The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-04-05
MARICOPA COUNTY.
..r,,yoSpIXcror rnE ARIZONA MIsERl
PA0Nix, Marcopa County, Arizona, March 18th, 1873.

March 18th, 1873. To hs Eii,or of tRe Arizoaa Miner:
 The Sentinel is jubilant over the prospects of Yuma and the magnificent valley ot the Colorado. The Citizen tcts us that Tucson is improving and property holders confident Late adyiccs from the Gila valley state that much more grain has been sown in that sec ton this year, than last, and that the crops are booking finely. Ia addition to this. thc establishment of thc new land uihce at TOT eucp W rll be an mmenSc bentutt to the "ho'e 4 of So4thcrn Arizona. Nickenb@fg Is I0ohlhS | nm in view of work being vigorously prose | c,i,ed ,,n inc Vulturc and other mines. Ac' counts Cron all parts of Salt river valley, | sho,v that A much greater amount of land IS | in cultivation this year than was last, that new ditches are being dug old ones enlarged and extended, permanent improvements made, and people, generally, prosperous ana happy | PbwniN i, building up rapidly, and VIII soon be a large. thrifty inland town, situated m the centre of an extensive agricultural coun- try. not altogether destitute oi mines, as 1 como rich lodesthaye been found in the sur roundinp hills. In the midst Ot this general prosperity We have cause for rejoicing, none for jealousy. If Prescott thrives 10 Will be all the better for PhGnix, and the more sue cessrul is Tucson the more business una will have. These towns are all depending one on the other. They all age Arzona. With Arizona they rise or iaIl
 The Weather
 Continues very fine and pleasant, just cool enough for comfort. The crops are growing fast. The barley is heading out. New veg etahles are abundant in market, and dirt
 11 1..x n z cents per pound, by the quantity. Eggs have been as low as fifty cents per dozen, this spring. They are now only seyenty-fivc cents per doz. Good fresh beef is sold Tor sixteen cents per ponnd Fresh California honey is now plenty, in small cans, at forty cents Der pound Dried peaches at thirty five cents per pound, and dried grapes al thirty cents per pound. Milk, butter and . cheese, are entirely lacking; milk sells readl- ly here for one dollar per gallon butter made , here in the valley has sold for Sl.25 and Sl5O f Der pound; butter brought from California sells for Sl 00 per lb., cheese for 5O cts, a'
 these prices, with land So plentiful, m an in cxhaustiblc market. a favorable climate, etc , an energetic man would not require very 2 long time in which to make small fortune
 Items
 n The baker is ssnia d love lorn bachelor partner having given mp baking for brewing n But few animals in this section have the ' cpizootic, and in no case has it been severe . T. W. Mcintosh, with the intention of rais
 ing fruit and shade in which 10 eat fl, ha' t set out fruit and shade trees around hI, house in town. This is a good example
 which others will do well to follow.
 Accounts from the Monterey ditch state 9 that that part of the valley is improving . New land has been cleared, much grain sowl [ and the ditch being extended. J. M. Hen $ dersou k busy on his mill which he expect r .o have in operation in May next.
 The postmaster is justly indignant at tn V return of a package of registered letters b. r some official between here and Tucson, whici n should have been sent right on.
 n 4. IT. Peoples, of Wickenburg, when il : town last, purchased the brewery from Cav l cness tS Cosgrove for S2, 2C0 It is said tha | T. C. Hayes will run the institution, in part l nership with NIT. Peoples.
 e C. Romu has opened n new store in town V A piece of slate, polished ou sne side only : dug from one of the old Montczuma ruins . las been added to my Arizona curiosities. p Pima Indians
 [. A few months ago, ] W. Swiling, Majo c Mckinney, and others, located ditch on tn r. north side of Salt River. about l2 miles eas ', of Phoenix, where the Pima Indians had ia r. ken out one last summer. They did consid c erable work there, with the intention of ma e king homes. This, they were induced 10 dc 0 from the fact that after having located in th C Pueblo NiejD valley, that country was take 5; in by an Indian reservatirn, and of course e they had to abandon it.
 y Before locating on Salt River, they saw {. '- II. Stout, the Indian agent, who gave ther t encouragement to believe they would not b ' molested.
 When Mir. Stout was over here last sun n mer, he recognized the fact that the Indian
 had no rights here but advocated the polio of permitting them to raise their crops undi, - turbed last year, and in the meantime, h
 would endeayor to have provision made b
 which the Indians could hayo no necessit n for canning over here
 n Major Mckinney as living on this ne' n ditch, planting etc, in fancied security, whel IS on Tuesday, he was visited by party
 about 50 Pima Indians, who ordered him | leave. He rather hung back, when they hu d tied him and all he had, upon their horses, h. quick time, and set him and his effects safel
 and quietly on the other side of the river.
 In using Mir. Stouts name in the ioregoin, m 1 do not mean to insinuate, at all, that he 1t to blame in the least. only do it to sho er that the other men acted in good faith. 'n well hold keeper responsible for the acts
 fierce tiger, as an agent for the doings ,t the Indians under his charge.
 be Freights and Trains r. J. GOldwater & Bro. received from Ehrel
 berg, per Doc. Jones' train, three loads
 merchandise.
 y Richard & Co. received from Gila, l3,OC
 pounds merchandise, and sent back wheat b
 same train.
 s- Hayden's train passed through here, fro
 Gila to Prescott, with flour.
 lg Personal
 'l- Among the visitors in town during Il IT, week, were Lieut.. Hays, of the 23d Infantr
 pr. NJ. O'Brien, D. Curran, and others fro T. Mcdowell. Dr. O'Bren has invested in tow