Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-05-29
Los Angeles Letter.

great majority of newcomers. I was seated at my desk the other day when a recent srrivel from the east came into my office and asked me If l could direct hlm to the "Lakkin Naldy" tract. I was completely stumped, for familiar as am with Los Angeles and its surround ings 1 had never heard of that locality, and so informed my questioner. He ID sisted however that there was such a trsc; of land on the market, lying he had been informed, bout len miles north of town. This answer gave me a clue to what he was dri7ag at. He was look Ing for the La q n 4da" lands, and had gwen tue beauiitt Spanish words down east linguistic twist. Another funny blunder has been perpetrated by a newly arrived Eestsuran, keeper in the Nadeau block. This blcck IS named after the builder, Mir. Rsmi Nadeau who came to Los Angeles Tn cary days and who is well known thrOughOut Southern Cali. fOrnls and Arizona as a successful freigbter and contractor. The restaur- rant man has hung out bis sign as fol lows: 'Nado Restaurant" He evidently goes on the principle of the man who spelled horse "hos" and who when criri cized replied, "if hos don't spell horse what In thunder does it spell?" If N-a-d-o don't spell Nadeau W hat does It spell? I would like to see this hombre tackle some of your Arizona names; take San Xavier, Tumscarcori. BsbcquIvari and Hualapsi for instance.
 I heard not long ago from the lips ot an old timer a story about General Han cock which have never seen in print and which illustrates in striking light the high character of that lamented gen. tleman and soldier. In lSJS, general, then Captain Hancock WAS stationed at Sac Pedro barrack. At that time thu ore had been discovered ID the Ieme> cRl range (near the present town Of River sIde) and there was big rush Of pros pectors and spectators to the new dis trict. Amung the prospectors was b discharged soldier of of oIsslpated hab- its known as "ScOtty." who had been H member of Captain Hsncock's company Scotty was early on the ground and se cured a good locatiod. In n short tim. he was approached by some Sau Fran cisco speculators who made q trade wIth him for his claim agreeing to pay hini therefor $22OO or whereabouts. They offered him drafts on San Francisco for the amount, which ar first Sc tty refus' h.a rrantaA rha but finally sad that If Captain hhncoek would say tha, the drafts vera sl ilkh ne would iake them. Hancock had n interest whatever ID the speculation, bu the San Francisco parties were friend | ot his and he told the soldier that th' | drafts would be paid. In short nmf | the drafts came back protested, owiDl | tn some finan :iaI hitch m the affairs | the San Francisco company and ocott! | failed to get nIs money. When 'he zen
 eral learn-d thIs fact he sent Tor th' soldier paId him the whole am"u out of hi~ OTu pocket. HaDc ok TH'
 never rre-Imbar-ed, tut he had giv I hlz word to she poor soldier and hl'
 word was his bond. Is IL wOnde then that he w6s ;he idol of his mei.
 md that they would follow hIm IBt'
 be very jaws of death: Wh-n r P.cke t'
 ,plendid division of Vsrgiria, he bray
 est of the brave and the flower of tn confederate army charged up the slopt
 of Cemetery ridge at Gettysburg, an'
 when, as Whittier says:
 "tha century reeled
 As Longstreet paused on the brow of the hill
 HAncock's men stood to ther guns
 hurled back the charging legloIs c
 grey, and saved the UuIun. His pres
 ence was to his men an inspiration c
 victory, just as Stunewall Jsckson's rag
 sed and shoeless men felt success Wa
 within their grasp whenever the Ol,
 ..blue light cider" was Tn the saddle.
 Coming up from San Bernardlno Jas
 week met a gentleman connected wit
 the steamers on the Colorado river, wh | informed me that on one occBsIQn
 steamer ran from Hsrdyville to Yuma
 distance of 3Il miles in ni0e hours an
 fifty eight minutes. This IS 3l mile
 per hour, and If there has ever been sn faster steaming on American waters
 would like to know It.
 The history of the discovery of th tin mines referred to in the ancedo;
 about General Hancock IS most Inte
 estiug one. I struck the original disco' erer the other day Tn the San Jaclnt
 mountains and got hIs story, which
 will give your readers some day. Tn mines are now like the Ir.sbman's shsl
 at LeadvIlIe; somebody said "whst fo
 nation IS your shaft ID, Pat, porphyry
 "Be-jabers" replied Pat II is worse tha
 that Its m litigation" Law suits hay
 tied m tLese mines for nearly thlTi ! nd RA
 he recognized when 1t Is rememoere
 that the Uul'ed States now import al . nuRlly S20.JOODO worth Of tn and tn these mInes and some in the BLACK Ill of Dakota are the only tn mines eV' discovered aorth of the State of Duraua , in Mexico. Tho canning business, whic in time IS t1 be one of the leading lndu ? tries of Arizona, now consumes ID ID , State alone over S2,0OO OOO worth oi | annually. From thesr facts II Will | , seen that the re-opeDing Of these Ct , ebrated mines IS of great lmportan'
 to California and ArIzOna.
 The arrival here of the first AriEoI , spricots of the season from the Salt nv . valley created much interest and excli' 1, much enquiry. The apricot Is n urt 2 | itnble fruit m CalitornIa. It's acid qua . ities make an excellent anil-scorbut ! and ir IS rapidly taking the place 9 lime juice in provisioning ships Tor iol . | voyages. In its canned or dried form ! makes a pleasant dish and poor Ja n will not pitch 1t through the hawse Inc . as IS his manner Of dIsposing ot hr
 juice. Perhaps when he discovers th !, il IS served out to him for medIcir purposes he will not touch 1t, Imitatil a the example Of the sm Il boy who "ou 5 not eat the molasses that had the me 1, icine mixed with 1t. He said me kn'
 tbere was something m the molds' - when the old man told him that he cou d eat all be wanted of ii." B"th the t 6 glish and French governments are lar T. purchasers of the California canned IS ticle for use in their naval ssrvIce. I'll |. should encourage the Ar zona produc' at to 20 abead. There IS no danger Of oN l. production of this and certain oti d kinds of fruit. st One Of my friends m call JIm Jol son-who IS in the real estate busIn 70 here and who is always advising ss his school msrm" acqaaIntances to le vest in city lots was the recipient oi r poetical squiI the other day reading
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