Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

] lbs, and S00 bushels Of corn. Five
 acres are planted to various kinds of
 fruit trees 4 beautiful two-sSory ! brick house surrounded by shade trees,
 and 9 large brick granary are situated
 on the home lot of acres. MT Spain ] hover makes this ranch his home 1 rather than his business, and the
 place reminds one of a home in Iowa. from which state the owner hail5
 Johnson Brothers have the largest
 general merchandise store, but one, in i Mesa, and they are the largest shippers of fruit and produce in general on the south side and through this firm the fruit of Mesa is finding recognition in the markets. From the middle of June to the first of October last John
 son Brothers shipped by express 5000
 boxes Of fruit and 5000 pounds of
 sweet potatoes. Since October they
 have shipped 500 dozen chickens and
 roo turkeys. During this time the
 freight shipments in oranges, pruneS,
 honey, pOmegrantes, pears and such like havl2 amounted to more than the
 exp1ess shipments. The firm shipped
 by express 7,000 pounds of dried fruit
 for the holiday trade. During the third
 week of March 1000 dozen eggs were sold by these people. Last year they canEed and put on the market 300 cases, one dozen cans to the case, of tomatoes, 150 eases of peaches and 1G0 cases of pears. The firm is making preparations to treble these shipments this year and will undoubtedly do it, as it has secured the produce and it's reputation in this business will make a market for all such products
 TT-1.z L, tist Methodist and Mormon Taber- nacle. The tabernacle is a large build | ing capable of holding 1,200 people and there are times when it's capacity is severely taxed as Mesa is the capitol of the Maricopa stake of the Mormon l church
 The most active and strongest lodge | in Mesa is the Woodmen. There are nearly 100 members and once or twice a year these good people get out of | their hall and give a grand feasl 9. l dinner picnic or some such gather ing and enliven Mesa life considerably. Some of the social gatherings brought together by this lodge will be long re- membered- by those who attended.
 The Pritchard orange grove, a mile and One-haIf west Of Mesa Is as sym l metrical as any in the valley. There are ten acres in it and the Washington navel and Jaffa varieties are grown. | The navel orange does not thrive in | the valley and the trees in this grove | will be budGed to the Jaffa variety | The trees are six years old and in l thriving condition. Besides the or anges Mrs. Pritchard has ten acres of i Prunus Samoni fruit, or Chinese plum and twenty acres of Royal apricots | These groves are among the prettiest | in the valley.
 On the northeast edge of Mesa is located the Cuber Winery & Distillery | the largest in Arizona Last year MT. | Cuber put up 15,0Q0 gallons of wine, chiefly Port and Angelica. The dis tillery produced 5000 gallons of grape brandy. To make these products 100 | tons Of grapes were consumed There | are twenty-five acres in Mr Cuber's place five acres of which are in alfalfa, five in fruit and fifteen in grapes The | grape crop amounted to forty tons last year Around part of the place is rcw Of White AdTIatic figs, trees which yield three heavy crops of fruit every year. To furnish a home market fer 109 tons of grapes is a matter of con siderable importance. Most of the