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Show THROUGH ARIZONA. Some of tho Towns "I Islled in Apache (onntr. St. Joils, Apache County, AW; zona, May 21nd, 1S90. Correspondence Correspond-ence of the DraEKrr "Sims. Three miles from Solomonviiie, Graham County, is San Jose, a small Mexican town with all tho characteristic features of tills class of residents. Duncan is. a farming town, on the Arizona & Xw 5Iex- IcoIUilway, forty miles from Solomonviiie. Solo-monviiie. About twenty-fivo families fam-ilies aro located there, chle'tly Tix-ans. Tix-ans. It Is a good location; for agnj cultural i ursuitr,'nu(l Is sluialeetou the Gila Itlver. It was unneccary to Inform us that this uasncJa "Mormon'' retUeniebt. We visited it on Sunday and found tho farmers at n orkln the flelJso tilers carousing insaloonsand no church In the town. Tlie reply to our question respecting the last named was tlfat "the leoploalid not want religion." A Sunday School wasadxertisesl, but only two or three children usually attended. Clinton, ou the San Francisco Itlver, is one of the most prosperous mining towns in Arizona, and Is readied by the A. A. X. M. Hallway. Hall-way. There are forty miles of this narrow guagc mad in Arizona. After passing Guthrie, it lias nil exceedingly heay. grade, and a ISO-foot truss t ridge " of wood and iron Is crossed. Within a fe"w miles there are four tunnels besides ovir fivethousind feet of trestle w.ork and pile bridging. bridg-ing. Thoiiasseugers have an injoy-able injoy-able experience lowing tbe fearful chasms as the tralu winds along the ililH) mid trusses precipices. 'I'tle mounhiln seeiiiry Iu tliu lcinity is truly magulfiient. The plant of the Arizona Copper Compauy, located at Clifton, Is one of the most extensive of its kind in the west. In order to reach Aiache County, In tlie north, wo must necessarily travel through Xew Mexico, and the first tow n en route Is CarlKc. a declining mining locality about eighteen lulleHirom Duncan. Until lately it has been a lively camp, but the works are closing down. . Aft. r two days' travel Hi rough the mountain, in a northerly direction, we reached WIHLm Valley, X. M., win re llie little town of Pleasantoii is located ou the San Francisco Itlver. Only a few families now n-side there-, though at one time it had gooj pruspecls. Some of llie readers of the XewS will reinc-mts.r it as a "Mormon" settlement, but laud troubles and slikuess compelled the settlers to leave. Tin; list hours of that liardy pioneer and faithful Indian missionary, mis-sionary, Jacob Hamlin, wire spint at Plcasanton, w hero hi auccuiubttl to malarial dlsease,aud In peace and solitude he was laid toreeL We visited vis-ited Hie open grave, the remains having been removed to Alpine, wluru members of the family reside. re-side. Alma is situated about fifteen miles further up the river, Lut the town is almost dead, owing to the failure oflliemluesi In the icinity, which produced nearly all thu.busi-ntss. thu.busi-ntss. llaccs Plaza ! a Mexican town near the head of the ban Fmuii-co River, and ixtinds about fixe miles along the banks. It tios-si-sesallHiu facilities and resuun-es for a larye and j rusperuus agricultural agricul-tural town, iKit requires "Mormon" industry and energy to accomplish it. Tliis Is w hat is Licking In all Hie tow us nbo u riferreU to, and is apparent ap-parent to ail who liave I eell privileged privi-leged to Hote the contrast. We tiintiuuu to" travtl over the mountaii.sand climb what is know n as Miiligan's Slide, a very steep ascent, iic-co-iLating the unloading of our convijance, but we succeeded iu gaining Hie summit. At list wo re-ached the pleasaut valley of Luna in Socarru County, Xew Mexico. What a picture! For da a w c have looked on a barren country, or traveled o'er rugged hills and through dense timber, and now we behold from tliu top of the hill a lieauUful vatley Willi llHgrcc-n fields and pastures, and surrounded by pine clad hills. Many nrat and substantial residences resi-dences are clustered together at one end of the valley, and n comfortable milting house Is situated hear the cc litre ef town, win re an excellent day school is conducted by bister He wood. Recently a wanl organization was itlectcd know