Show ARIZONA THE BLEST carlsone Arl zons sone like utah la is bending at the political shrine in the orient of america to receive the crown of statehood and when so young a commonwealth in these times of financial is still ambitious to bear the increased burdens attendant upon statehood it would seem that politics ought to give way in the face of so earnest an appeal and even politician americas self made autocrats yield to constitutional de demands mande but how ever it may seem the irrepressible reality like black raven sits over the portals of the capitol mocking at the goddess of liberty the rights ot of the people of the territories must ever be sacrificed to party ends the party first and the people at later convenience such is the un unmistakable current over which we are drifting ng having been cast out of the true channel by the swollen and unnatural hood flood of american politics considerations side rations of fairness and covenanted rights are in the general clamor of professional fess foga ional lonal public men the leat of the troubles of our statesmen state emen the territories in the course of human events of course will secure admission but jt lt will not be the patriotic bestowal of a well known right but a sordid gift paid for party advantage or wrung from the hard hand of policy by sharp playing on the political chess board but arizona is making rapid development of her marvelous resources her growth is phenomenal phenomena she is ie moving forward now like that noble karus when he made those maani magnificent fl strides of twenty two feet at a step no one can fully appreciate what has been accomplished iu in the territory wit without houi making it a visit viii and tand especially without visiting its queenly young capital of eleven thousand people set as it is like a pearl of richest ray cay in the midst of as prolific au aa agricultural district as can be found in all the earth the follow fellow who invents the arizona kicker nonsense la in poor mimicry of mark twains kwains roughing it ought to be muzzled fur for humorous it if persisted io in are as potential in the misleading the public mind so as any other A man so soared seared a conscience should have it fo Impre impressed upon his mind that the tha breaking of the ninth got as a regular diet lot for the public even under the pretext of tun masking making will land the author among those vulgar sorcerers who are cast out of toe the 41 beautiful city 39 for the loving and making or too lies this arizona kicker 1 1 man lives in new york city and never saw arizona and judging from his ef fusions no DO other western territory it was amusing to notice a short time time since that he locate one of his harrowing revolver and bowle bowie knife stories of the country editor his only character was hero as usual in sn an arizona town the high sounding nume dame of which added much emphasis emo basis to the gory feature ot of the narrative the town referred to is but a stage station in eastern arizona having one house bouse a fact which our new york friend when consulting his bis map was evidently unacquainted with some borne parts of arizo a are well fettled and have been thoroughly cultivated for years yielding as large a variety of fruits cereals and boire vegetables as aa any land in america its soil is immensely productive and profitable and when improved cannot be ba purchased for less than 50 to per acre maricopa maricola Mari copa county alone in which is located the beautiful capital cily of phoenix yields djs nearly as great an agricultural and fruit product and as much fine marketable stock per season we venture to say may as does the sovereign state of rhode island the rhe noted little mormon settlement of mesa is located in the central portion of this magnificent country IL ii is far famed for its excellent wines and fruits the land is level for many miles and the soil inexhaustibly rich rhe fhe growth of vegetation is so rapid that a new farm may it is said be covered with a growth of wide spreading trees in three years time the country is beautifully checkered with clean long highways so densely shaded in places that the rays of the sun can scarcely find a way through in the older districts the houses are of the most modern style clean cool and inviting large palm trees spread their broad canopy leaves over the door yards while the pomegranate the figg fig the date the prune the almond tree with orange peach pearl pear and grape are found scattered more or less abundantly through the gardens and orchards of the country after it a laborious journey of miles through much mountainous and desert coultry cou in many places ot of which settlements are far between our little party of two reached mesa on the alst dst day of july and are now resting and refreshing themselves under the hospi hospitable tahle roof of brother furman and recuperating their jaded team in his bia fertile pasture arizona to is reputed to be a dry country the land can only be cultivated by irrigation and it may be that it never ralos here at all I 1 have not seen it rain as yet and cannot say but a deluge of water occasionally descends out of the sky that drenches mother earth very I 1 imagine as elijah little cloud dill did after he in bended vended the king up the mountain elijah could