Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-05-26
school Composition.
(1'ucson Star.) FINAL

flDal IS one OI tue SilaileSt put ITCH est towns in Arizona. It is situated in the north eastern part of Pinal County. North and east surrounded by rolling mountains, short di.tance from the spur of Plnal mountains.
 Superstition Mts. are north-wes of Pinal and are the western terminus of the Apache ranges passing through the territory and embraces box canyons.
 Latitude is 33k degrees north and III degrees west lon5 5itude.
 The distance tu the County Seat from Pinal IS 30 miles and the nearest railroad station Is Casa Grilnde, which Is 55 miles 1 from Pinal.
 l The extreme temperatures are about | 50 degrees in winter and l08 degr ees in summer. The average rainfall Is l5 inches, snowfall is very slight.
 Pinal is situated at the base of the | Picket Post Mt, which elevation is near 4.6OO feet.
 Queen Creek which runs through Pi- nal IS four miles distant from its source, which begins ill what is known as Apa- che Leap, q cliff of rocks from which It Is said large mum Der of Apache Indians were compelled to leap for life or die at the han ds of their enemies. The long reef stands almost perL eudlcular at A | height of 600 feet. Also near Pinal, some two miles upon a barren rocky wash southeast of town is the first ar
 tesian well bored i'll the territory, and Is owned by c. L. Whitney which has been in use for five years. Here he has a pond some 20 feet in diameter, which is rapidly being filled with growing cArp
 A distance of five miles from here is the famous Silver King mine, found
 many years since by men driving pack train of mules, and has since yielded over g., 100000.
 The names of the different trites of In nlIans are the Pimas and M;,ricopas. The Pima reservation has 4.500 inhabi : tants. The Maricopa reservation is west
 If Pinal and at distant of 38 miles I We know little of their history. The Z strong and vigorous young men of thei : tribe are selected at times and to them il l imparted by their oldest Chief the legenC : or tradition which exist among their owl r tribes. They are deadly enemies to tn, Apaches and ill early days lost no op
 portuuty to engage them in war Tn, Q government at one time engaged tn, e Pimas and Maricnpas to hunt the rene
 gade Apaches. Pinal county has mine
 producing gold, lead, silver and copper
 but Pinal has but one silver mill ant
 mine.
 Agriculture can only be carried On b l. irrigation, which is generally along tn 0 Gia river. The nearest irrigation faru 6 is owned by E. NJ. Reavis I6 miles due y north, on which grows various fruit
 bearing trees. turnlps, corn, cabbage
 carrots and potatoes. The spur canyoI
 and foothills at the mountains, bea e many excellent grasses from which vas :. herds of cattle subsist, i'll an excellent con " ditiom, except in years of severe drought t Water is plentiful in the canyons an t when not upon the surfac4, you can z 1T 1t by di. ging a fcot under lime deposit IT A Agriculture Is chiefly along the Gil e river, the second largest body of wate 1t in ;he territory, within the county for }, distance of 16 .Iies from what is know h as the Butte, which is south east frol t Pinal Eighteen miles from the Pim g reservation some two thousands acres IT Iaud are under different stages of cult t, vatiou. By the system of irrigatiu
 
 n no fear of droughts, the soil which Is Il study loam and very deep, can be mad s, on account of climate, to yield enormol et crops.
 The Indians sell besides their ow ,r consumption 2,000, 900 pounds of wine; le du. ing d season, they also rtise lnal ) kinds of tropical fruits in the vallt
 Vegetation IS limited on account of sea
 city of rains and soil among the foot hll
 and m curtains except Ill cases of Tall
 seasons wh ch do not often occur, ill su h. cessive years, but when there is a seaso of able sprlng quantity of grass and wi a flowers cover the hills and valley IT st alfalfa which Is the first of the seast tn growth III the valley, the bunch gra I which grows high up IS also excele H. food, ald is tue most lasting for stoc te and ltter on IS cut and cured and ser ' st IS substantial win, CT food
 is The principal occupation of the pc uf pie ;phi IsI 5I .n.llI5 d stJ;krIls lv Ing.
 ed The town of Pinal was first settled he Gen. Stoneman in 1872 as a militia il post and was then called Picket Poi ch but in 1884 was changed to Pinal. CT There Is bur one church, the Meth lg dist, which IS wooden structure 40 ng GO, ceiled and lined inside, we'll light ol and-nIcely furnished, and in general a ve pearmce would do credit to towns tle large population.
 Plnal also contains a large schc c. house, which is ceiIed and lined insid 5 a containing 54 patent seats with des se attached giving each Of our 52 scholt is d separate seat, with ample room for ses larger number, well supplied with blac Id. bnards and a good stove
 DIV The other buildings are one pub is hall, the Silver King mill, two hote
 three dry goods and grocery stores, t
 meat markets one brewery, one baker a one barber, one blacksnith and two sh
 shops. Numbering in all 100 building 'le- S3 of which are private dNe lings, t ted thirds of which ale adohe structures. cid The oldest mhalhtmt is Mr. Willi IA, Ainett, aged 60 years. Birthplace, M lw gan County Illinois, occupation is sto raising.
 led The principal trees are the mesqui hn- Palo-Verde, except in the mountai [iss where is found the Jumper, Cher i've Maple, Pine, Cedar and four varieties md the oak. The Cottonwood and Sycam her also grow along the creeks. eth The wild animals are the Deer. Mo poo tain Sheep, Lion, Panther and Coyc isi- | also Jacl<ra bhits and Cdtontails