Arizona republican., 1903-10-31
SOUTH SIDE LANDS
Many Opportunities for Most Promis-
ing investments.

While nice things are 5eing said
about the future of this valley" said
j. Wesley Walker. yesterday, people
should remember to put in word for
the south side>occa sionally, for it is in
no way behind the procession in the
matter of both prospects and opportu-
miles,
There is vast acreage of ais; fine
land there as ever laid out of doors.
There is no better soil under the sun
ana the water supply is CT course as
good as anywhere. The area depend
ant upon the reservoir Will be as equit-
ably dealt with and for those who de-
sire to pump there is even a better op-
portunity than on the north side ex-
cept close to the river. Over wide
area OF the south side the water is
near the surface. Even in the places
where it is found at greater depth it
IS almost artesian in character COM
ing to within a few feet of the sur
race. This is true in the well owned
by DR.. Chandler in which the pumps
are run by electricity and which is over
200 feet deep. The water comes to
within thirty or forty foot of the sur
face.
Another most successful pumping
plant is that of Filing Olsen. southeast
of Tempe. He has a. big pumping plant,
the water in the we'll coming near to
the surface and according to Mr.. Walk
er, who visited it recently he was TAX
Ing 400 inches of water out of the well
constantly and at the time of Mr..
Walkers visit the pump had been
running at that rate for the preceding
twelve hours. How much longer it run
without shutting down he does not
know. This was not for any test but
was merely mentioned by Mr.. Walker
to show what the plant was doing when
1t was caught at its work on the sly
and was not expecting visitors. Mr.
Olsen's plant was put in a year ago
last June and has been running salts
factorily ever since. He has a section
of land which is said to be worth easily
$6a, COO and on which he pastures about
400 head of cattle all the time.
Mons Elingson is another man who
has made a remarkable success of
farming on the south side and who is
now one of the wealthiest farmers in
the valley. He also has big pumping
plant which insures him an ample wa
ter supply. His well is down a couple
very close to the Surface a great part
of the year.
These things however would mean
little to the prospective settler if there
were rothing in sight but prosperous
ranches and high-priced farms; farms
so valuable their owners have no no.
tion of selling But in addition it may
be said there is still a vast acreage Of
land within from four to six or seven
miles Of Mesa. that can still be bought
for from fifteen to twenty dollars an
acre and land too that it IS confidently
believed will double in value in the
next twelve months. It can be secured
in tracts of from forty acres to a sec
ton and though it is a little further
from Mesa than the lands now held at
still higher prices it is in every other
respect equally as good and with equal
ly as good a water supply.
It is morally certain that all the
available lands in this valley are go
ing to advance in price. quite notably,
within the next few months, and it is
as certain that good land is
good property anywhere in this valley
if ii has an available water supply. It
is also q hard matter to tell where the
snaps are for almost anything one can
get hold of is a snap. If a prospective
huyer can't find what he wants in one
place he surely can in another and he
will surely turn his attention to the
Mesa country before he gets through
locking. over the valley.