Dos Palmas (S. P. R. R.) to Ehrenberg, A. T.

To Miles. Miles. Description.
[1]Dos Palmas (S. P. R. R.) Cañon Springs 11 190Water and wood; little grass. Good road.
Chuc-a-walla (Station) 34 224Water and wood. Good road.
Laguna 30 254Water and wood; little grass; heavy sand.
Willow Springs 7 261Water, grass and wood. Good road.
Bradshaw’s Ferry (Ranch) 12 273Water and wood. Good road.
[2]Ehrenberg 2 276Sandy road.

Irrigated lands in Southern Arizona will readily produce two crops of grain each year, and several of alfalfa. Some lands, belonging to the Pima Indians, as well as fields about Tucson and the ranches of the Santa Cruz and San Pedro Valleys, are known to have been in continuous cultivation for at least from two to three hundred years. Water fertilizes and restores the soil. The valley of the Gila, under analysis, shows more phosphorates and other fertilizers than that of the Nile.

A sand storm on the mesas of Southern Arizona is not a pleasant affair to encounter. If caught in one on horse-back or afoot, imitate the animals, put your face close to the ground and turn your back to the blast.