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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

/ every possible advantage and safe
guard, Mr.. Maxwell employed two o
the most expert agriculturists in tn
| Salt River Valley, whose long resi-
| dence there and familiarity with tn
country peculiarly qualified them t,
select land to the best advantage
These gentlemen, the Broomell Broth
ers, spent several months looking Owe
land and finally selected tract adj
joining the tracks of the Phoenix &
Eastern Railroad, one mile from the
street railway in the city of Phoenix
Immediately under the Salt Canal and
having the oldest and best of all the
old water rights in the Valley TO
these old water rights will be added
The Government Reservoir Right as
soon as the reservoir system. is com
pieted.
Tine soil in this tract is the finest
aluTial loan, resulting from thousands
Of years of rich deposit from the Salt
River, but above all danger of over
fiova For more than a year the Rural
Settlements Association has been at
work preparing this land for subdi-
vision and settlement 1t has been all
ieyeled and checked and distributing
bitches and cross bitches built, the
avenues planted with palms and olive
trees, and everything done to put the
tract in the best possible condition for
flOmebuilding and for cultivation in
vegetables, 'and melons and all kinds
OF truck gardening and small fruit
and berry culture.
SURE CROPS UNDER IRRIGATION.
For such products, the absolute GER
tainty of Il water supply always and at
any time whenever needed without
any human possibility of shortage is
the corner stone and the only sure
foundation for success. Any uncer-
tainty In the water supply means
failure.
Realizing this, and bringing TO a
solution cf the problem his long ex-
perience end wide observation Of the
essential elements of complete euccess
In the making Of such homes as it has
been planned should be made on this
tract, Mr.. Maxwell went still beyond
the assurance even of water from the
river aud the government reservoir.
and there mas been put down on the
property a group OF wells, on which a
pant will be constructed.
These wells have an inexhaustible sup
ply Of underground water which will
furnish more water than can be used
for the irrigation of the lands in ques
tlon. The pumping plant will be or
ganized as Il cooperative water COM
pany so that each home owner in the
tract win have his proportion of owner
ship IN it, and the furnishing OF
water to adjoining land may
BE made z source OF substantial profit
to those who are so fortunate as to be II
co owners in the plant None viii be
allowed to become co-owners In 1t ex-
cept those who acquire one of the
tracts into which this Rural Settle
ments Association land viii be sub
divided. It Is therefore manifest that
the tract Of land which is now being
subdivided by the Association under
the direction of Mr.. Maxwell, with Mr.
J. W. Bro0uell acting as Local Super
on the ground, offers the
following advantages to the home
seeker:
First. selection Of the very best
tract Of land so far as quality Of the
land Is concerned. that could be found
In the Salt River Valley rich and IN
exhaustihle alIuviaI bottom land, PEE
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

association known as the Salt River
Valley Water Users Association. That
Association contracted with the nation
al government for the construct on
under the National Irrigation Act of
the great Tonic RESERVOIR which is
now being haiit on Salt River.
Some 40 miles above Phoenix and
what was once an almost inacces' SibIe
res ion, visited only by the murdetous
Apaehes and the oId-times outls VS..
the salt Rive and its tributary, TonSo
Creek, emerge from a frowning can
yon. Here 2.)G0 men are at work on
the great Ialt0 dam. This huge
structure will Use 2S4 feet above The
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

foundation, and $50 feet abov- the
river level EIGHT hundred feet wide
at the top or curb, it will form a giant
wedge connecting the towering can
yon walls, and become, as the en-
gineer's report states, as immovable
and everlasting as the adjoining rock.
1t viii create a lake, backing tho
water II the Salt River IA or 10 miles
and 10 iniles up the Tonic. When the
reservoir is completed the water viii
flow in the river channel for "A miles,
and then I've diverted by means Of
canals to the irrigable lands surround
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

