Show COUNTY vivid views of verdurous valleys in III arizona EDITOR ALn some sonic six six weeks ap ago I left your city on a short visit to southern arizona in company with mother and bister sister before wo we left many of mv my friends requested A JL SHORT of this part of arizona elwise please give me space in in your four paper I will endeavor to do so for or the benefit of those desiring 21 such in information we arrived at willcox A T the Q oth day on the thos S Is R II 11 wo we met father and two Irot brothers bers who were there to meet us on the evening of the we arrived at the tile ranch and met another member of tho the family bavin having traveled over thirty miles south of tho the railroad the day was qu quite ite pleasant and no snow was to bo be seen the first sight I got of the SULPHUR SPRINGS VALLEY I could not help uw u W bat a country for grass ant and as we traveled through the valley or a portion of it nc we could still see the grass waving before us like a field ready to harvest this valley lead sinto tho the republic of TI mexico exico orsono ra and is bounded on the enst by the chiricahua iN mountains fountains and on the west by the dragoon it is about 40 miles wide and anti ISO long ion e through the valley strips of oak C timber can be seen and a very good quality of oak some of which would make saw timber in the cherica liua hua mountains good pine timber can bo be found in large quantities two sawmills are in operation at tile present time timesaving sawing out mining minin and building material lumber can call be furnished at these mills for thirty dollars per thousand slabs can be fie bought for five cents suitable for tor corrals and find fencing bencin the blackjack black jack ON oak is used as posts and can be got quite handy since my arrival I have traveled ahr through ugh the balley and find that it is is COVE RED WITH GRASS generally stock cattle can bo be feen in large quantities in different parte this till is is el certainly a great place for stock raising as the tile owner can let them thern run the year round without going to tile expense of putting off oft hay and they will keep fat on oil the tile gramma grass this winter there has bae been considerable sid erable rain and some snow in III the mountains there is considerable snow now which will help tow to water ater the country there are STREAMS OF WATER from ahn mountains about three months in tile year caused principally by the rain dint com commences melim teofll to jail about the middle of june vegetables can bo be raised in great abundance at least such was the case last year on oai fathers place I believe that small grain can be raised through this valley if one would take advantage of the rainy season the countr country y is is new an and like all other new now pl places ace swill will take labor to settle it the indians indian rustlers and ard cowboy birve been a drawback to tho the development of this country but as arc are troops stationed in different parts and the officers an working for their reputation ere etc long on r tho clement element which has been detrimental to this part will grad gradually aall fall away and honorable citizens lf f the U S will take their places WILLIAM W M FIFE RAIN RANCH cir cochise co A T feb |