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TPo th.e Puiblic.
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For the next Sixty Days we will sell our entire
stock of General Merchandise at cost.
Now is the time to lay in supplies, as the railroad
tie-up may continue.
All bills due the firm mtfst be settled on or before
the Ist day of September, 1894. , '
Yours Truly,
B. F. Johnson, Sons & Co
I»x»fe3sioxa.a.l Cards
q J. WILLIAMS,
~cleotio Physieian and Surgeon.
WILL ATTEND ALL CALLS PROMPTLY.
Chronic ol women a specialty.^
Ofwce : Kimball House,
Arizona
Visa.
fj H. SABIN, M. D.
S I C IAN & SURGEON-
Office —Rooms 1 and 2 Pomeroy
Block, Up Stairs-
Real tv
Blocks North of Co-Op store,; .east
wide-
Mesa Arizona
LAWRENCE WOODRUFF,
HOMCEOPATHIST,
of lUbosaan Medina! Collette. I’lnU
dalphia, Claes 1%82.
Offiee and Residence Rooms 11, 12 and 16.
Cotton Block, Pmknix. office Hours— Ito 9 a
m., 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p. m
tWI- ■ 4 - ■
CHAS. H. JONES,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
fE&fIPE • • * - Arizona
Offioe at lleineman St Gill Block. Office Hours
—i to 9a. m., 3to 4 and Vto 8 p. m.
P T- POMEROY,
Notary Public & Conveyancer.
Loffal papers Carefully Drawn. Opposite
Hakes House.
VffiSA CITY, - - ~ ARIZONA
J. JESSUr,
DENTIST.
All work warrantedjand prices very
easonable.
Off«e— Porter Block.
Phoenix, Arizona.
J~)R. J. W. BAILY,
—DBALKR IN—
Drugs, Medicines , Chemicals,
FANCY.AnD TOILET ARTICLES.
Jongea, gfruske* Perfiiinery, Ete*
MESA, ARIZONA,
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
Mesa Free Press.
W. J. KINGSBURY,
Attorney-at-Law
Practices in ali the Courts. Special
attention to land cases..
TEMPE, - - ARIZ.
THE
GENERAL MARKET
E. L. GRAY, °roprietor.
Fresh and Corned and
Pickled Meats,
Sausage, Etc, always
on hand.
delivered to any part
of the city and vicinity.
Pomeroy Bloc • Slain Street,
MESA ARIZONA.
A. L. FISHER’S
Teinpe & Mesa Stages
I Making direct connections with t
the Goldfield Stage. )
MORNING STAGES,
L've Phoenix 7.00 a.m. Leave Mesa 1:30 p.m
Leave Teinpe 9:00 a.m. Leave Tempo 2.30 p.m.
Arrive Mesa 10:00 a.m. Arrive Phoßnix 4 p.m.
EVENING STAGES.
L’<e. Ptioenix 3:30p.m. Leave Mesa 6.30 a.m
L’ve Tempe 4,30 p.m, LeaveTenipe 7.30a.m
Arriy® M«sa 5.30 p.m. Ar. Phoenix 9 30a.m
CARRY PASSENGERS AND EXPRESS.
flip” Leave orders at Fashion Stable,
Commercial Hot el or Frank Phil
lips
The GOLDEN GEE
Wants Gash, and yeu want
MERCHANDISE
We make the Proposition
to sell you goods at very
LOW PRICES.
We have NO LEADERS, but
place uniformly Low Figures upon
Staples and Notions.
We know it will be to
ynur advantage to give us a
call.
No trouble to show goods.
General Merchandise handled.
GEO. PASSEY & CO.
PROPRIETORS.
MESA CITY, ARIZONA, Fit [DAY, SEP)’. 14, 1894.
ZenosCo-Op.
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The Finest Line Ever Opened in
Mesa, can be Seen in Our
0 (Dry Goods Dep’t,
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Which contains new, neat and
fashionable dress goodsj flannels,
ladies’ anti gents’ furnishing goods
and everything usually found in a
well furnished establishment.
Our Hardware and Grocery Dep’t*
are stocked with the choic
est goods.
t W© are Agents for the
Celebrated Myers Pumps, the
j Famous Fv.atherbone Buggy
Whips and the
Unexcelled Canton Clipper.
. Plows.
Our lines are of the best arid our
prices as low as the lowest. Special
orders given prompt attention.
CALL AND SEE US.
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
—CO TO —
B. F. Johnson,
Sons & Go.,
AGENTS FOR
THE OLD
Phoenix Ins. Co. of Brooklyn, N. Y.
