Arizona citizen. [volume], October 04, 1873, Image 1

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TUCSON, PIMA COUNTY, A. T., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1873.
Vol. HI.
No. 52.
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A. hiciuzed Agents for The Citizkn :
"V N. Kelly, newsdealer at Prescott, lias
T ' cinzEK for sale.
I . P. Fisher, 20 and 21 New Merchants'
"x ban go, is our authorized Agent in San
- r ii i.l r, Grlerson & Co Arizona City.
' Irvine !fc C' l'henix.
II V. lii-jelow will receive and receipt
', i.; nry for Thr Citizkx at Prescott,
jTcThakdy, m. d..
It 'hon, Arizona.
CuiiNLR OF CUCRCU" AND CONVKNT.
K. A. WIX.BUR, M. D.,
r AuizOna.
i. i:: Coi:. Stonb and Convent Sts.
COI.rS I5ASHFORD,
Attorney at Law,
Tcn - Arizona.
Will practice in all the Courts of the
Terr. ion-. ltf
J. E. McCAFPRV,
Attoknky at Law,
I S District Attorney for Arizona.
Tf S' N AllJJSONA.
OSic on Congress street, ltf
Xi. C. HUGHES,
Attorney at Law,
a ftorx ey-g ex jjra l arizona,
T'isn" Arizona.
ui) Congress street. iuv4fcf
KOtt ARD & SONS, & Jd. WENT,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Lo- Angei.es - - California,
Lca .znMnn of Mexican titles especially
attended to. Address,
Vol sky E. Howard &. Sons,. Los Ango
ics, California. June 14, ly.
chari.es o. brown,
Dealer in Imported
Wines Liquors and Cigars,
congress hall,
Tucson, A. 1
I A one ei' IS"o"vs Depot
AND
CIGAR'3T0E.E.
o
mnE LATEST newspapers, peri-
jL r. Heals, Magazines and Novels.
.1 i 'x tine tsortment ot
i?ar$, Tobacco, Pipes, Etc.,
on hand.
J. S. MANSFELD,
'.t -1 nicy's block, congrtss-st,
' Tucson, Arizona
i' IlMuUN.
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N. G. FLOORN0Y.
C.. J5AYDE17 & CO.,
rV iT 1 US AL.E AND RETAIL
: tDE ALBRS IN
i . v cry "Va-x-A e ty
yi. t i R C L A JST D I
MAIN STREET,
Tl 'SON,
AltlZON
E. N FISH. S SlLYERBKRG.
1 uc- m. San Francisc
Jos. Collingwood, Florence.
IZ. TV. FISH una CO,,
MAIN ST., FLOEENCE.
Wholesale a, n cl Retail
- -DEALERS IX
xE'-'EEAL MERCHANDISE
;0
HAVE constantly on hand a large and
vr.'i! selected stock of Dry Goods,
. tli'ng, Boots and Shoes, Groceries
P vvisons, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco,
-ltture, etc., which we will sell at the
" Ii west prices.
Wt re, also, Hay and Grain, constant
1r v.i . : ro supply the Pul Mc 5-tf.
THE KISS.
Upon ane stormy Sunday,
Cooling adoon the lane,
"Were a score of bonnio lassies
And the sweetest, I maintain,
Was Caddie,
That 1 took unneath my pladdie,
To shield her from the raiu.
She said that the daisies blushed
For the kiss I hud ta'en.
lwadua hue thought the lassie
"Wad sae of a kiss complain.
" Now, laddie,
I winua stay under your pladdie,
If I gang home in the rain."
But on an after Sunday,
When cloud there was notane,
This self-same winsome lassie
We chanced to meet in the lane
Said: "Laddie,
Why dinna ye wear yourpladdie ?
Wha kons"but it may ruin ? "
Yuma County.
Prom Tho Yuma Sentinel of Sep
tember 27 :
Gov. McCoruiick writes Mayor
Finlay that the location of school
warrants on the disputed tract of land
at Yuma was never confirmed by the
government ; also that if Gen. Crook
will recommend the abandonment of
the small ferry reserve on the water
front, Yuma will get a patent for the
tewnsite so as to include all the land
desired by the people.
A metallurgical office for testing,
purchasing ami shipping of ores is to
be established at Yuma.
The Newbern left tho mouth of the
Colorado for San Francisco on Sep
tember 15.
