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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12


Theibestevidenee of the profits of rice
culture insCalcasieu parish, is the fact
that for three years past the crop has
Increased annually one hundred per
cent; the crop of 1873 doubling that
.of1s77 THAT Of 1870 doubling that
of 1873 and that of 1880 doubling
THAT Of 1870. The same enormous in
crease promises for the crop of this
year.
Fencing and preparing land for rice
culture, costs about five dollars per
acre. One man, without any labor
saving machinery, can cultivate twenty
five acres.
Heavy crops of rice are raised on our
prairies and in our pine woods. The
State lands are chiefly prairie---tlle
United States lands chiefly pine woods.
The latterscan be acquired in 100 acre
tracts, as homesteads, and by purchase
at 81 20 per acre; the former for
II IL cents per acre for settlement
and cultivation" and by purchase at
rs cents per acre. The prairie, or
State lands, afford the greatest area for
rice culture.
There are 'three steam rice mills in
Calcasieu ;tthat of Jacob Ryan d. Sons,
at Lake Charles, that.of G. w. Richard
son d. Co., at Sugar Town, and that Of
l)elino Derpuen, at Lake Arthur, on
the Mermentau river. ("Pap.," of the
N. %. Democrat, in another column,
enormously locates all these mills at
Lake Charles.
Rice is sown from March to June,
and is harvested in from five to six
months after sowing. One bushel will
SOW an acre, and the yield is from 20
to 80 bushels per acre--sometimcs
going mp to go bushels. The mills
charge, for cleaning rice, toll of one
fourth, or 81 per 100 lbs. They gem
orally buy the farmers crop, and pay
for it in cash, or clean rice.
A barrel of clean rice weighs, net,
about 220 pounds. Rough rice never
sells for less than So so per barrel,
and generally higher. Two and half
barrels of rough rice make one barrel
of clean rice. The foreign markets,
so far, arc Galveston and Houston,
Texas.
The 1Calcasien crop of last year, now
being cleaned, is estimated at nearly
5000 barrels. Two years ago we pre-
dicted it would reach 10000 barrels
withinfive7years. 1t will exceed that
figure this year,
The bran is valuable feed for stock,
and they are very fond of it. The
straw, if carefully cleaned, is worth
from $40 to $40 per ton in New Or
leans. 1t is very certain crop, is soon
and requires very little la
Dor. Its culture in Calcasieu is vet
scarcely begun, and is bound togo up
10 100000 barrels per anhum.
Jacob Ryan IL Sons steam rice mill
At Lake Charles, has cleaned, and will
yet clean, about 5000 barrels of the
crop of 1880. We requested statis-
lies from the othertwo mills, and regret
our failure corrective them. h
NNn.n H. IN
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12

The ILLUSTRATED SCIENTIFIC News,
published monthly by Mum & Co., 81
lark Row, New York City, the well
known publishers of the Scientific
American, is valuable addition to the
scientific literature of this peculiarly
scientific era. Each number of the
News contains thirty pages, only four
of which aredevotcdto advertisements
1t is profusely and very handsomely
illustrated, and evidences the pcrfcc-
'tion Of wood engraving Price, 81 so
per year. Every person interested in
scientific studies and pursuits, and in
the wonderful developments, dis
coveries and inventions, of the present
age, in all the industrial arts and
sciences, should take either, and if
possible both, the Scientific American
and the Illustrated Scientific News.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12
asAsHHnNG4,s LETTEaE.
tFrom our ReaIalU orrespondeut..l

