The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-14
ARIZONA.
A Sedalian's View of the New
Mecca.
It is q Good Country for GO od
Men, a Poor One for Poor Men.

A BAzoo rsmblrr was pl asautly sur
prised 10 'nCountr en- the str cts yes erd y
olos ell Richard K t err Cd OK" is too ia
miIirr a cnaract to Seirli.ns 20 need
ny int oiu III n, having been so l1ng
amOrg It's Tor. m st ard mosl en- prism
CT liens, al d having too recrJty severed
hi Sed lila cIt'z nshir t. be forgosten. But
tn repor er is complied to acknowledg :
that it took second CLAN e 10 r c1gnize IN
the trim, 5 i'm gelIl.maI b I Re him the
orce portly lionel, alth ugh the same
nj Il sDil- and pl asaDt voice eminste
RIM il rs of yore. His sliDnsss, however
he C, l. mel insist, is IT,. result of good
heal h asd pure air, and n, of Inc $, and
he declares be is n better health than fer
ma y p st years
well, how 10 you TX. Ariz ma % quer-
led t,e scribe.
"The best n tie world-it is Gods
country" VAS the epthusiss ic reply.
"When did you leave Ire e?"
LAST We'd esday afternoon"
"What part are you from?"
"From Phoenix City, tn, ugh have been
ali over the country"
Have y located yeti"
"Yes, sir, / have entered land on the
Healy river, and shall enter more when |
return.
We'll, what have you to tell the BAzoo
readers concerning Arizona"
II could tell them a great deal did tim e
and spac. adGi but bri-hy you can say
Arizona IS land where you can end anv-
thing and everything, good or BID. Ii
posses some OF the Iichest ant 20 rest
l. Il Il.
rem, valleys, hi Is. precipic S, very good
supply IF timber and o en- 1 of mineral
AS a herdIrg coInyry il pc sess-s every
advantage, having excell-nt rsnge, AMI tn.
best elm te in the world.
IRE first frost of the past winter came
Dec % snd tn winter lasted three wees 5
when ping returned there as no ice
during the winter time. The country rs
well W ter d, but as il rever rains farmir g
is carried OIL b, irrgati,n
Phenix near wnerr have settled is the
most thriving city in the state. and is sit
u tel 80 miles north of the Southern
Pacific railroad, branch is to b. built "a
il and il will in a few yeas be the pi,al
of Arizona. The Hea river which flows
near to it is one of the best streams In IL
sta =.
The laud or ,nts TO the Southern Pscific
road which were 70 fl ed Were placed in
the ma ket bv the government and
affords an excellent caanee to Sc Il r.
10 secure come of The finest farms in The
couuIry aud they are rapidly avsiling
Themselves OF it. ANY industrious m IN
can e, th.re aod mske a fortune in few
yeas TIL present draw ba ks are, too
may idle shiftIess fellows and
hard cases from Californi
ard Texas In the mining sections the Iu-
dustry has b en- croppe oy sharpe-s who
go there and salt cl ,ias but that is abo ut
playing ut. The ores sre gold, silver and
copper and there are many excellent mines
and much rich, undeyelop. d country.
The climsie is seren.. tropical and pro-
duces all The fruits OF Sou hern CaIiforpia
a d even superior TO that land.
Wheat and barley ranges from IS to 80
bushels per acre and other grain in proper.
ton
"Are there any Missourisns there that
you knOwT
ayes, q few The Daggs Bros, from
Audrsin county. are located forty miles