Arizona republican., 1903-10-14
WHAT OF THE FUTURE
How it Looks to Strangers as We'll as
 Phoenix People.

F. A. Spaulding returned two or three
 days ago from q very enjoyable, though
 rot an extended trip in the east. It
 will be remembered that ne left here as delegate to the irrigation congress
 which he attended and at it's conclu-
 sion he iourneyed to the Mississippi
 valley spending most of his time in i eastern Iowa. And he didn't spend it
 laziIy either for he had a message to carry to all he met ard he met as many as possible.
 | He says it vas d surprise to him to note how fairly the irrigation Idea has taken hold of people even in regions i where no irrigation is now considered necessary. Not only is the former indif-
 ference of eastern people giving way 1 to the new twentieth century gospel
 but many who once fought the cause of i national irrigation on the ground that i it was to benefit only q few people in i the west, have had their eyes opened
 and are now working hard to help it
 along. having finally realized that it is for their selfish interest also. through ! development of wider markets for east
 ern manufacturers.
 i Not only personal friends. but promi-
 nent business men he met would open the conversation by inquirng about the Tonto enterprise and the work | finally to be accomplished here. And after explaining in a general way the
 magnitude of the reclama tion work and the great things bound to be accom- | plished here the invariahle and en- thusiaStic response would be, This ir- riGation business is getting to be a b z thing.
 During his short sojourn Mr. Spauld- ing said he consummated some sales of lands in this valley to eastern people and succeeded in enlisting the interest of many who he firmly believes will eventually find their way here for per
 manent location.
 Mir. Spaulding like all other Phoenix people does not desire to see an arti- ficial boom but it is hardly possible for such q thing to occur under present conditions. Phoenix did have q little touch of that kind once when there
 was nothing to base it on but climate
 and hope but conditions are changed
 now. With sugar beet culture demon- strated and a guaranteed market pro-
 vided. with railroad building in prog
 ress and the Tonto dam not only assur-
 ed but the preliminaries rairly under
 way. no country rests on a more solid l foundation for the maintainence of per-
 petual prosperity.
 | It is true that lands in some localities have advanced appreciably but land values in the valley are nowhere held
 at q price commensurate with the per- centage of profits that may be expect
 ed from their cultivation and there are l yet thousands of acres available at practically no advance. Some lands ] have been withdrawn from sale by
 owners who know when they have d
 good thing and propose to keep it but | there are lots of others who are not on- | ly willing but anxious to dispose of
 portions of their holdings at d cheap
 price and keep the rest for their own 1 investment. There isn't q real estate i dealer in the city but who has snaps
 for sale if one will take the trouble to | look them up.
 i Another thing that might be mem | toned is the fact that many people
 even among those who reside here, do not yet fully realize the length and l breadth of the prosperity that awaits i the valley. A lady who has an eye to l business was in a real estate office yes- | terday and made the remark that the | trouble with Phoenix was it had not
 yet got US eyes open. Sfle came recent 1 ly from California and says that she
 really believes the real estate agents Of
 Los Angeles are talking more about
 the To1to dam and booming Salt river
 valley lands more than are the people
 of this city. She knew of various in
 stances of sales of land made here 1 lately that were talked up and prac-
 tically consummated ill California.