Arizona Weekly Citizen from Tucson, Arizona • Page 1

CITIZEN. it T- XT A TUCSON. PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, DECEJIBEIT29 L894. NO. 26 EXXU.0L ijlC Of THE CITIZEN.

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ban rancuco. is oar anthorised agent. 1 ais paper kept on me in is omoe. HERBERT BROWN Mxuucbr OWNERSHIP OF WATER la view of the contemplated legisla tion on the water interests of the terri tory by the coming legislative asee rably. tbe following extract from a paper resa ty Major Dutton of San Antonio, at the recent irrigation convention in Texap, will be full of interest.

Among other excellent thicgs he eaid: "Let us now advert to those aspects cf irrigation law which relate to what is sometimes called the ownership of water. To those who are not familiar with the 6U eject it might seem a dacgerout thing to permit individual or corporation to divert all the water of a river and Bell it to a community which is ab eolutely dependent upon it for its sub-sistance. It may seem at first like a monopoly of the most sweeping character, putting the community completely in its power. But the reality is quite otherwise. "Water in its natural channels is the property of no man.

It is sometimes called 'common property, but ihe word property in this connection is misleading and 6elf contradictory, for property implies an owner. Under the common law and under the still older civil law any ote may take water from a flowing ttream provided that in to doing he dots not injure another nor commit a trespass. But this right Is not unlimited and in fact is limited in general to 'necoesary and reasonable ues, all of wtrch have, through centuries of liti-gation, been pretty well ascertained and defimd by the courts. It does not extend to the right of diverting without explicit permission a large part or the whole of the water into a canal. The sovereign power has always asEumed to regulate by statute the conditions, limitation and procedure under which the water may be diverted.

One cf the earliest questions brought before the courts io the irrigating stutes was what was the nature and extent of the rights acquired by a canal owner who had lawfully diverted the water of a 6tream m--his mik. The water did not belong to him before he captured it; did it become his property afterwards? The decision was that it did not. The law simply gave him the right to divert the water and transport it to its destination, but did not invest him with its ownership, which if it existed anywhere remained just where it was before. He no more owned the water than a railroad owned the ods it carried, and in fact was simply a common carrier of water to the irrigators who used it. As he did not own the water neither coald be erll it, for a man cannot sell what he does net own.

But as a carrier of water be was reudering a service for which he was entitled to charge a payment, and like all other common carriers he war amenable to the principle of the com-mon law that his charge must be reasonable and ju6t. We have only to place this view of the case in relation with the numerous decisions of the supreme court of the United States affi'micg the power of states to regulate the charges of common carriers to appreciate that it is the ditch owner and tot the irrigator who is inside of the cinch and that it is the farmer and not the ditch owner who bis hands on the ciuch strap." OUR PAPER MONET. Including paper money of all kinds, the United States has now outetand ng cthe vast sum of 51.107,403,133. Of course all this money, says the Sr.n Francisco Bulletin, is not in active circulation, but it is all available and niifa thtt full po (nrn rt m-hntfrtans. to be on the move.

This paper mosey represents denominations of SI to COO bills. The number of pieces comprised in the total is 117,646,380. The number of $10,000 bills printed is not large. There are only 787 of them in existence, and possibly not a person in a thousand has ever en one of these large Lille. The next denomination below is $5,000.

of which 2,467 hare been issued. These, also, are rarely use Then come the 81,000 bills. Of these there are 86,909 cut, and they figure quite frequently in large transactions. There are 827,960 $500 bills, 824,364 $103 bill, and 815,842 $50 bills in existence. The other denominations out tre $20, $10, $5, $2 and $1.

TLere are 1,827,471 5,20 notes out and 29.505,603 $10 notes out. There are more $5 bills out than any other denomination, namely, 49,832,822, while there are 39,983,823 $1 notes and $14,433,262 $2 notes in existence. "Peace on earth and good will towards men" will be preached tomorrow the length and breadth of Christendom. That it may as universally be practiced S3 it will be preached is the wish of all men who love their kind. But, however ecantmay be the store of human kindness some good will be done and men will be made better by the coming of the day.

