Nogales international., 1935-02-02

| "JllSt snort distance CAAS oANS
of the ridge, are the remains OF an
old mill once operated by a miner
who brought his ores from the
Eureka mine, first to araStras some
what above the road, and then to
this mill. A little further on We
come to Waterman Spring, on Sill
YER claim worked many years ago
| by Justin Waterman, a we'll known
Arizona prospector Of the nine
teenth century. Following him were
several other mining works, 1t Is
at this bend of the road that the
old Pumpelly Smelter may be visited.
alongside of which is the old Gem
etery, where several martyrs 10
progress lie buried.
"From this point we leave the
Grosvenor Hills, called after mar
tyr of the 1860's and push uphill
into the Santa Rita Range. We cross
several fine lodes that have IRON
time to time produced good ore;
even during these days OF rotten
metal prices, some Of them have
been worked and more Of them Will
feel the influence of this road. In.
this automobile age, miners as well
as others insist on good roads to
their work. and this fine road will
undoubtedly attract new mining
groups. The road crosses the Alto
nine on which many thousands OF
dollars was spent before 1t was
closed by litigation and Will pclne
this fine mine into the field Oh
competition again.
"The old road across the Baca
Grant was declared void by the
Federal Court, and it is only now
that the legal road has been es-
tablished across the Grant.
Credit is due to our present
County Board for their prompt &C
ton on the laying out OF this road,
and particularly to Supervisor John
A. Jones, who was indefatigable in
securing the consent of the owners
of the ground crossed and in his
attention to the work as it goes
along. It is a fine piece OF work
reflecting applause for him and IN
cidentally for all who assisted III
initiating it.
Special attention was given to
the financial end by Messrs. o. A.
Smith and Joe Collie, who likewise
earned encomiums by their efficient,
careful and able administration.
"As to the building of the road,
I never expected to see so fine
road up here in my time, and it is
so much better than anything wei
expected, that we are delighted, as
Teddy used to say. The building OF
he road presented some difficult
les not experienced in the valleys,
especially the large quantity OF
boulders and loose rock that needed
to be moved.
III. II. McCutclan, in direct
charge of this operation, deserves
credit for his handling of this hard
and difficult work, his tremendous
energy, and his amicable relations
with his men. While I am writing
this my little girl says not to for
get that the man who handles the
tractor, sure knows his business,
and can make that tractor do any
thing. All right, he is j. w. Bu-
chanan, and my daughters opinion
is held by us all.
THE intention was to build this
road up to the Josephine Canyon
where number of first class mines
await development; few are still
being worked and at least one
group is under option as this is
written. This new road may be the
deciding factor in this deal going
through.
"And this brings me to another
thought, that I would like to i'm
press on all who read this: the
oages of the newspapers who print
he legal notices, have been filled
hese last few years with tax-sales
notices, this county showing small
'r lists than any. This means that
people are becoming discouraged
bout the future. and one OF the
erious obstacles to recovery is the
nigh rate of taxation. Some think
he way to stop this is to cut Oft
those items of expense, that we can
east afford, but it is too much to
expect that the voters, a majority
If whom are not heavily taxed,
will deprive themselves of the con-
yeniences for which the taxes pay;
she next best thing is to hunt for
new sources of revenue, and in our
case this would be satisfied by the
development of mines, which would
not only pay taxes, but would en-
r,1Ov men and hl1v S,lDDlieS of all