Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-25
1 Mnlrrn Miracle.


 The desert shall blossom and be fruit fu!. Why should California cease to b, the sranary of the world and her boasted fruit and vine culture a thing of the pasta mere shadow of her yauntad greatness!
 The railroad kings of the Golden Gate aspired to control the carrying trade oi the Pacific coast.
 The Central Pac fife, terminating ai the Bay of San Francisco, m the SSth parallel of latitude and connecting the Pacific with the Atlantic, has developed and controlled the vast mineral and agricultural resources of the State. Railroads have been extended through the southern counties, once noted foi thelr dryness and sterIlIty. but now the Eden of the State.
 Tue people of the Golden State were still not satisfied. Their succ ss had noI satIated them and they sought other fields for conquest and the victor be came the victim.
 The railroad system Geviated from its original good intentions when 1t turned its lurse southeastward and crossed the divide or ge graphical faultIn the Sierra Nevada and Coast range oi mountains, and sought t3 penetrate the mysteries ! the Auz0na Desert, bUastIng to th' world that they intended to compet, with the Oceau-carrymg trade and the then threatening sc lrme Of Darien canal; that they wOuld -5mpete and transpOr the gram and production of the Golden State across the continent from tlde water to tide water on the 32d parallel of latitude.
 The railroad kings are once more sue cessful-far exceeding their vaunted oOastiug.
 Their competition with the water-car- rying power has been complete; they nave taken the commerce of the Golden State suutheastward, and the water with lt.
 When William, the c nqueror, of En- gland. sat m his royal chair and deiied the tides and failed, We Tn our school Iays never expected to see the day wheL murtals would defy the heavens.
 The q dly The Southern Pacific railroaC b idgt q thegreat Mississippi river of Ari- zona, vul ,arly called the Colorado. and entered Yuma, she removed all compr- itlon with ocean traffic by also devia- lug the electric current, with its vitality lnd moisture from its usual channel be-
 weeu the ocean and Sierra Nevada mountains. northwestN S1d d to the great basin of the Colorado That day was heralded m California W tn great excite nent and dismay; the oldest CaiIfornians were consulted, scratched their heads, and could not recollect the time before when Christmas day passed with ut drop of ram.
 The old Ariz0nan to-day will inform you that the present season Is without precedent, that the climate has changed on account of the Yankee immigration. We might 70 further into the headva ters of the Colorado basin aud the agrl culturist in the State Of Colorado will inform you that the rains have been Ou- precedented during the past three years; that 1t was only necessary to irTigate once daring the past season to raise crop.
 The moral Of killing the goose that laid the golden egg Is once more eXem- plitied.
 Men of the Golden State, we of the great Colorado basin greet you. and hasten to make use of the blessings you have discarded, by planting timber and causing the the desert to blossom as a thing If beauty.
 Moral We hasten to investigate into our bank account, where 1t is now, etc. Men of the golden State, plant timber, vast forests of timber ID San Diego, ! Lbs Angeles. San Bernardino and Santa ! Barbara counties, so that you may en- 1 joy a shadow of your lost greatness m vour old age. E. L. WETNoBE.