Show A Good Country ST JOHNS APACHE COUNTY Arizona Feb 28 1880 Editors Herald Near the head of tho Little Colorado rado and about thirty miles from the Moceoni Mountains is f beautiful tract of land sufficient in extent for one or two hundred families The land is very fertile This fact was demonstrated last season by the Mexicans Mex-icans who occupied the land With wooden sticks for plows and in many instances without watering the ground they aiasd good crops of whet barley corn beans melons etc and ns for onions this country coun-try bents the world I saw one the other day which weighed four and a half pound I would not go into a No 7J bat Tho climate is good grass in abundance and the timber in the mountains is of the best quality Sherwood Brothers expect to have a good steam saw mill in operation in about two months But I have got ahead of my story I was going to tell of a new city the location of which can only be determined deter-mined by the stakes that mark the corners ol the blocks About one mile below a little Mexican town ol about 100 familieSj this new city is laid out which is destined to be the meat important point ia this past of the country We are few in number now but wait i while and you will eee Your PONO |