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Vol. 3.
WANTED!
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At Highest Market Prices, all kinds of Poultry and
Farm Produce.
B. F. Johnson, Sons & Co
New Goods constantly arriving at bed rock prices.
3ProfQoai.on.aLl Caiio-
W. J. KINGSBURY,
Attorney-at-Law
Practices in all the Courts. Special
Attention to land cases-
TEMPE, - • ARIZ
q J. WILLIAMS,
"oleotie Pkysieian and Surgeon.
VIAL ATTEND ALL CALLS PROMPTLY.
dtieuos of woman a specialty.
9nioi: K-imball House,
_ - Arizona
yy LAWRENCE WOODRUFF,
HOMCEOPATHIST,
■rndwn*t ol Hahnmmau Medical College, Phila
delphia, Class 1882.
Off«e and Residence Reoms 11, IS and 16.
.Cnttea Block, Phcskix. Office Hours —7 to 9 a
sb., 1 to 8 and 0 to 8 p. m.
gR- CHAB. H. JONES,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
fnErn. . - Arizona
|t Beineman A Gill Block. Office Hours
_4 tola, m., 8 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m.
P T. POMEROY,
Notary Public & Conveyancer.
Legal papers Carefully Drawn. Opposite
Hakes House.
Mil A CITY, - “ “ ARIZONA
jj J.JESSUr,
DENTIST.
AU work warranted land prices very
•Monable.
Orr«i —Porter Block.
Phoenix, Arizona.
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-J)R. J. W. BAILY,
—DKALBR I*—
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals,
FANCY AnD TOILET ARTICLES.
SpMge* Brushes Perfamcry, Kte*
MESA. ARIZONA,
R WILSON
The only Second Hand Store in
Southern Arizona. very variety
of goods sold at bed-rock prices.
Give us a call.
Wasnington St.
PHOENIX. - - ARIZ
Mesa Free Press.
THE
GENERAL MARKET
E. L. GRAY, °roprietor.
Fresh and Corned and
Pickled Meats,
Sausage. Etc, always
on hand.
IJgTMeats delivered to any part
of the city and vicinity.
Pomeroy Bloc > Main Street,
MESA, ARIZONA.
A. L. FISHER’S
Phtenix, Tempe & Mesa Stagi s
I Making direct connections with [
the Goldfield Stage. )
MORNING STAGES.
L’ve Ph®nix 7.00 a.m. Leave Mesa 1:30 p .ni
Leave Tempe 9:00 a.in. Leave Tempe 2.30 p.m.
Arrive Mesa 10:00 a.m. Arrive Phoenix 4 p.m.
EVENING STAGES.
L’<e Phoenix 3:30p.m. Leave Mesa 6.30 a.m
L’re Tempe 4.30 p.m. Leave Tempe 7.80 a.m
Arriy* Mesa 5.30 p.m.. Ar. Phoenix 9.30a.m
CARRY PASSENGERS AND EXPRESS.
|s§P”Leave orders at Fashion Stable,
Commercial Hotel or Frank Phil
lips
W. A. BURTON,
CONTRACTOR
-and-
BUILDER.
Estimates Furnished on Short
Notice.
MESA, - Ariz
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WM. PASSEY,
UNDERTAKER.
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Undertaker’s supplies. Imported
Y coffins and caskets always on hand.
Coffins made to order on short
notice.
Furniture repaired and job work
done at live and let live prices.
WM. PASSEY,
Z Next Door to Mesa City Bank
MESA CITY, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, SEP I’. 21, 1891
ZeiOSCo-Op.
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The Finest Line Ever Opened in
Mesa can be Seen in Our
Dry Goods Dep’t,
Which contains new, neat and
fashionable dress goods, flannels,
ladies’ and 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.
We are Agents for tlie
Celebrated Myers Pumps, the
Famous Fcatherbone 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.,
AGENTS FOR
THE OLD
Phoenix Ins. 00. of Brooklyn, N. Y.
American Fire Ins' Co., of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania “ “ “ “ “
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, Arizona.
Feed & Livery Stable.
