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THE CASA GRANDE VALLEY. Information far Thosa Seeking Homes In the Garden Spot of tho West, rinaico mty WK8 organized in from portions or Pirua. Maricopa and levaimi counties, and contains an arm ot o,Ws(imue mile, or a.too.Tv-D ueres, oue-1hiril ot w men could be ir.Hile productive by a s.vitrmutie storttiro of the surplus water now ruuum to wast, fiext to .miricopil it :s ik """; tortnut agricultural county mini- . . I from enst to west 1.V. tne K.whm-11 p.u.ili- railroad, and a branch ot the great Suuta Ke system Is now approach ing from the aorlk. Tke objective point of this road is a connection with the botiora road, .f the same system, 'i'iie Southern Paciiic is rIbo building iu this direction from Tempe.and it is confidently believed taut work will mot cease antil tke Deer lreeK eoal fields ar reached and connection 11 made with another brunch of tkat road run nine fraia Bowie to Ulobe and now complet ed to Fort Tliomas. , Thusit will bese-ra that Pmal county is tha thcaior of railroad building at the pres ent time, and inside of a year Florence, tke ouuuty teat, will be A BA1LUOAD CBMISE. At present it contains a population Jof about ilna, but witu the completion m iu two railroads and the Bntto reservoir no it iri.,,pi !. aiiki.uili it for natural advantages, and a lartre luerease in popula tion will follow. Florence is at an elevation r r.vi to w i.v.l. situated near the Wiiln river, twentv-six miles nortUwest of t he raili'oui station of Cuta tiraiuie, with which it u .,-,4 k, (.l-rimtlv euuipped daily stasis lino, Going and coming stages rim by the aid Cm Urande ruun, aud pa-4scuers are alloweu a suori. u w . .f.T tMa... tku ma bihmv handsome prl ate;residences ia Florence, several brick stores, eood- hotel, an excellent graded sckoul employing four teachers, cburchas, tai'rci B,-,.,tw i,imreial Club, a aews- taoer (the only ne in the county), aud the andsome.-t court house in the Territory. Here is kohl the United States Court for the district coniosed t iia. uruiuun nu Pinal cotlaties. The streets are lined witn shade trses. which impart an air of comfort on t-ue warmest nays. moDucTS or thk vallby. Vnlike the Salt river, the waters of the Cila are fresh and pare; the soil contains no alkali, is a deep, rich gray ash, esiecinlly adapted to the growth of the prune, o.ive, almoad, peah. tiff, pear, apricot aud fruits of all kinds, a hich pay largely on the vet meut. It is aUo the natural home of alfai.a, which grows in the most proli he manner. Ike gra,e does axees-tionaily well in tins vailey, and wine aud raisin culture is destin ed to become a prominent industry. Citrus fruits have been cultivated to a limited extent; there are a number of orauae trees in the Bl;.'hborho.d of Florence which bear I'ucir goluen fruit each year without pro teetioa. aad a few date palm trees ure also in full beat-ins. The season is from six weeks to two uuou: In earlier than Southern Calitor nia, which gives fruit growers an appreciat ed advantage in TUB BABLT MARKETS. The absence of fogs and nightly dews is a formidable obstacle to the destructive and unsightly scale-bug. and the fruits of tne valev are all bright and clean. All the agrl cuit.iral products of temiierato and bemi tropic zones are easily grown here, the l"iig seasoTts giving a succession of crops fhat double or treble the productive value of tke land. FBICE3 0 LAND. Improved lands, with government title and water right, can be bought for from U to fW par aero, according to location and im provements. In tke immediate neighbor hood and to the south of the Casa Urande ruins there are thousands of acres covered with a heavy grow tk of mesnoite timber yet open to settlement. These are among the choicest in the valley. Water in inexhausti ble quantity is round at a depth of from twenty to thirty feet; in fact, a river seems to be ilowing underneath. Here is a splen did opiKirtunity to take up and improve land with a pumping system of irrigation, which is said to be successful on small tracts. However, with the completion of tke Butte rej.rvoir, pumping will be o thing of the pat. and it is only mentioned here for the purpose of showing what can be done, and to mciiify the further fact that what was once considered AS UNIXHABITABM DBSBBT is In truth the most productive land on the globe, aud that there is water in abundance to bring every foot of it under cultivation, ouiv waiting for the magic wand of capital to develop it. There is no water-storage scheme on the Pacific coast that has ono-haif the natural advantages and so tew engineer ing difficulties as the Butte reservoir. Here nature has oullt tne anuiuieuis iu eer-iiv-iug rock, and ail that is left for man to do is to put in the headgate, the bluffs which form the gorge being only separated