Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-11-22
Prizes for SchoIarS

1 were sent from Mir. Sessions
 MISS Monks and Miss Royce's room. 2 ana they attracted a great deal o
 attention and received merited praise ? Mrs +. A. Tritle, Mss Tutle an,
 ueneral NJ. H. Sherman, the torme superintendent of public instruction
 were the committee to judge the scboo exhibits. 'O"0
 The hrst prize for composition. va awarded Miss Bessie Teyis. Tn, following is copy of her article on tb, RESOURCES OF ARIZONA.
 Arizona was formerly a part of tb, Me1ican State of Sonora, from which il was acquired by treaties. Some main tam that the name arizona was derivad from two Pima words, one ari mespine maiden, and the other goa. meaning , valley, having reference to a tradition. ary maiden queen who once ruled the PimRs.
 Its area Is one hundred Gnd thirteen thousand nine hundred Rcd sixteen square miles, that Is three times fine size of New York. While it is general. ly called a mountainous country. i, contains great plains and valleys.
 A learned senator once said in Con. gress, tha. bushel of grain could never be raised in California. Cahfor. nia Is too well known to need any eulogy from us, SO. east and west; north and south, the report has gone forth that AiizJna Is a desert land. only I;t for tarsntniss and scorpions. Gen. Sherman who Was sent to inquire into our Indian troubles, repOGted that the country had better be gwen over to the Apaches AS It was not Ut for the abode of the while | man.
 The soil of Arizona is wonderfully rich; magnificent crops of grain and fruits are grown upon what was once considered an arid desert. Two crops a year reward the faithful farmer. One county has sixty-eight thousand acres Of land that are under cultivation.
 There are thirty-two thousand two hundred fruit trees, and fifteen thousand four hundred and twenty grape vines in Maricopa Co.
 The amount of land ir Arizona that can be used for farming and agrieul- ture IS from fifteen to twenty million acres; but as there is such scarcity of water, irrigation Is not carried on to any great extent. Now if the general government would de. velop artesian wells at different parts ID the Territory they would bring large tracts of as rich land into cultiva- | tlon as can be found on the continent, thus making many million acres of land, now worthless, rich and extensive farming districts. And We feel sure that this subject will be ably presented to Congress by our good and noble dele gate. The large tract of agricultural land in and around Phenix Is producing with good tillage. twenty five to fifty bushels of wheat, barley and corn to the acre. Potatoes, beans, tomatoes, pumpkins and other roots and vegetables produce well. Peaches, pears, apricots and all the smaller fruits, are raised. Sugar cane, hemps, cotton and tobacco could be just as successfully cultivated.
 Although little has been known of the agricultural resources of ArIZona, the fame of its mines is world wide. The great Humboldt said, the wealth of the world was hidden in them. It has bee n called the land of sunshine and silver Among the most noted mines gre th. Silver King, Copper Queen and the latest IS the QuijOtod, discovered May 9th, 1883. Mir. Alex. Mckay is the for tunate man who found this bonanza An average of forty-two assays has shown four hundred and seventy-one dollars to the ton,snd a flourishing town has sprung up as by magic.
 The climate of Arizona embraces every variety, from the temperate to almost that of the torrid, but as a general thlng. in the valleys, the springs, sum- mers and falls are extremely pleasant. The nights are cool and blanket or two are always found agreeable.
 At an altitude of fifteen hundred tO two thousand feet, which IS that of the plains and valleys, snow Is almost un- known. Owing to the atmosphere be- ing so pure and rarifed the human system IS kept Tn healthy condition. In all probability there IS no country that has a more healthy climate than Arizona, and this fact being well known, is taken advantage of by inyalids.
 The territory IS said to have two rainy seasons, one in the months of FebruIry and March, the other, Tn July and Aug ust. Sometimes it will last two or three months, but it has been known to rain every month of the year.
 It has been remarked by some, that the rivers of Arizona were merely a crack in the sand through which water sometimes flows.
 This we indignantly deny. It is true the Santa Cruz buries its rippling waters but only to gush forth ln some new locality; and many owners of property claim to be above the bed of the Santa Cruz while every living stream of water that is found on any of their places IS known by them 10 be the bursting forth of this confined river. Its principal river, the Colorado, is navigable for five hundred aud thirteen miles for steamers of four hundred tons. The Gila and Salt rivers are also good sized streams. On the banks of these rivers the farming land Is found.
 The principal cities of Arizona are Prescott, Tucson, Phenix and Tomb stone.
 Prescott, the capital, is reached by poino up. up, up the mountains (the elevation of which IS 6,00O feet), and when one is wondering If heaven IS very much higher, he sees in the distance, a beautiful city of white houses sur rounded by lofty pines.
 Tucson is the metropolis of Arizona. It has numerous elegant buildings, large stores, many churches, and hOurishlng schools. o
 Its population is about 10000. There is much of interest in this old Mexican | 4o,vr ,ts adohe houses narrow streets. | and burros loaded with wood. One or tbe scenes common on the streets or Tucson is to see five or SIX squaws neaV- iIy loaded, marching before a burly h. dian. No one can doubt that the m diaps believe in "Squaws Rights to serve their lord and master.
 It is a noticeable fact that the Papago souaws all wear bangs, and boldly at- firm the fashion so widely followed, comes not from Paris, but the Fapago Indians.
 The city that has such a cheering name, Tombstone, having then mills