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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1897
Page
2
The Globe notes renewed public interest in beginning the railroad project across the Salt River valley and asks for renewed effort. It asks about the status of reservoir schemes and insists they remain as necessary as ever amid Greco Turkish tensions and Europe’s unsettled state.
Reports from Mesa indicate engineers are in Florence to inaugurate construction on the Buttes Reservoir. A railroad from Casa Grande to Florence will move materials and equipment, aiding the project.
Commendations flow for Golifield miners who risked their lives to save a comrade. The piece praises their steady work and hopes surgery of sugar beet trials this summer will lead to a local factory to process next season's crops if beet sugar content proves high. Proper care of beets decides their sugar yield and factory viability.
Articles of Incorporation for Mesa Hay & Grain Co filed in Maricopa County Arizona. A J Chandler C L Atkins and H S Peterson sign as initial directors with authority to transact general business including buying and selling hay grain alfalfa and real estate. Capital stock set at 10000 dollars in 100 shares. term twenty five years. board of three directors. officers President Secretary Treasurer. notary and county recorder attest filing in May 1897.
Three weekly trips with no night travel. From Mesa on Tuesday Thursday Saturday at 5 am to Riverside Stages then to Globe by 6 am next day. return from Globe at 6 am on the same days arriving in Mesa next day at 6 pm. Agents listed in Mesa Globe Florence Phoenix include C C Hooker Prof Johnson Bros Louis Sultar D C Stevens and W Cililing.
Vic F. Harmon of Tempe Maricopa County Arizona filed intent to prove up a desert land claim No 2045 for section 10 township 168 range 5 East G RM before the Clerk of the District Court in Phoenix on July 20 1897. Witnesses are George Drew Fred C Wicks Thomas Anderson and Ejing Olsen all of Arizona to prove irrigation and reclamation.
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