Arizona citizen., 1876-11-11

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 They raise good crops where they live and will have quite a surplus to sell. He and his people are selfsus
 taining. Pedro is desirous of severing his tribal relations and acquiring d title to his land He is also very anx. ious to educate his children and told President Grant few years ago he was ambitious that his son, Ia origin little fellow,) should be the first Apa- che capable of writing a letter to the President. To graiify this laudable ambition, l have offered If he will send him to Tucson, to educate him. l am told by NIT. St. James and the of. ticers at the Post that Pedro Is very trustworthy. lie has accumulated con siderable slc K, receives credit 10 a considerable amount and pays his debts punctually. He expresses cOnsid- erable aEEo -ance because the assess or and tax collector did not call upon him for his taxes, which Is proba- ply the first instance on record of such slight creating dissatisfaction. By all means in the future give Pedro a chance. Let him pay his taxes. Give him title to his land Give him equal rights under the law and esta- blish school among these Indians. Passing over the divide, which sepa- rates the waters of Salt river and the Little Colorado, the road leads through a rolling, densely timbered country, well supplied with grass. Occasion ally band of sheep is seen but no permanent settler is found until you reach Cooley'S ranch, forty miles dist ant from the Post Messrs. Cooley and Clark have one of the best ranches in Arizona. It is located in the midst of a beautiful pine forest. The graz ing is superb and extensive and their stock are fat the year through. They raise large surplus of grain and veg etables which they dispose of at the Post at fair Erices. The hearty wei come they give to strangers and trav- eleTs make one feel at home, and the excellent food Mrs. Cooley prepares makes you strong to encounter again 8
 tramp in the wilderness, away from civilization. Twenty miles further on Stinson's ranch is reached on Silver creek. It is located q few uiles be- yOnd ihe timber belt and is one of the most beautiful and valuable ranches in the Territory. He has excellent pas
 ure for thousands of cattle and was engaged harvesting field of four hun dred acres of barley. In this section barley is not sown until the last of fr-t of Irr1, l,4 season of harvest MT Stinsun has a good reaper and thresher, and with his industry and enterprise he cannot fail in few years 10 become a cattle king and an agricultural nabOb
 Thirty miles over a rolling, grassy plain, Horsehead Crossing on the Lit tie Colorado Is reached At this point a Mexican has ranch and has been located here for about five years. Nine miles below is found the first settle ment of the Mormon colony. We re mained all night at the first settle ment, called Obed. We were kindly received by Mir. George Lake, the head man or elder Of the settlement At first he was little doubtful that the Governor of the Territory would drop down upon them in an ordinary miners garb, working his own way through so rough and generally uninhabited a country, but becoming satisfied on that point, such as they had in the way of comforts they gave freely, as this peo- pie do to all strangers who come among them. This colony came from Utah and settled in this valley last March. IL consists of about four hundred souls, men, women and children. They have formed four settlements, one across the river from Obed, under charge of Wm. C. Allen, and two twenty miles below, at or near Sunset Crossing, one under charge of Lott Smith and the other under Jesse Ballinger. They brought with them wagons, teams, seeds, cows and several months provisions, and commenced immediately to build forts and houses, take out irrigating ditches and open farms. Every one works with a will, the head men taking the lead They have no drOnes among them and the work they have accomplished in so short a time is truly wonderful.
  stantial stone houses erected, large dams constructed and many miles of large irrigating ditches dug, often for long distances through solid rock. They were unfortunate this year in having one of their large dams washed away. This dam turned the water in to two dilches on either side of the river, each four miles in length. The break occurred just as they were about to commence irrigating, which caused almost the total loss of the crops of the upper settlements this year. When asked if this misfortune did not dis courage them, they replied not in the least; that it gave them experience to guard against like misfOrtunes in the future They are much pleased with their location and say that the advan- tages of soil and climate are far SUI peror to anything Tn Utah. They have erected a good saw-mill and sell lumber at $l0 per thousand at the mill. They also have grist mill to attach to 1t as soon as sufficient wheat is rais- ed, and intend to erect a wooden mill and wagon factory within the next two years. The advantage of an abund- ance of hard wood near at hand will place them in position to supply Ali zona, Utah and New Mexico with wagons of a superior quality, as the climate is warm and dry and the shrink age will be much less than in those manufactured in a damper climate. X good vein OfcOal has been found within fifteen miles of their settlement They expect their numbers to be increased before spring to about two thousand. and as Utah Is now about full a steady stream will continue to flow into Arr zona until our vacant lands are taken up and utilized. And this brings us to the question of what effect thIs i'm migration will have upon the future of Arizona. All cOncede that we need an energetic. industrious, economical, self relying people to take possession of