Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-04-17
Graham County.
A Farning County--pon't Like the New ofnsers-dOsd crops-siugul DisappsarAnss-Psrs
MAxKY. April 9, 1881.


 RDIToa CITIZEN: Being 6 sub scriber to your valuable paper. have concluded to give you few items from the new county of Graham.
 As you are aware, the resources of this county are principally stock rais- ing and farming. hence we do not commend the action of our represent atives in the last Legislature OR the bullion tax. nor do we think Tommy Gates is as big a man as old Grant. if he did hoodoo our Governor and Leg islators. The daddy of our county came back few days since with Gra. ham county in his jacket pocket. or at least the commissions for the ap- pointed officers. Toe latter, with three or four exceptions. are very Ub- jectionable to the people of this county, and there will be an effort made to have an election ordered. Our Sheriff, Mir. Rose, is a resident Of Pinal county. a brother-iu-lsw Ot the dsddY's, aud does not own a dollars worth oI Droperty Tn he county and gets credit, from those who know him, hat he has not 2 Od sense.
 Next, our District Attorney has been the daddy's sheepherder. and is st this time herding his cattle. He is not as intelligent ss Ihe average man who follows these vacations.
 Now comes the uukIndest cut of Ali -our irobate Judge, Bishop Lake. This man has not been our county over two months, is an ignorant Mor- mon Bishop, and boasts of having three wives and sixteen children here. This. suppose, will cause Mormon books to be introduced in our schools, and the children of tbs county will be taught to believe Ia the infallibil- ity of old Brigham. l understand the daddy has asked permission of Colonel Tiffany, the United States h. dian Agent at San Carlos, to let hIm have three Apaches belonging 10 his tribe to act as Deputy Sheritfs- one for Fort Grant, one for Maxey and one for Stafford. We are in hopes that the good Colonel will refuse this request Ol lHc uduuk eI anu dlu eulC OhL friends in the old county will sympa- thize with us if we are 10 be under the control of Apaches and Mormons. The latter are openly declaring that they will control the county, so they may be able to oust the Apaches.
 The crops in the valley are looking we'll. Some of the farmers have had a set back, the Iustlers having stolen their work horses. We have had most singular disappearance of one of our citizens about seven or eight days ago. Tom Nores, who was em- plOyed by MT. J. B. Collins on his stock ranch, disappeared. The camp WAS robbed of four or five horses, and soRe belonging to Nores were also missing. There is some talk of par ties spiriting Nores' horses of, and if II is so they surely be found out and punished according to their deserts.
 Stafford has not improved any since It was made the county seat. SolOm- onville would have been more de- sirsble location, and as MT. Solomon has made a liberal offer to the new county he will likely get the county seat here next election. They have no officer sf any kind at present at Maxey and the rustlers are getting away with most of the horses ID the neighborhOod.
 Camp Thomas, under the able su- pervision of Co.'s. Perry and Soulley, is assuming the proportions of first class military post. The gallant Col. Macy, who whipped Victoria so bad ly in his reported fight by Gen. Carr, is there Tn command of his company. He is looking we'll after a six months leave east. Among his friends Capt. Vivian is in command of Company c of the Twelfth. Lieut.. Perrine is com mauding Company B of the Sixth. Dr. Cheives has just taken station here and seems well blessed with the change from Fort Grant. Lieut.. Kings bury is in charge of the Commissery.
 Maxey is still improving and will always he a prosperous town, owing to the amount of good land iB culti- vatiOn and the close proximity to Camp Thomas. Respectfully yours,
 SUBSCRIBER.