Arizona republican., 1899-05-06

amounts to from $7,O00, 600 to S8,00G,-
 900 annually, while the gold and by. Iproducts of the ore are sufficient to lpay all expenses of mining and reduc~
 ton.
 "Thc Castle Creek district, some
 fifty miles from Phoenix, while new.
 shows very rich ore, and Pima coun-
 ty, in the southern part of the terri tory, is filed with mountains of cop
 per No less than a dozen valuable
 properties in this county, alone, have
 been either sold outright or bonded to
 eastern parties within the last six
 months
 'Gold mines are also showing up
 well. The Congress mine is now down to the 2,200-foot level and has amply demonstrated that ore bodies in Ari-
 zora do not pinch out. In the Crowned King mine in the Bradshaw mountains in Yavapai county two months ago
 a chimney was struck that ran S165,- eco to the ton. Every effort was made
 to keep this discovery a secret. The
 drift was boarded up and locked and
 only a few picked workmen allowed
 to enter, the ore being sacked in the
 mine and shipped instead Of being
 worked at the mill. However, 1t
 leaked out, and few small speci-
 mems were carried out by the miners and distributed as souvenirs to their
 friends. It is the greatest find ever made in the territory
 ''You spoke, Mir Gill, of the agri- cultural interests. Are they of much importance i'll Ariz0na?" has was asked.
 ''Yes. indeed, they are. No doubt you, like many others, have an idea ttat Arizona is simply a great barren waste with 1o1uo mining pos sibiliti es in the mountains; but I want to tell you that the agricultural products of Salt River valley alone are cI mc~e value than all the silver ever mired in the territory, despite the howl Of some 16 to 1 men. At present there are about 200, 600 acres under cultivation immediately sur rounding Phoenix, on which every ar ticle that f1ourishss in the temperate and semi-tropic region Is grown witl | profit.
 Our farmers have been ycry pros | porous the last two years, due partly to the drouths in southern California | Alfalfa hay last year brought from SS [ to as high as $7.5O ton in the field. | Tn fruit culture we are making great strides Our apricotS arc superior to | else grown on this conti- nent, and last spring Arizona apTi- cots were sold in the Los Angeles market alongside California product at just double the pnice paid for the California article Our oraIgN1 ripep six weeks ahead of those of California and in a few years moro, as soon ng the production increases sufficiently, Arizona orange growers will com mand the Christmas trade of all the fIf4 \ A11pOhrOU .2ins.
 Tt has been found that Arizona are of the sama high grade as those of Rocky Ford and 5our growers of the Rocky Ford dia .rict will feel the effect of tha ATi- ;ona competition in another year or wo. The first carload shipments rom Phoerix east will be made this year and our grow ITS have pledged the Wells Fargo Express company people ] O lay down the first carload in Ne% York not later than July 1. This is { ix weeks earlier than the Rocky rord melons can be produced snd You { an readily see what they will do ir I kimming the market.
 within Q year work will begin CT
 great water storage reservoir thirty | ix miles from Phoenix that, WaeA I ompleted. will bring half million z aore acres under cultivation into the ali River valley. There are great f orfculturaI interests in he Gi}a val C " in Graham and Final counties, | nd ere many yeas these Will oa | dled Lp thrDu&n storage dllJ7- V What kinl of a town Is PhoenlE! z
 "A thoroughly progressive and IH- r ,-data western city of l2.ru0 popui2-
 i,o .1 city of 50. 0GO I las all the modern Q such as electric street I ITS. water works, sewers and schools [ ,at are hardly aqu1lled iii any other Iace. in the union. It 2as b'c0mc q reat winter resort As we claim 1t Has ' le finest winter climate on the con ! nent. Frost is very rare and she dry, arm air is just what the fnvalid f ants. In February last, when you h 9onle here in Denver and all che east i! ere shive1ing in the grasp ot the r orst blizzard ever experienced. we ere having bright, sunshiny days n T hoenix. 2 "Cattle and sheep men have re- $ ,ived top-notch prices the last two W =ars and now all have money and ! e exceedingly prosperous w llh g lis showing Of prosperous conditions 2 str3ng fight will be made before h ,r gress for statehood next winter a rizona is far better fitted fer it than '' " other territory. Her percentage
 illiteracy is lower and Arizona has rt very limited population of foreign 1T ,rn. There are 10 old Mexican B ieblos in Arizona. Its towns are R odern, progressive American towns A Id that class of citizens who would fC ze to see the railroads torn tip have j. ,en crowded out'' u