Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-24
BETTER TIMES COMING

] more toward laying a firm foundation Tor future prosperity than ever before,
 While It IS true there has been a gen
 eral complaint of hard times during the
 past year, the country Is all right, and
 We are sdre to come out on top Tn a
 short time. About year ago our peo-
 pie became deeply interested in stock
 raising, and almost every one who was
 possessed Of sufficient means in-
 vested in stock ranches and cattle. A
 large number of cattle have been pur-
 chased ID Sonora, Texas, California and
 the east and brought into the southern portion of Arizona during the past I twelve months, and large bands of cat tie continue 10 arrive from Sonora. The
 entire State Of Sonora has been secured
 for cattle, some having been brought in
 from the lower coast south of Guaymas
 anl the Yaqui river, distance of over | 800 miles from Tucson. Few of our ! citizens have an idea of the large amount of money that has been invested in cattle during the past year, which, if 1t had mt been SO invested, might have been otherwise spent in the Territory, or at least a
 large portion of It would have been SO expended, which for the tune being
 would have made times easy. Those
 who are posted in the cattle business, inform us that no less 70.000 head of cattle have been brought into the south ern portion of the Territory during the
 past year. At low estimate the cost Of these cattle cannot fall much if any short of so per head, which would be Sl 10000 that has been sent out of the country m hard cash; and while We feel the temporary scarcity Of the money wnich Is largely caused by the expendi- l lure of SO great a sum, the time is near at hapd when We will begin to reap a | boun'iful return from the investment. !. This may be looked upon as season Of 1 economy, and wise investment; the l laying of the foundation for future 1 wealth and prosperity, which at present | is not appreciated by the business men | of this section of Arizona. Hitherto l Arizona has done but little more than ] supply the home market with beef cattle l but In another year or two she wlll ex- port lar ely. Within less than three 1 years from this date Arizona will fur uish very large proportion of the beef for the California markets and instead of | the constant drain upon our resources to pay foreign debts, We wIll have a bal auce in our favor.
 But this IS not our only resource; thousands upon thousands of acres of the finest land in the world IS being opened up for cultivation by the construction of uume-ous canals and water ditches throughout the territory, which will al- SO greatly tend to keep money at home instead of sending it to California for the ordinary necessities Of life as has hitherto been done.
 The indications for prosperous min ing season are also very promising. The Tombstone mines will soon be prepared r. remove the water from the lower levels, when more activity will be inaug uratel m that great mining district than ever before. Cheering reports from min ing districts reach us from all quarters. The mining outlock in ths county was never more promising, while Graham, Pina', Gila. Yavapai. Yuma and Mohave counties will nearly double theIr former yield of bullion.
 The future is indeed encouraging. There has never been time in the his tory of our Territory when the future promised SO much. Let the people of Arizona make ready for an advance, for | he good time is coming as surely as the rising of the morning sun.