The Flagstaff Sun-Democrat, 1897-05-13

That Flagstaff is must highly favored as a resort for health seekers and for those who would view soma of the most niarvfllous of nature's creations is not to be disputed, and that her fame is sure to grow endurably from year to year, with the increasing new ness and stability such a reputation will afford, is equally certain, and these have been depicted so enthusias enthusiastically - tically enthusiastically by brush and pon, and so uni universally - versally universally approved that tbe whole world is beginning to appreciate something of tbe beauty, color and splendor of nearly every feature of local scenic and pre-historio wealth. But, without en croaching in the least upon tho claims of such attractions, it may be sug gested that tho attribute!) that most commend to the attention of the tran sient tourist or invalid, desirahlo and useful though they unquestionably may be, are Dot tbe most substantial In pro moting' the permanent and vigorous growth of a community. Tho present seems an opportune time, with tho beginning of spring, new and valuable enterprises projected and the hopes of the community rein reinforced - forced reinforced by fresh confidence and energy, to attract notice to some tributary possibilities that surround Flagstaff and her future which, properly utilized, will contribute in no small degreo to establishing the city's supremacy as an Important manufacturing and commer commercial - cial commercial center of the southwest. Hut it is not the purposn of thi article to dis discuss - cuss discuss resources already nuMconbly pro productive - ductive productive and which, though infsnts as yet. are proving capable of progressing to a splendid industrial future, but rather to dwell particularly upon cer certain - tain certain possibilities in production and manufactures which tbe fostering in influences - fluences influences of time and necessity will surely convert into vigorous and exten extensive - sive extensive contributors to the future pros prosperity - perity prosperity of tbe town. Tbe magnitude of tbe lumber and stock interests are only limited to individual fancy, and tbe future of agriculture this is tbe only considerable section of the great Southwest where tbe coll is success successfully - fully successfully cultivated without irrigation is restricted solely by tbe demand of a reasonably extensive market. Beyond tbe plane of established facts, however, the well informed and thoughtful observer can conjure up probabilities that are tinted with bright promises that will be fully re realized - alized realized if such opportunities are worth ily Improved, and to insure there will be no neglect in that direction it is pertinent to remind readors that Flag Flagstaff - staff Flagstaff is at an altitude and enjoys a cli climate - mate climate that will stimulate decision, en energy - ergy energy and foresight in her people, qualities that are prime essentials for tbe maintenance of supremacy in com competition, - petition, competition, and time and progress will more clearly establish this superiority over neighboring towns at lower ele elevations. - vations. elevations. History and experience have demonstrated this probability tbe world over. Mot tbe least important factor to any people is the means of communi cation with consumers and commercial allies, and the more one studies the question the more advantageous tho local situation appears in this respect. I addition to being convenient to an onsivo and rich mineral area to the uth and west, destined to develop into an enormuus consumer of tbe ar articles - ticles articles Flagstaff is capable of producing, the town is practically an intersecting point for transcontinental commercial highways, proposals of the future that will not long be deferred. To illus trate: Colorado and the Northeast will inevitably find an outlet to the south southern - ern southern Pacific coast of the United States by way of the San Juan and Littlo Colorado valleys, while Utah and that

