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About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1906)
-J. V. P A Dt""'"'"1' tVwtcd If iMagO tw-ltermcnt. Tbt j ii.. f ikta i r.art'- ! daalraa t - la I "no hi wit la tha actlv i ti 5 l'rv ..prnv. aal Aaa.wl.1 la, ant avarv il nam Iter tnt III.. AN OPPOKTUNITY FOR A W "a . , hal ia dnlo a Ion tha liaa f etrrt tr- for -P'"- ""j,.,. w, rJ..,. a. J p-bllc tnarkar . " , inci nPr, hlnll rwttdv.nc tuprort of lh. lrt Ir.d.T 2 i,i.iffnHMHl polnreapha will b WflromH br ,k. JlrfW!l2rV!! - . - MAU rinxs ox rns DEtrjunuisonor tiis soitu.west WHERE SCSSniXB AXD ABCXPAXT WATER I'RODUCB 31ARYEL0CS HELPS. Truch Gardener. Grower of Berries and Smal Fruits, and FrV Rtr. Ire iWte to f orm th. Nr.t Homecroiter.' V-I.g. In fT Outskirts of Thoen . Slt Kl.r V.Hey, Arl.on. nwn In tl.t historic Sonihwest,, association known . tht Fait River ' thi Portion of the American t-.mun.-ut Valley Wster ler Aasoolat on. That mat ponion 1 1 . . .. . A.ofu.i.ii.-vn enntracted with the natlon- Whose ancient t lTll.ua. mo a. ........ ? ...ii.iv of even old Ktf.pt, wonderful orH of transform.!. :-a h worn oi iruM ' i The made of Irrifc-.v.i.m l ncxln mnklnjt H.pul.u and wealUiy the wonderfully fertile mrniB ci n n, wonderiu iy lenue mmi vi ...i oiiioa anil den ncrieullur.l popnlntion. Tti most remurkab e incle lntnc of thi- derelopment Is een In the warm and aunny ralley the Pa It Kher, where bt means of ii.iini. ih elir of rhoenil nna arisen, and la aoon defined to become one of tht Inrce ciliea or tn poum wcat tbrouch the conxlrnrtion of the 'I'miin Ilr.kin Rewrvulr. A llomecrofterj" VlUnsr la now le- Inc formed near Phoenix: U ia trie oui- prowth of and coinninea u.ree nr.ai 1. That the national covernment hoiild Irricnte the deeerta nna orain .-mna in erenta oiiIKtrtlinitiee for men to Ret homes on the land who want onlv eulncient lana eacn to oc cupy and'uae and Intensively cultivate with hia own lahor. 2. That the men who want aucn homes should be aided to jret them by an organization which ahonld work solely for the benefit of the Home aecker and aid him in every possible way to set the beet quality of laifd In small tracts for the lowest ponaible price with perfect titles and water rlphta. 3. That the success of the Home seekers who secure those homes should be promoted throuph an organization which would plan to aid In building Tillaee communities where the highest possible advantage of education, co operation and social life and the most t. v.. fa I environment would UIMBVIIVV? ... - surround the homes and be a part of the home life of the residents oi me vu lape. To carry Into practical operation these three preat Ideas, three separate organizations were In turn planned and formed by Georpe IL Maxwell. The first Idea was carried out through The National Irripation Association, which conducted a great campaign for national irrigation resulting in the en actment of the National Irrigation Act in June, 1903. The second Idea was formulated and put into working operation through the organization of the Kural Settle ments Association. The. third idea has been embodied in sa organization recently formed called the Homecrofters' Gild of the Talisman, an account of which was clvpn In the last Issus of this paper. la each of these associations Mr. TOWN, AND IRRIGATION CANAL SCENES IN THE SALT RIVIIR VALLEY, ARIZONA i : J Maxwell was and is still the active, moving spirit, and those who avail themselves of the opportunities he is laboring to create for men of moder ate means to get homes on the land will secure the benefit of bis wide experience, extending over more than fifteen years during which time he has given the closest study to every element necessary to the success of the man who makes a home on irri gated land. t GREAT IRRIGATION DAM. v After the passage of the National Irrigation Act Mr. Maxwell spent several months In the Salt River al !ev aiding In the work of organizing the land owners of that Valley Into an iA) .V f, . -UJ . s - t , ; mall In.laalrlaa ! MARKET GARDEN HOME. "r .