The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-04-02
Local Intelligence.
PREscorT, April 2, 1870. Routes of Transportation, Etc.

Considerable ado has been made about the
 -sst cost of maintaining troops in this Territory
 and really. it has cost government an immense
 .,opn, of money to do so,-more, in fact than
 {, oucbt to have cost. So with our citizens, i
 ,,s cost them all they have been able to rake
 .,d scrane to live and move here. Now. it Is
 ,i,b lime for military and citizens to commence
 ,,,,ipv about for ways to lessen this great ex-
 ,endiure. and the first means that suggests itself
 i. inc lessenng of the cost of transportation,
 ,,bcb at present. can only be done by shorten
 inc and improving old routes of travel, or open
 ;,5 new ones. The people Of the interior of this
 Territory are fettered in tbeir movements by
 h;-b prices. and cannot go ahead vigorously,
 anil tbey are reduced. That they are painfully
 ,,,re of this fact is apparent. During the past
 t.,r weeks. we have received letters from gentle
 ,.., o, various localities, on the subject One.
 Gom gentleman at Camp Mcdowell. says that
 Coyernment could edec, saving of from Sl0.-
 900 10 sl5OOO per annum in lhe cost of sup
 pyisg that post, were it to have ib freight trans
 nortel over the La Paz road instead Of ria the
 cua route. from Arizona City and Fort Yuma,
 ,be distance between Mcdowell and La Paz heinz at least sixty miles less thar that between Mcdowell and Fort Yuma. Our correspondent plaees the entire distance from Yuma to Mellow ell a, 250 miles; that from La Paz or Ehrenberg. ,o veDowel at l9o miles. He also says ibe road to La Paz is far superior 10 tbe other and longer road. and requests ns Co call the attention of Major General Ord to thesp facts. We do so. and. a, the same time reques, the citizens Of La Paz. Ehrenbcrg Wickenburg PhUuix and other points on the La paz and McDowell road, io bestir themselves In the matter.
 The citizens of Prescott and vicinity would
 like to see a new aud more direct road opened ,o Camp McDowell and PhTuix. by way of Black Canyon and the Agua Trio, and as ii has for a long time past been fayori,e Proieei with l ,be military. we hope Gen Ord will order it. ] speedy construction.
 WAITER Saturday, Sunday. and Monday | last were blusry days Sunday Afternoon. iight | sbosers of bail fell. and people though, oi a sHOw-slofm, bu, h dldn, como. and ihey felt | disappointed. li sno sed li,lle la the moan- 1 tains Since then. ihe weather has been calm I and sunshiny The ranches are wes enough. but | We would like Co see Mother Earth gcl another 1 soaking soon, for ihe sake Of the placer miners.
 EREoRs.--Tbese annoying things crop oa, ln almost every newspaper and ig is strange iha. | they are scarcely ever seen until "ihe paper is 1 worked oa. The local columns of last veek's | MINER contained three errors which we now wish I 10 correct, if it s pot too late, In the account of Toe Indian fghi near Camp Date Creek the typos I made u' say 'ha. William Rice guided sbe troops, when it was Wl1ni Rice who did it Next. in 1 speaking or lhe arrival of passengers by Grants stage. C. C. Wiggins was rendered. C. C. Hig gins, but ,he stage agent ai Wickenburg Is re- 'Poasible for this, De having written Higgins on ihe Nay.bill. The other error occurred by | ,aiing that Ar. Richmond was building house 'n the souid side of the plaza, whra said house $ on ihe eas, side of said goat pas,ure. We lay he blame for tbis las, error oa the eompositor.
 Da kESDllL is prepared to EAecinale all who nay feel disposed to undergo that operation, nd ~c think i, daiy incumbent upon most 'ilizcns io get vaecina.ed. as speedily as possi- 'le Smallpox, ike Indians may come when east expected. and i, is right that people should 'e prepared for it.
 rfhsoSu--Nrssrs. Head, Meyer aud BoWles. hTee gentlemen who came here. recently, nom ,A'ilornia 10 look at our mines. len Prescott on ne morning Of the 2Gth nlt The first named 'eh'"man for tue new silver mine south, the lher two for California We have heard that iessTs' Head and Meyer bargained for the pur- hase Of one or two lodges.
 PRESCOTT is young town, and small one. e'' We think i high time our people were talk. ns some steps towards founding public library ere' II organized it would, no doubt. receive '4ny donations of books and by degrees. swell l'o importance. public library is big card pr any town. and the establishment of one here oa'o not fail 10 benefit residents and strangers. our citizens think as we do that 1t is time to lo'e lh me matter. we ask some nf them to start ue oail m motion. A town so isolated as ours ' ,' snould nave something besides games of chance aH',.se ana instruct it's citizens and the siran CTS Who may visit us.
 inI theatrical performance at the Academy Of un on the evening of the 2elh ult., was well 'gnucu' a.r and gave general satisfaction The '''o'ilefs were all soldiers, from Fort Whipple.
 MEANT lr--When D. G. Thorne left Prescott '' New York City, several weeks ago. he told ,v ", opys nat he meant to commit matrimony, , 'o.J my eidnt believe him. He meant every v b; ne sald, Tor we see, by card sent out here i,,.n," r .nal ne was married ,o Miss Mary A. nson, Thursday evening. Feb. 2s,b. at 35 Con. erneur st., New York. He is another Daniel ome to judgement. ~ D"'''' y%AAets.A ,h;A lot of the best oranges ever seen M 'I rlet market were brought here, last week. by Ingeles county, California.