MashiNarolA Ct,, March o, lSSf..
We are just tlgggh with the inau--
guration ceremoib .ttstcs, PROFESSIONS,
receptions and n and every house
holder and his wilin Washington, is
rejoiced that thsIgo@y is over /
have seen the crsls that tiocl5ed to
Fairmount Park tang the DAYS of the
Centennial EXhibon, and in Paris at
the lnternati2naKair Of 1873. I
have seen the twhrgest capitals of
Europe en- fete, bifor a well,appoius-
Ell and well perfoed programme of
celebration aud frity, Ihave never
seen anything tllmas equal, ab in;sie
al .JfacD, to the iliguration of Pres
tdent Garfield. Nth the exception
of aParis, no othe;ity has such wide,
smooth, and solistrects for process
siona display, aino city has SAGA Ia
spacious and wela1poiuted b'iilding
for receptions arsLalls, as the new
Nat.onll MuseuHEords. II was the
remark Of manyH't, if this spacious
system Of salouslh been built with
special refereneeo such fetes as was
witnessed There DAY night, it could
not have been per planned. The
inauguration couhte spared neither
labor nor 4expeI ito make the ball
successful, and i5ectet of the ,oecu-
sion borrowed qalas much from their
work on thesbning, and the perfec-
tion of it's appoA' ents, as from the
.brlllaut assenibs tha- gathered in
its halls, 1t wiH impossible, in the
space Of one slSlctter to go into
details. There se over -four thou
sand guests, lalag whom were the
President of toy and the President
of yesterday Ghrals Hancock, Sher-
man, Sheridan, many other distin-
guished army aRavid officers in full
uniform; Ministl Of foreign powers,
with their ,attfs, all in full eonrt
dress; Senator's members ,of Con
II
gress, Goyernoihd tcx-Governors of
States; ladies' ~ be battalion, distin-
gulshed, indivldly, as maid Or wife,
or mother, ~ f cautyof face, form,
or costume. Itfmpossible TO paint
Q rainbow. or liIip words the CON
QUESTION of an &hauakc. This ball
was stunning. DO programme had
eighteen dances. fAt times, there were
three hundred dancing in tune
to a score of IDS. ThousAaas of
walters and rach tiers glidcd 10 Me
raptnrous cop,pdions Of StrAss, Ok
shot about like dhets to thsmusic,oi
The racquet. IL had iulen mucl \
talk laboutthe II ber.af c'Iored Peo.
pie that would lRt,the BEL hut this
variety was eseAingly sorcs, and, u
must be said to air cred. very well
behaved.
This speEuing Raturdss Thousands
IF visitors are eEdinghe trains on
heir return hoe. ia II viii sbe at
east d week LETT thesity will Ihave
simmered d9snb itsIugtomary Level.
What JAP qrpoflait yEas missed in
asking the ciy nsn}efore the inaa-
supation wasl@ Wellington mighs
aave risen togSAlyath Chicago Or
Allishe Dep asht buildings, the
Capitol, the tsoifan Institution,
-;orcorau's ealf thA White House,
md other pI epd to the public,
saye been caAed az thousands OF
'itizens VII |stuFp bone, like the
'sesage cograSnsp, iithasaperaeial
'oaaaiatays ita SciF eosptryls
capital.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12

TnE CoTPoE iGaoP or CALcAsIEUi Is
sraised chiefly in the Sugar Town set
Element, on the creek bottom lands of
that pine woods region, The crop Of
that neighborhood, last year, will
amount nearly 1900 bales, over 500
tof. whiellllavc Ibsen gianed. 40 date,
bye. w. Richardson 4 ca, whose
stea'nrniill III Sugar Town SAWS lnm-I
Der, cleans rice, gins and presses cot
lion, and grinds corn.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12
The Humber Asusinesss in ,Cnicss.
sieU- Haa

