Show ARIZONA la biform tion from two letters let aers written hy A F Macdon aldand henry stan both lit at ma mesa city CAT arizona terr termo t to r ry y to air mr A stewart at juch rich biond cacho cache county utah wo glean sonio some valuable information concerning matters and things in that southern region the iou around mesa mella hi is said laid to be an forkim affirm WK district regarded as its the best in the of arizona vow comparable to or cache in utah the fand is abundant and f fertile the water can call be secured by b or labor on very reamona reasonable le terms it being cheaper to buy than to illi improve prove a farm farin or homestead the tile counter country at however is not suited for extein extensive stock rai raiding shig only for such bums here ben of animals iw ran can be he kept t on oil valuable the farm but there are valuable ranch ground grou nili s about thirty miles off the lack of timber and lumber is the only and greatest drawback to gene general ial improvements aa as they have to haul it miles from prescott Presco tl or else purchase it at the railway station at Mario opa A tap twp nty eight miles from mesa city at ai 84 cash per hundred merchandise is about as cheap there as in ill utah climate and water arc are healthy and good suited for all kind of fruit r M fi ay w 77 id groin the nic people cople I are fire plant ofle ng the grape juit and N oranges arcel freely ehg alie e former doing especially well if a man mail haq has lie tile money or can call sell what lie lins lim lin s for money lie can call do 10 better to go by railroad rail roal and make the purchases for nece there the fare fire from ogden city by second class CIMS is about emigrant rates freight frei glit cents per pollitt pound lint but if a man mall liaa lifts teams teamia and nd wa ngon goll and cannot pell sell them to advantage it i h preferable to load them ami inart with them fur for the south early in lit september via ria st george and pierce ferry to ry and i thence to mesa a city thus thu starting early enough to put in ill gra grain i n in in the months of november and acce december it this caution as its to the starting time is particularly emphasized by air mr standage who says that those who have preceded him and his party and the heat in ill that gunny sunny clime tell liim him that it is is rather tough on oil dersom the first fint season unless the they arrive there bay in december and thu thug pass what they call down there winter and find get pre prepared lared f for or the summer As to stoves they can call lie be had from the east enst laid inid don down in ill mesa city at salt lake prices agricula Agri cul tural implements as ancel well as machinery such as iti mowers rakes re apers etc can call be had now at tit catalogue prices less half the usual discount if if a ft persons has good machinery and farming firming implement not too much used up or worn out it would pay well to ship them unless they could be sold before starting at tit cot cost or at ft very small discount it would not however be advisable to s hip hil much secondhand second hand furniture good harness will pay to ship As to the price of lucerne seed it is fluctuating 11 ig mr S bought about iks ibs at 11 centa cents which was as a s low as ever known the seed laced came by rail from california although it could bo be obtained for leas by ordering direct two or three weeks after that purchase Jur liase chase lucerne Iti cerne seed went up to 23 cents the weather on oil the ath of april was delightful the thermometer being 96 after having as ibi high has as 1090 the nights ore are beau filkill til tanil kill cool mid find pimsant IN mrs I r S gives the ilia to nil till who wh intend going thither thit lier not to pint part with any woolen articles such as is blankets clothing etc because e they tit 17 are moving in to the sunny south t at at the beginning of april everything was growing like magic and the country looked beautiful |