The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-09-12
ARIZONA

great extent of country comprises every VarieY o, soil and climate. About onc-cighih part oi , this land may be cla..ed as desert the remain der is mineral, agricultural timber ana efaH'ng land Except the desert portion no part oi ue Territory is worthless and we doubt II mere IS a new country on the continent that can com pare with this muchlyabused and shaneiuily- neglected Territory. Arizona has name aoroaa for stesility and worthles-ness among those "ho know nothing of the Territory. Bul, really she does no. deserve it. for even her waste places. the deserts-produce luxuriant grasses, esculent and nutritious fruits etc These patches oi des- ert are to be found almost entirely on the south- ern and western rim of the Territory, and un- fortunately for the Territory and herpcople that is the portion best known It is the portion through which the old overland route from the States Co California. runs and over which thou sands of citizens and soldiers have travelled m ! crossing our Territory. But let us leave ths road and strike north some jO or 5j miles and 1 your eyes will perceive country altogether ! dncrent-a country clothed in perpetual green i covered with thick growth of iimber-a conn- try that in winter is whiencd with snow, and in summer. freshened with showers, whose rivers lakes. creeks and brooklets are numerous and flied with pure cold water and sporiive hsh. where the cold Of winter and the heat of sum mer are extremely moderate, where the air Is pure and where sickness is rarely felt An but say the enigres ii is the home of the dreadful Apaches-those horrible Indians that kin and steal SO! Well. admit the fact, Kentucky. Ohio.
 n Aif few years ago inhabited by hostile Indians, and are to-day in the enjoyment of peace and plenty. l. will be so here, in few years, and now is the time to settle in the Territory, acquire | property. and thus lay the foundation for for | taae and happiness.
 l Before three years shall pass, unless uniortu- nately, our country sould again embrou herself in war. a railroad will pass through this country; the Indians will be tuned our rich mines will be worked our immense forests of timber will yield us a large revenue, Our pastoral lands wil be
 dotted with herds and our vallies mesas. and
 side-hills will be covered with wheat, corn, bar lev. oats. orchards and vineyards This is no idl,siream. bu, t is a dream that viii surely be fulfilled. Already we have proven tbat corn,
 wheat barley oats. potatoes and all other veg
 etables, fruit Of every description and grapes oi
 every variety can be raised here. In fact, we
 are honest in the belief that a better grape
 country is nowhere to be found, as the wild
 growth of them to bc found all over the Terri
 tory. attest Besides all these, we have good reasons for believing that our mines are the
 richest and most extensive in the world, and Californaas and Coloradans who have come her' and examined them. are oi the same opinion. What few people there are in the country art well satisfied with t. are honest, peacable, ia , dustrious and anxious that people should com' . and settle among them We do not offer immi . grants fortune in day, but we offer them iha frvm which fortunes can be speedily made. Just now, those wishing to work for wages ' can get all the work they want in this part Q the Territory, at rates unheard ef in the ol' states.-from s75 to Sl00 per month for iaborinl men. This too, is emphaiically, white man r country. no inferior races are here to bucl against him and cut down wages. Employer D prefer white labor to any other, and t will al e ways be so in this par; of the Territory.
 - It grieyes us to read of the passage, throug Q inc southern part of our Territory, of trains
 
 better by settling in this Territory. But il seen that trip over the southern route sickens thei
 with Arizona. How different the case woul
 be were they to come over the Whipple or 3j , parallel route: which passes through Fie ', well watered, delightful country But this ron !. Is scaled to travel; there is mail service uPS q it and no troops A great deal of the populate of Prescott and vicinity came over this rout =. from Colorado and the States. and when they a :: rived here they were so well pleased with Il a- country. that most of them have settled dow .r here for life.
 10 Would to God those who come into the cou -n try on the Southern route would do so. and th ,, would if they could but see the country iitl at to the North of them. IL is singular that tn
 never examine the rich bottom lands of the Gi
 and Salt River upon portions of which, sml od but Aourishng settlements have been made. T e. people of Phoenix, on Salt River and of the g ce dement's on the G,la should meet those emigrai n at Pima villages or Maricopa Wells, take ihG i'd to their settlements, show them their crops a lot the thousands of pnoccupied acres of farIul ral land that invites the husbandman to till it. OtL Ice States and Territories beg for immigration a he coax people to settle among them, then " eet should We moi do inc same thing-we who ne
 workers worse than any State or Territory Of ,, far west. Every county and section of the
 ri,ory has advantages and inducements to of ,. to immigrants, and now is the time 10 be up s' doing. Pima county, like Yavapai, contains T and extensive mineral deposits good farming a
 grazing lands and abundance of timber. Yur o' Mohave and Pah-Ut te counties contain mines