Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-01-02
Eastern and Western Arizona

Four Irrigation canals are now in course of construction ID that portion of the GilG Valley, A. T, below ihe june ton of Salt river. Capital from outside the Territory has been enlisted m these | enterprises, and the work nOw in hand | will provide the means of culliVatiug Eu extent of country capable cf supporting 20OOO persons. The new scheme Of tap
 ping the subterranean waters Of the San | Ia CTuZ river between Casa Grande and Tucson will furnish water for the irligg- ton of that region, aud the completion l Ot these works and the settlement rasul- ting tGerefrom, will border the route of the Southern Pacific from Yuma to Tue son with a productiee country Ins:eai of desert waste.
 The Arizona farmer VII have certain advantages over his more northern com petitors. He will be the first shipper in the sprns. and can supply the fruit m kets oi both the Eastern and Meste States before the earliest fruits are Ti-e m California. This will give him short season of brisk demand and higl prices for certain kind Of frult.
 While Western Arizona is enJDy in these favorable prospects, the Ehsie-- part cf the Territory ls swept by prtds- tory bands Cf AIacEes. and settlers a-e abandouiug their farms a9d fiOcking l - to the towns for TruiectIOn. Meantime a Congressional Committee La- yis.tt! the Territory to study ;Hc Indian qu.s- tiol, aud Gen. Sheridan made t,ug trip to Deuing and had an iutcrvie with Gen. Crook. He report ed the h05tIes r,lrce3 b ten bucks, and virtually Fus- rounded iu inc mountains. Immediate ly following came rsTos.s Cf more LlassacTes, bands ol wyll.rulIi,u LCs tiles ranging here and there bttw. e- Tucson and IT PasJ. attacks upon -:fl.- ments lB sonora aHd A rald uTon th. San Carlos iudian Reservation, e- well as the murder 0t ga score cf friendly Indians. Within H day or iT0 Co ..,ta, h. nsnt Cf cavalry has been ambushei and several officers and men killed outright, besides a number woIndeI NJ report are coEiB. Ia Of kl..ei OF capture hcs,iies.
 Inc Nogsles Frontier wants to kno . why there Is Co much official iy-i':-e,., s.uou. the true state nf -. tiTs, ullass tina. "thl army ring may sgperscdo the Indian ling g5 r5h0--s of iLl government SD ] !. the Indians The ullI-HFy authoritie may be cl.a-ed of tte chpr-e of lsin.. ! but vii! Ice left urle. tac equally ur- fortunate, 1T less cllpab,e. charge cf being deceived md hoodwinked. In ! either case It k piaiu enough that either by the Indian BUr5sg, or tLe army, e.. by both. affairs n Arizaus have Ieen sadly mismuu5ged. As tte residents .f ] the LGrElsd part Of lhe Territory Cputra.t l their condition vIth that of the inhlb.- !. tants of iis ieaceful wCsteru sect or. ! with theIr prospect ot rapid advance ig . prosperity, by virtue of productive foIl. ] genial clImGte and system of irrigation | rendered possible by immunity from savage raids, II IS not strange that th y ! denounce the management of tYa . Apaches anI demand their removal I from the Territ 1ry. The worst Of their !. case IS the apparent satisfaction with ]. which the Congressional Committee and l Gen. Sheridan contemplate the couiI- | iion of affairs, which gIves little hope or . impTovement.-S. r. Bulletin.