The Arizona sentinel., 1888-11-24
Don't do 1t Again.

S'OH'y prISOuS, VIII several carloads
of household goods arrived yesterda,
and will settle on lands they have ia
ken up in this county. Two NOR,
colonies are expected to arrive within
the next month.
The above Associated Press dispatcl
sent from Phoenix to the Californi.
dailies is evidently calculated 10y tn
writer to reflect glory upon Phoeni,
and Maricopa county at the expense o
Yuma county. It is worded with suf
ficient cunning to mislead the averag
uninformed reader, and is altogether
subterfuge for which the author shoult
be thoroughly ashamed.
Three carloads of eastern settlers
with several more containing house
hold effects, reached Chrystoval, Yu-
ma county, on the 10th instant. Tn,
South ella Canal, now in course Of
construction, of which Chrystoval is
the postoffice, while heading a short
distance east of the dividing line, will
irrigate lands solely within the con-
fines of this county-not Maricopa.
The additional excess of population
will settle exclusively upon the ella
river, in the ella valley and in Yum q
county-a very appreciable distance
from Phoenix.
The "Garden City," so called, is
generally attributed with desire to
grasp everything in sight, but when
it reaches the point of endeavoring to
clothe itself in the garments of a
neighbor without so much as asking
its consent, we fancy that it is trying
to bite off more than it can possibly
swallow. We have noticed for some
time past that the papers of Phoenix
have attempted to build up reputa-
ton fo' their section by stealing item
pertaining to this portion of the Terri
tory and claiming them to be home(O
news. Two instances of this, both
occurring during the present year,
may be cited. Last June ripe grapes
were picked in tie gardens of Yuma
and shipped to California, reaching
the latter place about the 3rd or 4th
of the month, fully three weeks before
they ripen in Phoenix. What was
our establishment in view of these
facts to read statement in the Cali
fornia papers, sent out by the YER
acious(D Phoenix correspondent,
claiming tn. grapes as coming from
his town. OIL verify, a second
Ananias has come to earth! Nor was
his assertion denied 10y our brethren
of the quill, who through their silence
seemed more willing to endorse than
deny statements so palpably false.
The same thing occurred with respect
to our early apricots, and again, a pa
per claimed the entire credit of Gen
eral Greeley's recent article on "Where
Shall we Spend our Winters" as per
tanning to Phoenix, when the onl,
part of Arizona mentioned was Yu |
ma, which surpasses every other por-
ton of the Union for its magnificent |
winter climatic conditions. Is Phoe-
nix, we ask, in so precariou. condi-
ton that she cannot depend upon her
own advantages to attract immigra-
ton without seeking to take from
others what she herself lacks? or is
she envious of our rapidly increasing
influx of population, extensive canal
now approaching compile
lion, ind growing prosperity due to
our balmy winter climate, which ena-
Dies US to produce the most delicate
semi tropical fruit weeks, and even
months, before Phoenix, assuming that
he latter place could cultivate them
1t all?
Will it please our neighhors to
Know that, in addition to the settlers
tready mentioned, three more carloads
II eastern farmers arrived at Chrysto
,al from the east last Monday, No
,ember 18th.
Finally, we ask in all sincerity, and
g matter of simple justice, that
Phoenix may stand or fall solely upon
Ter own merits and not upon those
borrowed from her ENTHUSIASTICALLY
S We are willing to do.