Arizona state miner., 1924-02-16

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sures plenty of water for stock until
far into the summer of 1924,
Perhaps 10000 head of cattle are
wihtering on the desert ranges ad-
jacent to and tributary to Wicken-
burg, To this may also be added
35, 900 to $4,000 head of sheep and
goats which annually make this re-
gion their winter range and breeding
habitat.
Splendid Water and Climate
Unlimited purest percolated water
from the Hassayampa river and trib-
utary mountain streams forms the
towns water supply. The water is
pumped from wells sunk along the
banks of the Hassayampa, SO located
that surface overflows may not i'm
surface to bedrock, right where the
Wickenburg bridge is built, must be
of great depth, perhaps 100 feet Or
more, indicated by concrete piers that
stand upon heavy piling driven to a
depth of 80 feet, set in concrete. A
concrete reservoir of 10000 gallons
capacity is refilled daily for local con
sumption of the town, and Santa Fe
railroad, which runs many trains a
day through the heart of the munich
pality and has yard extending a
mile each way from the depot.
A Promising Railroad Center
Wickenburg is an important ship
ping place for livestock, wool, ore,
and mineral concentrates from the
adjacent mines and ranges, and is
a IN
center when keen sighted transpor-
tation companies realize its proxim-
ity and accessibility to tidewater at
Rocky Point on the Gulf of Califor-
MIA. 1t is only 81 miles from Wicken-
burg, south, over level desert, with
no streams to cross to the junction of
the Southern Pacific railroad, with
the branch road to Ajo, whence it is
only 90 miles to the gulf, and 100
miles nearer than Los Angeles har-
Dor.
When the immense irrigation sys-
TENS projected from the Colorado
river provide water for the millions
of acres now being homesteaded to
the south and west, Wickenburg will
be transformed into a metropolitan
outlet at the gulf for Southern Utah,
Colorado and New Mexico, that will
help industry of every description in
Western Arizona
Churches, Schools and Transportation
Foothills climate with an elevation
Of over 1000 feet-where it is Just
Joy to live in winter, and summers
not unusually hot.
Population about 600 in summer
and nearly twice that number in win
ter, of which many are Santa Fe rail-
way employees and trainmen.
Transportation facilities are three
passenger trains a day from Wicken-
burg to Phoenix; two each way to
and two tone accommodation each
day to and from Los Angeles via the
Parker and Needles to Central and
Northern California points. The only
safe and acknowledged highway from
the southern states via Bankhead
route from Phoenix to Wickenburg
Grand Canyon, Nevada and Utah
New public school building, cost
over $4,000; enrolment of scholars
is over 200, and on the increase, with
promising high school district now in
its second year, and faculty of
eight teachers,
Two churches. regular services and
casters; new $2500 church edifice and
parsonage in course of construction
V Presbyterian Board of Missions
Cowboys and Western Sports
Health in her climate, Wealth in
her mines" only partially expresses
Wickenburg advantages. There are
hundreds of thousands of cattle and
sheep. and goats annually roaming
the adjacent gulches, hills, and bot
'om lands along tributaries of the
Hassayampa river, which in winter
becomes the habitat of pluclIy cow
boys and stockmen. In spring their
herds are driven north, and the mar
ketable kline are ship! ed to eastern
markets, the rest coming back to
breed and winter.
During their stay in winter the
range men put up some real fascin-
ating exhibitions of range sp )rts at
Wickenburg which attracts sight
seers and cattlemen from al over
the Southwest. These exhibitions of
the Wild and Woody West are pulled
off on March II of each year, just
previous to the roundup and drive
north.
Business Growth Increasing
The town comprises two hotels,
three general merchandise stores,
three restaurants, two rooming
houses, several public apartments.
tenements, and small houses for rent,
three barber shops, bakery, three
pool halls, drug store, two meat mar
kets, two garages with blacksmith and
machine shops, dairy, wood and coal
yards, three transfer delivery men,
two oil distributing stations, public