It needs no homily from us, but we bid it welcome and wish our readers a merry Christmas and many happy returns to them of this, the kindliest day in the calendar of saints. A bout one of the greatest misconcep tions of service to the people through the poet office department is to be found in Graham county. Although the rail road is in operation between Boetie sta- tion and SafTord tha mail is etill carried by stage between those points and the result is that it reaches the people about twenty-four hours late. This is au out rage and should be corrected. Dipthekia is committing fearful rava gee iu some of the inland towns in New York.

In the Xew York infant asylum at Mont Vernon more than eighty chil dren were down with the d.eease, and sixteen cf these cases proved fatal. So far as learned no effort was made to use newly discovered reuitdy although every other means to stamp out the di sense were taken. It the new remedy is as efficacious as represented the oppcr-untity to test its merits aa never more opportune. The old officials like the old year are getlicg ready to quit and the new to enter upon their duties. Let us trust that the coming year will be a prosper ous one not only to Arizona but to the wide world an well.

The Central Labor Federation of New York with a display of red fLigs, has been celebrating the downfall of Oomp- ers. Other labor organizations heve an nounced their intention of withdrawing from the Federation because of Compere defeat. It is just such differences that weaken and destroy party unity and lead todi6ruptim and defeat. the United States is a free country that is no reason for the admittance cf every howling anarchist that seeks a foothold here. The latset obnoxious arrival is the fellow Mowbray who for want of a better job in the chaia gang, 11 engaged is in 'expounding the principles of anarchy in English." The government should put a plaster over his mouth and send him back.

Govekkor Hogg of Texas has for some time been utter the Standard 0:1 magnates, and as they were out of the bounds of his jurisdiction he made a requisition of Governor Flower of New York. But the latter refuses to turn them over, and rightly so. The men, it appears, htve never been in the state of Texas atd consequently could have committed no crime in that direr ticn. Ilogg is bogging after a little toriety which he i ret liable to get through Standard Oil channels. There app- ara to h-ive been two cases agaicsi Debs and bis associates, one by the government and the by the Santa Fe railroad system.

As the eame offenses carried with them the same Drba will be obliged to serve twelve months in jiil and his conferees six months instead of three. The whole eafety of Debs and his associate committeemen lie in sn appeal to the supreme court. There is eaid to be a large sized doubt in many minds as to whether said appeal will die. The great electrical wizzard has by a decision of the supreme court, been shorn of a bright feather of borrowed plumage and his world famed phonograph will henceforward bear another name. Whatever the merits of the case may be the decision of the court is Euch as to leave no doubt in the minds of the public that Edison is not the on'y eleo.

trician in the country, but that science ia also indebted to others for at least a little of its knowledge of the subtle substance that can girdle the earth in an instant. rah Althea," tne demented wife of Judge Terry, who waB killed in his assault of Justice Fields tome four ago, is again before the public. When she was committed to the insane asylum the management of her property was entrusted to Porter Ashe, a well known society man of Sao Francisco and a supposed millionaire. He appears, however, through charges recently made, not ooly to have mismanaged the property entrusted in his keeping, but to have appropriated considerable of the tame for his own use and made no accounting therefor. The charges r.geinst Ashe have been made by Ihcs.

II. Williarre. who has had A6he relieved and himself appointed temporary guardian. If the charges he makes against Aahe be proven it is liable to go hard with the latter and lie may end up with a term in San Qu-titin. NEW YORK'S MONUMENT TO GRANT A number of people, says the Chicago Ioter-Ocean, are inquiring lately in regard to the prospect of the completion of the Grant monument in New York oity.

It will be remembered that some years ago $150,000 was raised for that monument, and at that sum the subscriptions stuck for some time. After ward General Horace Porter wan elected president of the association, and through his efforts and the efforts of his friends the turn of $410,000 in addition was raised and the monument is cow being erected. It is an enormous structure and General Porter and his directors determined to use only the very best of granite. It took 6ome time to decide from just what quarry the stone would come. It has been under contract now for some time, and will be completed, eo General Porter promises, by the firet of December, 1895.

Mr. J. Q. A. Walker, of this city, in order to satisfy himself and other friends in regard to the mounment, last November wrote to General Porter and received the following reply, which will probably render eary the minds of those who have ex proceed anxiety on the subject: New YoKK, Dec 4.

J. Q. A. Walker, atonic Ttmi le, CLicBgo, III. Dear Sir I received our letter and am very muck obliged to you for the paius you took to inclose me the paragraph at ut the Grant monument.

