Arizona citizen., 1875-12-25
1bont Emigration, Etc.

A I and others Of ms lidcc COIL
 tenDlale emigraiing westward, where
 rood mild climate will be combined
 viii, health and a speedy reward of
 labor or profitable investment of capital
 on T small scale, 1 have thought best
 to consult some one regarding the In-
 fornation desired. and have heard of
 vour paper as one from which much of
 inc desired information might be ob-
 taired. and therefore ask for such old or late copies as may give uS Inc h. formation. We would like, if agreed blc to your interest, to have you give
 in some future number of your paper
 which YOU may see tit to send us. all
 information regarding your Territory as would be of interest to lnquirers
 contemplating emigration. ano eS-
 peciallv by what route overland, if any,
 families or goods might be taken with
 perfecr security from Indians 10 Ari- lona. Is not the route by California,
 Utab. etc. the safest? and what would
 be the probable expense Of such a journey?
 Ina postscript NIT. O'DonOghue says:
 In reCard 10 climate, il is the pre- vailing opinion that yonr Territory in
 general is exceedingly and unpleasant
 lv hot in Summer If yOu have any thing to say. please touch on this point.
 Is ice Obtainable:'
 It is no congregation tO say that let .ters similar in character come to us by
 nearly every mail, and occasionally one from foreign countries. It will be- seen that some of the few questions of this writer are absolutely humorous Judged from a frontier standpoint, and yet he doubtless was never more sc riously earnest than in putting them. The idea that single copy of paper would be gratuitously occupied for thel benefit of man or men, who may nev CT become citizens of Arizona, is inter esting. Then if we were to fill one mum Der that way. next week would bring us demands 10 do il again, and so on tol the end of time If we could spare our correspondent our files for over five years, or reprint them for him, he would doubtless wants Us then 10 read them to him or summarize the points he wants light upon. Last September, we wrote notably comprehensive let ter regarding all the material resources and incidentally useful subjects relat- ing to Arizona, which was published in the daily and weekly editions of The Bulletin of San Francisco and afterwards in TIE CITIZEN To ire ! quently repeat such matter to accom- mOdate here and there a person who may or may not become q patron of our paper or resident of our Terri. tory, would not be very acceptable to our constant patrons and readers. We believe, however, that every new Ter ritory or State could well afford 10 ex-. pend a thousand or more dollars to ! have annually written and printed in pamphlet form information of value To ! those seeking homes in frontier sec tions. In this way, all letters of in quiry could be promptly and fully answered at the mere cost of a postage stamp, and thereby useful population increased
 Now a few brief remarks in reply to Mr. O'Donoghuc's inquiries: Any tt overland route is now regarded safe for families and goods, and the proof of this is that families and goods are constantly arriving, having met with no sort of molestation on any of he roads. The expense of trip may be little or much, just as the party making it chooses If by rail to San Francisco, the exact cost may be as ;erlained at any railway depot in Mis- | 'ouri. Thence here il varies greatly. owing 10 which of several routes is aken and whether by public or private conveyance; if by the latter and amp life, the cost in cash would be 'nly few dollars above food for man f md beast about month, and by the ', ormer about $40, including meals q .nd no extra accommodations. As to he climate, Il is varied in different [ ections. It is pretty warm in some portions in Summer; but the fact that :, people reside in all parts and cultivate = heir lands, dig in their mines, drive ,C heir teams, etc, is deemed sufficient nswer in this particular. lee is ob- Il anable, but not in as large quantities 0 $ in the Northern sections where the exceeding and excessively" cold Win J CTS prevail, and which we think more han offset our hot Summers. Then 0 oes our friend O'Donoghue ever O nlnk of the possible future advantage f getting accustomed to hot climate 2 Nj benefits should be fairly estimated c n this regard.