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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1894
Page
1
The Aglos store in Mesa showcases a dry goods department with fashionable dress goods flannels and furnishing items. Hardware grocery departments stock top goods and they are agents for Myers pumps Featherbone buggy whips and Clinton clipper plows with prices said to be very low and special orders promptly handled.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports the War Department plans to move Geronimo and about 300 Apaches from Mount Vernon barracks Alabama to Fort Sill Oklahoma Territory then return them to Eastern Arizona after a probation period. Arizona citizens warn of danger and defend self defense while rail and copper developments unfold in Benson Calabasis Phoenix and Globe.
The Atlantic and Pacific presents a broad plan for the Great Middle Route linking major rails across the continent via the Santa Fe Route system. The prospect highlights extensive trunk lines, interchange points, and enhanced passenger and freight services across western corridors.
Travel guide highlights routes to the Grand Canyon, Natural Bridge, Montezuma's Well, La Cuna, Acolla, Petrified Forest, Canon Diablo, San Francisco Mountains, cliff dwellings, and the longest cantilever bridge on the Colorado River. Indicates travel agents and offices in Albuquerque and San Francisco.
H T Magner of Prescott Arizona dismissed Arizona as a desert while at the Palmer saying Colorado and Kansas suffer drought and crop failure. He claimed Arizona never has a crop failure thanks to irrigation and boasted a splendid fruit harvest and record grape potential.
George M Pullman testified for nearly three hours as the Labor Commission examined his companys finances and wages The commission noted dividends of 2 8 million in one year and wage cuts for operatives while officials salaries remained high The piece accuses Pullman of philanthropy rhetoric masking stockholder interests and questions the towns generous image The Chronicle notes mining buyers and financial tricks in other sectors.
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