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Show Th i Anzi..ft Mission. From a letter written by Mr. Ixtt riinith, Sn i isi it cruising, Yavapai county, A T , A ul '.Hh. to a gentleman gentle-man in Davis couiiiy, vi glean thu following information eonccruing the Arizona mission: 1'Ucy havti sown u eonsiilernhlu fit-id Willi wheat, planted home garden--), Mrcicd a bowery for ! general gatherum:, cleared some iIaihI and explored Ll.ii country for limber. There is an abundance of Cottonwood and of a belter quality I than Mr. Smith ever snw, ne.ir their jlown. There are thousands of acres ot goo 1 land there- much more than 'can he irrigated witli thu prr"nt supply of watur. Some, of the missionaries mis-sionaries were lying on the h -nth side of llir civ r lenring to cross on account of Ihe depth ot water ami quicksMid. The l.ko and Allen compAiiitis have Ineated 2.' miles a Wive- Sunset crossing. Mr. Smith's company ol twenty-live wagons, arrived ar-rived al Allen's settlement oil thu 2Uh of March, his learns being in od condition, but some uf those, that reached thorn after hjm, Mr. S. says, "looked like the bruiiking up of a hard winter." Thu grass is excellent ex-cellent and there is plenty uf it. There was no niiow at the settlement tail winter and slock that lias been running on the range is fat enough for heel". A henl ol 20,000 sheep was kept there all winter, Lu sides several smaller droves in the immediate vicini'y. j |