Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-31
(Artesian Belt.)

water here recently has attracted attention to the town an dthe val l ley causing energies to be actively manifested that heretofore lay dor mant: and by the admission of all it is now foregoe conclusion that | the future of this secuon wlll be both certain and great.
 Location.
 1 San simon is situated in Cochise county, southeastern Arizona, on the main line of the Southern Pacific railroad, being the last station in tiIe- territory on the road as one travels eastward. and about ten miles from the New Mexico line. lt is 12O miles east of Tucson. (pop- ulation 13,000), the metropolis of Arizona, and 1S2 miles west of El | Paso Texas. (population 29000l, which are its principal jobbing cen ters. Los Angeles, Cal, (populatiop 5l9O00). the clearing house of the entire Southwest, is only 6Si miles away.
 m a direct line, the town is about % miles from Douglas. the copper ore smelling town, (population 6,O0Ol, 100 miles from Bisbee the copper i mining camp. tpopula.Sn s,Oe1), | and l1O miles from Tombstone, the county seat ipopulation 1500) the last three towns mentioned being in thls county. Globe in Gila county, q cooper mining and smelling town. 2 (population, 5000 is 130 miles dis tant. Phoenix. Maricopa county, the cauital of the territory the center of a rich farming area and noted i winter and health resort, (populatioH ' II .000), is about 250 miles from this place.
 The postoffice is San Simon, while Inc railroad station is simon The elevation of the town is 2eoo feet
 The Valley
 The San Simon valley is approx imately 100 miles in length by b or 20 miles in width, the town or l San Simon being very nearly in the center. The slope is gradually down ward from the southeast to north west; and there is a downward l slope from west to east, from the high mountains.
 ! Averaging the width as 17iz { miles, taking the length as 109 | miles, and computing, the approxi- \ mate area of the San simon valley would be 1,720,O00 acres nearly all of which land is believed to be es- ] peeialy adapted to farming. i The elevation of the valley varies 1 from about 43O0 feet in the south east to about POGO feet in the north west
 Climate
 | With reference to heat and cold. ! ihe climate of different portions of | th valley varies somewhat, of course, ] with elevation. Below we are de | scTibing, as nearly as possible, the ! climate at the town of San Simon. | As San Simon is so far south | Cbeing in about the same latitude as Dallas Texas, or Charlestown, I $. O, the days are warm the year round; and since the elevation ! is great, the nights are cool all ! the year and the days are rarely un- | comfortably hot. What heat there | is is usually tempered by cool | breeze from the southwest, coming ! from the Chiricarua mountains, only fifteen miles distant. The heat Is furthered tempered by occasional storms in the rainy season. which occurs during July and August. The air is very dry, so the heat is not so noticeable here as in lIhe east where there Is a great deal
 more moisture in the air at all itmes. The difference in sensible tenn lperature is at least fifteen degrees for instance, a temperature Of o5 degrees in the east is in reality more
 oppressive and therefore hotter than one of 100 here. In fact, there IS ITO comparison, humidity Cmolsture Is the air) making all the difference
 in the world As proof of this fact it may be stated that 1TInstroke is
 unknown here, although a higher temperature is recorded here than in
 the cities o fthe east in which sun strokes occurs. And there IS no res
 ident of this section who would nol . prefer to spend a summer here rather than in the east And as for the winters-they are mild and ideal. practically without storms, and a minimum lower than E degrees
 above zero seldom recorded. The cool nights can not be too highly praised; only very rarely Is there a nigh, even in midsummer. wher one win not require woolen blanket for covering in order to sleep com
 fortably warm.
 r There are no toruadoes or disas . trous winds; and few storms eX T ceut in the rainy season. It is a laHC ? of sunshine, the sun shining at some 3 time during the day, practlcaill ? every day in the year. Yet 1t li ] invariably cool in the shade.
 The air is pure, invigoTating an' . heaIthful. It is almcst an idea , elevation and climate for a maxi f mum degree of health. It is a goo } climate for all but the doctor : The water is pure, sweet and sof La perfect water both for drinkini Q and for washing purposes s The average annual rainfall Is 6-z p inches. The average annual meal |. ltemperature is 64.3 degrees. 7 There is something very fascinai s ing about life in Arizona--once yol r are a resident you are not conten r to live anywhere else This is cu D In large measure, no doubt. to fh
 charm of the climate.
 Soil
 The soii Is a red, decompose