Arizona republican., 1891-09-03
COCONINO COUNTY.

am ueiines the Dounuartes or COcOnino COunty
 as follows; Commencing at the northeast
 corner of Yavapai County, thence south in the
 east line of Ysvapai County to the Gila County line, thence westerly in the Gila and Yayapsi
 County line to the east line of Range east Gils
 and Salt River Guide Meridian, thence north in
 said east line to Range to the Fourth Standard
 Parallel, thence west on said Fourth Standard
 Parallel to the ess. line of Range 5 east, thence
 north on said east line of Range east to the
 north line of Township'ls north, thence west
 on said north line of Township IS north to the
 Gila and Salt River Guide Meridian, thence
 north on sand Meridian to the Fifth Standard
 Parallel; thence west on said Parallel to the
 east lire of Range ? vest thence north on said
 east line of Range west to point one mile
 north of the center of the right of way of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. thence westerly in line ons mile north and parallel with the said right of way to the Mohave County Line, thence northerly with the east line of Mohaye
 County to the northwest corner of Yavapai County, thence east in the north line of Yavapai County to the north east corner of Yavapai Coanty and place of beginning"
 From the above description it will be observed that the new county of Coco -ino comes entirely out of Yavapai coun- ty. It takes slice from the eastern side, then goes north by steps to the west un- til 1t arrives at point one mile north of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad on the Range line of 2 west, Gila and Salt River Meridian, thence parallel with the A. & P. R. R. to the east line of Mohave county, taking all of Yavapai county, north of that line. In general terms 1t takes over half of Yavapai county, containing 14,634 square miles of Government reservations and priv ate grants. Coconino county pays one third of the outstanding Yavapai county debts, less s25,O00 tbeing one-third of the estimated value of the pu blic im- brown ent now existing in Yavapai county,) by issuing county bonds to bear seven per cent interest, payable ten per cent at ten years from date and and ten per cent annually, thereafter until paid, said bonds to be delivered to the treasurer of Yavapai county. Coconino county gets one third of all money not apportioned in the Treasury ot Yavapai county and of all unpaid taxes. The population of Coconino county is estimated at about 4,00O; Flagstaff has about l5OO, Williams 800, Maen Kapi 6e, Tuba City 50, Canon Diablo 40. The assessed valuation, as reported inl89l by the Board of Super visors is $l,975,975 the real value is without doubt fully three times this amount. The elevation of the general country about Flagstaff is about 1000 feet above sea level. Coconino county excells any other place in the United States as sheep raising country, the wool from their French-American Merino sheep ranking with the best Australian wools. There are sheep in Coconino county whose pedigree traces back to the best Asiatic blood. The fibre of the wool is longer, finer and stronger than any known wool. As fine forest as exists in the world is found in Coconino county there being nearly 2, ,OOO, ,OOO acres of pines 200 feet high ,and from five to six feet in diameter are not uncommon {; red and yellow juniper, cypress, walnut, oak; ash, hickory, sycamore, cedar, wild cherry, locus, iron-wood and many other varieties, all of them in quantity and size sufficient for commercial use.
 Crops of all kinds of cereals do well many fruits are also grown, and all the fruits grown are of an excellent flavor. There are 7,500,000 acres of grazing land capable of supporting 300, 900 head of cattle 5O0,0oo head of sheep and 75,- 900 head of horses. All kinds of stock are healthy. Disease is wholly unknown among stock. The general commerce of the county consists of large amounts of lumber Gone firm having cut over l2,-