Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-11-16
APACHE COUNTY.
SOME OF ITS PHYSICAL FEATURES
 IGTELLIGENTLY SET FORTH.
One of the most Thrifty Counties of Ari- zona, Devoted to Agriculture and
 Stock Raising.

Stock Raising.
 The tenth session of the legislative assembly of Arizona created the coun ty of Apache out of the eastern DOT tion of Yavapai county. At the time oi its organization in 1879, it's south ern boundary extended south to the channel of the Gila river; on the west the CIV county was bounded by the counties of Gila and Yavapai; on the north by Utah, and on the east by the Territory of New Mexico. Within the limits above described, was vast ex- tent of country, larger perhaps than the state of New York but neverthe- less, possessing at this time few natur- al possibilities for the husbandman
 It Is also true that several thousands of acres of very fair arabic lands, prin- cipally along the Little Colorado river, the ShowlOw creek, the Silver creek, and other small tributaries, that were susceptible of cultivation; and, with the aid of dams, reservoirs, ditches, 1 etc., etc, these lands are to-day pro- | ducing fair crops of all sorts of grains | usually raised in this climate and al-
 titude.
 Thirty miles south from St. Johns IS the beautiful valley in which is sit uated the town of Springerville. The altitude of this valley is between 5000 and 1000 feet, but notwithstanding it's great altitude, magnificent crops of
 barley, wheat, and other small grain
 are here grown each year; also vege tables and some fruit. Continuing
 our route in 8 southerly direction
 eight miles further, brings us to Rudd
 Creek, where are few good farms;
 four or five miles further south is the
 Nutriosa creek, upon which are several
 excellent farms, also is here located
 postoffice named Nutriosa. Sixteen
 miles further, still in southerly di
 rection, we find Bush Valley has an [ altitude of 1000 feet, but even at this great night fair crops of wheat and barley are raised-particularly Irish
 potatoes, which grow here in all their exuberant perfection. There being no
 possible limits to ones mental travel, f we will now skip back to St. Johns,
 take fresh spurt in a westerly direc- ton for a distance of fourteen miles, ' bringing us to the Concho creek upon 1 which is located the oldest settlement l in Apache county. The Concho has , its head in a small lake two or three a miles above the settlement, and after < a sinuous course through vale and
 canyon, for distance of twenty miles, , empties itself into the Little Colorado ', river. Forty miles further in a south n westerly direction, we arrive at the i, Showlow creek having an altitude of
 5,OO0 feet, yet producing good crops of r the cereals. From Showlow creek go- a ing north and down the stream 8 dis I tance of eighteen miles, we reach the Q village of Taylor; here are some of the | finest farming lands in Apache county a Still continuing north four miles, the I town of Snowflake is reached, where f Is also to be seen prosperous farming h community. At this place was first To- s cated the cOunty-seat of Apache coun- n ty, but at the first (speciaD election l. held June 2, 1879, seat of the county if government was, by vote of the peo- a pie, moved to St. Johns. Still travel if ling in northwesterly direction, from q the last named place, for distance O. - thirty-five miles, we arrive at the towr f ot Holbrook on the line of the Allan r- tic & Pacific Railway. Holbrook anC If its vicinity possesses great possi F. bilities, but as yet they are undevel Iv oped; located here also, is the head T! quarters of one of the largest cattl 'a and land companies in the Territor, a of Arizona, viz the Aztec Land & Cat " tie Company. This company own hal ,r .g million acres of land, upon whicl 70 the company now have 10000 head o no cattle, besides several hundred head o ~ horses. Capt. James H. Simpson i ,d the General Manager and MT. Henr, 10 Kinsley the Secretary and Asst. Treas so uIer of the company, having thei ,n residences at Holbrook. The prime
 pal offices of the company however
 are in the city of New York. Alon
 the valley of the Little Colorado fror | Holbrook as far down the river a
 Winslow, or even down to the Blac
 Falls, are many thousands of acres ( ly very fair farming lands, but owing t od the high banks of the river and othe ay physical difficulties, it necessitates to
 
 es. purposes of irrigation.
 CT, To particularize a little, will sa mt of the~CoIrho creek and the-iliiiiiifiit ch diate vicinity of St. Johns that they pr, duce much fruit, viz: apples, pear It. peaches, plums, apricots, grapes, stray n- berries, and other fruits. Howeve tn the fruit industry of Apache county Ut, yet in its infancy; but a few year 5ly hence, an abundance will have bee he grown, sufficient to supply home col to sumption, leaving a large surplusae en for exportation. It will be remembe nd ed in this connection, that the who he of Apache county is an elevate he plateau, with an altitude ranging frol ter 4,O0O feet in the northwest, up to [ he GOO feet in the southeast.
 lb- In eighteen hundred and sevent, ho nine, the natal year of Apache count th the total amount of assessable prope ey ty amounted to only three hundre he thousand dollars; and, as one deca( ad Of its existence has passed away, I wi W. now briefly summarize the chang eys which have taken place in that tim gre It Is well known that in the creatio ito ot the county of Graham, that the ha all. of it's territory was taken from Apacl or county nevertheless, our assessab ct- property to-day foots up to the magni
 cent sum of millions of dollars. IT
 floating and bonded indebtedness .+s the county aggregates the small SUI ''S, of one hundred and fifty thousand ds '1i W lars, and the county's finances are ns' an exceedingly healthful coRdition [ od o day; it's warrants are taken at pal | t;l Gu our merchants and they now nave s ' OK upward tendency ieayng no room f ,oo ao doubt but in a year, CT two years i"' most, our floating" and bonded del
 will be entirely wiped out.
 Although more or less farming