Arizona republican., 1900-08-04

upon tons of machinery lying idle and rusting on the hillsides. The town is very quiet, though some signs of inn provement are apparent.
 From Tombstone he traveled through the Huachuca mountains to Bisbee There arh many beautiful camping places in this range and lots of pretty landscape views.
 Bisbee is lively. but owing to the smoke and lack of sanitary arrange ments is not very desirable place. to live. It is a poor building site for city but, notwithstanding that fact seems to be making more progress than any other southern town, thanks to big mines and good management. A little .jaunt to Naco and across the line into Mexico proved interesting. Naco also has a desirable building site, but is just now handicapped by scarcity of water and punctured boom.
 The valley of the upper San Simon was next traversed. There were many dead cattle in evidence. though they were not so numerous, perhaps, as along the San Pedro from Dudleyville to Benson.
 Pearce was the next stopping place and the camp was a scene of desolation consequent upon the recent fire. which not only destroyed the works but threw nearly everyone out of employment Many miners were met on the road travelling to other places. The work of rebuilding it is understood will begin at an early day. MT Hackett then went through the Sulphur Spring val ley to Wilcox, passing many more dead cattle, though the fact could hardly he accounted for, as there seemed to be a fair range and the stock is mostly watered from ranch wells. From Will cox he travelled around the Graham mountains to Stafford and Solomonville and over the toll road to Clifton, which is a lively camp in which Mexi- cans and the Spanish language seem to predominate. Retracing his steps to the Gila he travelled up the river to Duncan, which seemed to be a very prosperous agricultural community Going on up the river into New Mexico he explored the Gila canyon for thirty five miles to a side canyon. when he took 10 the mesa and crossed the Burro mountains into Silver City. Silver City seemed to be quiet at the time and suffering greatly from scarcity of water but rains since then have put a differ ent aspect on the situation. He then drove to Pinos Altos. and. striking the Santa Fe trail, went on to Albuquer- que. sold his outfit, made a flying trip to Colorado by rail and returned to Albuquerque.
 There he joined a freighting outfit and travelled the whole length of the PecOs valley, making mental compari- sons of that famous region with the still more famous Salt River valley He noted a great many fine ranches and orchards, but says the Pecos valley as a whole cannot compare with this in the diversity of it's resources. They seemingly have more water in propor- ton to acreage but need all they have.
 Returning to Silver City by stage. he turned his footsteps homeward again. He joined q freighting outfit bound for Solomonville but as it travelled too slow to suit him, he came on ahead on foot.
 During the next night while still high up in the hills, heavy rain oc- cured and the weather got very cold He had nothing but a haversack, can teen and umbrella. He crouched in a clump of bushes and hoisted his para