Show OUR HOM TOWN A department dc to village betterment RICHARD i BYRD th the editor of tills department desires desire to keep in touch with the active members of civic and local improvement Association st slid and every one bembera in the improvement protection and ami up building of rural deverr v vellabe tife what Is heins done in your town to enczur n industries and for home employment whitt what it io delill alone the le tine inc of street improvement and the beautifying of private roadways and public are arc local inerd the support of the local trado trade experience bild will be welcomed loy by the editor of th athla 9 department and so 0 o far tin nn poss possible ble given place is lu ao e columns coln imir opportunity FOR A MARKET GARDEN HOME ON TUB THE ALLI ALLUVIAL SO SOU rh OF THE SOUTHWEST SOUTH WEST WHERE ayi AND WATER tia PRODUCE expert truck gardeners growers of berries and small fruits ond and poultry raische are invited to form the first in the outskirts of Phoc phoenix nIx salt river valley arizona down in th HIP historic southwest that portion of top the american whose ancient flute dates possibly that ot of oven even old egypt a wonderful work of oc transform transformation atlon Is going on the maple magic of irrigation Is 14 again snaking populous and wealthy tle the wonderfully fertile 1 lauds ills of arl ail zona which in ages gone hy by supported great cities and a ell se agricultural population tho the most remarkable single instance stanco In of oe tills Is 14 teen ceen in the warm warin bild and sunny fallry of the salt river where liy by manlig mp iiii of Irrl gatlon ills alio city of liis has ahlsen and Is soon boon to becom one of tile alio larso large cities or of the west through tho the construction of the iho enormous tonto dubin M A Home crofters village la 13 now boin boing ing for formed benr it li Is tile outgrowth or of ana combines tiree gnit ideas 1 that tile the lonal il government should Ir irrigate tile the deserts and drain the to lo cre create ate opportunities for men to get homes hoines on oil the alio land who want only sufficient faiia ea endi 11 to oc cupy and use and intensively cultivate with ills own bahor 2 that the men who want homes should bo be to in get by 1 v an organization which sh 0 world worl solely for tho the of file 11 seeker and aid him in every way to ret get iho bast quality of lanil land in ili small in tracts acts for the lowest possible lilo price with perfect titles and water rights 3 that the success of tile homo seekers beckers who secure those hollies be promoted through in ili organization which would plan to aid in ill bul bullying laing village communities where the lio highest possible advantages ot of education cooperation and social life and the roost most attractive rural environment surround tho the homes anti bo be a part of tile home life of tho the residents of tile tho vil laic to carry into practical operation these throe three great ideas three sepa separate organizations were in turn planned and formed by george II 11 maxwell the first idea was carried out throng h the national irrigation association which conducted a great campaign for national irrigation resulting in tho the enactment of the national irrig irrigation act in june 1003 the second idea was formulated anti and put into working operation through the organization of tho the settlements ments association the third idea has haa been embodied in an organization recently formed called tile tho olid of tin talisman tin an account of which was given in the last issue of this paper lu ILI each cach of these associations mr knon ni as tile salt river kniley v wilter U alor users association that association contracted with tit alif national for tile cont contraction ruction under tit tin irrigation act of the lio great tonto reservoir shiell Is id now N ing built on oil salt alt iziver jonm 70 0 ile 1110 IH MIX ami alad what lait wilm n once nil all linot ii laches kivlon IT only liy by tin the itald tile old outlaws tile salt iziver and its tonto contu ciack Vill erge from a frowning fro canon 1011 here 2000 nien are at it work ork on oil the HIP great troit alonto liin jlius ani 1 will mill rise ilse asi M foot feet above the 1 MV prosperous EnOUS SCENES IN TN MPH OF TH OUTLYING TOWNS NB MIL ENIX i 7 ti A A im D E 1333 R T TOWS AND irrigation CANAL SCENES IN THE SAIA VALLEY A it liz SA T it rl I 1 wil ans q and d Is still MO flefil fl moving spirit tho th iiii o w n i I 1 themselves of ill alic ll s lie laboring to create tir im gilwit ain 11 nf f intili i ate menus to get bollas on oil tile lip inal will secure the of lii III kiil lir experience more than fifteen years during which elul it lias has given tile closest study to every element necessary to the of the roan man who makes a home ou on irrigated land GREAT irrigation DAM mier the pass passage nize of the national irrigation act mr maxwell spent several months in the salt hirer valley aiding in the work of organizing the land owners of that gallfy into nil an A 10 40 foundation and 21 0 foot feet above the river level light I ight hundred feet wide nt at tile top toi or curb it will forin a giant wedge tile lowering canyon walls mid land becO become 1110 ns as tho the en gi ginders report st rites ns hinl everlasting as tile hie adjoining