-,,.l.n HI liui rruini in tin- ... ...... under th National irrigation Act of - - - . - ,h the prat Tonto Keaervolr hU-h J , itoinir 1 hi 11 1 on halt IUver. Some Hi) miles almve I'linonix. ana - - - - ... reckin. tailed only by the murderous ,.n,.i... ami the el, I times outlaws. the Salt Klvcr and Its tributary, Tonto Creek, enterte from a frowning can yon. Here ii.txxi men are at work on the great Ton to '.Inm. This huge structure will rwe Us4 feet abort the Ah foundation, and 230 feet alwve the river level. Eight hundred feet wide at the top or curb. It will form a giant wedge connecting the towering can yon walls, and become, as the en gineer's report states, as immovable and everlasting as the adjoining rock. It will create a lake, backing the water up the Salt River 14 or 15 miles and 10 miles up the Tonto. When the reservoir is completed the water will flow In the river channel for 44 miles, and then be diverted by means of canals to the irrigable lands surround- wig rhoenlT. This lake will hold 15 times as much as the 8 million dol lar Croton reservoir, which has just been constructed to supply New York City with water, and it will hold more than the great Assouan dam across the Nile. Many of the day laborers on this work are Apache Indians, now peace ful remnants of Geronimo's wild band. A Power Canal has been taken out above the reservoir which will carry the water around the mountain side above the level of this artificial lake, to a point just below the dam, where it will be dropped over in a water fall 200 feet to the power house. Tn this way. and by other drops which will lie phieed lu the river and canal system, twenty thousand horse power m rt- .i.H.ixt for ue by the real d.ui at the UihU Imiaivd u alley belt from the reeervoir, ttunnung water tor lrriEiKo o i,urx..a. The tjork on U tu lirndous Bvrrniient suiKture t Nm ImMe. it Is l-. ll.-ved that in ht iuna two jeara fnm o-dy the ar irum Iht reaervoir w ill l Colf U't anal of the Hall Utver Valley, to much lesa time than that the oern ment will be furnishing elwtrle Hw.r for riinnina tl iimiioi I'lanla of the r.rm.n in i ( vsller and f urnlaMus electric power for all the jiunH"!- for which rowter ironi iuis our' ua used. 8 MALL OAHDEN FARM TRACTS More than year ago Mr. Maxwell conceived the Ides that the blghet and best use to which the land under Hit great government Irrigation system could be devoted waa that they should be sulxllvlded Into small tract for garden farming, Iwrry culture and the growing of small fruits, melon, and other products of Intensive cultivation. The raising of poultry In sll lt branches would of course be one of the most profitable adjuncts of theae Intensively cultivated garden riinna. In the past this character of land cul ture haa nt been practicable In the Salt Hlver Valley because of the met that at the season of the year when the water waa most needed, there I ic ing no reservoir, the river was at Ita lowest stage, and the supply of water the shortest. AH this win ne cnangeii