Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-06-02
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
IS UNINVITING
Says Correspondent There.
Prices Low. Crops Weak.
Salarles Not High.
SHADE TREES PRINCIPAL FEATURE

. Special Correspondence
Phoenix. Ariz. May 25s-This city
is undergoing severe s,rcss and
strain OF dull times, Notwithstanding.
e Is IN the midsr OF tho grain fruit
and vegetable season. when it might
90 approximately c1niecturod or
known that 4 was also the harvest
Ilimc. FOR considerable money 10 be Ia
Circulation.
The city Is having some work done
ln the way OF street improvements,
clearing oW bitches and cutters and
Keeping a number uf wagons and la-
bOrors engaged but this ig the ok
tent Of employment for the lahJrlug
classes Ia the matter Of street grad
Eng and improvements, the city has,
and % doing a truly magnificent piece
OF work. Grades have been raised on
a number OF new streets, and Gov.
cred with a flno paving grado % de-
composed granite brought IN by rail-
from some distance up the valley.
This work o. being kept up ,nceni
sanity. and "a 90 bo continued indofl-
nltcly ~ until the cxchcquer OF the
ciiy's Golfers are completed, when the
warning win be sounded FOR ccaaa.
tiOn of labor and q season OF rest. by
these slow ard easy steps Of progress,
the town has become quite beautiful
10 look upon, and canter OF a walk
in its suhnrhs these cool mornings Ia
refreshing and Inspiring, and new
thoughts are evolved from the old
ruf of everyday llfe. The city is
>soulhern. ia Sos aspect Of magnlH
tont trees and homes. and the long
avenues OF trees lining che streets I'm.
huoa ono with tho thoughts or some
old Virginia home Many Of these
Sarge trees are just now covered with
saito and red roses. bis ones. too
smaller trees aud shrubs that reach
30 invifingly out 90 meet you on the
sodowaik are covered with smaller
. growths Of flowers and roses. and
their fragrance makes one drunk IN
dellrium of happiness by their sud.
den fragrance and smell. u "a Just
possible that whore a home enjoys %
much luxury In the way Of caring Tor
and propaEniinB so much beautiful
scenery. that che owners know the
names OF them. but the writer does
not, az least, not the blooming ones
hw the non-blOoming flower - the
4 umbrella and mountain ash. degree
OF acquaintaucoahip exists. The lat
Ger have grown 70 an enormous size
4 M Phoenix. and they are thick ana
plentiful too The court house and
Aclty ball parks they make a mellow
4 twilight throughout the day. aff0rding
ht adreds ~ people and VISITORS the
opportunity 10 enjoy happy Bicatas.
and 10 lunch and smoke beneath their
widening branches and dark green
foliage
In point o. cement sidewalks the
4 town ls yot partially asleep. thia
needfm measure OF hoAutifyiug The
B town having been very much neglect
al. Aside from the main thorough
fares uf travel 10 the city, the old
dirt sidewalks are stili ln vogue, and
in Inc rainy aouson they are almost
impaFsBha Salt River valley OF
which ihis city is the principal point
lo8 very nht, and The natural drain
age g. very light, hardly porCopuble
at an, and when the storms cone and
floods FAN. the town is I'm the midst
OF mud and water Many homes al
this season of the year arc completely
surrounded with water and artificial
means Of exit are rosoried 90 Co find
au oEress for the day'shu8incss. Thorl
are many canals and bitches that con
veg water FOR domestic ana Irrigation
uses. hut these do not dutcrlOratt
from the oVernows and carry Inc
II water from the city's !lmit Side
NWalks. however are being improvlsod
and forwarded as faat as the ciiyl
means will permit of. and it is prom
ised that with q little more street
grading. k.uI and substantial cOmcnl
sidewalks viii De extended 90 tho sub
uris. and tako iR and accommodate,
the outside p0pulace. who now ilnf
the lack OF Improvement veXntiouB
annoying and pcrplexlng
The small fruit and vegetable mar
kol is much dullcr this year thar
last aud % Us understood that mo-
more than half OF THESE dolectabl'
products are being marketed now al
al this time lass wear Prices hav,
largely fallen on, too. and a box %
very rich and delicious strawberrlol
can Dee bought now for lneOn cents
a. against twenty cents che pas
season SO with other fruits an,
vegetables. and outside markets Rr,
rushing in their products in grea
quantity The hig alfalfa fields up th'
valley and 90 either end and slide %
4 ne town are fully as productive an,
luxurious az ever. but Il is 0uit'
likely tho haying crop win suffor
fan IN prices One thing that makes
thls apparent iB that ranchmou are
paying much less for harvest wcrI
this year than last, and enc larg
number Of hnrvcstors shat were prev
aient 40 that time are not seen now
Early potatoes, string beans and gar
den peas have been on the markc
since early spring, and although thol
made their appearance hrigm an
early, the prices they bring are hard
IS worth the care and cultivation
liarly potatoes are slow nj ave cent
per pound and they are small an'
hardly worth the digging and cleaning
90 put them IN creditable condition
FOR the market stalls. The same will
the other products Of the garden ant
held, so. as stated IN the beginning O
this letter. Phoenix Is dull and uniu
viting 20 the tourist, visitor ans
others.
eftat Aroma or EDMIMDa LAW