The monument is ao enormous structure, having in it over 7,000 toDB of dressed gra ite, every stone of which is without th slighu-t-t possible flaw. No granite quarry In the country wouid uudertake to finish the monument before Dec. 1, 1895. It is now about foity-five feet high, and will be finished on time. Paragraphs are put out from time to time which are entirely erroneo- na And nrnhiiblv done simoly for the sake of making a paragraph.

I have denied everything here, and the matter is fully underwood. After tne monu meet is entirely completed we will no doubt see paragraphs going around for years afterward saying 11 is Bcaruei hfann inclose vou one of my denials. which will show you the real status of the work. It will not be worto wniie 10 make any more denials. No one can follow up at the present day the activity of journalism.

Thanking you again for your kindness in writing am, yours truly, Horace Porter, President. DROUGHT IN WYOMING. Rain had net falhn for some sixty days, and for some sixty more there Wf8 no necessity that it should fall. It is spells of weather lik this that set the western edi'or writing praise and prophecy of he boundless fertility of the soil when irrigated and of what an Eden it can be made with irrigation; buttbe spells annoy the people who are trying to raise the Eien. We always told the transcient eastern visitor, when he arrived at Cheyenne and criticised the desert, that anything would grow here with irrlgailou; anilfcuuietime8-lie re plied, unempathetically, that anything could fly with wings.

1 nen we wouiu lead such a man out ana snow him six, eight, ten square miles of green crops; and he, if be was thoroughly nasty, would mention that Wyoming contained ninety-five thoueand square miles, all waiting for irrigation and Eden. One of tbeee eastern eupercivilized hostiles from New York was breakfasting with the governor and me at the Cheyenne club, and we were explaining to him the glorious future, the coming empire, of the western country. Now the governor was about thirty-two, and until twenty-tive had never gone west far enough to see over the top of the Alleghany moun tains. I was not a pioseer myself; end why both of us should have pitied the New Yorker's narrowness bo hard I can not see. But we did.

We epone to mm of the size of the country. We told him that bin state could rattle round inside Wyoming's stomach without ny inconvenience to Wyoming, and be told us that this was because Wyoming's stomach was empty. Altogether I began to feel sorry that I had asked him to come Out for a hunt, And had traveled in haste all the way from Bear Creek to Cheyenne expressly to meet him. "For purposes of amusement," he eaid "I'll admit anything you claim for this ciace. Ranches, cowboys, elk; it's all splendid.

Only, as an investment, I prefer Delaware and Hudson. Am I to see any cowboys? "You shall," I said; and I distinctly hoped some of them might do something to him "for purposes of amusement' "You fellows come up with me to my office," 6aid the governor. "I'll look at my mail, and show you round." So we went with him through the heat and sun. "What's that?" inquired the New Yorker, whom I shall call James Og-den. "That is aur park," said I.

"Of course it's merely in embryo. It's wonderful how quickly any ahade tree will grow here wi I checked myself. But Ogden eaid "with irrigation" for me, and I was entirely sorry be had come. Owen Wister in Harper's Magazine for January. CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

Now is the time to agitate the macadamizing of Congress street, we have re-oen'ly had an experience of dust, followed by mud knee deep. Pedestrians passing to and fro on tbe sidewalks were bespattered with mud thrown up by the hoafs of passing horses. It seemed impossible to escape a deluge of mud if a person was compelled to walk a block or two, when the mud was at its worst If it became necessary to cross Congress street, the shoes were incrusted with a coat of mud requiring a determined effort on tbe part of the pedestrian to keep on his way. This is an execrable and wholly uncecessary state of affairs and should be remedied with as little de'ay as possible. Congress street ie so narrow that it can be easily and economically paved with broken rock.

The reck abounds io our immediate neighborhood, and should be utilized without farther delay, as tbe street is at times a disgrace to the city. Both in dry and wet time a macadamized pavement would serve our purpose until some better substitute might be found. The street committtee do all in their power, but without a pavement it is impossible to keep the street in good shape. Hon. J.

