Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-11-13

f1V vnIleN. The IiiIsirfous Has
sayampefs who possess d it. offer d
free HON. to the millions with gen~
erous grace nd siel On their gus
an, dreamed of the Apache. THIS
small settlement has since then eX=
tended o-24 600 acres, and the great
Arizona canal will soon cover SO, 900
more. The settlements of Mesa and
Tempe, then undreamed of, cover an
area of $4,000 acres.
Then l saw around me a sun>baked
desert, on which the novels of our
pioneers darkened the grey barren
ness and increased the sense of desc
lation. Now green fields, greener
DO ques, fat cattle, beautiful homes
and swift running brooks, and we
hear the voices of women and The
happy laughter of children. With>
in a few years, when all these price
less acres shall be set IN pasture,
fruit tree and vine, our present cons
dition will appear as shabby as that
of our first settlers seems now. [
exult in the joy of It's pronounced
beauty. When all this great Savan-
nah shall shine in the sun, gay 10
green leaves and pregnant blossoms.
There is no fairer lahd than this.
Here we cease to sigh for unforgot-
ten homes. Happiness is our normal
condition, and the man who once
drinks of our waters and basks in
our sunshine unconscious of the
attraction retnrns to find contents
ment and peace. One hundred
thousand acres of fruit land~bucked
up by 10000 inches Of water; who
can est mate the value
The Salt River is the llfe>blood of
cur sysi en-; may the river gods keep
fun us fountains. There are mill
Iors in sunshine and millions in our
itv,r. a agents in decom posiilon
and assiml lation of soils, the powers
of the sur nd water are not well
under TODD, and The salt in our water
clips the process and adds 10 the
result one OF the most valuable fer~
tiiizers With sLn, water, and tie
piow, II tullivauon to expose new
surfaces to the process of fertiliza-
ton, he action Of The sun proceeds
every time The land is irrigated. Ii
Is unnecessary to recount tie advan-
tag,s of d system of water supply
independent oi special Provideuces
and based OF mans intelligence and
the working of natural laws. With
all these advantages there must grow
up here . great conservative cons
munity whose peaceful labors de-
mand peace, whose contentment Is
the sequence of plenty. -Undis-
turbed by the clamors OF cranky and
theorists for the advances
ment OF man, they will be satisfied |
10 hold their own" and be always a
bulw ark of the state.
But let n tell you that I saw Los
Angeles and San Bernadino land |
Riverside was then patch of DESERT
" hen they looked worse than we do
now, and their gardens are now the
boast of the Pacific. But their riches
and beauty are the property OF the
stranger, and tie old settler has been
hunted out; driven back like the
InGIan, the wolf and the fox.
Look out for this invader and be
not tempted by his gold. Hold on
10 your homes Our weak and awk>
ward efforts at free culture and
stock farming have brought US great
results, why may we not expect
with fuller experience and better
confidence in results to rival Ken>
lucky IN stock farming anG surpass
Los Angeles in fruit trees and vines.
Instead of tryI1g to increase the
value of these lands IN the estima-
ton of others, we should make them
more valuable for ourselves. Ignor>
ng the alluremcnts of speculation
md blind TO the meretricious charms
If wealth, let US patiently as we
nay, laboriously as we must, each
build up his home, tree after tree
Tine after vine, and as we watch the
growth Of The pet heifer and sturdy
ii g and listen to the soft lowing of
lappy herds, wait at the foot Of
hese mysterious hills the dawn Of
he better day when there shall be-
written on The gates Of this valley:
Let him who enters here leave care
ehiud" :