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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1897
Page
3
A broad fracas of 1890s politics, finance, and expansion unfolds. Ex Governor Hughes named in university top circles. Alaska land office register Jonny W. Depuny appointed. Silver, tariff, and currency debates mix with mining booms in a volatile outlook for Arizona.
Report describes crowds converging on the new gold fields drawing miners, prospectors, and vendors. Observers note rapid settlement growth, elevated prices for supplies, and rising tensions over access and safety as exploration expands. Local officials consider regulation to manage traffic and claim disputes.
Weekly crop bulletin notes general improvement in crops and ranges across Arizona Territory with frequent light showers except in a few southern counties. Some places report excess rainfall causing grain damage and washouts on railroads. Wheat near harvest in southern regions, alfalfa finishing, apples ripening, and rust harming some wheat in south Navais county. No-To-Bac tobacco cessation ad follows.
Captain W. L. George, a leading Maricopa County resident, died after a heart attack at the sheriff's office. He had suffered rheumatism for years. He leaves a wife and three sons, with services planned at his home on Black Canyon Road. Born April 29, 1832 in Kentucky, he served in the Confederate Army and later worked on railroad, canal, and reservoir projects in Arizona. His body to lie in state at four o'clock tomorrow.
Attorney General McKenna has prepared his decision on the San Pedro California harbor project. The document has not passed through normal channels and may be sent directly to Secretary Alger, now with President McKinley, with no details available locally.
A Denver letter argues fifty cents per ounce as bedrock silver price due to world demand and stock absorption. The piece then recounts a vivid Arizona history segment on Tombstone’s rush of 1879 80, describing crowds, mining boom, harsh frontier life, prices, and population collapse by 1883.
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