Graham Guardian from Safford, Arizona • Page 1

iVjflE 3PusTST The output of Arizona mines in value this year 1905 Is estimated at 35000000 assessed valuation of wealth of all than 50000000 Is there not something wrong in the economics of Arizonas real wealth and her assessed twealtlif Is thero not something wrong and most In- oauitable in the distribution of the tax burdens of Arizona Hero is a subject for Investigation Neui in Tracks to ba Oiled It is tho intention of tho railroad company to havo tho Toad bed sprinkled with oil at an early date for tho purpose of preventing so much annoyance to its passengers and employees from tho dust This will add greatly to the comfort of travel upon this road as since the rains of last spring the dust has been exceedingly disagreeable Globe Register In Tha Justice Court The mills of Jho Justice court in Safford ground out quito a baton last Monday and Tuesday Fred Nevaretta was flood 25 for assault ond is now paying it at the rate of 1 per day in jail Carmol Sanobe also got 26 for fast riding and disturbing tho peace and is paying itinthosamo manner TJbenia Martinez was assessed 10 for assault and paid it Jack Fields was arrested for threatening to provent an officer from performing his duty and threatening to break open tbe jail to release a prisoner Considerable testimony was taken but not Sufficient proof could be procured to warrant binding him over and he was released Will Bccbe was fined 50 for disturbing the peace and appealed the case SB ELEVENTH STESAJEl TREASURERS SEMI ANNUAL REPORT Through the courtesy of Treasurer Ben Clark wo publish bolow tho county treasurers semi annual report ending Juno 30 1005 BICXIPTS Recoivod froin Geo Gamble cx treas 144825 88 Property tax 1904 tax collector 4859 10 Interest property lax 1904 tax oollcctor 70 80 Property tax 1904 interest school bonds 40 88 Poll tax 1904 tax collector 205 00 i Poll tax back taxes tax collector 22 60 Pronerlv lax 1904 hlirh school 83 49 Poll tax 1PQ4 assessor 80 88 Poll tax 1G05 assessor 8007 50 Property tax back taxes tax collector 1 111 03 Interest back taxes tax collector 83 01 Personal proporty tax 1905 assessor 9 108s 22 Gambling license sheriff 189425 Saloon license sheriff 2427 OS Wholesale liquor Itpenso sheriff 1 026 00 Pedlera license sheriff 218 75 Opera house license sheriff 28 50 Finos justice of tho peace 1010 50 Fines clerk of the district court Road tax road overseers School fund territorial treasurer Institute fund Co school superintendent Probate judge sundry estates Recorders fees recorder Toll roads 2 of -receipts Ben Clark special school tax aist 5 Ryan refund freight dist 5 District attorney judgment and cost Bank of Safford refund sohool dist 27 DISBURSEMENT Expenso fund Salary fund county officials Contingent fund General school fundschool supt I Road districts General road fund I All school districts Bond interest school districts Building fund school districts Interest county bonded debt High schools Territorial treasurer taxes Territorial treasurer school fund Refund poll tax Refund property tax Institute fund Cash on band Juno SO 1905 rf 1 1 fftJ 410 00 5009 00 6127 80 10 00 1 00 149575 48 17 987 08 7 09 480 65 20 542 620 76 12076 50 7049 11 100 85 5 270 28 75 00 28077 96 938 65 641 40 5 087 87 770 34 36832 60 48 17 15 00 24 78 88 25 42004 01 Total 18t085i2 8133080 12 Cures Coughs and Colds Mrs Peterson 625 Lako and yet the total St Topeka Knns says Of all Am0DaBl hound Svrup is mv favorite it has kinds will be lessjdono and will doall that is claimed fnr It in ftnnnrlilv nnrn nil nnnrvha and colds and it is so sweet and pleasant to the taste Solb by Safford Drug Co Safford Thatch or Drug Co Thatcher and Frank A Cluff Pima Arizona I Want on my List Now 5 acres with or without bouse water right 10 acres alfalfa houses and good water 20 acres alfalfa with good water rights 60 acres cither alfalfa or grain and water rights 80 acres close In to handle on commission in 6 10 and 20 acre tracts with water I am Offering Now 2 acres Union water good house and other buildings chicken ranch for 81500 3 acres splendid house Monte zuma water grapes etc everything goes at 2500 SO acres Montezuma