The Arizona sentinel., 1881-06-11
Gortespondenee.
Letter from Prescott.

Below we publish private letter from Judge Wm H. McGrew 10 the editor of this paper, and for the liberty of thus us- ing private property we plead that it is pro bono pu6lico.
 PRESCOTT \. T. June 3rd 1881 Frierd Cureton
 was quite agreeably surprised, to find that you had become denizen of Arizo- ma; because I know San Jose was was too slow town for your mental activity and {! that soon you would have taken ;he " dry rot, had your remained there much lon gel. But you are not much in Arizona. You are only on the edge, and if should say the ragged edge I hope you would not be offended However. from what l lean of Yuma and its surroundings, it has a future that will some day astonish the natives"
 I will give you my views of Arizona and especially of the present status of and the future prospects of it's capital.
 The traveller coming into Arizona from the west by rail is impressed, upon en- tering the Territory at Yuma, that it is not st class agricultural country and he involuntarily says that the people of Arizona are to depend upon agriculture, to make them rich, and if they live long 2 enough to get rich by this means, there will be many Methuselehs here a thou sand years hence.
 There are however many place along
 the line of the S. P R R. between Yuma and Maricopa, where a comfortable living can be made by farming.
 r From Maricopa to Phoenix the traveller , passes some excellent farming land. The Pima and Papagoe Indians have good
 farms on the Gila, and raise fine wheat and vegetables, in great profusian. Their ] depeudenca for crops is entirely on iTri I gation. They have fine Gitches or canals
 and enc passing over them would hardly
 think them the work of Indians. Salt River Valley of which Phenix is th; $ town, is an excellent farming country t There IS an abundance of water In tht l. river which is used for irrigatng tn, ,, whole valley and profitable returns ar, o realized for the outlay in canals &c.
 Prescott. Is in the midst of mines, anC c wealth of the country tributary to her a The altitude of the town is said to b
 $500 feet. This naturally prevents i
 from being favorable for agriculture pro ' vided the soil was good. But tue mines h and mineral resources around Prescott O are sufficient to make it a business cepte ], and prosperous place.
 Q The A. and P. R. R. is giving a Prescott
 lively appearance, most of the supplie
 for its laborers, and employees, are pro !" cured here, and it takes no lnconsiderabl
 amount to supply the hundreds of me u now pushing Westward with the ro0, e The road is in running order within ou is Territory now, and every few days. nev 1t Station is esta ablIshed further West q will rot be long before the locomotiv ,- whistle will be reberberating among tn d Canons, gulehes. and woods of Sa Francisco, and Bill Williams mountain
 As communication with this part of th
 Territory is made easier, the mines aroun
 Prescott must come into prominence all
 will attract capital. For that there ar
 many very ich mines within circuit (
 twenty miles of Prescott, IS beyond que ton.
 le Ihope you will prosper in your ne " field of labor, and that the SENTINEL wi l. be as honest, true and independent, as m know it's local editor to be, is the wish Inf your friend.
 n. WM. H. MCGREw.