A. Kasson, of Iowa, thus defines national protection, which ia now and always has been advocated bv the republican party: "It means legislative encouragement to the employment of American capital and labor at home in the development of all our natural sources of wealth and prosperity, instead of sending our capital abroad to aid in the production of foreign wealth and to pay for foreign labor. It means legislative security aga-nst the dependency of tbe nation upon fure-gn countries for its means of defense, and of our people for their necessaries and comforts of life. It means legislative barriers aeainettbe exhaustion of the wealth of the country by sending it abroad in exchange for perishable articles, instead of using it at home in exchange for the like articles produced by American labor from the earth or in the factory. In the former case both money and the article it buys are lost to our country; in tbe latter, tbe money stays at home and goes on buyiog." Fine Bicycles.

If you want to rent a wheel go to K. L. Hart, on Cor gress street, aod select from bis hmple etoek of fine machines. The ocation of this bicycle emporium ia cen- ral and handy to every one. What an Innocent Pair of Strangers Did to the Local Gamblers.

Thsnortinff men of Phoenix are without question, among the "squarest of their profession in the west They therefore furnished the easier mark for a pair of traveling "Aim flam" men who yesterday made a one-day stand in this city. The men were rough in drees and annearance and had few of the marks of the professional "sport," yet at a few short minutes at the Reception they managed to rake in no less than 1235 cold cash. Their specialty was craps, that game of all games most dear to the African heart Alter losing a iew hundred, the dice appeared to do their biudiB? and they did their deadly worlr, They came in in the morning and left in the evening, going west. The mere fact of the winning would be of little eignih' were it not for the fact that at Tucson two days ago from Dick Berry they rakrd in nearly $2000, by just the same Similar plays to the ex tent of $1000 each are reported from FlacrfitafT wnd Preeco't It is believed the men have loaded dice of the particular kind used in the fames at which they play, these dice are substituted while they play for the dice of the game. Ao accomplice or advance agent is now known to have been here a few days ago spotting the groung for the precious pair of rascals.

Their work wps very smooth, and the 1 ri mru ixkj wrio tiviiuiiacu, ujou v. eipprifiDCe tbe wiee of the card sharp, cannot explain how tbe thing was done. Needless to remark, the gamble- some stranger is now looked upon with distrust at the local gamiDg tables. Gazette. HEED HIMSELF UP.

Odd Developments in the Bowie Stage "Held-Up." It is now claimed that the driver of the robbed Solomonville and Bowie etage held up himself. Tbe robbery occurred, as before re lated, eight miles out of Bowie, on the night of the 13th of this month. So much of it all agreed on. Who commit ted the robbery is the question on which there is a division. The driver told that a certain man, who he had eeen playing cards at Bowie, did the work.

This man proved to be a party named Eastman. Eastman was followed up by Deputy Marshal Al Ezekiels, and it has finally been proven beyond all doubt, that he did not do tbe robbery. He proved himself iu Willcox on the 12th, on the morning and evening of tbe 13ib, at the time the robbery whs eaid to take plaoe. In fact he accounted for himself throughout the day. A stage driver from Willcox to Fort Grant also recognized him, and saw him about the time of the robbary.

There are no tracks leading aw ay from the declared scene of the robbery. In fact, matters look dark for George Gale, tbe driver of the robbed stage. This morning, after the examination of the Grant stage driver. Commissioner Satterwhite held Gale in to await the gmnd jury, which meets the second Monday in March. Mr.

Eager, owner of the Bowie and SolcmonTille stage line, telegraphed to know the amount of the bonds in which his driver is held, implying that he wil be responsible, so far as the driver is concerned. "But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart' By want of thought mothers allow daughters to become frail and puny. Over-Btudy in girls induces uterine disorders and weaknesses, and blights their future happiness as wives and mothers. Joined to proper hygienic care, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a priceless remedy in such ailments, its value becoming even more apparent every year.

Using it, the wan, debilitated school girl gains color, flesh and spirits, losing those deathly headaches, tormet sing backaches, languo, dejection, and other sympatoma of functional irregularities and nervous debility. It never barms the most delicate girl. Robert side, Huntingdon Co Ps. World's Dispensary Medical Association Gentlemen I cannot sufficiently express to you my gratitude for the benefit your medicine has conferred upon my daughter. Of late 6he has eufferred no pain whatever.

