Show WATER ON LA AND AN STOCKS iI i I iThe The Broker Wa Was Not Credulous for or He Knew How Kow It Worked Worked New ew York Tork Tribune And so 50 you ou have got got rich in that tat for forsaken saen country said a Wall Wal street broker the other oter day da to his h western wester cousin as the two sat down for tor luncheon In a down downtown downtown downtown town cafe Well Wel not rich as you ou fellows may ma look Jook at It was wa the tha answer awe made me about 00 00 n ten years year and the way VRY things are coming along at present I 1 will wi double that tat figure figurs Inside Inide of pt five years yer more Not bad not at all al bad said si the tho broker as he lighted a 0 clear cigar ch ar hats better than I 1 am ant doing I had a million last year er but got gt squeezed in that blame blama International Power Po er and some ome other oth r things so 50 I 1 am in debt now But you OU Interest me with your western wester tales tal Dont Dout mind telling me how bow you made your money m do you Why certainly ert not not All Sil Al I did was to togo tog togo go g out to Arizona Arzona ten years ear ago and buy buya a piece or of the desert deser I paid about abut n 1 an nu acre ace for it I and melancholy looking dirt it was Wf too I took title tte to 1 acres acre Tie Tle TI c land Jand was wat In the valley valey of Salt river With fh my cay m neighbors I built buit a dam da and some ditches and flooded my land The Te change that took tok place sounds sound like a story stor from The Arabian Night Nights Before Beor the water came tame it I was Just a stretch of saad white burning lifeless sand After Ater irrigation the alfalfa that I sowed sowe sprang up so that you ou could fairly farly see it grow I got goi gow three thre crops in a 0 year ye I planted cotton cottonwood coton cottonwood wood tress trees tr g and now the te place plane Is as green and verdant as one of oC your New England valleys Tales I can cn sell fell Fel the tho land now for tor tora an a acre ar and I 1 have increased my holdings until I now own 0 acres Not bad eb eh But perhaps phap you dont believe blee bad me rue for some of you OU easterners look took when I talk Irrigation Oh I believe bleve you U all al right said d the broker as he be gave a heavy puff at his cigar As A a a stock broker I 1 know koW what whai wh t wonders water have hae been ben accomplished by |