| Show GOOD WORDS FOR THE MORMONS THE value of mormon Mor moa industry dudu stry is appreciated not only in IA colorado but in hu arizona and other places where they have settled and begun the work of converting the wilderness into fruitful fields their religious and political enemies are responsible for the troubles that arise over mormon Mor naon colonization aud and are areal always waye the aggressors in any difficulty that arises every now and again some soured sectarian or d disappointed is politician seeks to stir up strife and em litter the people against the mormon settlers but the better portion of the community and the sensible portions of the press are am now slow at least in arizona J to stand up for the right and speak the truth concerning the saints we clip the following from the tucson arizona star there sitheres has been so ao much adverse c criticism cism concerning the mormons cormons recently and as apache county contains more of these people than any other county in arizona the following from the st johns herald may give more fuel to the Be republican publican which takes particular delight in its abuse ot of all citizens of the mormon faith the i herald says it is not generally known that la me county in trie e territory based upon the number of registered registered voters the number of registered voters in the county is 1134 and the assessed valuation being an average of to each voter the average represented by each regi registered stored voter in pi pima M a county is mari boea cochise cochis e 1800 and yavapai only 1665 and the average for the territory is pha 2045 apache therefore stands first in wealth per capita of registered voters and consequently pays more taxes into the territorial treasury according to our number than any other county in the territory this is a very good showing for our county and should be encouraging to our citizens while our population has increased but little in the pas past t four years year a the assessment rolls a show how that the valuation of our taxable property has increased nearly one million dol dollars this shows a condition of financial prosperity that we believe to be unequaled in the history of the territory 0 it would seem from the foregoing that the mormons cormons are not such a fearful blight upon the property of the locality where they locate and make their homes but the very reverse is the fact they create taxable property and less lesa crime occurs among this people in proportion to their number than among the gentiles apache county is a living refutation of the mean slanders sent broadcast against these theme industrious frugal and enterprising people |
