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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1894
Page
2
The issue notes smallpox raging in Chicago and a hang of political debates. It cites a looming Midwinter Fair opening January 27, reports a proposed income tax dead on arrival, and critiques license laws for businesses. A bandit robs six at Fowler near Fresno, and Mrs. Shattuck allegedly kills Harry Poole in San Francisco.
A Washington dispatch reports that charges against Gov. Hughes of Arizona are likely politically motivated to undermine his Senate bid as Arizona moves toward statehood. Interdepartmental views deem the allegations frivolous and without foundation, with others seeking to remove him by political means.
Sept Netherton yesterday issued four territorial certificates three first grade and one second grade recipients include Miss L M Ehlers of Tucson Miss Ida Saunders of Arizona and Wallace Wild of Cochise County with Miss Ella Sanders of Lempe earning a second grade certificate.
About eight hundred men toil on the north and south road. Officials expect at least twenty miles of track completed on this side of Prescott by the first of April and anticipate the whistle sounding in Phoenix early in the full.
Reported last week that millions of dollars in oranges were damaged by the old snap. assessment now suggests the damage was largely exaggerated and overstated.
Notice is given that Charles H. Smith of Mesa Arizona files to prove up residence and cultivation of land in SE Section 30 Township SE Range G E. Witnesses Alexander Lucy John L Anderson Henry Darlington and Thomas F Mantison all of Mesa Arizona. First published January 18 1894.
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