Show likes arizona william C moody writing wi iaia from thatcher Tb atcher graham county arizona jane J line lyt says I 1 III 1 I came hereabout here about a year apo ago and the longer I 1 stay the better I 1 am pleased with the country coB I 1 think thin it will produce all kinds of cereals equal to any state or territory in the united and ts to deeton ta lia tb future to be one of the most flourishing regions now being settled by the american people hence I 1 would sa say to all who want homes and a miff mild oli climate mate come to the Gi gila valley laValley graham county arizona and get homes while they are cheap IS OF OB GOOD LAND to be obtained at low prices we only want good men who are willing to work and I 1 am satisfied that such will be rt rewarded warded with good crops which pay here better than anyplace any I 1 know of grain always brings irom from 1 to 2 cents per pound lucern can be cut from five to six times each season and is worth 10 per ton I 1 think this valley will bagood be good for all kinds of fruit but there has not been much done in that direction until this spring there were setout set out this spring about FORTY THOUM FRUIT and a great many grape vines all imported from the states besides many that were raised by the citizens of this his va valley As to melons squashes an and pumpkins the finest I 1 think in the world are raised here it is not uncommon for melons to weigh from 40 to 80 pounds and I 1 have seen at Broth erJames place pumpkins weighing over one hundred pounds in fact everything grows better than in any country I 1 ever was in I 1 have not seen a flea nor a bedbug since I 1 have been here I 1 do not think that they are productions productions of this part of the world |