Arizona Weekly Miner, 1874-01-30

U'rotn TattiMy'i Dally About Arizona. Agricultural Resourcca Rahifall Pasture Lands Btock-Raiahig. A correspondenf witli Lieut Wheeler's ex ex-IKiditioii - IKiditioii ex-IKiditioii to mako explorations west of the one-hundredth meridian, writes as follows to tho New York Tribune: Arixona presents more variations of nltltmlc. nnd consequently or facilities lor agrleulturc than New .Mexico. From tbo Vulluy or tbo Hid (Jrande, whlcli uenr H.iuu Ke lias uu elevation of about 5,000 feel above sea level, wet tlmre U u gradual rlie Tor some &00 tulles until tbe summit or tbe Sierra Madre, having nn altitude or 7..VX) feet, Is rwicbcd ; tlitnee tberc Is as gradual a de descent - scent descent to tbu Colorado river, 400 miles west of the Sierra Madre, the latter river having, in tbe ame latitude o Santa Ke, un clevullou ol hut a few iiunureu iicinbovo thu Iu the liart or tbo urea alluded to, which lies west or tbe Mountains, there It ecry variety ot climate, soli aud cenery depending principally on comparative altitude. Necessity lor Irrlgatloa Tbo amount and time or rslnrall ti nmrlr tin. Minabere as In New Mexico: and here, ul .o. tin ngrlcultural or horticultural enterprise It OMltile wllbout Irrigation. Tho middle, western and souibwetcru portion or Arlious hut little shove sea level Is one Ml dcterl, nud boads or only two streams (the Mojavu Is not worth lututlon), the Colorado and the (Jlli. The cllnnte aud soil on the borders or lire Colorado titer adapt Its va1I..l . .1... . i r . . ...iwj m mo Kiuwiiiui oiiio sciui-iroiiicai aotl nearly all tbo northern fruits and veiftubles, ex cept the apple ind the poUlo. Coltou.sogar Coltou.sogar-cane, - cane, Coltou.sogar-cane, coUm and rice flontUb along It ; but hitli hitli-erlo - erlo hitli-erlo the water of tbe river hu not been made available for Irrigation, long and costly aceguaii being repulred U eUcct this. -Vear Its exit Iroiu tbe territory of tbe United Stales lu ttottoui widens, aud the river annually overflows lu banks lor miles. In ordinary years a vat amount or land could be plant"! after tbo receding or tho Maters to their natural bed, aud would produce enormous crops, fcomo of the bottom Uuds are aireaoyiuus cultivated. The Moat Important River. Tbe Glials the iuou Important river of Ari Arizona, - zona, Arizona, from a utilitarian Jiolut o( view. It rites lu the Sierra de Nueva or New Mexico at an altitude r about 5,(J0 feet above c Ictjl, tbi-noc How wnt to the Colorado, a distance of not quite UP) miles, hivioz an aterara fall lu lis last JW0 miles or Hie reel ter mile, au average width or 09 feet, a depth or three feet, and a velocity of two miles per hour. Its b-inla are low, making tt an easy matter to cut from It lrrltrll"tr ditches, aud It . ready support a Urge population or whiles and (traceable Indians, sod is capable of reclaiming hundreds of thouMiids or acre or alc lands. The valley, at well at the bill country on both ides of It, Is rich In trrass, and would Ijc f f-eciall)' - eciall)' f-eciall)' sdijited to thceii, were tbsde trees more plcntllul This river drains a vast extcut oTcouu oTcouu-try, - try, oTcouu-try, and the numerous trihatarles joining It at an altitude or 'J.0O0 to ZJU.Q feet shorn the M bate line bottom lands, are full of fl.h ami the mouu Uiuoui country lnclolng tbein abounds In fine grass and timber and grain. Tbe biirber, barren mountains running parallel with tbe 'ilia are rich In the precious ores and coal, and may attract a large lululng tiopuUlloo, and thus foruUb to the firmer a market bear at band. Tbertt la a pro pro-peel - peel pro-peel of tbe construction of tbe Thiriy-teooad l'arallrl Kallruad, wblch (or many miles Is io skirt the IctcI Lnbks or lha river. Tbo ZMnteaun nnd MocAwaLua of .Arixoca. Comprising about ooe-slxtb of lu area, over .',000 im aooru tea icvci, are very ricu in