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SPECIAL BARGAINS; FOR CASH I
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A full line of General Merchandise constantly in
Stock, and we will not be undersold.
B. F. Johnson, Sons & Co,
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Cards.
£1 J. WILLIAMS,
Eclectic Physicianj and Surgeon.
Wili. ATTEND AM ALIjS PROMPTLY.
• diseases of woiwfen a speSialty.^y
Ojpice : Kimball House,
OMMh - * Arizona
Tm . SABIN, M. D.
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PHYSICIAN & SURGEON-
Oimce —Two Door * East of Postotfice
Htsideoce—Robson Street, First Door
o<;Main.\
Mbs a-- Arizona
LAWRENCE WOODRUFF,
HOMCEOPATHIST,
•v%d«nt« of Hahmsuiao Medical College. Phrla
delphia, Class 1»82.
•flee and Residence Rooms 11, 1? and 16.
Cotton Block, Phokix. Office Hours— i to 9 a
as., 1 to I and 6 to 8 p. ns.
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gR- OH AS. H. JONES,
PiIYSIOIAN & SURGEON,
Fbmpjs, - - * Arizona
Office at Heineman A Gill Block. Office Hours
—S to >a. in., 9to 4 ana 7to 8 p. m.
P T. POMEROY,
Notary Public & Conveyancer.
Legal papers Carefully Drawn. Opposite
Hakes House.
MESA CITY, - - - ARIZONA
jj J. JESSUr,
DENTIST.
AM work warranted'and prices very
easonable.
Offce —Porker Block.
. Phoenix, Arizona.
OBPHUNE A McCABE
ATTORNEYS-AT-L AW
Special attention given to land,
rater and mining cases,
Practice in all the courts,
FEMPE :. . :: ARIZ.
H. W. WILSON.
-Next Door to Capitol Saloon.-
SHA VINGI SHAMPOOING, HAIRCUTTING
AND SINGEING.
LADIES’ and CHILDREN’S
HAIRDRESSING
A SPECIALTY.
Mesa Free Press.
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Attorney-at-Law
Practices in all the Courts. Special
attention to land cases..
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GRAY & WEILER, Proprietors
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Fresh and Corned and
Pickled Meats,
Sausage, Etc, always
on hand.
delivered to any part
of the city and vicinity.
Pomeroy Hlo-. Main Street,
MESA ARIZONA.
W. A. BURTON,
CONTRACTOR
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BUILDER.
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Estimates Furnished on Short
Notice.
MESA, - . - - - Ariz
ELECTRIC BELT FREE,
■ I To introduce it and obtain agents
the undersigned firm will give away a
few of their $5.00 German Electric
Belts invented by Prof. Van der Weyde
Pres- of the New York Electrical So
ciety (U. S Pat. 257,647) a positive
cure.for Nervous Debility, Rheuma
tism, Loss of Power, etc. Address at
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' DESERT LAND f/NAL PROOF. NOTICE
FOR PUBLICATION
United Statfs Land Office. I
Tucson, Akizona, m ir. 14th, 1804- |
Notic* :s hereby given that Fabius m. Vernon,
Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizoua, has filed
notice of intention to make oroof on his desert
G land claim No. 181?, for the North half of Sec
tion 19, Tp. IS, Rfi E, before the Clerk of the
District Court at Phoenix, Arizona, on Satur
day, the2Bth day of April, 1894.
He names the following witnesses to prove
the oomplete irrigation and reclamation of said
land, Samuel Hall, Theodore P. Brnta, James
Pine, Jameß H. Bush, all of Mesa, Arizona.
FRANK W WALLS,
. „ Register
First pub Mar 32
MESA, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1894.
Zenos Co-Op.
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The Finest Line Ever Opened in
Mesa can be Seen in Our
Dry Goods Dep’t,
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Which contains new, neat and
fashionable dress goods, Hannels,
i Indies’ and gents’ furnishing goods
and everythin" usually found in a
well furnished establishment.
Our Hardware and Grocery Dep’ts
are stocked with the choic
est goods.
We are Agents for tlie
Celebrated Myers Pumps, the
Famous F«,atherbone Buggy
Whips and the
Unexcelled Canton Clipper
Plows.
Our lines are of the best and our
prices as low as the lowest. Special
orders given prompt attention.
CALL AND SEE US.
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
—GO TO
B. F. Johnson,
Sons & Co.,
AGENT'S FOR
THE OLD
Phoenix Ins. Co. of Brooklyn, N. Y.
