Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-12-15
WEEKLY CITIZEN
SATURDAY DECEMBER 15, 1888,
SOUTHERN ARIZONA

SOUTHERN ARIZONA
 Although the distant mountain peaks re sheeted with snow, the roses are ,iin blooming in the valleys and The F rst breath of frost has not yet touched their fragrant bloom. This country does s1t need to be bolstered up by exsgere- ;;on, all We need do IS U is tell the uth md if this does not bring strangers heTe from the snow fields and ice bonnd .it,es ofthe Atlantic seE board, truly e1 l acerstion will 20. doit, But agaln even ! so inclined if would e almost impos- ,,bIe to exagerate the advantages ot southern Arizona for winter residence. With the sole exception of isolated ID s'snces, snow is never seen in the valleys here grain and vegetables luxurlate tLe year round and flowers bloom eter- ally.
 The advantages and beauty ot sn east m Snripg are with us at all times Damp days are rare and ID the hrs' nVe .oonths of the year less than sn inch ot .in falls all told. In January the ther- n meter occasionally drops below freeE- 2, point and a shImmer of ice once ID P hile forms, but it is gone almost with ;he first rays of e morning sun, The il is clear and invigorsting and noun isirs distant fifty or more miles have he appearance of being near as hand bu. woe to the novice who thus allows himself to be deceived.
 Forth advantages of a winter climate Sorihern Arizona can match the mos' favored place in the world, but notwlth' standing this it is about the least known apl most neglected and vilely abused rotkon of the inhGbitable globe. I'm rorfiition of things has been brouah ubJut by various and causes nit the most notable is the bad reputR' tion Arizon has abroad. The prevail jrs opinion is thst the territory IS th' drmping place otall Creations bsd' ant that contest for supremacy between ths bowie knife and revolver IS constant ty going on, that life and property IS | consequence insecure, These stupen dous fsIsehoods are accepted Gs whol by people who ought csrtsiDly tc kno' letter even If they do not, and the agoid the country with the same religt GUS fervor . good man avoids the dew Unfortunately these impressions Of ev are too often riYeted on the minds the susceptible by the tales told wit Mnuchsusen exsgeration by those wh should. to say the least, be in bette business
 Under such conditions it IS no sur pris, that people prefer 10 take chance with cyclones and bliZZRrds and iheir attendant ills, rather than expos themselves to the suppositIous terrol that howl the length and breadth Arizona. One deceased lung in th east. they figure ss being better tha tSn healthy lungs in the great souihWes sc trey let it severely alone. We hoT l. .e ever, that the true merits of tf country will before long, become know and the mythical wickeduess of the pre-; ert be lost in the prosperous futcre'
 Arizona is one ot the best countri' under the sun. It's mountains s' grand. its valleys fertile and fair. Ts prest Americau deser with it's sll' 1' and solitude, the buZaboo of the tenIe foot will ere long have DO place on II map of the North American conunen but ip its stead a vast area Of orchard and fields freIghted with ever-rlpenlr fruits and growing grain will prevail.
 The great arid zone from which u territory is populsrly supposed to hs' derived its beautiful name, IS fast bell fsrmed out of existsnce and at the pre- ent rate of absorption few years no and none will be left to tell of its form desolstion. On the Colorado, the Gil the Salt, Santa Cruz, San Pedro ar San Francisco rivers the husbandmt and the orcnardist is busy with tl spade and plough. The msrvello rapidity with which crops mature southern Arizons makes the return most co-even with tbe investment. Fl multiplicity of crops that can be grow and the variety of fruit that springs most spontaneously from the soil IS constant wonder and surprise. Ever thing will grow, crop follow crop rapid and continuous succession. , sooner IS one out than another can
 put in with an assurance of a bountii yield. And as before noted, 1t c match the world for fruit, oranges, Tel ons. lines, in fact the entire citrl family as well Bs the vine, olive. i pongranRte, plumb, quiuce and pea grow quicker, larger and more luselo than elsewhere in the United Stat' These are things that can be substs tistei by personal obserYation by a one caring 10 observe.