Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-28
Desert, Cactus and Sand, Dead Cattle
and Coyotes
THE SICK HORSE PLAYS A PART
Arlzona's Deserted Capital and Mining
ToWna--RuIus on Mountain Peaks.
Arrival in the Land Of Fruit,
MIR aud Honey.

miles TO Aubrey valley. There We
left the railroad aud followed the valley
Of the upper Verde fouthward towards
Prescott our route most Of the way
was through hilly country roverej
with cedar and piniou pine. We were
now fairly Ia the stouk.gto1ing dia.
tncis Of Arizona. The county was
the long.continuud drouth bad dficu
up the pastumgu ana NJ a result the
whole country was covered with the
dncd.up Chrcsso3 OF the cattle. Wolves
ifsctcd by Tie dead cattle. Az night
they would prOwl around cur wagon
aud leave their footprints Ia the sand.
Sometnios when they would approach
TOO near us, or their bowling woulj.bo.
CONF almost unbearabic, We would take
down the rifle carefully aud pointing
It out through tho cover at some object
moviug about In the darkness would
pull the trigger. For au instan; there
would bsn Il ish OF IRE, then Il report,
aud We cLuld SEQ stfoaks Ut dust In
every direction, and hear the sound Of
hufrying feet; then all would DO still
again.
think there Ia some Of the
most beautiful country between Aubrey
valley anu Prescott that / ever saw.
The mountains sink TO low bills; the
higher kL0ba nfe covered with cedar
anu pine, Az the lower hills ami val.
" with grass. The soil b. oil the
Richest. q, whata country this would
ip 10 tncto were only rains Ia tbs pro-
pefsras0ng. And yet tnUto are rains
usually enough to intufe good crops "
their waters we're only stirred aud ueld
IA reserve until tie ury season, aud
not allowed 10 run OF Into the rlvefs
aud do no gOUu, Tue country II 20
situated that reservoirs C0ulI Ue con.
stTuCted almost anywhere. All that
IN necessary IL union Ui effort ON the
part Ut the people, aud that with tho
present inhabitants II m impOssibility.
Prcrcltt was formerly n mining
camp and IL etill kept up largely by the
wealth Il receives from that source.
IL h situated In a narrow valley high
up among granite hills. Toe climate
~ IAhAHhNA NAlA NNAAfAAANH a. NAN w
many years the capital OF AuElna but
the development Of the southern val.
leys removed the center VI pOpulatiOl
there aud the capital was changed "
PLWuiA, Formerly this was the head.
quarters Of large military district
ANA large numb,r OF troops were kept
there; but since Geronimo N no more
ana The ApaChUB have ceased 10 be
troublesome, Uncle Sam has taken his
headquarters 10 Denver. Prescott has
some ,ow nice buildings. The court
house 4 certainly circuit 10 the town.
The Old state house, and the district
school buildings arc conspicuous OBJ.
lecth among the wooden shacks hat
usually constitute the mnin element Of
mining town, though there are "a
number Of fine brick anu stone s,ruc.
tuTes. To our Inquiry ag TO what Kept
the town up, n gentleman reptile I,
"HCr gambling dens and pf1stitu,es;n
and after WalKlng over the town wo
Cnme b the conclusion he did not mlss
~ much.
From Prescott we took the road for
PhmniN that runs through the Ague
Fria valley and down through tue
Black canyon. Tue distance Is about
40 miller, aud there ~ plenty Of water
IN wells at distances from ten 10 fifteen
miles all along the road, except be.
tween New river anu PhwniN, whore
there il desert Of tweniy-siN miles 10
CfOts. There is no feed anywhere
along the road except the hay Kept NJ
tue stage stations, anu that II usually
SOLD at a very handsome figure. Grain
eau also be bought at the stations. DO
Aot expect 10 buy Oats-ihere are none
Ia this country. | went into store NJ
Prescott and asked for oats. The clerk
said they had sOmv. l told him To put
me up ABOUT 100 pounds anu l would
call aud get H. lie seemed thunder.
struck. "Man," said he, "whnt are
you going 10 with 30 much2" "Feei
IL 10 my horses" replied.
"Why, n will Kill them; horses
can't cat oats" remarked,
that they coulu IN the country where
came from. Well no one here over
beard u such thing as that" !
nskei him TO show me tho oatr, ami
when he pointed 10 few packages on
shelf labelled, QUAKER Oats" |
wilttd Barley IL the grain feed III
the country. IL you want anything
elso you must bring 1t with you from
Utah.
The country between the Ague
FTia valley anu New river u one Oi
the r0ughest 1 ever saw. We were
told that II would shake this dust OIL
our wagon, ana II did. Up long steep
hills, and down longer anu sleeper
ones The road through what they
call the Black canyon, though didn't
zee much u u canyon, ~ the toughest
We saw on the entire trip. IL Is
puzzle TO me To know how the stage
Il heavily loaded wagon over get
over II. Ana yet II would not be n
difficult matter 10 make u good road.
IL would cost some money, anu An
z0ua d0n't seem 10 have much money
10 spend in that direction Just now.
But u does seem NJ though they would
keep up some sembanee " road be.
tween the capital anu one Of the chief
towns when there 10 no other mode OF
communication batween them,
Deserted mining camps are quite
numerous IN this part OF ArIz1uu. We
saw one ON the mountain above Hack
berry, ara another just back Of Big
Bug. There were the mills, the
sl1rts, boarding house,, AMI homes VI
the minefs, all deserted. No smoke !
cufled upwards from the many chin |
ucys, no familiar form was seen on the |
'lTeels, no sound broke the stiffness Of |
he summer nuernOOn-Sll was a.
luist as the surrounding desert
On tbs evening NJ tho l7th Of July |
W. cnmpud on OIL about elk miles |
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