Caleasieu has ten steam saw mills in
actual operation, saving, daily, in the
aggregate, 100000 feet of lumber,
The price of lumber at the mills il
abontttlie same as at Orange, Texas,
viz, per 1000 feet, yellow pine, first
class, s'l4; second class, IS so; log
through, $40; dressed ceiling, Sl2 to
sis; dressed flooring, sis; dressed
boards, $ls to Sl5, Cypress logs
lin raft, per 1000 feet, IS to 81; log
through, SIS; hillllumber, $40. Pine
logs, where cut and put in the water,
bring from IS soto SO so per 1000
feet.
Theswagessof log cutters are about
W per day; teamsters, 81 80 70 sa;
sraftcrs, 81 and board. Wages .of saw
mill hands arc, saw iilers, $;lO0 per
month; night watchmsn, s45 per
month; sawyers, $s per day; lumber
markers, ~ per observation-disclosures,
81 so per day witbout, and 81 with,
board. In the tplaning mills, skilled
planners get from s75 to sloo per
month; planer feeders, 50 per day.
! All,ofi Calcasieu, north of the Lonis
lana Western Railroad, and between
the iCalcasien river and the Sabine
river, Is pine woods, and its yellow
pine lumber is famous in foreign linn
Der markets.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12


OuR NEW VoLuaE. This number
commences the thirteenth volume of
the Lake Charles EcHo. Since the
senior member Of the firm Of ]. w.
Bryan D. Go. became proprietor of the
EcHo, the paper has been thrice en-
larged, and now contains double the
amount of its original contents. The
proprietors Of the Echo have en-
deayored to publish newspaper,
strictly democratic in politics, devoted
to the best interests of society, tenn
perate and dignifed instone, and spe-
cially designed to develop the material
resources of Galcasicu parish. The
editorial assistance with which they
have been favored for several years
will be continued, and they hope to
make the Echo interesting and useful
to its readers and advertising patrons.
We are glad of this opportunity to
retain our special thanks to our
brethren (and sisters) of the press
generally, for their many kind and
very complimentary notices of our
paper, and acknowledge with pleasure
that we are largely indebted totl,esc
favorable notices for whatever success
lonr paper has accomplished.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12

iCRuELrY no ANNALS. --Cannot the
cityfcouncil devise some means Of Pit
ting a-stop to the practice daily wit
messed on orr streets--the abominable
cruelty and brutality 10 the dumb, beasts
vt isurtlen---oxen, mules and lhorses !
and NOT are there ,pot enanghsplilan-
itllsoplists and hnWanitafiats 10 the
city ~ form q society for the preven-
ton sof ,crnslty To animals. and get .
charter whereby each member may act
in the premises. and asrestr armake afii-
fdavii against the offending party Or
partiass- 0uachita IslegFaph.
Why appeal 10 the city conncila
Cruelty 70 aaimals il 4 penal offense,
under = recent statute Of the State.
See Acts iof 1876, page as.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12

n
sSHfp iBuiIDIEG In tCALoAsIRu.-4lfoi
many years the building and REPEATING
of sailing and steam vessels, engaged
in the CaiIeasieu river aud Texas coast
lumber and mercantile trade, has been
Appointment industry at Lake Charles
and along the fCaleasieu river. Lumber
schooners and sloops frequently no
,quire to be hauled ont on the "ship
ways" for repairs, andEto Iberepainted,
and tho always growing demand for
sawed lumber, for Texas railroads,
wharves, bridges and l,uildings, neces-
sitatessthc building, annually, Of new
sailing and steam vessels.
We understand there are five
ways" in Calcasieu parish, devoted
TO this industry, three of which are
NOV in actual operation. From MIR.
John +. sclooney, ono of our most ex-
peficnced and prominent sliipwrights,
whose '"mafinc ways arc located on
the Calcasien river, across the lake,
qlake Charlea we learn that the de-
mand for laborin this line Of business
lis just now greater than ever before,
and that at least twenty-five journey
4. Il y
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12

MEASURING Ioas.--The sCalcasieu
standard Log Tahleisifor salelly
A. W. BpsAT a co.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12

MErHoDisr SUNDAY ScnooL.-At-
tendance last Sunday: officers, A;
teachers, 9; scholars, AZ; visitors, 81;
total, So; collection, ssI o5.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12

Heaven helps those who help
themselves provided the police
tloultinterfere.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12

alaybe lis because money lis thereof
II AL ogil that some Of the fashionable
ilargginel arc 30 wicked,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12

