Arizona republican., 1905-01-12
CITY OF SALONE
Commercial Capital of Prospective
 Land of Homes.

The filing Of the articles of incor- pOrdtiOn of the Grace Valley Develop ment company, yesterday. makes pub lie a matter to which casual reference was made in this paper a few days | ago, and which is the first legal record concerning a new enterprise for the ! exploitation of the sO-called desert country west of Martinez. The capital stock of this company is S150,000, one third of it being paid up and owned by Pittsburg people, and nO stock being on the market. The president of the company is F. R. Kenyon, a Pittsburg steel manufacturer; the president is C. H. Pratt, formerly of Pittsburg; ! the secretary is Dick Wick Hall; the treasurer is ". H. Sullwell of Phoenix. and the auditor is Charles D. Caldwell of Pittsburg
 The reference previously made was to the little town that has been laid out in Grace valley, along the line of the Arizona & California railway, now building west from Wickenburg. Grace valley is fifty or sixty miles long and from fifteen to eighteen miles wide ly- ing between the Harcuvar and Harqua { Hala mountain ranges, and its possi- bilities, with all ample supply of irri- gation water. arc incalculable. The
 
 pany is a comprehensive enc. it's main features being land reclamation and irrigation and stock raising. There will be associated lines, such as the maintenance of a. store and other like institutions necessary in a new town for the development of a country. There is a fine range for cattle, want ing only a reliable water supply in the dry seasons of the year.
 The first question, therefore. was that of water. MessTs. Pratt and Hall, who have been doing the preliminary work. some time ago employed Charles DI Higgins of Phoenix to bore for water. He found an unlimited supply st the depth of sixteen feet. and a high tank for water works purposes was built and a pump installed The town of Salone was laid out around this point the railroad line passing by it. The water pipes are now laid over a tract comprising eight blocks, and the population of the new town numbers about twenty. There is no town prop erty for sale. and strangers who de- sire to occupy it for any length of time may do so only by leasing.
 The town at present is merely inci- dental to the main enterprise, that of retaining deser- land and cultivating it. There are about oOzen people in terested in the enterprise who have al- ready filed homestead claims on half section of land each. which it is pro- posed to irrigate with pumped water. the farming land being some distance from the tOwnsite. 4 second well is now being sunk in the immediate vic inity of the homestead tracts. The main purpose is the development of sufficient water for the irrigation of the holdings of those interested in the company. though if . surplus could be secured it would probably be for sale The company proposes to graze cattle on the nearby range, and fatten them on the pastures that will at once be provided. Some land will be broken and planted during the coming spring. and it is expected that next fall a con siderable area will be put in crops.
 The importance of this enterprise is not alone the success of the single company which in itself is desirable. but it marks the beginning of agricuI- tural development in that immense valley, through which the railroad runs almost it's entire length. If sufficient water can be found for it's irrigation at reasonable cost, it will mean the recla- nation of thousands of acres and the building of new towns that in turn will facilitate the development of the vast mineral resources of the surrounding hills.