Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11
GAMING LANDS IN ARIZONA.

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 GRAZING LANDS IN ARIZONA.
 The immense area of land ia Arizona
 is nothing to boast Of. "As large as
 Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Della.
 ware. IS nothing in our favor; but on
 ina contrary. rather shows against us. Observing ones will be very likely to
 ask -wly then are SO few zenle here if ". have such @ DouI ness terrl5oryg 2" The same boast of immense territory soften made in California, but after al what does it amount to? Every one wao Is at all couversant with California knows that there are millions Of acres il southern California that are uot worth one mill an acre. It is even more des- r-ute and worthless than the pooress land we have in Arizona, vet we are sa-ssi to admit that we have a large area | as desert land that can never be utilized f.rauy purpose whatever. It seems to as that + would be much better to poin. a-, the good qualities of Arizona rather than -o be boasting of an immense area af country, a very large portion Of which rlu never be oi any use to mankind.
 There are large tracts of grazing land a Arizona to which tbe attention O, stock men should be directed. There is got a county in the Territory but offers more or less iuducemeut to stock men. 1. While We are ready to admit that We have enough land for a New Jersey, !. Delaware or Rhode Island here and !. there ID Arizona that IS good for noth- !u., We have more good grazing larC . .lau auy 0i the States or Territories ex- . t-ut Texas and a climate superior to l any of them. While the ranch men of . ,la northern States and Territories are . continually in dread of storms which . sweep down from the far northwest, ] scattering their cattle in every direction, | the herds oi the Arizona ranch men are raamluE over the open plaIn, crop l ping the rich mesquite and gramma l grass. ID blissiul ignorance or a north | r-l blizzard There the snow and sleet | often falls tJ such an extent that cattle 1 perish from cold. hunger and thirst. l Herr in Arizona the mercury seldom l sinks to twenty-five degrees above zeru, ! and usually runs from thirty to sixty de grees above zero during the winter sea son. In the northern country cattle be- come diseased and frequently die cf black tongue, bloody murrain, etc. Here | we have nothing of the kind. and they | only dIe when killed by tue butcher CT O. old age.
 Having pointed out the difference be- tween a northern and southern cattle | range, We will endeavor to call attention to the grazing groInd- J- Arizona hich ] cover an area of country about the size oF the State of Kansas, but capable Of supporting vice the number of cattle tla- State could if its land was all grazing land. The eastern part Of kan sas produces a aheaver crop Of grass than A-izoua produces. but its strength IS destroyed by the first frosts Of autumn, while here it maintains its strength nm tI a new crop comes. We have many thousands of acres Of grazing land that have not been settled upon nor claimed, and Iu many places 1t is the best grazing land in the Territory. Our cattle men so far, have taken mp ranches where there was running water, but there are many places vet to be had where there is good running water. There are also many other places to be had where va Ter may be obtained by sinking wells, ID tle wide stretches Of valley land to be found ID all the southern counties of Arzoua and m many localities in north
 era Arizoua The bess grazing lands
 are often found in these valleys. Some | ranches have already been located in | these valleys. Pusch x Zellweger of this cty have such a ranch sixteen miles north of th.s city. Their well is 80 feet
 deep. the water is raised to the surface | by caloric lhot alr) engine. Their for
 man, Mr. Smith, informed Us that 1t | would raise enough water ID four hours Co supply 1000 head of cattle for | day during the summer season. It | would probably raise enough | in tEo hours to supply the | same number a day during the | winter season. The original cost of the 1 engine and pump was about Ss0G. Any 1 one can run the engine and 1t requires | about tha same amount ot wood that 8 l common box stove would consume. It l vii thus be seen that such pump can | be made to supply at least 5000 cattle | with water. WindmiIls may be used for !. small herds. though they are not so re liable as the little caloric engne- There l is also a steam pump manufactured m San Francesca which is cheap and IS said to do its work well There is an advantage m taking up land. and sink ing for water, which Is almost, # not quite. an offset for a ranch with running HhIeE. IL l0 ID ht4tStlu- a A-oNt eA -@l-NA remote from water, sink a well, put the cattle on, and there is no herding to do, as the cattle will return to water every day. It Is by this system of sinking wells aEd raising water to the surface that We may expect nearly all the graz lng lands of Arizona to be reclaimed and occupied within the Eext few years. Arizona is capable of producing and sus- taiuing more cattle than any other State or Territory in the Union, on native grasses, except Texas. All that IS nec- essary Co Is show to the outside world what we have and how it may be util- ized. aud there will be enough of the right kind of men, who will only be too glad to take advantage of il.
 SENATOR LoGANs army bill provides that the number Of enlisted men III the army, including an engIneer bata lion of J20 men. hospital stewarts. and l,0Ut