PRESIDENT GARFIELD's INAUouRAL
address, while carefully designed to
glorify the Republican party, and to
portray the nation with bic N,
breathes commendable spirit of fra
ternity and good will towards all sec
tions of the Union. This spirit is
further manifested in the selection Of
his Cabinet, every member of which
possesses more or less Of that liberal
ism which defeated the stalwarts and
Grantism in the Chicago convention.
The new president, and we .rejoice to
know that for the first time since
March 4, 1877, our republic has a
president has thrown the gauntlet
at the feet of 'theRalical Republicans,
and the latter will surely take il up.
In that fight, if he does not weaken,
the President will have the sympathy
of all men who desire to see the Union
restored in fact as well ms injname. In.
all his efforts to accomplish that result,
may the good Lord give President
Garfield plentytof backbone.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-12
The sulphur Springs of Calca-
sieuI,

The unsuccessful and costly expert
ment, several years ago, of boring for
petroleum, and mining for sulphur, at
the sulphur mines of Calcasicu, about
twelve miles west of Lake Charles, de-
veloped some of the finest mineral
springs in the South, the water from
which has been flowing, in large vol
umes, ever since. A party of gentle
men from New Orleans, formerly con
nected withoone of the companies en-
gagged in sinking these oilwells and
mining shafts, has just arrived here,
and it is rumored that steps will be
taken to make these sulphur mines the
seat of fashionable watering place for
invalids and pleasure seekers. The
location is near the track of the Louis
lana Western Railroad, wild game
abonnds in the neighborhood, and
capital and good taste can give Calca-
sieu parish one Of the finest and most
valuable watering places in the South.
Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1881-04-02
Coal.

Scupper, Assistant Civil Engineer. S. r
r. r., and Wingaic. expert, sent 70 i. r.
d, examixe the quality Of coal in Black
DIAMOND coal fields, head OF Deer Greek,
Pima county. pronounce The coal good
quality. This plant Is ia Defrces" dist
tlict. in latitude 50 deg and longitude
about Il0lz and. doubtless, is eoulinua-
ton Of the same bed spoken Of by Lieut..
Wheeler in his report Of his explorations
ia 1871, as lying within twenty-five miles
Of Oygsbe Zone Of the Moqui yillages) 10
deg. Longitude, Sc deg, 20 min. latitude
At points between those mentioned, coal
openings are known to exist and is likely
to lie found wherever shaie exists Coal
has been developed sixteen miles north OF
Gimp Apache, as also twelve miles west Of
Fort Wingate, aud again al The northwest
slope 81 tie Wiiife Mountains. These are
buf 1noiely Of the coal deposits known
to exist In Arizona. Mr. Chas- p. stanton,
voached for as a competent geologist, pre-
viogis 10 1878 published ia The Prescott
Weekly H.acr an interesting communica-
ton relating 10 the coal fields Of YeFapai
county, in which j, is stated "ihat nearly
or quite %, 600 square miles OF coal are 70
be traced 80 that nearly one half Of the
whole coal measures Of the United States
are embraced IA This Territory There IS
20 good reasons 70 doubt but that this
great Arizona caFboniferous basin ex-
tends from Uah o md into Old Mcxieo-
Il has that appearance now, and those who
look for It viii find il in nj the area q
crelaccaos ollierop. 10 longitude 10 q
lhermbouis, and % places il has been
traced as far east as the Ri0erande
Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1881-04-02

By private letter received from The
Hon. 6 " Norton Of Yuma Co, We find
that u Silver District ''lhe thermoms,er !.
l02 deg. u. Tie shade A good deal dir
fcrent from what we have it here ON
weather IS beautiful, and there IS no fesl
Of our dIssolying to sucl an extent that j
would take policeman With search
warrant 70 fnd US. He says also, thai
everything is lioomins in Silver District
Tie Black Rock Ialne was sold fer $3.50
coo Lats Of experts and mine purchaser.
in ihe District, aud Tie es'ilook is prem
ising.r
Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1881-04-02
Robbery in r'Iorenee.

