Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-09-13

by euc.ioa or molecular altrac ton Thus n few moments thsre a2s init cf inc -nloistaia a q its mouth holding the hnge cloud. Then the cloud It q swn it's shadnwy wings hia ing the mou .iaia ffom view, an1 only hy the flash and thaudet of ar tillcry could itell that the battle was still raging.
 The road nov comm enccs an abrupt desnent of seven miles drought cafion ia the Veri, mountaln, thc only approach to the VerI.- settlement of NJ .zatzal, venty five miles no tn of Fort Mcdowell and fifty miles from Phoenix. Whle still aI the head of the long cany ID a glimpse is obtained of the river winding like a narrow blue ribbon through green fields unicr shady cottonwoods, backed by tho darken green and brown of tie inpinging foot hi,ls beyond.
 It was afternoon when I reached the little settlement of Mazatzal, and crossing the river rotle up tn the ranch of Messrs Harde burg ani Bowler, the first signs of civiliza ion one strikes aftar leaving Clantou's. A few miles above the river burst from the ina ccsssible cations through which it has heen flwing an1 widens out into br)al lev-l fi.tts # alluvial deposit. clo;hcl in r;ch grass ani shaded b. mesquite and cottonwood timber. The soil is rich and all cereals as well as summ 1T crops flourish luxuriantly. Tn, owners were engaged in denoli-hing some water melons when I TO Ie up and on cheery invita- ion u dis mount compiled m lent them n valuable assistance with suci sue cess that boy was dispatched to the garden for new SID ,ly Tbe.re are about fifty acres of farming land on this property, but these g'ntle- men give their whole altentioa to their cattle and ho ses, and plant only small garien for the necess- aries of the table.
 haraeaour5 $ B0, fer lave hcen located at their presel- quarters for three years, and their her l. nov nun bers about 250 h-ai, bssiies bll1 of horses. The range is a fine ne and is veIy convenient to Pho nix. On the west baax of the river,a a lit below, is the stock ranch of j NJ. Seqrs, also one of the V .rde ca I owners, and near by Geo Smith has
 aerd on the range The lther stockman of lhe valley are ar Mullen, <. Ayster, J. Asher. P. 5Aer idan, Frank Wells, J. L4tolrett's and Col Rouniiree. Tn ra are Tn all over aty-five hunIred head pt CT le 70. ming over the slopi'g foot hills an either sile of the river
 P. Nehb from Mesa City has a faurishin ng farm adjoining Hard n b'lrg's, anJ II V. h .rp f 6m T-tnpe, ha' the ex' flr.n to V b 's This conn Inity is advancing ra pid y and ''f,r long it Inhabitants will be clamc,ing fer DO. tofiice Thr fret sett CTS here ae CT. ! lhn and Charley Mullen, who came into the valley from Gillette in 1875. They c;llmed 8 beautiful stretch of river bottom at ihe northern end, took ont fitch and built n house and corral. Tn -Se two julien ranches are the most desirable in this section, and ihe mot easily covered by water,
 hough the ranch of Mir. Latourette immediately opposite IS also solen- aid piece of property, the land lying in terraces running parallel with tho river f ont, carpeted with grass with here and there patriarchal mes quite whose oranohes spread twenty feet on either side of the trunk. the arabic land is u incumbered wilh no underbrush, and bears evidence of anciei cultivation. This evi- dence is corroborated by the i'm mense stone ruin which covers over four acres on the highest terra @, and contains four hundred rooms on the ground floor. I will describe this ruin in my next letter.