Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-06-15
FLORENCE.
It's HOspitable and nterprIsing Citizens. Present Prosperity and Future Prom
 ise of Greatness.

EDITOR CITIZEN COmlng into FlOr- ence on the road from Casa Granda, one is impressed with the fact that the town Is surrounded by q thrifty and favored people. For seven miles the road passes near the Gila river and affords good view of the valley, one of the richest in Arizona. Crops have been bountiful and large stacks of hay and straw mark the different ranches. As you enter the place many new brick buildings are among the first seen which gives the impression that Florence is a growing town. And 1t Is the county seat of one of the best counties in the Territory, surrounded by rich valley of land in high state of cultivation, it is no wonder that 1t has grown into city. The people who came years ago have been prosperous and though they com plain now of dull times, owing to the temporary suspension of work on some of the mining properties that furnished much business, still they are moving along comfortably and many of them are wisely taking ad- vantage of 8 lull in business to make impro ements and get ready for whas will evidently come in the near fu- ture-a business revival that will far exceed anything in the past.
 k. c. Brown, the weli-known and progressive newspaper man of the town, took the Citizen reporter around and introduced him to the business men. They are all courteous gen5le- men and carry nice stocks of goods, and with few exceptions take the Citizen and ike 1t. At the postoffice 1t was learned that more of the Ci;i- zens come to Florence than of all the other Terri orial daily papers com bined. Tine lawyers are all complain ing of no practice and this would in dicate the existence of commendable amicabihty among the good citizens. Saloon men also are emphatic in their l declarations that business Is awful dull" Speaking about saloons brings up the temperance question. There was a revival of the cause here recent ly and several converts were won over and are now total abstainers, who formerly were wont o look much upOr the wine when it was red" This has made hard work for the saloon keep
 CTS, and increased their ice bills, q.
 clubbed lemonades are in demand. A ''clubbed" lemonade is sometimes des ignated as putting a "stick" in tht
 temperance beverage.
 Since the death of Dr. Harvey las
 winter there Is but one doctor in Flor
 ence-Dr. Albert Adler-formerly O
 the old pueblo. He is as lively a
 ever and Is always ready to extenC
 hospitality to wandering Tucsonite
 George w. Brown of THE ENTERPRISES
 knows what it is 10 live in Tucson an(
 Is very kind to the residents of tn
 place who come this way. In fact yoI
 could hardly start up Florence mal
 without finding a3 old citizen of Tue
 son. Tus SO has been a general dis
 stributing point and you can find Ok
 Tucsonites all oter the Territory.
 Messrs. sloan and Stone, the well known law firm are building nea brick office on Main street and will pu
 up d hal dso ie office there in a iel
 weeks. Iul. sloan Is d candidate fO one the Judgeships in Arizona all I'feels pretty confident of his chances q t5a sff an ahle lawyer and accom- plishe
 gensleman, and IS very p0pIiIIr l
 Florence where he has lived for thre years. Mir. Sloan was a prominer
 member of the Council of the Fiiteent
 Legislature and remained at his DO, during the last days of the session wit steadiastness that was very tiresom to the Democrats who were "in." M , Sloan Is a member of the Board University Regents, but his commi sion dates from July 1st.
 A new Presbyterian parsonage h. s just been completed. It is occupie
 by Rev. WhittemOre, who at preseI
 breaches in the court house. A l'
 has been secured and church editit
 will be erected this fall.
 8 c. D. Henry has just completed neat brick residence in the suburb
 and is now building brick residenC : for Mir. A. T. Col,on, the engineer the Florence Canal Company. M Henry also erected large two stol
 brick business house on Main s;re last year, occupied above by the va : ious lodges in the place, of whi(
 there are several.
 w. c. Smith, has the foundatiC o and celler completed for large bu. n ness house on Main street and wo
 Is progressing on 1t now. It will h the largest building in the place wh, a completed.
 Il There are other buildings going l e and many evidences of improveme
 are to be seen on every hand
 a X move Is on foot for new cou Il house. A petition is being circula, y asking the board ol supervisors u bond the county in the sum of $2U o '' for that p lrpose, and it is being ge
 erally sig led.
 70 Mr. W. E. Guild has one of t v finest places in the town. A beau $ full orchard now laden with delicio Id ripe fruit surrounds it.
 Judge Ruggles also has orchard ir forty acres, through which the report .d was conducted, and about which er will write more fully hereafter. k Everybody here seems to be Of O hs belief about the Silver King mine, q
 that is, that it will again he as big g. ever, and there are those who belle '. s the ore bodies ha.e already been , +h countered. Last week men were m work putting the mill machinery
 order, tightening the belts and pairing the quartz road. More so, mn K st
 ry Cattle Shipments.
 he A special to the Globe-Democ of says: "The shipment of range cat