Arizona republican., 1904-12-25

happy homes ana DOuIlIeOuS HeluS needs no exaggeration and Mesa the gem of the Salt River valley, built by years of industry, thrift and toll speaks volumes for the homeseeker It is one of the most splendid examples of rec llamation and settlement that can be found in the west.
 Here blooms the beauty of the rose, The orange blossom scents the air, The fields of green, in deep repose,
 Are dimp1ed with fruit treasures rare, And far as raptured vision sees Arcadia's charms, supreme prevail, And peace and plenty crown the vale,
 in Mesa.
 The city of Mesa is situated 16 miles | up the valley and to the east of Phoe- nix, the capital of the territory, and ranks as the second important city in the valley. The general plan of the city with it's broad streets and side walks, admits of the most elaborate establishment. The location is magni fcent On every hand the landscape seems dressed in living green. Fields and meadows along sidewalks and country roads are bordered by cotton wood, ash and stately umbrella trees. Natures lavinsh hand enhances the at tractiveness of the country of homes, while nestling close to the mountain range which on the east presents a rugged yet picturesque outline. The | city occupies a low mesa, some 50 | feet above the river bottom and is sur rounded by as level and fertile body | of Iand stretching east, west, south and north. as lies out of doors. Its location places it directly in the track of the enormous development that is going on in the valley. Just far enough from ffl faI, c-Ian fc connected by trains daily, and out of and above the mighty watercourse of the Salt river. making it immune from floods it is destined to be the fine res idence spot of the valley.
 It is nearest to the source of the water supply and the great Tonto res ervoir which the government is now constructing, for which Mesa will be the outfitting station, and the point from which all of the supplies for the construction of the same will be ship Iped, over the new road just completed at an enormous expense, but which will be one of the most picturesque drives in the world.
 over this road an electric line is a probability, and along which a tele- phone line has been constructed, and the power line surveyed, which will lead the harnessed Tightening to the distributing point just east of Mesa to pump from immense reservoirs be- meath our farms. water to supplement the river supply.
 The power plant, should the river supply be sufficient, may locaIize nu- merous manufacturing institutions in this incomparable district. Among the manufacturing institutions already in operation may be numbered a large, up to date Touring mill, ice plant, creamery and cheese factory combined, a broom factory pickle works, machine shop, wagon making and repairing 1 shops and an immense electric light and power plant. The Improvements of the past two years consist of three new business blocks, a dozen brick residences, completion of the Phoenix & Eastern depot, section house and warehouse, two new stOckyards, ice plant and creamery; the expenditure of $70,000 on the electric. light and power plant; the completion of a large hotel, now conducted as an up-to-date sanitarium, where trained nurses and skilled physicians, assist the wonderful climate in restoring to health the af- lficted ones; the doubling of the capac- Iity of another hotel and fitting up of a lodging house and restaurant. In ad- ditiOn several new business houses | AAeiNC DCOlA SSIdDllSlCu
 IDEAL IRRIGATING DISTRICT.
 Mesa is the center of the principal irrigating district of the valley, with a surrounding population of from eight to ten thousand. Owing to the perfec- tion of her canal system and the won lderful adaptability of the land for ir- rigatiOn, "The Mesa" including the town, was selected by the govern ment as the ideal irrigating dis trict of the United States, and model of plaster of paris was made by the government portray ing faithfully our splendid canal sys- tenn and the distribution of the water lover the farms of alfalfa, grain and fruit, and exhibited at the governments expense at the worlds fair at St. Louis, where hundreds of thousands had ex- lplained to them the wonders of irriga- tion in teiS favored district. It at Itracted possibly more attention than any other exhibit of the west
 Mesa lies on the main trunk line of the Santa Fe system which is now completed through and S1 miles east to Kelvin bringing to our doors the rich mining districts of Pinal Ray, Kelvin, | Troy, Superior, Mammoth, Aravapai, connecting us with the rich mining dis tricts of Cochise county, and on the lbranch line surveyed through the "Gila canyon" with Graham county and New | Mexico. Mesa is also connected with the Southern Pacific system by three daily trains over the M. & P. railroad which may yet be a part of the trunk system of that great commercial factor | These advantages, together with the fact recognized by all, that Mesa is surrounded by one of the finest farm ing districts in the west, and irrigated by one of the best and most economical water systems in the valley, owned and controlled and operated by the land lowners, it is not surprising that one lof the most prominent and farsighted men of its sister city. should declare that Mesa was the coming city of the valley and that inside of ten years it
 would grow from a city of 1,OOO the present population to "city of 10000 inhabitants."
 WATER SYSTEMS.