Show I 1 TO GRAHAM CO incidents of travel of a L ST it I 1 A in arizona correspondence Correspond ance travel of miles from maricana Mari capa 0 on n the southern railway and alid 45 m miles ia 4 I 1 urther by bv team tiring bring us to the beautiful valley of graham county on the gila river passing tuscon one can see sea th the e old church and dwellings said to be ba the oldest in america they are slowly crumbl crumbling ng away they are ara rude looking structures buist of the mexican adobe which consists of straw and clay the have flat dirt roofs we met many old time uta utah h p people opa in county among the them in bishop e i hp L wilkins and wife of eden and I 1 formerly I 1 or of provo toe mutual improvement associations li B 1 ara I ia in he healthy athy growing condition uncle moses doffs duffs birthday birth dry came around and there being a sa 3 many of my mv relatives in the stake a family reunion was called at pima out oat of mem here bera of the gluff cluff family residing in ari zona aona and mexico 57 were present pree ent among the number being B cluff sr of utah wo we had a day of rejoicing and merry arry making at dinner this was waa february we hd fruits fruita and vege ve ge tables also wine from grapes grown where six years ago but the cactus and masquet grew the climate and soil here are such that two crops one of small email grain and another of corn can be grown on the land each year fruit trees will bear in three years a after being set sec out at a distance aia tance of nine miles in the graham mountains is plenty of timber and wood grows all through the valley the ruins of an ancient town are plainly to be seen across the river from T pima ima pottery ware rude stone stona axes grinding stories atones flint arrow points battle axes etc are to be found A caye cate c containing onta ining many indian relies is B also near bere and ciany many places can b be seen where were once water reset doirs we visited one which is about 50 feet in diameter the bank raises about eight feet above the grade and at one place it slopes elopes from near the bottom to about one hundred feet back ass as though it were intended as ahe place of on en trance A large oak tree is growing in this reservoir which is probably years tears old for two years past there hits has been a drought d ro a g li tin in this southern a out h ern country and cattle have suffered on account of it many are seen dead by the road side between the railroad and the river but while we were here a heavy snow fell in ia the mountains some of which reached the valle valley tle boys were foon eoon out with their sleighs cow hides fastened at the corners with ropes and enjoyed about an hours ride when the warm earth caused the 11 enow u ow to disappear from the st streets r beets many orthe oi the children were much amused S d as a they bad never seen enough snow to ride on before it fell to the depth of fourteen inches at bowie p the heaviest snow tall fall for thirty years the people haye have dons done much to im prove the country wells have been driven from which drinking water is obtained by wind mills canals have hate been constructed antt the waters is being taken from the rivers so that the people can lire on the bench land and malaria is almost a thing of the bast surveys have been made for it a railroad through the valley A market is fur ed fori fruit and farm products at th ana 0 mines and government forts while at central I 1 nad the privilege of reading for t the he first time since leaving home uncle altred d called my attention to an editorial where reference was made to so man many ol 01 our young men in utah who have not nit auy lands of their own and were going about doing hard days labor and spending their means in places of amusement etc ate after reading it he took me out to the farm indis in his carland car cart tand and from there to several other farms and orchards barda owned by young men who have taken up the land and made comfortable for table homes all within the last six years M 1 I A |