water good location this good thing at only 8600 Choice tots in town at upwards from 880 Best location near Safford for a future subdivision a bargain at only 81600 I Have Now Waiting Inquiries for 6 10 and 20 aero plates to buy rontand exchange and more will come right along Bear in mind Ive como to stay List your proporty with mo or well both lose monoy In tbe noxt few months BKMEMBERI find you good renters too FRANK RANDOLPH Guardian Bldg SAFFORD ARIZONA I nimmi rtA a iiviinu fl BUdlWfcdd LUAUIH A CHECKING ACCOUNT is a business necessity and he who tries to get along without one is at great disadvantage It is not required that a person should have a large bulk of business in order to open an account Professional men farmers and even many women are running checking accounts If you have never done business in this way and are not familiar with the plan come to us and we will get you started CrJUHAK COUNTY STATE BAITS Tbtofcer lilt ErLATT MU rrlltn WM AJIOODT Vlo lreildent LEB Ouhlw MTItON AlXHEDAlit OlhUr tfiy KMBIMPfirZZIMIW8Jr grftthatn MURDER ON THE BLUE A Snyder Shot and His ssffwBstmmri3fisra Killed by George Thompson Last Thursday Word has reached hero of shooting that took placo on tho Bluo last Thursday about two miles this eido of the Blue post- office near tho ranch of Chas Thomas In which A Snyder lost bis lifo at tho bands of bis Georgo Thompson Last fall Mr Thompson brought suit in tho district court against the balanco of the ranchors on the Blue to establish priority of water rights both aro old timo ranch men on tbo Blue but Snydor was given tbo priority right ovor all tho others in tho suit It Is said that hard feelings between Thompson and Snydor grew out of this suit and that tbo killing was the ultimate termination Very little has been learned heio concerning tho killing except that tho two men met both being armed and that Snyder was killed fchot through the head Mrs So der and one son saw the shooting but we bavo not learned what their testimony at the inquest was Deputy Sheriff Cosper went to tho scene of the killing but up to tbe time our informant left Thompson bad not boon arrested and it was not known whether ho bad gone to Jlitlon to surrender or not TWO GREAT GATHERINGS Those Going to the Fair Should Carry Commissions Admitting Them Tho Trans Mississippi Commer cial Congress and National Irrigation Congress will bo held in Portland from August ICtb to 24th AH who are going to attond tbe fair should consider the public service and tako a commission from some organization that has a right to appoint so that our valley will bo well represented There will be many advantages to the delegates so it will justify all who go to carry with them a commission The organized towns tho canal companies tho business concorns the board of trade the papers all havo a right to appoint to each of tho congressos Arizona bas boon and should continuo to bo prominently represented Dwigbt Heard vi co president of the irrigation congress from Arizona and President Andrew Kimball member and also one of tho executive com mittee of tho Trans Mississippi Commercial Congrsss both urge upon Arizonas citizens tho necessity of a strong representation at tbe coming congresses Layton Items SpccUl correspondence to the OiMimuN Last wool tbo uuardian pub lished as news item tho returns from a fourteen aero tract of land ownod by Geo Gamble whose farm is about half way betwocn Safford and Solomonvillc Your correspondent bas observed that this vsry excellent showing is net tho only ono in the valley and it is possible this can bo equalled in somo of tho grain fields around Kden I have visited this settlement many times during tho past six years but never bavo I seen such heavy crops of small grain as is in ovidenco this year Some of tho pcoplo thero think that if tlioy had selected fourtoen acres of tho Eompton farm they could have beaten the record of our ex county treasurer Tho very warm weather is causing some sickness among tho small children of tho community Cholera infantum has provon fatal in some cases and a few othora aro still in a serious condition A very hard working crowd of singers assembled at tho Eden church