Show arinita U it hit 1111 it II 1131 la and ail 11 mini fiat ahli 1 1 adlung the ho gila eivor there ie ic a valley of tiny me si ze ruins of buildings unil and irrigating oro met with showing allowing that the country wua was OUCH extensively cultivated the 1 ho Ille bla 1 biej iffa is 11 ono of the largo 91 of these thane va vallois vallo lloys yH and over ltd its ex tont tent fire BIU mol kounla luls traces of irrigating impaling cilli als fraga ants of dottory pol pot tory etc on the san bun aed ro neat near its junction with the tha oila nio are the tha remains of what lit one time wite it larita largo city the foun fonn lations are ut of beono baid in in course coarse cement aud the buildings bull lings were ovi evi deally doltl large larga anil and well constructed in tho the bonto tocto basin and abd the tha Mon gollon and ami Maza ranges many ruins luins tire last wibb tb on coon creek in in the are many cliff d wellings dwellings howen out of the solid rock in the verila Verdo Valloy thero there aro are eviden evidencia cos coa of a dense population mil and along the cliffs cliffa berjer bordering i n tho stream tream are num erotic cliff Up 1 v flin i ng t two miles bo be 10 low w fort 1 ort vard rde tilt nil ancie nt burial ground laa has boen been discovered where dif evered large larga numbers of t tho ancient raco race sloop sleep the there re last sloop sleep in III the llevat od ed val valleys loy a surrounding Pro scot man many y interesting stone ruins have boo broa brought to light nod and ninny many bum human an n bories bones taken 0 near tempo in in the salt bait river valley are ara fouta found the remains of extensive buildings the 1 hoy are not but a mass ot of mounds but the the foundations of one which has been hee n uncovered measures feet in length and teat foot ir IP edth al all I 1 over tho the salt bait eiver biver valley and on the witla plain between it and the gila the ruins ot dwellings and the trace of old canals are plainly dis cornille cor nible and where today the tharmar amer ican farmer lias bus built it pleasant homo home the ancient occupant at cultivated the soil centuries before columbus sighted tha shores of oe san salvador in arizona everything is is growney grown by tho the aid of irrigation of a 11 few small elevated valleys in in tho the northern part ot of the Terri territory tor y t this his system ol of cultivation caUl is is boilo followed we d a everywhere ve r the water la brought from to the river in canals and then conveyed to the different farms by means of lateral ditches small grain required require il to bo be flooded from two to four times during daring the season while fruit and grasses griBS Ba require less lesa water in the salt bait iziver valley ten tan canals with a wilted united capa capacity elty rains mm arar inched nave been constructed tho the arizona canal is over forty milos miles longi long tt a width of thirty y six feet ou the bot tomis seven feet deep and has a capacity of inches this thia great way cost over and reel reclaims aims nearly acres of magnificent land in the valley ol of iila a inu camber of canals imo have been talea takeo lout out near florence and also dear near I 1 safford and Solo monville 1 these canal enterprises are owned and ani controlled by incorporated companies each share behare representing a Q mandity quantity of water sufficient to ir aco a 0 acres 4 in the halb river walley valley these ean can be purchased at from W to without water theland th olandis ii valueless val nelese and that its ii an absolute necessity besides canals canal now completed a I 1 number ars are being constructed on tho the lower gila fin W ill reclaim over acres cre af pf ot fino land A large larga waterway tery ia 1 algo 1 l projected near r florence ir which ich will make productive over acres |