Tie Lewis Honse. in Florence. was TIC
scene OF a daring burglary GA tbs night Of
The 24;h I'LL After locking up the aelsse
and taf-room. Mr.. L q. Lewis. the pro
prie;or. retired 70 his slceping room abeu.
midnight, leaving as usual Tie door lead
ing 90 ibe garden open Some time after
ward he wus awakened By npise ~ The
room. and Is lhe dim light burning he
could distinguish The forms Of four masked
men IN the room. He Immediately spTang
up 70 grasp 3 heavy cane near the head of
the bed, hui was stricken down insensii'lc
lly a blow from pistol or siungshof Up
on recovering consciousness be found
bimself hound firmly % The bed and the
psen huSily rnsacking the trunks and
clethlng. N0l a word was spoken by the
robbers. and iheY iuHliciiiy cbeyc0 The
silent gestures Of lhc one who appeared to
he leader, TAIL man, nearing 5 broad
brim black slouch hat. he stood lF The
bed With a sixshooier lcVclcd a. Alr. Lev
is, and directed The men BY matinas. After
ransackiag everything they began {" Pile
trunks and furniture upon air. Lewis.when
warning whistle was heasd outside nd
siey Immediately hurried ont Il IS he
lieved bul for this interruption they would
have piled az he furniture on ibe bed
and set Gre 70 The room-
The hou>cksfpcr. On coming IN 20
awaken Ar. Lewis, ia The morning. dis
covered bin rs described still insen>ihle
from tie expcsnTe and nain endured by
fhe great weight upon lis body She i'm
Indefinitely called for help and the uDfoliu.
NATE gentleman WAS released from his
peFiluus position.
Examination Of the premises revealed
The fact thar tie burglars bad opened 3
small safe behind the bar anal abslraCtrl
iherefTom abonl $1,000 in money. and scar.
tered about The papers which d eonisined.
4 considerable SUM IN q waSlisiaEd
drawer va@ overlooked The rohhrr also
attempted 10 pnil two rings from Mr.. Lew
IS fingers hut they fitted so close il was
abandoned.
No cine Ia the perpetrators ~ The crime
pas gel been developed. Arewani Of $500
IS offered by u Lewis for The arrest and
conviction 81 any one Of the r0bber.-
Csizaa
Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1881-04-02


have offered myself to yon for the o.
fee Of Probate Judge. aud in connection
herewith ask sou to indulge me in a few
words in my orn behalf
II Is now nearly five yearz since ] came
to you afoot. aloEe and without purse or
scrip. and for the most Of that time have
been entrusted.b you with tie ofice Of
Justice Of the Peace, one Of the most try
ing II oflcial positions. particularly in =
frontier camp, such as ours Yet in leav-
ing ii, as I ana ahouttodo, have The great
>ati<faciion 81 believing that yon veler-
ally accord me tbe credit Of having always
done my best to faithfully and impaniaily
perform lis duties. and now, mostly upon
lhe strength of thai assertion, ] earnestly
and respectfully seek al your hands an
other oflice-a little higher up on lie judi
eial scale-a slight promotion in the same
line IN which 7 have so long served sou.
VIII you give il 10 me-
To you who have net already made up
your minds; lei me respectfully offer sbe
following additional considerations: by
long residence and constant efforts.
amongst aud with you That al have
made or saved is here in my office, and II
Improvements and ia miaihg claims and
ella must take ne up with herto financial
snccess, or must 60 down with her e
disappointment and decay-sureiy some
slight pledges Of my devolions TO The tes'
interests 81 our new county and as 10 quai
ifications, unhesitaiingiY claim to be al
least the equal cf either 81 my competitors.
g. A. SwAsEY.
Globe, April isi 1881
Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1881-04-02

