The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-12-02
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! Nov. II. 1890 !
EDITOR ADVANCE: 10 the eastern
man coming into this Territory for the
first time, it would lie rather strange if
| the unfavorable features Of the country
! failed to make al Impression on him.
After crossing the New Mexico line tile
railroad fare is ten cents mile-and,
by the way, if person contemplates 4
| trip over the Atch!son, Topeka L Santa
Fe road he should purchase An emiyrant
ticket 1T Atchison or Kansas City, as
| those holding "First Glass, % Glass"
| and Immigrant" tickets are all carried
! in the same car after leaving Colorado.
In addition to the exhorbitant price of
ten cents mile, they have no second
class tickets for sale after you reach
New Mexico.
Taking the stage at the end of the
road you are enabled to accomplish 120
miles in twenty~four hours by riding
night and day, and you enjoy this prim-
itiye luxury at the rate of seventy five
cents An hour provided the stage makes
the schedule time, and after riding all
day through the heat and dust you are
offered a poorly prepared meal for one
dollar. We ''stage it" from San Mar
cial, New Mexico, to San Simon, Ari-
IONA, distance of 800 miles by wagon
road, and including our ''lay-over" we
were on the road just 50 hours. Then
after you reach Tucson pronounced.
Too-sawn, emphasizing the last syila-
ble, il you should travel on horse back
all day in the hot sun without meeting
white man and finally ask permission
to water your horse at Il Mexican ranch,
while he jabbers away 1T you with his
murderous Spanish until he conveys tile
idea that you can have u drink for Zone
Bit (l24cts. you will realize that it is
not calculated to heighten your appre-
citation OF the country.
n stage ride of $50 miles, and jour-
ney III the saddle of four hundred. af-
for,is one an opportunity for consi:lera-
bic observation. Arizona owes what
ever Importance and notoriety she may
possess to her mines; aud she probably
has all she deserves. 1t does not lie with
in rprovince, however, to speak of the
actual extent or wealth Of her mining
interests But there are other features
Of the country which may interest
some who care nothing about the
m';cS
Tucson. the oldest town. claims a
population of about 5000. The inhubi-
tantS. excepting the business men are
cnittly MeXicans, with Il few China
men. Since the entrance Of the South
ern Pacific from California, last Spring,
there has been 4 great influx Of Am+ri-
cans, but altogether Of !. different class
from what one finds in Minnesota.
You Sec no ''prairie schnoners" here.
There is no emigration coming III to Set
tie up or improve the country.
up Il chance for specializing or else he
is prospector, and they all seem to re-
gard this as their temporary home
Tucson is the central shipping point
the same as Deadwood is to the Black
Hills. 1t is thu principal place in the
Territory and from general indicat :ons
is destined to be the future METROPOLIS
Of Arizona. Here, as elsewhere, you
lind the gen!a' and entprprising Real
Estate man who knows Of a desirable
ranch that might be purcnaSpd; and as
he drives you ont to look at the conn
try, SOMEHOW or other he passes hy the
fifty thousand dollar court house-n
process of erection ana! points with
pride to the v;,cl!s lot on which "they
are going to build Il school house to cost
twenty-five thousand dollars.''
Arizona has a delightful climate.
That is, it is delightfully."- warm in the
winter and numerically hot in the
summer. Tucson is so far west that
no one thinks of its being ''away down
South,' but it is in about the the same
parallel as the center of Mississippi, AL
ALBANIA and Georgia, and nearly as far
South as New Orleans. This place and
Yuma enjoy the reputation of being
two of the hottest places in existence.
The story runs, that Il certain man who
was born and lived all his life in Yuma,
after ''shuft1ing off Earth's mortal coil''
made an exploration to **Dante's Infer
no." and there sent back for his blank
cts. Of course, we cannot vouch for
the story. Bnt this is.a strange coun-
try. The nights are cool and the morn
ings very chilly, while for two or three
hours during the middle Of the day it is
not only warm, but positively hot. The
straw hats are not laid aside even in
November, aud men unaccustOmed to
the clim ,te who are out ri ling in the
sun all day tie Ilanslkerclliefs about their
neclls for protection from the midday
heat Every one you meet travelling.
carries his canteen Of water. they are
all covered with cloth, and by filling in
the evening. then wetting the cover and
hanging it in the open air over night.
the water in your c1nt-tn will he much
cooler in the morning than that in the
wells. There is no moisture in the at
mosp'lere and your c"ntepn cover will
be perfectly Try in the morning. Near
ly I'LL water in this country has some al
kali in it, and none Of the wells have
cold water in them. The drinking wa
ter is all put in to /, kind Of eartlern
In the waImest part Of the day during
the summer months the thermometer
makes business of staying ut about
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