Maxwell was and Il stu tae active,
moving spirit, anG rose who avail
themselves of the opportunities ne Is
laboring &c create for men OF inoder-
ate means to get holres on the land
viii secure the benefit Of his wide
experience, extending over more than
fifteen years during which time he
has given the closest study to every
element necessary to the success of
the man who makes home on irrl
gated land.
GREAT IRRIGATION DAM.
After the passage OF the National
Irrigation Act, SIR. Maxwell spent
several months In the Salt River Val
lev aiding IN the work of organizing
the land owners of that Valley into en
"a 80
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

ing Phoenix. This lake will hold rs
times as much as the s million dol
lar Croton reservoir, which has just
been constructed to supply New York
City with water, and 1t win ho' more
than the great Assouan dam aca s the
Nile Mans OF the day laborers D. this
work arc Apache Indians. now peace
ful remnants Of Geronimo's wild band.
A T ser Canal has been taken out
above the reservoir which will carry
the water around the mountain side
above the level Of this artificial lake,
to a point Just below the dam. where
Il win be dropped over in a water.
fall 200 feet TO the power house. IN
this way, and by other drops which
win be placed In she river and canal
system. twenty thousand horse power
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

culiariy adapted 10 the culture OF the
crops which yield the highest acreage
pront with intensive cultivation
second. a water right in the oldest
and best canal system in the Valley,
which will be added 70 by a water
right in the Tonic Basin Reservoir
from the national government, and still
further supplemented by a right IN the
cooperative water company that viii
own and operate the pumping plant
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VIII be developed for use BY the resi-
dents OF the lands irrigated ia the
Valley below from the reservoir, for
pumping water for irrigation and other
purposes. The work on this stu
pendous government structure is being
pushed forward with all practicable
haste. II is believed that in less than
two years from to-day the water from
the reservoir will be flowing into the
canal Of the salt River Valley. In
much less time than that the govern
ment will be furnishing electric power
for running the pumping plar.s Of the
farmers in the valley and furnishing
electric power for all the purposes for
which power froIi this source can be
used.
SMALL g RDEN FARM TRACTS
More than year ago Mr.. Maxwell
conceived the idea that the highest and
best use to which the lands under this
great government irrigation system
could be devoted was that they should
be subdivided into small tracts for
garden farming. berry culture and the
growing of small fruits, melons, and
other products OF intensive cultivation.
The raising Of poultry ia all its
branches would of course be one OF
the most profitable adjuncts of these
cultivated garden farms
In the past this character Of land cul-
ture has not been practicable in the
Salt River Valley because of the fact
that at the season of the year when
the water was most needed, there be-
ing no reservoir, the river was at its
lowest stage, and the supply OF water
the shortest All this will be changed
by the construction of the Tonic Basin
Believing that the first practical
demonstration of the profits to be de
rived from garden farms Of this class
should be so organized as to embody
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large its Social Circle and add to the
charm of its social life One quarter
section of land thus subdivided will
add thlrty-two families to the conf
munity and correspondingly increase
the trade of the town.
This movement for the building of
IIomecrofts or small garden homes IN
the outskirts of existing towns or viii
lagos or in the suburbs of the cities
is logical enlargement OF the central
idea around which the National Irri-
cation Movement was organized.
That idea was that the greater the
number of such small garden farms
the greater the general prosperity and
stability Of the country. The success
of the Homecroft Village near Phoe
nix will lead to its duplication in the
neighborhood of many other cities and
towns throughout the country
All inquiries or communications as
to the lands or matters above referred
to, should be addressed to
GEORGE III. MAXWELL.
Executive Chairman and General Counsel,
Rural Settlements Association, laos
Fisher Building. Chicago. III.
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ness men especially OF every town
and village 10 the country II viii
be a demonstration and a working
model for the subdivision of land now
held IN large tracts near every town
OF village into small Garden ZONES
where the prosperity OF the many
who win ntensively cultivate such
small garden farms win contribute TO
the volume Of trade and prosperity
Of the merchants Of the town aud en-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

Southern California extends hearty
congratulations and pledges continued sup
port until work Of National Irrigation AS
ISOLATION is accomplished AS the leader
in one Of the greatest successful fights
ever made on behalf of the people, you de-
serve the highest honors that can be con-
ferred upon you, but your work Ia nor
completed until the provisions of the irri-
cation bill are administered and fnlly safe
guarded . G. b. BOOTHE,
Chairman Southern California Section.
The National Irrigation Association.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

