THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN SALT RIVER VALLEY EDITiOX. Thousands Of Fertile Valley Acres In Cotton's Snow White Bloom FACE EIGHT Cotton Yields Abundantly Under Sonny Skies Of Tlie Sootlbwest A man who has his eye only on I . present or the immediate past ; Mm gauges the future correctly. Tl..- -;i?un that we have just -eissel through has been a diseour . ;i i- one for the cotton growers as ..$.11 the pcnins of the European war tr.- pi ice of Inns staple cotton fell i i proximately 23 ier cent: the Ari- :i.t ) cypuan from a local value of .t cer.ts per tHUind to one of 3". o-nts. The loss of the top 23 r c nt of val;;e usually means the f profit to the producer and h has unfortunately been the lot f the majority of the cotton growers the world over this year. The man with cotton, moreover, has as a rule 1 t-n tetier off than the man with 1 ay. for he has had a. market for l.i crop and while he has not made t jtvh h profit if he has srowri his crop j J hired help, yet if he has done his , work himself and with his family, he j ! ad a larger cash return from his i ' ihI than he could have derived from I :- great majority of the crops grown, j ;.-oi land properly farmed yields 'rwn a Ivile to a bale and a buy it because they can get it for a: As to the market: much lower price than tiiey would out great promise. : have to pay for land in, or that has j i had alfalfa. They are. sold more j decreased ! than they should attempt to farm was last i with the capital at their dispo." As to the market: It again hold: The acreage planted in Kgypt this year has beer. to ahf.ut -'. of what it year, and the supposed stock that was on hand last ftirplu and the consequence is that ; not the power to watt for i get properly started, as it takes I years for it to get in n prof itable .ng condition, with V result , they they have I August has disappeared and a short alfalfa to : ge is already being feared. Tile two price has advanced since January vie-j from 17c per pound eastern mill' that points' to 21e or better and stiM are forced to inkeshifts and I ye ems to be raising. 'In 1910 cotton meet the fate of those "juo rely upon of the quality of ours sold for Hoc ! them; if not failure fif mere exist- a pound, or $1SO.OO per bale, and enee. New men, who lished themselves iar line are, of course, no ex 'dominate ?n any new undertaking; anil cotton tannine has been oeption to the rule. The season just passed ha." It is Ilossible that nine see the 1 . - . . have not estab I J" "-e 413 i.itui. in any particu- ! While the industry- ones pre the ! tack ! low- has had a set this year on account of the price s of last fall, I think that we may look forward to the future j with great confidence as the fun- i.pf.n i ciamemai conditions are sound. the third ol the valley, duct ion was bales in 191.'! results I i,ir r that from the The 20i) and I cotton industry in l lie valley Tias two co-operative approximate pro- associations and one commercial bales in 1912, 2200 i company in the Egyptian cot last year 6200. Th i ton business. The- latter corn- think have demonstrated i pany the Arizona Egyptian Cotton desert land one half to ' company w ith headquarters in Phew .nt cotton. The normal price is ap--rovimately $100 per bale here. This :r it has been $75. To produce ! W.ie. the cost per labor to the j has h:ul alfalfa, ,.kit.g stage is about $13 per acre bale to a bale r per tale if a bale is grown to I reasonably looked ! e acre and for picking approxi- ! cut the use or -n..t.!y $33 per bale. The man with rood land and who has farmed well as even this year gotten $23 per acre !-.ve his expenses, and in normal IT-S can figure on $30: surely not Kid return on $100 or $200 land. Unfortunately the average cotton firmer has not achieved the results ?in in the foregoing paragraph. In the great majority of cases he has n--t done so because his land has ret been gotten in a proper state .f fertility. Probably the greatest i use of failure and discouragement in this valley is that most men who at to farm here do not know that th.- Innd will not give good results .ni:l it has hid alfalfa or some other '::r.'triiiu9 giver plant growing on t f..r three or four years. The great Is f men who come here to f .rrrt are sold desert land. They tnree quarters of a hale ean be ex pected, and from fertile land, and al most all land in the valley that is fertile from a nd a half can be for, and this with- the cost of arti ficial fertilizer. Our Egyptian cotton is very si milar to the Sea Island cotton of Georgia and Florida in both quality and value. The promise of the in dustry here can best be appreciated by considering the conditions there. While we can raise from a bal" to a bale and a half to the acre when th.e cotton is grown on old nlfalfa land and can get this yield 8 ! , J - . . r , , t ar i v-Cj -"'V - -" " : r i .'vk .7., . v-. - realizes the difficulties which have been surmounted