n as the Huber Ward, presided over by Bishop Gilbert Greer and his counselors, M. 11. Thompson and Henry Itej nolds. Two streams of excellent water flow into the valley, and a reservoir is being constructed nluut light Hillea dl-tanl whlili will enable the settlers to store enough water for the whole valley. About twenty families are living there at present, liut there is ample room for thirty or forty more. Good eroio aru raised, it Is said, with less labor than in Utah, only one irrigation beiug necessary, as sullleiiut rain falls to mature the cruirt. A visit to their Suuda) School ami meeting convinced us that thiSaiuts w ere united and alive to their duties. More help is needed, need-ed, auJ good Latter-day Saints are wauted to assist in building up the town. Fifteen miles from Luna Is Rush Valley, where the town of Alpine is situated. Tlie people have been harra.Hs.-d by grosshoppitT, having lost ilnir imps now for two jcani and tlie pro-quits are not very promising for this jcar. One of the neatest little towns visited ill our IniMLs is Xulrloso, about twelve miles from Alpine. 1 lie houses aru mostly built of iuui-l-er and many of tlitiu painted while-, giving the town n cheerful appearance. About tutnly-tie families reside iu the w ard, presided uerby liishop Rrowii. Good imps arc raised, some of the brethren having harvested last Jear from fine-en hundred to two thousand bu-bclsot grain each. Two excel-le-ul schools are cnnJucted by competent com-petent teacher during the winter mouths. A thn-e hours' drlvn enabled us to reach nit extensive valley In which are located the tow us of Lagervlllr, Amity and Springirviile. All these are included in one ward, presided over by libhop George 11. Crosby, who was recently arrested during a short visit to Utah. Preparations Prep-arations are Is-lng made to erect a commodious meetiog-houHj at Lagervllle, and at present Sunday school and meetings aru held at tlie new grist mill, belonging to President Presi-dent Udall, which Is centrally situated. situ-ated. Then: settlements obtain their water supply from the Little Colorado Riverand have constructed a reservoir cnabllugthem to strore up an abundance of water. Some of our brethcru who are at present desirous of obtaining farms and new homes, would lie encouraged if they could view the extensive farm of President Udall where he raised over five thousand bushels of grain last year. Settlers are Invited and there are good openings for energetic men. As wetravelona vastplainstntches before us relieved only by low hills. St. Johns thirty miles distant is the country seat of Aracho County and, as many of your readers are aware, It has required re-quired much hard labor and self-denial self-denial to make It the flourishing city it now Is. The district school is very prominently situated on the hill, nml during last winter over one hundred and fifty studentsjwero in attepelance. We vislttsj the St, John's Stake Academy held In tbe tithing office, a commodious brick building, and were cordially welcomed wel-comed by the principal. Brother llrown. Tills institution lias done a goml work during tho past winter and deserves encouragement. Much interest is being taken iu It by Hie students and the Stake authorities. authori-ties. The county court hou-e is centrally central-ly situated, and tlie many large buildings In the business portion of the city give evidence of the enterprise and perseve ranee of the citizens. The largest business house is the St. John's C. M. & M. I., which Is doinga flourishing business undir the sujurinlendeney of Judge J. T. Leueur, an affable gentlemen and wide awake LuInes man. If some of Hie early settlers returned re-turned to ULsli discouraged, or sought homes elsewhere, could now visit SI. Johns they would be surprised sur-prised at the cliango and perhaps realize that itwould liacbee-n more Profitably to have "borne theiros.' Jxtensivc gardens well cultivated and excellent orchards yielding a great varitty of fruit, contribute much to the pleasing aspect of the city. May tlie persevering iflbrLs of Hie l-op!e continue to be crowned w itli success 'hat they may obtain Hie bli-ssiiigs richli deserved for their fidelity, Industry and per-everance. PlhEMX. |