The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-29

Editors HeTGtd::
In reading through the columns
OF your valuable paper, l notice
there are great number of families
now ell route for this county FROM
Utah. l wish to say to all
who are desirous of making them
selves comfortable homes and beau
tiful farms, to come to the go called
Sunset Land. Well does Arizona
deserve this name. There Is no
portion Of the Union that can show
30 many cloudIess days as Arizona,
and when the last ray Of the sun
has disappeared, there is presented
a picture to which neither pen nor
pencil can do justice. No artist has
yet undertaken to paint an Arizona
sunset, but for him who can trans
fer to canvas its wonderful colOrs,
and its inexpressible grandeur, there
is both fame and fortune in store.
In my opinion, it would pay Mr.
Armitage, who is an artist In Salt
Lake City, to pay usa visit. The
winter climate in this part Of Ari-
IONA is indeed as near perfection as
one can expect to find anywhere
on the globe. The emigrant, who
thinks of casting his lot in this
growing Territory, need not have
any misgivings about the climate.
Under its genial skies he can follow
his calling in the open air every
month in the year. Such a land is
Arizona, endowed by nature with
every gift to make powerful. pros
porous and happy State, and blessed
with a climate unsurpassed in either
hemisphere. The climate is suitable
to all constitutions, and if people
are temperate and industrious they
can meet and overcome the obstec-
les of new surrounding, and in q
few years gain the goal of indepen-
dence. The cost Of the necessaries
of life here are very reas
sonable, yet Notwithstanding
the cost of freight, prices
are as low as in Utah, excepting for
-four, which is now SIS per 100
pounds. We have in Smithville
two large stores, one uwne by Mr..
Webb, who I believe does more bust
ness than any other mercantile
house In the county. l called in Mr..
Webb's store the other day and
found him filling an ORDER which he
had just received from Bowie, in
Coehise County, which is fifty miles
from Smithville. Bowie is one of
the largest depots on the Atlantic s.
Pacific Railroad in Arizona. The
other store is known as the Smith
vile Coop. ct is the oldest estab-
lished store in SmithVille.) This
store does fair amount of business.
The Pioneer steam eaw mill is now
in good running order, and Is capa-
BILE OF saving 10000 feet of lum Der
per day, but at present Is only turn.
ing out about 5000 feet per day.
I he planning machine has now been
attached to the engine, and in the
course of few days will be in work
ing order. Besides this, the mill
will saw shingles. Adjoining the
Coop. store is the lumber yard of
this mill, which is managed by Mr..
II. WEIGH. With the management
of the store and the lumber yard Mr..
Welch is kept busy. We have two
lumber yards here. The other one
joins Mr.. Webb's store, which is
under the management Of Mr.. Webb
for Mr.. Fry, who has small steam
saw mill about twelve miles from
here. Now that we have these two
saw mills here the poorer classes
can build for Themselves comfortable
dwelling houses. SmIthviIle and
Central are now beginning to look
like eastern cities. The county
schoolhouse in SmithviIle is near
Those who are desir
Gus Of seeking new homes l would
advise to come to Graham County,
and those who wish to know further
about this country can write to me
at the alb we address.
SmithvilIe also has dramatic as
ISOLATION, under the management
of Joseph Foster. They played in
the large hall owned by Noses
Cuff, "The Rose OF Ettrick Vale"
on the night of May Day. The
actors were Joseph Foster, Peter
Moses Cluff, Mr.. Crooks.
ton and q. Wheatley, and Miss
Nettie Ferren. The house was
crowded.
a few of the farmers here will
commence cutting their grain on or
about the goth Of this month. Pea
are ripe, and all vegetables and
fruits are fast msturi z. The peo-
pie OF Central and Smithville are all
feeling well and enjoying good
health GFORGE WHEATIFY