O. U. W.-FLA08TAFF LODGE, No. 13, . Meets overv Thursday nlebt. In a. A. hull. Visiting Workmen are cordially In. vlted. J. U. UUIM. M. W. Louis spiers. Itocorder. fOVHT COCONINO. I. O. JA, NO. WH, xc mmi jrrj i uesuav evening in u. A. u. jiau. vittiiinK nremren attend. UK. D.J, LOUIS 8PIBBS. H, 8. rethren cordially Invited to UUANNEN, U. R. T?LAG8TAFF LODGE. NO. T. V. & A. M JT Kcgular meetings on the first Saturday night of each calendar month In Masonic Hall, Kllpatrlck building. Bojournlug urviureu curuivur inriiru. u. II. ANDERSON, Master, J. QumiuE Havaqk, secretary. J70KE8T CAMP. NO. 1, WOODMEN of the World, meets the first and third ondayg In each month. In tho O. A. R. Hall. Visiting Sovereigns cordially welcome. T. 8. HUNCH. Counsel Com. T. E. PuuxtM. Clerk. GA. R.-KF.GULAR MEETINGS OF . Ranwtin Post. G. A. R.. No. 4, Depart Department - ment Department of Arizona, will bo held In G. A. R. hall on second and last Saturday In each month. E. U. JONES. Commandor. E. II. Cues. Post Adjutant. O. O. F.-FLAGSTAVF LODOE. NO. 11, luoctn erery Friday evening In Masonic iai.1 Visiting brethren cordially Invited. j. k. jurttsa, n. u. J. L. Docgiikrtt. Bccrotary. MOUNTAIN LODGE. NO. 15. K. OF P. meets every Wednesday night In tbolr e hall In O. A. 1C hall. All visiting brothers Invited to attend. W. A. MAYFLOWER, a 0. C. II. COBLE. K. of It, 8. CHURCH DIRECTORY. CATHOLIC CHURCH. Pastor. On Sundays: REV. F. DILLY. Low Mass at 8 o'clock a. m.; lllgb Mas.iatlo:30a.m. Sunday School at 3 p. Di. Evening services at 790 On the second Sunday of each month, prayer m. un week days: Mass at 7au a. m ayer 1I:M meetln iff av iu:w a. m.; cane All cordlallr Invited a. rs TTIK3T M. E. CHURCH. CORNER OF X unurcii and bareux streets, u r. Wil Wilson, - son, Wilson, Pastor. Preaching at ll a. m. and 7 p. m. Sundays: Sunday school at 10 a. n, Oscar Cllwon. Superintendent. CIuaS Meetings at l:l& p, m Lnworth league 6:.'W p. in Prayer tcroUng Wednesday evening at 7:30 Everybody welcome. T?IR9T PRE8IIYTF.RIAN 'OHUP.OH. Jl North Hn rrtncUco street. II. P terser. jMAtor, Sabbath ervlcnt Preaching U. in. and p. m ; similar school 10 .I Y P. b. O. K. prayer tneotlng.7 IS p. to 7 IS p. Wedn liia-wfcic conference ana prayer, y evening at 8 p.m. A corals: si Invitation ssextendedtoall. PROFESSIONAL,. DB.D.J. BRANNEN. PHT8ICIAN Hnrseon. Flagstaff. Arlsona. Will AND apond promptly to all calls from any point re- on tbe Atlantic & Pacific Railroad. Office and drug store opposite the depot. Tele Telephones: - phones: Telephones: Store. It; residence. 38. W8. ROBIIfeON. M. D.. FLAGSTAFF. , Arlsona. OfBea and residence In the Presbyterian parsonage. Telephone No. tt. abyte rl "OBIe noursiromvio Jia.au to id. m. 8. MILLER, M. D., FLAGSTAFF. ARI ARI-tons, - tons, ARI-tons, Office, one door east of Post ice. -DTJNCU a JONX8. ATTOKNKYS-AT-LAW. Will practice la all the eouruiatlM Fourth JadloUl Dlstriet. Land HUiatlon a HPaXIAL- IT, Ode at ceart boase, rlacstaff. Arts. E8. CLARK. ATTORNEY AT LAW. . OfBce In the Babbitt building. Flag Flagstaff, - staff, Flagstaff, Arizona. Practice before tbe Land Department a specalty. riSCAR GIBBON. ATTOENKY-AT-LAW- v WU ladlelal WU1 nraaUee In sU courts of Us foarth jealcUl district. Offles with K. 8. Uosasy la Ue Babbitt building. Dr. J. A. MlUsr, den dental - tal dental nrgeoa. PatroB eared for all along the Use of Us A. P. roffloe la the Babbitt block. Those desiring work la his Has should JiIYKX eaUonhlm. BBJZOMB CEUTE Ml FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. ILDEST BANK IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. Interest Paid on Time and Savings Deposits. Drafts Sold Upoij All Foreiflr; GoQrjtries.

