Arizona republican., 1895-06-21
4 MISNOMER. A Newspaper lnappro-
 priately Named. The RedlandS Facts"
 on the Territory.
It's Views on the Citrus PoSSi-
 biIities of the Valley.
Inaccurate Figures and Impress sions Gathered In Visit
 of a Single Day.

If none of members of the Southern California Press association who were entertained in Phoenix week ago made more accurate observations than Editor Howe, of the Redlands Facts, their visit cannot be considered to have been fraught with great benefits either to themselves or their hosts. Editor Howe's paper was received in this city yesterday. It contained under the title of Resources of Arizona" an ed :. storial account of what the association saw in it's tour through the territory. The editor meant so far as possible to be complimentary concerning all terri torial resources except the citrus fruit industry, which Southern Californians are wont to regard as specially de. signed by heaven to be carried on ex. clusively in southern California. In his encomiums upon the resources of the territory aside from the citrus fruit business, MT. Howe was extravagantly complimentary, more SC than the most reckless and enthusiastic Arizonian would have been. Concerning the val lev and Phoenix he says:
 "Pbenix is another wonderful city. Never before have we seen such @ prod igal display of irrigation water as that at Phoenix, where there IS flowing nearly 50,000 inches in irrigation ditches and 320, 900 acres are under cul- oil nearly two inches to each acre. The great staple crop is asjalfa, and the riches of the immense f.sds. the tens of thousands of head of sleek, fat cattle made delightful prospect"
 Although there is plenty of water here for irrigation purposes and really more than is needed, there is not nearly so much as Mr. Howe describes, no half as much, not one fourth as much Neither Is there nearly so much lanC under cultivation. Where he got hi | figures is not known but in his arrange ment of them Mir. Howe plainly show | that he is an inaccurate and unskilliu mathematician.
 Admitting that there are "150,00( inches of water flowing in the irriga ton ditches and 320,000 acres undel cultivation" it would be difficult tt distribute the water in such a manner as to allow two inches to the acre.
 Concerning deciduous fruits MT Howe had evidently gained correc impression for he says: ''It was bu natural that one from Redlands should make a careful investigation of th fruit industry and possibilities of tn, territory. We were shown a numbe of fine deciduous orchards, and rathe envied the territory it's evident possi b1lity of supplying green deciduou fruit enough earlier than California t, take advantage of the best market con ditions."
 But all that was leading up to tn citrus fruit question and Mir. How writes:
 "It would really give US pleasure t speak we'll of the citrus fruits of Arizona We regret that this is not possib ble We inspected one orchard supposed t be five years old, but as a matter c fact, fully half of the trees had diet out and been replanted in later years This was the "brag" orchard of tn valley. We saw another orchard il
 which every tree was dead, having bee
 frozen to the ground.
 Ut should be needless to say that un der such conditions it is foolhardv t
 attempt to raise citrus fruit. Yet W
 heard talk of the coming orange ir
 dustry, and the people seemed to thin
 little of the fact that whole orchard
 had been killed by frost"
 The "Brag" orchard, to which allu
 sion is made, is evidently the Improve
 ment company's orchard. As matte
 of fact there has been no whoesal mortality of trees in this orchard Fewer trees have, in fact, died in than in the most hourishing orchard in southern California. and last winte the five.year. old trees were given n protection, an absence of precautio which California growers dare not risl So well pleased have the owners bee with the result of their "foolhardy a tempt to raise citrus fruit" that the two years ago added seventy acres the five .vear-old orchard. It is tru that some parts of the valley, e1
 tremely low lying lands, have bee
 proved by experiment to be nt
 adapted to the growth of citrus fruit This same discovery has been mao
 and admitted in southern Californi
 But against all Californian theori 3 that oranges cannot be grown in tl < Salt River valley, stands out the ia t that oranges are successfully grown the valley and that these selfsan