Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-05-10
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"WeII. If They Have got Water, They Can't Raise Anything" Neverthe- less Mesa City is Continuous Garden, Vineyard and
 Orchard.

Phenix Herald.)
 In the Mogollon mountain.
 Time, December, 1877.
 Through Il Tapping canvas tent, the snow drifted fast.
 Outside it is two feet deep.
 Above the winds roar q haby's cry pierced the black night
 It was the voice Of little Florence Shrine, now twelve years old, a pretty girl, whose sweet temper and atlec- tionate disposition comfort her aging parents, as they rest at Mesa City, after a long life of stirring incident in many wide apart lands. They were travelling south from Idaho when the little one came to them amidst storm and rocky, inhospitable gulches.
 Reaching the Mesa land, their party of pioneers, numbering dozen or SO, decided to settle there. They eamped in Salt river bottoms, and began talk ing out the present Mesa canal. They were poor; many of them ran short of provisions and were compelled to hire out in the valley till they got q grub stake to continue work on the canal. lt was then that outsiders consigned them to the spade, as stated in our head line.
 Finally they brought the water, plenty of it, upon their chosen land, in spite of Encouragement from look CTS on. Then they proceeded to plant, and, with equal disregard of unsympa- thetic predictions, soon covered the bare, sandy upland with whole forests of shade trees, with orchards and vines There is no more luxuriant growth anywhere, probably. To-day the twelve year old Florence Shrine is a type ol the beautiful, kindly settlement that has grown with her so wonderfully and well.
 The grape crop this year is very promising. Sylvester Moot, lately from Los Angeles, took up quarter section north of the Mesa canal, anC has already planted 60 acres in white Muscals, for raisin culture. He con siders the locality most favorable fol that industry, and will bring other settlers around him.
 NJ. R. Button, late of Phenix, Ina: secured 10000 cuttings for his new section, and will also plant for raisins c. H. Starr, another new locater, Ina: put out 500 different vines, and z variety of fruit trees, expending ovel S2 900 on his l ] acre home tract Ht will plant 40 acres next fall. Apples plums, figs, and almost every fruit dc well. w. A. kimball has been par ticularly successful with apples.
 The white Adriatic fig of commerce Is receiving considerable attention anC promises handsome profits.
 But with all the fine showing thu, far, the San Francisco fruit house o Cutting X Co.,, who recently examined that section, report that only be ginning has been made. Great ex pansion of fruit culture can still takt place before the cannery, they hope tC establish, will be over supplied. s, that the field for many more settlers is by no means crowded as yet
 The wine and brandy interests hay, been considerably developed. Sirrin, & Kimball have 5000 gallons o brandy in stock. A. L. Cuber pro poses to add a distillery to his presen winery. Jones Brothers have em ployed an Italian expert for two year in the production of Clarets, Sherrie and Angelica wines. Dan Eagle, turns out good brands also, the Zin fandcl being his favorite grape. Ol, Uncle George Shrine pleases the ladie with a sweet wine he brews from mix ing Iinlandels and Black Hamburg, A. D. Harmon is putting up smal steam grist mill north of Mesa to talk the place of his present horse powe mill.
 Mesa is said to be lGj feet higho than Phenix. It has prospered rc markably during it's short existenc, and doubtless will continue to gro' with the rest of the valley. It is wel worth longer visit than we hay been able to pay.