Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-26
SHOWS GOOD PROGRESS
Country About Settles Up Rapidly and New En- terprises Add to the
 Prosperity.
TOWN AT ITS BEST

town in southern Arizona that can
 show more growth and improvement
 during the last four years than this one and the inhabitants declare that
 even greater growth is assured for
 the future. During the last three
 years whole blocks have been lined with neat business houses while
 many new residences have been erect ed, some of them costing as much as four thousand dollars. R Fl. Hind man now has the foundation for an other business block already laid and a man is here 10 occupy a part Of it with a bank
 Country Settles Up
 Here as at nearly every other place in the state many homesieads have
 been taken from the government hy 1 incoming settlers who are taking the chances that either the rich soil can 1 be cultivated by dry farming methods or that a system of pump irrigation will be devised that will make the pro 1 duction of crops profitable. The soil 1 here is very rich and it has been 0em- onstrsted here that all varieties Cf i fruit will r,pen to perfection when the trees are provided with artificial moisture. In the old orchard planted l here many years ago by the pioneer, Capt. ,. H. Teyis, who was here when i the Southern Pacific railroad Was 1 built, may be found the evidence that | this vicinity will grow fruit. Here are apple, pear and peach trees and some 1 fine almond trees which yield me crops every year.
 Capt. Tevis Is First
 | For many years after the coming of | the railroad. Capt Teyis was the only resident, other than the railroad em ] ployes and a few mining men who | from time to time worked mines in l the Dos Cabesos district which is near Capt TeYis was one Of the best | known characters in the state. He 1 reached the territory when a boy, straying into the country during the i rebellion from one of the Texas con l federate posts. For ten years he liv- | ed with the Apache Indians in the Chicahuas and when civilization ap- {, preached he kept a stage station here which was on the old Butterfield route. l He homesteaded 160 acres Of land 1 here and when the railroad arrived gave right of way and depot ground | in return for water for domestic and | gardening purposes, which the com | pany from well. which is still sup plying water for the fast growing
 town.
 The remainder of the homestead en- ! try. after Tevis died. passed 10 w. H. TKeiIum known as Dad and who IS now the wealthiest and most promin- l ent citizen of the place. Kellum IS 1 an old railroad conductor and helped build the old Gila Valley. Globe and Northern railroad from this place 10 the Gila county metropolis. He left the railroad and opened saloon here and having large acquaintance and | being extremely popular he prospefed and now owns much of the original | townsite and is selling only such lots as will bring fancy prices.
 Historic Incident
 1 Bowie or Teviston. as it was first l known. came into prominence in the | spring of 1887 when Gen. Wilson A. Niles. then in command of the de- l nartment of Arizona, captured the old 1 Apache chief and leader Geronimo and shipped him with his band ot outlaw | Indians away to Florida. These ln- dians were loaded on to train here i because had Geronimo been taken to l l and his associates in the many mnT- ders committed would most llkeig : have been given short route to the happy hunting ground. General Mics | and a member of the prominent clu- I zens of Southern Arizona came heTe | to see the departure Of Geronimo ana 1 his savage tribe. Geronimo was kept as a prisoner of war up to the tune
 of his death a few years ago at Fort | Sill, Oklahoma.
 Member of Legislature 1 Capt Teyis, the pioneer, was member of the legislature from this
 county years ago when man named l Goodwin, a wealthy citizen or Iowa
 was governor. securing the appoint
 ment because Of poor health. TeVls was a typical westerner and soon be- came the idol of the governor. It was
 said during the session thlt so great was the admiration of the governor for Tevis that the latter could secure the veto or approval of any measure. l After the legislation Governor Good
 win visited Tevis here for a week and during that time Joaquin Miller, the famous poet. being in the southwest
 and hearing of Capt. Teyis came 10
 Bowie and remained for several days.
 Important Enterprise
 One of the most important enter
 prises of the state is now making sue csssful progress. Eighteen miles
 south of Bowie It Is the marble
 quarry of the Arizona Marble com
 pany. owned by Denver people. Johr
 Kerr is manager of this company and
 | is working a force of sixty to sevent,
 linen. This marble deposit is said IC
 be twenty-five miles long, circlins
 the northwest foothills of the Chiri
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