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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1897
Page
1
Trains to California depart Ash Fork at 135 p.m. arrive Los Angeles next morning at 880, and reach San Francisco the same evening at 615. Eastbound service leaves Ash Fork at 740 p.m.
Santa Fe Prescott and Phoenix Railroad time table lists northbound departures from Phoenix at 7:50 pm arriving Prescott 3:20 am and Ash Fork 6:50 pm. southbound from Ash Fork 7:45 am arriving Prescott 1:45 pm. Prescott northbound 3:35 am. Phoenix southbound 11:45 pm. Describes scenic line of Arizona and through tickets to US, Canada, Mexico. Notes connections at Jerome Junction with UV & P and at Prescott with mining camps stage lines. Dining station Skull Valley.
Train schedules show departures from Phoenix at 8 p m to Tempe and Maricopa with connections to Southern Pacific and Goldfield stages. Maricopa to Tempe and Phoenix runs late afternoon and early morning. Mesa City service runs from Mesa to Tempe and Phoenix with frequent daily trips. Signed C McHiel general superintendent passenger agent Phoenix.
The Peralta grant of 50,000,000 acres in Arizona, centered near Phoenix and the Gila river valley, faces renewed litigation. Heirs in San Luis Potosi and Mexico claim title, with E D Garza filing in Swatke land court. Garza asserts royal authentication and a clear chain of title dating to 1774, aiming to prove the grant's legitimacy and heirs' rights.
The report notes that the Peralta grant is fraudulent and unlikely to be revived in the land court. It cites Surveyor General Royal A. Johnson's thorough finding and subsequent evidence from Reavis's claim. Other items include a Nature report on a daylight sensitive motor by A. R. Benett and a note on Japan cloth selling practice, plus a claim that wheat costs 823.82 an acre to raise in Massachusetts.
Grobe and F A Cutter of Gila Valley railroad arrive in Gl for a visit seen as pivotal before work on the Geronimo extension begins. The Peace treaty reconstruction requires indemnity payments to Indians before crossing the renderment, while talks resume with the Old Dominion Copper Co to reopen smelting and a Copper Co agreement is hoped to be reached. Silver Bell
The June 10 nomination of William M. Griffith to be United States marshal for the district of Arizona follows W K Meade’s removal. Griffith, a Chester PA native with over twenty five years in Arizona, has strong Republican ties and broad support in Gila County. The Williams News highlights the Su pai Indian agency oasis in Hades, noting Bridal Veil Falls Mooney Falls and a tragic Mooney death, while the Silver Belt lauds Griffith’s courage and integrity.
The article recounts reports from 1832 of Indians near Tixtla presenting diamond stones to Gen. Guarrea and experts concluding the gems were fine quality like Indian diamonds. Later explorers trace deposits but lose them, with Mexican figures Caballero and Father Thalléro sending samples to assess Oaxaca and Guerrero finds.
Christmas time lottery matches young couples by a blindfold reveal. Girls sit veiled as lovers enter the room to identify their chosen mate. The man must marry the selected girl, or pay a forfeit. many matches end in happiness.
Contracts awarded to build a high capacity electric plant in California’s Sierra mountains. The facility aims to generate about 2 000 horsepower initially and expand to roughly three times that output. Located near a waterfall, the project will supply Calaveras County with light and power, benefiting a number of thriving towns.
At a Bolagie meeting GEO Townsend discusses 19th century notes on Alaskan natives' views of a giant ribbed animal. He describes restorations of mammoth bones and copies found by whites that fed local myths of prehistoric beasts still living in Alaska.
A Washington remark recalls a home’s largest room being reserved for infrequent callers and funerals, with a vivid note about a bright boy rarely permitted in the parlor except during funeral ceremonies, illustrating a stricter household tradition.
A fragmentary report notes Dr. Nansen's observations on how Alice tides affect Fram in ice near polar waters. It cites tidal and solar effects increasing pressure during new and full moons and mentions currents driving floes toward the polar ice near narvin. It also references social critique by Russell Sage about young men at clubs and a Kentucky colonel's house damaged by a bolt of lightnin.
A Chicago preacher delivered a sermon on coal power drawing mixed reactions from clergy and readers. The message touched on energy use and responsibility, prompting comments on how faith communities respond to industrial pressures.
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