Arizona citizen., 1875-09-25

directly on arrival of boats, the time would be less; but such perfect ar engagements cannot be made with teams which make round trips of four to six hundred miles Some merchan- disc is purchased in New York and Philadelphia, and brought via St. Louis to the end of the railways in.the Arkansas valley, and thence by wagon Vi" Santa FC and the Rio Grande Val ley. By this route freight has been delivered here from New York for nine cents per pound in currency, and if the railroad were now extended to Santa Fe, the bulk of our goods-ex- cept special lines--would be purchased in the eastern cities and brought that way If San Francisco gets the first railway to the Rio Grande Valley, she will or may control all the trade to that point, including much of the Sonora trade, for hundreds of thousands of dollars are yearly brought to Tucson and exchanged for merchandise for the Sonora and Chihuahua trade. '''' PRICES OF STOCK, LANDS, ETC.
 Letter after letter comes from all sec tions of this and foreign countries, inquiring the price of land, various kinds of stock, etc. Land can only be had by actual settlement under the homestead or pre-emptiOn laws at S125 or $2.50 per acre-owing to whether 1 it is in or out the limits of a railway grant, or by purchase of those who. CT their grantors, have procured a patent from the government. and in this par ticular, prices range from few dollars up to $50 or more. I presume land can be bought in Gila and Salt river valleys, with some improvements, at from S10 to $20 per acre. No large bodies can be purchased, save Spanish or Mexican grants, the titles to none of which have been approved by the
 United States. Comparatively speak ing, horses, cattle and sheep are not for sale in large lots. People desiring to go into stock growing in either branch, should purchase elsewhere and drive here. Butchers in this part of the Territory buy good mutton sheep at $2.5O per head. 4 San BsA> nardino gen1l5Inan recently arrived here with 5000 head of fine Merinos, and offered the whole lot for six dol lars per head Thus far, not nearly cattle enough have been produced for home consumption, including the sup ply needed for the troops and Indians, and each year thousands of head have been brought from Colorado, New Mexico and Texas; but as we now have peace, this importation will soon cease, and has measurably ceased now. Excellent beef retails in Tucson at ten to fifteen cents per pound. Very stout, half American work horses sell at from $75 to $50 Immigrants wanting wagons or buggies should bring them along, although some very good ones are now being made in our home shops
 sr2T7ONA AMI THE CENTENNIAL
 The legislature of last Winter appro- priated five thousand dollars to aid ex- hibitors at the Centennial, and appoint ed a Territorial agent Or. W. W. Jones' to superlntend the shipment ment and exhibition of articles Some activity is manifested, and a creditable display of our minerals is expected, if nothing more. At every meeting of the National Commission, Arizona's representatives have been present and have secured for the Territory high standing with that body, and next year many of our people will see the old States the first time since their de- parture
 ARIZONA AT PEACE.
 Peace prevails here in every part of the Territory. It seems necessary to repeat this as conspicuOusly as possible, for papers in your city and throughout the country continue to discuss Ari- zona as place where raising of hair by Apaches is a prominent feature among us. It is over two years since any stage, freight train, party of travel CTS or persons on any of the public highways have been molested by Ind ians: and in this time but one party of miners have been interfered with in the mountains and it is not certain that instance was any evidence of hostility, but rather of fear of it. Certain it is, no large bands of Indians are off res ervations. People go and come alone at will where they choose-as freely in the mountains as in the valleys. This peace is regarded permanent by men in all sections of the Territory. Herds of cattle, sheep and hogs are driven and kept here and there at the will of the owners. If this peace is ever brok- en. it will not be the fault of the farm CT, miner, stock grower, freighter, mail carrier or reputable trader. There is furious struggle going on now for the control of the Indians and if our peace is broken, to this struggle will 1t be due. No effort in this struggle will be spared to make a showing before