Arizona republican., 1909-07-14

close to the road, which with proper cultivation might rival if it did not equal the Dunbar gardens
 Just now the road is a bit bunny to be sure, but that can be remedied. There is nothing monotonous in the view. No two of the four hunderd acres are alike. Some of the land is smooth and level; much of it is rough broken and rocky. In places one acre would measure fully two acres. as both sides are exposed by the abrupt angles at which the land is tilted. Here and there are seen ranches and buildings Of varying value. Cultivat ed spots covered with growing corn. potatoes and vegetables appear at in- tervals. A beautiful garden might nave been seen behind one of the small houses a few days ago before some one left the gate open for the range cattle to come in and sample the vegetables. Fruit enough to about pay for an acre is said to have hung on the branches of little or chard until some of the Prescott boys discovered it recently. Probably the owner will protect it next year The tract is well wooded with second growth pine, oak and walnut. Wild grapes and cherries conjure visions of delicious jellies and pies. Wells are plentiful. The underground water lies close to the surface, excellent in quail ity and abundant in quantity. Near the Butte, springs send forth from a bank a hundred feet long a supply of good. fresh. cold water. feeding the brook which runs toward the center of the property. The 'bosky delr' with it's tinkling cascade tumbling in to the deep, but alas, troutless. pool is therein season. Romantic and attractive building spots abound. All varieties of taste may be gratified in different parts of the estate If one delights in wide and beautiful views of mountain scenery. it is here. If quietness and isolation is desired. it can be had. The shadow of a great rock in a weary land" is here also
 You can build your house with the snow-clad summits of northern Ari- zona for your front door view or You can locate your cottage where you will have the towering mass of Thumb Butte to shade your back yard in the afternoon. If one wishes to build his house upon a rock. the foundation is ready: if he prefers sand, here it is. If a dwelling of stone is planned, the building ma terials are on the spot If a modest tent house will satisfy, there are in numerable places where it can he pleasantly located. in fact. an enthu siastic Phoenician was putting up such structure as we drove over the ground. The possibilities are too numerous to mention. At one point several big pines shade a broad. level spot admirably adapted for the loca- ton of summer hotel, from whose wide, shady verandas one might view the landscape far and wide, even to the San Francisco peaks, beyond Flagstaff, a hundred miles away. The spot is ideal for the purpose On the Prescott side lies a natural street. facing the city, apparently ready made for a long row of handsome residences where loft in the stilly night" the roar of the lions in the Murphy zoo might help to enliven the silent hours
 A mile and half of electric rail- way would land passengers and freight in the heart of this new dis trict.
 Cool breezes laden with piney odors; cold water dripping from the ""galvanized bucket that hangs in the well' in your own back yard; cons. venient access to the commercial and social advantages of an up-to-date little city.-these things speak for themselves. If Phoenix is too hot: if the east is too far; if the coast is too foggy and buggy, it is not i'm possible that Idylwild, even with its