Arizona republican., 1906-09-21
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MISS ELLIS HOME-Mlss Lucy TerriH Ellis returned home yesterday morning via the M. & P. after a three months visit all through the east from Washington to Boston and other New England points.
 FOR A LONG TOUR-Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Bennitt left this morning via the Is. F. P & P. for an extended eastern tour. They will go first to the Grand Canyon. then east as far as New York. and return home via New Orleans.
 TO REMAIN INDEFINITELY - Miss Edythe Valentine of State Line. Indiana. is a recent arrival here and is stopping with relatives. the Cope family. north of the city. She expects to remain during the winter and per haps longer.
 HAY GOING UP-Hay, both grain and alfalfa. is now held at about sS per ton in this valley and the tendency of the market is upward. The demand is greater than year ago, and it is all most a certainty that hay will soon be $1O a ton. and perhaps higher.
 CLEANING THE CANALS-The work of cleaning the Maricopa and Salt River valley canals is now in progress, and the season is here for the purchase of winter water; in fact, it is little more than here, for it arrived on September 15. The price of water to the owners of rights is $LSO. the same as last year.
 FOR NEW BUILDING-The build ing known as the English Kitchen, and owned by Antone Gold, will be torn down immediately after October 1st 10 make way for the erection of the big four-story block that has been con- templated for some time by John Noble. who owns that and the adjoin- ing lots. It is understood that MT. Noble proposes to begin excavating for his building in November.
 FRANK WHIPP THE SHOOTER It was learned yesterday that the man who shot William Sparks at Crown King on Tuesday, was Frank Whipp and that he is now in the county jail at Prescott awaiting the action of the law in the premises. Sparks is badly wounded in the right lung and will be brought to Prescott for treatment Whipp claims the shooting was in self defense; that Sparks shot al him first and missed him. Sparks side of the story has not yet been told
 THE VALUE OF LAND-There is any quantity of land in this valley. and d. from $50 to S10O per acre. A good pointer respecting the real value of this land and what it's market price will be in the near future is secured from the statement of one who has been reli- ably informed. that the Arizona Water company is holding all it's land in this valley at S200 per acre. And in this the company is probably not far out of the way. for Salt River valley lands are bound to be worth it before very long. This is the corporation that sold the Arizona canal to the government. and though its irrigation enterprise in this valley did not prove profitable investment. the company still has un- bounded faith in Arizona lands ARIZONA CANTALOUPES-N Bradley. who recently returned from New York. says he got a pretty good line on Arizona cantaloupes while he was in that city. He paid numerous visits to the Fulton market, a great produce center. while he was in the metropolis, and says he saw lots or cantaloupes sold at S4.50 per crate and a great many retailed at 35 cents each. A closer inspection revealed the fact that the cantaIoupes came from Coach | ella. Cal. but were being sold as Ari- zona melons. On making inquiry he was told that the Arizona melon h1u the name and when the melons coulh ! not be secured from here they were i, substituted from California. The deal 1 CTS told MT. Bradley they could handle | all the Arizona melons they could get
 hold of as well as the oranges and oth- ! CT fruit. and at good prices They ere anxious to get in direct communi- cation with growers and save the mid ! clemens profits The only drawback
 to that, however, is the necessity of some organized concern to look after
 the icing and reicing and other trans portation matters. But the main fact Mr. Bradley desired to impress was
 that if this valley can raise melons. or
 any other good product in sufficient quantity to pay for its handling on 2 | large scale. New York stands ready tc market #.