Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-11-06

Southern California is to-day one of the most remarkable examples of human enterprise that the world has ever wifi messed. Naturally sterile and forbid ding iu external features, 1t has been transformed by the enterprise of man. within the past few years. from a des- ert to a garden. For many years it rested in passive deseatu ie; Its indolent occupants totally oblivlous to tue fount- aims of wealth that were ready Co burst forth all about them, until the shrewd intelligence aud the new life from the east and the north came in with its en- ersy and its capital, and II determined that the DO abilities iusIfe the small risk Of failure foreshRd wed. Water WAS sought by tunnels into the hills and the mountsins; by dams s1 4k below the ground 10 bedrock, by reservoirs for the storage of natures supply. aud by bor- lng down to iberate the imprisoned iquid stored in the rocky depths of earth. This prime element was first brought forth to gladden. the soil IL was a work that did not give promise of returning dimes for doIlsrs, but its pro iectOrs had faith and pluck, and there was chance of success. They took that chance and mark the result. Ooe suc- cess pioneered the way for others, until today alu,ocf avarv por. .,f t.u. hIa la,d in Southern California Is in fair way of being supplied with water. This grand transformation of the barren waste into fertile fields and beautIfGl orchards and vineyards, was no 10 racle; it was the natural sequence of hard work, tireless energy and prodigions ex- Dense. It Is the reward that follows well directed and intelligent effort, and its principle IS as clearly demonstrated in the workshop, the counting house, the professions and every avenue of mentd or phy sical exertion as 1t IS iu thIs broad and grand scale that has sstonIshed the world. The only difference is. the re- compense IS greater in the favored sec ,ion of California than that which fol- lows similar enterprises in other DOT tions of our common country. What l. true of California. IS equally applicable to Ar-zons, excepting thst With US the risk Is less and the reward far more great. We are ebountifully supplied wi'h the crude resources, and are ripe for tn
 en-rgy and enterprise to pluck th,
 golden fruit. Many herds of scrswI , ! cattle cucumber fertile acres that shou q ! be made to yield thousand foli great er profit in field and orchard We vii | ness the waste by sweeping floods and
 then curse the arid country for it. s.erility' The farmer who fails to gath CT in his ripensd harvest to supply his
 wants during the other seasons when
 nature sleeps, is deemed too improvi dent fIr any sympathy, and fully de- serves the certain poverty. We, whO need the full volume of water that falls | daring our seasons of rain, take DO meas ures to gather up The precious | fluid to supply our Wa its during the dry season taat follows, and our curse or poverty 10 IueIItvo Jy ~-- .ssl ~s 70 provide against want in the tune ot abundance. We nust have Lew energy to accomplish thes things we will nYt perform ou' u'- selves, and there are hundreds ot otbsi neglected opportunities upon all sides
 as wantoply GisEegnrded. We must igii
 hands and hep ourselvss, II ge want to prosper, and we must be prepared fo
 possible failures now and then, but final success will crown our united efforts II We 20 to work with wlll.