Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-09
VALLEY SHOWS
 IMPROVEMENT
Many New Settlers Come to Vicinity of Wilcox
 Population Grows
COUNTRY PROSPEROUS

WILCOX. Ariz.. April s-TG. F Nicols. a former resident of this place, and who also served as audi tor and secretary of the Terrltory of Arizona, is here visiting ola time friends and ac7na.ntances. He Will remain for another week when he expects to return 10 los Angeles where he Eas teen making his home for the last few yelys.
 Plenty o' iait has fallen this sea. soh and the feed on the ranges are the pest in -e-rs The round u:. nas sta-iod. and cai,.emen look for god calf crop. Feed and Water is as sured until the summer rains set in.
 Great activity has been shown in farming throughout the valley the last fall and winter. The winter grains look fine. and wheat oats and barley are expected tO mature WiLns1t any irrigation this season. TtS Armers are beginning to realize that crops planted !n the fall re. ceiyes sufficient moisture 10 mature without irrigation in three years out Of four
 Many New Arrivals.
 great many people are coming into the valley this spring They are Of a substantial kind. have some means, and are coming 10 stay. The price of land and relinquish- ments have jumped to more than double to what they were year ago. large colony from Washington. consisting Of experienced irrigators are expected this summer or fall, and a number from Wisconsin are secuT- ing places and will arrive this fan to prepare their places next fall and winter. Many Californians also drop in, attracted by the cheap lands anl the wonderful facilities offered for irrigation.
 This valley has about 50O.00O acres of land that can be reclaimed by ir. rigation The underfiow is ineA, hausuble The height of the pump ing lit runs from 2e to 90 feet, while the land closer 10 the foothills. the lift Is from 50 to 15 feet.
 Oil tanks are now being put in at Wilcox. and the cheap fuel oiis are expected here by tfa 2Oth of April. This oil can be handled by the con sumer in ear load lots for . cents per gallon A number of people have purchased a crde oil engine called the Muncie engine. which consumes this fuel. and the cost Of pumping .s reduced oue-third ot what II has cost before by using engine disiiliate. At least dCzen good sized alfali1 fields will be put m this spring, and farming will commence here in earn est The writer recently saw one oi these engines operating with the same kind of fuel on the old Dourazo ranch near Tucson. just opposite the Indian school. and this method Of pumping seems 10 be a great sue cess. lt looks as if the great arid belt of Arizona will become a farm ing country in a few years without government co-CpeTe ton. and without the enormous expense of construct ing storage dams and reservoirs. We hope the good work will go on al over the new state.
 New Public School.
 The community is quite proud over the public schools at Wilcox. That they are on par with any other in the state was evidenced last week whei Miss Gladys Dunlap won the firsr prize in the musical contest Tt Tue son. and Vinton Hays. second prize in the oratorical contest at the same place.
 The mining section surroundins Wilcox has brighter prospects than usual. The Mascot at Dos Cabezas is employing a great many men, and has the earmarks of becoming one ot the great mines in the state. The old Camp at Johnson is resuming activity, and the Centurian, and Texas & Arizona Mining companies at Ora coon are making a splendid showing. The old Commonwealth at Pearce Is again working nearly 100 men Nov- CT has the outlook been brighter n