Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-31
A MEXICAN TERRITORY.

that the Dem9crdtS should obtain con p etc control or the government afte the fourth of M irch next, as that wi
 be the promptest and most effectuz way to convince the public of the erro made m imag hing that the governmen can be !UolclOusly administered upon
 Democratic basis. But the Democrat are ia danger of making themselve ridiculous by thelr zeal. They ar seriously proposing tC admit the Terri tory or Arizona to the Union as q State for the sole purpose, obviously, of secur ing two additional Democratic mem bers of the Senate. The Democrats d. not know much about Arizona. or they would not be willing to peTpetrate thiI blunder, even for the prize of two sena tors.
 or tie population Of 60,000 which the territory is supposed to have, fully one- third are Mexicans, who speak men- grei Spanish and do not know a word of English. The chief inoustry is mining and the veins, for the most part, are not true nssure veins, but are what is known as blanket fOrmatlOns, sD mat there is no reason to expect much greater deye- lopnent from this source in the iusura The agricultural resources of the coun- try exist mainly ln the imagination of enthusiastic Arizonians. The country is a huge cactus desert, and its princi- pal crops are mesquite and palo verde, with rattlers, tarantulas, centipeies, gila monsters and scorpions to garnish them. A coarse grass grows on some of the mesas at certain seasons, which will keep life in the cattle and sheep. out which will not fatten them for the sham bles, and no person will eat Arizona beef or mutton from choice.
 Irrigation is an irridescent dream. There is not water enough in the terri tory for the purpose, even If the fabulous cost be eliminated. What are call d rivers in Arizona would scarcely be dignIfed as ri.ls ID other counties. and they have a provoking habit of dlsap- bearing ia the sands of ths desert at the most inopportune moments. It is the hottest spot on the globe except the Soudan, and the rainy season, so called, which lasts six weeks. would not save the reputation of Dyrenforth if he fired all his bcmbs at one discharge. The heat Is diversified by sand storms, which m make the average settler grow weary Of life. If such travesty upon statehood is performed as the admission of Ari- zona, Alaska should be coupled with ii so that an iceberg and a tisry furnace could be typified together ol the national colors.
 The future of the Territory may begin a century hence, when the Mohave Desert has been cooled by the waters of the gulf through a colossal canal, and all the valuable land m the Union has been thickly peopled by the crowdinV millions which wll! then be added to the population. One egregIous blunder was perpetrat5d in the admission of Nevada, and even the Democrats should profit by this experience. No more rotten bOrOughs are wanted.-Baltimor American.
 There are few portions of the North American continent So little understood and so much misunderstood as Arizona. Particularly is this true on the part of the press and people of the Eastern states oy whom Arizona is as dreaded as pes tIlence. They turn their heads away and will not see the light that is rising over the coming empire. They know nothing of Arizona that is not fed to them through the columes of the 'Kicker" aud they swallow whole the cock and bull twaddle that panders to depraved taste.
 Arizona is seeking statehood for the reason that she is better qualified to as sume the duties and responsibilities Of statehood than more than half the states were when admmitted as such. Instead of 60.0O0 people she has at least 10000 and in twoy years more will have 100000.
 The Mexican population of the Terri tory IS less than one tenth of the whole. They are as good cit zens, as law abiding and as God fearing as the peo- pie of the East. With but few excep- tions they understand the English lag guage and their children attend and are educated in the English schools.
 Arizona is a mining country. Her hIlls are ribbed and scanned with miner eral wealth and she but waits cheap transportation to pour it into the lap of the world. Her veins are true Assures and there are but few precious metals not found in the mountaip ranges of the Territory. During the year ending Dec. 3, 1891 she produced metals to the value of nearly ten millions Of dollars, of which S3,O00.000 were gold, S2,200,000 silver and s4,5OO.OOO copper, aRd tris does not include the tens of thousands of tons of high grade ores that were shipped out of the country for treatment. But it is not alone as mineral produc- cer that Arizona shall win fame. Htr agricultural resources are limited only by the amount of water, and water is limited only by the amount Of capital that will be called into requisition for water storage purposes. Already she has over 400 miles of cana with probab ly a million of acres und ar cultivation. h the Gila land office alone there was entered for the year ending Nov. 8 1892 over IS, QUO acres of desert land and for the month of Nov. 1892 over 5000 acres O. land was taken up under the Home stead law. in tracts from 40 acres [ 10 I60 acres. Each entry represents a family and home. The great American de- sert will within the next aten years, be hidden under the plowshare and the hungry East will look to Arizona for its grain and fruits.
 The deserts lands of Arizona are rich beyond comparison. When Senator Stewart was here as member of the Arid Land commission. he said in a speech made from the court house steps of this city. thaa be was standinr in the