Graham guardian., 1896-07-31

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tensive, comprising an area Of
arabic land of which there is at
lpresent tributary to canals and
bitches, 10000 acres which is
capable of being irrigated. The
principal products are alfalfa, wheat,
corn, barley, oats, vegetables, de-
cidious andcertain classes of citrus
fruits.
This is the natural home of
alfalfa, of which from 4 to crops
are grown yearly, yielding from 5
to 8 tons per acre. 1t is not as
stocky as'that which comes from
the Salt River valley and is pre-
ferable for either horses or cattle.
| Wheat, barley and oats grow
prolificly, the former containing a
very large amount of nutrition.
Yellow dent, white gourd and
other large varieties of corn yield
productivity, vegetables are large
and solid and come to maturity
two months earlier than In the
eastern and middle states.
The valley and hill lands are
adapted to all of the products OF
the temporal zone, and many OF
the fruits Of the semi-tropical
Icountries. The apples equal in
lsize and favor the prize winners
of the eastern statess. The seed.
Hing fruits are unexcelled in size
and general excellence. Apricots
and apples both grow with a sur,
lprising rapidity. The peaches in
appearance and taste are identical
with those which come from the
famous orchards of New Jersey.
Canagrie grows wild, some Of
the tubers being as large as good
sized potatoes. Tests now show
that canagrie root, which flourish
es near Thomas, IN the lower por
ton of the valley, contains a large
er per cent of tannic acid than any
ever sent to the extract work.
from either Arizona or New Mexi
: CO.
Farming lands can be purchased
at from $50 to sl00 per acre, in
cluding improvements and water
rights.
UncultiVated land without water
. right is free to any settler under
. the United States homestead law
This class of farms will eventually
become valuable when the cana
| facilities have been increased.
| The cost of maintaining the ca
mails which are owned by the farm
ers varies from 80 cts. to S1.00 pei
acre per year.
The following are the marke
values of the products of the sol
at the ranch, there being ready
sale for everything raised in the
valley.
Wheat sl.35 per GENITAL
Barley 1.25
Corn LOO
Hay 600 to So pc
Hogs 4 cts per pounc
Apples B"
Potatoes s"
Cattle from sll to s1S de
Ilivered in Stafford
Milk COWS $500 to $1,000
There is at present about III
miles of irrigatlng canals and mail
bitches, not including the lattera
: bitches which will make the tota
several times this amount. Thi
gives ample water to assure crop
for about $4,000 acres. When tn
Enterprise canal is finished it viii
water several thousand acres 0
rich table and bottom land. /
has been estimated that a quartz
, of million acres of additional Ian
could be irrigated if storage dam
were built. This could be don
in several places, notably at tn
narrows about 18 miles from Sa
ford where a box canyon exist
J. through which the river passe
1t is from this point the Enterpris
company are building their cana
Graham county covers an are
l. Of 1000 square miles.
IL The Gila valley is 35 miles frol
the narrows to the edge Of the re
ervation, with an average width {
bottom lands of two miles, the di
tanee between the foot hills bein
six miles. The valley is fanke
ON the north by the Gila mountain
rs and on the south by the Graha
mountains, Mount Graham bein
the highest peak, with an altituc
10 of ten thousand feet above sea leve
). Although but little prospectin
" has been done in either the Gil
= or Graham mountains, the fe
properties which have been d
r. veloped show that the ore bod
- is practically inexhaustable; viii
: copper predominates, there is bot
gold and silver in paying quantiti
1t is virgin field for both tt
minor and captaltist and one whic
'r promises grand results.
The two principal mining cor
- panies are the Detroit, at Moreno