houso last Sunday night Tboro was largo turnout from from Pima Bryco and Kdon but for somo unoxplaincd reason none wero in attendance from Mattbowa Tho choir members from theso settlements as well as those from Hubbard will meet at Bryco next Sunday night and will assemble at Mntthow Sunday night August 20tb when furthor appointments for rchersals to nccoramodato Graham and Hubbard will be made All will work together to learn new selections to bo used at tho September conferonco to bo hold in Eden 49925 00 790 00 6760 00 020 00 405280 00 270 00 21050 00 660 00 1020 00 24942 00 1038 00 42596900 1000 00 74000 00 neigbborbood by running tbo streets on section lines instead of having thorn wind in and out nround mosquito stumps Not all tho young people of Central have entered into matrimonial bliss Romeo is serenading Juliet whilo others aro arranging tho feathers to make a comfortable nest Thatcher is getting ready for tho opening of tbe academy and is expecting a largo enrollment for tho school year commencing September 4th Safford is proparing to eclobrato Labor Day in good sbapo Lot tho wholo valley tako hold and mako this tho first ovent of the kind in ho history of the county one long to be rcraomborcd No political axo to grind no individual aggrandizement no selfish motives but simply show what labor is doing as will be shown by the display of tbo products ot our valloy on that occasion Music oratory sports ice cream melons fruits and homo productions of all kinds including pretty girls handsome boys pattiotic working men honest hearted laborers from ovory avenuo of business and ovory vocation will be thoro Tho first Monday in Septombor is a legal holiday belonging to the people so lot us unite to make tho best possiblo uso ot it A meoting of tho stockholders of tbo Gila Valley Creamery company was held at tho ofllco of tho company in Central August 6th to considur a proposition lor pur chasing the plant and placing tho samo in another valloy Threo stockholders wero appointed to transact tho business ard tho meeting ndjourned subject to tho call of tho coramittoo when thoy shall bo ready to roport progress Citizens awako lrom your slum bcrs and provent the departuro of this industry from our valloy Let us make our own dairy products ond save monoy Tho noxt regular mooting of the Safford Social and Literary Club will bo hold ou tho ovening of August 11th at tho Swangor home All momoers oi me uiuu uu muir friends aro cordially invited to bo presont A vory attractlvo program is boing prepared and in somo ways will bo out of the ordi nary run of things vino ciuo was equally divided recontly and each side will havo ehargo of ono racot InR each month Tho object of this nrrangomont was to hotter tho programs for tbo meetings All young peoplo aro invited to thu clubs momborshlp bettor go and help to mako this club and its programs more attractive i Tho GoAiiDlAK prints tho nows mafflian SAPFOBD CKRAJELAJM COUNTY AR IZOIST 11 190C ABSTRACT OF ASSESSMENT ROLL Description of Property Number Land acres 65101 land acres 25 Patented mines 234 Town and city lots Horses rango 1031 Horses work il196 Horses saddle 1997 Horses stallions i 6 Mules 109 Asses 92 Cattle range 40528 Cattle beef 27 Cattlo milk cows 1842 Cattlo bulls 33 Sheep 510 Goats 12471 Swino 816 Railroad miles 124 Railroad sidetrack 1 narrow guago 20 Value 480897 25 600 00 2322198 6G 110143 60 10810 00 47840 00 It narrow guago sidetrack 6 0000 00 All other property 762998 63 Valuo of Improvements 8378506 40 688780 00 241033 CO 6902535 11800 00 Total Valuo 808463 65 500 00 8010928 66 351176 60 10310 00 47840 00 49925 00 790 00 6760 00 020 00 405280 00 270 00 21050 00 660 00 1020 00 24042 00 1038 00 484094 35 1UU0 00 85800 00 9000 00 762998 63 BJSCABITULATION Amount of assessment roll as returned by Assessor 6145066 79 Amount of assessment added by board July mooting 86756 00 Total 80232423 Reduction by board July meeting Arizona Copper Co 8 miles railroad double assessment 8 18760 00 Reduced mining companies 1782666 0Q Other reductions 9805 00 79 81811221 00 Amount of assessment roll should bo 84334445 79 Somo buggies aro being held pending tho arrival of a key to set