The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-11
TAE P.-E3CGfF MiNER,"
Against the Sat River Valley a. q
 its feogie.

D -Ople Of this valley, has for tlie p st -Annth or two, been out-dn.ng itselt n saying had things about Sal, River Valley and its people. and o.- .,ecially about Phenix and her in
 lahiiants. As happen to be Il sun icriber for the sheet, aRd oc -asinuallv read i i, when I hay i.hhing else 10 do, I have had ths pleasure of rea,iins some very nice. racy parAgra ,As cAlcerning my neighbors, and. Of course. I could H. sile tAat son nf it was m4ant for myself, although I am not one ot
 nose Wliilom residents or Pre- colt
 Ut tne NJNs,- charac terizes in such e.egant and chaSte language. alEeit. some of them ale aniDng our best, n Jst Industrious and thriving c.l-- Lrl>.
 Whatever the character of me- nl ' nave b eu Wi ie residing in Pres .-.i.. a.it It's VioIHi.y, IL .S aot kIId, l.. s..y tie least, for tne people of Pres cDtt 1T ;.:e Prescott ? pers. waen they nave seti led ID l neigh boring IOWA ini under the genial intuan. t of it's .-i:m .ie, and the general ?. p.Ospcriiy arodad them, have bcc0ms, net nliy thriving and prosper u. bn. moral and upright meG, to t.lk in such ..n unAInd way aDout them, not only remiA,iins them of Wat they wnu.d prnoa 1lf like to fOrgei. hut as il w.re, warning iheit neighhnrs against them, by teiIihs what they Were at one une in their lives, under certain q mOraliZing inluances. Nhsn ul, Il have heen able tO see the error O. their ways, and have de. CT Iii .ncd, III new country, with new ;iszn iates and under m ire gn in- hLe.ices, to le id i better life, II Is un- christian and cruel to twIt them with their iurmer evii a>sn ,iations.
 MheI, inc paper reieTi q to accused Us If demanding msh prices for our products, wt th1 g.4 Il ;uo h .idIsh io Il ce. I he q G, io1 O pres is aiw Us rtgulate u. Sup- ply and demand. !, C nave pad SIX, e..nt, ten aui even tWeiVe u.s G. pound Tor potatoes and cabbage ilnni Gavapii county within the D st TWO yeils, and we have moi thought Il "orln while to go to the papeis ana crowl or whine abOut il Tne inSin- u iIlol that farmers here were di>pcs- e. to burA tnc.r grain rather than seii 1t al s lair piice, CT at such :, price as the saiHe qualify of grain could be i;.id dowa here rom CaiitUr- ma or other places, was bare lace. and wickeAiy false. Tn f.cI is, tic
 rice Oi Oariey at The depot al iiari c"pa is $l 75 per hundred, lhe freight Is S1 pei nun iieu, when would make bariey $2 lJ ncTs-. ana We are sellIng OIr barley iiere al from Sl 5U 10 Si I5. and we sIaii not have enoGgh Iu sup ply the demand lor the " ar iO One. ,,e have never burned nor deS. r,lA ei any bacon or Hanls, bat on the other hald have sOii il at 16 iO Is cents Der pound Suen il cost from 2O to = cents per pound 10 lay down lLe sane aIti- c.e rom Caif"rGia
 Nausuty au.i wicked "a this pa- per L;4s Leen in IciiiEg the sloilts abO 'e reierfed la aJnul Us, 1 cnu.d have brCr ic all this iu silence, know ing tliat sensible men wou'd enquire II these things Were Tei Fly s,. and, would discover at last that t.!e papers Were wrong if they were no, anic. to find q motive for the mi>representa- tioIs. But when ths IT, lsr accuse tn. people ut the Sat River Valley oI andcriIg Prescott, tnat hurt; II excited ny feelings and l was tIiL [" CIT out; why are we attusrd oi these tiiih%s. h win d Ndy did We islander Prescot? 1 immediately began 10 make inquiries A. 10 who had done tine Huu snty thing and iA what man. ner they Ia pIoI eeLed ill heir evil course.
 found one had said, th Ii in times past the Pie cot l-ai els wtle often uoli Ling l.. tine Wa. ld thal line sta ge pounds of mail maifrr. on another dry l.fJJ pJnnds, on another 2,00O ioIi ds AnI that since lie Prescott llt4ls passed through PhPliX, al or d.Aary t~u-loIse wagon-four p;.>>cn- ger mugun. liAd be,n abe la Irars- port h.l tie mans and paSseng. IS " thou1 li"u. le, aII We were com peiied tO acknnwie,ige that il was wicked and S;anderOus tD say such things.
 Another had said that very many ot lhe fabUlOusiy rich mines of Yava- pai Cunnty. were situated far to tue south oi Prescott and much nearer io the railroad than Prescott " as, snd in all probability. q year ar two at the fartneSt. would see wagon road di- rect from those mines tO ihe railroad at MarlcOpa, thus enabling the miner to save great deal in freight. and some time and money in travelling, if they Ina l occasion lO go to San Fran cisco. IL WAS as many can see q wick cd islander OF the people Of that ttswn, and the man deser,ed to be re- pIOvtd.
 Another had said that he consider ed Sali River Valley, a prospe: ous place With good future, if its peo- pie knew how to take advantage of il: tat he cui sid, red # q safer place han IavapAI county for farmer 10 settle in. for fhe reas ID that We depend ed upon irrigation to produce crops, HLd with re sonaIle industry a far mer was certain of a fair average crop of Alm. st an thing he chose to plant. while in 1avapii. there was the lia- biliiy that there might he dry sea- son sometimes. SD that his crops would be pinched ar there was \ pos sibIl' Y that lie frost might rip his corn and his Fotafces, or pcihaps even his pumpkin vines.
 Annth -r h Il Iid thit for certain months. the anou. of goods sllirDcd over |. railroad. cnnsigned to nrr- chants m Maricopa county. exceeded al 0N tG.