THE ARIZONA CITIZEN

TUCSON, PIMA COUNTY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1874, Page 3, Col. 1

N.H. Clanton was in town this week from the Upper Gila. He reports the crops excellent, and that his experiment with tobacco is an entire success. He has obtained some cotton seed from Mr. Ochoa, and will plant it next season.  He, this year has raised a crop of cabbage, many of the heads weighing from eighteen to thirty pounds.

DAILY ARIZONA MINER

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1874 PHOENIX, October 23, 1874

EDITOR OF THE ARIZONA MINER:

I have just returned from a trip of five weeks through the Eastern portion of our Territory. Left this place September 15th, and on the 28th reached Camp Apache.  We found excellent water and fine grazing land all the way.  At Camp Apache we found several beautiful streams and some of the finest land as can be seen anywhere.  At the Clanton settlement, on the Gila, they have large fields of corn and raise from 30 to 60 bushels to the acre.  Saw cabbage here weighing 30 pounds apiece, fine Irish potatoes, pumpkins, melons and, in fact, everything they plant seems to do well. Was told that barley yields from 2000 to 2800 pounds to the acre, for which they can get four cents per pound while in the field.  Plenty of fine timber on the river and mountains.  Arrived during a rain storm and was hospitably entertained by the Clantons, who I found to be generous, open hearted gentlemen.  At Baley's there is a large ditch which carries about 800 inches of water and some men busily at work cutting another to cover some fine land which the first will not reach.  At Clifton, on the Francisco river, we found 60 or 70 men at work in the copper mines, and learned that only a short time ago, 200 men were employed in the same mines, but not needing so large a force they were discharged.

Yours, respectfully,

John P. Osborn

From the files of Jack A. Becker.