tbo samo free But I saw ono that required nothing more than an ordinary buggy horse to pull it out of tho river whero it was loft in about a loot of sand Sunday night or Monday morning just north of tho Matthows mill Tbo residents of Mattbowsvilio have commenced putting on metropolitan airs That new school houso is a beauty and an ornament to tbo town Tho citizens of Cartor aro im proving the appearance oi the Church and Academy Notices CHURCH Tho regular quarterly conferonco of tho St Joseph stako will bo held at Eden Sept 2nd and 3rd Visitors from Utah will be in attendance All who can attond will find accommodation Relief society conference will bo bold on Sopt 1st probably in Thatcher Mrs Ida Smooth Dus onburry and Mrs Emetine Wells editor of Womens Exponent will bo present and I A conventions will bo held in the academy Soptcmbor 17th Leading authorities will como down from Salt Lako Pity ACADEMY Mombcis of tbe board of cduca tiod and tbo faculty of tho academy will visit Layton Graham and Lebanon on Sunday August 13th Thoy will labor especially among the young who ought to attend some school district or academy A general night meeting will bo in Xiayton Tbo music will bo a prominent feature Tho two sue cecding Sundays before conference will be used today a similar visit to tho other wards Matthews Bryco and Pima will bo visited on tho 20th The evening meeting will be held in Pima An ovening meeting will bo held in Thatchor on tho 27th Tho day will bo occupied in a canvass of Hubbard and Central No visit will bo paid to Eden owing to tbe conferonco that will be held thero on Aug 2nd and 3rd Tho attendance of all from the combinod wards will center in the night meetings Finding of the Body Nows has been recoivod here of tho finding of tho body of seven year old Katio Hatch sovon miles from whero she so mystoriously disappeared on White river on July 15th It will bo remembered that John Hatch and family woro camping on July 25 and tho samo ovening tho littlo girl wandered away from camp just at dusk and was never again seen alive Sbo was trailed by Indians and search panics sought in vain Rowards wero first offered for her recovery and later for her body if dead Sho was found on tbo opposite sido of a rivor in a region that had not previously been scourod for tho reason that tho rivor was so swollen whon sho wandered away that it was not supposed that sho could possibly havo crossed it Tho body was found by the father Littlo Katio Hatch was a neico of Qcorgo Hatch of Safford OVERALLS R110 RIMS Mo LOCAL NEWS OF THE WEEK Items of Local Interest Gathered by Reporters on their Hounds DOINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN Ureeir Little Motes or Oenerl Interest Picked np Here and There This paper It kept on file EC Daleiad Tertlilnr Agency Ut Sansome Street San Fran claco California where contract for advertising cau oq maae lor It Watermelons kept on ico at Ragsdalo Cos 24 lt Roy Scarlett went to Blsbco last Wednesday Mrs Dolph Kooto of Safford gavo birth to a daughter last Monday Tho Valloy milling company Is still paying tbe highest cash price for wheat 24 tt Mr and Mrs John Taylor of Pima passed through Safford last Tuesday on their way to attend tho Lewis and Clark exposition Tho Nogales Oasis says that two little Mexican boys were struck by an engine near that town a few days ago each losing a leg Tho Guahmah never misrepresents its circulation Our advertisers aro welcome at any time to inspect our subscription books Lee Stralton Esq and John Casteel went to Globe on a business trip last Tuesday night roturning on Thursday Fresh candles fruits nuts cigars and tobacco at Ragsdale Cfos 24 lt AY Raesdale a druggist of EI fao is sponding his vacation in Safford visiting his brother Ragsdale of tho Ragsdale candy store Ed Schultz an old timer of this county and whose friends are almost countless here spent last Wodncsday in tho city in tho interest of Houck Dieter of El Paso Extract of Witch Hazel is being shipped to Thatchor now in barrels carefully sewed up in gunny sacks with a government stamp on tho top Thatcher peoplo are ovidently fond of Witch Hazel Mrs Sarah Hicks agod fifty six vears died