bv the construction of the Tooto Dasin Ueservolr. Hellevlnc that the first practical demonstration of the profits to be de rived from garden farms of this class should le so organized at to embody ritOHTKItOlTS KCKNE". IN TKMl-K. ONR OT TUB Ol'TLlN TOWNS NEAR PHOENIX. Iv, i every possible advantage and safe guard, Mr. Maxwell employed two of the most expert agriculturists in the Salt River Valley, whose long resi dence there and familiarity with the country peculiarly qualified them to select land to the best advantage. These gentlemen, the Broomell Broth ers, spent several months looking over inni and flnnllv selected a tract ad joining the tracks of the Fboenlx & Eastern Railroad, one mne irom me street railway in the city of Phoenix, immoriinteiv linrier the Salt Canal, and having the oldest and best of all the old water rights in tne vaney. iu these oM water rights will be added ho finvernment Reservoir Right as soon as the reservoir system Is com pleted. Tha aoit In this tract is the finest alluvial loam, resulting from thousands of years of rich deposit from the Salt River, but above an danger oi over flow. For more than a year the Rural Uoitiomenfa a ssoHn l Ion has been at work preparing this lund for subdi vision and settlement, it nns oeeu mi leveled and checked and distributing ,i;tt,na on.l frnua dltrhes blllit. the avenues planted with pnlms and olive trees, and everything aone to piu xue tract In the best possible condition for homebullding and for cultivation in vegetables, and melons and all. kinds of truck gardening and small fruit and berry culture. . SURE CROPS UNDER IRRIGATION. For such products, the absolute cer tainty of a water supply always and at nn, limn whenever needed without any human possibility of shortage Is the corner stone ana me oiny sure foundation for success. Any uncer tainty in the water . supply means failure. DAnlW1nn lilc Onrl tirltlfriflf? t.O A solution of the problem his long ex runHsnm anil wide observation of the essential .elements of complete success in the making or sucn Domes as u, uu been planned should be made on this teaei- Mr. Maxwell went still beyond the assurance even of water from the river and the government reservoir, oni them ba been put down on the on which a pumping plant will be constructed. These wells have an Inexhaustible sup ply of underground water which will furnish more water tnan can oe u;u for the irrigation of the lands In ques tion. The pumping plant win oe or ganized as a co-operative water cora- nonv an thnt otieh home Owner In the tract will have Ms proportion of owner ship in It, ana tne rurumumg pumped water to adjoining land may be made a source of substantial profit to those who are so fortunate as to be co-owners In the plant. None will be oiinnrori tn heenme co-owners In It ex cept those who acquire one of the tracts into which this Rural Settle ments Association land will be sur divided. It Is therefore manifest that traM nf lnnrt which Is now being subdivided by the Association under the direction of Mr. Maxwell, witn Mr. T TTT Hnv.mi.il netlnCT AS Local SUPef" Intendent on the ground, offers the following advantages to the home- seeker: -I?l.t a aolaetlnn of the verT best tract of land so far as mislirv of the land is concerned, that could be found In the Suit r:h-er Valley rich and In exhaustible alluvial bottom land, pe culiarly adspled to th roltur of the enpa which field lh Mstieat otolil UU luiuaH cultivation. ntd lal nl jlam In U.a VUey, UU Mill U added III KJ frum the ntlml government, and aim further uppleiiieuiMl iy .' w " .......... r.. i. ., mur loiiutauy that will onu ami oprlt lh j.uinpim lUut- OKAI'KS ANI OltANllKS. 