Arizona citizen., 1872-11-09

Arizona and Setting the Indian
 Difficulties.
 Following is communication to THE CITIZEN by gentleman who resides in New York It is worth the consideration of Congressman:
 Allow me to submit, in your col umns, plan for the promotion of emigration to your Territory. Ari- zona contains 7O,OOO,0O0 acres of
 which say 20,O00,O00 are adapted to agricultural pursuits, and larger quantity to the raising of stock. Many years ago, Government gave $40 acres to all heads of families and 320 acres to all single persons who would enni- grate to and settle in Oregon. This attracted large population ill that then remote Territory, and laid the foundation for that now prosperous
 State, without which it would still
 be only 6 thinly settled Territory, with but little revenue coming from
 the sales of public lands, and Q heavy expense to protect its sparse settle
 ments from Indian depredations. In
 a purely commercial view, no one can
 doubt but that the lands thus given to settlers, was a good investment for
 government. But 1t IS not the dona-
 ton of lands directly to settlers, that
 1 advocate. That policy Is good but
 not the best.
 The great difficulty is for poor emi-
 grants to first get to any of our re-
 mote Territories, and second to fur
 nish themselves with the means of living and starting to improve their
 lands for the first year. This oYer- come and ten to twenty thousand set tiers could be placed in Arizona in a very short time. These with very little military protection would soon regulate the Indian question.
 But to my plan: Let Congress donate Arizona $40 acres for all heads of families, and 320 for all single per- sons who may under Territorial man. agement, within say five years, be- come settlers in Arizona the emigrant to have the right to pay the Territory for the land at $1 p per acre. Let the Territory then issue land grant emigrant bonds, to the extent of $l per acre against all lands thus settled, these bonds to be sold from time to time and the proceeds given to the settler Tn sums equal to $1 per acre of land to be held by him, to enable him to get to and start improvements on the land. If not soon ready to pay for the land, let him pay interest on a bond equaling the amount of money furnished him; and 1t would make nc difference whether paid for or not un- til the maturity of the bond, which might run say twenty years. The in- terest in this way would be provided for and the ultimate payment for tht land into the Territorial Treasury would provide for the principal The could be under the direc. tion of Territorial Board of Commis- toners created for that purpose.
 The facilities thus afforded to the settler would be such that thousand who have not the means to get ou here, and make start, would Q ,nce make Arizona their home limited amount Of bonds would have O issue all the time III q dvance of act lal settlement, to supply tite colnmis- toners with funds. The loss of in- crest on these and other expenses O he Commissioners, I think would no lore than equal the extra p cents er acre, so that in the end, the Ter itOry would incur no debt, the erni- rant would get his land ct p cents CT acre, and receive a loan of Sl per ere to aid him to make start, which ,an would be at a low rate of inter- 't and payable at any time within venty years. In paying the loan, 1t i'll be observed he pays one dollar sr acre, so that he actually only pays ) cents per acre for his land. which mount would be the contingent ex- ,nses of the Territorial mauagemen nit. This plan IS new, but on that ac- unt no less sound. The general ,vernment would ultimately be tae liner in the matter of soon bria Ing
 other and adjacent lands in, the arket, developing other sources of venue, besides settling the Indian 'ubles, and the Territory w5uld lose thing. and the emigrant would actlcally get his home for nothing