Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-08-26

Frank Bernard returned home from Phoenix, Wednesday. He was detained at the Salt River metropolis some time by an attack of bilious fever. He wit messed the fight with COW boys, which oc- cured in that place recently, and came very near being shot himself. He rode into town just as the fight commenced, and being stranger one of the citizens took him for COW boy and leyeled nee dle gun on him. Another citizen recog nized Frank just in time to prevent the shooting. Frank says it would be impos- sible for COW boys to take Phoenix. A A moment after the shooting commenced over one hundred men were in the street armed with shot guns and rifles and look ing for chance to shoot at the despera- does. That is the right thing to do. Ev- cry town in the Territory should follow the example of Phoenix in that respect. 1t would induce bad characters to seek a healthier climate.
 Last Tuesday, while the the excitement over the the stage robbery was at its height, two suspicious looking strangers who fitted the description Dr. Vail gave of two of the robbers, rode into town and dismounted in front of a store on Main street. The news spread rapidly and preparations for their capture began at once, but Jesse Hardesty concluded to waste no time unnecessarily, took a Winchester rife and ordered them to throw up their hands, They obeyed quietly and were lodged in jail. Upon being questioned they could give no satis- factory account of themselves, and it was generally conceded that they were horse thieves if not stage robbers. When the news of the capture of the latter came, a description of the two suspects was tele- graphed to Sheriff Paul, at Tucson, and he telegraphed back to hold them till he could arrive here. They were held and he came Thursday noon. The prisoners proved to be the men he was looking for They had stolen the horses they were rid ing from ranch on the Sonita and are known in that community under the names of Russell and Johnson. The lat ter is tall, sandy complexioned man, with short, kinky red hair, and the for mer Is a small, light complexioned man, with straight light hair, and is about 25 years old. The other is probably 35 Sheriff Paul took them to Tucson the same day.
 We received another magnificent cop per specimen from Dripping Springs or Copper District. Saturday. It is from g new discovery just made by Tweed, Bush & Tweed and is even larger and richer than the specimens from the same district we mentioned last week. No man can examine these specimens and then doubt that the Dripping Springs or Copper Dis. trict Is a marvel of richness. When you can break out chuncks of high grade ore, weighing over one hundred pounds, as the four specimens in our possession do, there IS no disputing the fact that have gooc sized pay streak, and very valuable mine. If copper men will only go to the Dripping Springs, Mineral Creek and al along that remarkable mineral belt, they will find there copper viens and deposits in comparison with which the Copper Queen, of Bisbee, would appear like !; strata. There are perfect mountains O it and it is not low grade either. Anoth CT thing that should commend this dlstric to copper capitalists is the abundance anC superior quality of it's fuel and timbe and the great quantity of water. Every thing necessary in the reduction of ore outside of machinery, is found on tn, ground. Timber for the mines, timber fo lumber and wood, bituminous coal, whicl has been tested and found to make coke superior to the best English impor tation, are all there in inexhaustible auan titles. The ores are all free smelling anc will give high average.
 There is one fact concerning the pro ductive qualities of this fertile Gila valle, that few people are aware of and it this One pound of wheat or barley sow in this valley will produce from twenty t thirty pounds of the same, while on pound of wheat or barley sown in tn Salt River valley or any other agricultur al section of the Territory will produc only ten pounds of the same This IS no a newspaper exageration but a truth dem onstrated every year and it proves tha our soil possesses nearly .hree times tn productive capabilities of that of any othe section. Our fruit is also superior ill fla vor to that of any other fruit section c Arizona. This too is susceptible of prac tical demonstration by comparison Ther is reason for all this, and it lies in tn fact that our soil is a deep, rich, blac
 loam with not even the faintest trace c alkali, while the soil of other sections is
 light sandy soil, slightly alkalied. Fal mer immigrants should take note of thes facts and give the subject a careful inves
 tigation before making choice of location.
 If they can raise trebble the amount C
 of grain here from pound of seed tha
 they could Tn any other section from tn
 same quantity of seed and with the sam
 labor, wouldn't common sense sugges
 this as the proper place to locate? As a
 additional inducement to home seekers
 we may remark that our climate is tn