The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-05-14
The aNiner.
Local Intelligence.
PREscorr, May IA, 1870. Weather. Crops, Prospects, Etc

r.o.o arc themes we do not care to write about, ,,., rov. vel they must be "written up,' occa- .to,ouv The weathcr-the past week -has Oech ..,hor sarnl for this season and this altitude. we ,.1 resson to expect rain, but have not been hlessed with any Signs are numerous Tn the heavens. but. 1t is the general tsaT that we VIII ,,e, no rain until July. We are not possessed oi ,his fear and think the country will get soaking hofore that time comes around. or course, it Is ,ov rather late in the season to expect much rain vet. if people will recollect, we have had ,,o rains, in former years, after this date Last y,r lt rained heavily, on Sunday, April 2i, ana ssoln on May 6, this region was visited by thun' srshowers Then, Ou June 10th, We hau more thunder showers The spring Of d3 was stli ,retter as was that also Of 66. But, in thosc wears farmers at least, those living In the Nicln- iv of Prcscott-had DO winter wheat and barley to be pourishod by early Spring rains, and then natured by the heat Of the sun. This year, the case is different. During the winter just past, many taruers sowed fields Of wheat and barley, eyDcctiup of course, that both cereals wonid ,raw mature and yield well. But, with many, these evpcctatons have not and will not De real iyed Last summer was dry dryer " iT than mos, summers that have been passed In thts scc- lion hy inc whites The winter just passed was also d-y--yes, disgustingly SO, and now should ,bere be no rain until July, nnny farmers will Dc saved the trouble of gathering wheat and barley Indeed already, some fields are past redemp' tiop This is discougagigg. We were in hopes that almost enough wheat would be harvested this summer Go supply us with bread next winter, but that hope cannot longer be indulged in. or course there are fields Of wheat and barley here that will yield we'll but it were useless to disguise inc fac, that several others will yield but litue,- fl tbey mature at al. We hope however, that our farmers wilt not become discouraged. The country hts passed through two dry seasons, and Nisnut likely that it will bc yisited hy @ third soon Providence is ever Kind, but Ills ways are inscrutabe and llc may have withheld Inc ralu and the snow from us for some good purpose Farmers have now the summer season before them in which to raise corn, vegetables, etc, and, although we dislike 10 tender them advise. with out their asking for it, vc make bold Co adri-c, nav urgv thcIn. Co put In every kernel oi corn and all tue vegetable seed they cnn, for. shonid tue season be propitiDus they sill he able 70 dis. pose Of every pound uf produce that may De faiscd at hir pricesi should it not prove co, grain and vegetables will command vcry high pri. ces. and then, shosd not even half crops he ruls' cd there will still be a chance for them co "catch mp and, perhaps get Ahead.
 While ccat=nding againsi Inc clements and buf. fetng the waves of hard times, our farmers, ,--yos, all our pcope,-wil have Go bc economical in tbe matter of living, la tbc employ ymeut Ot help, 10 dress, and lu various other things. Taxed ss they are and have been Co keep up County and Terri toriai Governments 70 cnrlca steamship compa nies and frcighte-s, and Co iced ciothc and mount thousands of sayaue Indians, they nWsf practice strict economy or go down uuder their wcighsy burdens.
 But, thank God. tbe prospect for doliveRDee from some, if not all of tLoso burdens, iooSl rather fair ai present. Thc Territory, wlth a portion Of the State Of California, is .w NH tary Department, and will soon be commanded by au old, brave energetic and experienced ufiicc of the Army---t'en George Stoueman, whos' headquarters will soon bc established co For Nhippie This, Of itsclL Is good ncws. but. ctr cuu.lsuccs, which we are assured Wiu acc0mpanl and follow this change iar the better, will caus' affairs here Co assume different aspect from aul they have before presented We believe li Co b the intention of Government Go send more troops here, Co qucll the Indians, tO open mp thc bes portion of the Territory Go settlement, by con strUcing wagon roads. from post Co poet throuEl it also, by improving the read from Prescott C Albuquerque, New Mexico, over which, and b. which route We can alone expect to get supplies at living prices. Gen. Ord, Gen. StOneman, Gen Wheaton, and other high military ohicers know this, and ii being 70 the interest of GUVeTumvni as well as of iis citizens Co have the route put | good travelling order. we feel certain that it vii soon be done. Then. again, the faet of For Nhipplc having been selected for the headquai ters oi The Del artment of Arizona proves cOnrIu slYeiy lO our mlnd that now. for the fret time q several ycaTs, the head Of the Army and Ais sut ordihaics have clear Ideas rrgirding Arizona, be wants and resources. Whipplc Is in the centre q the best portion Of the Territory. On every sid of Der arc growing settlements that need protes uon and encouragement from Government. | ttis section, too, are the homes of almost all th hostile bands of Indians in the Territory; her, too are to he found twothirds of ai the Amer can settlers In the Territory, well ss two4hird ol all the improvements that have recently bee hlae. Ia Il are immense belts oi timber, ihOl kalas oi ae!es oi good farming and ETiziuE ls8id' scores oi rich lOdes of gold, silver and eoppe and 10 crown all this, it Is toerahly well supple With good water, and blessed with a mild, health climate.
 uHdl quite roeeatIy, it was the policy of civ rulers Co waste all their swceincssn upon th southern part of the Territory, and to represci nus section as "Playedout wilderness" course they have had their influence with the mil aty' and the consequences has been that miliioI VI doliafs have hfen expended In vain endCaNO 70 make the desert bloom, while Northern Al Eona-the taireSt and best portion Of Uncle sam facihc domsR-was suecred at as unworthy
 leeeNllg alg assistance OT encouragement fro either National or Territorial officials In sayir thls, we do not wish to beunderstOOd ns includiI all military officers. Indeed those officers vi nave been stationed among us have been o saHnehest friends, and tO them, must we ho ouheiNes indebted for most of the good that
 ADoNn at Washington and San FranciseO, F"u,hg unfortunate Northern Arizona knO
 ing, lpll we'll that this section Is literally oramm
 Nilh wealth, and that through it runs the Dc IOu'e Tor the proposed southern Pacific railroad s'ue ooth) they have said SO openly and abo board, and being possessed of more honor a Ieraclly than our political magners south Of { ulla Who stick Co that section because it Is co Nen'ent to sonora, where voting material Is che anu piAbie, their words have carried conyicti
 "ne.eNer they have gone. We would not spe ol these matters but for ,hc systematic, barefac ,lanhsr 10 which this section has been islander oy MeCofmiek and his tools, and the treaehero
 ulsnonorabe mode by which the same part iopoea us or the Capital. But, we willing forget the past and shall not try to get even
 nhuhs down Southern Arizona as a desert. tne contrary, we shall endeayor Co help her