Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-03
THE UPPER VERDE
Continuation of the Letters Intended |
TO Build Railroad.

Following is the latest from the pen
of the Journal4Miner's Verde valley
correspondent on this railroad subject:
When l ag{eed to write up Verde
valley / did SO on condition I be al
lowed space fer six letters. My reason
for making such a request was thar
we are all one great big section down
here divided up into six settlements
namely, Oak, Beaver and Clear Creeks,
Lower, Middle and Upper Verde. On
all my visits in the valley I have had
kind treatment and have given matters
Tor publication just as / see them. No
doubt some may consider it arrogance
on my part to write of Upper Verde
right at the city of Jerome with three
papers puDIlshed there, but my prem
| Use was TO write of the valley and give
me agricultural possibilities Of the
ValLey: In order to furnish or give
some idea of the valley with the sole
OBJECT IN view to induce some indfvid-
uai company or corporation to build .
ralIrc2d INTO Verde valley. INV state
henes are all based on, actual facts and
as they exist today and can he fully
suDslahtlated by reference to the Unit
| ed states land cffice and assessors
DOCKS of Yavapai county. AS have
spoken OF several irrigating bitches
mat nave been surveyed on Lower
ana Middle Verde and Oak creek. will
also state there is two ditch SURVEYS on
upper verde that have been. che of
"Alch takes in all that nice level conn
tIy hedr cottonwood, some two or
lnIee thousand acres, mostly mesa Or
upper bottom land all Situated nm the
west side of the river and will tal-e
IN most all the good land 1vine he
tween K1rwagen & Haskell's and +ha
cottonwood settlement. The f-tbar
ottch IS On the east side and covers
what IS commonly known as the
Munds fiat, about 1000 acres. That
mere IS an abundance of water in
verde river and the tributary streams
Tor every acre of ground, [ have in anv
way enumerated there is no question.
But as | have heretofore remarked in
otner letters, the low bottom lands
nave all been located and are now I'M
DER water and in good state OF cult
Walton. | have spoken of the necessity
CT cooperation Of capital TO huild
these irrigating bitches. The small
patches that enc man could locate and
take cut Individual bitches to cover
nave long since ceased to exist in
Verde valley We need capital or large
settlements working tremendously to |
Setner IN ordsr to put water on land |
mere. We do not need population bad /
enough to be misleading in any state |
nent that has been written by me for |
publication, neither do propose to Of |
fer or say anything about railroads !
that l cannot show up just as | have |
stated, and during a residence of thir-
ty-one years hereabouts l have seen
Verde valley grow from three farms on
Lower Verde and three bachelor ranch |
owners to- several hundred nice homes
with sixteen school districts and about
l, 600 children OF school age. Of course
this estimate included Jerome. My
letters have caused some little surprise.
Many people have told me they had
TO idea what an amount of land we
had already located here and people
who have made this valley their home
for ten or twenty years do not know
we had one-half as many acres of land
under cultivation, or half the number
of irrigating bitches or water appro-
priations as already stated
either filed en- or patented on
Upper Verde with 1850 acres
in actual cultivation and 1850
acres susceptible of cultivation
under the present bitches, and $40
acres in alfalfa. / also find there are
four company bitches and eight indi-
vidual bitches. The Upper Verde or
Deer Indian reservation ditch is about
Twelve feet wide and about eight miles
ong 1t is one Of the oldest and best
bitches in the valley.
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