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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1894
Page
1
eOS presents a new shop in Mesa offering fashionable dress goods flannels and furnishings. Agents for Myers Pumps Featherbone Buggy Whips and Canton Clipper Plows with choicest goods and competitive prices. Special orders receive prompt attention.
Notice from the United States Lax Supp office Tucson Arizona dated March 14 1894 states Fabius M Vernon of Mesa Maricopa County Arizona has filed with the office. The record mentions a formal filing but omits further actions or dates.
United States Land Office Tucson announces William Barnett of Mesa Maricopa County Arizona has filed intent to prove desert land claim No 1626 for the whole of Section 11 Township 2 South Range 5 East before the District Court Clerk in Phoenix on April 26 1894. Witnesses James Pine C W Pine Samuel T Barnett and Wm Newell of Mesa Arizona listed to prove irrigation and reclamation. First pub Mar 27 1894.
The Midwinter Fair spots Salt River valley Arizona as an orange producer with fruit scoring 91 out of 100 after four months on the tree and ready for shipment by November 10, giving Arizona a market edge. Prospectors report a surge within a 100 mile radius of the city, with many claims being recorded as spring rains and mountain snows boost mining activity. Arizona shows strong natural resources and urges statehood to accelerate growth and wealth.
The Denver News says southwestern Arizona has rich soil and warm valleys. With a completed canal system and abundant water from the Colorado and Gila Rivers, the region could become a vast, fertile garden. Heat moisture health and cheap soil promise a booming population and wealth.
The Sweetwater dam in San Diego county stores water to irrigate 100000 acres. Project promoters sell water to farmers at 3.50 dollars per acre per year, touted as one of Southern California’s most remunerative investments. The Prospector notes the plan could be even more profitable in Cochise county than in California.
The American exhibit at the Antwerp fair will occupy more floor space than its Paris counterpart. It leads all other foreign exhibits in size.
The Tombstone Prospector lauds the court verdicts deeming Sonoita Babocomari and San Rafael grants largely fraudulent. It calls the ruling a sunlight for Cochise county and predicts broad settlement and prosperity as government-backed titles replace old claims, including Boquillas de Nogales.
Yuma residents oppose external write ups about the territory. They urge local papers to publish honest facts to showcase Arizona publicly. The Sentinel argues home press offers better service, wider influence, and more benefit for the future.
Washington states cash in treasury March 31 at 133,950,025 with 100,000,000 in gold reserve and interest bearing debt 634,940,030. Total debt stands at 1,631,138, and total cash in the treasury is 790,780,717. The Tombstone custom house will be moved to Bisbee.
One year after L. C Hughes was confirmed as governor by the U S Senate, his tenure defies party skeptics who predicted a six month term. The Sentinel lauds his administration for lower public costs and improved welfare across public institutions, noting credit to Hughes for the territory's fiscal health.
The Salt River valley expects a year of unprecedented fruit production with evidence from eastern papers predicting further crop injuries and strong market prices for the coming harvest.
It is computed that the death rate is sixty seven a minute and the birth rate seventy a minute, yielding a net yearly population rise of about 1,200,000. Congress appropriated $135,400 this fiscal year for garden seed distribution nationwide, with each Congressman receiving 3000 more bags than in any prior year.
A frontier note claims thirty five thousand Indians live on Arizona reservations and suggests some reservations occupy vast areas to be opened. The item also reports that twenty six western railroads operate a watch in inspection system where employees timepieces are regularly checked and regulated.
A headline notes that more than 700,000 men are employed by American railroads, underscoring the scale of rail transportation employment and its economic impact.
An English syndicate owns 3,000,000 acres of Texas pasture land. It costs 85,000,000 dollars to equip all the world’s cotton factories. The Bank of England is nightly watched by about fifty guards. A New York businessman handles only celery. France’s annual wine consumption averages twenty three gallons per person. The Ancient Order of United Workmen paid 6,286,000 dollars to families of deceased members in 1893.
American photographer F. E. Ives astonishes London by successfully taking colored photographs. The text hints at broader trade prospects with Arizona shipping fruit to California, implying regional economic competition and climate as a health benefit for the Pacific coast.
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