American Fire Ins- Co., of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania “ “ “ “ “
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FARM INSURANCE A SPECIALTY.
Dealer in
Medicines, Chemicals,
.Paints, Oils, Glass, etc.;
Perfumery, Fancy goods,
Stationery, Toilet Articles
and Tobacco.
Mesa, Arizona.
Feed & Livery Stable.
P. METS, Proprietor.
R. WILSON
The only Second Hand Store in
Southern Arizona. Every variety
of goods sold at bed-rock prices.
Give us a call.
Wasnington St.
PHOENIX. - - ARIZ.
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office, [
Tucson, Arizona, Mar. 21, 1894. |
Notice is hereby given that Wiiliam
Barnett, of Mesa, Maricopa 00., Ari
zona, has filed notice of intention to
make proof on his desert land claim
No 1626, for the whole of Section It,
Tp. 2 South, Range 5 East, before the
Clerk of the District Court at Phoenix
Arizona, on Thursday, the 26th day
of April, 1894. He names the follow
ing witnesses to prove the complete
irrigation and reclamation of said
land: James Pine, C W Pine,Samuel
T Barnett and Win Newell, all of
Mesa, Arizona. Frank W Walls,
First pub Mar 22 Register.
Ari/onn Ornn^eM.
The Midwinter Flir lias brought
•ut tliH merits of Silt River valley,
Arizona, as an orange producing
section. Oranges from there were
exhibited yesterday wlrob recently
i score 1 91 points out of a possible
100; and that after they had been
plucked four months. The ordinary
, orange of commute reaches the
market in February an I March
while these Arizmi oranges are
said to b>! ready for shipment Nov
-1 10. This gives them an advantage
1 in the big markets.
1 Th * fruit-growers of this valley
have labored long and hard to show
that their grapes, apricots, peaches,
figs, lemons and oranges, were#earli
, or by from one to four months than
the most favored portions of Cali
fornia and it would appear that
at last their labors are beginning
to bear some good results.—San
i Francisco Call.
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Speaking of prospecting the other
day a well-known prospector said:
“There are at present within a ra
■ dius of a hundred miles from this
city three times as many prospec
tors as ever before. Ample spring
rains and bountiful snows in the
mountains have made it unusually
favorable for those searching for
gold mines to prosecute their work
and the stur ly miners are taking
advantage of the opportunity. This
activity so far has been attended
with good results but many parties
have not yet reported Many
caims, however, are being re
corded, and confidential friends are
daily buttonholed and carried to a
convenient place to be shown rich
sp -cimens.— Review.
Arizona possesses all the natural
resources for one of the most pros
perous states in the un'on and will
eventually rank with many of the
older sisters e»st of the Rocky
mountains in point of population
and wealth. It is making constant
natural progress and will continue
to do so. Our territory possesses
remarkable recuperative powers
and can survive almost any calami
ty, but what we want now is state
hood. If we will only unite for
the common cause the glorious fu
ture will endow the new state with
the greatest of blessings.—Enter
prise.
Arizona has an abundance of
rich soil and a tropical temperature
in its valleys. * With the comple
tion of the great system of irrigat
ing canals now being constructed,
says the Denver News, the abuu
dant water of the Colorado and
the Gila Rivers will furnish the
one thing needful to convert South
western Arizona into a vast fertile
garden. With heat, moisture,
health and cheap fertile soil, Ari
zona only requires* population to
make it one of the richest of the
western states.
The Sweetwater dam in San
Diego county holds back enough
storage water to irrigate 100,000
acres of land. The projectors of
this enterprise sell water t.o far
mers at $3.50 per acre per year. It
is considered one of the most re
mup.eralive investments yet made
in Southern California Such an
enterprise would lie even more
profitable in Cochise county than
in California.—Prospector.
At the Antwerp exhibition which
opens May sth, the American ex
, hibit will occupy more floor space
than at Par's. In point of size it
leads all other foreign exhibits.
The Tombstone Prospector Rays'
“The victory of the settlers on the
Sonoita, Babocouiari and San Ra
fael grants is not only a victory for
them but for the whole territory.
