Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-15

, suddenly transformed into tie outlines ] and dome of a great cathedral. Tn, D Aicucans call is 'La Iglesia," tIe church . The "Clay-baDss," great perpendicular bluifs. uexf emerge from the mountain
 side. The "rIfie-n0tch' is apI ropriately pamed, as its V-shlped indeT tatiOn ap- pears against the outlines Oi the sky.
 Inc fin er- mountain" Is the next cu-
 rious freak cf nature. From this stand
 point It resembles the up-iif1ed hand,
 with .he index finger pointing heaven
 warL Then follows that most singular
 optical illusion, the "Nentsus. Viewed l from Tucson 1t appears to bs tunne! right through the summit of he noun tain. \ fsw hours Of weary tOl spent n | climbing the mountain side VIII cause 1 the scales to drop from the eyes Of the most deceived, and firmly convince them l of the truth, namely: that a granite ledge, some two hundred fec high, by 1 the action of the elements has been cut about fifty feet deep, diagonally, from the northwest to the southeast. The top of its sides viewed from the standpoint of Tucson. overlap, and We see tbe ap- parent tunnel. East of this ar,- the deep !
 shades of SabinO canyon. Further on l
 are the Agua Caliente hills, at whose |
 base are the warm springs of Fuller's | ranch. Here, too, the hand of man has
 planted the tree and vine, and demon
 strated that Arizona can not be eXcslled for her horticultural productions.
 The RincOns are due east. We can see the site of Mountain Springs. and the wonderful cave Jha5 bids fair tO rival hentucky's big hole.
 IUruiug Go the north and west in the
 m1eIists dist nee can be seen the Tor illiH. and further on the IoTt.lita noun .ail-.
 Leading out from Tucson towards them is a strip of white through the grease wood. This is tho grade of the Arizona i Narrow Gauge railroad. Its line leads |, out almost to the Tortilla mountains, and then turns Co the right and passes between the TOrtilla and the Santa Cat {. alirI mountains.
 West of the Io-tllla mountains k that :, remarkable land mark, Picacho peak. It |, is the climax, as # were, of huge pile l- dirt and rock. Near this, curing the Rebellion the Federal and Confederate ' loraes had a pitched battle. resulting m , the defeat Jf the latter and the occu- : pancy oi Tucs0n by the forme-
 Westward, the Tucson mountains shut ' put long perspective. To the south I west a glimpse of the Coyote mountains n may be bad. and Baboquivari inacces- e sible summit shows its lofty head. East h Jf item are the Sierrijas. where one Of o he best little mining camps is being de- -eloTed n Arizona.
 Having taken in the whole horizon. let r ls look again down upon tie aucIent | ret mOdemzed city at our feet.
 At the north are the big tanIs and red r 'Oofs Of the gas company. Bending l c round the northern border Ot tine city ike bOE. comes the Southern Pacific allrosd from the direction Of PicachC, n md Gs VIC trace It's course we stop a mo- f neat to look a. POrter's hotel the depot a md finally the shops and round-house ( noticeable by their metallT l i Oois From them the railroad again ii t-alghtens ont Co the southeast, and dls E ppears in the perspective towards l i 'lutanO.
 South of the gas works are several .eautiful residences. and than rise up be smoke stacks of the electric hght fl tation. <
 The court house, with its dome, and 5 ltuated in a bed of green, affords rest NN | lways believe in having good couri s .ouses, and Arizona in geneul, and Pima i 0uuty m particular. are no exceptions. t
 Pennington, Congress, Camp, Church f Iryer and MaIu streets are full of Ue1- ; l- and teams, and all the signs of 90 ', '-Oauerous and commercial city are n resent. .
 The Cosmopolitan and Palace hotels, p he Masonic hall, Pearson tlock. Bueh- nan block, and the old bel tower are 1 ,rUmiu=ut objects. Barri5 Libr-. with 's paisaaO popUl trion are easily distiu- n -uis ed. r
 Beyond Militsry Plaza. eclipsing all Y, .ther buildings by its size, arises the n lew pubic school house, which even in - , 'H'"rnIl--1 -1i.,,'.., sr77 i7 a q ffs1ff.. e5E@E world that even the humolest of her n 'hildren shall not grow tO manhood wth a he excuse that they had To chance to r. lbtau general education. A particular - leacriution of thls bliliing is reserTed :. for another column. [
 We have now generalIzed sufficiently 1 {, .o become more particular
 THE SANTA CRUZ BOTTOMS.
 From Mr. Ephriam Warn,r the follow 2 ing figures were obtained m reference Co Il farming m the Santa Cruz bottoms, near { Tucson. a
 No. Of acres under cultivation, 3,0m e
 No.ofpounds fl wheat raised annually, | Gn0Do a
 No Of pounds of barley raised anu ' ally. jld,O10
 Alfalfa is an experiment.
 The supply of water m the Santa Cruz is sufficient to irrigate 4,00) acres of land i. tEe immediate vicinity of Tucson. No doubt there is half as much more at San ' N-vier.