Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-07-03

SAFFoRD, Pima County, June 26.-
 EDITOR CITIZEN: As 1 promised 10
 drop you a few lines on my arrival
 here concerning this portion of the
 county, will try to fulfill my prom
 ise. 1 will commence by saying that
 wheat and barley look as fine as l
 ever saw in any country, Missouri and
 Kansas not excepted. This valley is
 about forty miles long and about five
 to eight miles in width, and it is set
 tied by an industrious set of people.
 MT. George Cottreil has about 125
 acres of wheat, which will average
 2,JOO pounds to the acre hIr. Moore,
 of Camp Thomas, has about l50 acres
 of as fine barley as heart could wish.
 Ed Tultlc has & large crop of wheat
 and barley; and we have others here
 who farm on large scale and are too
 numerous to mention; but 1 will add they all make q success of it by using little industry, and have traYeled over a good portion of Arizona, and l can say that this is the best farming country have seen. But with all the advantages we have here some people are leaving this part of ithe country, and say they cannot make living. Such people as they are, however, always get hearty farewell from all the good citizens of this val ley, for they are men who think tue world owes them a living, and they must have it. Now can say to oth- CTS of the same style that this is bad country for that class of men, but there is a good opening here for industrious people, as we have plenty of land and water here lying idle.
 Mir. A. NJ. Franklin, the "Gila mon- ster," is doing a good business, 1 sup pose, from the amount of goods see his clerk, Bert Frye, hand over the counter daily, and he has large stock of goods on hand. He informs me, also, that he has large stock on the | road, which will be here in short | tune. His store looks like wholesale 1 house in some city, and he has three | hands at work making room for his new goods. MT. Franklin will do good business as long as he has any goods, for he is a firstclass business man, and accommodates the poor ss we'll as the rich.
 J. E Glasby and John Harrison, who nave just started in business, are doing good business, and I think they will continue to do so, ss Mir. GlHsby is an ,ld New Yorker, has been clerk in ! wholesale house for good many years, and understands his business.
 Next after leaving Stafford comes Mormon town. They rave just started store there, and hirty-fve families constitute the in labiiants.
 After you leave there, twelve miles urther, is Camp Thomas, where there 8 six-company post. Charles Detoy, l. B. Collins, and W. V. Woods are the and they are all old heads t the business and are doing good rade.
 According 10 the report of the Mar hall who took the census, we have me thousand people in this valley, which goes to show that this part of he country is settling up very fast.
 We had an interesting trial out in his part of the country, which l mink will probably interest Judge french, and probably be interesting 3 the Supreme Court of the United tstes. 1 will not give the parties smes, but will say that this case was ot tried before Ed. Futile. The facts l the case were that one man fur ished another 8 quarter of beef, but it when the man was not at one. The lady received it and used , and on being asked to settle for the eet tho gentleman said: "I own no |, roperty; it all belongs to my wife nd if you sue mo I will make you sy the costs" The other gentleman rOught suit for the beef, and brought
 against the man and his wife. At le trial the gentleman stated to the lstice of the Peace that his wife Sned all the property, but he was Ie head of the family, and asked that ! Ie suit be withdrawn and the costs xed to the plaintiff on the ground at man has no right to bring suit ,ainst a man and his wife. The plain ff ssked the Justice of the Peace to 0 him show him the law that he had | e right to sue these parties jointly, S he Justice replied: I know more n 'out law than you do, and I don't V ant to to sec any law; I will adjourn V urt Who is going to set 'em up?" Il l think we had better take little 8 CT" cue tall-looking gentleman said N will set 'em up, as 1 came here to | Int this case against the plaintiff 8 d l don't give d-n how fight it, b ihough 1 ate the beef; but the gen c man len so much that it took me ? O days to cut 1t up, and I will do all S ,sn to beat the case" said the defen nt. The Justice slapped the man TT
 the shoulder and said: "I will ,, He 8 drink with you; you are my " m The court was held in saloon, " d every fifteen or twenty minutes -
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