People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-24

Sltik .. D. hlhCdiu, WHO Ids Dceu
sOjOurning at Puoeulx, Arlz., this
winter, W Frdnk snyder, Nc are per
lnltteu To publish tue lOliVning ell ,er.
talulug eALrac.s: you eau newer
realize the difference between Kan.
,ao winter aud au ArlzJna winter un-
I'll you experience u. They claim
Ina, Tile WINTER has 0een UNUSUALLY
cid here, but 1t has been still, ury
weather all winter loug. Many a Clme
| have gone over u The tram In my
shirt sleeves for paper, aud wUuiu
read OF weather 10 Kansas II u 10
degrees below Zero the day beiure
Where stayed thrOu, b the winter,
the altitude was $500 feet and the
uighes were pretty cool, necessltating
little fire mornings and evenings.
| will tell you Of my trip to this place
We took the Stage al the raDch TO-
Tucson, 60 miles d slant. The da,
was warm and still-just such a Que
as gives Kansas people the spring
fever, about the last Of April or frs
Of May. We had three fellow pa.seD
gers, young man who lives in Col
umbus, Ohio, deputy sheriff aud a
hand cufied prisoner. The latter was
Mexican, who was under arrest for
siabbing two men a few days before,
and who after his arrest, was ldenti
fed as a much wanted Mexican Grim
inal, with two murders To his credit.
He was a bad looking spt cimen, and /,
one ~ pretty numerous class, that
would kill man for five dollars, If
they happen 10 be out Of Money anu
want whisky. Shortly after We start
ed we passed a place with d gruesUme
record. On one side Of the road was
the remains OF a house ia which
family OF five we're murdered by the
ApacheS on lie last raid they made,
and on the ether stands lutte frame
house in which two men were mur
dered about six weeks ago. They
were supposed TO be murdered BY tile
NeXicaDs for their money. There is
a bad state Of affairs along the i'm.
These cut Threats commit their
crimes, and in an hour or two are over
in Mexico, where they are compare
lively afe About ten miles further
on, the AHaches killed another family
in the same raid. They lie buried ia
the yard by the roadside, and a boird
hearing the inscription, Killed by
Indians, tells the traveller Of their
fate. THIS section was much exposed
to their depredations. Their reserva-
tiOn lays north. When they went On
a raid they nearly always started for
Mexico, where part OF The tribe lives,
aud would come down through here,
killing every Unprotected family on
defenseless person they met with. On
their return they would sneak back
singly or in pairs, and eat Uncle
Sans ratiOns until they got ready
for another raid. The government
finally tOuk to sending all the known
and suspected raiders TO Florida.
First and last they sent away four or
five hundred. This proved effrctual,
and the ApaChes are good Indians
now. Further on we passed the old
Spanish preSidio (fort) Of Tubac
This was "a military post established
by Spain more than two hundred years
ago, for the protection OF the Catholic
missions, several Of which were lncat-
ed in this part OF Arizona. Soldiers
were kept there constantly until the
country passed into our hands by the
GadSen purchase. IL is now a diapi.
dated place, inhabited by Mexican',
and surrounded ty the poorest c0un-
try had ever seen up to that time
Here commences the 3esert OF the
Colorado, and the further you 20
toward that stream the poorer IT. gets
From Tubac 70 Tue on. forty miles,
the road runs over this desert. The
vegetation is sage brush, grease wool
and cactus, one species OF the latter
Giant crc'us growing to the height
of forty OF ii tl feet. T err is no n or,
gra.s on the ground than there IS in
The S eet in front Ut Jour store, AMI
yet e saw cattle all along the Ioad.
How they get enough OF elmer food
or water is a puzzle t. me. They are
very scrubby aud smlll. >. Tucson is
a town OF eight or nine thousand
people, is full of life and business, aud
was once the capital Of the territory
L: is on the Southern Pacific road and
Is the trade center for most of south.
ern Arizona. The price Of everything
there is about twice what 1t is in
Wellington. We stayed ali night In
Tucson and went the next day over 10
Phoenix, The country was still worse
than that saw the day before, sandy,
treeless and dreary. After travelling
some hours through this bowling
desert, you come all at once into
little paradise. 1t may be the con-
trast has something to do with 1t.
The Salt river valley seems one OF the
most charming spots on earth. The
long rows OF orchard trees in full leaf,
the flowers In bloom, fields OF alfalfa
knee high and as green san emerald,
horses and cattle pasturing on the
grass. fat and sleek as seals. Palms,
oleander and orange trees, with
streams Of clear water running by,
makes 1t seem like the creation OF
some landscape painters imagination.
And when you get over tn Phoenix
the picture ia still more complete, for
1t Is the prettiest, busiest, brightest
little city | have ever seen. . &. / have
met several Kansas people. Yves
Lawrence is here In the carriage and
buggy trade. He Is doing the business
OF the town in his line. He has a
nice place three miles east OF town,
and also owns a fourth interest In the
ostrich farm, which bids fair to be a
bonanza. They have one hundred
and four birds, and Yves told me today