Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-26
How We Like Tombstone.

1t. It was our first visit, aud, of course
 1t is in order to have q word to say abou
 the town and its people. It IS unneces
 sary for us Co attempt description ana
 how 1t was born and reared. All cf oui
 people know its history It is only about
 four years old, and contains 5000 people ! The business portion burned mp about 6
 year ago, bu. It Is nearly rebuilt, and
 will be entirely so in few months The
 new hotel tthe Occidentall, which has
 lately opened. X a model of neatDess- not large, but very comfortable. The ] proprietOrs understand how to keep a
 clean hotel and treat guests. Hotel ae-
 cOmmodations are what have been reed- ed in Tombstone since the burning of the
 hotels about a year ago, and the city has
 labored under great dlsadva tages. but IL IS fast OmIng to the front, and when
 another hotel is built, which k now talked Of, this trouble will be overcome, and when large and comfortable hotels are built, hundreds uf people will go to Tombstone during the summer months to live. The difference between Tucson and Tombstone H. temperature ls about eight degrees. The nights are cool and pleasant. There k a hospitality about the Tombstone people felt by every man who enters its portals. IL Is an Ameri- can town. There is a little of the whoop and hurrah element, which gives z-st To the more substantial elements 1t k a mining camp. Around about 1t there are, We believe, nine mills, and all, excepting one OTtwO are running. About one hundred and sixty thousand dollars k disbursed through the mining con- panIes every month. Tombstone has received slight boom tine last few weeks. It has been determined that ore Ill large quantities lies below the water level, and preparations are now being made, at cost Of S2O9,OOJ to put tue necessary pumps ln Oue Of the mines tC do the work. This will take about two months. 1T this Is as great e success as Is anticipated, there will be great rejoicing in Tombstone.
 Ihs business houses are very neat and well filled, and goOls are sold at fair prices. The streets are wide, and to the business houses there are high wooden awnings, which in thls land If sunshine makes 1t very pleasant to the pedestrian. Of course, in all mm- ing camps there are at all times large number of people upon the streets which l gives t the ar Ut ,.l much larger cIty.
 The water works which have been re- 1 gently built at a cost of S600OOO by an 1 Eastern company, bringing the water | from the Huachuca mountains a distance 1 Of ? miles. On an elevation of many hun l drei feer, in sight of the city, is the | reservoir and the pressure is such as will throw L stream ut water 100 feet ! high. The water ls of an excellent ! quality. The streets are sprinkled ny | the company at a cost tO the city of S2UO a month The courthouse is hand some building and there are people Tn Tombstone who actually tnuk IL Is better arranged that our Sl50D court house, and maybe it IS, but II hardly presents so handsome au appearance. They have large and handsome city hall and engine house. Pubic spirit in Tombstone k Ot a trst-classorder, and fl their hopes are realized asto the out come of the mines, 1t certnnly will be the finest mining camp m te territory.
 There was time not long ago when the streets of this stirring emp present ed belligerent appearance, and human life was not valued very hgh, but there is nothing of that apptgance in the Tombstone of to-day. Uere are brave men, adventurers, spOrtsneu, reckless and daring men in the emp, but taere Is as good order in rombtone as m any town in the West, ad less street than in mos Eastern cities. So take Tombstone as atOwn or camp and when We are aske, How do you like Tombstone. We sa' We like IT and l hope to have the pleasTe of visiting II often. The good cheerand hospitality 1 with which a gentiepn and lady are 1 greetedupon their a-lval are things sxtr mely pleasant to hrry back to their ' homes.
 Upon the day of dr arrival iu the ! city Judge Piuney ha pronounced sen- : tence upon May Wodman, giving her C five years in the pGlteut!ary. There | was a good deal of tk upon 5he streets ( about the sentence, ,tere being some who talked of making ash for the wUman's release, but there Ws no attempt tO do violence to the law. Judge Pinney has l established reputIIOu not so much of a severity. perhaps, dt as judge who ! recognizes the maisty of tine law and is [ to stanD odt lavlessness by l the penalties as lal down by the law. l The people regai hin as an honest man, fearless in te discharge ot hls duties, and hard worker He has held l court almost conInuolsly from the ' first of January the present-hve 1 months-sOmethlu. never heard of m l
 he history of Arizua, and he clears hls
 dockets. He douhless comes In for his ( share of curses, bu few officials stand higher, aud the communities m which | his courts are hrldfeel a degree ol sale ' ty that is very agreeable.
 There are manI persons, laies and
 gentlemen Tn Tombstone We shonld like
 to speak of, but mist deny ourselves the
 pleasure. Captan Seamans. County i Treasurer Gnodrih, Sheriff Ward We l are especially mder oblIgaions Tor courtesies showuls. Me=srs Crow and Tildeu, of the Republican, have our thanks for favors. Harry Woods, of the EpItaph, We haC not the leasure "f meeting, but, notwithstanding, We are under obligations to him at hls oihce.
 The CITIZEN, we found, 7as quite a favorite m the ciry, and thllst of sub I scribers that weare receivtc testhes to this fact.
 It shall he our effort to make the CITIZEN not only acceptale to She good people of Tombstone, hrto all the peo- pie ot Arizona.