not have given his bis friend ahab any wetter reception thao than was tendered us on the first night of our arrival in the salt lake valley lot let me tell you about it As we approached salt river to wards evening we saw rising up over mesa mega in the distance a at elmoor moon of most terrible aspect dense yellow clouds of sand rolled up into the sky to the height of the black rain storm that was approaching from the south sod and mingled with its clouds cloud in one terrible black and yellow mass that reached from the earth upward to the height of about two we did not then know that sanu sand storms were quite common in the silt river valley or that they were not generally bt attendee tended 1 wian fierce wind and were consequently not regarded as dangerous to us the prospect was appalling we hurried on to cross the river before having to encounter the monster and had bad barely forded corded tb the stream when the ad advance vanee line ille of sand struck us to our surprise the wind was no heavier thana than a good gals gale in less than three minutes minu toe however it became so dark by reason of the density of the sand that we could not die cern the road and were obliged to give the horses the reio rein Cn consequently C as aa soon as 88 possible we WA halted fur for toe the night dight and hurriedly u unhitched bit ched placing as usual our harne provision chest water barrel and other articles beneath the wagon to in make a ke room for the bed inside before we were prepa prepared reds however the afore aforesaid td deluge broke upon us ue never did torrents descend talk about rain lh arizona in ten why minutes tb ehte ground in all directions was wag hill hid bt bet neath death a surging flood flao flashes lieg of ligha ning ding revealed the status of our worldly effects which had been deposited u unon the ground the harness was soo soon entirely covered and the provia provision lol chest cheat and water barrel set afloat por tu bately however there was no current current at the place we had bad chosen and remembering mem bering the rain bow promise of no more experiences like noahs we crawled wet blankets determine de ed to face down the situation at the dawn of day we were u un the windows of heaven were shut ft bad ceased to rain my compa companion stork protruded his bis rain softened but stin manly head through the east window of the ark and gazed upon the I 1 liquid plane now we had taken unto our ourt selves no dove to send forth in quest ot of land and we therefore pondered in 0 on of r hearts what should be doue dote after aftel some careful observations the moun tain range lying to the south mouth the previous was now become but bui a row of small bills we estimated t the h e d death e t of water to be about one fathom we con fess feas to not dot being well enough acquainted with the vernacular of the sea bea to 10 know exactly what a fathom is 10 but it sounded about the right depth our friend with a ijo urage that could bw b born only of necessity which saw same I 1 feminine Is also reputed to ate W the mother of invention rolled up hh pantaloons as far as the anatomical anatomic construction peculiar to all would admit of and ventured fortt Tte determine he said whether abo tb floods be fresh or salt for it if they if be salt we are certainly 1 lost 19 9 but it abey be fresh we can have soup BOUP for or breakfast now we fully realized that we were not experienced mariners marinero ma and we also laboring under the disadvantage of not dot knowing whether we wen wei located in south longitude from tb atou pole or hoin from Green Greenwich wi 1 more or jew jess but nevertheless we it brought out our dry land compass sla aad took observations after placing t tb hw stern of the ark seaward we put to tote nor northeast and passed through the of marli marh opa with the american flag flying we then rounded cape mesa meas and landed on ararat but we reached this beautiful and immensely proud tive valley of the salt dalt river in southern riou thern arizona lia in safety and find cura elves suddenly in the aidt t of a tropical clime a land aland of perennial summer where frosts are am seldom known k and the respectful of winter approach no bearer thud th bacr mountain crags where the sleep I 1 in n the balmy seen peaceful beneath the fig or the orange air open SS the blue curtains of a under tree or all the year round brouna where de starry sky licious fruits ripen in every month of two where the toe the calendar cale odar udar excepting Soo with she he nectar of life as fed well poor iare are i rich rod and bask baek in the balmy the well aro sro an eventide surrounded with all the air of eventide usury lavish and wealthy na luxury that it a be bestow here may grown ture tare can pomegranate the lenon lemn quince sear toe ibe apple app prune P date dalle fig B pear reaca almond and orange apricot sada dricot here olive are all the hardy fruits scabies grape and cereals of the north growing vegetables 1 I jelde olde by side bide with the of the south jtb in one there is ie no land bever edding crop sintee within the compass of the round globe home soil oil la 10 ID more ore richly endowed delicacies and tender with both the atil products of nature with ith the hardy and S the e meager merger assortment of gifts soil of northern