Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-06
GRAHAM COUNTY.
ALL THE NEWS OF THE WEEK FROM
 UPPER CHA.
l Splendid Crops of Comfort Thomas not AbandOned-HeaVy Rains and Floods---Personal Items and Gossip.
Solomonyille Bulletin.

The present growing corn crop in the Gila valley will exceed in quality and quantity that of any previous year. Air. Blake has a crop at Stafford that will sure ly yield between 50 and 90 bushels to the acre. Truly there Is no better country than Arizona for agriculture. The corn crops in this valley are planted on the lands after the wheat and barley crops have been harvested, giving two crops of grain every year. The corn Is not cultl- vated, the only expense being that of planting and gathering. The day will come when the corn crops will be cultl- vated as Ill the eastern states-plowed three or four times and hood once or twice. When this is done the average crop of this valley will be over 100 bush els to the acre.
 The Bulletin rejoices to be able to an nounce to the people of the Glla valley that Fort Thomas Is to relnaln Fort Thomas In other words General Grier- sons famous order No. 13 so far as it re- lates to Fort Thomas, Is revoked, and It will remain separate and independent post. As Is well known the Bulletin made hard fight, assisted by the en- tire press of the territory, to prevent the removal of the troops from Thomas, hence on receipt of such welcome news we will be excused for displaying cur poultry on this occasion. The people of Fort Thomas are said to be m a state of hilarity, as they should. The news will be no less welcome to every resident OI the Gila valley above Thomas.
 Hon. J. E. Bailey was in town this week attending the meeting of the board Of equalization. He says the rains in the San Simon country have beat the record this year and the prospects for fat cattle were never better Mir. Bailey received. ! few days ago, the government patent for his homestead entry at Balley's Wells, which Is the first patent ever received for l land In that section Now that he has ! patent for the homestead the next step necessary to his future happiness will be taken, which interpreted, means nothing more nor less than that Uncle Josh Is | going to be married this fall.
 ! Mir. G. J. Vaughn has received many l letters from persons in every section of the country, asking for further informa- | tlOu concerning the resources of Graham county. These are the results of the dis i trlbutlon, two years ago, of brief his tory of Graham county by the board of supervisors, of which MT. Vaughn was the author. A county possessing the nat ural advantages of Graham will always be benefited by judicious publication and distribution of the facts concerning 1t.
 Hon. Dan Ming faith in the Lone Star mining district, north of SolOmOnvllle, continues to grow stronger, and not with out good reason. On Tuesday ne re ceived returns from an average sample taken from the Cleveland mine and sent to the Tucson Sampling Works for assay, ] al of ell n gold and 40 per cent lead to the ton.
 People who went to California to avoid the heat of the past summer have turned their faces homeward tired and Tagged out" crowd. It will take them two or three months to rest up so as to be able ! to enjoy the heavenly climate that will prevail ill Arizona during the next eight months.
 The ranges of Graham county promise to be better this year than they have been since the cattle has been kept on them. The cattle are nearly all fat and the grass has only just begun to grow. Grass and fat cattle are taking precedence over pol itics in Graham county this year.
 W. w. Damron thinks Thatcher Is the coming town of the valley He has just completed fine brick store there and many other improvements are going on.
 Mir. Damron says the treasurer's office
 suits him pretty well. and he will most
 likely be candidate for the position.
 The rain, from all appearances, is not
 over, and several heavy showers have
 fallen since our last issue. On Sunday
 evening it began raining about 8 o'clock
 and continued steadily until 9 o'clock Monday morning, about thirteen hours. In consequence the roads have been al
 most impossible.
 } Mir W. D. Jefferson, of Stafford, con templates going extensively into the bee , business. He already has a large mum , Der of stands, and has ordered some i'm proved stock from the east. There is nc l finer country for bee culture than Ari- 7 zOna.