Salt River herald., 1878-09-14

y .S'dr reporter, He sys: "The building of railroad into the Ter ritory will have a wonderful stimu- lating effect in bringing capital and people to the Territory. That thous- amds would come here with means to invest if they could get here speedily and comfortIb!y; besides, the increased facility and cheaper cost of getting goods into the Terri tory as well as getting ores and bullion out of ii, will greatly en- nance the value of the mines and will cause hundreds to pay the ore of which is now practically value less. The directors of the South ern Pacific informed the Governor a few days ago, that it is the inten- ton of the company to continue the construction of said road east from Yuma as soon as the weather be- comes a little cooler and iron now enroute from New York arrives. and that it is not improbable that tl:e road will be extended to Tucson before the close of another year"
 Upon leaving Florence the C,H- zen gives il this send-off; Mineral districts build their own towns, and the mining interests will only bene- fit Florence indirectly unless lodges are discovered nearer town, but the agricultural resources of Florence are and will be her abiding support. The amount of arabic land is be- ing annually increased. New can als are being dug, and other inn provements for irrigation are in progress. The last three or four 1 seasons have been unusually dry, and yet an average of 3,000,000 pounds of grain has been raised in this vicinity each year. With a usual amount of rain two crops can be grown each season, and the an- nual produce largely increased. Notwithstanding the dry years Florence has had fair and steady trade. Buildings have been going up gradually, but constantly. We believe Florence will increase grad ually in size, and if the railroad passes through it its commanding importance will at once be manifest.
 Star: We hope that the present is the last feast of San Augustine that .he Common Council will sane ton by the sale of ground for that purpose. It brings nothing but crime and murder. It is attraction for every thief and murderer that infests our country and Sonora. It is a gambling hell without limit; and no good can come of it. Under the cloak of religion it has been celebrated, and that beyond the confines of the church. A Saints anniversary belongs to the church. alone. Let it be recognized within the church only. The occasion is so conducted that it is a disgrace to our city, and we hope that the end has now come. If the patron saint could see how his memory is ob- served, he would blush with shame. In what respect can it be termed a feast?
 1 Sentinel: The Blackberry mine is in good luck, and is, in itself enough to keep northern Mohave' county braced up until all her other mines get to turning out bull lion. The lowest level on the north incline already shows, north, over
 100 feet of ore that pubs Sl20 as it comes to dump, averaging four and a half feet in width and, south over 1SO feet of the same, averag ing two and half feet width. This ore body has already a stope of over eighty feet above that level, and the incline is down sixty feet in the same stuff. This ore has rather more lime than that of other parts , of the mine, and makes finer bull
 lion; late meltings of it have gone . as high as 75O to 7S0 fine. Hack berry was pretty solid even before this last development.
 Sentinel: Mexican 'IndependencC P Day." September l6, is to be cele- brated in great style at Castle Dome Landing. Over $500 have beer
 collected, in cash; booths have been erected; music engaged and gener- . al invitations sent over the coun- l try.
 Detective Evans has returned to E Tucson after a three weeks trip in
 Sonora in pursuit of stage robbers He was unsuccessful.
 ; Chief Justire French was in Los Angeles at last accounts, cn route for this Territory
 Lord x Williams, Tucson, are agents for the Gardner mill, in the
 Santa Ritas.
 The principal streets of the city