It ia simply marvelous. You have just reason to call it your Favorite Prescription," and to stake your reputation as a physician on it. A f.vorite prescription it is, indeed, to vou and to thousands in this land, and I believe will be to suffering women tbe world over. Yours gratefully, Thomas Thirlwell. Asthma cured by newly discovered treatment.

Pamphlet, testimonials and references free. Address World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Globe News. Doings in and about Globe.

Marriage of Pi ominent Society People. Silver Belt. At tbe reeiden of Probate Judge G. M. Allison, on Wednesday evening, Mr.

Edward Young aud Miss Josephine Hydro an were united in marriage, Judge Allison performing the ceremony. The contracting parties are estimable young people who Lave made many friends daring short residence here, and the Beit joins with others is the congratulations and best wibhes for their continued happiness and prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. Young have gone to housekeeping in a cosy home on Mes-quite street Mr.

and Mrs. J. II. Paecoe opened their new room and kitchen on Monday, and they now have one of the beet appointod restaurants in the Territory. The dining room is 53 feet by 23 feet, largo enough to seat 200 people, and it is tastefully decorated and furnished.

The kitchen, 23x18 feet, is a model of convenience, furnished with a new range from tbe Home Comfort Range of St. Louis, and a steam table, from which meats, vegetables etc. can be served piping hot. The Pascoe restaurant enjoys an enviable reputation for the excellence of its cuisine which is well deserved. A sumptuous dinner will be served on Christmas day.

Miss Elvira Borquez and Mr. Eugene Middleton were joined in wedlock on Thursday morring at 9 o'clock, at the r-sidence of tbe bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Borquez.

Probate Judge Allison offioiated, and after the magio words were spoken which united tbe hart9 and destinies of the loving pair, they were warmly congratulated by the relatives and friends present. The bride is attractive in person, and possesses lare qualities of heart and mind which have endeared her to her family and friesds. Mr. Middleton who has grown up from boyhood here, and is well and favorably known to almost everybody in the community, is pro prietor 01 tne hotel and station at River side, for which place the happy couple departed immediately after the cere mony. We hope their fondest dreams of happiness will be realized.

Class Legislation- Editor Citizk: Your article in your issue of the 19 ih inst. headed "An Am endment Wanted" was read with muoh pleasure as a move in the right direc tion, but the law referred to in regard to tne Bacreonesa oc stoca property is not the only law upon our statute books to savor of class legislation. Merchants are taxed upon the value of their whole property given under oath, yet tbey are taxed io addition for the privilege cf selling this property $15 per quarter if less than $8000 in vait 1 bold, and if more $20 per quar ter. 1 1 Know ot one whose territorial and county tax this year is $62.24 and be pays $60 in addition for the privilege of telling this broperty yearly. This is exclusive of and outside of all liquors, as neaoes not handle them.

iow mis is ciass legislation, and no chicanery or argument can make it anything else. In order be consistent the farmer and cattleman should pay upon au tceir sales HKewiee. ie interested legislators that made laws to bear lightly upon yourselves, remove tbe beam from your own eye then maybe you can judge of the Kiote in thy neighbor eye. Appeal to tbe coming legislatnre to do justice in this matter and repeal all clana laws. Sincerely yours.

S. R. f.Long. Ho Let. Furnished house of three moms suit able for house keening.

Inquire at North Meyer street No. 403. tf Notice to Cattlemen Notice is hereby given to cattlemen and those interested in tbe care and preservation of stock interests to meet at the Occidental hotel, in this city, on Thursday, January 10, 1895, at 10 a. to discuss matters that will probably come befoie the next legislature in relation to 6aid interests. Roman Soto, B.

Robi.es, L. W. Wakemax, Committee. S1200 Cash Will Bay a Good Ranch of 240 acres, located tbe Santa Cruz valley, ten miles frcm Tucson. Two wells with an everlasting flow of water at twenty feet, a good San Jose double action pump; one 5,000 gallon tank, cor rals, troughs, houses two mules and a wagon.

The ranch is good for cattle or farming purposes. A desirable property and a bargain. Call 00 J. E. Tallmadge, tf Cll Convent street.

What is an Ad? The life-blood of modern business. A money-maker, getter and saver. A flash of information to all the people. A lever of trade. The mine that yields pure gold in arge dividends, Tbe key-cote of progress in tbe march to euccesa.