in this evolution. Today an eifieient sugar organisa tion requites the s r ies of specially tiained men in every department, agricultural expetts, chemists, me chanical engineer; sugar bf'ilers, cost accmmlants, an ing organization, etc., tiiis high specializing possible to reduce the to a point where it r efficient sell . etc. Through it ' has her n lrice of sugar epri ; nts prob ably th.e cheapest food product per unit of nutrition available to tie; general public today. l'p to within comparatively recent years, sugar cane was considered a strieliy tropical product, one that could not be produced eonunereially successf.illy very far north of the Tropic ef i-aiiccr. Impro'ed rnetlmds of culture and manufaciure have modif :e extt.Ill '.nr S (od a v t : ! this condition to sia H an that an increasing .portion of at;H'f!i .S'.'tes is considered A'ithin U'e zone iff successful i nix has handled over one half of jthe business and the balance has been about equally divided between the two associations. The cotton company, and I believe the associations as well, make ad vances on growing crops and gen erally aid in every Kvay they can in building up the industry. Cotton has not only the advantage ! of yielding much more abundantly i in this vallery than it ? does under j ordinary conditions. any crjips do j j that here but it has the added and j very great advantage of having veiy l : little weight in proportion to its ' value, which allows of its being ship- j i ped to the markets of the world I THE (iLEXDALK SI SI, 500.000 factory, the only ore in the United cans, ss ss we)! as LA'TORY States equipped to mske from sugar beets. sugar from sugar ;i.Mit is Arizona h :han ,o;;i. though it tiule north this northeTn onv of latitude. 1 iowi it entirely mure favoial'ly situated !;M:a or e ei n Klm-iiia. al ls si-veral decrees, of lati of the latter stales. Some yptian Cotton Has Been Valoable Prodoet From Its Introduction! an- ! without an exce ssive charge for (BY W. S. DORMAN) The Egyptian Cotton now being grown in the Salt Kiver Valley has been a valuable product from the first. Just what it is worth nobody could tell until spinning tests had bee-n made; true it was from Egyp tian seed the fibre of which is well without using a fertilizer, they noi expect uiore man one nan oaie 1 1 unspoi lauoii. i ms laner au am - j,.n)Wn jn au eotton markets of the even with the help of heavy f.-rti- j age is a very great one as our j v,frUU hut thp Kgvptian cotton ac lizer. our advantage of course is le ng freight hauls cut heavily into j ,llmal(,(, .,,, ,M.i f eted bv botanical a very great one. and as they can , the returns of many crops. ! experts of our Department of Agri- iie on iiieu- returns, we siiouiu j --s our uasic cejmmions are 'i culture and grown in rizona prosper abundantly upon the ones: sound v.-e ean unhesitatingly advise : n)tnrr mitter u e ciin aieaui. ic is meiciy a ques- cotton men 10 come to i ne csan. xtiei . Cotton lion ot using the intelligence tnat : alley ana grow Arizona Egyptiar all who depend upon nature for 'cotton. " JJJfl their existence most exercise. HERBERT B.'aTHA. wa s - : I ' .:.-Jl" .. e.. - CAXAL KOADS ATtY, FIXi: Besides the thousards of miles of well-shaded section-line highways in the valley, there are hundreds of miles of smooth roadways along the great trunk canals. These "elevated roads' are the favorite routes of Automobile travel for the tourist and Homesecker. Meiglbborlbood Ckalb Is Pride ' Off The Cifeenas Off The'S'buthside spinners are always inter- ! I ested in ne-w growths of cotton thati have promise and a prospect eif con- j tinuity, but spinning tests in the j mills usually take several months, are expensive, and are not made i I except when spinners are assured! that if results are satisfactory, the. i cotton will be offered in some cnian j tity for what it is acually worth. j j Xo farmer in our valley would pay ' a fancy price for a large quantity: (if a new variety e,f seed wheat which j : had never been tested here. It takes j I pe rsonal contact and special induce- j i ments to introduce any new and tin-I i tried article; and except in the Am- j ! erican thread Co., mills, where it had previously been used, Arizona I cotton was untried. So it was when j I Geo. If MeFadden &- Kros., through j their Providence, agency were inter- j in Arizona Egyptian cotton in l'jll, that a dozen mills in' England were inefuced to take cotton low in price, all of our cotton f which was classed so as to be eom i parable with Egyptian classification sold equal to ur at a premium ac- eiirding to Liverpool quotations.. In .short, Arizona iy-vyptian eotton has ! found its place in tile n:arke-ts of the ' world through the efforts of to-opi- ! erative organizations assisted by. the I I "epartnient ' of Agriculture, and th i j business men of the valley. I It only remains for valley growers ! te k(ep a pure' seed supply through j the Co-' .p