Arizona republican., 1901-02-25
accommodations, With the best cara q l.

accommodations With the best cara vansaries of the east.
 Phoenix has been called "the Chica- go of the southwest" The sponsor was the late Phil Armour. And he backed his judgment by heavy Arizona invest ments. There Is TO doubt of the com mandbng position of the city. From her gates now goes large part of the i'5od supply of ghe southwest. and all the southwestern interests center within her Primarily on fountlatio of sue cessful agriculture grazing and mining contribute as well to the success of commerce. while she is already widely known as a hsalth resort. The ,svty hasn't a single boom feature. It has grown only as population and business expansion compelled. Her prosperity is firmly seated ard may not be easily disturbed.
 The chief crop of Salt River valley is alfalfa. The alfalfa fields cover over 60,0G0 acres. in some sections stretch ing away for miles without a break, perennial dark green carpet. Of course in the train of alfalfa come stock rsis- ing. poultry and d,iirying.
 Decldu3us fruits of all kinds are sue cessfully raised. and there are 600 acres planted to oranges in the upper ther- nal belt
 The growing of dates has seemed to belong only to the Orient yet there is reason to believe that the fruit will be grown in quantities in the Salt River valley. Major McClintock, the Phoenix representative or the Los Angeles Times, said to me: 'I apprehend the time will come when the date crop will be as important az the alfalfa pro- duct. The date palm is one of the com honest of our ornamental trees, though the fruit usually fails to mature. Tn the past few years this has been found to come from imperfect pollanizatian. Several intelligent growers, following the instructions of the agricultural de- partment, have been rewarded with great punches of fruit, golden and su- gary, superior in iavor t; the dates i'm ported. The questions now to be set tied involve the cultivation of the palm, the varieties best adapted to local con- ditions. and the best methods of caring for the product. These questions have been taken up by the national depart ment of agriculture. Under the charge of experts of the department, a five acre tract south of '1empe is now being cultivated, planted with date trees gathered for that especial purpose in northern Africa.
 The canals of the valley have a total capacity of about 12OO00 miners inches. The main ditches have a length of .Hi miles. and the total canal mileage. with lattrals, is many hundreds of miles
 Cc.ng to waste along the channels Cf Salt River valley Is water pOwe" en-ugh to turn every wheel now nov ing in Arizona. The Crosscut Cor Wd,cr Power) canal alone develops 3.j00 ho,se pow er in series of small falls along its two mile course Lgtween the AriZoua and Grand canals At Ingleslde, eigh miles northeast of Phoenix, in the Ari- zcna canal, are falls of beauty well worth the trip to see. the enormous volume of water plunglrg sixteen feet over a rocky ledge into a boiling whirl. pool below. But the practical man stands on the brink and wonders why tho wafer has nCt been karnoss5d t1 the mechanical uses Of the nearby city In usual stages Of water, he falls de- velop ] 300 horse power.
 There are several Jtlfer places along the line of the Ar..Hna canal where power can readily be developed with out detriment to the flow for irrigation. On the south side of the river the Mesa Consolidated Canal company has ln stalled power plant where it's system delivers a portion of the water of the Tempe canal over a bluff thirty-flvc feet in height. Seven hundred horse rJwer can b. secured al this point. A modern electric plant has been in- stallsl, furnishing light and power to the towns of Tempe and Mesa. At 1 Tempe the machinery of the Hayden flour mill has been moved for twenty five years by water power from a branch of the Tempe canal.
 J. p. BAUMGARTNER.