Arizona citizen., 1877-04-14
4 Good Chance for Homes.

three months, during which time h, [ was engaged in the survey of public , lands in the southwestern part of the 2 Territory While in the field, MT White and party ran the exterior line, P of and SubIlvided into sections fifteen r townships, extending along the Gila
 river in MaricOpa and Yuma cpun ties, from point about Oatmau !, Flat station to point about thre,
 miles west of Mohawk station; a total
 distance along the river of nearly fifty miles, which, with an average width :, of twelve miles, gives six hundred ! square miles or over three hundred and fifty thousand acres of land surveyed West of this tract, MT. White reports d large extent of country that will be ? surveyed, doubtless, at a comparative ly early date, making compact area
 of at least five hundred thousand acres
 of valuable land in that locality.
 , This immense area lies along both sides of the Gila river, the larger DOT ton being found unexpectedly on the north side, and contains a very large amount of fine, arabic land The Gila bottom here mergeS Imperceptibly into the foothills, and has an average breadth nf from five 10 ten miles. It's soil is extremely rich, being composed chiefly of alluvial, and will produce two crops without fail yearly; resem- bling in this respect the Santa Cruz bottom directly Tn front of Tucsp. which has yielded two CT rps annually for the one hundred years it has been under cultivation. The remaining land has rich soil that will produce album
 dantly when irrigaiel Tn the GiIa there is sufficient water for all purp1s- es that never fails. and irrigation i> easily effected. The river here has an average width of six hundred feet and depth of from three 10 five feet. Thi, volume will be increased if anything during the other seasons of the year, as this is the time when no rain falls and nO water comes from the mOuL- tains tO swell the cur ent. The banks of the river are everywhere gentle and low and at almost any point waisr can be taken out for irrigation, while points afl'urding unusual facilities for the con- structInn of large aGd permanent ditch cs tn bring wafer upon extensive areas
 back from the bottom are abundant. I The only farming yet attempted in the vicinity is at Mohawk station, where MT Peck has his land under cultiva- lion and has growing large and excellent crops of wheat, barley and vegetables, and has proved conclusive ly that the entire section can be brought under culture and become one of the 'do>t if not the most extensive agricul- tural region in Arizona. The climate during Inc Summer months is hot. but the temperature never rises higher than in many portions Of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys of California 1 during the same months and is ncIOri- ously healthy During the Winter il is dry, calm and unsurpassed anywhere, and snow and ice are absolutely un- known. Grain, fruit, vegetables, cot ton, tobacco and all products of the temperate and Semi-tropic zones in fact, can here De raised and will be sometime in abundance and yield their wealth to theolhsr great resources of this growing and attractive Terri tory.
 The whole tract lies directly in the path of the railroad that must before long cross Southern Arizona. With the $ Iuthern Pacific railway of Cali fprnia already near Yuma and with a s,rOng prospect of it's crossing the Colorado and pushing rapidly up the Gila, this land certainly offers strong inducements 10 settlers at once. There are now very few occupants of the soil here, SD that nearly ihe whole tract be- longs to the Government and is tO be disposed of under the laws of Congress for the sale If the public domain. The land comes within the limits of the Desert Land Bill, which was passed at lhe last session of Congress, allowing settlers a full section or six hundred and forty acres, upon promise tu bring water for irrigation upon il with lu three years and Ihe payment of tue usual price of sl.25 per acre.
 IL has been known for some time that a large extent of Government land existed along the Gila toward it's mouth, but owing 10 the fact that the main and only travelled roads are on the s"u.h side of Ihe river and very few people ..ass over O. notice the coun- tr, on the nor side, its full value ana area have not been ascertained. Now thal il has been brought into market and attention drawn To its character, We confidently expect before many months To le,uu of Its being settled and prosperous. as in the case of Pueblo. Nlejo valley a few yeafS back,
 Los ANGELES STAR, April 1: Tn, rain of Thursday was general through out S,u.hrm California. san Dirs claims an incl as Is share of the pc