Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-03-28
ARIZONA.
L"nd "t sunshine and siIver-A Talk WI" united states Commi.sIon.r Mnr- phS ab n' the Attractions of the C;r.., Territory of the Southwest


 r"y ao "' The Attractions of the Great
 Territory of the Southwest
 New Orleans Weekly state.1
 Vol Frank Nj. Mu. phy, the United o'ates Commissioner from Arzona. was found yesterday afternoon bus,lv on gagged making up a catalogue of the ten thousaud or more specimens and sam pies of Arizona products, which enLrac. not only every mineral known to tbe Northern Hemisphere, but all :be agri- cultural products grown in the South wes'. Moreover. the exhibi, contains oranges and lemons, figs, olives and all semi-tropIcal fruits.
 "iell me, Colonel, what inducements Arizona has t. offer immigrantsy' asked the $ ates man.
 Well, we have uncccupied grazing lands capable of feeding and keeping fat all the year round millions nt head of cattle. do not mean lands that will vet 6e made vailable for pasturaCe hy irrt gatIon and artesiHn W, lis, bnt such ns alTead. we'll watered and, winch ate now r sdy for occup ton by any one who may come and occupy them
 "We have hundreds of thousauds of craes," Col. Muri hy continued, "of the huest agrIcu turAl lands Tn the W, rld. capable uf growing co ton, sugar-caue. aud ali the cereals. fruits and veretables. These lands can be purchased, unim piovel, wiih water rights suffi-int for all IT lgatlng Purposes, at from S5 to SIO per acre Tn- ing-oyed land H. from Sl0 tn e25 per acre. ruis is Id, mic ally he same character ol land that m Los Angeles, Cal, sells for upward of SlOO aD acre.
 "Our lumber interests are quite sxten Hlve, timber being very plentiful X slugie mall on the line of the Atlautlc k Pacific turns out loo 0O0 let a day"
 "Mnere do you shIp yOnr lumber?"
 To Southern California, coming in successful competIripn with the entire Pacific Slope, Id also into New Mex c0 and Old hexIco. In fact most of th- ties for the Mexican C.nt al railroad came out of ArIzonR"
 VI am told you have large deposits of coal on some of the Indian reservations in Arizuna?"
 "1es, aud it wlil soon be made availa ble. two railroads will at an early day oi'en up our coal fields, oue conLectin with the Atlantic S Pacific railroad and ! the other ore connecting with the 1 Southern Pacific by va. ot Pheuix"
 What do yOu think about cotton l growing In ArIzona?"
 "A> you have seen, We have some fine l samples of cotton hefe m our dI-play. IL | remains an open question boNeyer. | WhetGer or not our aud can toe Us, q To 1 etter advautags than producing the l tercy staple
 Are most of the people in Arizona prosperingy'
 "Yes, they bre all doing well. We arc ' getting our full snare of western immI- 1 Srauou, and 1 aln dai!y receiving a4- vices IS tu th- sIcc-S. al development | and increased bullIun uu put Uf Le yaFi- | ou. mines of the trrrlt .fy We have | haBd,eds 0! thplsIni Is Of tuls of of a. ready on Jue dImp- aUagIug tbr ar- i rival Uf r-iir d. SO as 0 ge' t,.r IcHt iit | C :eauced .ran.p .portaiiuu. ln Az ,pH I ore that WIli not rnn upgarus .I sJJ a 1 ,on is not worked
 ''uow boa ypur c 'ppcT m .res :'
 "l think that Arg mn u-- C..uss. tie I br5ak il ne price 70 copp r. Ind l tank |. tur tune I- not lar lI-fauL e h-a the tr- 1 nous Calumet aud Il l. copper l4i es ! ut Lake ouprfi.r Y.I have tO tske l I back seat"
 When the Worlds Exposition was first | announced tEe GugcrH.TuI AiIZ D., sent | Col Mur, h. 's name tO Pr, sije.t Art I.r ] a, Cnilel Sta-,s Camm.-riuuer for Al- 1 z,nH. lie accepted :ue app O'ntEeut | because he Wa, deeply intere ied h tue | welfare of hIs Territory, and at once | -et about securing the sgrv c, ot rsprc- | -tiltatiVe men tp cooperate w.th hlm lu | .e;tIug up d creIitaYle collective ex ibit.
 The Daily ; ate- has heretofore taken | p.,...riou to fe.tr iU drta'l ta tbe masnI- ] fi,-uj culltctlon of minerals aud agrIcul- | rural prDiucts that go to make up the l Arizona eXuli It.
 "B-furs you %, word about our Govefnnr," saiI Csl Murphy. Governor F. .. Trlfie, l. the nan to whom is due a great deal of cT' dIt for thI- display oi Ariz mas rrspu css, he having devoted to this work his most earnest energies, ai all mes urging the importance Of hav- itg Arizona vie with the ot CT states and terri orie, at the Worlds FaIr.
 "rhe pIe~ent pr"sp --ous condition oi afT of our rrrri or!,' Col Murphy e, ntinu d. ''is due in great measure to ,iov. Critle's efforts. He was one "f the fir men. to oaen the celebrated Con- stock mine in N-vada, and k thoroughly familI;r Rllh the waIts and equrr- menis of q new country. He has sue c-eded m securing for the Territory that degree of consideration at Na-h- ington City to which It Was istly en- titled, thereby effrctiug results that have inured tn the unspeakabls benefit of ihe entire Territory"
 C,l Murphy Is the youngest Of all the Uuit-d States Commissioners, but he bas di-charg.d his trust since his ar rival at tb- Exposition in a manner that any man might well be proud or