| Show interesting ero FRO PROBE X KEW MEXICO liva llva mabry sly uny description OF AFFAIRS IN THE upper GILA vallet vallea thomas clark dark of grant coo coq co new mexico writes from that part of the country you who may be intending to come to this locality should start ad ag I 1 early as the first ol 01 october and come by the way of johnson utah and lees less ferry thence to little colorado and aud up the river to tor round hound valley Ther there eyou you are within miles of this place Nud you can get got directions there about the road start with about loo lbs ibs of flour to the person bring good mare mara and cows owl n with hith with you if it you have them they are good property here bring no farming tools as they aro arc heavy freight and are cheap in this countr country yi bring plen pien plenty ty of fruit and vegetable seeds come with the understanding that the country is new now but the natural facilities cili ties to make prosperous homes are good the land laud the water and the climate are fine awid arid the grass cannot be surpassed in the west stock swill thrive here hene he reail reali all nil winter and this is a great advantage to newcomers new comers getting here late in the season not having any hay at hand band andrut and but hut little means to buy with Crop crops look very well here we have havo nad had plenty of rainy rains rain and the country looks green with grass the gila river biver has been up owing bohea to heavy vy rains all kinds kinda of produce bring a good price in silver city isyou start with ox os teams teama be sure and have your oxen shod if you start with allne a bul bull havo hayo bave lim dim mm shod also as bulls WIls feet or hoofs will not stand the gravelly roads the indiana have done dond considerable stealing on the lower gila river biver but at present all nil is quiet they have never been closer than ac miles from this valley that we ve know of there is a new agent at san carlos carios reservation and the peo feo think there will be hat bat very little moie more trouble with the apaches e 9 the former agent starved them to desperation there has been no stealing in this country by the class known he hero re ns As rustlers but they have done some depredations in arizona and close to or on the line between the united states and gid rid mez mer mexico 1304 times hero are pretty good everybody c appears to be doing well and in good circuns circumstances t ances there la Is plenty of room for a large settlement tho the land is claimed by squatters but I 1 think they can be bought out reasonably it is only a matter of time with them sliver silver city olty Is 25 miles milea of here and Is a lively town Ws ita the centre of trade trado for nil all al we the surround surrounding ln g country conguy merchandise js about the same bame in price as it ia is insall in sait bait lake like city our oar enily eaily crop cf potatoes is mar f footed looted hote hore at 4 cents per pound und onn fall fah crops look well in fact everything looks fine and in some place places a the weeds are higher h than the corn but that is 13 generally gene raily rally on places where men are a little idle of course it would not be that way on MY ray place there la Is wore water here than land BO so bring big shovels to irrigate with |
