The herald., 1893-02-03
ARIZONA.
News Notes from the Sun-Kissed
Territory.

News Notes from the bun-kfssed
Territory.
PHGNIx, Jan. 3I.-The news coming
from Washington concerning Arizona's
admission is as conflicting as it is an
noying. One day we seem to be sin it"
and the next day we receive q wet
blanket to the effect that some chump
thinks we have too many Mormons,
that we are too much in debt, that the
water clause" in our constitution is
bad, etc., etc. The fact is we have
too many Democrats in this terri
tory to suit few Republican senators
as well as few Republicans in this
territory.
Let them monkey with the buzz-saw
as much as they like, and if the Re-
publican senate bars our admission at
this session and the president calls an
extra session, the Democratic legislature
will elect two United States senators
who will pack their grip-sacks and go
on to Washington and help US along in
that direction.
A party of San Diegsns were here
last week consulting with our people
in regard to a railroad from San Diego
to Phenix-nothing definite has been
accomplished as yet, but great interest
is taken here and the road will no
doubt be built-San Diego to build from
her city to the Colorado river and
Phoenix to take care of the enterprise
from the river to this place. The plan
is to cross the river somewhere near
Yuma and then run along the north
side of the Gila through the Mohawk
valley, Aqua Caliente, Enterprise val
ley, Buckeye valley and the Salt River
valley to this city. The right of way
could undoubtedly be obtained free
from Yuma to Phoenix, and the COM
ing legislature will undoubtedly exempt
all railroads from taxation for 20 years,
that will be built within reasonable
time after the passage of the act.
If the Southern Pacific had taken this
route instead of the one they did across
the territory, they would have now a
valuable local traffic through the rich
valleys of Yuma and Maricopa counties.
The line above mentioned taps every bit
of tillable land between the river and
the mountains of the north.
A great many people are coming into
the territory now. 1t is estimated that
there are at least $4,000 more people
here now than there was when the last
census was taken. Phoenix, Tucson
and Prescott are having little boomlet
on the strength of our early admission
and the building of the road from Pho-
nix to Prescott and the strong probabil-
tiles OF the San Diego proposition.
Real estate in Phoenix, the capital,
has been gradually rising in value for
some time past. Many transfers are
made daily, building is going on con-
tinually; several four story blocks are
in course of erection by Denver
and Los Angeles capitalists. The
city has telephone, telegraph, sewer,
water and gas systems, electric lights
and street cars, and an electric road 10
now bein&built. We have more varied
natural RESOURCES than half of the other
states-a smaller debt per capita than
many of the states recently admitted,
and are in every way capable and will
ing to throw off the swaddling clothes OF
territorial hamperings for the freer gar
ments of full statehood, and we would
have had it three years ago had it not
been for lot of treacherous carpet-bag
Republican rulers sent out here to
govern US, and the lying promises of the
wise men at Washington, OF the same
faith.
But day of reckoning will come, and
woe be to the traitors to Arizona when
they show their heads for Office.
HASSAYAMPA.
[Phenix Gazette, Jan. 31]
Dan Genung, Tom Ward, Chas. DePue
and Mike Boland arrived yesterday
from the Yarnell mine after supplies.
They report the mine and mill running