Arizona republican., 1890-08-17
ON THE CURBSTONE.

 tories. Talking with a gentleman from Southern California some time ago, he was asking what there was in Arizona outside of the little fertile valley about Phoenix and the mining properties at Tombstone.
 "What is there?' was my reply. "Well, that little valley as you term it, about Phoenix contains almost half a million acres of land. It is larger than both the san Gabriel and Cahuenga val ieys in Los Angeles county, combined. Then in Yuma county there is as much more land, now being rapidly put under cultivation. South of Tucson lies the Santa Cruz valley with thousands of acres of as fine land as the sun ever shone on. Tributary to Florence is over l50, ,000 acres of land, half of which is now un- der ditches. Then there is the San Rafael, Sonoita, the Sulphur Springs and other valleys in the south. The Lit tie Colorado. with all its tributaries in the north, the Hualapi and Sacramento and various others, in all, over 5,O0O,- GOO acres of land in Arizona that ere many years will be under water and under cultivation. As to the mines, the Tombstone district is but a small representative of them. Globe, in Gila county, is probably the best camp in the Territory today. Then Nogales, down on the line, is a flourish camp; at Bisbee is the third largest cop per mine in the world Clifton is about next to it; Prescott is the centre of a district in which over twenty good mines are in operation; there are as many more in Mohave county. Flag staff is the center of pine timber belt that is more than half the size of your great big San Diego county, and besides that her building stone is fast becoming the most famous in America. In Iavapai county is the greatest onyx quarry ever found in the world. Up near the Colorado river and down along the upper border of the TontO basin are rich deposits of camel coal, while over in the White mountains, and unfortunately on the San Carlos reservation, is a bed of anthracite equal to the great deposit in Colorado.
 "Arizona is the largest cattle produc- ing State or Territory in the Union. This surprises you, l know, but it is true.
 "And when 1t comes to ancient ruins and spots of historical interest no equal area on the American continent excels Arizona. Long ages ago, long even be- fore Columbus set sail, it maintained an enormous population. Along many of the rivers, particularly the Ciila and Salt, are found ruins of their ditches and irri- gation works. In Pinal county stand ruins of their Temples with walls four feet thick that have stood the ravages of time for un- told ages and yet remain dumb monuments to the skill of the ancient races. In Yavapai are the still more wonderful ruins of the cave and cliff dwellers The greatest canon in the world, that of the Colorado, is situated in Arizona Territory"
 But your climate?"
 "Yes, our climate. We have all the varieties of California. From the semi tropic Gila and Salt River valleys to the arctic regions of the snOw-clad San Francisco mountains. At Yuma and Phoenix frost is almost unknown, while at Flagstaff, 1000 feet above sea level. frost is seen every month in the year. Mountain towns like Tombstone, Pres colt, Nogales and some others have the most perfect climate imaginable.
 You must remember that Arizona is
 
 great State of California, and while we are new and comparatively unknown now, we will be successful competitors against you in almost all your products ere many years"
 heard a good story on prominent citizen of Tombstone some time ago that l believe worthy of reproduction in your colums. The gentleman is so modest usually that l refrain from using his name. He had been attending church with his wife and finally com plained to her that he would have to quit as the services were too expensive for him.
 'I don't see why" exclaimed his wife.
 "Well, it costs me dollar every time l go, and for morning and evening that makes two dollars day"
 ''Yes, but you don't need to put in a dollar every time; you can donate fifty cents or a quarter occasionally just as well" answered the wife.
 "No, can't do anything of the sort" replied the husband.
 "Why can't you, I'd like to know?"
  choir, who starts out with the plate just in front of our pew who always 'antes' dollar and have to see him." The wife had no further argument to make. ANOTHER story on this same gentle man, told by his wife, amused me quite as much as the one just related. "It was just after we were married. Mir. | Brown and l went up to San Francisco on short trip. Just as l had taken | my seat in the elevator of the Palace | Hotel a little man stepped in and stand ing before the glass pushed back his hair | and arranged his tie to his satisiac- ton. Turning around he saw my husband, and skipping him familiarly | on the back, exclaimed
 Mellow, Brown, old boy, come up to | have q good time, or did you bring your wife with you 9"
 "'I brought my wife with me, solemn ly and coldly exclaimed Mir. Brown, and | just then the gentleman catching sight | of me sitting back in the corner stopped | the elevator and got out about three | floors below where he wanted to go."
  A LOCAL contractor furnished some | at the Republican primaries last Friday, even if he didn't furnish many votes. He marched sixteen Mex | jeans up to the polls, but found, upon their examination at the ballot box, that twelve of them were not citizens.