rat ion of the Depnrtme'iit ! of Agriculture: grow the cotton, and j the markets if the world are ready I to ace-eat all that can be grown in ! the valley at current market prices. Develop Cane As Well As Beet Sugar Growing portions of California are very fa vorable to sugar cane, although hun dreds of miles nerth of Florida. The Salt River Valley has attrac tive sugar c-ane possibilities. Na tural elements e'eunbine to assure the production of a heavy tonnage per acre. ' The problem lies not in the amount of cane which ran be pro duced per acre, but rather in the amount of recoverable sugar that can he produei-d per acre. This depends elire-cfly upon the tonnage ,f cane to the acre, the purity of the canes and the sucrose content. From the results thus far attained there is very promise of a recovery of sugar i--h will provide a good farmer and a reason the manufacturer. arried -en by and Western in amount w; profit to till able gain to Th'-- work now In ing. i I he C. - AVorthinglon The plant and equipment of The Western Sugar and I,and Company e largest investment of l single manufacturing the state. The company undertaken the deveb;, cane industry as well Vecre-I;) r of Interior T.ane visiter! ' Salt. Rive-- Project, inspected Roos- veil dam t:d works and approved in j elusion of '',. aen acres of lurid in area. to le served by system. The Salt River projei t the most complete irrigation sysceni yet established. represents th e-apitai in ; enterprise in has recently mint of the as the beet and it is the only sugar plant in the weirld producing both beet and cane sugar. The proeluetion eif comme-rcial su gar in its varir,us forms comprises perhaps the' very highest scientific development up- to the present time, combining- the arts of agriculture and the e -fficient processes of manu - i lowing facture. The average layman scarce beets. Sugar and Rand Ce.mpany interests eomprises a wide range of cane : planting and cultivating, covering i practically every variety of soil av ailable throughout the Valley, ami tile introduction of several Kinds of s-'ed ete-emed meist de-sirabie unde-r the couelitions. rnde-r the plan e.f devejopinent, the eventual result will be the farming of from five thousand to ten thous and aires in sugar cane and the si- multan- ous (b.ye'lopment be e-t acre-age, to the e-nd riierations may be throughout a large part the cane campaign iramn f sugar that milling continuous of the vear. diately f..l- the termination of that of the ! ested early Xew A .cut t the four years ago the mothers South Side, many of them Firsngvrs just moving into this new ee.mmunitr, came together to organ lie a. society of some kind to bring tbem together for acquaintance and i-.s me were mostly Christians we i- i.led to let our work be educa tional and philanthropic. Twenty ir-mbers united at that meeting- and we organized and asked an optional Ie of five cents a month. It seemed t- fce just what lonesome mothers :ti the country wanted, and women cf all beliefs could unite with, so the fwiety grew rapidly until there were over sixty members. . We elect--1 officers and five standing com mittees. Plans for sewing, program, t--x.iaJ. reception and sick and visit 5r.e. We decided to sew for the Assrw-iated Charities of Phoenix anel ri-ade pAjamas, sheet and pillow cases hot water bag covers, etc., for the children at the detention home, made ciothinj for children to go to schoed vith in our district, helped furnish r. y and sick homes, gave stork larties to mothers with new babies, in cases of distress or fire, helped re plenish the home and sewed for hscwrsi to ruse money. We held one m-- tit.? a month for this purpose but c.ften the members took the unfin-sh-d articles home to complete. The other monthly meeting was ooue-ational ana v.-e o.d most 01 our ODE TO PHOENLX BELLES Your college bred Poets may sing as they please Of beautiful women afar o"er the seas; May simper a song to a mummified dame. May plead to a statue, or sigh to a name. They breathe out their souls twixt a tear and a groan To a Venus of painf, or a Hebe of stone; Hut I'll sing to the praise, that old native compels Of her own masterpieces, the Phoenix Relies. What cold chiseled marble with Kate can compare. With the red of her cheek, and the shine of her hair, Anel where in all art is the light that can vie With the rich fire of feeling that glows in her eye. Or would you have wit, and sly coquetys charm, There's many who's fun. while it stings, eleresn't harm; Who'll dazzle your sense, while she filches your heart. And leads you a slave to lovefs conquering art. Rut how shall I dare, all unpolished to tell The sweet, artless .charm., of the fair Anabelle; Her virtue and grace would embellish a throne. Yet blooms like the desert flower, modest, unknown. Still why make distinction, since each in her way. Has mind to subdue and has beauty to sway Their various graces, and gifts half divine. The genius