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Newspaper

Mesa Free Press

Location

Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1894

Page

2

Hiawatha to Get Pullman Car Factory and Regional News

News notes include a Pullman car factory planned for Hiawatha Kansas and a new Daily Sulphur Valley News. Reports mention Hassayampa placer gold potential, a Virginia train robbery with $200000 seized, indictments in Maricopa hold-up, and Japan-China tensions with possible peace indemnity. Registration and voting in Maricopa County rise with Phoenix leading gains.

Pullman Car Hiawatha Kansas

Indians to receive forty acre head of family allotments

Chiefs of the Pima and Maricopa at Sacaton back allotment in severalty with Agent Young and Gov. Hughes. Families get forty acres per head and ten acres per child. Voter registration surges. current tally estimates about 4,500 with 1,286 more than two years ago, making the election outcome puzzling.

Maricopa County Phoenix Mesa Tempe Sacaton Agent Young Gov. Hughes

Verde Canal enterprise and Hudson Reservoir proposal

The Phoenix papers discuss the Verde Canal enterprise and the Hudson Reservoir proposition and imply that these two major projects are under consideration. The items reflect substantial civic plans with potential regional impact.

Phoenix Verde Canal Hudson Reservoir

Land to Expand Agricultural Frontiers in Arizona Counties

The plan envisions adding thousands of acres of high quality soil to the agricultural area of Pinal and Yuma counties and nearby regions, signaling a push to materialize expanded farming in the near future.

This Pinal Yuma

Flagstaff Chosen as Leading Mountain Resort by Rail Line

New York dispatch reports A T and S F selects Flagstaff Arizona as premier mountain resort on its routes. A rail link will run from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado with Grand Canyon tickets at special rates and stopovers at Flagstaff. Tourists will be conveyed in an old fashioned Concord four horse coach to Cliffana Cave Dwellings and Oak Creek fishing grounds. A $100,000 hotel will be built at Flagstaff to host visitors.

New York Flagstaff A. T Grand Canyon Colorado Cliffana Oak Creek Democrat

Hudson Reservoir and Irrigation Co Faces Rising Suits

Dozens of suits have been filed in justice courts against the Hudson Reservoir and Irrigation Company, each for about $300. Three judgments have been rendered with no action to seize field notes, the company’s main assets here. In prior summer suits, judgments were paid and plaintiffs agreed to stay of execution. Local rumor says J A Swenarton’s return from New York may bring relief and prompt developments.

Hudson Reservoir and Irrigation Company J. A. Swenarton New York Republican

H. B. St. Clair Republican Nominee for County

The Indiana born H B St Claire is profiled as a former schoolmaster deputy postmaster and merchant who moved to this territory in 1884. He built wealth in stock real estate and mercantile work, ranching near Phoenix, and has never held public office though politically engaged to secure good public service.

Indiana H. B. St. Claire Indiana University Texas Phoenix Mr. St. Claire

St Claire Noted as Most Capable Choice for Assessor

The piece lauds Mr. St Claire as unusually well qualified for the assessor's office. It cites extensive mercantile experience, stock-raising expertise, and decades of real estate involvement as evidence of first class judgment and uniform success across business, stock, and property dealings. It argues county voters will see him as the most capable and vote for him.

St. Claire Mr. St. Claire

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