Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07

Richard J. Hinton. Irrigation Euo;neer. c. A. Cappell, clerk of the committee, R. A. Boswell, official reporter: Eugene Davis sergeant at arms; J NJ. Imes' as- sIstant sergeant at arms There were also on board Ex-Governor Stafford .Supt J. s. Noble, of the Southern Pacifc Railroad. W. E. Guild, Geo w. Brown. G. II. Curry, and J. H. Stout, of Flor ence: Dr. J. NJ. Hurley, also of Pinal County; Hon. Chas. R. Drake, MT. l.. A. Hicks, of Yuma County, and others, who joined the committee at Yuma and other points l. the territory.
 Yesterday the committee took testi- mony at Phenix, and they have express ed themselves as wei! pleased with the re- ception received in t:.is territory, and as- tOnlshed at tie slTC,srsss already made Tn the way Cf recig;ui:rg desert land and the splendid advantages to be found here to accomplish t:.e object for which, the investigations hoa being made were instituted.
 After many introductions the visiting delegation was conducted to dinner in the San Xavier Hotel.
 Senator Stewart is no stranger to Ari- zona or to any part of the west. To the CITIZEN reporter he stated that since his last visit to the territory, five wears aoo. new evidences of progress were to be seen at every point
 Immediately after dinner the commit tee repaired to room and Commenced the work of taking testimony. The plan adopted is to examine men at every stopping place in regard to their QVnQrInneOc i'm ness thereof, average crops produced. facilities for irrigation, etc The re- ports and maps prepared by the various counties are also received and filed, to be included in the report to be mado to the United States in December.
 After the work of taking testimony is concluded this afternoon acarriags ride will be taken through the city ana across the valley and at , o'clock the Senators will address the people of Tue son on the Silver and other important questions affecting the west. The ad- dresses will be delivered from the steps the court house.
 PIMA COUNTS REPORT.
 From the report, submitted by the Pima county committee, the following is extracted, being the concluding portion. The entire report will hereafter appear in the CITIZEN:
 There are in all twelve thousand fruit trees in bearing, producing the best of fruit, full in size and delicious in flavor. There are three thousand grape vines in bearing with fifteen hundred cuttings one year old. The grape comes into bearing Tn three years from tn plant n from the planting of the rooted vines
 The culture of fruit in this county is an entirely Few enterprise and from the success attained by the experiments made bids fair to become one of the chief industries of this section.
 In the valley of the Santa Cruz from Cala6asas to Tucson there Is under cul- tivaticn about three thousand acres yielding live thousand six hundred and twenty-eight tons of hay; value s67,- 954OOO lbs. corn, value. ... Sl2.675 co 1.314,OOO lbs. wheat and barley, 2O,6O1 co 3OOOO0 lbs. potatatoes, value coco % 3oOOOO lbs beans, value ... S,4OO % 3OO,OOO lbs. vegetables, value 15,OOO co
 26OOO lbs. red pepper, value 1880 co
 Total value of product . s13l ,9O1OO.
 On the Rillito creek east of Tucson i've hundred acres of land are in culti- vation, producing
 $50 tons of hay, value S1O. 10000 265,OO0 pounds of barley at.... 3,975.OO SO,OOO pounds of beans, at... 2,4OO.O0 100000 pounds of potatoes, at. 100000
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 At Crittenden, Redington and other points lands are cultivated to some ex tent with the same results as reported above. There are thirty-six ditches of a total length of fifty-two miles in irri- gating these lands. The above products were grown from July. 1888, to July, 1859 The grain and potato crops were planted m 1888, the hay In 1889, as cur lands produce two crops a year, sowing grain in December and January, and corn, beans and potatoes in July and August. Harvesting hay and grain in May and June, and other crops in Octo- Der, November and December, excepting alfalfa hay, which is cut each month from April to Sept; during the months of Oct. Dec, and Jan., alfalfa is pastured, 1t keping green and growing slowly dur ing three months. This crop is destined to be the great hay crop of Arizona
 This committee has received protests from prominent men in all sections of the country against the repeal of the desert land act, so far as Arizona is con cerned. Arizona being wholly arid and having been largely benefited by the reclamation of arid lands under this law, we most respectfully ask you to lend us VOLT aid in preseripO thIs IaU