rod rock it will create a lake backing the water up tile hip salt iziver 11 14 1 1 or in 15 nilles illia and 10 up ill tile tonto when tin I 1 v Is ed the HIP water will low flow in ili tit ohp river ali innel for lt it mid and then lie diverted by illeana tc oc camels to the IrrIg ablo lau lauds if s 6 surround urro una im in in inac lt will 11 ibold 0 11 I 1 5 tl i lull ii a is the S mil 1 li id in botni lot ni I 1 ri orvo orvold rr voir lr which lm ii is lii t in i 11 ii trin ted to diirr now rw york irh il i nith ith it ill lill hold inan ali in tin ill great liin dam neros tho li nile nih ninny of ill the illy on tills work nrc aper lic ce till ful of liia M band A power vanni tins been finken out mit above the alip reservoir whuell will carry fit lio water arouni the lie alle ove tile lip level of tills this ink to a point juat below tile HIP ianni chero it will lip IW drop over in n water antor anil an feet to the poor lioi lp tn in till A way and lv III oilier drop will lie in tilt lie river alla system ey stero t horse power will be developed for use by tho the resi real dents of the lands landa irrigated in the valley below from the reservoir for pumping water for irrigation and other purposes the work on this stupendous government structure la Is being pushed forward with all practicable haste it Is believed that la in less than two years from to today day the water from tile the reservoir will be the canal of tile the salt kalt iziver valley in much loss less time thau than that the govern will w be electric power for running the pumping plants of the farmers in the valley and furnishing electric power for all the purposes purpose for which power from this source can be used SMALL GARDEN FARM TRACTS more than a year ngo ago mr 31 maxwell axwell conceived the idea that tile the highest anti and best use to which the lands under tills this great government irrigation system could be demoted was lint flint they should he be st 1 I deded I 1 into small tracts for garden fanning berry culture alii tile the growing of small fruits Inc melons lons and other products of intensive cultivation the raising of poultry in all its branches would of course ile be one of tile the niost adjuncts naJil nets of these intensively cultivated garden garde H farni farms q in it eilf past pa t this ill is character of land culture ila tins not been practicable in tile tho salt kalt river V valley alley because of tile tho fact that it at tile the season of tile the year when the water was most needed there being no reservoir the lie river was nt at its lowest stage and tile lie supply of water the lie shortest all tills this will be changed cli angel by h V the construction of the tonto basin reservoir that the first practical demonstration of the profits profit s to be d de 0 from garden farms farma of this class should lo be 10 so organized as to embody every advantage and safeguard mr maxwell axwell I employed two of the ho most export expert agriculturists in the alt river valley whoso choso long ions residence there and familiarity with tile country peculiarly qualified them to select land to the lost best adian go ge these gentlemen the Bro broomell oniell ors ers spent several months looking over land and aln finally n ily selected a tract nd all joining the tracks of the phoenix eastern railroad one mile front froin tile tho mareet street railway in tile the city of phoenix Inin immediately ledi abely under the salt canal and having the hie oldest find and best of all the old water rights in the valley to these old writer water rights will be added it lie reservoir tight right I 1 us Is oon its as the reservoir system la Is completed tile the soil in this tract Is the finest alluvial alluvia loam resulting from thousands of years of rich deposit from tile the salt river lint but dhove alcove all danger of overflow por more than a benr the huml settlements ments association lias has been at work preparing tills land for subal islon allston and settlement it has been nil all ai meled anti and checked and distributing ditches and cross ditches built tile the avenues planted with palms and olive trees and ever everything athing lone done to put the ir tract act in tile lie best possible COnIl condition tion for homebuilding and for cultivation in ill veve vegetables tables and melons and nil kinds of truck gardening and small fruit ind and herry berry culture junr CROPS UNDER irrigation for such products abc ph solute certainty dainty ty of 11 water supply always alv ays nua at any time whenever needed wit without hout a any fly human possibility of shortage lq the ilie corner stone and the only sure foundation for success any uncertainty in the water supply means failure I 1 realizing till tills and bringing to a solution so or of tile lie problem ills his long ex perk per lence nee and wll wide observation of tl unessential elements of complete success in ill tile In milking lIkIng of such midi homes ns ins it has beon lief n cl should bo be anade on till tills tract nir mr matell went still till ns ev run ill of water froidl III alln i river nor mil aud tile t nikl and has liam put in 1 aliv in property pioppi a group or of alls on li i plant will lc ic iiii lin 1111 i il il rin i 4 hav e nil 1111 list 1114 in efly 11 of water filter amli nii 11 I 