Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-11-01

ished, and about seven miles were
 partially so The contract for the
 construction of the headgates and
 the first thirty,five miles of the ca
 nal was gwen to ". J. Murphy who
 is rapidly pushing the work forward
 The entire canal will be complet cd
 and carrying water by June 1st, 1881
 How will the canal affect the pre-
 sent irrigating canals in the valley ?"
 Not materially. We can furnish
 them water at d less cost than is at
 present required to keep their dams
 and dltches in repair At present
 water for irrigating purposes costs
 the consumer, if a shareholder in
 the local companies, $25O per inch |. If not a shareholder, B. 50 per inc b.
 With the facilities the new cana l
 will posses, this water can be fur
 nished for less, with 2 guarantee
 that sufIiciency for all purposes
 can always be hld, as the great vol
 ume of water now lost by seepage Tn
 the wide and sandy bed of the Salt
 below our dam, will be then saved "
 "What are the inducements offcr>
 ed to settlers in the Salt River Yal4
 Iey?''
 '.The best in the world. The laad
 is fertile and still very cheap. The
 facilities for irrigation arc such as to render a gooi crop every year a certainly at but little expense. The land lies naturally in fine p 'sitioa to be irrigated. The surface is gel- orally ,mo-th, wish a gentle incline southward toward the river, so that the service ditch can be run along the entire length of g sec ion of land in westerly direction. and made to irrigate the entire tract a mile with, out irrigating cross ditches. The whole valley seems to be one vast tract of alluvial sedineatary deposit with surface formed by water, with a slight general inclination for drainage towards the south, the soil i being light sandy loam enriched | by the decomposel leaves, grasses aud other vegeta.iuns which havc been carried and dep DsiteI there from time 10 time and thoroughly | mixed with the soil from the noun aims, adjHcent and remote, by the waters flowing over their surface. The whole valley seems to have been filled up n this mlnner until now it Is entirely above the highestwater mark, except some places very pear he river, And while the lands of his valley are und oubtedly 'deserl Ian Is withing the meaning of tn c Act of Congress, for the reason that hey produce absolutely nothing put sagehrush, grea sewood, mesqnl- -e and some other shrubb,ry of a like character, still this Is owing to their being without water, and rot for any lack of fertility Tie mo- ment water is put upon them they will produce g large yield Of all linds of gram and most kinds of ruit, will very little cultivation and manaiirg."
 Farming must be very profitable -here, them"
 Ut cannot be otherwise. As the highest evidence that it is so, the great prosperity of the city Of Phoe> lix and the whole valley may be No farmer who has at, ended carefully to his business has sver failed in the Salt River Valley, md nearly al of them have become Iuite independent within few 'ears, and some, indeed, quite yealthy."
 "From sanitary standpoint what s your opinion of the valley?"
 q have never known any valley, speclally where irrigation was car jed, to be so healthy as the Salt River Valley. The salt which is in he water of the rlver used for lrri- ,ation. is said to prevent the spread yer the lands on which it flows of ever and agIe, so prevalent in most 'thcr valleys which are irrigated.
 have never kdown of a case of ever and ague in that valley, and I m informed by people who have esided there for many years that hey do not have it there. It would ecm that the valley is free from nalarIa or miasma and an extreme y healthy place. And while it is -ery warm Tn sumner sill the heat s not so oppressive as during the anne months in New York or Chi ago. Sunstroke is scarcely ever lnown. Persons residing there whc re prudent in their habits are never ,r as least very seldom. prostrated trough the nSency of the sun. The leat of summer oaly prevails for bout three months, and during the nine months of the year he weather is exceedingly fine-the is mild, neither too warm nor too cold for health and closely resembling autumn weather of the Eastern and Middle States, called 'Iudian Sum- mer," or the delightful month of May ip the Middle States than any other seasons am acquainted with"
 "1hat can they raise in the val- Ieyl"
 Wheat, barley, sweet potatoes, sorghum, peaches, apricofs and | TT t11OPS thrive aS well az in any r,Iace l