tne iest wild grasoea, and arc corercd wttu One timber, -K-cialy the White mountain conntry, recently ex explored - plored explored and 0ened to xtlleinetiL They are pirn pirn-tllnlly - tllnlly pirn-tllnlly atered, and offer Indui-crutuls forscUle- tuent by tbe firiorr and stock-raiser, reeUlly tbe Utter. Tbe portion over 7,000 feet high Is. tM-rbapa, too cold for winter lusturagc, hot In to day the slock could be driven to warmer quar tersto llir tint ou llm niii ur tue uolurailn Cblqutts on tbo cut. Tbe Colorado plateau Is a , pajiurc-grouoi! of great cxcetlencc, hundred or i mile square, but lacks waterand lira too high for farming iarpoet. It It totally uninhabited. Hun dreds of springs and a few small atrctms can be found hlcb mlgbt make their owners the virtual posaeasors of all tbe country around thero from one spring to another for perhaps fifty mtlca. every root of this great plateau It covered with fine 'gf" and cedar or pine. Not rar from the town of i'retcott and along the Itlo Verde tt a very rich fanning, grating and timber conntry, which bat until lately been subject to the depre dations of tbe Apache-Mohavea, bnl is now aafe enough ror tcttlemeut, Many valuable mines have been worked In dif different - ferent different parti of the Territory for mauy ycart past, not tue depredations 01 tue jipacoe uavc so tar prevented lb rountty froiij ann!ng D grsit mining linixirunce. Remarks of the Miner. The Tribune is not on our exchange list, but we find the foregoing in a recent number of tho San Francisco Chronicle, and besides copying it, make a few corrections, a follows: First Tho writer erred in stating that, from tho summit of tho Agua Fria to the Colorado river the country gradually descended. This is not so, as about midway between said mountains and river, the San Francisco Mountain and its spurs rise fully as high as tho Agua Fria Mountains ; and, Mid Mid-dlo - dlo Mid-dlo Arizona is not, as the writer states, "but little above sen level." Prescott, in Middle Arizona, is moro than 5,000 feet above the sea level, and is far from being on the highest ground here. SecondIrrigation is not necessary here, although more or less practiced. In wet sea seasons, - sons, seasons, good crops Uavc been raised by favor of tho rains, which' ore heavy and frequent. Uut, we admit there have been dry yean, when water for irrigation would have leen very useful and necessary. Again, Middle Arizona has large streams of water, such as the Verde, Beaver, Fossil, East Fork of Verde, Ivirkland, Uassaysmpa, etc., which have never yet failed to supply water, and tho Mohave" river, of which tbe writer speaks, is not in Arizonn at all. Third The White Mountain country, of which tho writer thinks so well, is, indeed, a magnificent country, well supplied with wit witter, - ter, witter, timber and grass, but, unfortunately, most of it lies under the ban of on Indian res res-ervation - ervation res-ervation the lines of which ought to be con contracted. - tracted. contracted. Wo wish, in addition, to state that Middle Arizona is as well supplied with fine timber as, -nost any other portion of our boundless country j also, a superb climate. Tho withdrawal of Messrs Penwcll and Mitchell leaves us owner of tbree-fourths of tho Miner establishment. Tho other fourth is owned by Mr Weaver. Wo do not feel well over tho loss of two such good printers and partners j nor do theyj but, inasmuch as they expect to make more money by being on the outside, we cannov neipctiiiKrntuiBiius them upon their freedom from uctivo partici participation - pation participation tn a business tho cares, troubles and responsibilities of which only aro certain. It is pleasant to bo told that tho Colorudo river affords a cood boating stago or water. for, at this season, in past years, old Red has been qulto low. A steamer is oxptjeted tit Mohave about tbo 26th Inst.