~ was both surprised and gratifed b,
read In the Associated Press diapatchcg
that the Irrigation Bin had passed IN
House, The monument TO your work II,
growing by leaps and bounds. and con
graduate you upon your splendid success
called on Mr. Schumacher this mornlne.
and he IL very, very much pleased. and M,
precintes that Il is your work that has
done the business
BENJAMIN II. BEARDSLEY.
Secretary ST. Paul Chamber OF Come
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

1.-THE Sterling Chamber Of Commerce
extends congratulations and best wishes
upon passage OF irrigation bill by Con-
gress Accept our thanks for your great
service to the west :"
r. r. GREER,
President
G. 3. GODDARD,
Secretary Sterling Chamber Of Com
nerce
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

of in
of Inn
and
of
heuIbe
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03
Am OPPORTUNITY FOR A MAREET GIYnIN g0ME
SMALL FARMS on TIE DEEP ALLUTLL yHE S0NrH.S
WHERE SUNSHINE AND ABUNDANT WATER PRODUCE.
MARPELOUS

Expert Trusk Gardeners Growers OF
Asers Invited to
the Outskirrs Of Phoenix. Salt Rive hz onn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

= have kept close truck Of the House
aud Senate's action on the irrigation bill.
and the President signing the same. and
congratulate you most heartily upon the
splendid success OF the work you have put
IN on that. II IL certainly very crafty
CHARLES A. MOORE.
PRESIDENT American Protective Tariff
League.
TO You. more than anyone else, Is due
the honor and the glory OF this achieve
ment II win, am sure, send your name
Gown 60 future generations as really the
author Of most bene6cent measure.
cannot express to you ms delight on re-
eeving the news that the bin had gone
through the House with 50 large a major
ity.
PARIS GIBSON,
United States Senator for Montana.
Accept hearty COMMUNICATIONS over the
victory won IN the passage Of the IrriRa-
ton Bin BY the House Of Representatives
Yesterday, which assures us enactment
into a law. To your magnificent general
ship aud indomiiable energy and cease
less, persistent labor Is due the glorious
victory. which means new empire an
value than our island possessions. Future
generations born in the happy homes your
efforts have made possible viii rise up 10
bless and honor your name and memory
secretary Highland Orange Growers A.
ISOLATION.
~ do not hesitate to express my con-
fiction thar the National Irrigation Act
would not have been passed and that the
national government would not have In
augurated the national irrigation policy IN
II had not been for your personal work on
organisation and the great campaign N
education which ron personally originated
tn SAYING this fully recognize and accord
70 others who have co-eperafed with ynn
the credit which n due to them for the
great resnltE which have been attained.
President The Atehfson. Topeks ! GAM.
Re Railway Sysiem.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

without George III Maxwell. we would
have bad 20 Irrigation legislation.
w M WOODBRIDGE
President Montana Agricultural Assocf-
alton
1--WE congratulate ron on the passage Of
the National irrigation Bill May Jour
success continue FRANK WIGGGN,
Secretary Los Angeles Chamher on com-
meFee
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03
Extracts From kilograms and
Letters

TO GEORGE II. MAXWELL,
Executive Chairman The National Irripator
Association, following the Passage of
the National Irrigation Act.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

ut is truly great pleasure TO be able
TO congratulate you on the results OF your
long campaign and the irst-class work yOu
have done. The whole west rejoices with
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

tjon Movement is demonstrated by the
following extracts from letters and
kilograms sent to him after the passage
Of the National Irrigation Act.
OF GENERAL. INTEREST.
The mans for the building Of this
Homecrofters' village near Phoenix
4 one THAT should interest the busi-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

VIM. IL. CHADWICK,
President Horticultural Society Of f'hi-
cago.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

