Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03
PHOENzX,
As Pictured In the Rpitaph by
 Pttbetan.

4 correspondent of the Epit0pA, ' writes from Phoenix, under date of
 Deet mber sith, as follnws;
 En'T0R ErFFApH A corrvspond- tnt,f Ihe Tucson papers, Ro' lona g since, mentioned the inhabitants nj thls hurs as beins lazy and slew
 ga,as, and ysur saendel heartily endorses the a>> >erston, Just ta ink ef 8 city which is asking to . be the capital of the territory, hat as l Wrlte, is ankle deep ln mud
 frcm the principal hotcl to the poSt> flee Not 8 street crsslag to be seen anywhere, and mol solitary , iutree, ,amp 70 lumiaae the Gimme ri4u ,layAntss, Tue ely
 noEs NOT OWE \ rol.,.AR Of indebtedness as.d yet makes na
 provision to prevent the stranger
 w,thia her gates from falling into the hume, us mantraps, which t is
 pleased to ealt irugatlng ditches,
 am uo prophet. nor son of prophet,
 yet venture the assertion tha,, if
 tue phcen,eiaRs ever expect the cap
 ital ,o inc located here thy had het>
 ter he nut Ing their mud hole into
 better shape than t raw is, Another
 thia@ utcdvd here is ilre ap: ara>
 .ns or Some kind Tie legislature
 Nill never plant its aroh,ves ia this . el ' hy lhe placid Sat and take ! chances on tAunder Sjo,lh coming , up in ;lue ta eXtinguish any ehanee | ire thA' threatens c. c,NsHnle ;he.a ] The city is governed as are mast At- | isona cities, hy mayor and cdm-
 mea council; the latter, in mo t in> stances common enough, God knows, Ia addition, governing power is vested in the hands of Mr, Henry Gartlas the Chief of Police, who is 1 a holy terror to evil doers of all { kinds, Phoenix Is fairly swarming wlth
 OPIUM E.ENps,
 cheek guerrillaS, tin-horn gamhlaIs, and sojled doves. How they ali manage to exist is, as nundreayy would say, "one of those things no fellah can find out" 4 very ere,l> itahe variety theateF is run here by Taby Olsson, who Is Well up in hls business, and furnishes the canIp with it's share of gildy pleasure, Saloons a,e plentiful. almost as ! much so as the mud and irrigating ditches, Among them the Senate, conducted by that cid time An zoran and prince of good fel ,ows, Bob Arch T @, is pre- emlueut, NEW COURTHOUSE,
 the fac smile of tte one in Cnchise county, is n,,S,s,u course Of con strncti..u, a siie next court term vil be ready fer his honor. Ju.' ge piancy to diSpense jushoe in. The jnuraalisiic wants of this cammu, ally are supplied by the Ga+etts aud HEsAin and weekly publication printed ia Spanlsh A couple of free advertising sheets misht alsa he classed among tue newspapers Four hotels stand ready ta receive the guest Of these the Bank Ex> change, conducted by Mr. l., Ganx, seems 10 have the preference from the travelling public, and is really a very eeoa hostelIy. Tha Hoa, 4. D Lemon is erecting a first class hGtel building which will soon be ready to receive travellers. It iS q splendid structure and q credit, not only to the town, but also to the enterprise of it's bnider, The Hon. Patrick Hamilton, author of the
 RESOURCES oF ARIZONA,
 is here, and Lusily engaged in mall- ing copies of his work to all pats of the United States and Europe. 4 great mistake made hy the legisla> ture was in not ordering larger edition than 10,0co, l learn, how> ever, that Mr. Hamilton contem plates issuing an eoitien op his ac- count. when lhe present supply is exhausted, which, at the rare that they are now going, will be in q very short time. There is wonder ful demand for this work from all quarte rs, which reflects much oredi. on tho book and it's author, Two banks age located here, each of which will furnish money on good :, collateral al 1ls per cent per month. This information, will state, came incidentally to my knowledge, not m
 the way of any monetary transaction between either of the institutions aud myself. There arc two questions
 AerrATINe rms COUNTY al present. One is the pretended ( claim of J, Addison Rcavis, which i embraces pretty much all the coun- , ty from Phoenix, and including it, { to Solomonville, in Graham county; { and the other, the building of Tail ( road, This latter scheme meets 1 with much opposition in some quar- { ters. for the reason that there is at present no law regulating fages aad freights ID the territory,
 l shall now tuin to a subject which is of especial interest to the whole territory, from the grand re- suits which viii follow its complies ton. refer to the
 ARIZONA CANAL. T which had iis origin al meeting l held in lhis city about year since. g and which resulted in the organiza- } tion of the Arizona Canal O., of 1 -.