Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1884-11-27
OPENING ADDRESS.
OF THE EWRITORIAL FAIR
AT PHOENIX.
DeIItered by Dr. w. w. jones
President of the AssOcf-
alton.
Gentlemen, Directors and Members Of
the arizona Industrial Exposition

| Gentlemen, Directors ana Members o.
the arizona Industrial Exposition
We meet to inaugurate the first
annual fair of our association. The
result of your efforts is not discour-
aging.
Embarrassed by haste and Inexpe-
rience and the usual difficulties of a
new u idertaking, you Lave devel-
opcd energy, patience and public
spirit.
When industry and skill have
| further enriched our Territory and
brought together its rich products to
make famous future exhibitions,
your labors will be remembered and
rewarded. Our collection, as com.
pared with the exhibits of older and
richer similar institutions, is certain
ly mcagre and Incomplete; but il
manifcsts the wonderful wealth of
this favored land, the skill, the in.
telligence and enterprise of its peo-
pie.
Having no reliable data of facts or
figures, do not aspire to make this
address ststlstically valuable 10 the
association, but l wiz to Call your
attention to some of the important
interests and industries of Arizona
When the Influence of our aasoci>
alton shall have extended and the
products of all sections collected in
the annual exhibitions, we will be
able 10 do justice to the Territory
and when our sister counties, their
s,nckmen, horticulturists and miners
gather here at the next fair We hope
to see it more fully represented. We
thank all for the interests this enter
prise has excited, and we ask gen
ereus consideration of the Difficult
ties under which we have
labored, and we pledge the associa-
ton to carry out Its purposes to
make the Arizona Industrial Exhi-
bition Territorial institution.
The mining interests of Arizona,
unfairly represented here on account
of the difficulty of and cost of trans>
portation of samples, merits especial
mention. The United Verde copper
and silver mines ia Yavapai county
are the most important in the north
ern part of the Territory. They are
producing heavily, and, with re-
duced cost of transportation to and
from the A. & z. railroad, will
greatly increase their output and
probably be the great mines of the
Territory. Mohave, following the
line OF the railroad, is shipping ores
both to California and Benson. Her
long silent camps resound with the
blasts of the miners. The Bisbce
copper mines are prosperous and
immensely productive. Tombstone
is planting her pumps and will soon
resume her former productions.
The influence of these mines is
readily seen in the activity and en-
ergy of her population. The mines
Of Qnijotoa, under mastery man
agement, viii revive the business of
Tucson. Yuma is destined to be a
great mining county, already having |
in operation one of The most success
full and best managed mines IN the |
Territory, the Clip mine. She has |
the position for another
smelling work, like that at Benson
o be fed by ore coming down The
Colorado, and vim the Southern Pa
,ifc railroad and from her own dis
riot rich in gold, silver, copper and
cad. Our own county of Maricopa |
boasts of gold mine, the Vulture,
which is producing about $4,000
month and probably $4,000 more
rom old tailIngs which are concern
rated and the product sent to Ben,
on. The Red Rover mine, in the
anne county, promises to be valua~
Die; with a small outlay il Can be
II ade Immediately productive and
cry prof able, and all over our
asst mineral domain the busy pros
rector is breaking the crusts on new
discoveries. The influence of min
ng properties under way and pays
ng, on all other industries of the
territory, IS throughout Arizona
veil understood and estimated, but
We should extend more aid and en-
to the prospe ctor.
Discovery Of valuable mines is not
| thing of the past, it should be
ustained business of the future.
The past ures of Arizona are suf1i>
lent and abundant for great in
rease of herds. No disease has de-
-eloped here worth considerati ton
he rate of increase is said to be
luch higher than in Utah, Colorado
+ Montana. 1t is conceded by men
great experience that this valley
very favorable to the de velopment
improved breeds of horses, cattle
nd pigs. 7 heir immunity from
ltal diseases, remarkable growth, :
ymmetry and the cheapness and
tncss of their food are the condi- 4
ons which should make the bust.
ess of raising them profitable. A
calthy animal needs no shelter
Icept a tree for shade, the year
'und. Hay can be stacked at $3.50
er ton and from seven to ten tons
2 produced per acre. The growing
f.lfa bears well the beat of the
Dof and remains green always.
he bus mess of raising thorough> ;
reds has now commenced and we
lali soon see the result and profit {
7 experience.
Oaphp ic rich in lumhpr cattle s