ARIZONA. 



ARKANSAS. 



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$40 to $60 per M., according to quality. Board 

 is $10 IHT \vrrk. 



K-siring to reach Arizona from tlio 



Ail. -i i . and to settle in Northern or 



il Ari/<m:i, will find the road via Albu- 



Mexico, the best and shortest. 



Grass, wood, and water, are plenty, except in 



T two places; but, with a little care, no 



trouble need be encountered. 



The distances are as follows: From Granada, 

 >r I. as Animas, Colorado (railroad towns), to 

 <>tt, about 615 miles; from St. Louis to 

 i-itlaT of these places by railroad is 850 miles. 

 Persons who may desire to go to the southern 

 portion of the Territory, can take the old over- 

 bad road, via Mesilla, to Tucson, which is 

 835 miles from Trinidad, Colorado. Both of 

 the above are excellent natural roads. 



Immigrants coming from the Pacific coast to 

 Northern or Central Arizona will find two 

 roads from San Bernardino, California : one via 

 Hardyvillo and the Hualpai mines to Prescott ; 

 the other via Ehrenberg and Wickenburg to 

 Prescott or Phoenix, the chief town of Salt 

 River Valley. The distance from San Ber- 

 nanlino to Prescott by either of these routes is 

 about 400 miles. On the road via Ehrenberg 

 is a semi-weekly line of stages. The fare from 

 San Bernardino to Prescott is $75, currency. 

 Immigrants desiring to go to the southern part 

 of the Territory can take the road from San 

 Diego, via Yuma, to Tucson, on which there is 

 a tri- weekly line of stages. The fare to Tuc- 

 son is $90; the distance about 450 miles. 



The Colorado Steam Navigation Company 

 run a line of steamers fr6ra San Francisco to 

 the mouth of the Colorado River, a steamer 

 leaving San Francisco every twenty days. 

 River-steamers run up the river to Yuma, 

 Ehrenberg, Mohave, and Hardyville. Fare 

 from San Francisco to Yuma: Cabin, $40; 

 steerage, $25. Most of the freight comes this 

 way. 



Freight by wagons from Los Angeles to 

 Prescott, via Ehrenberg or via Hardyville, is 

 12 cents per pound ; the same from San Die- 

 go to Tucson, via Yuma. 



There are eight military posts in the Terri- 

 tory, as follows: Fort Whipple, and depart- 

 ment headquarters, near Prescott ; Camp 

 Verde, 80 miles east of Prescott ; Camp Mo- 

 have, on the Colorado River ; Camp McDow- 

 ell, ou the junction of the Verde and Salt 

 Rivers, some 20 miles above Phoenix; Camp 

 Lowell, near Tucson ; Camp Bowie, at Apache 

 Pass; Camp Apache, 200 miles northeast of 

 Tucson ; and Camp Grant, at the foot of the 

 Graham Mountains. 



Lines of telegraph connect Prescott, Wick- 

 enburg, Phoenix, Maricopa, "Wells, Florence, 

 Tucson, Yuma, and other points, with San Die- 

 go, California, and it is believed that there 

 will soon be direct telegraphic communication 

 with points in Utah and New Mexico. 



The climate of Arizona is mild and generally 

 healthful. In the southern part of the Terri- 



tory the temperature ranges from 84 to 118* 

 Fahr. The atmosphere is dry, and this region H 

 singularly free from malarious diseases. Snow 

 falls in Central Arizona, but, excepting in tho 

 higher mountains, disappears in a few hours. 

 The temperature in summer rarely exceeds. 90 

 and seldom falls below zero in winter. Rain 

 falls mainly in the months of July and August, 

 but there are frequent showers in April and 

 May, as well as in the winter months. The 

 climate of Arizona is said to be highly bene- 

 ficial to those afflicted with bronchial or lung 

 diseases. 



The Territory has special advantages for 

 stock-raising and the production of wool ; for, 

 not only is the climate favorable, but on the 

 hills and mountain-sides a rich and abundant 

 pasturage is found. 



Arizona has three newspapers : the Senti- 

 nel, a weekly, published in Yuma; the Citi' 

 zen, also a weekly, issued at Tucson ; and the 

 Miner, daily and weekly, published at Pres- 

 cott. The government is administered by a 

 Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, and Auditor, 

 who are appointed by the President of the Uni- 

 ted States. The Legislature and Delegate to 

 Congress are elected by the people. The ju- 

 dicial power is vested in a Supreme Court, 

 consisting of three judges, appointed by the 

 President, and probate courts. The Supreme 

 Court holds one session annually, at Tucson. 

 The present Governor is Hon. A. K. P. Safford. 



ARKANSAS. In no State in the Union, 

 excepting perhaps Louisiana, have there been 

 such stirring events and such public excitement 

 during 1874 as in Arkansas ; and in no State, 

 with the exception named, have public atfairs 

 called for such earnest consideration on tho 

 part of the General Government, or claimed 

 a larger share of public attention throughout 

 the country. An appeal to arms was made to 

 decide a determined contest for the Executive 

 office, which had been pending for nearly two 

 years. This was followed by a Constitutional 

 Convention, called under extraordinary circum- 

 stances, and which in a brief period caused the 

 entire organic law of the State to be changed, 

 and led to another contest between opposing 

 factions for possession of the State government. 



The contest between Brooks and Baxter for 

 the governorship had its origin in the bitter 

 political campaign of 1872 ; and, in order to 

 present the facts of the controversy more in- 

 telligibly, it will be necessary to trace the rec- 

 ord briefly from that time. 



In the spring of 1872 a division in the Re- 

 publican State Committee led to the calling of 

 two conventions, and the nomination of two 

 State tickets. One of these conventions nomi- 

 nated Joseph Brooks for Governor, and de- 

 clared in favor of Greeley and Brown, and 

 the Cincinnati platform; the other, after in- 

 dorsing the Administration of President Grant, 

 chose Elisha Baxter as their candidate for 

 Governor. Owing to this division in the Re- 

 publican ranks, the Democrats nominated no 



