Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-07-04

Though The writer has besn in Graham
eounty about seysn years he is forced 10
admit that hs is ignorant and has been
iKporAnt Of the developed resources with
in its Bounds to cay nothinR Of tbs unds-
Vslopsd. The area Of country that he hG,
GoHs over, SincS yOu las. heard from him,
sbouads in untsld vsslth both a. 70 min
ing and agriculture. The hills are spesk-
ed here and there with prospect holes, sVi-
dsnsiaE the presence Of the prOsPeetsr;
and TIE valleys are dsttSd with the set
tiers cabins.
Ths prOspectsr and the nsrvsy patient
settler; who take their families and their
I'll int what is and has been termed n
wild, ssorehed and barren waste are surs-
, the %forsrunners aud hSralds OF siviliza
ion. They are The NETT loyal in every
sense Of the term forbearlhE, pnsslhsh
aRd uaeouplaiRihg Of aHy other class Of
people in our land. To ths dispsraKs-
meat Of eur lawmakers, be it said, they
are the most i'll treated. This may sound
ssnseless and untruthful. But the follow
ing statsment bears out the assertion: A.
a rule they psy the highest taxes and get
the least bsneGt. II q section Of new
country is opened up by them, they will
nave commented "at the stump in every
particular and from that moment uAtil the
rsEien which they may have oPshSd up
Is thiekly settled and has Svsry mod
era appliances" 90 to speak, Is = sxturS
pSrtAininR 10 economical government DO
they be relieved Of sxorbitaat taxes in the
way Of road, poll and I'D Valsram. There
are no DrOvisionS made in eur laws TO
sompSnSaIS the proprietor who marks out
and builds n trail to \ mineral discovery,
no matter how inaccessible; there il no al
lOWancs made to the ranchsr, who net
emily builds a road but has to defend him
self against all manner Of enemies in or
der to live. In q way they are 4 govern
nent within themselves ut such y time.
Their individual 0ffertI open up resources
from which empires are founded. Yet, at
the very Instant whoa they have, through
inGOmitable ,Iertions made the vAluelsss
valuable, tbs assessors presents himself
AAd lists the result OF bis labor, trials and
hArdships. Your readers all know how
that iG, that IL to say, those who live in
either New Mexico or ARENA.
Notwithstanding such obstaelsS the
mineral wealth is being unsarthSd and
waste places are blossomiRE, to use a
hacknvysd phrase, like the rose. From
Camp Thomas to Solomonville go milst)
Is one solid settlement marked at intervals
with tswns, viz: Curtis, Pima, Central,
Thatcher and Stafford. Fields Of gram.
barley and wheat, new mown nay and
blooming alfalfa IRE seen on all sides. The
rafting mower and reaper and the busy
Roiso Of ths header and thresher is heard
as one rides from one place To the other,
vertically making by both sight and sound
= srsnst Of Lumming industry. As oAe
passes = harm the progress Of the settler
caa DO dstsrmiaed by noting the a6asd-
easd adobe or log eaOin in d4ray, in place
nj which can 9s seen y brick Strue.nre
and if, near enough to peep inside 4 CON-
Portable home grSe,s the eye. Irrigation
Is what has changed the valley into q gar
den spot iren ba~rrsnness. What = lovely
place thu valley will b. tea years hence.
Already syiaeues OF what will take place
in the way OF adernment can be observed
In all Of The towns the Streets are
dread; lined on vithsI side with mlgnlh-
tent shade trse- each rssidcace hssa AoW-
or garden NRd the 'eu,s. sac sklrted with
sRurbbery ard All Nnds 81 beautiful foli-
age. There are Two AOar mills ohs at
Pima and the other al Stafford. Al Cen
trsl n liberty pole stands Greet in front
Of a school 4 ass aud Al every town can
BE- seen schools and e%hurcyA; there are NO
saloons and whlSkey can be had only al
oRs place, Thatcher, ard that can emily be
bought ny the bottle. All freight frsm
Wilcox 10 Thomas, San Carlos, Globe aad
somv 10 Fort Apache passes through the
settlement and during this dry dr0uEhthy
time travelling Is anything but a pleasure.
The inhabitants are principally AormoHs.
rhs Bar Carlos lndiaa reservation
dresses The ella river below Thomas and
from that place on through the reservation
on the course OF the river, tho valley Is left
in It's virgin slate %aboundiRR fertility in all
varieties 81 the cacti and atuntsd mes-
quite. A person would hardly believe
shat the drsert like land though which hS
is travelling is As rich and fertile Is shat
IN the, Mormon settlement, nevrrIhelsI'
It Is; ard would Ss the home Of many q
setter If it was uot tea up in the nau,r OIL
the Ssn Carlos Indians.
RAHAHT.
Ben Roberts writes that be is sick q bed
awav uuu NV England. Before osu