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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1894
Page
3
Weather warms as social notes from Mesa report events and local updates. C L Hall visits San Francisco and Denver while town residents note road work, new postmaster in Goldfield, and a growing almond orchard east of town.
The Mammoth Mine at Goldfield produced seventy pounds of gold in an eight hour run last week. Rock blasted near the mill yields up to $20 per ton and officials claim over 1.5 million dollars in sight within a few yards of the mills. Goldberg Bros of Phoenix remain popular nationwide. A Thursday citizens convention nominated W. J. LeBaron for mayor and J. D. Hobson and Chas. Starr for council. Election is next Tuesday with H. W. Brizzee as inspector and J. Newell and G. Passey as judges. A Social Hall Y P S C E carnival last week drew an enthusiastic crowd.
A customer asks Mr. Johnson how the trade is growing while the owner replies that fair dealing and good treatment bring in shoppers. The customer notes competitors across the street look downcast.
Notice to Mesa patrons states the firm is represented by A. G. Austin as authorized agent for selling Artic ice made from condensed water. The company reports new ice molds and improvements since last season and guarantees quality with a pledge not to be undersold.
Advertises sales at B. F Johnson, Sons & Jo offering the highest prices for renaters and hens. Lists quantities and payment terms, urging farmers to bring stock to market promptly. Indicates brokered deal structure and delivery arrangements.
Notice is given that Robert Robert son of Tenpe Mericyps Coury Argona has filed proof to make final desert land claim 13 9 for the whole of See 33 before the District Court in Phosiik Arizona on Wednesday the day of May 1394 Witnesses named to prove irrigation and construction include Charles w Sarnett and others from Arizona and nearby localidades, with Frank w Walls listed.
United States Land Office Tucson Arizona March 27 1994 notices Thomas Gregory of Tempe Arizona file of desert land claim No 1649 for the north half section 32 township 28 range east before the district court clerk Phoenix on May 9 1994. Witnesses James Pine Charles Barnett Hyrun S Peterson and Charles Lewis all of Mesa Arizona listed to prove reclamation of land.
A firm offers free German Electric Belts at $5.09 each invented by Prof. Van der Weyde to attract agents. The belt is claimed as a cure for nervous debility rheumatism loss of power and related complaints. Addresses Electric Agency P O Box 1874 New York N Y for applications.
An advertisement touts the Hercules Go and Grenline Engine as free from ignition difficulties. It claims reliable ignition and no spark battery, urging readers to request a catalog and noting availability of second hand engines at cheap rates from Parrett & Reyt Yee in San Francisco.
Mary L Miller of Tenpe Maricopa County Arizona has filed claim number 1444 for the whole of Section 22 Township 28 Range 5 in the Phoenix district. The claim is to prove the complete irrigation and reclamation of the land with witnesses Hyrum Peterson Charles W Birrett Thomas Gregory Theodore L Schultz all of Mesa Arizona and Franz W Walls Register.
U S Land Office Tucson announces filings by Vennis Sullivan Henry McCeen and C L Hall for 1500 feet and 7465 feet of multiple lode claims on the Black Kong Black Queen Mammoth and Monvezuma lodes in Maricopa and Pinal Counties Arizona. Descriptions include surface ground 600 feet wide per lode with bearings and corners listed. 196.241 acres total. Public notices for affected claimants to present names within sixty days after first publication. First pub March 8 1994.
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