For your sagaelous. persistent. unn-
ms and aole efforts In this cause the
country owes you q debt OF gratitude.
Secretary Chicago Hoard o. trade.
The citizens Of Billings aud Yellowstone
County, through the undersigned. desire
- express 10 you their hearty congratu-
latlons and thanks for your efforts In be-
haH OF the Irrigation Bi1 lust PASSED =
BILLINGS COMMERCIAL CLUB.
We realize that il was owing 10 your
Nolhty, tact, industry and tenacity thai
sne HIissuon measure was carried to Il
500 s3usNessiui conclusion AZ such ain early
A A. BURNHAM.
General Secretary National Business
League. Chicago
There ought to be some recognition OF
the tact that IL was almost entirely
thfeugh the Efforts Of your association.
and particularly through your untiring
Efforts In behalf OF the legislation, that the
great sentiment In the east In favor ~ ma
iouai legislation came to our relief In the
House OF Representatives
JOHN f. sHAFRoTH.
Member Of Congress from Colorado.
Please accept my heartiest congratuia-
lions for the favorable action lust taken
by the House on your bill II looks now
- u you had won the hght. and the great
aria arr, west y 70 have proper attention from
tbe government =
H. NJ. KINNEY.
President National Association or Wagon
Makers.
7 extend to you my heartiest congratu-
iations and sincere thanks for the noble
results OF your efforts IN behalf Of the na-
tlonal irrigation project To my way or
thinking the said results are due more 10
your untiring work than to any other enc
thing .
CARL F. ADAM.
president and Manager. Aieatraz As
phalt Paving Co. Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia.
want 70 congratulate you on the mag
nihcent achievement you won in Congress-
fear the nation NJ large will not give you
friends all know that this irrigation hill
would never have been passed but for yoar
intirlng efforts and hard work You will
certainly always be remembered by the
srlatetgi people west OF the Missouri
JOHN STEEL.
General Agent The Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company omaha,
Nebraska
ITO yon. more than to any other onc
nan, is due larger share OF credit, first.
or the conception second for the crystal
liza tion. and. third for the passage or the
National Irrigation Bill You have my
earty and sincere congratulations
II. w TANSILL.
Irrigation Company, Carlsbad. New
Mexico
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

PROSPEROUS SCENES
IN TEMPE. ONE OF THE
OUTLYING TOWNS
NEAR PHOENIX.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03
GEORGE H. MAXWELL.

Executive Chairman and General Counsel,
Rural Settlements Association, laos
Fisher Building. Chicago. Ill.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

The citizens Of Billings and Yellowstone
county, through the undersigned. desire
20 express 10 you their hearty congratu-
iAtlons aud thanks for your efforts IN be-
A@i OF the Irrigation Bih just passed
BILLINGS COMMERCIAL CLUB.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

Chairman Executive Committee. Pecos
Irrigation Company, Carlsbad New
Mexico
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

For your sagaei0us. persistent. unm-
ms and able efforts IN this cause TIE
country owes you q debt OF gratitude.
GEORGE r STONE,
secretary Chicago Board OF Trade.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

ITO yon, more thnn to any other one
man, is due larger share OF credit, first.
for the conception: Second. for the crystal
lization. and. third, for the passage OF the
National Irrigation Bill You have my
hearty and sincere congratulations
u w rANcTTY
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

we realize that Il was owing 10 your
ability, tact, Industry and fenacffv maj
the Hrlgaton measure was carried to
successful conclusion al such an early
A. A. BURNHAM.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

JVftIN = LEI.
General Agent The Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance COMPANY, Omaha,
Nebraska
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-04-19
What Pan.Amerlcan RAILWAY Is.