this year's croti. The Swillmir canal. 'I ditch and Griilln ditch will, in all probaUU nj, w cieaneii unu repairea m soon as mjhsI. ble. The Prescott ditch, Mexican ditoli, Maddox ditch, Wilson ditch, Monterey ditch mm uiu doncs linen win iianily bo repaired this season, as the number of people- living on these ditches are inadequate to the task. On this account,, the grain already in on these ditches will either not mature or will bo very light. Much of the grain that had been sown was washed away, and many who were putting in nave ceased aim tliu prospects are that grain will be very scarce thu coming year. , Many persons nro very decided in express expressing - ing expressing their dissatisfaction at the low-net of the contracts fur the government supplies. This, together with the lato Hoods, has caused a Sreat depression in the public reeling. Un Un-pubtcdly - pubtcdly Un-pubtcdly gra will bo very plenty the com- 1 1 t t it ' . nig iwnnon anu a large inuux oi peoplo may be expected both miners and fanners. Jf toe latter hurry up mid put in more crops, ami the former are half successful in llnding the precious metals, time will be very lively before many months. On Friday lsst a meeting of the farmers was held in tow n for tho purpose of organiz organizing - ing organizing Orange. C. H. Oniy was chairman, aud J. T, A I nap, kecrotary. There has been no school during the week on account of the storm, but will open agaiu on Monday. Meltings' mill will begin grinding again on Monday. Had the rain continued 21 hours longer nearly every house in town would have been washed down. It is still somewhat cloudy, and fear are entertained that wo will have another storm soon. At tho lato quarterly meeting, it was voted that A. li. (iill. tho resident tireachcr. have a salary of S10O er annum. Ono of thu mem bers moved that Hev A. Groves, the presid presiding - ing presiding cider, have $25 per quarter, when the parson cot up and moved, in amendment, that it be llxod at S15 per quarter. With sugar and colfee at lllty cents tier ound, and other things in prniiortion, this is extremelv mod- crate, even for a preucher. Hob. (t'rum ToJx Oklljr Tho subscription price of the Wkbklt Minkr is lower than that of any other Ari zona pacr; that if, when the quantity of reading matter which it contain, is taken into coimi'lcration. And the advertising rates are, aim, lower, Binco ono equsre (twelve 1 1 ik of our small type) takes In as many words as two squares in any of our cotempo cotempo-raries, - raries, cotempo-raries, which facts we publish for tho benefit of the few customers who have thought our rates a little Ulgli. Concerning sutncnptioti, nil editors and printers of country apers know full well that but little profit accrues to a publisher from them, ewcially to a Prescutt publisher who has to pay from four to six dollars lor every column ol typo ,lcl" by a punter, while thu freight on material, of all kinds, is (rum 10 to 20 cents per ound. We have paid as high as 50 cents per pound. With there facts before the public, they will readily see the uccvssitv of giving us a liberal patronage, in order to "enable u to pay be between - tween between SliOUO and S.5,000 er year, for ma material, - terial, material, work', newt, etc., on the Daily and Weekly Miner. As yet, the Daily is scarcely sclf-MipMiriii!g, but wc shall run it or burst up in business. - ... So that rapid, energetic little Lieut Schuy Schuyler, - ler, Schuyler, has again caught tho Apar.he, reducing four stalwart bucks to entire subjection, cap capturing - turing capturing and. taking good care of a poor tqusw, whose life of toil and drudgery for her red lord is at an end. How well Crook knows the men who arc not too lazy to undergo toil, exposure and danger, in working for jH-rfect peace with the savages. While we rejoice over the dcatb of these four Attache devils, wc sincereiy regret the death, by drowning, of .loe de Leon and his son. True, they were not white men ; but, what of that 7 The father was a gallant Mexican, thorough thoroughly - ly