The weekly Arizonian., 1859-08-11
ARIZONA A FARMING COUNTRY.

ARIZONA A FARMING COUNTRY.
 We have never yet met the man who called Arizona great agricultural country, but we must enter our decided denial of some state ments which have found their way into the Eastern papers, and even into the Arizonian. We are not questioning the honesty of the wri- ters but we do question their knowledge of the country. It has been said that "Arizono has no stream of permanent Dater too miles long except the Rio Grande and tue Colorado, which are its boundaries"
 The Rio Grande is not its boundary: but let, that pass What becomes of he Gila, below it's junction with the Salinas, nearly two hundred miles long, larger stream than the Gila ?- Where is the Miembres, which runs good many times two miles? Where are all the streams north of the Gila, where the Apaches cultivate their crops of corn2 Where are the streams of the Guadalupe and Sacramento mountains? People who write descriptions of countries, if they won't look fot>, themselves, should certainly studyits geography. The fact that most of the arabic land in the territory is in the possession of the Indians, does not alter the fact that it exists. The Gila and San Pedo valley have been much underrated, while the territory has been most ruthlessly cut to-pieces -by'careless or ignorant writer s.--
 There is plenty of desert, abundance of coun- try without water but there is still left sufficient good land and water for large population Only give Arizona government, the military protection she requires, and such as we under stand has been recommended by Col Bonne vile, emigrants will not want for farms or stock ranches. Irrigation may be tedious and troublesome, but it pays-that is the test It is in universal use in Europe. It does rain in Arizona in the rainy reason. No one who knows anything of the country ever expects rain here except in the rainy months-last of June, July, August and Septemaer. Water can be found almost anywhere by sinking wells to moderate depth This is now an estab- lished fact We advise no one to come here except mining companies, with large capital, unless Congress gives law and protection; but with those guarantees, there is room for many; and we mean by Arizona, the the whole of it. not alone the Rio Grande, or the Santa Cruz, but all that region as laid down in the territo- rial bil south of latitude 330 36>, between Texas and the Colorado. We have lived in Arizona four years know more of it from actual travel and some bitter experience than perhaps any man in the country; and we only express the sentiments of those who know the country when we say that the summary of Mr. Mowry in his address before the American Geographical So- ciety is fair statement of the resources of Ari- zona as could be made. He says:
 That while Arizona cannot be called an agricultural State, she has suficiency of ara ble land to support large population. That as a grazing and pastural region, she has un- surpassed advantages but her great wealth is found in her inexhaustble mineral resources. There can be no doubt that if Arizona to-day did not contain an acre of arable land her gold and silver, her copper and iron and lead would some day make her one of the wealthiest of the States of this Union."
 Time will more than fill the measure of MT. Mowrys anticipations, and fully establish the ruth oFt'- statements