Arizona miner., 1866-09-12
THE GOVERNOR AT WALNUT GROVE


 On the morning Of the Eth ult the Got eru0r and wife, with otncf~, started inn Pres .ott for Na.nut Grove. Travelling ut horseback 70 the copper mine trail, and 70 down tne lla.sayampa, they reached ib. cabin of WLiic q Co. al O r. NJ, where tbsy partook of an ex elleHt supper, presided oys, hy Fred lltnry, and guing on to the ranea q Mir. Lainlleris isun, stopped there for the nght
 On the following day, at Rn early hOu, they started for an examination of the yallsy calling at every ranch, even to Mir Burgen at the mouth of the canon. At each pha they were aOrlially received and entertaBea Most oi the citizens joined in forming an 6 cort, 90 tla; by the time they reached ,hs lower bart oi tue valley they were A,isbdsl by large and very Jolly company.
 TLe day was fine and the valley bers looked better. The crops are luxuriant . the extreme-the corn averaging nearlJ 1! feet in heighth. The melons, owing 10 is wet season, were not quite ripe. A gnn many were cut at every ranch, and sus found to be very palatesble. At Mir. Br nett's ranch Is fine crop of tobacco, lnl from the experience of this year the settka are confident that they can raise nearly ever TOD produced il. the Atlantic State-, iryn M ,ine to Carolina. The soil is exceedingJ | uch, mellow and warm the Hassayampa i'. nshes an abundance of water for irrigatE although the frequency of the showcrS tka season has rendered irrigation unnecessary ! The manner in which the ranches are cult. yated is highly creditable to the industry abs | taste uf thc settler, and it Is doubtful whetk. CT there Is better ordered, or more cua- tented and prosperous community in AriI0na ! Each man seems interested and hopeful in hs labor, and ambitious to prove the value 0l ths agricultural lands of the Territory, as well D ! to get gain by honest toll. The amount q produce raised this year will be very largs and if sold at fair prices will pay handsoD' profit. Colonel Baker, quertermaster q Fort Whipple, has already contracted for soni | Of the grain at satisfactory rates.
 | The settlers much desire tO open drec road from tLe Grove to Prescott, and hay looked 0ut a route, which they say Is entirel practicable. The people of Prescott, and th military authorities, II they intend to conse ! grain from the Grove, should heartily co-oy crate in opening the r0ad. Like the direc road to Skull Valley, it is of great import ance. and will save many miles of hard trsvel Returning to Mr. ,lackson's cabin, the Ges ernors party found tempting and substan tial dinner m waiting, of watch they psrsooi with a relish, and then adjourned to Mir Col lumber's, where they had engaged to speh, their se oad night. soon after nightfall thl settlers, from the whole length of ihe yallsy assenblel To listen to speech from the Cor ernur.
 He began by saying that he had recei.e. tupiF iaXttafanu ln rf.ir and adlress fherr early m the summer, but that he had beei una, oidably detained. He congratuIs,,d them upon their excellent farming. and ed them for the reception they hsdr cn h.m, which was but a fresh evidence their friendship and kindness.
 He alluded 10 his course as an officer of tai Territory, and 10 the recent attacks msd' upon him, and expressed his willingness tO ,. judged by his acts, which he knew were basst upon good motives.
 l On the 29th nit. the Governor and part | went from Mr. ColumbeT's to White 4 Coz ranch, whence, after hearty lunch, thl drove ria Kirklani's Co kuii Valley, whss they were well entertained by Mir, Ehle sn | Lieutenant Hutton, and on the Both, sitef ] survey Oi the battle field at the upper end q the valley, they reached Prescott shortly 4 ter noon rir tLe Miller trail.
 ! The following Is a list of the ranche 2 Walnut Grove and the parties cultiya'E them, with an estimate of tine land unod cuitiyauon l. White, Henry, Brooks s1' ! Bright % acres. 2 Lamberson, 20 acres a l Gage and Richardson, 20 acres. 4. McClo@l two sons, Otter-on and Short, 10 acres
 Cul umber, four sons, and Lane, 70 acres Bind and Ellsworth, and several assists' | l25 acres. !. Pat Barns, 10 acres. & Jaa, son and family, % acres. 9. Salesbup las ] Copeland, so acres. 10. Lourback and Bsirl ! r. acres. H. Shanks, Genung, Smith ip| Marshall, l2 acres. l2. Saxton, Carlisle al Espino-a, 3l acres. l3. Steinbrook and hg Ily, 23 acres, l4. Stephenson and freDtA 25 acres. l5. Barnett, Howell and Ioasn l6 acres. l6. Burger and Ha!bert, % 'en
 Prescott, Sept l, 1866.