by a paltry feet. A country is drained through this narrow canyon 2Uu miles square, representing 40,000 si i u are miles, or larger than Maine and Massachusetts combined, lberainlali issur fii'iont. tsi HI! thft rMrv(iir twice a year, and the land to be brought under cultivation is practically limitless, this may reaa UKea fairy taie, but it is every word true, and has been verified time ana again. CASA GBAND3 BEBIBVOIB. The reservoir of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company is the largest in tne territory, itMVArca ui:rf(tf PVjtJ acres, with an aver- age depth of 12 feet, and contains about teight thousand miuiou gauous 01 waier. it s sit uated fifteen miles southwest of Florence. A levee of earth has been thrown up across a depression in the plain reet in lengtn, i-r, ft in width at the bottom and 23 feet in width at top. 2 to 1 slope on each side, aud an average lieigut oi leet. iuhh asie is regu lated by 3 cast iron pipes S feet in diameter, sot ui solid masonry, regulated by gates and tnwer. This reservoir cost iiaO.000, aud sup plies water for 6,000 acres. Meteorological Statistics. The signal service of the general govern ment maintained a station at Florence from to 1HM2. The reports covering the period from July, 1SS0, to April. 18. gives the follow ing statistics, which may be taken as a safe guide to the prevailing temperature given during the series of six yeas: lboO, Mean. Max. Mln. Julv S.8 HI "1 August .5 112 60 September S1.0 107 48 October W.O SB 82 November 52.1 80 25 December 50.9 57 27 11. January 45.7 78 21 February 54.7 H5 2t March 54.7 SB 29 April 6S.1 100 48 Mav 14.7 1(4 Vi June 83.7 lis 44 July 87.9 112 64 August M.5 110 62 September 77.5 10S 50 October 67.4 (S M November...... 52.4 80 23 . December 52.2 81 28 12. January 4.4 79 23 February 4H.5 74 27 March 7. 92 25 April 62.1 100 . 82 The neat as represented in me aoove tame during the months of June, July and August Is nothing like as unbearable as in the Eastern States, and death from SU3STH0KB IS UHKKOWH In fact, in a residence of sixteen years in Arizona the writer has only known two persons to be overcome by the heat, and they recovered. Their condition, however, was more the result of whisky than heat. The air is so dry here that a registered temperature of 110 degrees is not as oppres sive as 80 deg-ees in St. Louis or New York. The Signal Service bureau has recognized this fact, and reports the difference between tiio apparent and sensible temperature to be fulls 'i'J degrees. At nearly all times there is a pleasant breeze; the nights are invariably cool in the summer, and out-door labor is performed without seriotis discomfort to either man or beast on the warmest days. .Vei y seltiom does the thermometer get be low the freezing point in winter, and in the gardens of Florence to-day are castor bean plants two years or more old, USTOCCHED BY FROST. Oranfre and lemon trees require slight pro fjcfiou during the winter for a year or two, until the wood is sufliciently hardened. While it is a populur thing for one to say tlui he is "not here for his health," it is an uudisriutcd fact that for all pulmonary ail merits'no Ciimc.te on earth is equal to South ern Arizona, nnd there arenumliersof active, industrious citizens, with but one lung, who c'lint hare years axo, expecting to live but a fow woks. Hut for all that, tiie wonoerrul Casa Irratide valley is someliiinz better than a health resort. . That portion of the great Casa Grande t.. :;i.,-.- Jyhi'r aimisr the line of the Southern PaM?.?- rUway in the vicinity of Casa(iraude a vi Angola is at present, and with g od rci 'vi!, on-ii'lered one of the mast desirable .i-VUiii, oi this niasaiiisout Swatiiern Ari zona. Oreat changes have been made in t 'e appearance of this part of the vallev during the last four years. It was about that long ago that the Florence canal was completed ...... t..v ifi iiiu improvement begun. It is useless to deny tkat under our present water system there is nothiiitr liUn c,,tn rient water tj irrlgute this vast body of THE OASA GBAND2 VALLEY CANAL is fortv-three miles in length and iv,mi 00,00) acres of land, about 7,000 of which are under cultivation, it is so constructed that it can be easily enlarged and its caoacitv in creased. A reservoir covering l.iVOO acres. Having storage capacity in vigui uiiuun gal lons, in the southeast corner of township 6, range 8, gives ample supply of water the year round to all farmers located below it, but those above sutler by a shortage of water aurmg' a lew weens in summer. It is proposed to remedy this by the con struction of a huge reservoir at the Buttes, fifteen miles northeast of F'loreitce. Com petent engineers have examined and rejiorted upon the scheme aud pronounce it feasible. THE POLITE ITALIANS. Florence, the City of