8o that by no human possibility ca the occupant of tme or tneae iinnn 'iKmThl. t" ta".. abumUntVer ..iim.Iv whenever needed Slid to Willi ever extent the water may Ih r.Niiln-. The Halt Itlver aney is in me n-. tral part of Ariwuia and the sunini. climate Is or course n.n i II 'Ml B "... .- J" -' U v i V ' "- ..,' " V' I I " , I . , ri r' ' . V - " - '. J 1 "rrregatmn Movement was organised. ege 'VnboV i cuituro-out of dH.rs. and to mature crops so rapiu.j that four or five or even niore of some er.Mm.yearinnybopr.Mm-Mironu, profit per acre from truck MeniM and berry culture and the raising of small fruits, combined with poultry vn tlia anniA nliiee. that wl yield a profit per acre wholly nnob i.i..l.u In a more rleorous climate. The miners and great mining camps of the Southwest furnish an unsur passed market for all the products of such garden farms as those proposed on this tract or lana. A THRIVING LITTLE CITY. The City of Thoenix, on the out .i.irt. nr which this bind Is located, li the capitol of Arizona and Is a city of twelve to fifteen thousand people, with excellent schools, churches and all commercial facilities. One finds In this southwestern city, and on the sur rounding farms, men from all sections of the country, New Kngland. the South, the Mississippi Valley and the Northwest. There Is a public school .. .. t At.. r . m M jfl 1 Cnf- Immediately aujoimng mu uu... tlements Tract above dcscrllied, and it 111 l. aim f.f. file Association tO cooperate to make tins a mouei scuuui v.-. ...nnv fnnlnrf Is thn most re w in i 'i . ij u ' - - 1 A I" I I. puui - V cent addition to the industries of the Valley. . . . , . , rrh ln.l nir described. Which 18 designated as the Rural Settlements Tract, has been subdivided iuto five acre plots, and these will be sold only n.i,n Qra alrendv skilled lu r.i.vri irnr liprrr and Hiii all inilt culture and poultry raising, because It . . ... .I.U Inlllnl X7 is piannca to mane nun mi""1 - Jamvnulratlnn of the DOSSlbllitiCS Of the Salt River Valley for this class of ...... on1 lr la rlnalred that the demonstration should be made by those who know how. Sales will not be made to parties who do not wisn to aciuanj' lnn.1 nP Hrt not ItllOW llOW II V w vu W " --, - to cultivate it The Association pro poses to co-operate wiiu i"v i" .i. tn inuiira ilie success of the lUUBTlD -v w latter, and for thnt reason Is offering the land to the Kinu or usiuuii m. slred at a price ho low that it Is a chance rarely found by anyone who understands intensive cuiuvauim small tract of lauu auu wuuv mu.-u i.. inniiiitinir the water rights in the canal system and the pumping plant, the laud win ne boiu m ucre tracts lor ouiy jlou u m-m cash. ... Anyone who may desire ruriuer par ticulars as to this land or any infor mation as to the Homecraft Movement is cordially Invited to address MeoiK..- H. Maxwell, 1405 Fisher Building, cni- cago. . I Mr. Maxwell is tne executive vuu- ....... ri'l. Vniliiiifi I Irrigation Asso- elation and the Executive Chalrmanand ation and the Executive Chairmanand i ',... u..l r,P I he Ilural Pet-1 the Homecrofters Gild of the laiis- It; iiuuitivi -- - ia Hnvitintr himHRif to carry j I i u u a J" ; - - hTrtnti-ii thfR three assoei- atlons the three great Ideas which are set forth at tne uegmuiug ot mw m n- cle. His success in the National Irrlga- SLUICE GATE OF THE tion Movement is demonstrated by the following extracts from letters and Si sent to him after the passage of the National Irrigation Act. OF GENERAL INTEREST. The Plan 'r t,,p b,ll,'1i,is"f th Homecrofters' Village near Phoenix is one that should Interest the busl- tr nivn epe.lly of ' n and iut Wt comiiry. U H1 t a Urar.'