David Neahr, by own train, to Tuc
son, 200,000 lbs. Win. B. Hooper &
Co. shipped during the week ending
to-day: 103,000 lbs. telegraph mate
rial to Tucson ; 40,000 lbs. Indian sup
plies to San Carlos and Chiricahua
reservations ; 300,000 lbs. quartermast
er aud commissary stores to Camps
Lowell, Grant, and McDowell; 60,
000 lbs. citizen freight to Tucson and
other points by following trains :
Wm. B. Hooper & Co., Bowell & Tay
lor, James Neuman, C. T. Harden,
Lotd fc Williams, Newsotn fc Co.,
Bowley & Co., S. S. Jenks, Pedro
Aguirre, Jesus Contreras, F. Quiroga.
This has been, as will bo noticed by
the above, an unusually busy week
with our shipping firms.
Alvah Smith came in on Monday
last, and brought several specimens
of gold, silver and copper bearing
rock taken from a new lead 18 inches
to 3 feet wide, and traceable half a
mile, which he recently discovered
about 65 miles southeast of Yuma,
near the Arizona and Sonora line.
He visited the Santo Domingo mine
near the lino the lode being in Ari
zona and tho arrastrar at the water in
Sonora. The owners are Ortega,
Hoffman & Dorsey, and they reduce,
with furnaco and arrastrar, two tons
every 24 hours, worth 250 per ton in
silver alone. They are busy night
and day. Work is to commence on
the Alvina, at Gila City, of which
Mr. Smith is part owner, next Mon
day. ent Jeubrds Captures More Stock.
ClIIEICAnUA Ind. Agenoy, A. T.
September 25, 1873 Epitob. Arizona
Citizen: On the 22d iusi., my In
dians brought me information that
there had been eight animals brought
on this reservation from Santa Cruz,
Sonora. I directed them to take them
from the parties, bring them here, and
turn them over to me, to enable me
to return them to their proper owners.
The animals are now at this agency
awaiting their owners to come or send
and get them. There are four bays,
two greys, one cream color, and a
sorrel colt ; all small Mexican horses.
Tiiomas J. Jeffords.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
denies the truth of the report that
supplies of an inferior quality have
been forced upon the Indian agents in
Arizona by outside pressure and at
exorbitant prices. The report prob
ably arose from the recent order of
the Department to an agent iu that
Territory to withdraw an unauthoriz
ed and unwarranted advertisement for
supplies for whicli provision had al
ready been made in the usual manner
and at the lowest market rates. All
supplies that can bo had in tlw Terri
tory are purofeaaed there. So fti u an
eastern dispatch.
OUU" COKKErPONDKCE.
Cheap Varms in Salt River Valley
--Causes not New or Well-founded
and Some Itcasons Why Commu
nication Eietweeu Maricopa Wells
and Phcnix Grant's Line and Ac
commodations at Wickenbur;r
Mining and Farming About Vi'ick-
enburg, Ac.
Peescott, Arizona, September 23.
When at Phenix, I hastily wrote a
short letter for print. Having little
time to look "about there and needing
rest, I omitted to allude to several
subjects of interest in that valley, tho
most prominent of which is the low
pnoe at which farms can bo purchased.
I heard of several with comfortable
dwellings and other buildings and
ample water privileges, which had
been and wore then for sale at a few
hundred dollars say from 500 to
1,000, and even in some instances
part or full payment could be made
with horses, cattle or other good
moveable property. To people abroad,
this may sound bad for Salt River
Valley, but the same condition of af
fairs exists in other p.irts of Arizona,
and have in nearly all new settlements
west of the Rocky Mountains as well
as farther east. In 1861-2,. 1 was
shown first-class farnu in Iowa, with
valuable improvements on them, for
sale at less than half the cost of the
improvements. The same was true
in parts of Illinois in 1S57-8. and tho
very same causes were assigned as uro
now in Salt Eiver Valley. Wheat
was dull sale at 35 to 40 cents per
bushel, and corn was selling at 8 to 10
cents per busln 1 and thousands of
families were burning it for fuel. I
vividly remember the gloomy condi
tion of the farmers, how anxiously
they looked for aud even sought out
other fields of operation, and I as
distinctly recollect how a few years
brought remarkable prosperity to the
farmers of Illinois and Iowa; and
there nearly every acre is easily tilled
and distinguished for production,
whereas hero agricultural land is com
paratively limited and insufficient
water to irrigate much of what there
is. Will the farm owners in the Gila
and Salt Eiver valleys think of these
facts 'f Tho talk of the exhaustion of
the soil by a few years of tillage
must go for nothing 'with thoughtful
people, and even if there were any
basis for it, which is extremely doubt
ful, there is a remedy for it. Cotton
lauds in the southern states are now
being recuperated with fertilizers
specially prepared to mjeet the case;
but the best remedy in Salt Eiver
Valley as well as elsewhere, is better
cultivation. There is really no cred
itable farming m Arizona and but
little west of the Eoeky Mountains.
