Show apache county Jot cottings jottings tings W writing ritt ng to the NEWS from taylor apache county arizona under date of february A Q G mcclure says we are trying as a people to build up this part of the country and to establish ourselves more permanently in the land we ha aj any disadvantages to con COB tend with still we do not feel discouraged cou raged the times are very hard here there is no money incer in circulation cu lation and hence we find its it a difficult matter to raise the needful for our laud land nevertheless the inhabitants are exerting themselves in every way to meet the semi annual installments instalments with interest there is no cash market for either stock or produce our winter has been quite open thus far not net so much snow as usual has fallen in the mountains there has been however an exceedingly cee heavy rainfall during the last day or two yesterday morning it was noticed that the creek was rising and by 9 had bad swollen so much that it began to overflow its banks sweeping away fences all along its course our bridge and dams which have stood the freshets fresh ets for years were carried away we shall have a vast amount or of labor to perform before we can get the water upon the land again and the damage done to this place alone will reach nearly to replace the two dams it will require an expenditure of in labor but we yet hope to put in ofir dams get out the watt water rand and raise a good crop the coming season the health of the people here is generally good at present although la grippe has lately been among us to a large extent the government have built a telegraph line direct from fort apache to holbrook this winter it was not let by contract but they built it themselves consequently no DO money was circulated among this community |