Mohave County miner., 1889-11-16
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Leaving Florence the road runs nearly
due south. This ID not the nearest way
but il taken on account of water, - this
IL an all limpostant mstter In this country.
The road led over m open plain, ths7e
was . short range Of mountains, was
told TO keep to the right Of them End !
would find some Mexican ssschas che-a
they were watering stock from vello. In
passing over this plain at times Il Looked
~ though you were In . great valley
bounded by low ranges Of hills, they were
not high enough to be cclled mountains,
at other times you would ses openings ~
far ~ the eye could -sAch and you would
come to the conclusion thsS you vere on
. plain broken oy lo~, she'et groups Of
hills, like islands on SEE. On this plain
there was plenty Of grass bat dried up;
no springs, and ell wster had To be raised
from wells.
As went along was overtsken by .
Mexican who had = band Of cattle and
horses, be told me he came from Sonora
where be had had . ranch with many
more cattle and horses than be now had,
and in . much better stock country,
"but," and he hesitsted. / told him,
here you have security. eyes," be an
swered with . sigh, "by paying your
taxes you have security. H." said he.
"Sonora only had government like this
it would be . magnificent country, there
the rich rob the poor" In Sonora. he
told me, land was held in large bodies
and that the poor rented piece Of land
and when they had paid rent and water
they had little left. / came 10 Mexican
ranch where they were hosting water
$50 feet, and every three or four miles
there were others. On these ranches the
men who were working hsd their families
and each ranch looked like little town.
After passing the last one came to the
Southern Pacific, the road followed the
railroad 70 Tucson, and . splendid road il
is, the accommodations for the hands
were Of the best, they are well paid, and
some Of the men told me they had been
there for years. There were but two
white men on each section, the foreman
and trackwalker, the foreman gets $st
and the other $50 per month. The sec
ton hands were Mexicans, they do moi
employ white men. Though the road i
over perfectly level country yet they
: keep an extra gang on each division.
passed the extra gang, It consisted Of 81
Cinnamon and two white men. There
were no ranches until you were within {
few miles of Tucson.
Tucson is quite large place, the popu
lation Is estimated at from 8 1000 to 10, 600
Of whom about an eighth part are Ameri
cans. There are some fine public build
! ings, the private houses are Of adobe
) there but few brick buildings. The mail
, street, where the principal stores are, is ;
E narrow street which crosses the town
D Passing on this street yon will hear
: English spoken, but leave that street il
, any direction and you are in Mexico, tb'
: people, language, signs and the manne
D Of doing business Is all Mexican. Yo'
: will meet wagons selling "secate," littl'
g bundles Of alfalfa and sheaves Of barley
I oats and wheat which is cut in the milk
and peddled out in small quantities; ais
!, wool and other articles. Being directe'
to the house of Don Ramon, by Q Mexical
, of whom / enquired where would be
. good place to put my horses for fev
days. He had ranch in the town Q
!, about eighteen acres, and little stor
where he sold the produce Of bis place
l put my horses in the corral and bough
ten sheafs Of oats and wheat for the sun
Of twenty-five cents, which was about al
:. they wanted to eat. Though 30 large
portion Of the people are Me1icsn the
!. and the Americans get along well togetf
er, there is no jar, the children are learn
ing English in the schools, and ma
add, that the American children ar
2 learning Spanish in the streets.
= Tucson is reported TO have the ables
politicians in the Territory, which Is no
> saying great deal ss there is but littl
. inducement for first class politician i
Arizona at the present time. BY and by
Q when the population increases, and ther
= is prospect Of this Territory becoming
: state, then there will be prizes worth col
= tending for. Tucson has gone In Wit
y Phoenix and they have got oil the Terrific
!. rial institutions except the prison q
= Yuma. The climate is said TO be coole
y than 1t Phoenix ~ the altitude ID greater
that may he but when l was there tn
!, thermometer ranged from 106 Q to liz
e in the middle Of the day. On the que'
g ton Of statehood all with whom cor
g vsrsed we're totally hostile, or regarded j
!: ~ farce, the work Of politicians.
>, A. G. LoN6MoRE.
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