The dealers sure road to success. A medium for the increase of busi ness. That which booms the place and en riches the advertiser. A means of communicating items of interest to wide- awake people. An intelligent meserge to Intelligent people, profiting sender and receiver.

Personal tnd pubho benehts are arrived from its judicious application. A notice that brings the best returns for the least money. The corner stone of the temple of Fortune. The power that starts and keeps trade motion. The electrio power controlling trade.

Infallible bait to catch customers. An indispensable to success and business enlargment. A helpmate to prosperity in business. Tbe "Limited Ex press" on the road to success. An electric current that propels the wheels of commerce.

Cincinnati Tri bune. A New Departure. Not a Dollar Need be Paid Unti Cure is Effected. Rupture, Varicocle. Hydrocele, Piles, Fissure, Fistula, Ulcerations, Cured in from SO to 90 Days Without detention from ordinary business.

No Knife, Ligature or Caustics Used. Female and Chronic Diseases Successfully Treated by New and Scientific Methods. If you need a Truss, we have the best in the world, which we sell on trial, and if not satifac-tory no charge will be made. Our truss has no understraps, is light and comfortable, and can be worn day and night. Mahlon F.Losey,M.D Of the well known firm of DRS.

PORTERFIELD LOSEY, specialists, of San Francisco, is at the ORNDORF HOUSE, Room 3, Tucson, Arizona, where he will be pleased to consult those afflicted with any chronic trouble. Testimonials of prominent parties treated in Arizona will be shown on application. l-CONSULTATION FRl; PROGRESSIVE. Yuma, the Future Leading City of Arizona. BOUND TO ADVANCE The Algodones Question to Be Settled Soon, and BigEe-sults Will Follow.

From the mioep, $10,000 a month. From the railroad, $7500 a month. From the territorial prison, inoluding contracts and salaries, $10,000 a month. From the river boats, $1000 a month. From the Blaisdell plant, in wood bought, labor, $1000 a month.

From the surrounding ranches, $1000 a month. Tbe foregoing are figures given me by a prominent citizen of Yuma as his estimate of tbe resources of his town. Yuma is probably the best known town in the United States, for its popu lation. It has gained prominence from many sources. It is a town of the grand est location agriculturally; a few acres there with water rights being better than a farm back east.

It is the most tropical town in the United States. This feature has given it nrom inence, ana deservedly bo. However, teat very leaiure is its Deal resource. They can make money out ot the weath er proper, by its aid to agriculture, and as a winter attraction to invalids. Limes will grow in Yuma, which they will not do to any successful degree elsewhere in the United States.

Lemons there grow more successfully than ia possible in California. Not to decry the beauti ful Golden State, it certainly has no location outside of its own Yuma that will compare with Yuma. Arizona, from a fruit growing standpoint. from an irrigation standpoint it should not be surpassed. The muddy uolorado, the we of America, a river as tar a bead of the Nile as an all-the- year-round proposition as the Nile iB ahead of the Santa Cruz, is right at their feet in Yuma.

With a fall of a few inches to the tr.ile, with a vlume of water twenty feet deep and from an eighth to a quarter of a mile wide, it ha3 flow of at least Ave miles an hour. On the banks of this river are steam pumping plants of large capaoity, notably the Blaisdell proposition, of which more later on. A better power has been suggested, in the flow of the mighty river itself. A river that is navigable for pretty respectable-sized steam-era for hundreds of miles should furnish power enough to raise from its own depths water for irrigation-. Water power wheels are suggested, of some form that will generate power of almost any quantity for the throwing of tbe muddy Colorado on tbe adjoining land.

The water must be raised in some manner, as the fall of the river is so slight that drawing it off into canals is impracticable. The Colorado is a grand river in many respects. It drains much of, and in some instances all of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona. It has a larger flow at 200 miles from its mouth than below. It carries a muddy sediment that is a splendid fertilizer, one quarter as rich as stable manure.

Along its bwnks the subhmeet, the mott awe-inspiring scenery in all Christendom may be seen. It has not been successfully navigated from end to end a half a dozsn times. The Colorado is more uniform in flow thm any river in the world, comings it does from such a vast area. Except in epring, when a few warm days melt the snows suddenly, the flow does not vary three feet a year. The river ia important as a highway to Yuma.

