Show attractions OF ARIZONA land climate and other inducements lor for settlers apache co arizona may im 1888 editor deseret news new of all the locations of the saints yet visited in this ibis country of extremes the pretty little village of nutrioso has the most pleasant combination of the picturesque and practical in nature ft its meadows glades parks lakes and magnificent surroundings of rugged in mountains and rounded undulating hills covered with a growth of pine cedar and juniper make it a scene which viewed from any point ot of observation be draws forth exclamations of admiration As we look down the valley to bo the left a beautiful meadow spreads out before us from the very turf of which suddenly rise the undulating hills bills covered with pine to the right of the meadow lies the tillable laud land the stubble the strength and kindliness of the soil and beyond is the little village with its nest neat school house bouse frame houses and large barus barns w hile bile in the background are rugged hills covered with a dense growth of forest trees from the village vill aee looking ing southwest is gobblers peak so named from the wild turkeys bei being ing found there so plentifully and beyond a glade and park interspersed with trees open up III 0 on every hand as ter far as the eye can reach both below and above the village the tillable and meadow lands extend for a long distance the steam mill of the brown boys just behind the hill adjacent to the village is quite a factor in toe the im prove faid aid bishop benjamin brown we have more laud now entered and filed upon than we individually can handle hand AM and we are willing to divide still there is plenty of land here yet that can be entered by new comers co iners we want some rustlers I 1 stirring men to come in here we will divide with them our large tracts of laud land and by building more reservoirs we can water more than as much again land than weal e al ready claim it is here for ownership by compliance with the land laws the altitude is about feet but biet beav being so far south the winters are mild the snow is never sufficient to make amsk sleighing while wheat yields fairly the ma main in crops crop are potatoes oats and barley the rich black soil a sandy tells plainly of the plentiful crop of last year by the strong and thickset thick set stubble yet seen on its surface in all this r region the barley and oats are planted late and aad with one watering mature in the WARM HUMID atmosphere af the camy scoon the crops grow row like magic and are matured immediately after the cessation of the rains will sustain a population of a thousand souls it is 85 miles from railroad communication but a party of surveyors from silver city have surveyed a road adjacent to the villa village e and possibly in the near future the gobblers gobblers of gobblers peak will vacate in fright at the snort of the iron horse below here 15 miles at union or Spring springville ville is a much larger ger scope ot of country awaiting the coming of young men from utah who wish to make homes for themselves president udall of st john has recently purchased a large tract of land of a mr huning Hu nina with grist and saw mills thereon in the neighborhood are other large tracts that can be taken up or acquired C while to the people of utah her soil and climate may kiy be good enough for them yet here in arizona are many desirable locations and opportunities for energetic young men to become after a few years rustling the owners of lands and aad homes that will yield them a living and make them independent it not wealthy arizona is a country of extremes here is a forest with trees green and pliant to the axe here and there with its long ago fallen trees now turned to stone which Is now being sent by rail in convenient blocks and sections to be worked into table and bureau tops the wind today changing the face of the country by heaping the sand and soil into drifts may tomorrow cease and a rain descending the surface runs shoe mouth deep in water in less than ten minutes but a change is coming the waters increase the climate modifies and the present spring indicates one the most seasons ever experienced by our people le here tile peach blossoms of dwoodruff woodruff and E erastus give promise ot of heavy yield of fruit and the inhabitants express their faith that the same power that softened the elements of now fair utah will answer their prayers nd reward the brave energetic efforts that they have made in the redemption of the waste places of zion truly the p people eople here have shown an indomitable will hilll en ergy and courage conrage in their efforts to reclaim this thi once sterile sol soil which now under thear chef persistent d labors and the blessings ot bieri ue e L lord ord is yielding gratifying gratify in results result t as shown in ia the many substantial su improvements that are met with in 11 the towns and villages in this once desert land the occupation of arizona by our people is evidence of the manifestation of divine power attendant upon the saints who live unharmed though surrounded by hostile and fierce indians their passions have bave been no little softened towards our people by bv the untiring tiring energy of such men its as jacob year after year labored to secure peaceful relations with the Lam aultes in the politics of the country oui our peo people ae have figured but little yet many political I 1 t 1 cal aspirants have wrecked their fo elves iv es by falling on the little stone one sol barth once the I 1 most powerful po and influential man of apache county sought political power at the expense of heig neighbors 0 and to his own sorrow he be now I 1 languishes an ra g u 1 h e a within the walls of ul pe penitentiary lt e n tia ry we bear him so BO m malice lice the of the cowboy is becoming a thing ot of the past and now und under erthe the rule of 0 judge wright rig 0 it is threatened with total extinction t 1 o n he be having announced his determination that LAW AND must be maintained by all citizens irrespective of polities politics or religion he has baft the backlog backing of efficient officers notably among enem the sheriff commodore 8 owens who sometime back with his bis Wide winchester bester rid the county of three lawless men in less than sixty seconds while our people are not without their faults on every hand is displayed the thrift sud and industry so characteristic of mormon occupation but which is not found among the lawless the immoral and vicious of our race notwithstanding the large price paid by our people eople tor for their land here and the outlay of labor in the construction of dams and canals great progress is belne being made by the saints in their redemption demp tion of the waste places not only are they redeeming them in very deed but are arc also surrounding themselves with the comforts and good things of this life many noble spirited men and women have in wap by their theia long ions and varied experience peri ence db in in frontier life have thoroughly learned the fact that the work in wh which 4 we are engaged has a divine power Attendant upon it more apparent in wa J Biani than possibly 13 inay ay b have e appeared to the eye deyeo of the more favorably located ot of their bt brethren ethren par settlements in arizona invite the coming youth offering facilities ta them that cannot be dota detained ined in utah inthe in the possession of land with wood saw timber at hand and a range that is possibly unsurpassed on toe the continent arzona arizona the once dry sterile waste is in li yielding elding to the influence of mormon enterprise with the blessings of god and ana the strong energetic efforts of our people is becoming a desirable place of habitation I 1 commend nut arioso and union as worthy of the immediate attention of those wishing to possess comee and an estate that will yield them by q few years vears toil a competency pe tency tor 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