thoroughly devoted to our country and cause. The son, a brave lialftbrced, who, like his father, had dono noble service in tbo good cause. The profits of tho legal profession arc enor enormous. - mous. enormous. The New York correspondent of the Troy Times ssys the lawyers in that city reaned a splendid harvest during tho late panic First rate lawyers get paid for their time at the rate of SU to 850 per hour, and thov will not touch a case without a retaining e e c csn ,n atsi ....1 n-n irtlm . W til lltllll qia; I uvjf anu ni.'tw - - covers much money, and then, if the case is won, the lawyer expects a fee of from SlXK) to $20,000 more. Tbo income oi uuarics O'Connor, previous to bis retirement, was about 200,000 per annum. Several of tho prominent lawyers in New York have an in come oi over eocn, if it isn't the desire of tho military author authorities - ities authorities to remove the Hualpai Indians from all roads travelled by whites, we would suggest that a more suitable place for a reservation than that siwken of a part of tho Colorado river bottom could easily bo found, in Mo Mo-havo - havo Mo-havo or Yavapai counties. Wo have, in our inind'n eye, several cozy mountain valleys, any ofwhich would suit the Hiialpaia who are mountain inuians oeiicr man mu v.oi orado. PitiNTmn Material. Wo have, on tho way from San Francisco and Chicago, nearly Sl.000 worth ofnsncr and other printing ma terial for tbo Miner, which ought to be hero in a month or ios time. : II. T. Crosby,'iq.,' (K3"ablo and gentle manly chief clerk of tbo War Department, Washinston Oitv. has recently placed us un der obligations for pamphlet containing rules and instructions relating to printing and printing accounts, etc. Although pretty well posted on Arizona, n ..'nfoBS to utter tenoranccof tho location of tho Aquarian mountains, in which Mc Mc-CorgodalcV1" - CorgodalcV1" Mc-CorgodalcV1" Ht'Seii uiK discoveries were -I. . . rceoiiiij iiim. . . will amnn n.'rsou cnlicutcn us upon this point not tlut wo care to go there and jump Mac's big things. Buveral weeks aco. a bunuMo of bill.hcads were sent, by express, from thU ofllce to Mr. John II. Halt, a trader at tho Colorado River Indian reserve, who informs us by letter that ssld bill-heaua bavo latieu to rcacu vu anybody tell what ha becorao p; uiew.

Mr McConnick can place another feather in bis cap by getting President Orant to com compel - pel compel the projHjr disbursing officers to pay our citizens for furnishing hupplies, transporta transportation, - tion, transportation, etc., whenovor the money u earned. There is, and has been, too much holding back and red Upo about quartermasters' dis disbursements, - bursements, disbursements, thu which has disgusted many people here, about set others crazy and hasn't, to our knowledge, helped Government any. Mr McConnick can do this part of the Territory a good turn now by having a U. S. Depository established nt Prescott. Citizens need it. Tho military need it, and General Crook shows why this need, by the followinc "talk" in his last "Annual tojwrt: I beg to again call attention to tbe great dlsad. vantage disbursing ollleer In Northern Arlto in Itthor under In regard to depositing tbelr runds: while the Tucson Depositary Is or ern ads-ant. age to tbe service and puhtlc In that section ot the country, to use it ror this section It positive ditudvHtitugu and a great hardship tiKin tbe peo peo-pie. - pie. peo-pie. Kinancl.d communication with Sau Fran. ArlMina tuau with Tucson : checkt on San Fran-1 wiswu arc uitcuunieu uere ai as IilgU ai live per cent., aud ofteutiinet funds cauuot be raised on mem at an. Tho Yuma (Arizona; Sentinel of the 7th intt., is our authority for the following items : Ibree companies are at work in Oastlc Dome tnjniug district natnelv. Nasle fc Co.: Csptala I'olbamus k Co., and Wm. Hopkins tt Co. They give employment to about forty men and two largo teams. The ore a kind of argentiferous galena asays very well, some shafts in tue district 'are 200 feet in depth. Tbo pspcr speaks " eulogistically, " of school-teacher 0. W. Nisb, Esq., who rules by kindness. 