The result of the deliberation of
the court proves that nearly, if not
quite, all of the grants in southern
Arizona are founded on fraud The
best attorneys to be had were em
ployed by the claimants to defend
their titles, but they were over
whelmed with a volume of testi
mony that left them absolutely
nothing to stand on. The verdict
of the court is a gleam of sunshine
for Cochise county. It means the
opening of a vast area of magnifi
cent country to settlement. The
first color of title given to these
grants was by Surveyor General
Wasson in 1879 when the great
silver discoveries first brought our
section into prominence. Wasson
repried these grants to the land
oflice at Washington as being en
titled to recognition by the govern
meat. This was fourteen years
ago. Since then the claimants
have held the high cards in all le
gal controversies. Now the shoe
is on the other foot, and the settlers
alreidy upou the ground and those
to come will hive Uncle Sam’s fiat
to back them up. It is almost be
yond the shadow of a doub 1 " that
the Boquillas de Nogales grant,
claimed by the Hearst estate, tak
ing all the country of value from
Charleston to Benson, will be
knocked out in a similar manner.
All of these grants are on the same
footing, and what is true of one is
true of the balance. When the
time comes that titles to land can
be secured from the government
then will Cochise county leap for
ward with new life and enter upon
an era of prosperity which will
open the eyes of drones and startle
the most sanguine believer in our
ultimate greatness.”
Yuma, perhaps no more than any
other town, has suffered from
“write-ups” given it by strangeis,
tnen well enough in their way, able
newspaper men, and all right at
home, but not capable, fit or com
petent to put the facts in regard to
the place, its advantages and sur
roundings, its resources and pros
pects for the future before the
public. Even if they were able to
do so, in their respective journals
what does it avail, compared to a
carefully prepared and honest state
ment of facts, published in a local
paper? Our own people, the men
who have lived here for years, cer
tainly know what we have, what
we are doing and what there is .in
the future better than a stranger.
Instead of paying out hundreds, if
not thousands, of dollars to some
stranger to write up what Arizona
might have been, if our people
wou d pay the same money to the
local press, they would get better
service, radre facts would be known,
their influence would be wider,
more good would be done, and Aai
zona would be the gainer. Let our
home papers, working for the good
of the territory be assisted in this
good work, rather than the tramp.
—Sentinel.
The regular monthly debt state
ment from Washington shows cash
in treasury March 31, $133,950,-
025 of which $100,000,000 was
gold reserve; interest bearing debt.
$634,940,030. The total debt is
$1,631,138. Total cash in the treas
ury $790,780,717.
The custom house is to be re
moved from Tombstone to Bisbee.
One year ago Thursday the
nomination of L O Hughes for
governor of Arizona was confirmed
by the United States Senate. At
that time it was prophesied by dis
satisfied members of his own party
that he would not be in office six
months since. Twice that length
of time has passed and he is still
the Governor of Arizona, and the
present indications are than he will
remain Governor during the D -mo
cratic administration. Arizona has
never before had a governor who
has taken fche interest or h*d her
welfare more at hoart than Gover
nor L. C. Hughes. Every public
institution in the territory today is
running with a less expense to the
taxpayer than ever before and the
credit is entirely due to Governor
Hughes.—Sentinel.
The SaR River valley will grow
more fruit this year than ever be
fore in its history and to judge
from the eastern papers which con
tain intelligence daily of further
injuries to the fruit erop, there will
be good prices realized for our crop.
—Herald.
It is computed that the death
rate of the world is sixty-seven a
minute and the birth rate seventy
a minute, and this seemingly light
percentage of gains is sufficient to
give a net increase of population
each year of about 1,200,000 souls.
Congress appropriated #135,400
this fiscal year for the distribution
of garden seeds throughout. tha
United States. Each Congressman
received 3000 more bags of seed
than in any previous year.
Arizona has thirty-five thousand
Indians on reservations. Some of
the reservations cover the best land
in the territory and should be
thrown open. —Sentine!
Twenty-six western railroads
now have a system of watch in
spection by which the timepiecos
of employes are regularly examined
and regulated.
More than 700,000 men nre em
ployed by American railroads.
An English syndicate owns 3,000,-
000 acres of Texas pasture land.
It takes $85,000,000 to equip alt
the cotton factories of the world.
The Bank of England is watched
nightly by a guard of about fifty
men.
There is one business man in
New York who deals exclusively
n celery.
The annual consumption of wine
in France averages twenty-three
gallons for each person.
The Ancient Order of United
Workmen paid $6,286,000 to the
families of deceased members in *
1893.
An American photographer, F.
E. Ives, is astonishing London by
successfully taking colored photo
graphs.
The day is not far distant when
Arizona will ship her fruit to Cali
fornia to compete with the home
product of that state.
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The climate of southeastern Ari
zona is the most inexpensive and
the surest health restorative of any
section of the Pacific coast.
iNo. 31.