Arizona weekly miner., 1874-01-02

Indian tn Arizona could be removed 10 the In- dian Territory or ,he South Sea Islands, never again to pollute the earth of Arizona with his footsteps. ,:,
 Of course, then, there would be no more contracts Tor supplying Indians cn rcscrva- tlons with food, Tue Indian. removed, the parts oi the two regiments of troops now in the Territory would be withdrawn, and there would tc no more contracts for transpor,a- ton, quartermaster's supplies, etc, and no more greenbaCks circulated by the soldiers, but Slr llaines Is badly mistaken in ,uppos- Ing that tue white men would leave Ari- zona. It has been the presence and hostility 1.-the accursed Apaches that has kept Us from assuming our proper position. As there is a time in California, between when the time the winter rains kill the dry grass and the time when the new grass started by those rains IS grown enough to make good feed, when cattle grow poor and die for want of nourlshment, so it would be here with men if, at one move, Indians and military should both be taken out of the Territory
 There would be brief season when very many who are employed by, or in hundred ways dependent on Government operations in Arizona for living, would have nothing to do-a season when the market for pro- duce, now largely kept mp by furnishing mil ltary and Indian supplies, would be very dull. But better state of affairs would soon occur. Mining operations on a scale com mensurate with the size and richness of the gold, silver, and copper mines which are found in every county in Arizona would soon be naugurated, and show the world that we are no more dependent on Government disbursements for our support than the State of Nevada, or Utah.
 The mere fact that stockraisers from Cali fornia, Texas and New Mexico, after an ex- animation ot this country, have driven thousands of sheep and cattle here during the last few months, and are coming with thousands more in the spring, is of more value than pages of such assertions as those made by Haines.
 In Prescott, if Haines had bath or got bis hair cut at the barber's he was charged a dollar, and half dollar for shave. because there is monopoly of those luxuries in the town, and until more business induces and will support competition, we don't expect a change of price.
 But Haines' reference to the dirty beans, for dollar mess, and the starvation prices of food here, IS little aggravating when the old settlers have lately been concratulating themselves living is getting cheap. Provisions at retail, in Prescott, now sell at the following rates: flour, Sl0 per hundred; bacon, 30 cents ham, 35 beans, 10; coffee, 40 to 60; sugar, 25 to 35; beef, 20 to 30 cents, accor- ding to the cut pork, g; mutton, 15 ven ison or antelope, 15 cents per pound; chickens and wild ducks, 50 cents to Sl each; fresh hsh, 40 cents per pound potatoes, by the ton. slow of sale at cents, but retailing at cents per pound beets, turnips, onions and cabbage, 6 cents per pound.
 As everything we get from San Francisco costs 10 cents per pound freight, it cannot be expected that we can get groceries as cheaply here as in Los Angeles. However, with the exception of fruit, and A constant supply of hsh, nearly every lining eatabie that can bs had la Ios ausele i4 10 be fouud in evs-y town 10 Arizona and even in the mountains DO one eats dirty beans unless hs likes thon.