Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-25

that the trade of the people may not be diverted to the marts of adjacent counties and our tributes be used to build up their prosperity at the eX- pense of our own. Convenient and cOmmodious county buildings should be provided, for these not only add to the attractiveness of the town, but they impress strangers with favor that frequently leads to the acquisition of many desirable citizens. In county buildings one of the most essential Is q well appointed hospital that will meet the inevitable growth of the pub lie demand upon its good offices. The | public improvements essential to the | welfare of the town of Florence, that are beyond the jurisdiction or lawful | discretion of the county government | demand the assumption of corporate | functions, through which many of the 1 evils that are now passively endured can be eradicated and the foundation laid for the handsome city that nature has designed to be erected here There must be attractions, beyond the efforts of nature, created for the pleasure of the people we invite to come and dwell with US, and the irregular and un- slightly evidences of the rude country hamlet must give place to the closer approx ,h to municipal civilization. In short, the time is at hand when we must assume a progressive spirit com mensurate with the demands of the times. We must either advance or re- trograde, for there is no such thing as ] standing still while all our surround | ing country Is awakening with new | life and activity. We must forestall the possibility of a rival town being built by men of greater enterprise, that will sap out the life of our pretty settlement and leave it to slowly decay. Such thing is more than hinted at and in fact the preliminary skeleton of the plans has been outlined It is there fore necessary for every property own CT to earnestly cooperate in an ardent endeayor to secure the erection of in dustrial and other enterprises; to en- courage the beautifying of the town and to induce the settlement of new corners in our midst by all honorable means. There must be the most com plete harmony in these efforts, and
 the most unselfsh public spirit mani tested to bring about the best results and as difficult as the task of bringing 2
 this miraculous state of affairs about
 may seem, the mutual danger that
 threatens all interests is certainly sui
 ficient to unite every property holder in the work of self protection that this
 duty involves.
 THE national convention of the
 American party, lately held in Washing
 ton, made the embarrassing discovery
 that it was composed exclusively ol
 men of destiny who were born to lead
 and, as might be expected in such 8
 case, they disagreed as to the paths by which the political blind should be led A portion of the delegates, dis pleased with the arbitrary action O. f the others relative to seating delegate; f from the Territories, withdrew and f held all independent convention, nom
 mating candidates for president anC vice-president. The movement proved a futile endeavOr to harmonize tho discordant elements eliminated iron r existing parties because of their re ] calcitrant proclivities, and the ambi p tions of the budding statesmen wer,
 strangled before they had scarcel,
 taken form. Misanthropist Pixley vii
 find it necessary to begin anew tn foundation of his temple of politica
 worship, and to use only such materi al as may be hewn and squared il strict accordance with the designs h,
 has drawn upon the Argonaut's tres
 tle-board. It may be work of years perhaps foreyer but this surly mould CT of public opinion will find it an oc
 cupation that will lessen his opportun
 ities for evil in other ways
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 s A CAMFoRNIA political newspaper l. when taken 10 task for it's bold mis r. representations, replied that it did no j. think that anybody but fool woul Q rcora rd if as nthnr tha,n ,nnliticaI thnr