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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1894
Page
2
The entire business portion of Globe was consumed by fire last Saturday. Total loss estimated at 100000 dollars. Cause of the fire is unknown. Axing the fire, the case has been appealed to the Supreme Court.
Last Monday a bond of 107000 was filed by Dr. Chandler. The water was directed to run through the cross-cut, saving a large amount of water for the Consolidated Canal Company. Judge Baker praised the decision and urged charity among litigants. The saved water benefits the Southside and may hasten desert bloom.
The Attorney General sues the Stanford estate for 15 million dollars over railroad debts to the government. Senator Hoar proposes a Senate bill to relieve the estate from the government lien, a move criticized as class legislation and said to undermine equal justice and public confidence in government.
A Tennessee church convicts a farmer for plowing on Sunday while Maryland Christians prosecute a farmer for husking corn on the sabbath. The piece notes saloons operate on Sundays and mocks sectarian zeal, recalling Christ’s sabbath in a pithy quip.
District Court Tuesday heard the Tempe canal owners seek an order to deliver water they are entitled to. They admitted the original ground no longer exists and the costs will be divided among the parties. A related complaint against Dr Chandler concerns water delivery from the Consolidated entering Tempe below the complainant’s property.
A lyrical rendering praising Arizona as a cherished land with mountains forests canyons and rivers. The speaker vows fearless defense against peril and hopes to be guided home by the Great Spirit to its valleys if fate leads him away. Credited to WuutaM Paar.
The Santa Fe Route sells from Deming or El Paso round trip tickets good until October 31 to Chicago 68.60 St Louis 61.10 Kansas City 52.95 Milwaukee 72.10 and St Paul 76.45 with agents C Carpenter and C H Morehouse in El Paso. Money spent economically is not always judiciously spent. We manufacture gas and gasoline engines and send for a catalogue from Palmer & Rey Tyre Foundry Sansome Street San Francisco.
Amended articles of incorporation filed at Mesa City in 1894 set capital stock at ten thousand dollars, two thousand shares of five dollars each, non-assessable after issue, with certification by president and secretary, notarized and recorded by Maricopa County. The filing confirms officers H S Peterson president and J S Peterson secretary with official seals and notary attestation.
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