P. METS, Proprietor.
THE ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
RAIL ROAD
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
The Grand Canon of the Colorado, the most
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
gnna or of Acolla, “The City of the Sky.” Visit
the Petrified Forest near Carrizo. See and
marvel at the freak of Canon Diablo. Take a
hunting trip in the magnificent pine forests of
the San Francisco Mountains. Find interest 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 Superintendent Gen Pass Agent
Albuquerque, N M San Francico and
H S VanSltck. Albuquerque
Gen’l Agent, Albuquerque N M
Water Sfornge,
It is not s-hortage of water, says
the Saturday Review, bnt lack of
facilities for using it that has led
up to the eroneous belief that there
is not sufficient water to irrigate
the Sslt River valley. Were there
three millions of acres of irrigable
under the Gila and Salt rivers, in
stead of a million and a half, eson
omy in preserving the water supply
and conducting the precious liquid
to the productive soil, would still
enable every acre of this vast area
to be utilized.
So far no storage capacity has
been supplied, and the lands now
cultivated are watered hy means of
canals or artificial streams taken
from the Gila and Salt rivers and
their tributaries. No great amount
of care or ingenuity has yet been
displayed in abducting these streams
from their natural course and water
is still carried in open ditches where
the loss by evanoration is enormous.
A new era in irrigation in Ari
zona is dawning, and already sev
eral feasible schemes for impound
ing water to tide over the season
of drought have been started and
some of them are now well under
way.
The most prominent among these
—all of which are feasible at no
unusual cost —is the Tonto reser
voir, at the head of the Box canyon
and at the confluence of Tonto
creek and Salt River, considerably
less than one hundred miles north
east of Phoenix. A thorough sur
vey has been made and it is ascer
tained that the construction of a
dam across the mouth of the gorge
will enclose a reservoir of immense
magnitude. This artificial lake
when enclosed will cover an area
of 11,575 acres with water, and the
capacity will be 900,000 acre feet
or sufficient to irrigate an equal
number of acres of land with the
assistance of the natural precipita
tion. An acre foot of water is
sufficient to cover an acre of land
one foot deep—an average yearly
irrigation.
Besides the Tonto reservoir there
is the Horseshoe that will soon be
built above Eort McDowell on the
Verde river, by the Rio Verde
company. This upon initial con
struction will contain 205,000 acre
feet of water and its capacity can
be increased to 400,000 acre-feet.
The Pennsylvania company with
their Cave Creek reservoir will im
pound 150,000 acre—feet, and the
Agua Fria or Frog Tanks at least
150,000. This company is already
working and the foundation of the
dam is laid in solid masonry. The
Hassayampa has a capacity of 100,-
000 acre-feet and its catchment
basin is the finest in the territory,
besides the stream is a copious one.
It will be seen that these reser
voirs when completed will supply
1,700,000 acre-feet of water, an
amount more than ample to irri
gate the 1,500,000 acres of land
that lie below the box canyons of
the Gila and Salt rivers, and all
the arable land under both rivers
on either side as far as Yuma and
the Colorado river.
There yet remain the waters of
the Gila river, which were gauged
for one year at the Butte canyon,
twelve miles from Florence. It
was found that this river annually
i furnishes 375,000 acre-feet of wa
> ter, which may be impounded at
1 that point. Dr. A. J. Chandler of
the Consolidated Canal company
i has already made the necessary
3 surveys, locations and preliminary
» works, and it is only a question of
time until the work is done.
, The Salt River is a more volu
: minous stream and the minimum
flo ~r per year since 1888 has been
2,000,000 acre feet of water while
, the maximum was 6,000,000 acre
, feet. Thus it will be seeu that at
, tha dryest seasons ample water can
be secured to irrigate for the two
rivers 2,375,000 acres, while the
entire area to be covered is only
1,500,000.
Besides this, the water turned
out at the waterways high up the
river is not all lost by exhalation
and evaporation, and from 30 per
cent to 50 per cent of all this wa
ter again returns to the channel of
the stream from which it was ta
ken, reaching there by percolation
through the porous soil and it is
again on the surface and ready for
use but a few miles down the river
below. •
As an example the water at the
Arizona dam may at any time be
measured and while it is apparent
ly all taken from the river before
it reaches this city at which point
the river is frequently dry; but a
few miles below it again rises on
average of 1,000 miner’s inches per
mile and when the Buckeye canal
is reached the accretion from the
the Gila has increased the . head of
water until it is again equal to the
flow of the river at the Arizona
dam sixty miles above.
Speaking of the Box Canyon of
the Salt River, here is a section of
Arizona that has but once been
traversed by either civilized or sav
age man. One year ago a survey
ing party that was locating the
Tonto reservoir passed np this
canyon which they report as second
to none in the grandeur of its
scenery and the romantic wildness
of the country, the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado alone excepted.
