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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1899
Page
1
The Mesa Free Press states no one is authorized to contract on its behalf except by written order of the Publisher. Advertising rates are available on request and annual subscriptions cost 2 dollars 50 cents.
The National Irrigation Congress will meet in Missoula Montana for three days starting the 25th. Arizona delegates push national irrigation, opposing private ownership. Phoenix Mayor W T Smith and ex Gov McCord named as advocates. Santa Fe president E P Ripley lauds McCord and urges federal water management to develop arid lands. Governor Murphy finalized his annual report and manuscript.
The Enterprise notes the shipment to Washington and the governor hopes to print all forty five views in the forthcoming volume. The report includes these views, aiming for completion in the next issue.
The government irrigation experiments at Fort Meade show artesian wells flowing strongly at about 500 feet, far shallower than the anticipated 2,000 feet. This discovery promises a revolution in Black Hills farming, linking ample water with a growing humid-zone approach and expanding westward agricultural potential.
An editorial laments appropriation of funds for levees and riprap as wasteful while contrasting with dam and irrigation projects that protect communities and provide jobs. It argues for state led flood control and critiques private mail systems versus government mail at cost. It mentions China’s postal service and private rights objections.
The Mesa Free Press notes the lower Salt River people plan a wagon road to Globe while Globe has already built a route into Pinto Creek and intends to stop there. If Mesa builds a road over the mountains, Globe will not assist.
The Oasis reports a pause in Mexican hostilities until cooler weather in October. Sunstroke and heat affect troops with about half of the field force unfit for service. About two thousand Yaquis are under arms, roughly nine hundred with rifles, the rest using bows and arrows. Mr James L Johnson named professor of music at the Normal School of Arizona. Land policy in the West seen as open, with 75 to 100 million acres awaiting reclamation by the National Government.
Missouri lawmakers pass a law effective August 20 1899 outlawing manufacture sale or offer to sell food with arsenic calomel bismuth ammonia or alum. Violators face misdemeanor charges and fines of at least 100 dollars deposited to county road funds. Main target is alum baking powders. any such additives in foods are prohibited.
The Grand Lodge of Arizona I O G T met in Phoenix for four days with near full representation from territory lodges. Officers for the coming year were elected including F M Dean Florence as Past Grand Chief Templar and J H Bowen Bisbee as G V T. The next session is set for Bisbee with the first Wednesday in September 1900.
James Clark recounts turning a $100 investment into control of Republic Gold Mine Milling Co with 1,000,000 shares. He notes prospectors earning fortunes and selling shares to a Montreal syndicate for 3.5 million, plus a stake in Lone Pine Surprise and Peril mines, as he built a modern plant and valuable stock.
At the bride’s parents home Mr and Mrs J F Hendrix Tempe Sunday afternoon Rev L L Rogers M E church united Lindsey Austin and Miss Georgia Hendrix two Tempe youths in marriage The Shilgh Consumption Cure ad offers a refund if two thirds of bottle used and no benefit with prices 25 50 cents and 1 00 by J H Barnett Druggist.
An advertising notice promotes Karl's Clover Root Tea as improving digestion and cleansing the bowels liver and kidneys. It claims health benefits from a pure formula and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents with J. K. Barnett Druggist as seller.
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