Arizona citizen., 1879-11-22
SometA,1o the Rottsr at Prescott.


 ing of it's possession of Military Head quarters aud the Capital, which gives 1t the legislature and Supreme Court, the people are dissatisfied and uuhap- py, unless their newspapers are un- truthful, which is improbable. That our readers may understand our neigh DOTS distress and extend their sympa- thy accordingly, we republIsh the iol- lowing clipped from several arti- cles which appeared in the Weekly Miner of the l4th:
 We admit he most favorable criti- cisIn on our Territory to be trUe-lIIat il is ihc richest mineral country in the world ;Jui Q. late lameutably lacks the water necessary to the carrying nn Oi mining operations. Admitting this Ne say, and adding to it the hardshlps InCidcutal to working in his country. ad,iIng 10 il the unwillingness ot cap ital to invest, it Is apparent to even the most sanguine that unless something is done tue perity of northern Ar IZOna is not only doomed but is upon the eve of receiving is dea,hblOw.
 In company with all our people we see that under ;he present management .Of government affairs, including the settled dullness and apathy or our peO- pie and their method of carrying on every industrial effort, that it means sure and certain death to the prosper iJy Oi northern Arizona.
 Within the past three years we call to mind at least five different parties of eastern and California experts who have examined the mines carefully, reported upon them favorably and de parted, asseverating their intention of returning forthwith accompanied by plies of greenbacks and wagon loads of machinery, and in every instance the vanishing views we caught Ot their backs WAS the last seen of them. z
 \ man that believes a railroad will ever come nearer Prescott than the one at Maricopa, believes it in the secrecy of bis heart. The ridicuIe of unbe- iieycrs torbids him from giving utter ance Co this ridiculous idea. IL is cer- taiuly true without question that the silver lodges, tue coal fields, the cop per mines. the placer diggiugs, the pine forests Of old Yavapai, will never attract either emigration or the iron track t0 this country. Eternal damna- ton Is our prospect and there is no hope for Us. These are the mauGlin land imbecile utierances of few eter- uallv intuxIcdted individuals who dis grace the country. They do Arizona mo good and prevent others from at- tempting such work. They will, we hope. he removed by the process of de cay which all old fossils eventually pass through. IL is certainly true that 1 through these influences and particu. l larlv through the lamentablc lack of energy ol our population these predic tions are surely coming to pass unless Ithere is remedy advanced.
 Our debt already large, will be pro nortionally larger when the next Ter. ritorial Legislature shall try and place ithe Capital again on wheels, and worse i than that, spirit away " the security of script and b0nd-hOlders by creating ! a new county from southern Yavapai ! Tine weight of taxation, almost too gre vious for endurance, wIil then weigh us down 10 a public and private insol vencv. from which the only escape will
 be by abandonment of our hard earn IlnCs. except that which may be driven | or carried away. The signs Of the coming trouble are all about us. Gun I local capitalists have aSCertaiued thai | the leaning of money is the last trans action in Financial sense. Our mer j chants are weary of selling goods or credit Go those whose chance Ot paying hinge on ihe sale of mines to eastern capitalists. who cometh not
 | The Arizonan undertakes to rebu : The Miners statements, and after re T citing the tribu'ations of the past i actually refers 10 family troubles, and seems to throw a little feeling i into its remarks, as witness this iron : its issue of the 18th:
 ! Now, as God lives, there is no Deces ! sity, no excuse, no reason for thi. cross firing Ut masked batteries on Nu ! yupai and her people by gunners who i but a short time ago, abused and in ! suited the people ol Southern Arizona
 both of whom they now laud.
 j And, now, after all our trials, afte
 the yials of wrath of several destroy
 ing gels have been poured out upOl our devoted section aud we have vel 7 nigh succeeded in clearing away al
 wrecks, weak, timid and tyaIlOrOu men m our ranks are eudeayOrIng C .pal~y the han4s Of industry in Oul midst; tu sheer at the efforts of Ou
 people; to turn victory into de.eat; C
 breed GiscOuteut in tue minds oi ou people; Co expose III a manner our lam nv trOuales, sO that the enemies of thi
 section and is people n.ay again hay'
 d chance 10 dcrIde UOth.
 i The Arizonan gives warning tha
 the enemies it refers to are abOu
 to fa-ten themselves upon some othe
 " locality, when, ID luIh' VIII Ue U.
 them worse than damned by iain
 "pr,ise.'
 7. To this serious charge The Mine makes rotor, win vim, which in par
 reads this way:
 We have lived here since November ;. 1851. and intend tO remain right her
 and nsht IL out on this line, and wheI some Uf the almighty lovers " 0 ! Prescott are gone from our view, VI ' will s.iil be found here at work. i TIE CITIZEN is moved 10 say tha this sort oI discussion Is not the kin' : that ought 10 be conducted by bre;L .I ren with such abundant riches al round them waiting to be gathered 1T ' The Arizonan is right in saying