Salt River herald., 1878-12-28
PHgMaX. Something of Her Past His tory and Present Pros porous Condition. PHENIx AS A COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND MAN. UFACTURING CENTER. Her Growth and Prosperity --- Her Climate. Soil and Many
 Resources. Why She Hs Growing and Why She Must Continue to
 Grow. The Great Salt River Valley and the Mining Sections ad-
 jacent Thereto. Irrigation In the Valley. Canals, and the Cost to Farmers
 fOr!Watcr. Her Churches. Schools. libraries. Marriages last Year and
 other Information. The Financial Condition of Mari copa County. and Her
 Officials. Her Business Houses, Merchants
The Financial Condition of Mari copa County, nnd Her
 Officials.
Her Business Houses. Merchants and some of Her Prominent
 People.

The object of this article is to re present in q concise and truthful manner the advantages of the Salt River valley, calling attention to its great and varied resources, and the many opportunities for the profitable investment of capital. This great valley has modestiy depended upon the strength of its merits too long, and q judicious advertisement of her resources cannot but be of great ben eft to her citizens and those seeking homes and investment in Arizona.
 Phenix, the county seat of Marico- pa county, is located in latitude B degrees, IS minutes and longitude 112 Time, two hours and twenty minutes slower than Washington. It is locat- ed two miles north of Salt river, in the center of the valley of the same name, and was designated as the seat of government in the act creating the county. which was signed by the gov crnor, February II, 1871.
 MARICoPA COUNTY.
 The first officers of the county were appointed by A. K. P. Stafford, gov ernor of the territory, February 2S, 1871, and were as follows: M. P. Grif- fin, F. A. Shaw and C. H. Gray, super visors, John T. Alsap, probate judge Wm. A Hancock, sheriff; J. L. Aler- cer, recorder; Geo. E. Mowrey, treas urer; F. \. Shaw, clerk of the dis trict court.
 The county election took place on Monday, May 1, 1871. Phenix was chosen as the county seat, and NJ. L. Stiles, J. A. Young and F. A. Shaw county supervisors. Thomas Barnum was elected sheriff; J. L. Mercer, re- corder; Geo. E. Mowrey, treasurer Wm. A. Hancock, surveyor; R. Stin- son, district attorney; J. M. Tender. son, public administrator, and J. M. Elliot, coroner. NJ. L. Stiles declined to qualify as county supervisor, and c. II. Gray was appointed in his stead
 The county was represented in the Seventh Legislative Assembly-the first in which the county was known by King S. Woolsey in the council and G. II. Oury in the house.
 PuENIX.
 The town site of Phenix covers an area one mile wide and one-half mile q eep. It was surveyed by Wm. A Hancock in November and Decem Der, 1870. Tn. streets are so feet wide, with the exception of those fronting on the plaza, they being 10C feet. The streets run at right angles with the cardinal points of the com pass. The blocks are 300 feet square
 The first building was erected by l W Ill., A. IlauCOCh, anu lS HUN OCSu pied by M. Wormser. Up to within the past year, the progress of the towr has been slow. Now, however, it i said to be making faster progress thar any town in Arizona. Owing to it close proximity to the best developed mining districts in the territory anC the near approach of the SoutherI Pacific railroad, its location as bast of supplies is unequallcd. Situated in the center of the population ol Arizona, no better location exists fo large wholesale houses. At this poin the entire trade of the territory could ! be easily handled. Every circum