Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-18
InIiin IhinHinn

NAnaaAA taAt htst HtNtIEi Ntth1 tAtN CITIZEN has printed a number of com munications on border cattle tbieving
 The articles came mostly from Arivaca and Orc Blanco m vhlch sections most Of the loses nave been suffered. W lth the exception of one communication
 unsigned other than by the nom de 1 plume sNo B. all have been written by
 men of known responsibility Then statements we're then entitled to cOnsid. eration by all interested. On one or ! t,-o occasions they were replied to by 1 Mr. A. V. Lomeli, Mexican Consul, who then sought, and still seeks, information in connection with subject fraughi
 with interest to every law-abi6ing citi-
 Zen living or owning live stock, contigu-
 0us Co the hne, either ID Arizona or SO-
 nora But such information Is not al-
 ways tJ be found in a communication
 addressed to public newspaper, un- less accompanied by the name of the
 wr.ter, for however responsible he may
 be, hls identity under nom de plume
 Is lost Co the pubhc. That the most i'm
 portaui part the publishers alone know,
 and as @ rule, are in honor bound not to
 GivulSe, which in this case would be
 well enough were 1t not for the law and
 order Issues.
 For Mr. LUmei to have his questions
 answered over a nom de plume, practical ly amounts tO no answer GI all, and by
 him is justly so regarded. Not through any desire on his part, tO foregO the
 making of due investigation and arraIgIing If possible, the offenders for justice, but because he reconizas the fact, tha charges, criminal CT other
 wlse. are gsuyed ID accordance with She responsibility Of the party making IL. In Mr. Lomeh, the Mexican govern ment and people, have a capable and trustworthy servant that will use every means at ms disposal for the suppress slOu of border crimes, and for the rendering of property Tn outlying and exposed districts as secure from maraudIng thieves as are the more thickly settled and better guarded in- te-iors. But to compass his ends be needs must nave the support and CO., operation not only cf his own govern ment, which he has. but also of the authorities and people on the Arlz0ua side of She lIue. Ii lac be accorded these there wall soon be no market m Sonora for stolen stoCk. The law Is already a most stringent one and requires en- forcem-ut only 0 become effective h view of that then let the needed sup- port be gwen
 Parties losiug stock and knowing that N...ar. r.. only ta arQuaiut Mir. Lomeli with the facts of the case, together with true CODY of tue registered brands with which the cattle are marked, and he will at once forward the same to the prefect of the district to which the stolen stock has been rskei, accompanied by instructions to seize tue stock wherever found, and to arrest und punish fine parties h1yiDg 1t ln their possession The result will bc such as to discourage thievIug on the line there iter, luasmuch as the prefects, however individually they may be in- chned, are. at the price of their office and personal liberty, compelled to exc cute the mandates of tue Consul. In case of any one refusing, he VIII, ou proper complaint, be removed aud pun lshed aui more efficient officer substi- tuted. But to the credit of the p-efects, be It said, that they are. ss rule, hon orabie gentlemen with whom no wrong d0er finds favor.
 The border line Of Sonora i, divided into four separate districts, the first three ot which are Arispe. Nagdalena and Altar respectively. Each district is directly governed by a preiect to whom the good order or tEe district Is When sending commncica- uous co hIr. Lon-li, relating to stolen stock. it w-l Doe well to make mention oi the district into which the stock has been taken, as # vii then localize their u ulereabputs l.d facilitate their rrcov- cry.
 As stock stealing has long been prac- .ice3 by the l4ulsss in Arizona as well ls in Sonors. tLe people of the latter State being ou tba whole the greater sufferers. aI article reviewing the situ- ttion OF tais side Ot tLe line VIII iu due inc be gwen.