Arizona citizen., 1878-03-08
Notes by the Way.

servations made on nasty trip from
 Tucson to Globe City via San Pedro Camp Thomas and San Carlos; and
 from Globe City via the Putnam road
 to Florence; and to the mines Tn Pio-
 neer district near the Silver King mine
 Leaving Tucson February IS, theI
 party, consisting of Mir John J. Valen-I
 tine, General Superintendent of Wells,
 Fargo & Co.'S Express, Capt J. A.
 Moore of the stage line, the writer and
 Geo. Hall-the best 4-horse driver in
 America-arrived at Dunbar's on the
 San Pedro in the evening. Distance,
 forty-f miles; time 712 hours. It is
 only stating a truth to say that if any
 other Arizona station equals Dunbar's
 in nice food and lodging, none excelsI
 it in either. His success is well earn
 ed, and his patronage has so increased
 as to demand the building of addition
 al rooms which are well carpeted and furnished for any place-and notably
 SO for a station ID Arizona. A tele-
 graph office is there, also a store-both
 recent acquisitions. A new school
 house is another, and quite a town is
 growing up. The San Pedro valley, ex-
 tending from Sonora into the Gila, IS Iquite rapidly filling up with a thrifty
 population, and finally it is regarded
 safe to live in any part of it. Quartz
 veins bearing gold, silver, copper and
 lead have recently been discovered in ] Dragoon mountains, which are being
 prospected with improving develop
 ments, and bid fair to soon attract pop
 ulation which will make home market !, for the farmers products. c. M. Hook CT has a store and successful dairy on the west side of the valley at Dunbar's. |, He has made an artificial lake which is a gem for certain.
 j. Next day we went to H. c. Hooker's g t famous stock ranch near Camp Grant. g Distance regarded fifty-twO miles; tilse : about ten hours. Mr. II. is an honest !, and valuable man in the country as well l as hospitable one, and it was a source s of great comfort to be under his root f on that stormy Tuesday evening-the T stormiest 1 ever experienced in Ari- Y zona. Mir. II. is constantly increasing I his stock of blOOded cattle and horses, l. and has many colts nearing their third |. year which are, without doubt, the r finest large lot ever bred on any Ari- | zona ranch. He is giving special at V tention to improved breeds of cattle and q horses. Within a year, Theo. F. and |, Thomas White have planted themselves and near a thousand head of cattle on e ranch adjoining Rockers on the
 southwest. They have put up build
 ings and corrals costing over $5OOO
 dug wells, brought a windmill from California, and are quite comfortably
 fixed, and will increase their herd: each year. They also expect to manu facture butter, bacon, hams and lard The White family have notoriety 1T their neighborhood in Pennsylvania 'r for curing hams and bacon of par
 ticularly choice quality for keeping and eating. Eureka Springs station
 twelve miles north of Rockers, is
 valuable property. Its buildings ar'
 costly and commodious, and wate ample for any number of cattle in thi
 dry year. It is located at the head O y Aravaipa canyon, along which flow " quite a stream and is also occupied u with both farmers and miners. I'm " farmers will find their greatest profit u in growing stock, but the mines ar '' likely to soon afford them a marke e for all the grain and vegetables the, :. can produce.
 t Next day the party advanced to Cam
 Thomas in the Gila Valley. Distanc " about fifty miles over a somewhat roll i ing country and about nine hour y travelling time. Several stock ranche y have lately been occupied on the rout " and some improvements made, bu ' nothing in comparison to either ot tn el ones before named. Camp Thomas IS H. 2-company post-with but few men Il Of both. It is pleasantly located on a ar H. mesa or the table land bordering on tn st margin of the rich valley land. The WI d ter is good and plentiful; hay and woo Id also. It is in the western end Of tn SC broad Pueblo Viejo valley which e'
 tends along the river for at least thirt - miles. and plenteously produces gral a. and vegetables and certainly will pr' - ducc many kinds of fruits. The travt in and freighting between New Mexic -s. and San Carlos and the Globe distric I masses through Camp Thomas-a poir its where man and beast may be recruited of and also supplies ObtaIned of
 Staples & Co.-H. E. Lacy boss sale ,g man and genial, entertaining gentl' V, man. Lieut.. Powell, in command 1.-The post. is a real gentleman as we'll re officer. He says the place is so health ,s that q case of sickness of any sol ;6 among the troops is rarely reported. r. Next day to San Carlos Agenc. as Distance only thirty miles and tim ti- five hours. A sub-agency was passe e. about halfway which is in charge nd Mai. Hoag, where some 1900 Apache tb center and receive government SUI