American Fire Ins-Co., of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania “ “ “ “ 11
Niagara “ “ * “ “
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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, Apvlzona.
MESA
Feed & Livery Stable.
P. METS, Proprietor.
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THE ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
RAIL ROAD
l
i The Great Middle Route across
the American Continent in connec
tion with the railways of the “Santa
Fe Route.”
Liberal Management
Superior Facilities
Picturesque Scenery
L
The Grand Canon of the Colorado, the most
I sublime of Nature’s work on the earth, indes
cribable, can easily be reached via Flagstaff,
Williams or Peach Springs on this road. To the
Natural Bridge of Arizona and Montezuma’s
Well you can jouruey most directly by this line.
Observe the Ancient Indian Civilization of La
) ernna or of Acolla, “The City of the Sky.” Visit
the Petrified Forest near Carrizo, See and
L marvel at the freak of Canon Diablo. Take a
hunting trip in the magnificent pine forests of
the San Francisco Mountains. Find intereet in
the ruins of the pre-historic cave and cliff
dwellers. View the longest cantilever bridge in
America across the Colorado River
• T. R. Gabel, W.A. Bissell,
Gen’l Superintended Gen Pass Ageut
Albuquerque, N M San Francico and
, H S VanSlyck. Albuquerque
Gen’l Agent, Albuquerque N M
■ rHsalion Uongrem.
The irrigation congress in session
, at"© nver will add additional im
portance to a subject which is par
amount to Arizona; for after oil
our future prosperity depends upon
| the fructification of the soil by ir
rigation .
Colorado has already reclaimed
between two and three million acres
of land by irrigation. The Colora
do State Engineer’s report shows
that there are about 12,000 miles
of irrigating canals in Colorado.
They cost $50,000,000, and with
jthGr franchises- are estimated to
be worth at least $100,000,000.
The cost of a water right under a
company ditch averages about $lO
per acre a year.
There is no hope of the United
States government undertaking the
construction of reservoirs and irri
gating canals. Tint business per
tains to the state or the people.
When Arizona becomes a state all
the waters not navigable will enure
to the state by right of eminent,
domain, and it will then be for the
state to decide in what manner
they shall be utilized for the bene
fit of the people. The state may
undertake the conservation and
distribution of water, or it may
transfer this right to corporations
—which God forbid. It is a ques
tion of vital importance to the peo
pie and they will have the decision
of the matter in their own hands.
The corporations are gobbling
up the arid lands of the nation,
and how many delegates to the
convention traveled on free passes
is not known but there is great
danger uT~the irrigation question
that the people will he mere “draw
ers of water” and have to pay dear
ly for it. They already pay $lO
per acre in Colorado.
The corporate greed of the Unit
ed States lias brought the people
to poverty, and if allowed to mo
nopolize the water there,.is only a
life of peonage before the people
and their children. The water
belongs to the people by natural
right , and they alone have the
right to make laws for its distrib
ution.—Ex.
There hs a connection between
the color and character of animals.
Althongh much of the subject is
veiled in considerable obscurity, as
a general rule it may be stated that
vivid, conspicuous coloring accom
panies strength, courage and often
ferocity. The black or red hair
and the ruddy skin indicate carbon
or iron somewhat in excess, a san
guine temperment, rapidity of
thought and action and courage
frequently bordering on rashness.
In the brute creation it is rather
character that has modified color in
the course of the survival of the
fittest. The timid animal, bird or
fish possessing the most neutral
coloring lived longest and left most
offspring and so gradually the con
spicuous members of the family
were eliminated. This neutral
coloring as well as color that
changes for protective purposes is
the external characteristic of shy
ness and timidity, alertness of
sense, keenness of vision and scent
and swiftness rather than strength
of limb.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Cattle throughout the territory
are fattening rapidly, and the out
look for good beef the coming sea
son is certainly most encouraging.
•
Bank officials say gold is so plen
tiful in Chicago that clearing house
balances are frequently paid in
gold.
Thursday last wee
! Bowie was visited l>y a flood which
_ came form a cloudburst in the Chir
. icahua mountains. Just as tlio
| passenger train from the east wis
, pulling into the station for supper
the water came down, quickly cov
ering the floor of the dining room
[ to a depth of four inches. Nothing
; daunted the train men and some of
. the gentlemen passengers pulled off
j their shoes and stockings, waded
s into the dining room, took seats
and ate their supper, first helping
the ladies and children over on the
baggage trucks. The guests were
served by the waiters paddling
around ankle deep m water. The
railroad office was also flooded and
considerable damage was done.
The collar was filled and the stores
it contained suffered some damage.
It took two or three days steady
work to pump it dry.—Oasis.
