At Prescott, clerks receive from $50 to $125 per month, with board often thrown in; carpenters and painters, from $4 to $6 per day; masons, from $6 to $8, and in some cases, when a man is possessed of superior skill, as high as $10 per day; ranch hands, herders, cow-boys, from $25 to $50 per month, and board; common laborers, from $2 to $3 per day; domestic servants, men and women, from $25 to $40 per month; but as yet there is no great demand. Maricopa Wells to Camp Grant, A. T. ======================================================================= | | | _To_ |_Miles._|_Miles._| _Description._ | | | -----------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- Pima Villages | 10 | 10 |Store and mill. Sweet Water | 6 | 16 |Store. Sacaton | 6 | 22 |Store; water; grass | | | scarce; right fork of | | | road direct to Tucson. Reservation, eastern boundary| 7 | 29 | Walker’s Ranch | 6 | 35 |Indian village and store. White’s Ranch | 4 | 39 |Gila; wood, hay, grain; | | | little grass. Junction with Camp McDowell | | | Road | 7 | 46 | Camp Grant | 46 | 92 |Crossing San Pedro. -----------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The road from Maricopa Wells to Pima Villages is cut up with small gullies, from 1 to 4 feet deep, with steep sides, which, in rainy seasons, are muddy and troublesome. The left fork leads up the Gila to Adamsville, 2½ miles distant, where are two stores, a mill, etc., and thence to Ruggles and Ewing’s Ranch, (4 miles) where is a store; here the road intersects the road between Camps McDowell and Grant. Camp Grant to Camp Goodwin.--In very rainy seasons it is necessary to go via Tucson, distance 202 miles. The shorter and better route, except in winter, is up the San Pedro River, 57 miles, to within 8 miles of Tres Alamos, where the left fork leads to Croton Springs, distance 25 miles, and thence to Camp Goodwin, 71 miles--total distance, 153 miles. On this road there are plenty of water, grass and wood, all along the San Pedro River. Camp Grant to Camp Bowie.--To Croton Spring, distance 82 miles; thence to intersection with road between Tucson and Camp Bowie, distance 16 miles, and thence to Camp Bowie, 37 miles--total distance, 135 miles. Maricopa Wells.