| Show IT IS A FINE COU COUNTRY president andrew kimball who was called about a year ago to preside over the st joseph stake arizona reached salt lake city october 6 he is decidedly enthusiastic over the conditions as aa they exist in that country and says that it is full of wonderful possibilities bili ties and resources he says that with the politicians the question of expansion is one that is causing a considerable difference of opinion at the present time but with him and the people of the gila river valley graham county there is no such question as all favor the extension of their boundaries as rapidly as possible and that extension is going on in a satisfactory manner hd says there are ten settlements of I 1 latter day saints in that valley comprising about three thousand people the country has a very agreeable climate part of the summer season is quite warm and the temperature sometimes reaches degrees but that is in the middle of the day said and not often the soil is very fertile and two crops a year are produced all of the small grains are harvested in june shortly after that the rainy season begins and the ground is in good condition for planting corn which is at this time of the year ready to be cut and harvested this year has been a very prosperous one among the farming community and most moat of the people follow agricultural pursuits he says they have kept twelve headers going constantly in addition to about fifty self binders besides that seven threshing machines with large and busy crews have had all they could ido this he says will give an adequate idea of af conditions agriculturally graham county or that section of it in which the Morr mormon doii settlements are located is known as the granary of southern arizona all cereal crops are productive and profitable table at least as much so as in the most favorable section of utan utah already four crops of lucern have been cut and there will be another before the season is closed the corn which is now developed is sixteen feet high with great ears and fine as iny any that is produced in the mississippi valley this as well as the lucern finds a ready market there are a number of mining camps in the immediate vicinity and all are ready purchasers of everything that the farmers raise then as to the tuber crop president kimball portrays that in most elaborate language he says gays that chait the sweet potatoes raised in this valley are the largest he has ever seen As an instance he cites the f fact act that last year a certain farmer raised one sweet potato that weighed thirty six pounds and another nineteen these of course are abnormally large and not the rule r 1 e though one potato will fur ish several meals for a good sized family As to peaches the best beat of them are so large that it is impossible to put them away in ordinary quart or two quart bottles larger vessels he declares have to be obtained tor for talking taking care of them the apples raised there are among the best he has ever seen neither utah nor idaho with them in any particular while the country is very warm no oranges are raised but nearly all semitropical semi tropical fruits are produced in great abundance regarding the climatic conditions intending settlers says president kini aln ball need have no apprehensions as aa to ta the heat or other unfavorable conditions of the elements there never has been to his knowledge or to the knowledge of the people of the valley a single case of sunstroke then tha the terrific wind and sand storms which are prevalent in some gome other sections of southern countries are at their lowest ebb in the gila river valley the breezes he damare say sare simply refreshing and in most instances tais bances barely strong enough to run the wind mills whereby water is pumped from the wells to the surface tor for culinary and other cither purposes these theae wells he says are aire a great blessing to the people and furnish an abundant water supply and never run dry the gila river furnishes water for irrigating ri ri purposes it isa is a stream that gsg is very muddy but the mud that the water contains and carries is a blessing to the people in that it is conveyed and distributed over the land during the irrigation season this has gone on an ever since the land was cultivated and that which hw has h as been producing cwb crops vach each season for sixteen ye years to Is as rich today apparently as aa ever nt no darer felt fertilizer hizer has ever upon it and probably will never be nece leoee it I 1 the country is easo also well adapted tor cattle raising in that it has large jux flux urion mely sly grass covered ranges so much so is this the case that many binl men in havia have become extensively wel to t do by following this business in fact some hav hava become verita abdie bite cattle kings sheep raising is not so extensively carried on though it Is intended to engage in that business in the future futa to a greater extent than heretofore there is ample opportunity also tor persons desirous of investing capital in manufacturing business and tot er ests this ils something too mat the people axe are desirous of encouraging they would patronize home to the exclusion of all others providing they get thereby what abart they wanted for those who arbo are seeking homes president kimbau says th ape te no finer section of country to in the me U united 4 states today so go far as he knows he says that tor for tm ten years he had traveled extensively as a salem salesman mu wl all over the country and knows for a verity that the gila river valley outclasses outclassed out classes them all persons contemplating bettering their material conditions will find it a good place to locate men with families need not be fearful regarding lack of social or educational advantages as ample provision is being made for these educational interests are particularly ticul arly being pushed forward at this time A fine academy to which an extension was recently made has now a large attendance of pupils while those who patronize it are principally mormons cormons Mor mons president kimball cites the fact as an instance of good feeling that a considerable number of non mormons cormons are also enthusiastic patrons and supporters of the schools president kimball will remain in the city for two weeks and while here will make his headquarters at cutler bros where he will be pleased to meet consult with and give information to anyone desirous of locating in the gila river valley after that he will return home to supervise the construction of the enterprise canal upon which work will begin on oct this large ditch will tap the gila river will be thirty six miles long twenty five feet wide at alt the bottom and four feet deep it will cover and irrigate fifty thousand acres of land not now under cultivation much of which has not yet been located this land he says is particularly fertile and will produce as good grain crops and fruit as 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