Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-02-15
ARIZONA.


 After the recent severe weather in Northern California and Nevada, the people of this territory should more than ever be lead to an appreciation of their climatic advantages. Arizona is the only territory in which more or less stock has not perished during the past winter, from severe inclemency. There is but one state in the Union which can lay claim to anything like the climate of Arizona, and even that state does not come up to our standard. Florida has mild climate, but it IS damp and foggy during the winter season, and usually has an excessive rainfall. It has been popular winter resort for some years past. but mainly so because invalids and tourists knew of no better place to go to- But there is no comparison between the dry, salubrious ozone of Arizona and the damp heavy fogs of Florida. Those who are affected with pulmonary dis eases go there because they fear the se- we're winters of the north; but if they kneW how much superior our climate is, we feel sure that large number who are in the habit of spending their win ters in Florida would spend them in Arizona. There the dew fall so heavily as to render camping out dangerous to the invalid; here We have no dew at all There is no spot in the United States which offers so much to the invalid or the man in search of recreation, as Ari- zona during the winter season. A coun- try blessed with sunshine when other states are deluged with rain and slush, with abundant game, charming scenery. and host of other attractions which have to be seen to be appreciated, are some of the advantages held out 10 those seeking mild climate and a pleas ant home. All states claim their attrac tions and advantages to be derived in their midst, but We have yet to hear of climate to be compared with ours during the winter season. This is not alone our statement, but the statement of all who visit our territory. So much has baen said against Arizona, by peo- pie who never tread our soil; so much has been recorded against the "lawless" element, bad Indians. and ''sandy desert" of our territory, that it is no wonder Arizona has been given the hard name she now bears in the effete eastern world, and summed by those in search of new homes. It is the glory of the eastern press to dish up some blood curdling romance of border life in the west, with Arizona as the center of strife; column after column of this k.nd of trash is matched by the "best" eastern journals of today, and thus while they not only prostitute the power of the press, in the endeavor to fascinate an ignorant public west, based upon fiction and sometimes a diseased brain, by this means they have helped to retard the progress of one of the most fertile countries in the world, and cast a slur upon the toilers of this Territory which is net their due We do not ask outside help to aid us in advertising our resources; they will speak for themselves when in- vestigated. But what We do ask is to be given our due-nothing else. Let the fiction writer select another field to base the foundation of his romances- Arizona has been used long enough for that purpose-and thus give us chance to allure few good immigrants from the apron-strlngs of eastern restrictions, put them on the straight path of Occi- dental health and wealth, illustrate to them the contrast of easten poverty and western luxury, make independent men out of what are human slaves; give us a chance to convince them that we are not as bad as we are painted, that there is wealth in our soil, and last, but not least, that an honest days toll is as well appreciated m ArlZona as It IS any where in the world. As We have often asserted, Arizona offers more advantages to farmers and stockmen, and better re- suits for the money invested than any other section of the United States. We do not advise a wholesale immigration to Arizona; we don't believe in .booms, but should rather see a steady, healthy increase without undue excitement. To the people of the east who desire to en- gage in stockraising, or farming, we can truthfully say that there is no better place to come to. We do not advise people who have homes and plenty, to break up and come west, but those who have moderate means, and those willing