But this subjec-f is mc a-L.ted to a
volume than a single issue of a small
newspaper.
To make my stay a little.longer in
Salt River Valley, I continued iu the
Yuma stage to Maricopa Wells and
thence to Phenix by special convey
ance furnished by Mr. J. A. Moore,
who runs a very easy riding twp
seated conveyance from the Wells to
Phenix every Tuesday and back on
Wednesday, and is ready to carry pas
sengers on other days at very moder
ate cost. I got aboard James Grant's
spring buckboard at Phenix on the
afternoon of the 19th ; was at Wick
enburg early next morning and in
Prescott before daylight Monday.
Mr. Grant iiro the best pasaunger ac
commodations at Wickeuburg of any
in Arizona. Good bads and excel
lently cooked food in abundance and
variety are at tho passengers' service.
Dr. J. H. Pierson, superintendent and
general manager of Mr. Grant's stage
busiuess, is in charge and is untiring
in his efforts to make it comfortable
for passengers and other txavolers who
stop there.
Compared to three years ago, Wick
enburg is a dull place. T i-m the
Vulture min1 a:? mill were t pe ated
by hundreds oi wo.kmen and uc .v are
untouched alt j,Cn old talk of
soon starting arin j8 fresh if not
generall' credited. SJr. Soxtcn is
still iu charge irJjjrmnf t?
Cusenbary was daiiyWt.pe ;ted to ar
rive and renew work pd that he (S.)
hoped to soon makefp trip oast. P.
W. Smith's lO-steui ? m'H situated
fifteen miles below, constantly at
.work on ore from th ( Vulture ledge,
and is undoubtedly making money
above expenses. T,J t oiploys i ?ari-
j ocs ways about sixty men. At -Wick-
ei.burg, on the load and in Prescott, I
saw "small gold bricks iu value from
$50 to $500, the product of that mill,
and they were golden sights cheerful
to behold in the Territory if not pos
sessed by myself.
A few 'miles belcw Wickcnburg is a
"ranch" ownod by Mr. Eambo,
which is as pleasant and encouraging
to behold as the golden product of
Smith's mill. It contains hundreds
of fruit trees and grape vines at a
productive age. Apple, pear, plum,
peach and other trees of most vigor
ous growth as well as grape arboi s
ornament and make valuable this
"ranch." This year late frosts de
stroyed the peaches and some other
fruits, but last year wagon loads of
de'icious peaches wore produced.
Howt-ver, the owner is hauling away
to the Prescott and other markets
grapes and other fruits by the wagon
load uud miking money iu a Avay that
ought to instil a valuable idea into
the heads of tillers of tho soil else
where in Arizona. Judged by what
I saw, Mr. Rambo truly farms his
"ranch" and does no "ranching"
on his farm.
From Wickenburg to Prescott, there
is little to note not observable most
anywhere. Skull valley lias a large
tract of corn which seems to have had
some attention aftor it was planted,
and mainly if not scl' lv for this rea
son looks as if it would yield largely
to Hie aero. J. W.
OUR" CORRESPONDENCE.
In 1870 and Now Recent Discov
eries of Gold in Walnut Grpve Pis
tricl and on iyn. Creek Pcoile
Encouraged Agriculture Im
provements n Prescott Public
School. Building and School De
partment Headquarters aud Fort
Whipple.
Prescott, Arizona, September 26.
I spent about six weeks in this town
and. in the mining and agricultural
sections surrounding it, in the Sum
mer of 1870. Considering the hootlic
condition of tho Indians, I then made
a very thorough examination of the
settled portions of Yjvvapai county
which then also iucludednearly all of
what is now Maricoj2ftcpuntj Iu
addition to the fact that there is less
actual work on mines and little if any
more on the ranches in the neighbor
hood of Prescott now than three years
ago, and hence little new to see, J had
not timu to look about and have con
tented myself with talking over with
the people the prospects geuorally cf
Arizona, and do not find much differ
ence of opinion regarding the future.
Of course all agree that "times
iuight bo more livtly" as th.i say
ing goes. Amoiiir rh o win) know
the Territory b- -t, tiie utmost con
fidence exists in thi abundance of its
natural resources of mines, psturege,
agriculture, etc. In fact, there is
quite a buoyant feeling now over
mining operations and stock raising.
