Arizona citizen., 1875-10-16
A Do-nOshing GrOwIer.

We are in receipt of the Topeka Com
 monwealth Of September 16, 1875, in
 which there is a letter dated at Pres
 cott, August 24, and signed Jeff, 8
 from which we make the following ex-
 tracts:
 SRA pamphlet published by the
 Governor of this Territory purpOrting
 to give correct information respecting
 the resources of the Territory, was ex-
 tensively circulated in Kansas last year
 during grasshopper difficulties. The
 Governor, through this pamphlet. fOr
 it was written by him. colored every
 thing so beautifully that many were
 induced to leave their homes Tn Kansas
 and come tO Arizona, and this is what
 induced me to write you to again warn
 the people of Kansas to stay at home.
 This is not the country it is represented
 to be, After reading the glowing ac-
 counts of the large and extensive val
 leys of the Salt river and the Gila, and
 the fertile bottoms of the Colorado and
 and the Verde, the almost enchanting
 story of "every mountain full of gold
 and silver" your correspondent left
 Kansas in company with Messrs. Rob
 ert Steward and George W. Webb, of
 Fort Scott, to "spy out the land " and
 see if Governor Stafford had told the truth. A little coloring is sometimes excusable in the advertising sheets of real estate agent, and a litle more than the truth is generally expected
 But coming from a man who has been
 honored to the office of Governor, one would expect better things. Well, we'll drop the Governor and go for the pamphlet. The pamphlet has done the devilment It has caused families to leave their homes and friends to seek a home and friends in this far-of land among strangers who have no sympathy for them and who laugh at their mis- fortunes. They have dropped the term jayhawker and adopted the name grass hopper. So all who come here from Kansas are called grasshoppers. They look on Kansas immigration to this Territory as a grasshOpper plague, and indeed 1 cannot see for my life what these people are going to do this winter, and they have not the means to get back. It is about seven weeks since we first got to this place. About one hundred wagons have arrived here dur ing that time from Kansas and Mis- souri. Many, and all who were able, have started back again, but there are many here who had to sell their teams and who are unable to get back, and who will be likely to suffer this winter. Everything is very dear here and no work at any price. And now would wish to warn all who have any inten- tion of coming here, to stay in Kansas. c If you want a farm you cannot get any c in Colorado or New Mexico, and there l Is not patch of four or five acres any f where in this Territory fit for cultiva- .ion that is not already taken up. To those who wish to come here to make } big raise, either in d gold lead, or [ silver mine, l say stay in Kansas, this t s no place for you. There are no gold 'r silver mines here worth anything
 Poor "JefT," we are sorry for you. !, lriven from Kansas by the grasshop- z 'ers to Arizona and sugmatized as =, grasshopper, is to say the least rough; =, ut dear Jefferson Jetfries or whatever II our name may be, that affords no ex- d use for misrepresentation, and this ou are certainly guilty of We assert o, fithOut fear of contradiction. that ,. here IS employment for every man e 'ho IS willing and able to work in Ar ID ,ona, at better wages than can be ob- :, lined in Kansas. There are tens of lousands of acres of as good land as le sun ever shOne upon, that can be " urchased from the government at l-25 per acre; there are vast tracts of 'i' loccupled grazing lands, where stock P i'll thrive the year round without pre-
 red food. Our hardy miners with 1t assistance of outside capital. are Gc 'w taking out large sums of gold and Fa Iver, and new mines of fabulous rich a;. .ss are daily being found. aa All these facts Jeff" ought and obably dId know. He also ought to low that there is no place on earth cia here new corners receive a more Jo arty welcome, if worthy, than in Be 'iZona eaS The probabilities are that "Jef" las 'ze out in Kansas because he WAS ln' t smart enough to live by his wits, oc' d was too indolent to work. and tan me here expecting to pick up twenty Nc 'llar pieces without much exertion to lch mine has not yet been discov- CSC ed. We therefore advise "Jefr, to turn to the grasshopper regions and -deavor to utilize those insects for od, being the easiest possible way < at he can get living in this sinful .! N orld. In his lamentations. he has no !' 5ht to speak for Kansas people gen Ut ally, who have come here. for we ,''l low many of them and they are gen | ally industrious, good citizens, and " "1, well pleased with the country. ~