Weekly Phoenix herald., 1885-03-26
ARIZONA.
The Land of Sunshine
 And Silver.
A Talk with U. 5. Commissioner Murphy About the Attrac-
 tIOns Of the Arizona

mems and samples of Arizona pros ducts, which embrace not only every l valuable mineral known to the Northern Hemisphere, but all | the agrlcu'.ural products grown in the Southwest. Moreover the ex- | hibit contains oranges and lemons, figs, olives and all semi tropical fruits. "Tell me, Colonel, what induce ments Arizona has to offer to immi- grants, asked the StdteS man. "Well, we have unoccupied
 GRAZING LANDS capable of feeding and keeping fat all the year round millions of heads of cattle. 1 do not mean lands that will yet be made available for pas- turage by irrigation and artesian wells, but such as are already
 WELL. wATERED, and which are now ready for occu- patton by any one who may come and occupy them"
 eve have hundreds of thousands of acres" continued the Colonel, "of THE FINEST AGRICULTURAL LAND sss in the world, capable of growing cotton, sugar cane and all the cereals, fruits and vegetables These lands can be purchased, unimproved, with frr11 1a,a c., ing purposes, al from $5 to $1O per acre. The improved lands sell for from $15 to $25 per acre. This is ideniically the same land that in Los Angeles sells for upwards of $100 an acre.
 OUR LUMBER INTERESTS are quite extensive, timber being very plentiful. A single mill on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad turns out 100000 feet day
 "Where doyou ship your lumber ?" ''To Southern California; coming into successful competition with the entire Pacific slope; and also to New Mexico and old Mexico. In fact most of the ties for tho Mexican Central railroad came from Arizona" " ''I am told you have
 LARGE DEPOSITS OF COAL
 on some of ihe IpGian reservations in Arizona?'
 "Yes, and It will soon be made available. Two railroads will at an early day rpen up our coal fields one connecting with the ATLANTIC AND PACI FIG railroad and he other one connectt Ing with the Southern Pacific by the way of Phoenix"
 "N bai do you think about cotton growing in Arizona?"
 "As you have seen, we have some fiji e samples of cotton here Tn oul display. IL remains an open ques. tion, howIyer, whether CT not oul lands can be used 10 better advant, age han producing the fieecy staple.'
 Are mosi of he people of Arlzo- na prospering
 Yes, they are ali do!ng. Well. We are getting onr full share of WESTERN IMMIGRATION, and 1 am daily receiving advices a: to the successful development and increased bulii0l output of the va rious mines of the Territory. We have hundreds of thousands of ton. of ore already on the dumps await ing the arrival of railroads so as to get the benefit of reduced transporta- tion. In Arizona ore that will not run upward of $50 q ton is no worked" ."
 "How about your copper interest?'
 q think that Arizona has caused the break in the price of
 COPPER,
 and 1 think ihe time is not far dis tant when lie famous Calumet anC Hecla copper mines of Lake eupe- rior will have to take back seat.
 When the Worlds Exposition wa first announced the
 GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA sent Col. Murphy's name to Presiden Arthur as United States Commission CT for Arizona He accepted th, appointment because he was deepl, interested in the welfare of his Ter ritory, and at once set about SC curing the services of
 REPRESENTATIVE MEN
 to cooperate with him in getting III a crediiable collective exhibit.
 The Daily States has heretofor' taken occasion to refer in detail t' the magnificent collection of min erals and agricultural products tha go 10 make up the Arizona exhibit
 "Beforc you go. word about ou Governor, said Col. Murphy
 GOVERNOR F A. TRIPLE, of credit for his display of Arizona' he having devot, q to lis work hi most earnesi energies, at all time urging the importance of having A rIzOna
 VIE WITH OTHER STATES and Terri tcries at the Worlds Far
 "Thc present prosperous condi- uon of affairs in our Territory" Col Murphy continued, "is due in grea measure to Gov. Tritle's efforts. He was one of the first men 10 open tht celebrated Comstock mine in Neva da, and is thoroughly familiar witt he wants and requircmen ts of new country. He has succeeded in SC. curing for the Territory that degree