| Show the arizona strip loi tie section of rion i which lies north of the grand cannon of an his been known is hie 1 anona strip phot this id n h in ld timber and ign cultural lands haa long been known but the few set tiers obtain an outlet for pro duco through utah and hence have i closer feeling for tint state than for angom and it mint bo confessed that arizona lias done little for the settlers or to find out alie resources of alie atno for the pur poo po o of inducing others to settle there some months ago prof A M of the arizona experiment station C C jacobs of the U geological survay and dr 0 C bartlett assistant ento kologi t made a rc of this country with 0 view to learning the resources at first hand the story of this trip is will told in a pamphlet which lias j isac been issued by the board of control chere are few running streams or springs which could be developed for either power or irrigation purposes but by developing alie water supply which is available for town sites around which the area for five or six miles could be cultivated by dry farming methods it is estimated that from to people could be supported the average elevation is about feet the annual rainfall is about fourteen inches there ire about head of cattle and head of sheep in the strip tho agricultural development at present consists of 30 acres of ieng cited land at lees ferry which is in alfalfa and fruit one thousand acres at Fr edoma which is also irrigated and GOO acres at littlefield twenty seven hundred acres are dry farmed 2000 acres of this being at short creek it is estimated that there are of one million acres of land which could be dry firmed in addition to adjacent land which 19 excellent grazing land there are schools at fredonia and littlefield A road is needed from hurricane utah to connect with the cable line across the grand canyon at el trover the forest reserve has for sale three billion feet of lumber but a railroad must be built to get it out the arizona strip is worthy of development and it is to he hoped that such improvements as road building good schools and alie assistance si wind the state can render to the settlers will prove alie inducement will encourage others to make this part of the bbate their home across the line in utah the country 13 being rapidly developed the same encouragement and help extended to alie settlers on tins side will make this a prosperous bention of the state we ought to get better acquainted willi alie arizona strip kingman arizona miner |
