Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-12
Gregory vs. Spring.
HERMosILLo, SONORA. MEXICO,
 May 4th. 1883. {

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 May 4th, 1883.
 MEssRs. EDIToRs:-I see frequen communications in your excellent Dapel over the signature of Spring, critlcislnl | Sonora and Mexico in general. put giv ing out few of the absolute facts knowT by all to exist here, ID business pom of view. He tells about Apache depre iatlous. which l swear to you are 6 thing of the past, and parties travel ID every and all directions from this city on horse back, with carriages, etc, and | all Is quIet and as safe, as In any coua- try on this earth. He tells one tIlng strictly true, however. That, VIZ; the Palace Hotel Is tne best place ID the city tC put up at, and that all Is nice and clean about 1t. While Don Floren- uno Otero does not pretend to be a great landlord, he does use his guests in so kindly and gentlemanIy manner, that al see It comes from desire To make them happy while Ill hls house, that IL comes from the heart, with uO selfish motive on hls part. Inc serv vtnts aud cook, all are of the best kind to be nad Ill any country.
 Our postal regulations, dealt SO es- peclaliy on by Mir. Spring in for mer communications tO you, are as well conducted as they are in any city i'll the United States. J ust tle same, ID fact, and of course the postmaster cannot always understand 80 many English names all new tO nm ; hence he shows his good feeling, conf dence, etc, as well as good senses IL nan ding the certain letter to the party asking for a letter. For instance, 1 ask for a letter, my name belug Gregory; he hands me all Tn the G box, To satlsfy myself that he means all ugut, and not have me tu go away, as We uO so often ln our country, saying "He did not eVeh look, and 1 believe there are letters for me Iu the office, etc. All know how such matters work, and l tnlnk, taking 1t ail in all, there exists more real cOnh- dence and good feeling Tn Mexico than any country was ever In, and have been III all nearly. Everything here Is flOurlshing and progressive as much su as any country on earth, and the natives are not fools they arc like all other na tlves of the earth. There are good and bad, stIrrIng men with get-up In them, anu drones, and the same Is true Of all nations. The enterpTlsIng portion oi the people see all that has been lacklpg, and know the changes are at their doors, and they also know how to go Co work and put all modern improvements IL motion, and We find the same ln all countries. Our mining interests, Mr. Spring does not touch on, It IS a wonder, when car after car load of rich ore K being shipped to Benson, or other places on the line for reduction. At Willard now stands two cars loaded from the California mine, one of tie greatest properties that exists on this earth, and 1 beg all to carefully examine the ore at Benson, and take specimens If they wish them, for we are owners or the mine Nina Grande iust this side Is also good mine and shipping ore. Here l wish to say a smelter and mil Is gong to be put in operation here m Very short time; 1t Is much talked of, and when a few I could name talk of such matters here 1t means gong right at 1t. There Is no better place l could think of for d large smeiter, there be ing mines all around this city. In radius of 10 tO 30 miles there are at least 20 good rich mines, could more than keep three smeiters running constantly, and thls will be done. There .s plenty Of fine wood to make charcoal, and coal has been discovered within miles of the city, and water plentiful and excellent. In a word there are all the natural facilities here for successful ly running large reduction works, and It will be done.
 In an agricultural sense this country Is decided success. No one ever saw prettier wheat, barley, corn vegetables of every kind, every morning the year rouud. This IS Z Od country for a man to mind his own business ID, and like all others I know, a man grts himself into hot water as soon as he be- gins to dictate, fix up the postOfiices, etc. and tell the people how to act, tO do right, etc. These people are very strict ly a republican people. They love sO- cIal, good feeling with all; but like our own, do not like to Oe told they are far behind others; nor does anyone else like 1t, for what does 1t amount to. What can be done about 1t. If one does not like this way of doing, he can easily leave. If he has money to pay hls fare on the cars, and whether pays hIs board or not, he can go. There are very many foreigners, 50 called, who have large ho- tel bills unpaid in this city, but 1t all goes.
 The same rules apply here as does in our own beloved country, same rules of a+t1uatta tr,varn n aonla here az all over the world. When one believes himself and if he does not, then the same still IS applied. So IL is the whole way through. The climate makes one more languld and weak than a colder one: but still we have some very stirring ones here, who are Mexicans and good men. All are partial to Americans which keeps the Germans III hot water. They have had the sway heretofore.
 I have often observed those men sit ting on the corners discussing mines, ,1amning such and such an one as worth less: for of course they never were m one; they do not have the energy to go so far as to examine a mine, and yet they know all about them.
 I will tell you, upon honor, and after an experience of thirty years, 1 find bet ter mines, larger and richer. better de- fin ed, easier to get at, and less retrac- tory ores, in and around Hermoslllo' Ures, Syopa, Sahuaripa, Mnlatos, etc, than any country l was ever m. Alter you get fifty miles thls side of Magdale- ua. the rich mines begin, and get richer constantly.
 will write yOu again soon.
 Ycur. truly PAIL GREGORY. M. ID.