0. W. C. Ilowell had given a birthday party. County scrip was "ttilP1 at 75c. per dollar. ,i i ii .. i ' wuivugi j.iuiiijf an uuuu.j ul-huici, uiiC a full, clear rutsort of iiuancial transactions. Tho election for village ofllcers passed olf quietly. Total number of votes pulled, 100. That tip-top man, a. J. Fmiay, of tho c. s, N. Co., was re-elected mayor. j A lite Vkkdic.-Writing from Camp Mc- Dowcll, under date of the 19th instant, Mr ! John Smith, tbe post trader, uses alwut tho i following language: Have tad three d.ys ! steady rain. The Verde river rose 17 feet, ! and was about one mile wide. Tbe oldest white reaidents here assert that they hd , , , . - t -t ! never before seen tuch a 'dot" of water in the I v enie. 1 ue ikm, uuikiuic ireii iireiiv wen 1 owing to tbe protection of shingles. I Treat Kfu4j't Dailjr ) The last Harper's Weekly received at this office, dishts up General Howard in theactofl Mag caught stealing, by General llelknap, ' SocreUrv War. Vaiquez is to California what John Drown and cow were to Virginia. At latest dates, tho bold robber and murderer was commit committing - ting committing crimes around Visalia. The power of tbe whole state has, so far, failed to subdue him, and should he keep on defying that , power, Uencral Crook, who has caught and I .1 . a . 1. -r 1 . . .i. t,. ... ... arhrSi titatx Miiivht as sn.H 1 an uu huh luuufiuus ui Aw.uc 1 ii,iuva a, uujr j lc called upon to corral the one man (tower) ' now ruling California. Low FtctniiT. Freight between San Fran cUco and New York, er Pacific Mail Steam ...... ' . I auip company a steamer.- it aown 10 i, cia. per pound for heavy good. I 11 j That fast fntnd of Arizona, the San Fran- cisco xlta California, in recent review of the butchering business carried on under tbe Howard-Carhiso treaty, and tbe aid and com comfort - fort comfort given the savages by the report of Mr' Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior and chief of the Indian King Mpp-r and miners of the treasury, and peace of Arizona. Sonora and other Indian alliictcd Stale ana Territories, says: "Tho nation has had too " much of Columbus Delano. He is a public " nuisance and a national disgrace." To all which tbe Mini:h agrees. Our brother printers of Los Angeles, Cali California, - fornia, California, honored us with an iuvitation to at attend - tend attend the 'irst Typographical Ball," which came olf on tho evening of the 221 inst. Dis Distance, - tance, Distance, etc, deprived as of the pleasure. Pete Gabriel, formerly of this county, was wounded while recently assisting the sheriff of Lo Angeles county, California, to put down a squsttwrs' riot. Tho Beaver (Utah) Enterprise, of a late date, glories over the recent killing of three Navajo Indians, who crostcd over from this Territory with tho view of stealing horses. Served them right. LUMUfiUJLUMBEU. ALL KINDS OV- IltJILDIXO LUMItKK REIT eoattaatly un band at the Quarts Muuaulo Haw-Mill, flta mlls MHilU ol rresonil. All onltrs scot through tbr pot offlre will t protoptly alUoJed to. Tsrms nub un dslltrry at tbe mill. 1 tlUO. W. OUKTIS. I'rtseott, A. T., Krplembtr (i, ItfTS, Srp7t piioTOGiurinc xotice. I)a aot tMfitt that n.ANDKIW & I'K.NCLOX, ArllaU, rvmalo la lrvseott only during- tba present roonUi. And tbe tiubllo ar jurliouUrly rrquesU.1 to call and szawina seeimens vf work MAUK IK l'UMCOtT, wbttbrr lliay dealrs work or not, at It it always a pleasure W re re-eelvs - eelvs re-eelvs visllws Tbelr LIFE SIZE POKTBAITS CANNOT BE EXCELLED. Pictures Ukea In cloudy weatuer, any Uken on tbe brightest day. ' caannteed otualto JanlOtT The Post Trader's Store, AT Fort Whipple, Arizona, Keeps for Sale, Orocerlti, ProtMotu, Can tfrultt, Clolhmg BooU, Sltott, Stationery, Fancy Ocxxti, Tobacco, Clgart, dt-c. Pricaa, Reasonable. O KO. W. DOWKK8. rreprlot. MAU.VOLIA. WATKU, PLtlltlOA ."alsrand the best Wright's Cologne, fresh aodd.uulna at D1C KKNI)AI,I, lUmt Drue glorc 0NK WEED BEUEDT 0B 0REQ0H RHE0. uauo uore.ki nr. sisuu i uruf mure.