Arizona citizen., 1877-06-23

| are gone Tor ihls year. Grapes he Will have in abundance, and we believe ht will realize as much net cash from hIS few acres of fruit as from all his grain land. He has over 200 fruit trees in ] all and will continue to plant more each year. He has ten acres in sugar cane and now has sugar and mOlasses made from the cane grown las; year and says the cane flOurishes well anC farmers may just as we'll as not make their own sugar and molasses. He also has thrifty To. of growing 10
 baccO, and says he has no manner Of doubt but tobacco culture and manu fracture can be made very profitable and that d few acres Of It wonld bt worth ten times the number in gram
 He finds osage orange grows into [ perfect fence and has considerable now so as to perfectly turn stock. It pro tects the water from evaporation along the Giiches and when properly pruned ornaments the farm. He has some "sage orange trees, with oranges on them, nearly thirty feet hIgh. His land adjoins MT. Turner's, and both have made much the same progress in trees, fruits, and other products named He has more apples than Mr. Wheat He has number of young trees with from forty io sixty healthy apples about the size of a hens egg. His plum trees have some fruit on, and hIs peach trees and grape vines are loaded down with fruit which will begin to ripen in from a month to six weeks. Beginning with early berries and apri- cots, some of the various fruits man toned may be picked and enjoyed fresh from the vines and trees at least six months every year. We found NIT. Brady quite i'll and unable to be about. His Touring mill, propelled by water, was running on new grain, and the crops all about, MT. E. assured us were very good. He has about his build ings nearly 100 beautiful ash trees from thirty to forty feet high. He also has grapes and ther fruits, and one among the many very excellent ranch es. Near 10 him is that of Dr. Du- monJ, another of an Fl Paso gentle. man with a large and prosperous vine yard, that of Fully, Ochoa & Co., formerly D. C. Thompson's-on winch there is large and fine bearing peach orchard. It is indeed encouraging to compare the Gila valley about Flor ence now with il as we saw it seven years ago. Then it had hardly the common necessities of life and now many of the choicest luxuries are grown.
 The people of the valley are busy harvesting and threShing grain, and most all men that can leave Florence, are out in the mines either opening mInes or prospecting for new ones The town therefore appears dull, and the people declare money very scarce and times dull, yet all feel hopeful The most careful thinkers, familiar with the whole Pacific Coast, feel con fidcGt of a big future for Florence Judge Blair of San Francisco and familiar with Nevada, believes the elements of wealth sO well assured and diversified as to guarantee immense advancement III q few years. Sheriff Brady has just completed the assess meIt of the county, and confesscs to great surprise at the addition to the county's wealth and population. The valley is claimed and settled upon from Florence to the San Pedro and many families are BOW found where a year ago neither man nor womaL cX- isted. The county officially is in a prosperous condition. It is out of debt and money ahead. It has bought fine building block and will soon put up buildings. The Recorders of flee shows we'll for the county, its pub- lie business and its oflicer-Mr. J. J. Devine. The public records are in excellent shape and in substantial bound books The furniture of the office is good and convenient
 And we ought 10 say that the people have shown commendable enterprise in securing trade. They have subscri5- ed and paid nearly $4000 to build a wagon road to Glove district and have built it. They are now engaged, and nave it fa- advanced, Tn constructing a new irrigaiing canal, beginning abou; eight miles above Florence By this canal, hundreds of thousands of more acres can and will be cultivated.
 But our space precludes more ex- extended mention of Florence and vicinity.
 C. C. GOODWIN, editor of The Terri torial Enterprise, Virginia, Nevada, was married in San Francisco, June 13,