Mohave County miner., 1885-09-06
Letter Fres The Capital.
Present.. Ariz. Sept. 3 'B5
Elitor n, HAVE M,SgR:

one.
A new country may possess. within
itself. almost nnbonnd~d p,ssibi.iiies
~ de el pmsns, md yet l,y reason oi
Is r,soa,res l~ing unEn.wn. OF b,-
cause VI a npi,conc.ption in relation
70 lis cspabilitips. n msIn foT years
nnI o. ulsied sid fallo~ or. retarded
IN iss growth. open up aud develop
slowly.
For q l"ng time sft.r FRI m' ni's
first tip scro-s the c.biiuenf. tb.
,mpr"ssion was Ief: mon tho pnbl's
miud. thai the ,ast rlsIn extending
from tDe Missouri 10 the r rky
Mountains. dehcritsd in bis report as
the 8r.a, American Desert MAS al,
uninbahi,aLls region. u weary ~as,e
of worth hirss lard, al aikali dai: aid
tbis impr.s.,on rvtarded the occu
psncy and utilization OF that country,
Tue railroad sssed through the same
iaud, correct intelligence respecting
1t vas communicated to the outside
world. aud men were thereby induced
to settle npon il; ard TO day it il
covered all ever with A-lda Of waving
grain. and dotted With the homes of
prosperous farmers; and this owing
TO the spresd o. correct inforwstion
concerning it.
Arizons in like manner has suffered
and is still suffering from = want Of
q correct knowledge of her resources
by the outside world. She has been
misrepresented: and even now many
look npon bsr As land VI violence
and danger; cf burning best and
barrenDess; of bowling savag~s and
venomous rsptiirs: as barren, psrch.
ei desolsfe and uniphsbitstle, 10
capable almost OF supporting animal
life. and off-rir g nothing to return a
remuneration for the investment VI
capital aud lsbor. We who live wrh
ia her border. know bow absnrd and
erroneous ihis notion ofour Territory
~. We know that onr plains are
covered with nutritious grasses, aud
that tue herds are increasing and
multiplying upon them with room
for many more; that our valleys ar
richly productive; that our forests,
waiting for the AZ and the saw, are
yasr and v.lnabl-; that our wa'ers
are pnre aud onr clitnste sa'utrious
and agreeable; that cities and villages
are spread throughout the land; that
life aud property is as safe here as
s,sa9brre; and that veinipg the
country almost sssrywhere ara da
pos:ts aud hedges ~ precious metals,
a. rich a. tbo.e Of any mining country
in the sorld. IDLY WAITING drvrlop,
men or berg .erbly worked with
cons. s.qnrnt ,o.nit.. a d'biS b cause
their sslne is not prot eIly aissrtis@d
10 the world Wekbow cur p.tsibili
ties. and feel the necessity 81 ontsid.
| sssi,tahc-. Capital invested wonloI
charg-.ihis cond 'tiun of con srai,y.
,nsct,ou Oar ores the mass Il Which
are n,w prodncsd by chi riders
wouid bc prod need N increased
q1sntiri.'s By orghniz d c. mpsni's',
s'ro 4 nrms; spd w'nld no Longer
be -Drppsd 10 other States and Ter
ntorie- 10 bs smslt.d. and 60. ~ to. ,
RON d.. to swell the stsi,stical ~
grssate 81 the production Of THIS
States and Territor,es ~ d tins kssI
np ,pe damaging Contrast with Al
zyns. ..-,- 5-..~...
Within and OF ourselves Hs base
not the pop .lst,on spd capital necr-
ssry 70 accelerate our psogression
| and IL must be drawn irn the ont.
lid; and this can be done snccess
fnlly only ~ fair sid honest repre-
sentst,ons. and broad advertisement
The ExT orfrIyr VI c"vcmber nIxi
of-rs Us ,h,s opportunity. and IL
| ,alue csppa be- 6.-used. The LIS,
Exposition VAS visited by more than
y million ssd half Of ps"ple; and
Arizpna's exhibit WIS thus sn sdvrr-
tisem-n', Of her mineral deposits, n
that nnn'ber of lersous who carried
q corrsctod idea Of her mineral w q II,
to the ends of the Earth: fnr they
came from slI qnstt~rs Of the giot~.
This could not .nt 10 productive Of
henetciSl results.
It's the duty Of the cifizen TO lend
iis aid to the coming ExpOsit,ou. Dr.
came It's . duty to aid an, thing
which tends honestly " advance the
good of the land in which hs liv-r
and there is no reasonable excnss for
.tandipg back with respect 70 the
ne1t exhibit, rs il involves 70 expense
TO the public. hnd IL attended with
no other ontlsy to the individual
-~nding specimens, than simply the
time given to preparing them for