buildings and Grounds
Messrs. Vest, Daniel, Gordon,
Blanchard, Morrill, Quay, Squire.
On Public Lands Messrs. -Berry,
Pasco, Vilas, Pettigrew, Dubois.
On Railroads Messrs. Berry, Gor
don, Palmer, Blackburn, Blanchard,
Hawley, Pettigrew, Peffer.
On Relations with Canada -Messrs
Murphy, Pugh, Mitchell .of Wiscon
sin, Hoar, Hale. .
On the Revision of the Laws of
of the United States Messrs. Dan
iel, Call, Lmdsay, Piatt.
On Revolutionary Claims Messrs.
Cameron, Frye, Aldrich, Pugh.
On Rules Messrs. Blackburn,
Harris, Gorman, Aldrich.
On Territories Messrs. Faulkner,
Hill, Blackburn, Bate, Call, White,
Piatt, Davis, Shoup, Hansbrough.
On Transportation Routes to the
Seaborad Messrs. Irby, George,
Turpie, Gordon, Gallinger, Squire,
Mitchell of Oregon, Aldrich.
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Precious Output for Oo.
As near as can be estimated at
this date the mineral product of Ari
zona for the year 1S95 was as follows
Gold, $6,200,000.
Silver, 375,000 ounces.
Lead, 400,000 pounds.
Copper, 60,000,000 pounds.
The gold product is several mill
ions in excess of last year. It has
come from a very multitude of
sources. The stamp mills have
ground it out of the oxide ores, and
have concentrated it from the sul-
phurets; it has been gleaned by the
placer miner from the creek beds
and precipitated from old tialings in
cyanide vats; it has been found in
copper ores of Jerome and has been
extracted from rebellions ores ship
ped to Colorado and eastern smelt
ers. Ine gain in gold has principal
ly been from the pyritic ledges of
Yavapai county, now being explored
in all energy and with all success.
Ane silver, ana tne quantity is
about the lowest ever noted for a
year's run, has mainly been obtained
by the reduction of gold ores in
combination. Several silver mines.
however, have been lately awaken
ed and '96 will doubtless see a pro
duction of over a million in silver.
In copper there has been a rise from
t he product of '94. In D4 as well as
in the greater portion of '95, the Old
Dominion works at Globe had been
closed down. To "95 they have con
tributed not over a million pounds.
In '96 they may be expected to pro
duce at least 15,000,000 pounds, what
between the three large furnaces of
the Old Dominion company and the
plants of the Phelps-Dodge mines
that will soon be at work. Phenix
Republican.
Don't you dare to refuse a silver
coin no matter how badly it is worn
by long circulation. If you do you
may get into trouble. The United
States supreme court, by a decision
handed down this week, settled a
case that has been contested through
all the courts by deciding that a
man who was put off a train be
cause a conductor refused a silver
dime that was very much worn was
entitled to the S315 and costs which
had been awarded him by the New
Jersey courts. Chief Justice Fuller
in disposing of tha case said that
silver coins were legal tender as
longas they bore the resemblence
ofcoin. Paste that in your hat.
Arizona Citizen.
L. H. Manning, surveyor general
of Arizona, has forwarded his re
signation to the secretary of the in
terior, and Frank Heney is now in
Washington working for the appoint
ment of George Roskruge for the po
sition. The democracy of Arizona
have endorsed Foster Dennis for the
place, and the chances are that he
will get it. Arizona Gazette.
"Ethel, young Mr. Spoonamore is
coming again tnia evening, is ne
not?"
"Y-yes, mamma."
"He has made love to you, my
daughter, has he not?"
"W-why, yes, mamma."
"And you have encouraged him?"
"Yes."
"Where Í3 your engagement ring,
may I ask?"
(Listening) "I-I think I hoar it at
the door, mamma." Chicago Tribuno.
The Miracle Tree.
"The turnlngf the rod of Moses
into a serpent lias long been explain
ed as a piece .of Eastern necroman
cy," says a writer in the New York
World, "and many travelers in India
hava seen juglers perform the very
same feat. The smiting of -the rock
for water has long been deemed sim
ply an instance of practical judg
ment on the part of the great He
brew prophet in discovering a spring
and divulging it to his people with
dramatic effect. But the 'burning
bush' has always been regarded as a
miracje that must be taken upon
faith alone. The scriptural account
.o.f this Moses episode is to be found
in Exidus iii, 2ndto 5th verses.
In the recent Englis Foreign
OfHce report there is a description
of a lately discovered .stunted tree
that goes by the name of chaparoon.
If this be not the veritable Tjurning
bush' that 'burned with fire and was
not consumad' it is very .close to it,
for experiments "have revealed that
it not only resists fire for a long
time, but that its trunk is practically
incombustible. It seems actually to
thrive on great forest fires in which
it alone remains unconsiuned, for if
a long period passes without con
flagration the chapar oo gradually
decays and dies.
In a huge conflagration this
strange tree seems to start into life,
as an ordinary plant does when it is
wet with rain after a long drought.
Amid the swirling reds aid yellows
of the flames it takes :oa new life,
and after the fire has swept past it
is seen with new shoots of vivid
green springing out of it. At such
times the chaparoos stands alone,
sturdy and strong, amid the -surrounding
blackened trunks, the only
living thing in a land reduced to.
sterility.
The London .scientists who have
looked into the matter believe that
the trunk of the tree, and its
branches in a smaller degree, exude
under the influence of great heat a
moisture that is sufficient' owing 4p
its peculiar chemical properties, to
protect the wood.
Commenting on jthe chaparooSj
the English Foreign ffic.9 report
says: "It is very remarkable that
these fire-begotten plantations are
nowhere crowded to excess; on the
contrary, the trees are so regnlarly
placed that their aspect vies with
that of the"; " " " ' '""
garden." ;
While the',
the report the term üshrrwóulT
be more accurate, for chaparoo is
little more than that. It seldom
grows to a height of more than eight
feet, and in appearance it much
more resembles a bush than even a
smallish tree. It grows mainly in
South Africa, being most frequently
met with in the wild regions far to
the west of the Transvaal, in dis
tricts where few white men have
been. The natives look upon it with
superstitious awe and imagine that
a god dwells within fta trunk. They
avoid the groves of these trees after
nightfall. The wood is tough and
unyielding, and after a fire will dull
the edge of the sharpest instrument.
A specimen of chaparoo bark is on
exhibition in tho museum-
Pharmaceutical society, in-
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A comparison of the de,
of this remarkable tree with that
given of the "burning bush" shows
that it was probably the thorny aca
cia of the Arabian peninsula, the
stunt of Egypt, and was akin to the
shittah tree and senna. Hence the
mountains on which it grows derive
their name, Sinai; and the tract is
palled the Wilderness of Sin," or
the "Seneh." The wood of the
shittah tree furnished the material
for the ark of the covenant and va
rious parts of the tabernacle. It is
hard, tough and durable and sus
ceptible of fine polish.
"No," said the funnyman, "I guess
I don't want to go to any war."
"But." said the ñorse editor, "you
might get a chance to take a shot at
the editor of the London Tid Bits."
The prospect was. fascinating
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A. PV "Rant. iwlitrr of the Holbrook
Abous. is makimr a serial story of hi
early Arizona experiences compris
ing a tale of most aeciaea interest, r
Phenix Daily Republican.
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