Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-06-09

TUcsoS, A. T. June 2. 1888.
 The competition essays heretofore sp- pearIng in Ihe Tucson Star will heres.- ter be coptiDued on each Saturday ID the TUcsON DAILY CITIZEN.
 CHAS. Nj. STRAUSS,
 Supt. Ot Pub. IusI.
 In the year 1876 6 corps of soldiers and pioneers on the An day Of July camped on the present ste c: F!ags.Lf.
 lu recognition of this great day n very tall plne tree WAS stripped of its branch es and the "stsrs and stripes" were set floating from its top.
 It Is the second town In population and wealth n Yavspai county. Oak Creek. the closest stream, heads about twelve miles south.
 IL IS about eight miles south of the foot of the San Francesca Mountains
 It IS ID latitude thirty-ive del lrees and thirty minutes north, and n lOngi- tude one hundred and twelve degrees west.
 By rail it is sbous one hundred and forty miles from Prescott, the county seat, and IS 8 station On tke Atlantic 6 Pacific Railroad.
 The elevation of the town is 69S4 feet above the sea level.
 The climate ia equ6bls and most Of the year very pleasant. The hottest days the past summer could scarcely exceed 90 degrees above zero. and the coldest day this winter the mercury fell to 2S degre es below zero.
 The average rain and snow fall for the past few years has been about fifteen inches.
 The surrounding country is alive with interesting scenery. The extensive for ests of pine, juniper, quaking-ssg and oak contrasted with the adjacent deserts ou the east and west seem sn oasis, The great number of small canyons snd natural parks cutting and dottins | the country, sffoIds new food for the curious sightseer every day. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado is accredited to be, by those who have seen 1t, simply indescrIbsole and inconceiv- able. There is not in size and grandeur another freak in all nature to rIvsl this, the greatest, deepest and widest gorge on earth.
 None can see it's like without coming | to Arlzona, for nowhere in the world does it repeat itself. IL is 7065 feet deep IA miles wide and 300 miles long.
 The San Francisco Mountains are the highest in the territory. One peak, ths Agsssiz, IS l3,56l feet high and is GOV cred with snow about eight months of Ihe year. It is 8 landmark for hundreds of miles around. Parties sometimes venture to ihs top of the mountain, .oh "a rathaF % a of ascent. From its summit two states and one territnFy can be seen. The water advantages of she town are very inadequate. IL has no streams, lakes or ponds of any consequence. Smull springs and wells supply the town. Ten miles south of Fiagststf are the Cliff Dwellings. These are houses made of rock sDd mud m the side of a canyon All are difficult of access and some are SO Eithdrawn into the cliffs as to make danger imminent to undertake 10 reach them. Their doors are small openings two by four feet No reason can be Bs- signed why this uniuvitiDg place was l ever chosen for a home unless for protec- ton against enemies. Perhaps greater and mere interesting remains of extinct people are the Rork DsellIngs. These are GU. out of the veritsole stone, the work of human hands, fitted Co human ideas and somewhat mCdern.
 There are no Indian tribes close to Flagstaff. The Supgis, seventy miles l north, more than any other tribe make ,his their trading and begging point. They live ID the Grand Canyon oi the Colorado. Probably the whole tribe would number less than i've hundred. They have DO reservation being harmless and inoffensIve, the attention af the gov ernment has never been called to them. They raise corn, grasses and excellent fruit. They have made 10 effors 10 re- sist the aggression and pusn of the shite man, and hence have no history.
 From forty to thirty miles north and east of Flagstaff are some marvelousiy rich coal mines. The veins are from eight to twelve feet thick snd CGn be traced for half mile or more. They gre going to be a source of great wealth to this section when once developed.
 The little parks dott DE the country everywhere are natural reservoirs for the drainage surrounding them. Getting the needed moisture from the rains and snows, during the falls and winters these parks are suited for farming pGr- poses and are converted to that us~. Wheat, oats, barley and timothy, when properly eded, yield first rate crops of hay. The potatoes and turnips that this soil grows are simply wonders both ID size and in flavor. Most all the vegets- blss, such as onions, lettuce, parsnips, rsdishes. celery, csulihover and cab bsae grow well.
 The manufacture of lumber is one of our leading industries. Within radius of ten miles there are four ssv-mills that have been running the past year. Two others are about to be erected in the near future, just e short ways from town. The extent of our pine forests is illimitsble. Hundreds of mills msy saw necessarily for as many years and not consume is. Our lumber is marketed in California, Old and New Mexico.
 This IS the best stock country ID the world. IL cannot very well be over- stocked, for the reason that ihe water supply isn't sufficient. The grasses grow very rank and are very nutritious. The cattle interests are largest; sheep at trscting but little attention until re- gently. It is now thought, however, that sheep are 8 better investment tb SD cattle, and their numbers are fast in creasinR.
 The soil is as fertile as any in the Mississippi valley. IL is black and very mellow, much resembling made soil.
 Thos. F. McMillsn is the oldest settler having came here and located in 1870. He iI one of our best and most thor ough sheep men and was. when he locs- ted, in search of 6 good and suitable range.
 The Nj. F.. Church North, has one of the finest ard oest equipped houses for worship in the territory. It is thirty by fifty feet, and hes a good seating room for st least two hundred and fifty per sons Ii is furnished with a very large bell, costing about two hundred dollars. whose deep intonstions Dever fail 10 call 10 worship goodly audience.
 Our free school is excellent. The house has 6 seating pscity for probably 6 hundred and fifty pupils. Two teach CTS are required and none but the best and most proficient are employed
 Ransom Post of the G. 4. R's. and the Knights of Pythiss each have their own hall.
 There are about two hundred spd fifty business houses and dwellings, in all Seven of the business houses are made of either brick or stone and one dwelling