Arizona republican., 1891-04-05
BEAUTIFUL HOMES. Salt River Ranches of the
 Future. Twenty-Acre Tracts to Re- place the Big Lots. What is Being Done in Fruit Culture by the Kansas Colony South
 of Tempe.

vines by the Kansas people was made more than pleasant by drive behind Shultz & Franklin's team, with T. l.. Shultz at the reins. Driving due south from Tempe on Mill avenue to the old Benton and Larson ranches, now owned by l.. w. Blinn and associates, we find beautiful tract of S20 acres, all in al- falfa, except two twenty-acre tracts owned by w. D. Censor and James B. Gilmore respectively. Mir. Censor came out last fall from Kansas with Mir. Shultz to accept position with rempe's live merchant, Ben Goldman. He pur- chased a twenty-acre tract and has part of it now planted to oranges, Hines, peaches, apricots, pears, plums and ten acres to muscat grapes, reserying house, grounds and pasture lot for home pur- poses. Mir. Gilmore, also from Kansas, has his tract improved in like manner. He is also manager of the "Hermosa Tract"
 Alter leaving these two beautiful spots we drove west one-quarter of a
  mosa Tract" being the northeast Ii of section s, township north, range 4 east formerly owned by Perry Williams, but which was subdivided into twenty-acre tract. Avenues run through the center of the tract north and south and east and west, being sixty feet wide with tiiteen-foot sidewalks. The avenue run ming north is planted with White Adri- atic figs, while the one running west Is planted alternately with umbrella and oleander on either side. Each tract faces this avenue, where house lots have been left. Citrus and deciduous fruits are planted facing the avenue, while north and south on each tract are planted raisin grapes, there being eight acres to fruit and about eleven acres to vines. Among the different fruits planted are oranges, lemons, Hines, Japanese per simmons, Japan plnms, figs, loauots, guavas, chestnuts, apricots, pears, nec- tarines, almonds, quinces, etc. Each tract has rooted out 5000 grape cuttings to make up skips should any occur.
 Mir. Gilmore is caring for everything and the ground is in fine condition, this tract being constantly cultivated. Houses will be built this fall to accommodate the respective owners, who are, Wesley Trevett, Dr. w. E. l. ,wis, Richard Hare, J. E. Price, E. Fritzinger, Mrs. E. c. Lewis, John c. Misse and J. s. Gilmore.
 On Hermosa avenue a grand spectacle meets the eye. Due west lie the emerald green alfalfa fields of Rev. Daniel Kloss, from Highland, Kas. Mir. KlosS is the fortunate owner of l60 acres, purchased part from James Carroll and Alexander Walgreen. Arriving at his residence we are greeted by the gentleman and his good lady, and from opinions expressed they are certainly pleased with their purchase and charmed with the country, and the country should be charmed with them. MT. Kloss has planted one acre of oranges, variety of deciduous fruits and nuts and rooted out 40,0J0 raisin grape cuttings to be set out next season. The view from his residence is grand. Superstition mountains, the Four Peaks and Mount Reno all loom up panorama-like with orchards, waving fields of grain and herds of cattle in alfalfa pasture in the foreground.
 Again taking to the road and driving one-quarter mile further west, we find our old but renovated friend, Jim Car coll, who has joined in with Kansas progress, having built himself a new and cosy home, and planted this season a large tract oi assorted fruits. Mrs. Car roll, his good wife, insisted upon our re- maining for dinner, but friend Schultz, ever on the go, touched mp the horses, and with a simple "thank you, good bye," and a good dinner was lost for ever.
 Crossing the Wormser branch of the Tempe canal, which was full of water, we drove east one mile, striking the track of the Maricopa X Phoenix rail road, and another transformation scene presents itself-the Government ex- perimental agricultural station, under charge of Professor F. A. Gulley, of the Territorial University. Through the efforts of Schultz X Franklin this twenty acre tract WAS donated. It is a splendid location, lying east of the Maricopa X Phoenix railroad and sheltered by the adjoining foothills. A better selection for experimental purposes could not have been made. am not sufficiently we'll versed in the technique of horticul- ture to do the tract justice, but let it suffice to say that all known varieties of citrus and deciduous fruits, vines, bushes and grasses that are liable to thrive under tropical sun can here be found. The station is surrounded with rabbit-tight wire fence, bordered with umbrella trees on the edge of fifteen- foot walk. Being located where it is, sur rounded by thrifty Kansas horticultur- alists, the station will present a sight worth viewing in two or three years.
 Adjoining on the east is the eighteen acre tract of Professor F. A. Gulley, planted to apricots and pears. forgot to state these tracts are on the north- west 14 of section 3, township south, range east.
 To the east we find the Lewis tract. the northeast of the section. The northwest forty has been purchased by Samuel Detwiler, who purchased too late to set out any trees or vines this season. He has, however, made arrange ments to have his tract summer fallowed and subsoied preparatory to building cosy home and setting the tract to fruit. This quarter section is laid off into forty acre tracts, with avenues around each forty. The northeast forty, adjoining Mir. Detwiler Mir. Shultz informs me is reserved Tor nursery grounds, com pany having been organized under the corporate name of the Arizona Nursery Company. The south eighty acres is owned now by Captain John A. Lucas, of Pennsylvania. who is a steamer cap tain plying between Pittsburg and Louisville. He has planted twenty acres to raisn grapes, and is preparing the balance for next seasons planting.
 Driving south again, on the southeast 4 ot the section, we find F. M. Vernon as also Mir. Wise. distant relatipe of