Bisbee daily review., 1915-06-16
WILCOX IS ASSURED
 OF ROSY FUTURE AS
 FARMING COMMUNITY
Already Noted for Cattle, lt Will Soon Be Center for Copper Industry in Northern COChiSe County.
1 lsnoclal Corresnnndencel

 ol Wilcox is noted for cattle. 10 promises soon. to be noted as the cen Ger of the copper mining industry in Northern Cochise county. But few woud say. let alone venture the pre- dicton. that WillcoX and the surround ing country will in the very near fu- mre. be a farming community But this is. nevertheless, a fact.
 Wilcox can be literally called the head of the Sulphur Springs valley that great expanse of arid wonderland stretching from a point in the state of Sonora, south of Douglas, to the foot of the Graham mountains. Doug Ia may be called the foot of this eX- pause of land: McNeal Pearce and other communities at irregular and infreQueut intervals break the same ness Of its rugged valley walls and mesquite covered floor
 ln the southern part of this wonder ul valley, as in the center the mid de and the north there is ample land for many settlers. Tn spite of the fact that much has been taken up un- der the homestead law, the Carey act and by script, there is much land Co be had The reason so few settlers bent on the object of extracting liv- ing from the virgin soil, are scattered over this valley due to the scarcity ol water
 At McNeal. the Adobe Crossing and in other parts of the lower end Of the sulphur springs water is to be had. We'll drilling outfits are now at work searching for water to supply the de- mand created by an avaricious and ezacting market Bisoee and Douglas. These wells in the majority of case es. develop water They go deep, how ever. and Che cost of raising water Is prcpor,iouotely increased. Many far mers, in spite of this handicap from thc southern ranches of Che valley are going after the key to the question ana some have already opened the door
 But Willcox, with the same soil with the same winds, with the same e.ass of reople. with the zlme. pIac- ucaly speaking. altitude and climatic conditions has another claim to su- 'pcioIty locating Of water at ! from twenty to loIty and fifty foot level
 In speaking ol obtaining water at .the aforementioned depth 1t is to contrast ,he expense which the farm -ls. I,hor down tle valley have tc |ucar Co ob-ain the same amount of flow or even loss Water al Nillco-. and in the immediate surrounding country may be had for the asking at |a very shallow depth. It is said here al outs that it doesn't matter whether Ia greater depth is attained or not the uow win suu be consistent, and not much grea.er as at the lower depth.
 Like most sections of the character. |tms uoisuborhood has its pioneers iu .tae farming game, and it has those who have taken up land for specula- |lve purpo and who are now allow ing it to tand In the shadow Of mes quite bushes waiting for that time when an energetic neighbor win im- Woya his property and therefore, in- |CrCaae the value of theirs.
 There are, however instances and plenty, when the amount of land avail .a5le is considered, who have made gIeat stride5 in the direction of sue 'cesslul farming near WiIcoX They |are scattered on every side of this . prosperous community and attest Go .lae as umpton. drawn above, that che same conditions hold in all directions.
 By way of example
 Dr. E. B. Briscoe for years prac .uumg physician and surgeon in Will COX and the surrounding territory and one of the best known men in the sec uon has taken to farming. AS he eH pressed it himself "l hadn't fame' 'lcr sixteen years up until two years ego. when ] tcok bold of .his place ' have been hor, ol money short ol adequate markets. short of labor and Inexperienced"
 Dr. Briscoe's property is located about two miles Q little northwest oi .Nillcox. lie has considerable acreage .uct an of which is, al yet under culti yauon According Go bis own asser tion it will be under the. blow and raising s quota of crops as soon a. .no | able to get around to attendins 10 the work
 A look about his farm (Dr Brisco' . calls it a ranch) leads one to thini ? that be has suddenly been transplant cd into the midst Of the Salt Riyei valley
 Five cuttings of alfalfa fat dairy stock elegant shade trees around [
 wellequipped adobe house, @ drov' of swine. the iatness of which tempu ] the sightseer to go farming, a truci , garden of no mean proportions young orchard of many acres, on ol'
 orchard with it trees born down bl immature fruit of the choicest kind am apiary, and last but not least
 good sized vineyard with Thompson
 seedcss, Tokay and other grapes i
 prolusion
 All of this iu two year Of work
 From forty acres of land Dr Brisco' , and it is said th8 instance is not al