Show THE settlements SOUTH NOT having visited the salt biver niver and gila river riven valley vailey in arizona Arl ari zono w we e are under the nece necessity salty of do banding upon reports of those familiar with that part of tho the country for a basis on which to ret rev mil mst an opinion of its merits or disadvantages for settlement lff irr the main the des partake of the rosy hue and when applied to the facilities in their crude undeveloped ably the picture is not overdrawn but bai for a new bottier bottler to be satisfied with hla his situation and circumstances in any new country it is necessary for him to have the genuine qualities of the pioneer in viewing his surroundings ho he should be able abie to eee the possible future arising s by well directed industry and buu intelligence he must be able to grasp this not ns as a mere dreamy theorist but in an intensely practical bense allied with a sturdy resolution to extend his best efforts in changing a rugged and appa apparently bently forbidding present into a budding and blooming hereafter those who attempt to settle in a anew new country without being of this character and frame of mind generally make up the class who float into new places and float out again leaving it to others to reap leap the benefits of cf whatever e labors they may have performed during their temporary stay and when the country is ia develop developed Ld in after years they are left to the sad reflection of what might have been had they been more persis persia tent and farseeing far seeing we cannot help being satisfied as far as ai we can be without a personal inspection that the salt river biver and gila glia valleys and much ot the contiguous region have before them a bright material future and those who gain a foothold now will reap the coming reward this opinion is based upon the universal understanding so far as aa we have havo heard beard that all the constituent facilities of wealth are there in con Id ide rabia erable pro rubion fusion a fine climate good land plenty of water abundance of tim tam berli beril hey bey while mineral riches riche exist euist in I 1 the bosom basom ot of the earth it takes no baem gra greater te stretch retch tr of mind to see soe a future picture of plenty and aud prosperity arlee ariee out of these resources by the application of intelligence and industry than to bo be able to grasp the fact that a c comely architectural structure can be erected created from an accum alcum accumulation of all the necessary building maten mated materials als ais by the introduction of skilful labor there are numerous other parts pans of the country besides that designated that are in the incipient stages of settlement and where the are probably as ai plethoric ule thorlo as th there ere but bus b our attention has been directed specially to it by verbal and written descriptions Ther thero earea onrea are a number of men on the lend there of proverbial energy and they naturally desira desire to tee the country doy dov developed eloped which can only be ba done by an influx of the right night kind of population probably the element of the greatest bervick BervIc 9 and aud which would reap the harvest of th their air I 1 e arlier earlier labors would consist of young married men with their families who have not set yet established permanent in other parts more thickly populated and have not promising prospects of deriving a competency industrious people genera generally lays however whose resources aro are narrowed downin down in the more thickly battled parts to a small limit especially those acquainted with farming might find it advantageous to make mahe afresh start on a broader basis where they would have more room people who float from one place to another because of a restless inclination cli are not a desirable element inn ina in a new country nor an old one either for the matter of that the useful and fruitful settler is one who posse possesses BOOSS among other good points excellent staying qualities quail and who is not easily discouraged by forbidding OV appearance pe arance when he sees any un desirable condition ho he must be of that sturdy metal that will cause him to go to work with a will and hanse hange it for the tho better the settlements of th the 0 bait balt biver river and olin valleye are now emerging emergh g out of the embry otio otlo period and taking on some of the conditions of advancement they are now in want of the merchant to kee keep within the community means tat that thai is 18 spent in a outside towns school teachers are beginning to bo be wone pone more in demand and desires are espres sed bed for the presence of persons poisons capable of teaching the 19 divine art while intimations are already indulged in to the t fleet that at no distant day tha th t indispensable adjunct of modern civilization a news newspaper paper will be a necessity the latter day saints are acknowledged to be unexcelled as developers e ra of new now countries their presence changing barren barrenness nem into bloom and c they constitute the hub of material progress in this entire region they are averse averso to conflicts with wilh me men n but are at home in goine forth to conquer and subdue th the e crude ele ments menth of nature and rendering them useful in supplying the wants of man they are constantly under the divine blessing turning comparative sterility into fruitfulness |