The Arizona sentinel., 1874-01-03

we find the following article en-
titled the Resources of Arizona"
tits hardly worthy of notice, and
would not be noticed by us, but
fer the fact that Mr.. Haines is
we'll known here and held pro-
minent position during the con-
struction Of the Military Tele-
graph:
Resources of Arizona.
Our old friend. r. r. Haines, ESQ,
who has just returned from Arizona, where
he has been experimenting the construc-
ton of the military telegraph, illustrates
the resources of that country thus: IRE
move the Apaches from Arizona, and there
would be no soldiers, remove the soldiers
and there would be no greenbacks, take
away the greenbacks and there would be
no white men, for there is nothing else to
keep them there" According to this
statement, the Apsches are the foundation
of prosperity, and the Government does
the right thing in sending Quakers to
nourish. cherish and encourage the de
velOpoment of this great source of comfort
and wealth TO the hardy settlers there
He further reports that two bit meal IN
Los Angeles Zone of Johnny Moorr's best,
for instance is feast for a king com
pared with the mess of dirty beans fur
nisbed down there for one dollar The
BARRIERS charge one dollar for cutting hair
and fifty cents for shaving q Christian
Potatoes are eigt cents per pound, and 81
the necessaries of life are HEX dU Starvation
prices. The picture wnald be gloomy
one. IT drawn " cay one but HaiBes III
in his quaint inimitable way, and even as
be tells if. it makes us feel thankful that
we live in Los Angeles and not in
Arizona.
Now, we don't believe Mr..
Haines ever uttered such Ian
guage. That gentleman made
many friends in Arizona, and re-
ceived many complimentary no.
tees from the press. He Was
highly esteemed here, not only
for the great energy and activity
displayed by him in the construc-
ton of the line of telegraph Of
which he was superintendent,
but for his social qualities and his
urbanity. He was looked upon
as high-minded, honorable gen.
tleman. Therefore we repeat, we
don't believe Mr.. Haines ever
uttered the language attributed
to him by the Mirror. AS to the
"mess of dirty beans furnished
down there for one dollar" Mr.
Haines may have ENCOUNTERED
something of the kind away out
on some desert stretch; and we
presume that the poor fellow who
got them up for him, didn't get
any more than he deserved. But
as to Mr.. Haines giving that as a
specimen of Arizona fare and
prices, we cannot believe it. On
the contrary, we have often heard
him speaking in the highest
terms both of the excellent fare he
received here and the low prices
charged. We have frequently
heard him express his astonish-
ment that such meals as he ate
here could be furnished for the
small sum Of four bits, which was
the price he paid here, and no
more. The BARRIERS here say that
they never charged Mr.. Haines
more than two bits for shaving
him, and he went to Prescott,
three hundred miles interior, to
have his hair cnt, and may have
paid a dollar there. However
that may be, when he returned
here, the Prescott cut didn't suit
him, and our barber went over it
and made it all right for him
without any charge. So much
for the barber business.
In regard to that beautiful piece
logic, "Remove the Apaches from
Arizona, and there would be no
soldiers" ETC., etc., we will re-
mark, that if there were no Apa-
ches in Arizona, there would be
no war, if there was no war, there
would be no need of a military
telegraph, and if there had been
no need of military telegraph,
Mr.. Haines' services would not
have been required 10 construct
one, and he would have been