Arizona citizen., 1874-03-07
THE ZEN. 55a9 ks ! :. ls74:
zhbof Matters at Sanford
 and Florence.


 tance below Sanford, has been in town for
 week on grand jury business, and he takes occasion to speak of the grievances the people of his locality have because they have no public school. He claims that the Sanford district should never
 have been merged into that of Florence; that there are thirty-two children between the ages of six and twenty-one years in his neighborhood or the old Sanford dis trict; that great injustice was done in uniting the two districts and thereby eX- cIuding these thirty-two children from at- tendance at any public school; that the districts should be restored as before and each receive it's proportion of the public funds and manage the same for the bene- fiji of its children. We take pleasure in presenting his statements for public con Sideration and as texts for some incidental remarks.
 That the people MT. Wise represents have cause for complaint, we will not dis pute; but if they have, it is probably as much attributable to their own neglect as to any ones wrong-doing. It seems a principle of action in this selfish world, that if men would be helped or maintain ed in their rights, they must help them selves on each particular occasion, and surely not remain inactive and depend upon those who are crowded with other necessary business, to extend help not sought nor even known to be desired. So far as we are concerned in journalistic capacity, we always have been and al- ways expect to be regarded as a sort Of Don QuiXote to right wrongs and redress grievances; to regulate the weather and prices of produce; change the nature of dealers in grain and destroy that spirit of competition among them which results in low bids; make set of indOlent men and growlers prosperous who do little if any thing to deserve prosperity, and so forth. That we have made little progress in these several matters, surprises us far less than the uniform failures of that celebrated knight-errant did his faithful Squire Sancho Panza. Still, to please our friends and patrons and prove our good will to unfortunate mankind, we'll keep on try ing just as if past successes warranted continued efforts.
 Two weeks ago, we printed communi- cation from Florence, limiting at least that Tucson was receiving educational benefits at the expense of that place, and we ex- plained as well as could be done that such allusions were misapplied. Now our good friend Wise comes in and sets forth that between Florence, the people of TncsOn and the board of supervisors, his neigh borhood is treated without any justice at all; and as before said, we'll not deny the 1 statements. The Florence people made 1 representations to the board of supervis- | ors which induced the consolidation re- ferred to and hence compelled the county | superintendent to appOrtion the money l just as he did. MT. Wise says he protested | at the time with what he regarded as suf- icient evidence. At @ meeting of the board held December l, it was ordered l that the districts remain separate; at subsequent one on further examination Of the case, they were united until it was shown that the Sanford district possessed | children enough for a school. Now, we do not doubt but the supervisors acted fairly according to the evidence before them as they viewed it, nor do We doubt that if the aggrieved neigh5orhOod will present the names of heads of families or guardians with the number of children belonging to each to the board at it's next showing the number claimed to be really true accompanied by request for a separate district, that it will be granted And if those people will look well and ac- lively to their own interests and rights under the law, we have full faith that they'll nevermore have cause for a simi- lar complaint. Any well authenticated papers tor this or anyOther rightful pubic purpose, we will freely print if requested to do so, or present them in person to the proper officers on behalf of those who find it incOnvenient to do so themselves. But those directly interested must watch their interests; must gather and supply facts to prevent injurious action; must eall aftenli0n, in due season, of others to Ife {af1R and that they need assistance. E4 sdone, less complaints of at |eolT p1 tompleted injustice or of non- 9fl would be heard.
 Now, will our neighbors act upon these plain but friendly and useful hints?
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 SENATOR JONES of Nevada is tryinr to