The Florence tribune., 1901-02-09
suSsrnokE IS UNKNOWN.

In fact. in residence of tWenty-one years in Arizona the writer has only known two persons to be overcome by the heat, and they recovered. Their condition, however, was more the result of whisky than heat. The air is so dry here that a registered temperature of 11O degrees is not as oppres- sive as 80 degrees in St. Louis or New York. The Signal Service bureau has recognized this fact. and reports the difference between the apparent and sensible temperature to be fully 30 degrees. At nearly all times there As pleasant breeze the nights are invari- ably cool in the summer. and outdoor labor Is performed without serious discomfort to either man or beast on the warmest days Very seldom does the thermometer get be- low the freezing point in winter, and in the gardens of Florence to-day are castor bean plants two years or more old,
 UNTOUCHED BY FROST.
 Orange and lemon trees require slight protection during the winter for year or two, until the wood is sufficiently hardened,
 While it is popular thing for one to say that he is not here for his health." it is an undisputed fact that for all pulmonary ail- ments no climate on earth is equal to South ern Arizona, and there are numbers of active. industrious citizens, with but one i lung. who came here years ago, expecting to live but few weeks. But for all that. the wonderful Casa Grande valley is some- thing better than a health resort.
 That portion of the great Casa Grande valley lying along the line of the Southern Pacific railway in the vicinity of Casa Grande and Arizola is at present. and with good reason, considered one of the most desirable portions of this magnificent Southern Ari- zona. Great changes have been made in the appearance of this part of the valley during the last ten years. It was abou. that long ago that the Florence canal was completed and the work of actual improvement begun It is useless to deny that under our present water system there is nothing like n sufh. cient water to irrigate this vast body of land.
 THE CASA GRANDE VALLEY CANAL
 is forty-three miles in length and cover 6O0o0 acres of land, about ,000 of which ar, under cultivation. It is SO constructed tha 1t can be easily enlarged and it's capacity in creased. A reservoir covering 1890 acres having storage capacity of eigAt billion gal lons in the southeast corner of township | range g. gives ample supply of water thu year round to all farmers located below it but those above suffer by a shortage O water during few weeks in summer.
 It is proposed to remedy this by the con struction of a huge reservoir near Sat Carlos. which would stc re 2Sl.396 acre-fee of water, capable of irrigating 140,69s acre of land. All of this land would be in thi vicinity of Florence. The estimated cost O the dam is Sl .Oss. .s26. This survey was mad by order of Congress. for which S20,0o0 wa appropriated. Mir. J. D. Schuyler, of Lo Angeles, the noted irrigation engineer, full. yerit.es Mfr. Lippincott's report. and strong ly urges upon Congress the duty of con structing the work. A dam 200 feet il height, which Mr. Schuyler considers per fectly feasible, woHld store 550.0O0 acre-fee of water and the reservoir would have Tiff of sixty three years without dredging. Tn report says: Tn the event of the construe tion of this dam there will be built up in tn valley of the Gila river. where a desert nov exists, community of fully 40000 souls an the creation of many million dollars of tax i able wealth without permanent outlay O the part of the Government" A bill is nov before Congress for the construction of tn [ work, and there is little doubt of its passag when it's merits become known