Out of the town up the river as far as eighty miles two steamers ply almost constantly, their biggest traffic being to and from the nes. This river is the great feature of Yuma. All Arizona has climate and some of it rich land, but elsewhere water cannot be found as the Colorado furnishes it at Yuma. From this river, combined with its other resources of climate and land, will oome a city that will be the most prosperous and probably the largest in all Arizona. THE ALGODONES TRACT.

The outlook for early prosperity to Yuma is due largely to the Algodones tract, ibis matter has been appealed irom tne iana court to tne supreme court, and will be settled in January. Tbe Algodones question has been placed at the top of the calendar, owing to its importance, and will be decided next moo tb. That it will be forever settled is all wanted at Yuma; whether it goes to the corporation or to the government is of small importance. It is probably more generally the prefer ence tnat tbe corporation get it, as tbe company baa money and oan put water on the land; while if it goes to the settlers tbey oan only take up their 160 acres and can do little in the way of canals. Men who settle such lands are not usually rich enough to do muoh canal building.

However the only desideratum is to get the great tract occupied. tcma's appearance. Two years ago I saw Yuma and today I hardly recognize the place. The town haa built up and improved amazingly. Where I saw only blank lots or piles of adobes melted down by the floods, today I And brick blocks and handsome residences.

Tbe town has a three story brick building, whioh is re than Tucson can boast, and several very creditable brick blocks, newly built. There is the Gandalfo Sc. Sanguinetti block, cc-pied solely by the firm. They have more floor room than L. Zeckendorf having three floors 52 123 feet.

Tbey have a etook of goods that is undoubtedly second only to Zaokendorfs. This firm do a larger business and are said to take larger ohances in the business way than other Yuma firms can afford to. The Modesti block, the Dr. Catter block, tbe new publio school (already too email) tbe two or three score of other business places and residences built in the past two years are the attractions of the town today. Yuma is bound to be a good town.

It stands in reason that it should be. Such resources of water, climate and land in combination do not exist elsewhere. Tbe only wonder is that the town has not come out more agriculturally before. The lemon is a fruit ot tender growth, Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.

S. Gov't Report. 9 quickly responsive to frost. It does not grow well in California. Yet in Yn ma in John Gandolfo's garden.

I saw a tree as lull or fruit almost as eggs in a basket. That burden of fruit was bo great that it broke one of the limbs down. Ia the gardens ot Jobs Gan- dolfo and J. W. Dorrington mar be seen tn nnest lemon trees in the United OA.

a I oiHies. vvxiue ior earuness. tnev are ripe a month before California. THE BLAI9DELL PROPOSITION. The Yuma Light Water is the style ot tbe nrm that has more enter prise than any concern in Arizona.

They generate electricit), irrigate lands, clear lands and furnish the town with water. They are at present expending more tnan tneir income, but this will not be for long. Yuma heights comprises 2000 acres of nnesi meea iana. ui tnis i jj acres naa been cultivated, with most gratifying results. Tbey have ten acres in citrus fruits, all thriving.

The results are being closely watched, and to date all is satisfactory, and probably hereafter. ben the growing or citrus fruits on the tract has been demonstrated for a year or two the land ill put on sale. The company will furnish the water. The water is brought from the river, pumped through a 26-inch pipe. Early lemons will be a particular feature ot the tract.

It is expected lemons can be gotten to market ahead of the Siciley lemons. The same company have graded and macadanized a handsome driveway and street to the tract, known as Orange avenue. Several residences have been built alone it. The avenue is 100 feet wide. Rows of shade trees have been planted on either side.

Another pumping enterprise is the Carpenter company, with a pump that supplies a dozen or two thrifty ranches below town. The dim ate of Yuma of winters oan- not be excelled the world over, (unless in Tucson, which it almost equals.) The winter sun is just as genial, and the ays are so exactly the preper degree of beauty and balminess that one otnnet wish for better. Tbey must have Yuma winter weather in heaven. For hotels the town has but one the S. P.

It is under a new management. Marshall Curtis. With the names one might conjure up a couple of portly jolly well-fed landlords; but Marshall Curtis are nothing of the sort. Two ladies they are, and No. 1 hotel people: their house could not be better managed if they were hotel men of a hundred years' experienoe.

