The Phoenix herald. (Phoenix, Maricopa County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1879-1882, 1879-04-16
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FLORENCE, April 6, 1879.

FLORENCE, April 6, 1879.
EDIroR HERAID:-In prospect of
the coming harvest and from the
fact that wanderers to the scenes of
mining cxcitcments are slowly re-
turning to their first love, there are
symntoms OF the revival of business
in and about Florence. The valley
Of the ella from above Florence to
the vicinity of Montezuma is covered
with luxurious growth of grain
which promises most abundant
yield. One casually passing through
this portion OF the territory would
have little idea Of the amount OF
grain handled in this section.
At MontezuEa we called upon the
en.erprising merchant, Mr. Dempsy'
who has an extensive store with
fine cellar attached and a large ware
house, with wood floors, for storage
of grain. He informed us that
during The season just closing he had
handled over a million pounds OF
grain, barley and wheat in about
equal quantities. No small part of
this grain came from the Indians ON
the reservation. lIr. Dempsy IS
doing fairly remunerative business,
Notwithstanding the hard times.
At Adamsville we found quite a
,,,,,,, 1,o,. of inbqbitants and the large
business house of Buckalew & Ochoa-
THIS is the place that B. l. c." the
:. f. BaHetfn correspondent, lately
reported as an abandoned town.
We presume he considered it aban-
doned because he probably found but
one saloon in the place. The grist
mill situated at this place Is yet idle
from the bursting of the engine boil
er some time ago The proprietor
was on the point Of leaving for San
Francisco when we called, and We
presume the mill viii i'c put in run
ming order in time for the new grain
crop.
At Florence NEST Of the old bust
ness houses still hang out their shin
giles. and, now, with increasing hope
for the future; and mine host
Bilickv. of the Cosmopolitan, is as
genial and smiling as in the days Of
fusher times ard keeps just as good
hotel as ever.
The new court house is finished
and is model of neatness and con
venience. It is an adobe with shin
Gle roof and the interior finished in
wood and neatly grained. Within is
a large airy court room, with judges
desk, jury box and bar all completes
also, Offices for clerk of the court
county recorder and sheriff. In this
respect, Pinal county is well fixed,
but is sadly in want of a Jail, the
present one being composed of but
one small room, i'll which it is often
necessary to contine five to eight
prisoners at a time, male and female
and not only this, it is often neces-
sarv to chain them down to keep
them from escaping. Recently three
prisoners dug through the wall and
did escape, and, were it not for the
VIGILANCE Of Sheriff Gabriel and his
tireless activity, Pi9Sl county's prls-
oners wouldsall be at large. Speak
inc of Sheriff Gabriel we think we
can safely say that no sheriff in the
territory has been more active and
prompt in the discharge of his busi-
ness at home and in aid of other
officers Than he, sparing neither per
sonal expense nor himself when his
duty presented itself.
Florence is the headquarters of
several prospectors who are constant
" probing the mountains within
reach and making strikes of more or
less Importance. A road once COM
Dleted 10 Globe will help matters
considerably in that portion Of the
country and serve to make Pinal coun-
" more of u unit by bringing It's
important business points into closer
We predict that
he Renaissance of Pinal business
gill be on a more stable foundation
han the "spurt" CT two years age,
md consequently will be more FAST
ug in results. coz