Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-09-20
FROM CASA GRANDE. Our Correspondents Breezy h. teresting Letter. VIEWS OF INDIANS. "There are Indians and Still h.
 dians." Some are Good Indians and Some Very yBad.--Psrsonal and Social
 Notes.
VIEWS OF INDIANS.

travel, as usual to the season has in- creased and the dull times of which peo- pie have complained all through the summer IS practically over. Commercial travellers, mining capitalists, from all directions, are coming and going, and people who have been away to spend again, even some who fondly bade de- testable Arizona a final farewell are once more with us and glad to get back too. The old-stand- bys who stick with the country through thick and thin, who winter here, and summer here, and have done so for years and year, will some day get their reward for their faith in the future of their loved land. AS yet, everything is in its first stages, but each day brings completion of hopes and plans nearer. In mining matters great interest is shown, many capitalists coming ln to visit the various mines. A good deal of figuring is being done, and boxes of rich samples of ores are carried or sent away. It is not to the interest of mine owners to make known to all their plans, until the proper time comes, and though it is not through ignorance of the schemes of mice and men" that your correspondent can say nothing definite, it is no breach of con- tidence to say that hopes for the locality are of the brighest. In regard to agri- cultural matters which will be some day the main-stay of the land, the informa- tion in regard to the sale of the Butte reservoir site to an English syndicate, who will complete the works within eighteen months IS very encouraging. Acres of land will thus be planted to fruits and vines. Some who have planted largely the past year have met serious losses by scarcity of water at the time needed for irrigation. Many have predicted the Florence canal would be a failure. It is by no means so, all
  cess 1t will be when all the conditions are right for its proper working. It takes time for the perfection of any thing, and already the country has de- veloped greatly by means of the enter prise, and land that would otherwise lie idle are now occupied by bona fide settlers, energetic and enthusiastic, and by no means discouraged by meeting now and then little obstacle which in dustry and perseverance will overcome. What Arizona want and needs for the development of her resources, are more settlers of the same kind and to all who are industrious she holds out open arms with promises of health and happiness and prosperity. It is rumored that the rich lands now occupied by the Indians south sf Casa Grande are looked upon with longing eyes by certain persons, who contemplate filing upon and taking possession of them. These Indians are self supporting, asking of government no aid and have occupied their homes for years. They should not be molested in their possessions, and SO surely as they are, trouble will come for the white man. Peace is worth something, and since the Indians of this locality have alway been on friendly terms with the whites and the settlers owe their safety against Apaches to the Indians from whom they now wish to take their homes. The government should see to it that they be undisturbed, and guarded against the greed of those who look upon the comparative small area with the wish to wrest 1t away from the original owners.
 The recent order promulgated by the Indian agent, to the effect that no one may be upon the reservation without a permit from the agent, may have had something to do with the idea that If this is the case, then no Indian should be allowed to remain on government do- mains outside the reservation. Many of the Indians prefer to live independently and ask for nothing and whenever they do, their rights should be held in az much respect as the rights of the white men, especially since the government is at no expense to furnish them arms with which to kill white settlers, or wooden buckets, horse-shOes, spring beds, sew ing machines and red wagons. It seems a pity that good and peaceable Indians should be molestsd, as we'll as pity that for bad Indians too much IS done. The Indians themselves ridicule the state of affairs brought about by mis- 
 Strangers are surprised to find Casa Grande such quiet place. In view of the close watch kept by officials upon any one disposed to do wrong, 1t cannot be otherwise than quiet. The residents of this place are all business people while not in business are likewise for an honest living. | If there is any cause for fear, it may be | rom the passing through, instead of residents.
 There is great deal of business done evidently on the S. P. road, many heavy 'reights running through, likewise many on the express trains l Freight going east carry large quanties | ,f California produce, fruit, potatoes | Ec., &c.
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