The Arizona. & Southeastern.
Work on the Benson and Fairbank
extension of the Arizona & South
- railroad is progressing satis-,
factorily, and it is expected that
connection will be made in about
three weeks. The end of the track
is now at the California wash, where
track laying operations are await
ing comph tion of the bridge, which,
it is anticipated, will be done this
evening. The bridge is 150 feet
long. If done as expected, track
laying will be resumed tomorrow
or next day. The bridge across
the San Pedro, 105 feet long, is in
course of construction, and it is
thought it will he ready for the
rails by the time the track reaches
it, or within a day or two after
ward. With the SanJPedro cross
ed it will be a matter of only a few
days before the track will be laid
into Fairbank. After that there
will be some back-spiking and oth
er finishing work to be done before
trains will run regularly. But
regular trains between Bensoi. and
Bi.sbee will probably be running
early October. —Oasis.
The Desert Canal.
J. 0. Beatty, Vice-President of
the Colorado River Irrigation Com
pany, has filed in the Interior De
partment a plat of ditches consti
tuting the right of way for the pro
posed canal through the Yuma In
dian Reservation in for approval
in accordance with the provisions
of the act of February 15, 1893.
The plat was referred to the com
missioners (recently appointed to
negotiate with the Yuma Indians
for the cession of their surplus
lands and these commissioners have
recommended its approval.
Tbo Act of August 15, 1894, in
which the agreement with the
Yuma Indians was ratified, pro
vides that the company shall be re
quired to begin the construction of
their canal within three years after
the passage of the Act upon the
penalty of forfeiture of their rights.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
looks with favor upon the com
pany’s scheme and will recommend
its approval to the secretary.
A complaint comes from Russia
of the scarcity of physicians
throughout the empire. The num
ber of medical men is only one in
6,000 of the entire population.
These are mostly in the large cities.
The village population has only one
in 30,000, while the remote pro
vinces have only one doctor to 120,-
000 people.
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t A cornmeal trust is being form T
ed in Kansas City
Irrigatiou loagrewi.
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Last Saturday the third national
, irrigation congress finished its
labors. The forenoon was taken
~ up in a continuation of the discus
. sion of the propositions advanced
, | during the session. The object oF
*1 the diseussion was to obtain a re—
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p! port from the committee on resolu—
fjtions embodying the sense of the
| congress.
. Resolutions were finally adopted
, to instruct the national executive
, committee of the irrigation congress
} to prepare a series of bills for pie
, sentation to the congress of the
, United States embodying the fol
lowing propositions:
No. I—The repeal of the desert
land law.
No. 2—The several state irriga
tion commissioners are requested to
report to the. fourth national irriga
tion congress a more satisfactory
and definite plan than has yet been
presented for the reclamation of
arid public lands through the co
operation of the national and state
authorities.
No. 3—That there shall be ap
pointed a national irrigation com
mission for the supervision of irri
gation works constructed by the
federal government, and to provide
a plan for the division of streams
between states on a basis of justice
and equity.
No. 4.—That the several tei ri
tories be included in the provisions
of the Carey law.
No. s—That appropriations be
secured from the government for
the survey of irrigation lands and
the discovery of water for irrigation
purposes.
No. 6—That reservoir sites re
served by the government be re
leased and given to the states and
territories on application. The
president of the United States is
urged to appoint a national com
mission to work with the commis
sions from Canada and Mexico in
settling disputed points between
the countries over the division of
water flowing in both countries.
Congress is also memoralized to
make appropriations for the ad-’-
vancement of irrigation.
After the adoption of the report
the congress adjourned sine die.
Among the bills which emerged
in good order from the present ses
sion of congress was one approving
a treaty with the Yuma Indians,
throwing open about 30,000 acres
opposite the town of Yuma. Each
Indian will receive about five acres
to be held in severalty. The rest
will be divided into ten asre lots to
be sold at auction after an adver
tisement by the secretary of the
interior for sixty days. The sale
will attract a large number of vis
itors and capitalists from the east,
The Colorado Irrigation Co., whose
system will water these lands, will
begin operations next month with
150 men and continue without ces
sation until the work is done, so it
again reported.—Yuma Times.
The Baltimore Manufacturers
Record, in its weekly review of the
business situation south, says:
“Taken as a whole, the southern
crops will probably be larger this
year than ever before. Os corn, all
reports say the crop is unprece
, dented; the outlook f6r cotton,
based on acreage and present con
dition, indicates a crop of 8,000,000
to 9,000,000 bales. The smaller
crops have nearly all done well,
. giving the South abundant crops of
all kinds.”
No.