| Show NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE A Place lor Homeseekcrs in a favored Locality llalepltl llavltpl 11er Ronorn Iex Jnn 38 1898 To the Editor In my letter from Oaxaca 1 plllmlsed to give jour renders come Inlormtlon bout this place When the river IIn IP0 l leave Oaxacn It runs noith hy meet some fifteen mile then turns meet through a box canyon lIe miles then cuts Into the end 01 a long valley some tour or live mllea file then en tells another canyon ooolh by wt Tualling n large end I and In this bend from the north 010111 the valley rome the Ilatcplta filer Irolll m hleh this place taken Its name From hem dovin the to rivers make the Yqul liver This grant contains about 10000 acres of land Most of It Is I grazing land but there Is some good farm land l upon it but hot so much us was said to be jy some that have Visited It our party par-ty looked over the ground and leveled the canals here again ve found that It would cost more than nt first situated sit-uated to get the water on the land It Is I also said that the llateplta Kue dry every y etir for about six weeks find Dial the Uavlspl has bn known to go dry once or twice The land nor the i small hills and the higher flatm on nhlch towns could be made are tovered with dense growth ot timber good only for firewood It li I a kind of II bastard locust very hard and brash mt makes very good fuel The climate Is I a little warmer than Oaxaca We Were there In January The das were Wolfm i and delightful with a very little frost at night but this Is I said to be the oldet winter for years Most kinds of fruit would do well here and possibly the om age but that Is not certain This place Is I In a direct title forty miles from the United States line sev entyfive miles from malice In Arizona thirtylive miles t Trontlrns In so lorn and fifty miles from the town of i lavlspl up the river This valley was Visited by an earthquake In US7 which nade the valley sink and has left n mirk all round the east and south ot It for miles In some places the gap Is eight feet wide anil the upper side from Six to fifteen feet higher having a per I endlcular wall The same shake threw down the church nt Uavlspl fifty niles south up the river and killer some Sixty Persons Tho road front Uoteplll north Into the United State 10 Very good We come up the river anti through the Fall l1ernllrdlno ranch and over to Illshee then down the Sal 3r r ri 1Jd tWn i Pedro river to st David n settMnen of Latterday Kalnt St Dav 7ca Is I situ atm on the San Pedro river 20 mile north ot Tom > lone and seven miles southeast oflen em on tile line vI tile Ulsbee and Nogales railroads two llnOs running parallel from Fairbanks to lie noon down the San Pedro river i There are now about thirty famllU In the place They are scattered about eight miles on the river At the bottom end of the valley Is I a line flat ot about 1700 acres which la I to be the town Bite The land N I all filed on and some he their paton and arc mill ling to sell to those of a like faith The town Is I wntered partly hy canal and partly by flowing wells which are very easy 10 make as the formation Is uth that In 11 well of ro feet only about ao vr 40 feet of pipe h I used The wells are made by the washing process and are made In from 6 to 12 day H The people here want about 30 or 40 more families and the Invite Inspection of this place Merchandise Is I very reasonable reason-able here while farm products of all kinds bring 1 a good till Ice Ha led hay when hauled twenty mite fetches SID to 112 per ton eggs 30 cents per dozen etc Any further Information ont1 about the nateplll country can be had by wrltln gto A W Ivlns Junlez or to Elder I K IInloh Ison nil under the direction or A IV lln K S II The subjoined paragraph Is I from the Arizona star Th matter 01 rtelan water ban been settled In the San 1lro valley between Hcnson and Fairbanks There are twentysix artesian wells now In successful time nplln no Innny farmers which hae been tlexelopei by 1 the Pt vlla Mormon colony The Latterday Santa are wonderful l > good people for a new country They arc Industrious frugal honest anti courageous Thpy were the flint to Introduce Irrigation I n the I United States that was In Utah They were the that to Introduce Irrigation In AH zona that was In Apache Marlecrr nnd flraham cauntlis Nov they are the first to develop artesian xelti and thus become the ploneeia or this Im irtant factor for leclnllnlng tin rich oils of Arizona What cb P Inter InIIng inemlnni of list hIIh 01 Ihe frAtOrday Paints have don nt Kt I > av Ids lit Hun Plat Valley ought 10 I nmpllshed In many nher alleys nt Arizona If It I cannot he l npllshcd In any other xa > thr lorrllory liught to pay n kpiii the MOllllon People for ench And eli cry oorm I < olony they I 1llInt I Iiith 0 unrellalmo tll as nt A elzoDn mI hre th develop aTlelan wllter Thy Ire a 1 cop 1 o rthy nf Ripi lotion for the mock they have done unit they should be cultlxated for tlx good I I hey w und m III nrcompllsh 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