To-day news comes of new discoveries
of gold in Walnut Grove district near
the head of Kirklaud Creek. Sheriff
Thomas has just come in with sam
ples of the ore which all show fine
gold distributed throughout, and he
says the vein is from three to five feet
wide, and for several hundred feet
along it, even' piece when broken ex
hibits gold. ' Ten tons are being
ground in an arrastrar and the luckj
owneisuuu vvotkeisuii. happy. Homy
Wiokenburg andj others aro reported
discoverers of rich gold leads iu the
same vicinitj Sheriff Thomas reports
some forty men at work and many
more are going there at once ; also
that he has not seen as much mining
enthusiasm and apparently as well
based, for years past. Tho ore is
quite abuudant and near water enough
for mills and arrastrars, and accessible
by natural roads.
The soldiers while lately grading. a
road' across Lynx Creek, discovered
some bowlders very rich in go!4 and
I hear what appears to be ttR vein
has b en found and diSHK$. The
samples I saw from this discovery do
Ui a9 farsraVly ..- do
those from the Walnut Grove district
the quartz being mostly white and
flinty, but some of tbem .irciu weigh,
one-fourth gold. The discovery
having a beneficial . liiuenee upoi
mining industry an J y yipW
There is more th' ' . usual fK'Mv '
and -"cess in r.j:;uir with uiiini-
j A number now in operation in the
imuea uereaway, are yielding hand
somely. In several of tho business
houses, I saw dabs of gold and more
or less daily comes in. All in all, the
people are much encouraged by the
recent discoveries and currentproducts.
Agriculturally, crops are larger and
Getter thail exnected purlinr in ilia
season, and many think vriii yield as
much or more "than the market de
mands at living prices. Vegetables
of nearly every kind are plenty and
of excellent quality. Beet and mut
ton are first-rate and better butter
than that made in this vicinity is not
manufactured anywhere on earth.
Now that the Indians are pretty
nearly forced into the practice of pnce
and honesty, good butter ought to
scon retail at less than $1 per pound
in all parts of Arizona. So should
pork, bacon, lard and many articles of
necessity which are now brought from
California, be much cheaper. Mr.
Eambo's farm at Wickenburg shows
what can and ought to bn now done
in fruit.
The towu of Prescott improves
slowly. Levi Bash ford and Wormser
& Co. have erected commodious busi
ness houses former with wood and
latter with brick. Other smaller
buildings have been put up within
three years and also several neat resi
dences. The flowers and shrubs about
a iw of the latter, lend a charm to
the property which is worth gold as
well as being a coiiattwil joy io tho
owners and their appreciative neigh
bors. Tho most sensible of all public
improvements is a commodious public
school building just completed ir
which school will open next Monday
Col. II. A. Bieelow and Dr. T). 7T
Kendall officially did the work, and
the public oujrht "to annrecintc. as t.hpv
doubtless do, the free time and-care
they have given to it. The town
fathers gave six lots just east of tho
business part of tho olace for tho
building. The site is fine and a well
has been sunk on it which will afford
plentv of delicious water. The school-
house is painted white outside and in
except that portion tastily papered.
Tim '!'. ting ami s.!l ,vill cose abaat
1,800 and what is good to know,
there is still cash left with tho taxes
of 1S73 about all to collect; It is ex
pected that the school will" open with
upwards of thirty pupils and may ex
ceed forty. The tcher, Miss Kelley,
has had experience such, and. what
its still better, possesses good common
sense.
At Fort Whipplo nearly- every
building occupied is new and the
headquarter residences and thoso ot
a fow officers of the post, are remarka
bly neat and comfortable. The head
quarter residences are beautifully
located on a swell of land near the
post and it is intended-when the field
work is satisfactorily advanced, io
construct a reservoir on & bluff near
by, from which headquarters and Fort
Whipple can be anpplkd with water
in all parts, of tho buildings, and
make available a supply in case of
fire. Of course machinery vill be
required to force wator in to tho res
ervoir, but its cost will be trilling
compared to the advantages. The
old slab quarters at FoTt Whipple
will soon be removed. What with
the abandonment of old posts and tho
removal of the supplies and certain
property to others; the work on
CampR Verde. Grant, Lowell, Mohave
and Fort Whipple, including head
quarters; construction cf the tele
graph and several wagon roads of
much labor and public advantage, I
am informed that the cost of running
this Department is constantly decreas
ing. J. W.
Tiie Washington Re; ublin ot
September' 17 has this parser ".ph ;
The family of the brilliant young
writer, Frederick W Loring, who was
slain by the Apacnea near Wicken
burg, Arizo:( m November, 1871,
while sen my with Lieut. "Wheeler's
expedition as a correspondent of The
Tribu" have recovered the effects
that wiij on his person when he fell.
Among them were several sketches
ami a charming poem.
Where are the patriotic r-jerj of
shouted a patriot orator
Dead," responded a .-id-lxking
,i iu in the inidJ; ais? I'be crater
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