The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-07-03
THE WEEKLY ARIZONAN
JULY 3..ev...................l869
INPATIENgE Vs- PROGRESS.

brought about by their own too great anxiety tC
 ecome millionnaires Notcontentfore abrie
 period, with moderate circumstances and un-
 wiling, or too impatient to permit time to better
 their conditions, n-,ny men wbo mightgrow
 to afluence with ,hA city or country in which
 they live, cast them Elves upon every passing , wave ofgilded rumOr, and thus, every alternate year of their lives commence life anew. There
 are many who complain that they cannot ima> zine a future for Arizona which would justify
 them in clinging to it; that their time here has
 been lost, and that they must go elsewhere if
 thew are ever to make raise" We know of
 men worth some thousands of dollars, having
 spoken in this strain, notwithstanding that every cent they possess has been accumulated
 in Arizona, and within period of less than ! four years; men who tried life elsewhere but
 small fortune after few years attention while business was active, wish a change of scenery ] 50 soon as trade receives q temporary check.
 But a future of the brightest character awaits
 Arizona, as all will find who may control their 1 impatience and await the time. Let us, for in-
 stance, take look at this southern portion of
 Arizona-what it is, and what 1t may be:
 At present, the upper and lower Santa Cruz.
 the Sonoita, the San Pedro and the Gila val
 Ieys contain population of several thousand settlers Thousands of acres of land are under
 cultivation, and notW thstanding the qUant-
 ty of corn raised each year the demand for in- ternal consumption is not supplied by the Ter
 ritory which shows plainly that there must
 be ready market for everything produced. The existence, at no very remote period, of railroad on the thirty-second parallel, being now settled question, we may next turn our attention to the probable future of the country south of the Glla, generally but to this city particularly: Tucson being located in the centre of rich and beautiful agricultural district must continue to be, in future, what it has been in the past-the great mart of the whole sOuth
 ern portion of the Territory. The great ob
 stacle to every class of improvement Is, as the whole country well knows, the presence of the l hostile Apache; but this is not an unsur- mountabe obstacle and, therefore one which should not be permitted to overShadow the hope offulure prosperity. When couple of millions of dollars will have gone as many hundreds of thousands have already went-for nothing the government will learn that its Indian policy has become too expensive, and will accordingly bring Indian matters to a crisis.
 Another great drawback and one which is felt everywhere throughout the territory is the enormous prices which all classes of merchant disc commaLd. Fort Yuma which, by the route travelled is pearly three hundred niles distant from Tucson is the earest point to which merchandise can be conveyed by water, and the prices paid for transportation thence to Tucson, in almost every instance, amount to more than the original cost of goods as purchased in San Francisco. This is, certainly, l a very unwholesome state of affairs, and to those who expect to accumulate fortunes with little labor, very mountain in the pathway. l put tnlS .conQltlOn or aualrS can continue, at most, only few years, The Southern Pacific 1 railroad, running south ofthe Gila, will place us in almost direct communication with Calfor- nia and, the East, while the Gulf trade via Guaymas will give additional importanc ce to our position It will be strange indeed if all these advantages in store for Southern Arizona fail l to lend importance to it's principal business point; and it is equally strange that so many fail to see, or otherwise, fail to acknowledge so much even to themselv Ives.
 These observations will explain to the ma- ority why so much money has been expended by a few individuals in building up property in Tucson. These latter look not to the present for everything, but satisfied to await the bright inevitable, have laid up for themselves the foundations of permanent homes, ifnOt of ab- 50 ute wealth. Now, it would be we'll for those who complain of the dulness of the times &c., o try aud discover whether their own inactivity may not be their greatest misfortune; to de- vote little attention to the probable future