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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1896
Page
1
WM. PASSEY offers coffins and caskets in stock and made to order. Undertaker goods include repairing furniture and job work at fixed prices. Located next door to Mesa City Bank.
Mesa business advertises regular meals at 25c with tables supplied by the market. Pomeroy Block on Main Street lists Mesa as the location.
Mr J L Normand of Marksville Louisiana describes the cassabanana a rapid climbing melon vine with fruits the size of a Bologna sausage and a pineapple scent. He notes high keeping quality and late ripening from August to after frost and suggests Arizona horticulturists investigate its virtues for shipping.
General Thayer recalls Abraham Lincoln’s stance on the Monroe doctrine and Mexico, noting Lincoln would address one conflict at a time and favor removing French forces from Mexico after Union restoration. Lincoln also agreed with Monroe’s congressional message. A Naval Board report praises a new machine gun with record fire, light weight, and belt-fed operation as vastly superior to Gatling.
An interview in Dallas shows strong demand for information on the Southwest with ads receiving 10000 replies. Reports from the mining front discuss smelting progress at Balfilo, ore hauling contracts, and wage rumors at United Globe Mines. A Navajo lease of Carrizo Mountain mining country to an eastern syndicate is also noted.
The New River Valley, over a million acres of open government land, is described as fertile and well watered with surface wells, lakes, and rivers. Investors including Hawgood and C R Rockwood plan water locations to irrigate the valley and make the land highly productive for tropical crops, potentially raising land values as development spreads from Los Angeles and Yuma.
Henry Watterson cites mugwump and senator remarks from 1842 and earlier as examples of disdain for Oregon and Venezuela. He notes stock speculators profiting while critics deride expansion and questions the value of western lands. The piece traces anti expansion sentiment across years and figures.
A chemical treatment of wood pulp yields pure cellulose that can be spun into threads and woven like cotton. If feasible to color as with celluloid, and as cheap as natural cotton, the discovery could have immense value and impact.
Whitelaw Reid of the New York Tribune reports the Gila and Salt River valleys in Arizona offer an ideal climate for health and travel. He contends Americans have erred by seeking Egypt for climate and echoes the old Tribune founder’s admonition to “Go west, young man.” Reid has only seen a small portion of the West and will become more expansive upon returning to New York.
Report indicates parties with ample means organizing a company to manufacture adobes and bunk for major building needs at the new Pearce District camp. All signs point to the creation of a thriving new city. Prospector.
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