The pnaoo is a feature of Yuma that amounts to so inucOtnat tne ttrwn might about as well be said to be feature of the prison. That prison is another storyj too long for today. Of that later issue will say something. Yuma, Dec. IS.

F. II. BISBEE. An Intnreatlng Description of tnat Wonderful Copper Camp (Sulphur Valley News.) Following bis sojourn of a few days in and about Fairbauk the writer en joyed a two days vi9it at this town that like a rioh jewel lies deep down in tbe mountain a veritable gem in its rich and vasty mineral setting. Here the weath er happened to be fine, while at Fair- bank the rain came down, which was very good for irrigation, but not for traveling in an open vehicle.

Looking up from it3 busy thorough- Planting the Standard garnet i im lntni The World's Fair contained no finer statue of the great discoverer than this colossal figure. It commanded from its pedestal the eastern entrance to the Administration building. The majesty of its dimensions, the vigor and aggressiveness of its expression and the artistic finish of its composition made it admired as a genuine sculptural triumph. Another Standard Proudly Displayed at the Fair wa that ol Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder A Standard of Excellence for Forty Yean.

It was the standard of unequalled strength, perfect purity and wholesome results. The award to Dr. Price's of highest honors at the Fair furnishes conclusive evidence of its superiority over all other baking powders. farer, one sees numerous houses and cabins neat homes clinging to ihm almost perpendioular sides ot the mountains. Thesamay be called the suburbs of Bisbee, as the business and principal residences are down in the canyon.

So it would not require much imagination to compare this aspect ot the place to a Swiss Tillage with its mountain chalets. Water is sold to the consumers hers and delivered for a nickel to ten cents a buoket by wagons. Besides this, Mexicans and burros convey water to those houses on mountain sides which are inaccessible to the regular wagons. It is at first a comical sight to see these little animals climbing up like goats with big bags of water on their backs. Supposing a bag should bust the man at the wheel might be washed off his pins and crash through a root way below.

A burro gets on a big jag of the agua pura. There is an atmosphere of peace and kindly fellowship. One meets with nothing but courtesy and politeness. There appears to be none of those quarrels seen occasionally in towns. In fact it is hard for any one to fall out in Bisbee.

It is rimmed so high by moun tain walla. But one might climb up on the side and fall down into Bisbee. The Copper Queen Co. will make its annual stoppage this week for the holidays, and all hands will have an opportunity to visit their freinds and "go fishing." After the mine and its various works. the Copper Queen library is the best institution.

It is of inestimable value, and is highly prized and patronized. The library occupies a handsome and spacious building and many newspapers from home and abroad and periodicals literary and soientifio works are on its shelves and tables. All comers are free to use the reading room and reading matter. The writer is not attempting to write np Bisbee. These are a few impressions caught on the fly, and it may prove ot some interest to know how it strikes a stranger.

He hopes when engagements permit of a more extended visit, he may be permitted to write a fuller eketoh. Bisbee claims a population of 1S00. Water is to be piped from a reservoir in the mountains to the houses of the town. Bat the labor of the burros will not be displaced by this improvement, as they will continue to carry water to the out of way places where pipes will not go. The arc eleetrio light is now used in the Copper Queen Ixibraryin place of incandescent Society of Arizona Pioneers.

The annual meeting of this society for tbe election of officers and such other business as may come before the meeting, will take place Saturday, December 20, 1801, at 1:30 p. m. All members are urgently requested to be present. A large attendance is desired. By order of the president.

Henry Levtn, td Secretary. Pioneers Ball. Owing to shortage of funds the Pioneers ball this year will be gratis to pioneers and their families only. Tickets are on sale at $2 each, and may be obtained of the following gentlemen: Levin, Aguirre, Hughes, James Keen, Herbert Drachman or Sam Hughes, Jr. All hail Columbus! Behold the great navigator as he lands.

The perils of the deep are past. The clouds of fear have vanished. The night of gloom has ended. In the heavens the sun of success shines resplendent. Morning has dawned.

Imperiously the banner of haughty Spain greets the daylight. Upon its fluttering folds are inscribed the destinies of a new world. Its gleaming surface marks a long advance in the evolution of the human race. It tells a story of prophecy unparalleled, of developement unap-proached in the fullness of recorded time. It crowns with triumph the efforts of genius..