.rtU'U and workinu tiid.d for lt uUiiUiu tf laud u held lu Ur trs. l m ar viy to" u IUi lutu uill t.ardeu Umiie nbere tt t-n.-ia-nty vf no will tnieiitivvgr riuv small laixlrii farm will couirlliute to the tuluiue tf Uad and pr..ritj uf Uit tuexvUauU U the tuwn and m ONE WtLK OUT OK PHOENIX. ll I large lis fwini tircie aim mw . -n clmriil of Ita social life. me quarter . . ..... a ... I. V. V.-n V land th".. rT ii... ... . ..I.I il.lrtv.lun fniulllea to the com Till munity and corresMindlUBly Increase the trade of the town. ti.i. ninvKiimiii for the building of Ifomoerofl or small giinlen homes In : towns or vll That blea was that the greater , ""'i; the general pr.Krlty and the greater the genera, n pr Village near Phoe- i. -in io. I tn Ha diinlicatlon In the wiphlmrhoo.! of many other cities and W thron!.,ut the country, ,0AiSrTcr communications as to the lands or matters above referred to, should be a.Mressed to r.Fnnr.E . MAXWELL, - Exeutlv Chlrmn nd Cnrl Cou ne. K II m I 9 I Ifniffin Il.ll.r Bulldliif. Chicago, IIU Extracts From Telegram and Letter TO GEORGE H. MAXWELL, Exacntlva Chairman Th National IrriBatlOB Aaaorlaiirm, follnwintf Ilia taiaga ol th National Irritf alios AcU - ri.rnnia avlanit haarty ennitratulalloiia and pl.xlifp eonllniiert lop- K .;;"n.W .cU',,H.ht. A. th". l--r r n HOI ITHB Chlrman Rnutharn California k"". Tht National Irrigation Association. HOW ONIONS OHOW IN THE WARM SOUTHWEST. GOVEKNMENT POWER AND IRRIGATION CANAL OH THE SALT RIVER. rhfl stpr.)n(r rhnmher of Commerea t,i. ,.r,rni,,Ini IntiM nnd liPtst. wlshftfl J ke t0 tll'e west." Tt. R. GIIEER. President. C. B. GODDARD. Sterling Chamber of Com- Secretary nierce. GOVERNMENT CANAL. "ComtrstnlBtlons. I sln-r!y believe, without Georua H. Maxwell, we would have had no irrigation leelslntlon. W. M. WOOLDRIDGC Prenldant Montana Agricultural Associ ation. "Wo eoneratulate yon on the passage or tb. National Irrigation Bill. Mflj your ueeeas eontlnue." FRANK WIGGIN. HecretHry L" AmftUn Cbaiuner uf Coai I". ' . f ha gri-aleat suci-aaaful flght (ralulla ton .ifion ynnr aplandld atirraaa. aar made on tiehalf of tb. penpr. von da- f,Mf( on Mr firhnrmal.r thin ""rnlng. aarr. tb. hlgheat honor, that rn b con- . h , T.rT. r.rr much plad. and p. forred upon yon. but your work 1 not prai-ll that It i your work that b eomnletad until lh prOTlnlon of tha Irrl- don th, biialna." wtuVi bill r tdmlnl.terH nd f-i IT t- BENJAMIM F. BEARDKLY. , . .. - . .uAmnlluhMl . . inf. . " . I anardrd." I a ,.r. at I'aul Chamber of Com t '''' V " . - ' : ' s-f (If' ?, rf ''Y ' ' int font !' !'. i.l"l. '" It 4 im iitMi ' "a tvubW Mil d''t IjltUlwl. ii.iiiiif, r iu.M ciaUt i, Bi'u awaiil 1 ' '" riliacna i. IWtni Vl)ol Ul ait"rM " "' ' lu..i. u4 thabka tut J"ul riluin ia IK ba( lu iil.u..a iull Jua. la.