Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1906-04-11
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u,t,ng is Arizona's chief industry.
:. ,5.ll. greater returns than all other
..an-ri,s combined. without water
,,izopn il a desert, with water II 10 a
.,,s, II is the proper destiny Of
,v ,tream in Arizona to become an
.,,;,a,inr ditch. There IL practically
80 farming without irrigation. But
,,,eo four,hs Of one per cent Of the ter.
.;,o,v has been reclaimed, and the
.,,e,ct,s ~ desert are 10 vast In com.
,.,,.on with the irrigated districts that
COMPARISON Is not impressive. Life
!, an irrigated settlement IL like no
o,bcr in the agricultural world. II il
intense. progressive, and intelligent.
20, capita, wealth 10 at Its highest
,o,pt The school, the church, the
village. and neighbors are close NJ
hand. The field for individual effort
!. practically exhausted. Tho small
streams have been damned, sites for
reservoirs Of simple construction have
been utilized. To turn mighty riv.
Or. from their natural beds and make
their waters available for the farmer
i. not within the power Of the home
maker. no matter how willing his
spirit. how strong his vim or how
keen his mind.
The quality Of Arizona's citizenship
will bear comparison with that Of
other sections Of our country. The
prison is the most expensive Of the
,erri,ory's public institutions. Out Of
the 10000 we find $40 In the terri.
,ory's prison, but 140 Of these are
Neyicans. The schools Of Arizona are
excellent. The salary paid has had
It's effect. The average men teachers
receive $50 per month, and women
.75 The Arizona Federation Of
woman's Clubs has n membership Of
3is Twelve clubs are in the fedora.
ton
The growing Of cattle on the open
mngc is nm important industry. Pro.
longcd drouths result In scarcity Of
water and feed and nj times 1cnvy
losses are sustained. The cattle are
free as deer 10 wander from the Mexi.
can border to the Canadian line, with.
out running up against barbcd wire
fence. But they are homo folks and
stick to their barren canyons. The Cali
fornia vaquero from the cont range il
as unlike AZ possible TO the Texas cow
man. and both differ from the Arizona
cowboy You will recognize him by
the kind Of saddle ne rides, and the
rigging Of ii, by the kind Of rope he
throws and the method Of throwing, by
the shape Of the hat nc wears, by his
twist Of speech. The heavy Spanish
BIT guarantees that his horse will al.
ways agree with him, and his spurs
add force TO any ideas he suggests.
There is nothing frivolous about him
except the fringe Of leather On his
chaps lie is organized for business.
About nine miles west from Phoenix
on the old Yuma road, In one Of the
most interesting farms In the United
States. Here the broad valley Of the
Salt river has been reclaimed from the
desert And here the one bird in
~parablc from early conception OF
the desert, the ostrich, finds n home.
There are now about eleven hundred
birds on the two thousand acre farm.
There are about two hundred pairs VA
lned at from eight hundred 20 fifteen
hundred dollars n pair, kept for breed
ing From eggs to feathers the best
is made Of everything. Though some
eggs may be expected Nil through the
year. the real laying season is in April,
o''rchos first mate Mt fcur years OF
age, and remain paired for life. While
The average time Of life Is seventy
hve years, the average timc Of useful
ness is twenty TO twenty-five years.
Beyond the irrigating bitches and
rows Of huge cottonwood trees, the 81
ant cactus still stands undisturbcd, and
shelters desert progeny, lean jack
fahh'ts and coyotes. There are nifty
"f newspapers published in the terri
'ory of Arizona, Of which fifteen are
'alll"s, The area Of Arizona Is So
vast and the proportion Of desert No
great that the territory's wealth OF
'of'''' ~ but imperfectly appreciated
''o'fb,y the largest unbrokcn forest
III ''e world lies within the San Fran
''"' mountains and Black Mesa for
s' reserves. There are large bodies
VI OAK timber suitahle for the mann