BUCKEYE A favorable gram and alfalfa growing and 

 cattle feeding district 30 miles southwest of Phoenix, with which 

 city the district is connected by stage line and wagon road. The 

 -Buckeye canal receives an abundant supply of water by means 

 of a diversion dam across the Gila River, below its confluence 

 with the Salt and just west of the Agua Fria River. Range 

 cattle are driven in for feeding in thousands each year and the 

 exports are fat cattle, besides hay, gram, and hogs. 



ARLINGTON "\Vest of Buckeye and also receiving its 

 irrigation supply from the Gila River, west of the Hassay- 

 ampa. Cattle fattening, hay and gram growing are the chief 

 means of support of a growing and thriving population. 



AiVICKENBURG Center camp of a mining district of 

 promise, -which includes parts of Mancopa and Yavapai counties, 

 is located on the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad, about 

 50 miles from Phoenix. The town is the northernmost in Mar- 

 icopa County. Through discoveries of gold in the near-by hills 

 the town is growing rapidly. A custom smelter is promised at 

 an early date. 



