Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-05
ARIZONA.
A Bright Outlook-Asriculiur. and Min.
 eral Development Of the Territory

A Bright OutiOOk-Asriculiur.II and Min
 eraI Development Of Inc Territory
 The Territory of arizoua continues to attract great interest, and her progress. despite many difficulties, is steadily uu- ward and onward Her mountains teem- ing with minerals, supplemented by diversity of other resources, present a wide field and abundant opportunities for the miner, the fBrmer, the lumber man, the stock raiser and tbe manutaeA \ ! 5uTer to accumulate wealth. Although until comparatively recently isolated from the highways Of travel and com lng rec, Arizona has produced more bull lion in proportion to the capital invested than any other mining district, except ing California. This, too, n the face Of the Apache scOurEe, which has hung over her like a pail, and for many sue ceSSive seasons rendered life and prpp- erty insecure within her borders. In
 1880 Arizona had population of 4I.OUU.
 and the assessed valuation Of p-ouer.v
 for that year was SljU00.OuO. Nfv-
 ertheless the push and energy of her
 people and the growth and deveI1pua-t
 of her industries have been urr.sf
 The year 1884 finds rizora with , ..,,-.
 ulation Of 6f,OO0, and her pror4rt. vyi.
 assessed in 1883 for S2lUOGOO. m
 indicates the vast stride the Te-ri.9-
 has made since lSSl, more than don.
 hng in population and irc-easir
 her assessable value of pror-r+ from Sl3,OOOOOO to S2L0UQWU. mi
 bullion output of the Territory ta
 past year was seriously Iatarf--..
 with by the Indian traut..s s--.
 ln the summer, causing @ susEeu-Igr
 mining n Cutiying districts and
 exodus of hundreds Of prosDect5r.. y.l
 sought temporarily sdf ty In her ri--
 and towns. Moreover there was A ... satiOn of operations n io-c,.. s1r. r1-,.
 for the purpose of putting Iu ins-av.
 machinery,sO that from these two ctra. the builIon output of tLe Year WAS f0f S2,0OO,OOO less than it otherwise Won have been. However. ia tl. latter -
 Of the year grand resUits ws-. obtain, and the years product d; gold aui e yer bullion Is estimated a5 Slf .zlOu while OfcOpper there was tg.lv .- -UnI. pounds, and increase ot I3aMl pounds over 1SS2. B silrs t-e ass.
 there were large quant ties .f 5uH ! and copper ore shipped from tle min. a made. Tho year closet with the airi-- outlook for the Territory bet.-th- ever before. A great maar recent a- important discoveries in new Cstr-~ have been made, and de7el0umeus va
 rant the predictions that in ISl- bullion yield of Arizona wiII re- S2j,OO0,OOO. The wool and cattle aisr industries of Arizona achieved a irr | progress last year. The u-.rlti.gsr luXuriant grasses which cietlg m. thousand acres of valley and EIis have become noted as iurnlshrsr l most desirable ranges Ter sLecr. ra- and horses to be tOud lu Amen There are 10O,000 sheep, 32,G L-s | 12,600 mules, Ii,tJU hogs n 299,0JO head Of catlr m ! Territory, an Increase Of 1t | half over the previous yea-. X -t stride was also made lu a-ricu.--t | While the grain pr1duc. 0f I,~3 wasu 3t00O0 centals, the past year It reas jSU,OJO ceutais. This product aprr small when compared with that grain producing state like Calif-i. | but 1t mus be remembered that Gai4 | fore the production of cereals Iu A has been astem 5.eG only with the VI Of supplying m measure h0u. V mands and has been surrounded th | dangers and difficulties The ai of protection from herds and from Il of the Apaches has rendered the of the agricultuIIst no sILecUr; h this the lack Of traus0ortat.o A scarcity and expense of farming
 cry, and above all that irrigation e
 essay, 1t will be seen that there
 not be much expected in an agric q (.
 way of a limited population, m b
 whom were trained miners or tf
 rui5Sr-. But with the increase + ty
 latIOn comes an increased ieta
 developing the agriculture qUahl
 the Territory, and there are now
 Irrigating canals being opened
 Salt River and Gila valleys whicl
 bring over lj0.OOO acres of addl
 land iabOut One-third Of the
 land ID those vaileysl tuderM
 tlvatlOn Tn 1881. There has also b.
 encouraging development of ar
 water Tn Sulphur Spring valley,
 ten wells are now flowing large q
 ties of the precious tiuid. Iu manv4
 respects the past year shower
 changes in Arizona. ChRrcags. -cndi
 social and benevolent orders t1urle
 as they never hal before. PU5E ir
 provements kept pare with the -1
 tory's industrial progress. Iou.1n
 and Phenix erected new c0lrtLlse
 and jails, Tucson built public scho. ed
 iiices at a cost ot S-J,00u also a cir "a.
 and other public tuIdia-z Tlcr ha recently been a ge- ,raI revival of tadt especially in sOutl m Arizona, au.i:t migration to Quiiooa and orherdiz1cE south of Tucson has caused I.sl
 traffic in freig.ts in that d. rection. The z Ches are svrE ing with prosp tors, engines a~ clanking in mill al mine. and 8. rh other industrial eI rpT;ses ot the s. ritory are III a .sitiou which -.r promise that the t--ure of Arizona I soon give her a por-lation that viss title her to enter ts-i ujou oi Staf..H s. F. Chronicle.