Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-02-15
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Tempe News.] IT'LL. Da.no Dn TalanhQne

says:
 The following private letter, was sent to Rev. c. B. Dodson, of this city, who kindly handed it to us for publl- cation. It is from his brother Fred, who is resident of Arizona. It will be read with intense and enthusiastic interest. Arizona joins California on the west. But little is known about it, and old students of history and geography are compelled to hunt up their modern geographies to locate It. At least that is our experience. It adjoins New Mexico on the east, with Utah and Nevada on the north and Mexico on the south, and south ern California on the west. It Is watered by the Colorado river and it's tributaries. The Colorado river forms & part of it's extreme western boun- dary, entering the territory from Utah. The Little Colorado and Salt flyers are it's principal tributaries. It lies between the 3lst and 37th parallels of north latitude. The 112th meridian of longitude, west, runs through the center of the territory. It is rich in mineral productions, and is noted for it's La Paz gold mines. Some of the principal canyons of the Colorado river are found in Arizona. In some places the banks of the river rise from 4,000 to 5000 feet high. The Grand Canyon is 300 miles long, and at some places the mountains rise to 5000 feet above the water, and from accounts of exploring parties, ride through 1t IS grand beyond description. This can yon is in the northern part Of the ter ritory, between the junction of the Green and Grand rivers and the Vir- gin river. The scenery is said to equal if it does not excel that of any known country. We merely call at- tention to the location of Arizona. The correspondent speaks of its climate and wonderful productions. His let ter reads like some fairy tale. He has struck R bonanza, that's certain. We would fly to him but can't get away just yet. Just think of 1t! Potatoes weighing 234 pounds apiece and sweet at thatl He might have left off the half pound and then, to our contract ed mind, it would seem incredible. Potatoes the size of pumpkins, and l24 in hill! Hills of potatoes like a modern haycock! Shades of Pennsyl- vania agriculturists, how dwarfed you must feel in comparison 10 this But farming like that must necessitate larger barns and storehouses. But what's the use of such productiveness thousands of miles away from the cen ter of civilization? Here is chance for development! But alack and alas, we fear the country will be all gob- bled up by the monopolist before the poor man can serape enough together to even make start for the new Eldorado 10 carve out his own for tune.
 LETTER FROM ARIZONA.
 TEMPE, Maricopa Co, Ariz.
 Jan. 13, 1890.
 DEAR BROTHER-I had letter from you some time before I left Kansas, but kept putting off answering until l have finally got away from there. l shall not pretend to answer that let ter, but will simply write. will inc close Autograph map of this place so as to give you better idea of the country and what it is like.
 We have no winter here as the tern, winter is used, but practically sum- mer all the year around. Last night there was light frost, but the nature of the climate is such that frost does not affect anything; such tender things as oranges and figs are not in- jured by it, In fact nothing shows any signs that we had frost. left Horton on the 18th of December, and reached here on the 30th, have been here just two weeks, and such a coun- try! I have never seen anything like iti I thought Kansas was nice, but this beats them all have been in fourteen different states and terri tories and Canada, but here is valley though undeveloped, that is fine be yond description. It will grow any thing that can be grown on earth, and for climate there is no place that com pares with it. have met with men here from OalifoFnia-and men who claim to have been in every stats and territory in the union, and all agree that they have never seen so delight ful country and climate. It IS iret from the dreadful rain storms and fog' of California, with its superior sun shine. I said above that this valley is undeveloped and so it is. Ther' are thousands of acres of public land' here that can be had simply by set ting on them, lands that do not re quire any clearing except of an oc casioqal bunch of brushes, and leve and smooth as a parlor floor. If could only induce some men of capl tai to come here and see this place know they would take hold of it. Ant that is what is Heeded. If this coun try was as well advertised as some o the northern territories, it would bl settled in less than two years. Ther' are men in Southern California, abou Los Angeles, who have olive orchards that have refused to take two thousand dollars an acre for their orchards, ant here Is a country that far surpasse that for climate and productivenes; Here sweet potatoes have been grAwl thet weighed 234 pounds each, and is only 6 few days since that farnIe opened hill of sweets that containe PA potatoes, not one of which weigh ed less than one pound and many c them twelve pounds each, making a average of over 500 pounds to this on hill. Licorice root thrives well hert and it is estimated that this land wi produce S9AQ worth of it to the acr' Three crops of some grasses and veg etables are grown in all seasons, an fresh vegetables can be had in ou markets each and every month in tn year,
 This climate euFes consumption
 not SO far gone that he cannot be ben fited in any way; and malaria is ui
 known here. But am making my le
 ter too long. Your Brother FRED.
 
 Our Cattle.
 !; From Gus TribOlet, who has just a | rived from California, the Prospect,