Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-08
4 Tour of Inspection.
Tueson Star,

The gentlemen of the Alta Land x Colonization Company, who left th1s city on the 17th instant, on tour of lnspec- ton of the lands of the company, already mentioned in these columns, returned on the 27th and proceeded at once to their respective homes,
 The trip was a very pleasant as well as a satisfactory one. The weather was superb, the road good, the cooking ex- cellent, the commissary bountifully sup piled and the "cellar" full of Californias best product. Inc route was from Tue son to Pogo Bueno, where the party was kindly taken care of by MT. Labaree. Thence to the Mexican custom house at Sasabe, where, after not to exceed thirty minutes delay, the party was allowed to proceed. The courtesy of the collector, MT. Ladoza, was fully appreciated and favorably commented upon by the gen tlemen of the party. From Sasabe the party proceeded to "El Represo" owned by MT Evaristo Araiza, passing en route over 26,000 acre tract of the company. This is body of fine land and frequent halts were made to examine the soil and the possibilities of supplying 1t with water. All were highly pleased with this tract and considered it quite as well adapted to to agriculture as to cattle raising.
 From "El Represo" the party went to to San Rafael'' on the Garrapata tract ownd by Mir. SerranO of Altar. The tract is used for stock-raising and here as well at ''El Represo" there was a large reservoir of water collected during the rainy sessOn.
 From this place the party moved on to the Rancho de Corella' on the San Joa- quin tract owned by AIr. Zepeda on the same tract as his place of residence. At the Venateria MT. Zepeda has well with an abundance of pure water. Our route thence was to the Mining Camp of Fl Plomo, where Messrs. Taylor X O., are mining and making concen- | trates for shipment to Tucson.
 Leaving LEI Plomo'' we enter the great Sonoita valley and proceeded along the valley to the town of Sonoita where A[r.
 Servant, entertained the party.
 The Sonoita valley contains not less than 5000 acres of tillable land and IS
 as fine valley as can be found in any
 country. At various places the Papago
 Indians are engaged in temporal farming
 and plo luce large crops of corn, beans.
 pumpkins and melons without irrigation
 and without cultivation, while their
 horses and cattle easily subsist on the
 nutritious grasses that cover the whole
 country and the water collected in char
 cos or water holes. The gentlemen from
 New England were agreeably surprised tC
 pluck ripe melons from the vines in the last days of October. If these Indian; can produce sufficient to feed and clotht themselves and families from this lanC without irrigation or cultivation, why can not a more enlightened people do equally as well if not better with irrigation, i'm
 proved methods of cultivation and mod ern implements? This question readil, suggested itself and the answer was qultt naturally in the affirmative. With soi and climate not surpassed on the glob . with abundants rainfalls, the only prot
 lem was to store the water nature fur nished till wanted. problem airead solved so easily, though perhaps crudel in many places, visited by the party ol , adjacent lands not owned by the com : pany.
 ] We retraced our steps one days journe ! and passed by way of Bauori, Cabsta an, l Paso Verde to Sasabe, crossing anothe
 large portion of the Company's lam . south and west of La Osa, the propert 2 of Mir ". s. Sturgis. At Sasabe in les e than five minutes time Mr. Lodoza allow e ed us to pass. as also did Mir. Zabriskie C t the American Custom service later oI l Our party reached Tucson on the 27t . instant well pleased with the trip, enthus @ iastic over their investment and profus - in their praise of the people they had CT
 countered in Tucson. on the road and
 Mexico. The courtesies extended to thel q everywhere will be one of the most plea: ' ant rememberances of the trip.
 II The party in charge of the GenerG l Manager of the company, Mir. J. c. Beatt "A and was accompanied by the company ,- Engineer, Lieut.. H. o. Flipper