tories depends in a high degreo upon the disposition of a people and their readiness to utilize every opening that chance or advantage may place in tbe way, and Flagstaff cannot hope for manufactories unless she is active and insistent as to tho inducements really possessed for such industries. There are many instances of towns possessed of unusual advantages that havo lan languished, - guished, languished, and in some cases succumbed to rivals bncauso loo miiuh as left to tho elements of chanco or accident. Without speaking of tho small en enterprises - terprises enterprises that usually attend and spread with the growth of a town, I wish to devote attention to a few in industrial - dustrial industrial ventures which may be gained or may bo hut, but if realized would prove of vast benefit in homo advance advancement. - ment. advancement. It is true much ot the basis for justifying the proposals that will fol follow - low follow is derived from tho conclusion of theory, but no critio can now declare tlieso theories not well founded. Copper reduction works is practica ble for many patent reasons, admitting to begin with, that tho northern copper districts will develop an adequate ore supply Tho reason why such plaut should bo here is the fact of ibis being tho source of a cheap and abundant wood fuel, uniting facllltlc as a cen central - tral central meeting point for coal and coke, and a wide range of ore supplies, con connected - nected connected with a plentiful supply of water. These conditions are essential to the success of a smolter, and the first to attract the notice of investors, and there is no reason why this town should not attain such an undertaking if alive to presenting and sustaining its facilities therefor. Flouring mills ongbt to be realized to Flagstaff in the near future if en encouragement - couragement encouragement ii reasonably extended for such a asefnl enterprise. Tbe be lief seems general that the timbered plateaus and valleys surrounding San Francisco mountains are capable of producing a superior quality of wheat, and if tbe theory prores correct, it must mean tbe development of a great field for flouring mills and their conse quent trade. It seems incrediblo tbat our people should allow sovoral dol dollars - lars dollars per capita to go outside annually for this one article, withdrawing tbat much from local circulation that ought to be kept at home. Wood-working plants ought to grow in number and the variety of products tbat can be mado from pine, spruce and aspon. The fine situation, con connected - nected connected with an overland railway route and the probability of interesting lines, au unlimited supply of splendid timber and a great treeltss market steadily increasing its demands oast, south and west, should combino to create Unusual enducements for tho inauguration of all kinds of wood woodworking - working woodworking plants here. Among thoso that seem practical may be named pa paper - per paper mills, patent fencing establish establishments, - ments, establishments, fine decorative wood works, pipo and solid flume making machines, tar and turpentino works. These and many others will develop with tho growth of a consuming territory. May not woolon mills, packing houses and tanneries prove future fea features? - tures? features? Based upon the live stock in interests - terests interests which have an extensive range, I cannot see why these should not bo feasible. It is. a paradox that timo will oradicate that our people should send to no place nearer than Kansas City for cured meats that may havo been prepared from animals procured

stone plants, onyx saw mills, mineral paint works, etc., but at present may seem too vaguely possible to be at tractive, but with progress in the fu future - ture future their utility will be recognized in a clearer light. Altogether there is a promising field for manufactories here that ought to be dwelt upon and ad advertised. - vertised. advertised. PRODUCING INTEKEST8. In the lino of agricultural, ore and range products tho field is equally as promising, and being of primary im importance, - portance, importance, manufacturing dependent and secondary, the need of energetic development in farm, miue and heard is vital, and while the encouragement in tbe prospect is admitted, unless there is tbe devotion of enthusiasm, to make the world aware of what your fertile soil is capable, and what your mines can do, and prove to immigrants the genuineness of your offers, every producing resource will prove unreas unreasonably - onably unreasonably slow in development. In tbe production of cereals, root crops and hay the timbered plateaus and valleys surrounding San Francisco Mts and along tho Magollon divide admittedly is superior, and when we consider that tho aggregate ixta. of this land is greater than the aggncul aggncul-tuial - tuial aggncul-tuial lands of most eastern states Its possibilities can be understood. Pota Potatoes, - toes, Potatoes, onions etc., grow abundantly, bay grows rank in all the valleys, and while these seem common their united importance is immense. Oats and rye have a rank growth and give a large grain ield, and wheat, while thus far only tried on a limited scale, by every promlso of condition and expense will prove a most successful crop. In this connection may be mentioned conversation by the writer with two well known citizens ot Flagstaff. Said one, when asked if wheat would not grow successfully, "Ob, yes! 'twill do fine. All we need is a flouring mill and tbo wheat growing industry here would be immense." Said tho other citizen, "yes, wheat does finely here. We need a flouring mill and tbat will come When we grow enough wheat.' Here seems to be a unity of conviction annulled by a diversity of opinion as to necessity, and it seems to mo the second citizen has nearest the right view. Kaise your wheat and prove the supply and the mills will soon be here. Of the flocks and herds on the stock ranges it is no more than necessary to say their magnitude is great and the number of feeders already justify a number of dependent industries. But with the crowding of interests and consequent importance of increasing acreage resources or dimishing stock there is reason to suppose tbat careful cultivation and protection will vastly increase tbe capacity of tbe ranges to sustain tbe demand upon them so tbat tbe beasts that live upon them can safely bo multiplied. Such has been the result of experience elsewhere and such will be the result of experience here. In mines and mine products the field is practically virgin, yet what has been done and shown up loads me to believe that the future in this line of products will be remarkable. A re region - gion region that can show an extensive area of country that, without considerable development, produces good prospects of gold, copper, silver, iron, petrol petroleum, - eum, petroleum, asbestos, iron paints, etc., is en couraging, and the rule without ex

