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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1894
Page
1
A brief notice promotes a Mesa establishment showcasing new dress goods, flannels, ladies and gents furnishings, and related goods. The ad emphasizes stock of choice items and positions the store as a well furnished outlet with quality merchandise.
United States Land Office in Tucson announces William Barnett of Mesa Maricopa County Arizona has filed intent to prove desert land claim No 1626 for Section 11 Township 2 South Range 5 East before the District Court Clerk at Phoenix on April 26 1894. Witnesses James Pine C W Pine Samuel T Barnett and Wm Newell all of Mesa Arizona. Frank W Walls registers first publish March 22.
Editorial argues Arizona deserves statehood alongside Utah and New Mexico, citing steady growth, strong schools, and investments in Indian education. It highlights counties with well‑provided schools, a territorial university and normal school, and notes vast mineral and agricultural potential aided by irrigation. It also surveys future irrigation congress plans and San Pedro river irrigation in Cochise.
The Florence Tribune reports Roberts and Kilraid uncover a rich gold vein on the southwest edge of the White Tank mountains six miles from Buckeye. A shaft has reached 100 feet with a 9 by 5 foot main shaft planned, vein width two to four feet yielding 100 to 300 dollars per ton. Other locals Welsh and Boalatho hold five adjacent claims showing about 60 dollars per ton. Prospectors swarm the area amid growing discoveries and activity.
A city election in Phoenix prompts Maricopa County political bosses living in Phoenix to practice for the coming fall contest. The alfalfa district torch bearers may not follow the familiar lines this time.
Russell Sage paid Laidlaw 25000 after a dynamite attempt aimed at Sage. Laidlaw suffered injuries and Sage refused aid. A separate note describes a branding iron device used by Prospector Indians of Northern Arizona on arrows, leaving a scar-like burn.
President Cleveland announces he will ignore charges brought by opponents. The scene includes a band playing Annie Rooney and Johnnie Comes Marching Home as the event unfolds.
A grand aggregation of the unemployed forms an Army of the Commonweal and marches toward Washington. The piece questions what this assembly expects to accomplish and expresses puzzlement at their aims.
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