of Shakespeare alone could define. So, health to the bright living goddess at home. And peace to the dead one of Greece and of Rome; While the current of life still exultantly swells, I'll herald the fame of the Phoenix Belles. F. R. B. it upon their recommendation, and I with the assurance1 that a goodly I ciuantlty of the there growing crop I woulel be available in the fall of 1914. j In every instance, except in the Am- j erir.yi Thread So., mills, the cotton was placed on first trial. The fall of 1914 saw all cotton markets elemoralizeel, anel common cotton selling for 7, anel the Egyptian at 13 and 14 cents landed Xew Eng land mills. A stimulated fine goods market naturally made a fair ili-maml for emr class of cotton in Xew En- I gland, but business stagnation in Eu re.pe forced cotton from Egypt to our shores at almost unheard of ; prices. Notwithstanding this fact Arizona Egyptian certton was not lost sight of by mills that had tried it. Even our English friends whei were turn- i ing away Egyptian cotton offered from their ow-n peissessions, were in the market feir this splendid new cotton from Arizona: it hael stied the test, and while; extraorelinary . con ditiems, because of the war maele all - .... . fKy3vr-.i'f t l4i ,- 'J-'---!-. j A Uv-tJi- i''f 'ii?;.? . Cfl t ? V tv.'- - f-V.-tX vrVC- SUdAIi CAXK -GROWS LLTXUI?IAXTLY TIE1JE Sugar cane was first grown commercially in the Salt River Valley in 1914. yielded from 30 to 55 tons each. Selected 'Acres freshments. hutineseit that day and served re- hooks in our We co!ers furnished which are year yel- X'EIGIIBORIIOOD HOUSE Social Center for the rapidly developing District South of Photnix. Built by co-operation, it represents the splndid community spirit so prominent in the valley. low and green find our club flower is the Sunflower. We always choose our subjects to dueate and elevate. We hail W. C. T. V. day and hail workers come from the city to in struct us along those lines, and mis sionary day and had the missionary from the Pima reservatiem and his male quartette give us a history of Indian work in Arizona; Mother's day. Children's day, picnics in sum mer, agricultural evenings when men were invited and given refreshments tit which papers were read on bee culture, cotton raising, alfalfa, elairy ing, poultry, gardening, tree planting, etc.; Domestic science day, physical culture clay, parliamentary rule anel how to use the ballot, good fellowship day, when we invited all the clubs to come and participate in our pro gram on April first. Current events, household econom ics, etc., and all -meetings were de monstrated if possible and inter spersed with music. Our homes soon become too small to accommodate such a number so the neighborhfioel Club and the Union Sunelay school c V -r. - - . :."M&t..M.t.v-i . ' -'-'v: 'Citrus Homes' Proven Frostless By Five Year Careful Test $66 Per Acre 13 Acres of new alfalfa, ex cellent stand. Very best land, with Class A water. A chance for the; man of limit ed capital. Was $165 Now $1374 per Acre The new subdivision, near Ingleside Club, at the foot of Camef back Mountain, CITRUS HOMES, is surrounded by bearing groves bringing good, big returns annually. The C1TUUS HOMES tract is absolutely frostless. During" the severest win ter of the past thirty years the temperature has not reached the frost line. This land is placed on the market for the first time, in 10-acre tracts at, per acre $200 To ineluce planteel to town anel been cut. buyers, land best alfalfa, on car line Class A land. now near has Ad- Orangewood is Noted joining owners are asking much more. Better see us about this - Acre Homesite Pure sejft water, anil beauti ful environment makes .this the one place to build a home. Planted to Oranges and Grapefruit. Can bo bought with only part cash. For Its Pure Water Pure, seft water, 99 29-30 per cent pure, is one of the best ad vantages OUAXGEWOOD has. Located on 'North Central av enue, there is paved street all the way, also electric lights, each of which is a big item. Hut neither of the se ran compare with the scenic effects which make this spot wonderful. Builil your home in OKAXGEWOOD. and (Clip mail.) (Continued on Page Ten) I J . Tne, PHOENIX TRUST CO., PHOENIX, ARIZONA, Gentlemen: Please send me information and crop statistics concerning your land. (Name) .City) (State) Acre Tracts for $250 One of our companies has just a few of these acre tracts left. To close out, we are offering you this acre on car line, city water.' just at edge of town for $2."ft. An ideal place for a truck farmer. 15 Acres at $135 per Acre Very fine stand of new al falfa on Class a' land. We know of no better land in the Valley at any price. Only part cash required. 20 Acres at$162.50 Old stand alfalfa. Has been laying profit for number of years. ne mile from town, on car line, with Class A water rights. Write for More Information Phoenix Trust Co. 1() W. ADAMS ST. ' PHONE 1311 mm.)