Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-21

ffNN the AIihond viewpoint OO- chieo County is not great territorial extent It ranks ninth in area among the counties Of the state But the At lontC coast viewpoint magnifes its territorial importance considerably for it has @ land content equal to that of Rhode Island and Connecticut com bined It contains 6900 square miles of territory.
 In point of population. development Of resources. undeveloped resources and taxable wealth the importance Of Cochise county is not and cannot be minmized It leads in poulauon over Maricopa County, figures from the U. S. Census Bureau for January l.. 1915. placing the two at i7,957 and 41,- SS9 respectively In resources and as scssed valuation it SO far overshad ows Che other counties of the state aa to make comparison of figures al- mcst needless Its premiership is nol and cannot be disputed
 Some Early History.
 Cochise County was hcwn from Pima County and given a government of it's own There lived in the noun tains Of the southeastern Arizona a famous Apache Chieftain known as Cachise or Cochise and the new coun- ty was given his name. His strong. hold on the westerly mountain wall Of the Sulphur Springs Valley remains one Of the show places of the county today The seat of the government for the new county was placed at Tomb stone. then the only really important community within its confines.
 In the early history of Arizona, what is now Cochise County is prominent only because it was the home of the fercest. most bloodthirsty most i'm nlaCable and most dreaded savages that have been known on the Amer ican continent From its rocky hills Geronimo sallied forth To make his raids The dreaded Apaches made the mountain fastnesses their retreats and from them went out to orgies of ar con, murder and rapine leaving death and deaolation Co mark the paths or their frequent expeditions But despite
 
 mounted by the early pioneers it grew in importance and prospered un- til it became easily the most import ant section of Arizona
 General Situation.
 C0chise County, bounded to the east and south by New Mexico and Mexico. Go tine north by Graham County and to the west by Pima County. is nearly @ perfect square ap- proximately so miles on each side. From north to south it is cut and torn by three mountains ranges, each com posed or smaller mountain groups or ranges, and between these ranges stretch broad and fertile valleys. In he mountains and rocky hills Dame Nature has hidden away vast stores of precious and baser metals, how vast it may take centuries to dis cover Tn the valleys she has furnish ed a soil that has needed but the touch of water io make those valleys blossom and bloom and bear fruitfulIy. She has even placed the henofcient liicgivins fluid just beneath the soil With Co., chise County her dealings have been of prodigal generocity. Upon the foothills is to be found choice graz ing land. High in the hills and on her mountain sides are vast forests of tow ering pine. All that man might re- uaire has been placed close at hand for him to discover and utilize. And this man has done end is doing
 Valley System Explained.
 In the northeasterly and easterly parts or Cochise County, extending over the border into Mexico on the south and east and connecting with rLe GIa Valley on the north is the San simon Valley, containing the larg o-t known arlesian water area in Ari. zona
 To Che west Of the San simon Val Iey are the Perila Podrisosa, Swis reIm Chiricahua, Dos Cabezas and pinalcnu mountains. In the centre of this range is the Cliricahua Forest reserve. 70 miles in length and from 8 to 20 miles In breadth These noun tain separate the San simon iron tho borad lands of the Sulphur Spring Valley.
 The second mountain barrier, sepG rating the Sulphur Spring from thC san Pedro Valley is composed Of the Mule. Dragoon and Galuro Noun tains Tn the Mule Mountains are tho wonderful mines of the Warren Dis trict and Tombstone, already prover in wealth Further north is the Ora eoon Forest reserve containing aI area ol l0U square miles. TO Che eas nre CourIend. Gleeson and Pearc' with their mines and stil furthe north are the Dragoon and Johnson Mining Districts.
 On the West the San Pedro Nallel is walled in by the Huachuca Whet stone and Rincon mountains In thes' mountains are the Huachucs and Whatstoue forest reserves with combined area within the conhne of which they both extend O more 5han 900 square miles. In Jhes mountains also are the Huachuca am Nhetstone mining districts in th a . .f r.Tfoh arr aomn of fhn old