Year: 1876



 gave Us seat in his buggy for iriI

 to Globe mining district, via San Car

 los, but owing to an aggravated case O cold. we went no farther than San Car los reservauon-the Governor and party going to the mines as intended.

 TO AND ABOUT TRES ALANos.

 We travelled the new road from here to Tres Alamos, which passes Noun tain station twenty-two miles east oi Tucson, which is kept by Ramsey X Whalen. The station is new but has accommodations for man and beast with abundance of choice mountain water, grass and considerable cotton. wood and other timber about There | Is also a strong spring at the station, the water of which is noticeable for it's iron quality. The road to thIs station 1 Is almost straight from Tucson, and about all save the last three miles, is ! level and may be termed very good but from thence to Tres Alamos, eight cen miles, there are many ups and downs, some of winch are sharp and would be difficult for loaded freight teams to pass over The country along is one mat of grass, and the same may be said of all that eastward. We be lieve it is the average judgment that no time or horse-flesh is saved by going this route, and some well acquainted with both, prefer the old one via Cienega station. But experience will settle which one is the more econom- ical.

 At Tres Alamos are two excellent stations by C. M. Hooker & O., and Thomas Dunbar; the former combin- ing merchandising and dealing in grain with their station business, and the latter having the postotfice and mail station. The farmers have con siderable land sown to grain and much more might be. The very successful public school taught there 5y Mrs. Aguerre, is a subject of great interest and good. We understand there are but thirty children of school age in tine neighbOrhood and tweniy-eight of them attend. Latterly about half have been suffering with severe cold, or something like the epIzoOtic.

 TRES ALAM0S TO OREILLEY'S AND POINT

 OF MOUNTAIN.

 Leaving Tres Alamos, the road at once enters large and dry arroyo in which it continues about fifteen miles, but ten miles up there is water two miles north of the road The road continues in low but rising ground to the summit between San Pedro and Sulphur Spring valleys and to within probably five miles of O'Reilley's and eIght of Steel & Co.'S Point of MOun- tain Station-the latter part being over slightly rolling country averaging down grade. The road as a whole from Tres Alamos to Point of Mountain, may be termed tirst-class, in fact there is not one rod of difficult travel on it. the whole distance being called thirty one miles. The indefatigable well-dig- ger, M. O'Reilley, has at last found a partial supply of water and is sinking another well. He has dug some forty wells in Arizona, ranging in depth from twenty to over three hundred feet He would hardly be happy if he had no well digging going on, and should he get abundance of water, will probably continue to dig wells per force of hab- it. At present, he is located in a will derness of good grass, and he thinks with plenty of water, which he will have most of the year in any event, that his station will command much of the travel to and from Camp Bowie and share of the remainder. About three miles further on is Steel S Co. s Point of Mountain station which, ow- ing to the abundance of water and generally good accommodation, has been largely paTonlzed, and is the one from which the Camp Grant, Good win and Apache, San Carlos, Pueblo Viejo and Clifton mails leave the main overland line.

 ROCKERS RANCH. Seventeen miles from Point of Noun tain over a solid and level road, in the direction of Camp Grant, is this noted and extensive horse and cattle ranch presided over by II. c. Hooker-the man who undoubtedly is right in say ing that he is breeding the finest horses and cattle in ArIzona. Some years ago he purchased in California md elsewhere some blooded Stallions and bulls, and the colts and young cattle now on his ranch are numerous and pleasing to behold. He has a lot of colts and over one thousand head Of young cattle which all show how read ily fine stock may be bred from Ordina- " mares and COWS. If a man stops with Mir. Hooker, he will have most