bo bestowed stowed teta towed upon the vivid a contrast that utah makes BO 80 and wonder why everybody we ve pause does not live in arizona here too the songs of the in most bet floating upon the soft drifted rifted birds are air from morn till night id d resonant etere there could not be a sweeter hour sometimes experienced in this lines abas a to ie omet to Is roused from when oue one favored land by the tinkling air sleep in the open sounds pounds ot of earliest earlie ot morning to drink in with dreamy OIL ear r the music of a very of notable b birds ards whose hallowed throats fill earth 8 and lid air with rarest melody we bear the distant whip answered by the por atha lament cuckoos uc koos sad end and faraway far away lay jay and notes of the turtle again kaan the plaintive sounds or of the doveard dove aud the doleful all these low and and inapt ng ow owl melancholy notes of the gamut as attentive ear are the they tall fall upon sweetly owe etly blended blend id with the merry warb ahng voice of the thrush and oriole and the meadowlark meadow lark larte breaks forth with never changing round of leaping the wild canary too notes dote his little soul foul sounds the sweet morning praise ai all I 1 u r j of his conscious that it is the hour for berjo of mightier voice to rouse the sleeping world then comes the iron throated baft bird with his clarion trump ol of moral but the grandest songster of 11 the leathery feathery tilbe is the kingly mockingbird mocking bird upon the leafy una lum amilt of the huftless loftiest loft luft iest less tree iree he be sits site glorified glo rifled to a the blaze blase of the morning liht light and with silvery tongue carols all that s heard below sweet or harsh bomb soft or loud he to Is abere all beodus he be sings the songs of all he la is the impersonation of each and the unification an of the ington host boat he is the gi stable songster ong ster the peerless mook tog mg biro I 1 por for three or four months in the year sear the weather Is very warm and in the heat beat of the day one perspires freely even in the shade toie tajo however Is in not disagreeable but on the contrary seems to afford relief from the heat beat neither does copious perspiration do de plate the system but is rather a natural conet quence of fruit eating and to in the amt oppressive weather one grows tat on a watermelon diet bun strokes are unknown the united baates signal reports covert covering ng ten years from 1877 to 1887 record above zero so a the lowest temperature and as ae the highest the average summer temperature being salt river valley is but 1050 feet above sea level Is le ranked as a semitropical semi tropical country and is ed within the isothermal lines of the equator rainfalls Rain falls in the summer are scarce but through the winter are moderate and regular cyclones are also unknown win J often blows blow hard enough however to fill the air with the desert sandr and sand clouds are abw carried across the cultivated districts the climate is said to be unsurpassed for the cure of lung and throat diseases southern california to the west and colorado lorado to the east have both stood high as asylums for the con Bump ump tive but while california is in mild it is not dry and vice versa while colorado to is dry ary it is not mild here however in salt river valley of art arizona to is a climate both mild and dry making it a natural sanitarium for the diseased lung or throat that portion of thim abia superb valley which is tributary to phoenix is about fifty miles long and fifteen miles wide and is covered with a system of canals some two to three hundred miles in length and supplied with water from the salt river this splendid river coming into the he valley from the east and supple supplemental supplement mentel eJ with the waters of the verde and many other smaller streams stream which drain a territory of not less lees than square miles furnishes much more water than is cow ir for irrigation purposes projects are now under consideration for the building a large reservoir a few miles up the stream at a place called tonto basin where an immense lake can be formed at comparative moderate price this basin would hold enough of the flood waters to irrigate many thousands of acres nut buc now supplied this thia splendid reservoir site ha bat in common with all others of the territory been reserved from private entry and ownership by the general government and way may be improved as a reter reservoir voir by anyone who may see fl fit t to invest his capital several surveying parties are now on the ground and there 1 is little doubt that too toe enterprise will be carried out in the near future arizona cannot afford to have the construction st of this important reservoir delayed when it Is accomplished it will afford a grand opportunity for home seekers and will doubtless give to arizona a genuine oklahoma stampede the cost of irrigation water is per tiers acre per annum if obtained trum rum the companies now roling the canal in the immediate vicinity ot of mesa the farmers own the water and repair the canals at an annual C ost cost per er acre cre of about fifty cents the valley y could not lay better for irrigation pur poses having having a perfect slope of seven to eight feet per mile in both southerly |