tbe people who grow what they need to sustain life, and certainly thrice fortunate are those who grow what they cat, wear, make tools from and use as an exchange medium, for that is an elysian field indeed. And look looking - ing looking dispassionately over the field, be believing - lieving believing in the foregoing conclusions, it can certainly be said that Flagstaff, not only a fair future lies before it. but a future that is brilliant in every aspect. Important Civil Cases. United States Attorney Ellinwood has received instructions from tbe de partment ot justice to re-try the case of tbo United States against the Copper Queen for $183,000 claimed by the federal government as due by tbat company for timber cut off govern government - ment government lands. The cause is the most important is tbe history of Arizona jurisprudence. It has dragged along in the federal courts of this territory for years. Last full it wns on trial in Tucson before a jury for twelto dajs, and ns ns-fctilted - fctilted ns-fctilted in adistgreeraont. E. E. Ellin Ellin-wood - wood Ellin-wood aud Mark Spilth represented the government and John Haynes, of San Francisco, and Wm. Herring fought for the mining company. About seventh-Hie wilnefioCa Hbie exauiiuedt at the trial and days were consumed in argument. The timber for the value of which tbe government sues was cut in the Cbiricahua mountains, about fifty miles from Bisbce, where the timber was utilized by tbe mining company The fact of the timber having been cut is not in dispute, and the question hinges almost entirely as to whether the land upon which the timber grew is mineral land or otherwise. The legal questions involved are of such importance tbat the attorney-general has applied to tbe interior department and got tbe assistance of tho director of the geological survey to determine the nature of the lands in question. WhyT "Why did we import 1,000,000 doz en eggs into tbe United States last- year?" asked Secretary Wilson of the agricultural department. "And do you know tbat 132,000 dozen of tbose eggs came from CbinaP Just think or fetching tbat sort of product all the way from the Howry Kingdom, just for the sake of freshness. A few came from Japan, bat 800,000 came from Canada. There is nothing the matter with the "American hens" says tbo secretary, "but tho American farmer needs to be taught the usefulness of raising things which we are obliged to purchase abroad. We purchaso f 100,- 000,000 worth of sugar every year and yet we can produce every pound of sugar we need." The secretary has distributed about five tons of sugar beet seed throughout the country and hopes iu this way to demonstrate the feasibility of profitable sugar beet culture. "And why," says tho secre secretary, - tary, secretary, "should we have imported $10,- 000,000 worth of goat skins? It is to be supposed tbat we cannot raiso goats?" Ex. Look backward and forward cack. day in your owu life. See and mark; tbe growth carefully. Study the steps by which you have developed the-best powers in yourself and with this in sight, choose your ways and means for future development.

ception in similar territory has been that productiveness becomes more im important - portant important and raoro valuable as the work of opening up the veins and de deposits - posits deposits proceeds, resulting finally in av source of substantial and permanent income, sustaining a great variety of dependent industries. Thus, as tbe situation is reviewed it ought to be apparent to any student of tbe economy of self-support tbat tbe sections contiguous to Flagstaff, and wbicb you have a right to consider as tributary allies, possess great possibil possibilities, - ities, possibilities, and out of the cultivation of these possibilities should be created splendid undertakings. Fortunate are

from thu home ranges; put chase from Chicago shoes and boots, the slock for which was grown upon Arizona cattle; import from distant Mew England woolen goods made in part at least from fleeces at least in part sheared from tbe back of Coconino sheep. By a little study and effort such relations may be dispensed with, our people be becoming - coming becoming selfsu8taining thus far and en enrich - rich enrich themselves to that extent. It may be urged as too great an effort to accomplish these things, but I can re retort - tort retort that greater things have been done by a peoplo less able. There are many other projects that could materialize, such as building

splendid dimain of tbe Northwest will find its only practical route to tbe South to bo the natural crossing at Lee's Ferry of the great Colorado canyon, which with its laterals consti constitutes - tutes constitutes a barrier otherwise so formidable that no other like distributed obstacles In nature are worthy in comparison. But thero are other openings more closely allied to local in'erests and not so distant in their prospective benefits, and I will briefly enumerate these and the aid they would serve to the town in its progress. MANUFACTORIES. Of courso the establishment of fac-