Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-04

Since 1885 Congress has failed So sp- | ps1pslate one dollar for work of this | character Tn this office. and hence bu, ! little york has been done. The clsrm-
 sEis oi land grants were particuIary | f'r-Gaste from Oct 29. 1879 to Sept. 12
 ISN-', ttHt the Surveyor General. had
 ampl' funds to investigate these c's1ns. ! l- far.ye Of them, embracing thousands
 oI acres of yaluRDlo agricultural land
 were .AyoFs ply reported on and recom-
 me 5d. for confirmation, while but one
 vs5 rejected.
 \ this writing there is one claim.
 .ia' O! PeEalta, now before this office for
 consideration embracing Four Million
 l.is ht Hundred Thousand GCrer, locat d
 in tE" very heart of this Terri.ority. and
 including some of the finest lands Eni
 ttrlvi1y tOwas within it's limits.
 The largest grant of land now pending
 !n ny Of the territories, fortified by pg
 rer5 which required the labor of twelve years on the part of experts of no mean p-eienalons Co produce. The seas have r"e1 sailed over and the entire Pacific Genet ran sacked for favorable evidence 'l v'riiy papers filed here, and yet this
 Inc has not ore cent 70 cOunteract this evidence or even examine into the yali ciiy ct these papers, which io gay ,he i@nst are amply vOluminous, diversified and pictorial.
 A portion of the public press inst1eat- cd by some invisible power, ia daily cIa- mosinR and finding fault with the Snr- veyur General for not proceeding with the investigation and making his report In vain th 8 true condition is stated "a, tke department at Washington is cen- surtG for not furuisIng the means. vybon 'n fnc; the means can orly be furnished | by Congress. which it has failed to do
 The entire area of Arizona contai,s about 13.OOU OO0 acres of land yVbaraof I considerably less than one fourtb is even -e moteiy susceptible Of agricultural eul l .iva'i'n, or tnis total acreage of 73.OOO.- ,,O i, 6Oout cne sixth ls covered by Indian a"aerTa'i1ns, Military Reservations. over sDout <ulUI0 scree, and Private Land Cialras 9-IJJ.3fO, acres. Ia addi- Ion to thl5 large area absorbed by non 'F'Guc'iVe appropriation of the soil Ar- ona has long endured misrepresenta Ton Gs to Its true character, and that % by hose high in authority in q co Tdias'e branch of the G5yernnent iEyirg Tor long weary years to contend n uostlie sAvRges, wRrdc of the go- rhi-eht ' and the few settlers that dared l nlure to make home within ia b0r- ITS were literally obliged to clear tbei, ,-y NIth thelr trusty Winchestrr. spd "D The evidence of their ciyiIizstion , ,Feetlng churches and school bouses ! H,iA. tnasiTere drenched with the z 70 'i ot relations sni friends.
 ARIzOSA's Fr-Tr-R- .l From the past tzo years nay ba do. v 'hS growth and prosperity of Arizo- ? b Below will be found A statement
 'us developments of Arizona sirce 2 n, I.iSn or peace and safety, which |, Ii s'rlke tEe heretofore skepticaI as 'ts HRrieulturHl resources of this once nsiiered barren and desert eorntTy T 'n wonder The happy and comforts- i.
 '~ss or thousands of settlers made ~ ltIih the past two years attest to tbe z, ltn or The sabirIpsd statement Tn U F'nse 10 enquiries .unde by th,s cF ih
 - as to get valuable and reliable si I. u. Logan, a reliable and trns,v U "a writes as follows: Ia N, J JLnGSIx, Arizona. July lG, 1888. "' 'uiss5 T oI-G General for Arizon8, ii IIeson. Arizona, ao 'lI - our esteemed favor of JuIv ia Io ore ne. IL RIves me great pleasnrs oeo ul l1lsn You the information asked for =, Illng The extent of the Irrioat;no, V: lsis' me land covered by them to0etb> sL J1 s4,I N tne improvements made. I sbsII ;., ssIt sIeopa auJ county in two districts; mi oal. .n and GIla valleys, %I, ;n, !, of SaIt ,i.a- eS, On me north be sls comnIa.aS are lonr nam DO nS o the Salt River, Msricopa. era 0Sa M auu Arizona Canals, that cover he 2. OC Goles of land. Under the Sslt m -6 019 9Slleopa snd Grand Canals there z. sv'o0J oi.e acres, two-thirds of which is n ei 'uihVafiop. Since the comple- N