at her homo in Thatcher last Monday nicht of typhoid fever and was buried on Tuesday Mrs Hicks leaves a husband and eight children four in Thatcher and four in Alabama bcr nativo state For a Breeding Ground Judge Bunch informs us that he as fish and gamo commissioner together with tho Indian agents aro recommending that the government set aiido all that portion of tho Black Mesa Forest Rcservo cast ot tho Apacho reservation as a breeding ground for wild game Tho country ombracod in tho proposed breeding grounds is situated in Graham and Apacho counties it is mountainous densely timbered and well watered Tho recommendation is that this territory bo closed tho year aiound against hunting fishing and lion trapping to bo permitted This recommendation has been mado bocauso tho gamo in the vast forest north of us has almost been annihilated DR II IIOJIN ALEXANDER VEITOU A THOMSON HENRY HILL A SMITH WIOKERSHAM II VAN GORDEIi MILLS SOLOMON WALTER DOUGLAS BOB SLOAN OHAS SOLOMON A PASGOE PH FREUDENTHAL RIOKETTS NXJIMDLJER 34 WftftWWWWWfVWtfVVVWW ciass ot Dusiness lequires more careful attention or insists upon more rigid rules than that of banking it nas always oeen our earnest en- aeavor to conrorm to tnese require ments SAFETY FIRST LIBERALITY NEXT THE BANK OF SAFFORD SAFFORD ARIZONA RESPONSIBILITY OVER S10000000 POETEB rrest lUKSLEY Vlce Prwt ttumnovrt uunier Hallcr formerly of Saf ford is now book keeper or tho Old Dominion company at Globe Mrs Sission returned Wcdnes day from Yuma where sho xbad been on a visit to her husband James Wakefield has accepted a position as bookeepor in tho Valley mill at Solomonvillc Born Tuesday morning to Mr and Mrs Kean a ten pourid boy Parents and child doing well Commissioner A Colton returned Monday from Duncan where bo bad been adjusting in accordance with an order from tho district court a dispute in the town canal Ho succeeded In getting tbo matter amicably settled Littlo drops of water mixed with grains of sand make a mighty difference in the price of land Frank Rondolph at Safford Social and Literary Club Real Estate Agent Randolph sold lots 2 and 4 block 31 to Mrs Lolla Collins yesterday for residence purposes Sheriff Shanley wants a good singlo driving buggy horse If you havo ono for sale write to Mr Stanley at Globe Tomorrow two races will be run on tbe Safford raco course Ono will be a quarter mile dash bo tween horses owned by John Parks and Morg Merrill for 8200 a sido The other is between horses owned byHyrum Brinkerhoff and Lou Pace for 8150 asido Mr Macdonald was asked how he could afford to give away a watth with every suit of boye clothing He replied that ho did not expect to make anything that he took this method as the quickest way to get acquainted with tho people and to have the peoplo got acquainted with him 24 lt Ragin who has been pros pecting in tho mountains south of Bowie for tho past three years came to Safford last Wednesday and reports that Jack Garden and Al James have mado the richest discovery ever made in that region He says the ore they aro taking out is almost solid silver streaked with gold It is so rich that tho oro can easily bo cut with a pocket knifo Mrs Perry gavo birth to a son last Monday As soon as tho event was announced Perry nearly ran a horso to death getting from the Gamblo farm to Safford to toll bis friends Grandpa Gamble in order to get fully accustomed to tbo name has named all tbo horses grandpa so that when one of tho animals is spoken to ho will hear the name he is trying to get accustomed to The Miner and Manufacturer is mad and here is the way it gots oven If New Mexico and Arizona wore not tho richest sections on earth they would both havo been put out of business years ago from paying exorbitant express charges they aro forced to pay Tho express companies aro a greater detriment to tho development of tho country than all tho outlaws train robbers and bandits since tho beginning of timo The Olncy Uardwaro company bavo just received a big shipment of Economy fruit jars Quart jars 8125 por dozen two quart jars 8160 por dozen 23 2t ARE STOCKHOLDERS of the GILA VALLEY BANK and TRUST CO Capital 75000 Profits 10000 1 ssssKgseSsmasiss.