Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-10-16

! Upper Ciencga and that of Bo, 1 springs constitute the three main pcr. l manent water supply for the entir, range. All Of ihe others are affected | by drouth or are the. result of surfac, drainage, but the three above men. toned are never-fJiliuE. That fac | gives 1ir- Hooker the key co ali thes, broad mile. It takes about a year fol l thc rains Of one season Go drain out o the valley. Water collects here aEC there m various places, aad by in- ] stlhct Co those places go the stock so that the grass iu Inc vicinity ofthC permanent water supplies is left fol the stock when there is water nO- where else. Hr Hooker tells mt there Is ample range and water on the Sierra Bonita Ranch for 20. OOC cattle and hundreds of horses. Al present he has about 5UCO head oi cattle. and in the ncighbarhOod of I0C horses. The value Ci these herds may be Imagined when , tell you that lIr. Hooker will not uWn a poor head Of stock, and especially of horses In stocking his ranch shortly after il 's --- ..a T NH-|.r iaif
 he determined to raise the finest thor OughhrCi animals, au undertaking for which hIs long experience partic- ul-rly fitted him. lie imported some very valuable Durham and Alderncy cattle, and iouHd after careful tr,al
 that they were failures, as the grasses and climate were altogether too strong toy them. Di-likilE tbe coarse native Mexican and Texan stock. ic went Co
 Oregon and purchased foo fine COWS, and the success which Le meets in
 breeding from them ani the. original thOrOugbbrcds is most ilatjering Co his judgment. He is now raising go class of cattle, which, while splcHdidlv adapted c. their surroundings. cannot be cNce.ieG for beauty and profitable qualities anywhere in the United States. The best feature of the stock generally on ih,s ranch is their re- % wild or vlcfous animal nu the whole ranch.
 But the horses are Mir. Rockers especial pride He Is @ thorough harseman, and ie selected the famous GoiddUst. 8 son of the original
 Golddust and a thoroughbred dam, and eleven years of age at the time. For this horse he paid S4U00 and lac
 would hardly take that sum for him
 to-day. although he is seventeen years old. Among his band ot brood mares were some thoraUrhh-els from Kentucky. and to-daV ar. Hooker can boast of the finest heGa .t horses in the Territory, and one at the best for practical purposes in the United States The G0lddus; stock is fast. strong, and especially gentle and in telllgent. old " GoldLust himself is still a wonderfully handsome horse, of bright golden bay color, and the spirit Co endure hard work for many years Co come. He has a proud ped
 igrce. and seems Co know that hc-has royal blood in his veins. His de scendants are easily GisjingUishable
 by their handsome carriage and great endurance, and some of tucm are cX- fremclv valuable The pet of the ranch and a credit Co Arizona is the young stallion King William Gold dust" rightly considered the finest horse ever bred in the Territory. He has just been taken in hand by the trainer. Johnnie Lavo.e and ycsier-
 day morning we held tha watch on him as he was takinE his lesson on
 the hall-mife track near the house.
 He circled it twice close down to
 three minutes. without being pushed in the least. and he did 1t with G grace and power which is rarely seen on the track. l predict that he will make hls mark yet as % tr0tCr. and show
 the outside world .hat we have some thing beside gold and silver m Arl- zaDa. Another of the fine s.aliions on the ranch is - Mcmhrin0 Bel mont. " who has a pedigrec like Ger man baron. He was Imported from Kentucky by Mir Hooker in los', al
 at cost of S2j0o, being then four yeare old. and il would take a small fortune
 t0 buv him now. BelmOnt's i'm mediate ancestors were the famous |" Belmont " and Lady Chrisimaa;
 he is a direct descendant of "1lcsScn- rer. is nephew or Goldsmith Maid" IS nearly full brother oi
 e. Nutwood. and 60 add-t0 this cis- ruruishui relationship Is a hcauu!ui
 hay and swift ir0lter. He looks much
 like 60 King William. but is not SD handsome 9 horse aEd 5lr. Hooker IS fond of comparing the Jvo-shoWlng what can he done in Arizona. Among The other staliiOuS ot note are bolf . bon" Richard III ta powerful draught horse. Union Messenger, and {. Peacock while of fine brood
 mores I might mention "&bdallah and ., Katie Woods l must not for
 cet the pretty road team Of thorough Lre5 fiIies. Nellie and Lotta GoIddust the property Of Mis,
 Hooker. They are now m the hands ol inc trainer. and have trottcd together in three minutes; but are Wlthai SO gen rle that their accomplished young mistress has no besi.aHcr m driving 1 them anywhere. They are without doubt Inc haudsomest team for phae- ion use in the Territory to-day.
 ButT have rambieG alo~E nntil have probablv worn out both your spacc and your readers. Itls SO SeI- ! dom that the Arizona newspaper man finds SD pleasant a. place as o!erra Bonita Ranch. where there are all the comforts that wealth and refined taste ! can procure. and where he is wei comed and entertained by such agree ] abIe hosts as Mir. and Mrs. Hooker ] and their interesting family. SC that must hc mv excuse. l wlsL ! to sav in conclusion that Mr l Hooker deserves all credit for the work he has accomplished n thr once desert. He is a representative Arizona pioneer. He came 10 ihr Territory when it took no ordinary nerve-to travel through this country Q say. nothing of livIng here. H' has braved the Indians, and the hard ! ships of extreme frontier life, and h' richly deserves to be the happy pos.
 sessoT of beautiful Sierra Bonit'
 Ranch. L.