A P Shewman to Practice in Arizona Courts
A P Shewmam will practice in all Arizona courts with legal papers carefully and correctly drawn. Notary Public.
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
1
A P Shewmam will practice in all Arizona courts with legal papers carefully and correctly drawn. Notary Public.
The administrator Dharves W. Barnett announces creditors and claimants must present claims with vouchers within four months after first publication. Claims should be shown at J. H Barnett’s office in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. First published April 27, 1900.
Notice of pasturage charges on horses at Charles Bauer’s ranch southeast of Mesa City Arizona. Items include a sorrel colt branded M owed by Mariana a Mexican and several horses put in by Antonia Lopez with amounts due. Public sale set for 10:00 a.m. Saturday May 12 1900 to settle unpaid charges.
The paper states no one may contract bills without written order from the Publisher. Advertising rates are available on request. Subscription costs two dollars and fifty cents per year.
Secretary Akers and his wife will depart tonight for a two month eastward tour. He is praised as a careful capable federal official whose Capitol desk work and courteous conduct win praise from both parties. The article notes his strong political victory in the territorial convention and favorable opinions of him as a man and official. The Murphy artesian well remains deep without water, exhausting 7 inch casing, with plans to drill a surface well 200 feet deeper unless a reward motivates deeper exploration. citizens urge action by the Board of Supervisors and a call for a public meeting to seek legislative support for an artesian water reward.
The Wyoming cattle men plant government scrip on forty acre tracts to secure watering sites, a practice seen as prudent and potentially useful for Arizona cattle growers. Land scrip costs spare dollars per acre yet grants near immediate title to land, suggesting cattlemen should seek absolute title to unappropriated water and lands suitable for water development.
A Cape Nome contact claims Alaska finds are overblown and that steamship firms profit from hype. The letter contrasts real mineral output with magnified claims and argues for federal water storage to solve valley shortages, calling grazing debates a bung hole analogy.
A Washington Times Herald special reports the May 28 total solar eclipse, deemed a major astronomical event. The Washington Naval Observatory plans two expeditions to Pinehurst North Carolina and Barnesville Georgia with 24 astronomers under Prof Skinner and Prof Milton Updegraff to observe the path of totality and favor clear weather.
The Mesa Literary Circle gathered at Mrs. Belle Pomeroy's home with Mrs. Lulu C. Macdonald presiding and Miss Aelia A. Smith as secretary. Members recited Longfellow quotes, read poems by Longfellow, and enjoyed a program including "The Bridge" and "The Reaper and the Flowers" with "Good-bye at the Door" performed.
The report describes wood replaced by silica from sandstone in park walls forming an inland sea like area eight miles square. Tree trunks lie scattered in fragments of various sizes, some resembling cart wheels. A notable feature is a natural bridge created by agatized wood spanning a 45 foot canyon. Park discovered in 1853.
George D. Williams from Manchester Michigan tells how a slave-like disease chained his wife for five years and how Electric Bitters restored her strength. The piece also notes the Albuquerque Citizen report that Congress passed a bill opening Navajo reservations in New Mexico and Arizona to mineral entry, led by copper riches, with mining expected after a delay and a miners rush anticipated.
Mrs Gi Long of New Straitsville Ohio credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing a dreadful cough that kept her awake and rescuing two lives in a severe pneumonia attack. She notes the remedy's matchless merit for chest and lung troubles and mentions trial bottles at J H Barnett s Dog Store.
The Phoenix city council defends the saloon singer as essential, likening her to a goose laying a golden 28g quarterly license. An unrelated ad extols Chamberlains Pain Balm as a cure for rheumatism with quick relief and a positive testimonial.
Dr D L Lucas of Florence writes that after a bad flux he used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and obtained a permanent cure. He urges neighbors to try the medicine and shares his personal satisfaction with the treatment.
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