Arizona citizen., 1879-02-15
[ CIL HA TIERS.
4 Great Stock Ranch.


 energy characteristic Of the man. Mir. Hooker has for number Of years so en- larged and scattered his business invest. ments that they have become too varied and extensive for the proper and neces. sary supervision. Mir. Hooker thought he could attend to his various other enter priseS and at the same time undertake and carry on colossal stock business. But while he has been highly successful in the latter undertaking he has also dis covered that it was demandinga a monop oly of his attention, to the detriment and injury or his extensive underiakings else. where. He is therefore compelled To sac rihce one or the other, and the unfinished state Of his mining and other ventures comPels him to adhere to them. and to re- lucJantly give up his beautiiul stock ranch lat the most propitious period Of such en. terprises In Arizona. We have long en. , vied hls proprietCrship of the Sierra Bo- nito and surrounding property. These properties are situated in one of the finest valleys Of the southeastern, and prospec- Lively richest, section Of this Territory. The valley in which these properties are lsituated is an immense stretch Of rich. grassy land, level as a floor. lying between 'the Graham Mountains on the east and the GaliuroS on the west. This property 'Of MT Hooker controls the magnificent water and grass range between these mountain chains and stretching north and south some twenty miles. The lands are lowered with the richest and most nutri- Itous grasses, and the peculiaritles Of the IclImate afford the finest Of grazing the year round. The winters are so mild that any loss or cattle from exposure or cold is lUnknown. Ascending from the east side lof the lands you rise into the Graham mountains. lnterspersed with most beauti- Iful valleys and mountain slopes ana |crests, wooded with pine, juniper and oak and abounding with deer, antelope and iother game. The Gannro mountains on the west are heavily wooded with oak, and running into them from the valley are numerous shady, grassy and watered ravines, to which the stock resort in the heat or Summer days. NIT. Hooker, at Ithe inception of this undertaking. had the pick oi sites for a stock ranch In Southern Arizona, and selected his location as be- ling the most favorable and promising Of .all. He intended Co make iL the model stock ranch Of the Territory and second 10 none iH this country. With thIs view he paid particular attention to the grading .uf stock and has from time tO time i'm ported some Of the best blood that could be obtained for money. His staliionS, brood mares and offspring have attracted a great deal Of attention and admiration, and be has long been celebrated for hay ling the finest b!ooded and trotting horses in the Territory. With equal care and expenditure, he imported and graded his icattle, and the entire body Of his herds are fine and graded stock. AL the Sierra Bonita ranch, the main and central iea- ture Of the property, are fine and exten- |sive buildings, windmills and corrals, ahording every convenience for dairy and stock purposes and the comforts oi lux uriOus country residence. At the other ranches are also extensive buildings and !
 
 omparatlvely new and all in gOoo order. !. The field iS SD large and the possibilities : so great that what Mir Hooker has accom- ! plished, with wonderful energy, fin few years, is after all but the initial of what can be accomplished on the place. We nave no hesitation in sayIug that none Of the great stock ranges Of the states and ! Territories offers greater facilities for the : stock business than MT. Rockers location. . It needs but the sole supervision or some ] able man or company to make this rival | the greatest stock ranches Of Texas. We | are credibIy informed that during the 1 twelve years in which MT. Hooker has . been engaged in this stock business he has furnished to market m the Territory l over one hundred thousand head of cattle, | and We can sse no good reason why proper management of the facilities offered by t this property should not treble that t amount m an equal number Of years Co come. With the vast mineral wealth and the numerous mining settlements start ing up and being opened in the sections immediately south aud east of this prop l. .erty, there will be an unlimited market m the immediate future for any scale mp on which this property may be carried on' to say nothing or the markets Of Tucson and the military camps and the already existing surrounding settlements. Camp Grant. one of the largest military posts lin southern Arizona, is on the immediate ,.4 s ,t,o ssfarra Tlorifa ranch while other military posts are but a short dis tance 10 the north, the south and the southeast. while the great San Carlos In .dIan reservation is but short drive Co the north, the route thereto lying through '' tbis property. We have not the space to sufficiently enlarge upon the magnificent opportunity afforded in this sale to capital and the proper energy and good business management. We believe it 10 be one oi the finest opportunities ever offered to in- vestment in Arizona.
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 MR. VIM. ZECKENDoRF has concluded that his house is too small for the grand Masquerade ball to be given next Friday evening, and therefore he has engaged the Park Hall for the occasion. All guests are expected in costume and a jolly good time is anticipated.
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