Arizona republican., 1904-12-25

miles east of the confluence Of the Hassayampa and the Gila rivers The canal crosses the Hassayampa. or
 rather passes under it. through an in-
 verted siphon about 30O feet long The land irrigated by the canal is all west
 of this point. The siphOn. it should be stated works successfully the current
 keeping it entirely free of silt and often dogs and rabbits who are caught in it's
 current are swept through it emerging. dead of course On one occasion a COW
 was known to lose her life the same
 way.
 The canal company is an association of farmers, and the water. of course. Is
 appurtenant to the land No man may
 own water without owning the land
 it serves. By it's bylaws the maximum
 rate that may be charged for water ls placed at $L20 per inch The company
 has kept the price at the maximum
 limit so far that it might get a treasury reserve for improvements. for the farmers had practically no capital to begin with except their labor. The company is now engaged in enlarging its canal to the width of ten feet on the bottom and after these improve ments are finished the cost of water will probably be decreased nearly one HAIL. ADOuI One-nalI the area ulGrE the canal is now under cultivation and
 the rest will be as soon as the canal improvements are made The presl- dent of the canal company is M- F. Clanton, the vice president is J. T. Perry and the secretary is H. M- Lewis
 The largest individual enterprise in the Arlington country is that of the Arlington Cattle Go. which last March acquired seven quarter sections of land and the appurtenant water rights. to- gether with the renting Of another quarter section This company has large acreage in alfalfa and sorghum for hay and pasture and it's operations to date have entirely met expectations. under the management of H. M Lewis
 Concerning the possibilities of the Arlington country. and other valley sections as well where an ample water supply is available the quoting of specific results is pertinent
 Five years ago Messrs- Hill and Fay Tor took up 320 acres of government land. Recently they sold it to Messrs- Lewis and Allen of Mesa City for fifty dollars per acre. IT is only fair to state though that there is now no more available government land with water provided though there is considerable adjacent range land The vacant titled or filed land under the canal. that Is the uncultivated area, is held now at
 from s25 to $50.
 C. w. Peterson, a well known Airing ton rancher had an experience that
 may seem to good to believe. and he may not be quite successful every year but he has the figures to prove it and it demonstrates what may be done when all things go right On ten acres of his alfalfa he harvested two crops of hay getting three tons to the acre. This he sold at s7 returning him SsI per acre. Then he allowed the alfalfa to go to seed and threshed 500 pounds of seed to the acre which was worth fourteen cents per pound or STe per acre making a total revenue of SS1 per acre. Subsequently there was some return for late pasture. making his revenue this year somewhere in the neighborhood of $e5 per acre.
 Two years ago last May. F. J. Rich ardson went to Arlington from New Mexico. He raised a crop Of sorghum on raw land the first season The sec ond year he increased his acreage and raised grain and sorghum to a profit This year he sowed sorghum and wheat on the same land at the same time His wheat yielded him S32.4O per acre and by the time it was harvested the sor- ghum was in good growing condition lie HnaIIy SOid the sorghum at ten dol lars per acre for pasturage, making a revenue for the season of $42.40 per acre.
 The Arlington community is a peace ful and orderly neighbOrhOod- A good school, Sunday school and a literary society is maintained and various church organizations hold frequent ser vices With the coming of a railroad which may be in the near future it will become also an excellent dairying section.