Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-10

what the Town Really Consists or
 and It's Expectations for the Future
 The "oId Timer" Comes to Life.
 By Frank Alley. Benson. Sept 9.-I left Tombstone on the Con" tried tc run . last lyf4S &VhSls on the conductor. 1t didn't gvebut I did. went. up | front. borrowed bits of the fire boy with Shhhvr made peace with the conductor.
 At Fairbanks took the burro train. The conductor did not look good to me He had been running through Sonora tin he had an accent like a Papago squaw with a tamale in her ing on the rim of his ears. I took a seat. he took my American dollar and he gave me back 2 bit piece on wh'rh turkey buzzard was trying to make her nest with a bunch of pin crShion cactus for a foundation. We pulled out down the banks of the roaring San Pedro, which is nav | Charleston. We made good time ex- cept when we had to get out and cut some sun flowers off the track to let the engine by.
 It takes a long time to approach Benson. A dozen stops are necessa- " on account of the numerous inter- section of great trunk lines, switches,
 
 bles. y's. etc. till one arrives at the Grand Central depot The town is in full view of the depot and about for tv yards away, you couldn't miss it with boomerang. The town consists of houses and lots. confidence and climate prospects and possibili- ties.
 For 20 long years the business row in Benson has been contented to live off the thirsty emigrant and the feet ing tourist. dreaming away the time while magnificent opportunities were prancine all about them and pleading to be utilized. Now, the "old timer is beginning to wake up and stretch himself. Very soon he will be in the harness and paving for the word Go" Here is g magnificent valley in which in the vicinity of Benson. nearly 300 flowing srtesian wells have ben developed. Then, the town is practically locked in by a system of mineral bearing mountains includ- ing the Whetstoues the Rincons, the Yellowstones. thes Glorias and the Dragocns: all Of which have pro- 1uced splendid results for the work expended in the direction of develop ing their mining resources.
 Besides this, Benson is the junction joys other resources that cannot he estimated by strangers and are nut adequately appreciated by her own citizens.
 It would appear that a vast cross section of the San Pedro valley. in cluding that territory contiguous to Benson, is destined to become an az ricultural paradise in the convenient future It has been practically dem- onstrated that sufficient artesian wa ter can be developed for the purpose  of irrigation
 Boring for artesian water has rarely failed to be successful being struck in this section at a depth of from 300 to goo feet Along with this happy outlook, Professor Lee, of the hydro graphic service, and the best authori- tv on the subject in existence. pre- diets another stratum of artesian wa ter at a greater depth.
 Moreover. government assistance toward the construction of the Charleston reservoir is almost assur- ed This enterprise alone would mean ample irrigation for 100000 acres.
 That the people of Benson under estimate the magnificent natural re- sources by which they are surrounded Is certain. The new smelter has not yet reached that stage in its const-r"- ton where the management cares to venture about for blowing in" Diff culty in getting material from the east is assigned as the cause of delay. am under obligations to Mir Kirk for showing me through the unfin- ished works, and explaining the sit uation unreservedly.
 The leading feature in the plant is what MT. Kirk calls his" combina-