For thirty four miles this canyon
extends through a gorge and the
average width of the opening is
but 200 feet while at one point at
Needles it narrows to 100 feet,
through which the t aging torrent
of the river flows. The walls of
the Box canyon are from 500 to
2,285 feet in height, the highest
point being near the Mormon ranch
or Weavers Needle wash.
It is impossible to describe the
kaleidoscopic display and every
step presents new beauties of na
ture and wonders of creation Be
tween Alter and Ash creeks which
flow into Box canyon through box
canyons at right angles, is a
nificent temple with a lofty spire
that towers high above the sur
roundings, while castles, pillars and
everything uncommon in natuie
are found in profusion. The party
spent four days in going eleven
miles while near the middle of this
wonderful gorge. They ascended
the river in a 12 foot canvas boat
and during the entire four days
were unable to effect a landing as
the water reached from shore to
: shore of the perpendicular cliffs.
Oaves of immense magnitude could
, be seen 500 feet high on the sides
[ of the cliffs. From ten to twelve
streams enter the canyon all thro’
. box canyons and * most of these
( streamlets were named by the ex
plorers.
Prominent among these streams
r is Skull creek, so named as it is
the historic place where A1 Sebra
t corraled a band of Indians and
l their skulls and skeletons yet lie
j bleaching as an evidence of the
j sanguinary conflict in which the
j Indians fought unto death,
f This canyon can only be used as
a canal or waterway as it is unlike
the great Royal gorge of the Ar—
kansaw or the Grand Canyon of
the Gunnison in Colorado who ho
trend is somewhat straight, thus
enabling the building of a railroad
through the gorges; but the Box
canyon of the Salt river zigzags and
the curvature is so great that a
railroad through it would be an
impossibility. This party by their
enterprise, however, demonstrated
that not only is there within the
confines of the territory a rival of
the Grand canyon of the Colorado
in grandeur but that through it is
the key to the final reclamation of
the arid lands of the valleys of the
Gila and Salt rivers, commonly
styled the Salt River valley, in
cluding that of the Casa Grand.
The man who says there is not
sufficient water for the redemption
of the desert waste, is either aa
enemy to Arizona or he is lacking
in information.
Beyond Endurance.
Th.- preacher from town was fill
ing an appointment in a mountain
ohurch in Kentucky, and, being an
old fashioned orthodox minister, he
was making his sermon very warm.
In fact, it was moreothan warm; it
was hot. He set* fort!) vividly all
the terrors of the hereafter of the
wicked, describing minutely the
boiling brimstone, the blazing tor
rents of pitch and turpentine, the
dreadful caldron of eternal burning,
and picturing the sinners floating
about and writhing and squirming
in the awful lake below. The con
gregation was vividly affected and
the greatest stillness prevailed
every member listening intently,
until one tall, young fellow, evi
dently with the preacher’s picture
clearly before his mind, jumped up
and in a protesting voice exclaimed
earnestly:
“By gum, mister, them people
can’t stand it !”-Detroit Free Press.
The California Fruit Transporta
tion Company of Sacramento is
shipping fresh fruits to England.
The freight rate is $750 per car,
which is materially less than the
rate for previous seasons. This
charge covers all costs between
Sacramento and London, but a
commission of five per cent is
charged by the seiler in the latter
city. These shipments are dis
patched by special train to New
York and roach that city in time
, to takt the steamer sailing the same
or the next day, so that the least
, possible time is occupied in transit.
Each steamer will accomodate ten
car loads of fruit, and it is ex
pected that the conditions this year
L will prove favorable for fair prices
f in the English markets. In short,
I the California Fruit Transportation
. Company is exerting its utmost es
, forts toward making the fruit ship
ments to foreign countries this
( year a pronounced success. — Ex.
Near Clifton a quartz mill is
5 being erected that will be run by
water power. The stamps have a
, rapid rotary motion and are a de
sign from South Africa and Aus
tralia. It is claimed that the $lO
free gold ore a mile away can be
mined and milled for $2 5Q per
ton.—Prospector.
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1 Attilla was called the Scourge of
God, from an expression of his own;
“Where my horse has trodden no
grass will ever grow.”
Alabama’s supply of red cedar
» is exhausted.
No. 2.