-a." IULUNU4 CUMU KHCIAL CLUB. it'. .u i... ik.i it m . mmiita la faiir I'lilty, la. I, Imiuxr) ut i'i "1 l u. i at .. I !. l b ar dl." A. A. 11UKMIAM, Unrl ta-rlry Ntlluoal tlusiB la-afti, tl. Thar xiiM t h "m rarefalllns it tha fact Ibal U iin" 'r mMit ! S.wi "I t"r aa.lah.a. .,,.1 irtli ularir Ihrnnah ir aniirin- ,fl..rl. In iM-hal ef lha lalllls, lhl lha (n-al iilliiiral la lh eaal la rair m na l..iil liflnlallon niw In nur rallrf It laa ll.niae .if nrireaeiilltt." JOHN r HIIAritOTll. Mintr nf C'unrr frum I'uinradu. "I'lraaa eeept mf haarlleat eoafran.1 II..... I..r lha rt,.ral.li 'll.it. I'lHl Ut.' I. the lli.na na rmir MU. II ! II f h'l w.a ina nni, . rl ami la In har pmiwr ltaiilinn from " . . Kl.VSKT, Pn-alrianl Ntliml A-lloB of WSfnt Malirr. I tlan4 la ymi m fcnrllt enafrala lath.na n.t aini-ar lhank fnr lha nnhl raaullt at rntir rffnrla In l-half ef lha sa Ikmal Irrlrallna nrnleol To my f r llilnkln lha M reanll r llua rnnf In 7iir nnilrlns work than to elhar ena CArtL F. ADAM, Vlra praaMaal and Manaar, Alralrai a ehall P.lns Co., L Aorl, tal Ifiirnl. "t want la enarralntal yan an lh Bia.-enl arhlarenn-nl " " l CoBBraa. t far tha nation at lra will nnl flta ymt all lha rrailll that la diia ynn. hut yanr frlcn.la all knn that Ihl Irrlgallnn hill would natar hara haan paaaad hill for ynnr unil.lnir alTnrl nd hard work. Tnt "I" rarUlnly alwura ha ramamharaa hT lha traiaful panpl wt nf lb Mlaoiirl """ " JOHN BTCKU Ganrl ant Th Narlhwtara MiUnal l.lfa InauriDC Cowpaty, Owb. Nalinakt. Tn yan.' mar Ihas tn ny mhr ana man. I dn lanrer har nf rradll. Braf. for tha rnnrapllon; amnd, fnr lh rrrl llaatlnn, nd. third, for lb Jaaaaa nf lh N.llonal lrrlallon PHI. Yon hara m brirty aad tlm-rrt eiioKrtultlin. H. W. TAN8ILL. Chitrman Eiaetillv Cnmmltlaa r- lrrlallB Compaay, Crltd, Nt Meitro. "It It tmly a trat planr tn b Mai to eonirraliilal you on lha reanlt nf jout Ions campaign and lh flrat-rla work yn bar don. Tb wbol wt rajolca wit II 70U" WM. H. CHADWICrT rri!ilant Hortleultnrkl Society of CbP cjo. "T wl bnth anrnrlaad anil tratlllad f raad in th Aaaoc-lalad Pre dlapaleha that tb Irrigation Bill bid paaaad tha Hon. Tha monumaot lo jour work I ...In. h, laana ana nounna. ann s mo- "F hsr. kept elos. trer nf tha Hnuaa snd Honal.'a setlon on the Irrigation h"l and tha f'realdent signing th. sama, and 1 COnirriirilllll.W JU'I im.ni. iirn.uij ........ ..." splendid niieeflss of th. work yon hsv. put in on iu. -it ia ;oiwim.j i n.a.i.j- lDe" HITAnLKS A. MOORR, President. American .Protective t Tariff League. "Tn yon, more than anyone !, Is dn the honor and the glory of this achieve ment. It will, I am sure, send your name down to future generations aa really th author of a most heneflcent measure. I cannot express to you my delight on re- I.... 1.a nnn.. that thn hill had ffOnA through the Bouse wltb so large a major. ' PARIS GTBRON. United States Senator for Montana. ' Acrepi nearly njiiRin..i.o...in l t . vletorv won In tne passage or inn imita tion Bill by th. Hons, of Representative inio a inw. iw jw... n ship and Indomitnhle energy and censa- . . . mA n..M ma.nlflMnt crarmral. leHS, perSlHieni. lUllor IB uuc luw victory, which means a new empire an -.r . h. TTni.nH Kint.a of far vreater value than our Island posseaalons. Future gpnerniiiniB iiui u in t-u" i'i'.. ....... efforts have made possible will rise up to mesa ana aoaur juur unuir mm ... r.. T T 1 1.' . n. Secretary Highland Orange Growers' As sociation. vletlnn that the National Irrigation Act would not have been passed and that the national government would not have in augurated the national Irrigation policy If It bad not been for your personal work of .. A th. ..oat eamnalffn nf nrfCHUir.nt it", mm .... .- -- .duration which yon personally originated ana nave ao aucr-eaniiin.T t-muru In saving this I fully recognise and accord to others who have eo-opersted with yon the credit which Is due to them for the great result which bve been attained." k E. P. RIPLRY. President The Atrhlson, Topck & Santa Fe Railway System. JtJ w . . w mere.