Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13
Verde Waller, Eastera Nssspai County
 Lo~eF Verde.


 Lo~eF Verde.
 Ea.ToR J0UkSAL- MIxKR-In ml last letter descriptive of Verde val lsy l intended Co go to [ UppsT Verde and wTite up that settlement Ersl and % ca down, bat as the thrushei is ca its annual roands l had to sta, si home on Lower Verde @ ! Nil givs y0a a EFite-up % the LoWe' Verde s~ttieueat ia the immediats yicsaity of and be!os and south d tbe old post. So as io be fully un deIstuOst Wiil mention the fact that ag the tune 0i ths survey of the old reservation the United States sur. veyor did not cross the riFsE ia suT. veYlng CT sectioaiEiug sa aS to sssc- tioniEs the had oa both sides of the TreS la squaro form bat meAn,ieFed the stream whscb wal account fof lhe odd number of acres 6led oa as compared Co hy former ieiteTs. shall also iu addition to other state ments give the BumbeT Of acres iu alfalfa aud mention some of the more valuable improvements. espec- ially the irTsgAting canals. As my lOFaaeT statemonts have already ere aied some httle surprise up la your neck O the woodS, to say nothing oi the envy oi some of the Salt riVeg people, will hrss mention the Verde ditch or canal which is the laEges; aud longest ditch in North ern AriEoBa. Its totS length is tfteen miles and is sixteen feet vide, and takes, spprupFates, aud carries 5ts0 inches Oi water. and WkAt ls lHoTe there ls plenty of water S65 days in tae year to keep it bFim full al all times. This canal Was built ten years ago by John Wood, John DaVis, James BrOWn and W. s. Head Wood owned 6 10. Davis 2 To. Brown i-lO, Head i-i0, there being ten shares all told. Nine aud ssren- lenths miles vas completed at a cost of Sl4,750.
 After the canal was com pleted that distance it Was then SO Tar built aud in conditl3a that it supplied the old Verde ditch which form oniy had its head gate at the post, but to the great surprise and ! almost complete financial ruin of most of the share holders an alkalI hill in which the ditch Nas con stFHetsd, when saturated with water, hsd So much soluble matter that t so collapsed or settled below ditch grade that it was necessary to Hume i it for about one thousand feet. This was about the last straw necessary ' Co break the cSmels back. When ! the lumber fums became vet ig swelled and was all right, but al times of breaks in the canal oT dam ! it sarank so ss to leak badly which caused the eacherous ground and all the posts and other timbeEs 10 settle below grade. Alter trying this for three years John Wood bought a 2O-inch II gauge steel pipe, which IS now in use 0E a grade of half an inch to the rod with a four-ioot drop or pen stock. This pIps IS a complete success anI car ries sufficient water for the five lArg- est farms that was formerly supplied by the old Verde ditch. At the end of the pipe there is perpendicular drop or fall of about fifty feet The late C. B. Foster surveyed the new canal, and when opposite the head gate in the old Verde ditch be took a level and it was ffty-sight feet above the grade Of the old ditch. When completed for a distance oi about five miles more the new Verde canal 10 Verde valley, Yavapai county. Arizona, will cover 5000 acres Of good land aud under that portion nine sud seyen-tenths miles already completed with the pipe supply for the five lower ranches there IS about one-balf that amount alo ady 10 cultivation. l ask that space be allowed for this particular description of the present canal which Is now and has been in use for over ten years So it will in no way or manner be confounded with the Verde e5D2L a concern which IS now in it's embryo state m Maricopa county. and generally spoken of and known as the Verde ditch or canal, a concern which understand ex- pee ctsto obtain its wstersupply from a system of water storage. As al ready stated l am not doing this write up for pay. My sole object is to better our situation by getting soms individual company or corpoT- aticn, and l am ready for the color If it will do any good toward the building of railroad 10 this valley ana the great mining town and sur rounding mining camps at Jerome is Q good Iuvesl ment. And taking this advantage of the situation. and again referring io the real Verde ditch or canal. that 1t was mostly bui by cash advanced by the Bank Of Arizona. aud through all the manv drawbacks and hardest times they showed their faith in the enter prise aud was ever ready to lend a helping hand, and to their faith in John Wood and his ass 7ciates, hon. esty and judgment they based this stick-to-Itiyeness and today the COZ Nti 44 As bh q kttI AIAuNAaA auA pay lng basis, and those who own shares in the canal can find purchasers at more than one hundred cents on the dollar.
 As the Verde canal IS the main source of water supply on Lower Verde, and in order to show the diff ference between tweedledee aud tweedledum of the other Verde canal of Na-icopa county l have had to use some space.
 There Is also one other ditch taken from the Verde river on the east side opposite the old post This ditch was built by the Hayward Cattle company, of which C. B. Eaman was the resident and general manager for several years. The company sell water to several otter ranch owners, and did all they could to help along in the advance ment of the people Of the valley. We don't care so much for the Hay ward Cattle company as We do for the loss of Mir. and Mrs. Eaman who now liva at Garden City. Kansas. Mrs. Elmsu never did things bv halves. Her good qualities will never be forgotten by the people of Verde valley, in whose behalf she was always ready to lend a helping hand in sickness, and especially among the little folks, in all Sunday