Show TRAVELING THROUGH SOUTHERN UTAH INTO ARIZONA FOURTH LETTER from hackberry we followed th the e atlantic and pacific railway the line of 0 eastward or a distance or of filly fifty miles to aubery valley there we left the railroad aud and followed the valley southward towards of the upper verde prescott Pr eacott our route most of the WRY way was waa through a 0 billy country covered with cedar and pinion pine we were now BOW fairly in the stock block growing dis din ariota of arizona the country was covered with stock but barren of feed continued drouth bad drieu tee she long lone co and as 88 a result the up tip the pasturage whole country W was as covered with the dried up carraseo carea seo of the cattle wolves were numerous in this region attracted by the deau dead cattle at night they would prowl around our wagon their footprints in the mana and leave sometimes when they would approach too near UP or tbell howling bowling would become bome almost would take down the rifle carefully and pointing it out through the cover at some object about in the darkness would Othe trigger trig tr fur an instant there she ift d ba b a figs flash bof of lire fire then a report 14 we re could see 8 ee streaks of just in oy directions direction and bear the sou sound dd of feet then III all would be still iliin alftin I 1 think there Is ie some of the most beautiful cou country between aubroy aubrey valley and prescott Pre ecott that I 1 ever baw the mountains sink to low JOW billt the higher blobs are covered with cebar and d the lower hills and val lys with grass grams the soil foil la in of the richest 0 anata this would be bolt it there abere were only rains in the pro per seasons and yet were are ruins rains usually enough to I 1 insure ghou cropo if their waturs waters were only stored and held beld lo in reserve until the ury dry season eason ti slid aud to run lff into the rivers aou and do do good the country is in so 0 o situated that reservoirs could ue do i on lou teu eu almori all that but to Is necessary is in a union ot of effort on the part ut of the people and with wim the present itutti ii w au Prep prescott cott was formerly a camp and is still kept kepi up largely by tue ati wealth it receives es from rum that source it is situated iu in a narrow jajey high up ap among granite bills abe climate is ples pleaseant eaux aina agre agree aule sule it was wall for many years the capital ot of arizona but the development of the let val leys leya removed the center of population there and ad the capital was waa to Proa alx formerly this thia was waa the headquarters quart erd ut of a large jorge military district dia triet so an j a large number of troops were kept there but since GorO DIMO 18 no mure more and aad F he rue apaches have ceased tu to be b troublesome uncle sam has taken his hie headquarters to denver prescott ott has baa some borne row few nice buildings buil dinga the court house la is a i credit to the town the old atme house and the district echo I 1 buildings are conspicuous ob eject among the wooden snacks bt bl usually constitute the main element of a mining town though there area are a number of fine boo brick and stone alone structures to our inquiry As aa to what kept the town up a gent gentleman lemau replied afier ht r gambling dens and prostitutes and after wali walking clug over the town we came t the conclusion beloid he aid nut not miss it much from prescott Pr eacott we took the road for that runs thru tigh the ague fria valley aud and bowd through the black couyou the is about lio miles aud and there is i plenty of water in wells wella at distances from ten tu to fifteen miles milea all along the road except between betwee new river anu and phoenix where there is ia a desert of ax miles milea to coobs broes there in ie no feed anywhere alone the road except the hay bay kept at the stage stations eia tiona mud and that is usually sold auld at a ver handsome handa ome figure grain cau can also be bought at the station do not ex expect hect to buy oat oats s there are none iu in this abr country I 1 went into a store at as pr ecott aud and eked for oats the clerk said they had some rome I 1 told him to put we up about pounds ina and I 1 would call mud and got get it he seemed thunder struck mau said he be what are you going tu with BO much peed feed it it tu to my tion nornes eig ii I 1 replied why it is will kill them horsey horses can cant out eat oata I 1 remarked that thai they could i the country where 1 came from rum weli no one here ever heard beard af f such buch a thing as aa that I 1 him to show how me tile aiato and hen be pointed ty tit a tew few packages packaged pack agea on a abiell laupi joi quaker oats I 1 wined willed barley in id the abe grain feed faed nj 01 ibi country it if you want else ebue yuu you must bring it with you from utah i 1 he be country between the fira valley mud aud now naw river la is one ol 01 0 be lije I 1 over ever saw we were t jd id thai MAE it would shake the dust off our wagon aau it did up dp loog long steep bille bill ind and down longer and steeper ones the road through what they call the black canyon though I 1 dian didn it see much of a canyon ca is the roughest we saw HAW on the entire trip it to Is a puzzle to me to know how the he stage a u d heavily loaded wagon ever got get over it and yet it would not be a difficult matter to make a goud good road it would cost coat some money and arizona dont donit don it seem to have much money to spend in that direction just juat now but it does seem as aa though they thia would keep up some semblance of a road between the capital and one of the chief towns when there is no other mode of communication between them deserted mining camps camp are quite numerous in this part of arizona we saw one on the mountain above hack berry at a r d another just juat back of big bug there were the mills the tores boarding houses aej homes of the miners all deserted no smoke curled upwards from the many china ineys no DO familiar form was wag seen oo on the streets