Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-08-07
Sefmon by Sing Three.

the Trunk Line Morning Express-(as laid down on the official map that &C., companies the "Resouces of Arizona") we arrived at Covered Wells station in time for lunch. Taking on the through mail and express from Gunsight, which had been delayed. (by hot box or something) we moved out of the new Unlon Depot st that place just as the last rays of the setting sun were sinking behind the distant Aio copper mines, gliding the beautiful clouded sky ID all the brightest tints of crushed pumpkin pie, strawberry, silver and gold.
 Early morning found us ht this place, cut of from all communication with the outer world by one of those "dog gond- est washouts," that Mir. Spoopendyke tells about, but We expect to move on again ID the mOrDing and you will prob. ably not hear from us again this side of San Francesca, for we're
 "Ou the move to our true love,
 Three thousand miles away"
 Looking way back to the south of us, for farewell gaze on the land that soon will know us no more, We can still plaIn- ly outline the great QuijOtoa range of mountain with theIr tops peeping through heavy rain cloud, surrounded by most exquisite misty blue, and then away 10 the east, "a mighty sentinel ID the desert" old PIcachO peak, its lofty head towering to the sky can be seen for many miles from the south, east and west. But this is nothing new, IS IL! Many of the CITIZEN readers have tray eled over these same rolling messs, and We have crossed these dry, sandy arroyos in blackboard, many 0 | day, and notice little or no change. Yes, and we have laid ourself down by lone camp fire and sought quiet rest on blanket bed, with the song of the coyote ringing in our ears, and found peaceful, pleasant repose under the brightest twinkliDg stars of sn Arizona sky, dreaming Of home and friends, and diamond mines and rollvr-skatIng rinks, many and many time.
 | CUpperosity only contained two men the day We visited that once flOurishing camp and they were playing seven-up to see which should go over 10 the Nekol for medicine. (They had been recently exposed to that dangerous mslady so peculiar to this clImste-the Tucson fever
 We always carry in our top vest Pock- ct for just such emergencies, a small flask of Fred Fleishman's best XXX rough on snakes, and when We began to feel that we too had somehow met with the same monster, and took out the pbIal to give 1t R terrible set back, the Col. seemed to suddenly lose all interest ID the game and the cook involuntsrily yelled, Come supperp
 As We do hot wish to infringe on the sacred rights of the CITIZRS's k represent. atIve at the NekOl, We will only note the activity of this camp over any We have so far visited.
 There are about 75 Indians and Mex jeans employed Tn the works and quite | a lively little town has grown up there within the past few months. The own CTS of the mine are evidently doing well and certainly understand just how to handle their property to make 1t pay,
 Mir. Murray. of the firm of Smith S Murray, Casa Grande, is still at the QuiiOtoas. prospecting for water for the five stamp mill winch they con- template putting up on their Locomotive mine, and he will soon ascertain wheth- CT there is sufficient water on the west side to justify them in erecting 1t When the Peerless company make 8 strike and start up sgaIn and Smith < Murrsy's new mIll gets to grinding out the dollars, there surely will De a bloom" In QuiiotOs-
 ! Te D. r,1r.1 s.Iya Fha ss.- | couraged prcspectors who so hastily January to return and make their for. tunes out of that district yet.
 Oh, humi these windy, rsIDy days do make us tired; so many Of them ard like our inner nBiuTes.-"Iempest tossed and torn, (ss it were), that We have ceased to wonder why 1t is always SO easy for many of us to be weighed down by those trials of life which ought to be used in raising us higher; higher ID the estimation of our friends; higher "tO- ward that purity beyond" Ah-m.
 We have always envied those who could walk through life, never seeing the rank, tangled weeds at their feet. while We are invariably running foul of Q "cholla and you never could guess Mir. Editor, how We have longed tO lodge under those lovely shade trees on Court Plaza, and seek the coolest shady nook in that quiet grove. Where ws could throw ourselves down on the great green swaTd, regardless of that conspicuous sign (which only mars the sceneJ
 KEEP OFF THE GRAssi | and drlnk deep of the soul insDirinv freshnessl-yes. or join in the grand chorus wiih the lovely little birds sing ing their grateful acknowledgment to Brc. Hughes and the Star.
 SLUG3.