Well-Mannered Citizen. If I wished to teach an awkward child, youth or g-irl good manners by example, I should send him or her to Florence, Bays a writer. There may be hl-mannered persons there, but I never taw one. Poor people behave with the suave dignity which used in England to stamp the lady or gentleman. Most persons are brainy, but cleverness i3 not eajjer to shine. It is very subdued and more oily than corrosive, The charm of Florence stea ls on one lilce the wit of its clever inhabitants. The senses are soothed in all directions by harmonious manners and objects. Architects understood chiaroscuro not' less thnu the greet painters und sculp tors. One never wearies of the streets and public buildingB; their aspects con stantly and strongly vary, according to the course of the sun. Lights and shades at ten in the forenoon arc whol ly different from what thsy will be at four in the afternoon. The Florentine women hare interesting, though not beautiful, faces. But one has only to walk into the market to see country girls who would have done for models of Kaphnel's Virgin-mothers. One :3 struck in the galleries with the nice judgment with which the pictures are hung. What more lofty in sentiment than the tomb of Lorenzo de Ik-dici? Loftiness is an attribute of Florence architecture, palatial or dome lie. The door3 of private houses might pass in England for portals. One feels t hem to be great facts in their way. Talking cf hiu-rnor.ious things re minds' me of the BcboU Gardens. Is there a spot in England, the land of stately and lovely scats, that at all ap proaches them? In'situation, and tran quil, generous loveliness, I enn only think of one the duke of Northumber land's terraced gardens at his place in Surrey. The Boboli Eders, where the prince and princess of Xaples still court seclusion, has the advantage over the Surrey paradise of being under a re vealing sky. Every shade of greenery, every floral hue is well brought out. One tees the faultless texture of statues and fountains mellowed by time. In so strong a light a well-ordered desigu is required, and one has it. The marbles are the climax. They are to the horti cultural beauties as brilliants to the lacefand satin Of a fine woman's dress. Florence is not what it was in th grand ducal days. Still, it retains the airof acapital with a longand illustrious history. The ladies' dresse are only provincial when measured ty the Taris standard, to which Italian women, above the peasant class generally submit rr ore's the pity Parie fashions only suit French women, unless npplied by French hairdressers and femmes de chambre.. An English or a Gcrmaii face under a Paris hat or bonnet is at adreadful disadvantage, if the hair has not been first dressed by a French artiste capiilaire. lie places the hat, through the medium of the hair, in harmonious relation with the face. I fancy these French coiffeurs are not much employed by Italian ladies. Lon don Truth. FUR IN COLD STORAGE, Summer Attacks of Moth Prereated by Hcrrl(teratlon. In an article read before the National Warehousemen's association at Boston lately by Prof. Howard, a government entomologist, the subject of the preser vation, of furs by coid storage was treated, and public attention was called to this, one of the latest novel uses of artificial refrigeration. In a cold stor age room the temperature can be raised or lowered at will. In some of the rooms, for Instance, where it is desired to keep poultry for any length of time, the temperature ia kept at the eero point. With the improved systems, the rooms are free from dampness, and for this reason can be utilized for an almost unlimited number of purposes. In the case of furs, the temperature of the room, if kept at 30 degrees, would make it impossible for any of the insects which get into and destroy this kind of goods, to live. Every housewife knows that moths do not breed In the winter time, anji camphor balls and Insect-destroying powders are made use of only in the summer xnontha Already there Is on large warehouse in New York city where fws are eent to be stored through the summer. It is a most satisfactory method, for the furs are kept free from the odor of oamphor and other drugs and powders, the smell of which is disagreeable to many persons. Woolens and all other lines of goods which ara subject to destruction by insects can ba preserved In this way. Chocolate candy manufacturer use a cold storage room In which their can dies are kept, and the eandiasj are made in a room so cool that melting cannot retard the process of manufacture. In thin way the output of the candy plant is largely increased. Soap factories, refineries, chemical works and a large line of other factories are coming to use the cold storage room. N. Y. Tribune. 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