street no sound bound broke the stillness till nesB of be aitio summer afternoon all was as quiet as the surrounding desert on the evening of the of july we camped on a hill about six miles south of big bug we were now rapidly approaching the hot region again way off to the south we could see isolated mountain peaks peake which we know knew overlooked the hot barren valleys we were nearing HK the jump ingoff aug off place where we would descend croaa the mountain to the plin another phase of the old civilization is found in this vicinity on tile the tops of the most moat prominent peaks are ruins of f houses that seem to have been erected as ae watch towers earl and a small guard seems seeing to have been kept in them for that pur pose old prospectors told us ua that they had seen them on all the most moat i peak that the buildings buil were jon since lace reduced to ruins but that they could yet see traces of the places where the signal fires were lighted it seems probable ble that the he tame methods were pursued here MS an were pursued by the incas way off in peru in that thai country towers were wt re erected and guards on the prominent peats peaks alo K g the routes from chion invasion was ex rho rhe guard who first caught sight eight of the invading array army would light his bis signal fire so that it could be seen by the guard OB 08 the next peak and he I 1 in D turn woud warn the next until the algi aig i al was seen been by the people in the valley thus they would re ceide information of the coming 0 of a foe several days before they could arrive and would have time to collect their armies and be prepared to receive them the night of the was wag colland col cold dand and chilly we arose early and add giving our horses a feed of barley barar y and several buckets of the cold water out of the barrel resumed our journey one of the horses was chilled through by the cold wind that blow blew over the mountain and the water we gave him almost fi finished u lobed him up he tried to lie down while w wu were harnessing him but we managed to keep him bim up and gut got started fur for the next ten miles we hau had to use the whip constantly to keep him on tub bif foot feet when we reached a stage station i at last and slackened our pace he dropped in his tracks we managed to free him from the harness but tor for two hours he be was wal the sickest horse I 1 ever saw every minute we expected would be his big last alter awhile he be got up and commenced to eat and when a horse eats they say he be is all right we were very desirous oi 01 reaching new river by noun the next day so that we might rest there until evening and cross the desert in III the digat the delay caused by our horse we feared would compel us to lay over another day at now new river or to or cr ss as in the daytime which would be difficult and disagreeable agreeable dle on account ot of the best beat by 5 pm the horse was so BO much better that we wire enabled to go on slowly by 10 pm we had bad made fifteen miles we camp ed again on top of a high hill the night was waa warm we were out early the drive the u agh t before had brought brough L us into be region of the fam us tree cactus they arose around us on all ali idea aides like grim giants and held up their great arms solemnly as it to warn us away from their country boue we descended now quite rapidly toward the plain the heat beat increased by 10 am we had matte made eighteen miles aud and were still ten miles from new river we rested two hours at hudgeons Hude Ruti ons sons and drove on to new river where we arrived ri ved a about bou t th three roe p pm m we renta remained ined at new river several hours the sun had gone down when we left jett the station the evening was pleasant the road was wag good and we were happy 19 the contemplation that burlong our long and tedious journey would soon boon be ended for the flaat ten miles the country was level but was covered with quantities of volcanic rook that had been thrown out of a crater somewhere in the vicinity the night dight was very dark we could net see the road but trusted the horses to take us through safely the southern horizon was covered with heavy banksotn banks bank sot of clouds that threatened rain and out of which the lightning flashed incessant ly about 10 ocelot k it began tu to rali ral aud and we were arced to camp for the night tie rain fell at intervals all night and the rest of the time lime the coyotes entertained us with their familiar song I 1 do not think thereto there is another souni sound in the world so hideous us as the sharp vicious bark of the coyote BE as it comes to you over the silent allent plains out ut uj the darkness of the night to be along on the desert far from any human habitation with the thunder breaking over you and the lightning flashing about youle bad enough but when you realize that just out in the darkness you are surrounded by an army of grim images that sit alt on their barches and yearn and pray for or a morsel of you your misery becomes complete and after all when daylight cornea comes and you see the poor gaunt things as they trot off slowly among the buches or stop and look wistfully at you as if asking for a bone you feel sorry for them we were on the move early toe rain bad made the road muddy anu heavy and our progress was slow As we jogged bogged along we could hear the heavy strokes of the crushers in a stamp mill way oft in the mount mountains aiDs sonie somewhere where to the east of us T the be sound was borne to us on a gentle breeze from a distance of twenty agiles or more at 10 a m we reached the arizona canal too ten miles irom phoenix As AH the horses were oot not very tired we pushed on tour lour miles further farther to the next canal the road was sandy anu anil heavy and the nay became very hot we were nearly two hours making the four miles milea we tied up under a cottonwood cotton wood tree and fed the horse dorsee then we sallied out to get some fruit and melons we were now in the eden ot of america J JOEL OEL ricks KICKS |