Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-12-07

this an important commercial center. The Vineyard Company have already erected
 EXTENSIVE IRRIGATING AND WATER
 WORKS MACHINERY
 to cover their land with water and are independent of all canal companies their expenses and annoyance.
 There are ruins of ancient irrigating works directly south of Maricopa, and the whole valley at the Santa Cruz river south of the Southern Pacific rail road extending from forty to fifty miles from it can, if desired, be irri- gated by water from reservoirs made by dams in the Gila and taking the water out above the city of Florence by canals and conveying to the high or table lands north of the mountains south of here and to a point fifteen miles northwest of Maricopa where the Santa Cruz empties into the Gila, thus irrigating the whole slope to the Gila river, if desired. This probably will not be the case. The Southern Paci- fic Railroad obtain water at all of their stations by steam pumps from wells sunk into the under ground bed of the Santa Cruz as well as the various stock ranches, and agriculturists and horticulturists all about them are fol- lowing their example and have filed on all of the desirable lands on the plains that are covered by water.
 All of the great valley will indeed soon be made to again bloom and blos- som as ill ancient times when it was occupied by dense civilized people, evidences of which appear all over this beautiful plain.
 The intelligent working of these lands by the improved methods of agriculture and irrigation, abunda nee of water at hand and under the con- trol of man at all times, prove far more satisfactory and remunerative than gold mining "with the metal all in sight," as the miners say.
 Maricopians are looking for the air line road from San Diego Bay tc Yuma to follow the Gila river to Gila Bend, from Gila Bend directly through the coming city of Maricopa to youl city of Florence, and so on up the rich valley of the Gila, through Arizona and New Mexico to Magdalena, and from Magdalena to Socorro the Santa Fe road is already running, and from Socorro to the town of Pan Handle ir Texas the same road is already run to Chicago. When completed they will have almost an air line from San Diego to New York City and all of the great cities north east, by lines already in operation. This road on it's route through Arizona and New Mexico will undoubtedly go through the richest agricultural and mining region in the country.
 Of the climate, too much cannot be said in its praise. During the past month realistic winter has prevailed throughout the eastern, middle anC western states, and genuine blizzard. in some localities with their deadly work. In central and southern Ari zona all has been eternal and delight full sunshine with the thermometer ul to summer heat every day.
 Here there are no fogs nor dews ant in the hottest days in summer ou door labor is performed without in terruption. Sunstrokes are nevel known; the heat is more bearable a all times than in the hottest weathe, with the saturated atmosphere of thu north.
 Surely the climate that permits ar out door picnic and dinner of 135 persons-The Illinois Associatian-tC partake of their Thanksgiving dinnel in park at Phenix last Thursday with nothing but a canopy of canvas and that to shield them from tn, bright rays of the sun, must be as neal l heavenly as can be made.
 There may be more delightful anC desirable valley than this great anC ] be tlful oae, hs't 1t is nndiscoss-ed
 hope the length of my letter vii not weary you. do not see how could shorten it and be clearly under stood.
 Yours &c.