Show our people in arizona the arizona wa daily star of tue son says under date of may A P mcdonald II 11 W brizzee D P kimball and I robinson prominent disciples of the mormon faith in arizona have been making a tour of pima and cochise counties in the interests of their church they were in anc bon son yesterday en ca route to their home ot mesa city maricola maricopa Mari copa county I ale mesa a city is about 18 miles from from phenix and four miles from fron salt river it was first settled jy its present occupants two years ago last november and now lias has a po population of 75 families or about deop ae the pursuits of the resi dents of mesa city arc are entirely of an agricultural character water for irrigation is obtained from salt river by mean sofa canal 10 miles in length and mid 16 feet in width not much small grain is grown by the settlers the principal portion of ortho the land being devoted to the culture of fruits and grapes the mor ifor mons are described as a peaceable and industrious people specially adapted to the work of subduing the desert and wilderness and they have undoubtedly caused some of the most forbidding and inhospitable portions olour of our country to bud and blossom as the rose |