1 moro inore at r call li IW it ii for foi tilt alio of lilt in ili 11 n thin the want ivill 1 i ni loil ns 18 it vo pin Y SO s hint i nil amile jonir it tribet avill tint ills hk proportion or of 0 n sili in it and alio ill pumped pui nil water to liina hr 1 1 1 le a source retiree of il in I 1 alle to 0 1 1 i 0 who mho tire lire so fortunate as i 1 c o owners in the plant none vh 1110 Nl to become CO in ill it pt pit lioci who lio one ait r i tracts into rl illi ibis blural si S n niente association lind will 1 in 1 M i divided it Is 14 therefore li 1 tit alic arnet of land which alch Is now ill 1 1 hv br the mil r tit alip direction of at mr roxwell with nir mr J W n local superintendent In rn fin th ground offers tit alio advantages to alio t lie gioino botick sc scolder first ft n of the ve very twit tot tract of lanil sn flo far nf quality of tile tho land Is concer concerned flint could 1 lie I founie in tile salt river valloy and in ill exhaustible alluvial land iland po pe cull ariy arly adapted to the culture of the crops which yield the highest acreage with intensive cultivation second a water right lu in uie the oldest and best beat canal system lu in the valley winch will be added to by a water rig tit lu in tile tonto basin reservoir faolu tilt the national government aud still further f supple dented by a right lu in the eo co 0 operative pera tive water company that will mill OHU aud and operate the pum liast PA W I 1 I 1 q GRAP E S A ND ORANGES ONE OUT or PHOENIX so ho that by no human possibility can call the occupant of one of till those se garden farms fall to have hae an abundant water supply whenever needed and to whatever hat extent the water may lie he required the silt salt river valley Is ig in ill tile the central part of arizona and bild the stil summer timer climate Is of course hot but with ith such land ns as tint that embraced in tile alio tract rp re forred to with the ample and supply of t water for its cultivation the sui summer niner heat beat and long growing seton season set on make it possible to practically in hot house culture out of doors and to mature crops so fro rapidly tint that four or five or even eon more of some crops a year oar may be produced produce tl from tit alio sime same lind land tills this makes li possible a profit per acre from truck pardoning gardening and berry culture and the raising of fruits combined with will poultry y raising on tile the simo same place pince that will v 3 flold beld a profit per acre wholly junob ble in ill a more rigorous rl porous elli climate nate the minors miners and great mining camps or of tile he southwest fernl h nn an ansur market for all the products of such stich garden farms as those proposed ou on this tract of land A THRIVING TUn iVING LITTLE CITY the city of phoenix on tilt the outskirts of which this land Is located Is the capitol of arizona and Is a city ell y of twelve to fifteen thousand people with exec excellent hent schools i churches and nil all commercial facilities one finds in tills southwestern city and on the surrounding farms men from al all I 1 sections of the country new england Ens land the bouth tile mississippi valley and tho the northwest orth west there Is a public school immediately adJo adjoining luing the blural settlements tle flo ments tract above described find and it will le be the nim aim of tile tho association As to cooperate to make tilt this a 1110 model lel school A beet sugar factory Is 11 tile the most re cent addition to the industries of the valley the land here described which Is designated ns as the rural settlements tract has been subdivided luto into qc five acre plots and these will bo be sold only to those who are already skilled in ill truck gardening berry and dinall fruit culture lind and poultry raisins raising because it is 19 planned to make tills initial colony a demonstration of tile possibilities of the salt river valley for tills this class of agriculture and it Is desired that tile the demonstration should be made by those w who ho know how sales w will not be enado to parties who do not wish to actually live on the land or do not h know hilow ilow how to cultivate it tile the association proposes to operate cooperate co with tile the pur pin chasers to insure the success of the latter and for that reason Is tho the land to tile kind of customers custo mois de sired at a price so low that it Is a chance rarely found by anyone who understands intensive cultivation cult hatlon of a small tract of land and wants such a home including the water in the canal system and tile the pumping plant the land will be sold lu it live aero ere tracts for only an acre in ill cash lall anyone who amny mn desire further par p ir denials ars us to tills this 1 land or n in n matlon illation ifs ns is to tile it Is 14 cordially invited to address gor G ciui or i 11 II maxwell 1405 fisher building lit cago I 1 air fr maxwell Is the execute 0 chairman of the national litigation irrigation asso ks soman elation and the i III Get general teral counsel of the settlements settle tle ments association and tile hie dean dealt of abl Home crofters gila of thu the and Is devoting himself s to cal cam ry ing ili out through these three assoil tile the three great ideas 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