The broad idea of the Pan-American
Railway may be grasped from glance
at the map, where It appears as n
project in profile, The general di.
rection is northwest and south. least
along the giant chains of the Andes
A through int2rcontinentaI railroad
should follow the route most advan
tageous for opening up unaeyelopct
resources and for insuring immt
grafton and permanent settlement
The governing principle Of long con
tinental backbone line with rias n
cludes development of mineral, agri
cultural, and timber resources, while
climate Is not to be overlooked. Tc
temper the tropics is feasible by fol
lowing the plateauX OF the Andes
For the railway engineer II Is impor
tant, as Chief-Engineer Skunk has
stated, To determine the direction Of
the water-courses, the depths, widths
and currents; the trends of the noun
tain passes, and their height above the
adjacent valleys.
All of these considerations were
given form in the intercontinental sur
yey which was made during the years
from 1892 to 1898 inclusive. The sur
Vey was organized in accordance with
the recommendation Of the First Inter
national American Conference The
funds were provided by the United
States and by proportionate contri
buttons from the various other govern
ments. The field surveying parties
were under the guidance of Mr. w f
Skunk, as engIneer,in-chief. The
principal object was TO determine
whether feasible railway line at /
reasonable outlay could be constructed
The purpose was not specifically the
location of a railroad but rather .
reconnaissance and exploration, trac
ing a tentative line of development
and collatlng information regarding
natural resources.
The result, as embodied In tn,
printed reports and the maps and pro
files, was monumental. Ii was no
only most meritorious labor Of prac
tical preliminary surveying; II wal
also valuable contribution to inter
national ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NJ. Pep
per, In ScribneT's.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-04-19
VOLWA WOULD
ARB|TRATE'z ZION

Chicago, April 17.-General Over
seer Voliva and his followers have
thrown down the gauntlet to John
Alexander Dowie. They speak through
the mouthpieces of their attorneys
and declare their willingness to sub
the question of the control of Zion
City affairs to a board of arbitration,
each side to select hall
In case of disagreement Voliva is to
name an odd member of the board:
both parties to abide by the board S
decision. Nm answer to this has been
made by Dowie, and should he re-
fuse the proposition the Voliva fac.
ton declare that all negotiations Will
be off and the matter fought out in
the courts.
Dowie's attorneys are making an ef-
fort to prevent circulation through
the mails of the last issue Of Leaves
of Healing, the official paper Of Zion,
and have telegraphed an appeal to
Postmaster General Cortelyou
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-04-19
HE MISSED HER.

st Louis Republic.-The senator's
who expected TO see Senator Tlllman
rampage" around the railroad-rate
bill, Of which he is in charge, on the
floor are discouraged. Every day they
go to the senate thinking there will be
on explosion and every day they are
disappointed.
Tillnan's sktll In turning corners,
and the attitude OF the public, remind
me OF the knlfe-thrower who was ex-
hibitlng his prowess In a variety
theater." said the Senator. He had
been accustomed to stand a very
pretty young woman up against a
board and throw big knives at her,
which barely missed her, but which
did miss her and outlined her forn
against the board. One night bis as.
sistant was III, and the knife thrower
was Obliged TO substitute his wife,
who was an old and ugly woman. It
struck beside her head.
Ny Gawd!' shouted man In the
gallery. He's missed herr
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-04-19
ADVICE FOR INVESTORS.

There is class or Investors who do
take close and intelligent account OF
The condition of the market, and whose
fixed plan IL TO watch for advanta"
geous moments In which to buy OF
soil II IL impossible TO lay down
rules for a policy In which success dc.
ponds so largely on possession OF u
sort OF financial instinct, Mother
would II be useful or wise TO suggest
what times should be chosen for such
purposes by people engaged In specu.
lating on u margin" with borrowed
cident Of an hour may Offset tho sound.
est reasoning adopted with view To
basic conditions. The bonando In.
weston, however, will do we'll TO keep
his eye always on the rate for money
in the Wall Street market; because.
while the rise or fall In rates makes
no difference to his own capacity TO
invest, Il may make all the difference
in the world 10 tho mass Of spectators
on borrowed money, IT, for instance
stocks are advancing rapidly. and tho
rate for money simultaneously rising
to high figures, II Is a disadyantageou
market In which to buy. The action
Of the money rate bears witness TO the
fact that reserves of loarable capital
nave been strained to bring stocks to
the high prevailing fgures,-which
usually means that before long some
OF the spectators must 1T go their
hold through inability to command
further resources, which brings about
readJustment OF prices. This con-
clusion Is so obvious that Il would
hardly need 10 be repeated, but for the
fact that those are the very occasions
when conviction that prices are going
TO far higher level usually ceases on
Wall Street. II ia much to the Inter
est Of professional spectators 10 Gre.
ATE such an impression. IL they al
lowed the contrary view TO prevail,
whom would they find to pay high
prices for the stocks which they them
selves are forced TO seli?-Alexandei
u. Noyes, In Atlantic.