The Arizona champion., 1885-11-14
CENTRAL ARIZONA.
Climate, Soil, and Productions.-A General Answer to Many Inquiries Relative to kiis part of Arizona.

Answer to Many Inquiries Relative
 tiis part of Arizona.
 This portion of Arizona is vas
 plateau, varying in altitude iron
 5000 to 1000 feet above the sea
 with here and there a peak risinl
 10 an heighth of from o,ooo to Is,oo,
 feet. These higher elevations, situ
 ated with remarkable regularit
 throughout the central portion 0
 Yavapai county, are local and con
 stant source of moisture to the adjac ent parks and foothills, from tn,
 blankets of snow that cover them dur
 ing six to eight months of the year
 During the open period of the winter months and in early spring great bo dies of water flow from these vast snow beds, to be swallowed up at las, by the unsuitable sands of the distan, plain.
 The water supply # limited, and rigid economy will be required in the future. The scarcity of water in Ari zona IS at present safeguard agalns, the country ,being overrun by cattle. men who are being crowded out o other localities.
 The annual rain.fa begins in the month of June and lasts until Sep. tember. It comes in gentle showers and with admirable regularity, stimu. latiny a wonderful growth in re. markable short period oftime. Wheat, rye, oats, barley and miIlet are grown without irrigation, yielding an adun- dant and profitable crop. Corn is successfully grown in the valleys and basins below an altitude of 6. 900 feet. All kinds of root vegetables flourish and grow to enormous size and are ol excellent quality, commanding price Tn the "home market" that to an Eas:ernor Northwestern farmer would seem fabulous. Although 10, ,ooo pounds of potatoes per acre is but an average yield, such is the local demand from our adjacent mining camps, saw mills and railway towns, it has never been supplied by the home production. Cultiya. ton IS not required, and no other labor be. oynd the preparation of the soil, planting and gathering. Is bestowed up m the crop. The entire country is singularly free from farm weeds and obnoxious growth that are the bane of the Eastern husbindman. There IS growing demand for hay and many ranch me nd 1T al,l l.. growing crops for that purpose by cutting and curing it before the grain IS fully natured.
 All that portion ot the grlat pla'eau above o,ooo feet IS covered with magnificent forests of pine, with Intervening glades of mountain parks and praries, Grazing IS the leading industry of the northern portion of Yavapai county. Rigid economy in the hoardi og and use of the present water supply meets the present demand and is the safeguard against our ranges being oyerrun by herds from the crowded ra"ges of other localities
 It IS esentally ,untry for tne poor man or the stock grower beginning life with mod. crate means. The springs and tanks afford ing permanent water he miles apart, giving q supply in each place sufficient for a small band of from 100 10 800 head of stock. Around these water supplies lie hundreds of square miles oi nutritious mountain grasses any ten acres of which is capable of Keeping one animal throughout the year. By the con. struction 0! the artificial bdslns and dIEes be. fore referred to, water may be saved and util. iEed in proportion to the demands of the in creasing herds. The beef and mutton from this Secti )n command advanced prices in the markets Of the adjacent cities. Our animals are not only marketable but ia prime coadi. tlon during the year.
 The Atlantic x Pacific railway runs central. ly through this section east and west, anu the company own alternate sections of land. They offer special inducements to capitalists or colonies requiring large blocks of land, and do net in this section dispose of quantities less than o,ooo acres. The remaining lands are subject to homestead and preemption rights. The past two years show pereepti. ble increase in the filings and settlements of these Government, lands, but as yet they are practically untouched,
 The pine forest of this section is to miles wide and in length extends beyou the limits of the Territory referred to Tn this article. As whole il is larger thau the State of Mary. land, and an agreeable revelation to the tray eler who, in keeping with the popular belief oi our eastern neig bors, inagnes iu cross ing Arizona he is about to traverse a barren and sandy waste.
 The lumber product of the one great saw mill Tn all these piheries finds a ready market in Old Mexico, Southern California and New Mexico, with increasing local de- mand. The railway towns and principal markets of this section are Holbrook, Wins. low, Flagstatf, Williams and Ash Fork. The relative merIts oi these towns need not here be discussed, being about equal in importance and each peopled with energetic, hospitable and progressive citizens.
 Schools, churches and social amusements prevail. The interest manifested in all mat ters pertaining to social progress is perhaps greater than Tn eastern towns of like numbers.
 Aside from pulmonary complaints among those not acclimated, there is no sickness. Feyers and all forms of malaridl diseases are unkn ,wn. Arizona's least need is doctors.
 The southern and central portion of Yava. pal county Is rich in mineral bearing ledges and placer gold fields. Recent discoveries Tn Cataract gorge, north of the Bill Williams mountain, bid fair to rival in some respects some of our older camps. During the sum mer season persons visiting the Cataract re- gions may procure outfits" and ind the place accessible from either Ash FJrk, Will lams or Flagstaff. The lack of proper ma chinery to treat the ores of this section is at present the greatest draw back to mining No mining country of like area can sh w such uniform value in all ore pro- ducts as this portion of the territory and the amount of ores now being shipped to distant works for treatment should be suLstantial1 proof that reduction works capable of treat ing the refractory ores ot our mineral bearing localities would be profitable investment for it's founders. There are no hostile Indians