The Mormon element is increasing rap
idly along the valley Of the Salt Riyer-
Bishop Mcdonald has just brought IN III
T. additional families and more are to
come. Barring the one fapit fbat's found
With them, they are a good element in our
population, because they are industrious,
economical and thrifty, and turn into gar
den spots places that were seemingly bar
zen.
Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1881-04-02
kilograms

Special 10 siLvEs hsLr.i
TUcsoN. March S0.-N. J. Watkins, an
aitaehe Of tlle Arizona Jo,saal. in conse-
quence Of & slight misunderstanding with
/. c. Hughes. editor and proprietor Of the
STR, broke Hughes arm.
PHuADupHIA. Ma1eh so.-A Las We
gas. n. 81, special says Ja,aes C1iFrie, tie
murderer Of Porter. the actor, WAS shot
aud killed on TIC 24ih By bar leader in
that place who was acting in self defense
Bosrox. March S0.-Fcmales were de-
MED the right Of suffrage in municipal
elections by House vote Of lIi2 10 &c.
Nrw YORK. March 30 British csbiael
called suddenly together 10 consider ihe
threatened insurecIioz in Ireland, which
is regarded as liable to occur at any mo
meat
WAsHlNeros, March s0.-No sign Of
break Of dead lock, Republican sena-
tors ere manifesiing signs Of ureasiness
in regard 10 confirmation of nominees
Republicans say hey VIII sick and Dem
ocrais are determined 70 stay viii lh'mi
and sight il ont on that line II i takes ali
summer. Riddsebergers name. Mahons
nonince, still ia he pot. as indeed ali other
Republican nominees Of Senate officials.
NEw YoRk. March s0-Lieut Gov
Haskins, it is feared, is dying.
Topeka, March si.-Reponed robbery
Of train near Albuquerque emphuticaily
denied by officials OF road.
CHscAeo, March S1,-Gencnl heavy
snow storms reported in Iowa, Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan.
OMAHA. March S1.-Dispaseb received
here from Office Of Chicago. Milwaukee, &
ST. Paul K. r., IL Sioux City, notifying al
agents Of compsny 70 warn persons living
On low lands along the Missouri river 10
move their families and effects 10 higher
ground. Immense Hood coming down the
river
NEW cAsT1E. Natal, March, 5i.-Boer
messengers state thai after surrender Of
paiecheiisiroom, by English, The victors
reinforced the bcsiegers Of Pretoria, and
with joint force, and Two captured guns
they rcpalsed sorlie by English garrison
ing Pretoris and drove them into The fort,
inaieiiug considerable loss.
wAsuIxoroS. Marcel 81.-Lieat r N.
Perry, L. S. Navy IS ordered 10 ccmmand
steamers Mary and Helen. on proposed
ariic expedition in search Of the Jeanette.
Frederick Douglas is 10 he succeeded rs
Marshal Of District Of Columbia by Capt
Henry Of Ohio.
Senator Conkling has determined 10
wage war against robertson and the nd
minissration. He holds Secretary Blaine
responsible for Tie nomination Of Robert
son. Conkling expects 10 be defeated and
Robertson confirmed Conkling holds
ih.d ii is his dutyto oppose Robertson, as
bis confirmation would be q step towards
disosganizing The Republican organization
in New York.
Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1881-04-02

A few months ago thc Tucson papers
we're agitatcd about adobe dollars, now il
is dried apples. and All The time by way Of
diversity they arc guanelling wiih each
other. When viii they learn 10 know
that the people Who buy papers dout e.ire a
cent about the kilkenny proclivitics Of The
men 0ho run them. Newspapers That dis
cuss nen rather principles fail in their
mission aud lose in The race FOR public
favor.
Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1881-04-02

Locus are fcarfnliy scarce. We stated
last week that the Cottonwood trs'es we're
in lcaf. They are yet only more 30. The
hills are geinng green with mantle Of
gramma grass. Usually the grass waits
on the June and July rains, but this
Spring it feels tlle life giving influences Of
tic snow that came 70 Us daring the win
ter, and il does not wait- The cattle and
horses are revealing in lots If rich suceu-
lent feed.