Arizona republican., 1906-09-04

truck gardening and small fruit and berry culture.
 For such products. the absolute cer- tainty of a water supply always and at any time whenever needed without any human possibility of shortage is the 1 cornerstone and the only sure founda-
 tion for success. Any uncertainty in the water supply means failure.
 Realizing this, and bringing to a so- Iution of the problem his long experi- ence and wide observation of the es- ! sential clements of complete success in 1 the making of such homes as 1t has 1 been planned should be made on this ] tract. MT. Maxwell went still beyond i the assurance even of water from the l river and the government reservoir, and there has been put down on the l property a group of wells on which pumping plant will be constructed. i These wells have an inexhaustible sup ! ply of underground water which will l furnish more water than can be used | for the irrigation of the lands in ques- | ton. The pumping plant will be or ! ganiZed as cooperative water com 1 pany so that each home owner in the ! tract will have his proportion of own i ership in it, and the furnishing of i pumped water to adjoining land may be made a source of substantial profit to those who are so fortunate as to be | co-owners in the plant None will be allowed to become co-owners in it ex- cept those who acquire one of the tracts into which this Rural Settlement | association land will be subdivIded. It | is therefore manifest that the tract of l land which is now being subdivided by the association under the direction of MT Maxwell, with J. w. Broomeu act ing as local superintendent on the ground, offers the following advantages to the homes eeker:
 First, q selection of the very best i tract of land, so far as quality is con cerned. that could be found in the Salt River valley-rich and inexhaustiblc alluvial bottom land. peculiarly adapt ed to the culture of the crops which yield the highest acreage profit with intensive cultivation.
 Second, water right in the oldest and best canal system in the valley which will be added to by a water right | in the Tonto Basin reservoir from the natlon' gloyernment and stil further supplemented by right in the CO., operative water company that will own
 and operate the pumping plant So ! that by no human possibility can the l occupant oi one of these garden farms iaiI to have an abundant water supply whenever needed and to whatever ex- ! tent the water may be required.
 The land here described, which is des- i ignated as the Rural Settlements tract. has been subdivided into five-acre | plots, and these will be sold only to l those who are already skilled in truck l gardening, berry and small fruit cuI- | ture and poultry raising, because it is { planned to make this initial colony a ! demonstration of the possibilities of the 1 Salt River alley for this class Of agrf- l culture. and it is desired that the dem i onstration should be made by those 1 who know how. Sales will not be made ] to parties who do not wish to actually | live on the land. or do not know how to cultivate it. The association proposas l to cooperate with the purchasers to l Insure the success of the latter. ana | Tor that reason is offering the land to i the kind of customers desired at a price | so low that it is a chance rare'y found ! by any one who understands intensive
 cultivation of 8 small tract of land and l wants such homt Including the
 i water rights in the canal system and the pumping plant, the land will he
 sold in five-acre tracts for only $50 an | acre in cash
 Any one who may desire further par
 ticulars as to this land or any inforna-
 ton as to the HOmecroft movement is
 ! cordially invited to address George Fl.
 Maxwell, l4O5 Fisher building. Chicago.