Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10

k. M. E-
 Thinking better to retain (beyOnd the possibility of a doubt the popular reputation of this camp for veracity l reached through the broken windoS and with my cane tore the dirty ques- tiOnable poster down Was that right: IL might have been the means of mis- leading some tenderioOt speculator you know, (if there are any left.) Our ad. vice would be, wait for the bloom" ID Quilotos real estate before investing very heavily in any town lots
 Work Tn the new tunnel goes steadily on, nItwIihstaDding the fact that sey. eral Of the contractors have completed their SOO feet. Still there seems to be plenty of men tO continue the work how long? An, that's question we are unable tO answer; perhaps 6 month, per. chance many yeHTs-that remains To be seen.
 They tell us that Col. Roskruge, "the fat man from Tucson" has recently been here for the purpose of surveying the late wCrks-whIch 1t seems be succeeded m doing, iudIcIously, scientifically and satisfactorily correct.
 Hot? Great Scott and little fishes C"JumbO." We sigh)
 "Oh, for lOGge ID some vast wild rness
 tOms hOundle-s COutigu Q of thhde,
 Where kAumer. Centigrsde or kGreuheit"-
 Or any other felOw-cOuld never Teach U-
 more.
 One thing we have learned to our ex. treme satisfaction since starting on this romBnci'ul prospecting tour of Pima county, and that Is, that such a trip should not have been attempted under any circumstances during the summer months.
 While at the placers, near BsrOO- quIvOri Peak, recently, We fOund quite number of Indians dry-wsshIng for gold and were shown some. part of which was quite coarse. but they say they only make from JU cts. 60 Sl.1j per dsy-and with the primitive means they seem to have; at their command prOba- bly, represent new party O! "ien hours work for eight hours pay" We were told also that two white men were there running dry washing machine of some kind, but we failed to find them or learn tbeir names. Every tank iu the valley Is dry and some of the In 1isn stock has already commenced to suffer for water. There IS little CT no grass e1cep; far away from the present watering places and the cattle look thin and worn out.
 Did We celebrate the 4th2 Well, ] should snickeri At dHy-bresk We were aroused from our peaceful slumbers by a grand salute of thirteen blasts from the new tunnel on the other side of the hIll. Then the 5-0'clock whistle from the compressor woke us Co the conscious realization that It was time to get break fast.
 'Ostler Joe whistled the Declaration of Independence and sang Ihs 10th amendment frc ID the back steps of the Co.'S office, while be measured out a grand "4th of July dinner" of bran and barley for Mollie. Charley and George.
 But We soon saw the exercises of the day had only tegan when 0 long pro- cessiOn-of Unprecedented m the lower end of town, marched up the principal streets of the city, leach with a load of hay for sale) and assembled en masse m front of Daguerra's Pioneer Meat Market, to listen to the ori,tiOn of the day ss delivered by "kuen Kain, ' the venerable, One-eyed capitan of the neighbOriDg Pspago village.
 We hastened to the spot but cOuld only secure a few notes from his long address, which, as near hs We could learn, (there being no InterpretsrJ were about as follows:
 "Brave PRpsgus, you see the bright sun now now rising OCT YOn mountain of the Cababis, coming to shed his light on another delightful day and to glOrIfy this beautiful summer morning. You also zee me in my new red flannel cam iss standing before you as RnOthe- bright light, of wisdom. strength and beauty, 1 Laughter rising in the butcher shop of the American to shine among you. I sabe muchoi Great appliance. l Rm exceedingly overioyed to observe so many of my people assembled here in answer to tho notice l pasted m the dcor O, the slaughter house. 1 have called you here to-day, my noble fellows and cOunirymen, to assist me il, cele- bratiug the birthday of the patron {. Long applause, during which several oi the bucks tired tOIslp away Dye, Come back here. yOu skuikIaG Iclecsts, 'tis no work you have to perform! Brace up aud have some agony abou' you, you long haired democrats! Why stand ycu there looking at me like hungry coyotes around a sick cUlt: Laughter. Are you on n s.rike. Pnll down your zee string there and listen tO the voice of the tall father
 Many, many times have l called to you of late. from the bay window of my pretentious wickiup,-where the latch string always hangs out tO the Eapago you have needed me not and turned to listen to that sno0zer from Sscaton. The patron has told us that duffer was snide, Why do you smileg Is it because he told you through his pet interpreter lat the expense of the that I was nOcountry duck? He isp.g. You knOw we are no longer the great aud powerful nation We once were. We are dropping oil like bugs from a broken bush. Some ot our neigh bors have skipped the gutter and gone to apend the summer m Los Angeles or Yuma Others have gone tO Tucson to buy blue oyer-alls and red cotton hand kerchiefs but they ssbe the burro this time aud will br1ng back lot ot bad vhiskeyl Great laughter and spplRuseL. We should now rejoice and be exceeding glad. for the patron has told me he will be with us and give us plenty ot good water and buy onr hay for still another moon! Applsuse-
 The sahuars IS abundant and luscious on the tree awaiting yOur king sticks and the petslla is plentiful on every hand. You must not look so sore-eyed and bilious on day like this. my friends. the summer rsins will soon be here and then we will have s circus that will lay over anything they ever had st Marico- pa. We will dance snd sing and play monte to our hearts content. Jose Louise will play the musica (he has sd- ded another string to that cracked violin) while our squsvs and children paint the town red. Laughter and spplauseI.
 But will not try to keep you longer. I see yod are getting restless-snd here comes Steven, go sell your hsy-Don't forget the fiesta when the moon IS full, ts, ia, so lcng,-"you'n never miss the water till the patrons gone.