The Phoenix herald., 1879-05-28
VHcKENRURG AND SEYMOUR.
Business ard Prospects Of These
 .Wo Towns.

Armed with d bundle ot sample
 copies of THE HERALD (the only semi
 weekly in Arizona), and receipt
 book, our lightning canvasser left
 last Sunday morning for trip to
 Seymour and Wickenburg. The first
 named place is 4S miles northwest of Phoenix and was reached in eight hours in one of the thorough brace
 wagons Of Gilmer, Salisbury & Co.
 This town has it's birth in the com mencement of the erection of the mill of the Central Arizona Mining Company. At present it can poll fifty votes. but inside of the next six months we bespeak for it pOpula- latiOn ten times that number. It is named atler J M. Seymour, treasurer of the above named company. Most of the people there are from Signal city Three stcres. three saloons, two hotels, one restaurant, two laundries, one butcher shop. one blacksmith shop, one barber and feed yard com prise the business portion of the com
 munity-
 I. L. Pc ralta ot this city has store in charge of Ed. Kirkland. A tent is now used as place of busi- ness. but lumber is on hand to be used in building
 L. Levy of this city has the Pio- ncer store in q large frame building Levy also acts as postmaster until one is appointed: petitions for two par ties having been sent in.
 Klmblc Bros finish the list of stores They are occupying large adobe building. shingle roof, ihe prop er;y of Brown & Daniel of Phenix; Goldwater of Prescott is putting up building for store, that will be ready for occupation in few weeks.
 John Cody is running q large, hand some saloon and is doing good busi- ness. He has one of the finest billiard tables in the Territory. Charlie Ter " of this place is the miXologist
 Conger & James, in the same line of business, are directly opposite. Their billiard table is an excellent one, never having been unpacked be fore They are well patroniZed.
 ROdenburg & W eber have q place farther up the street. Charlie Webber runs the establishment. His pard, Gus, remains in Prescott.
 c. 4. Strickland of Williamson Valley, is running a hotel His pres ent quarters are but temporary. Lum- Der is expected daily for the erection of permanent hotel Owing to the presence of the gentlcr sex, every thing is neat and clean. The location is next the Pioneer store. Nil Strick- land lately removed from William son Valley, where he kept hotel, and {, is well known.
 Mrs. Packwood. or lIohavc, keeps -he other hotel. Il is locatel at the 1o-+'i cf-f~,.--- --,. .f i.-r.4.. ... ,-4i, ..tt:r
 Ml ....-v ,s,i,. levC;es his time To feed gard and ] ,orral adjOininr, where those wish ! ng riding animal tn visit the mine an he accommodated.
 A heathen Chinee is also doing a ';nall business in the restaurant line These people have monopolzcd the aundry business here as well as else ] where
 D. McCloud IS building g black mith shop in the northern part of CWR,
 \. II. Peoples is supplying the peo- 'lc with fresh meat; :. Motfat is run ling the shop.
 Fritz Brill furnishes Inc vegetables rom his ranch some nine miles to he north. He makes regular trips md has quite trade.
 Several buildings are in course of construction and strangers are contin- ially arriving and the future is very ,ri glt for tiis section.
 Wickenburg, twelve miles to the forth iS still there in all it's ancient clOIy, which is about all that can be aid about it. It is the base of sup dies for the Nulture mine and other ocations in that section. At this 'oint is 2 pOstoflice, express office nd an office of the military tele- raph, and will no doubt, upon the in rease of mining operations in that ection regain some of it's former i'm 'ortance. There is one store, two sa- 3ons, laundry, and boarding house. Ienry WIckenbUrg still lives on his anch just outside of town, where he as resided since 1865 Mrs. Hamil- 7n keeps the stage station, and trav- rs can he assured that au excellent neal awaits them at this point.