Arizona republican., 1907-02-23

full Of people again to welcome in sonf
and sermon the happy privilege of hav.
ing and holding another meeting.
The air was crisp and cool yesterday
morning, the start being made early
to see as much of this wonderous land
as could be crowded into the small
space of day. This was the first car
over the line for the morning and the
seats were cold, but this was not much
annoyance by the diversion of the pref
~ houses and homes on the way. These
homes stand thick and fast for long
distance out and then there are some
commons and great punches and clus-
tiers of ugly and useless catsclaws. 10
rend clothes and lacerate the flesh when
after the festive cottontail. Then come
more houses and pretty yards with
more of the beautiful in pretty shrubs
and flowers and. maybe, a group of
! children who have not departed for
school Yet, are making the welSin ring
| with their happy any joyous shouts.
! Cottonwood trees have interested the
attention and labors of ranch people
very largely. and long lines and aven-
/ ues of these grand old trees greet the
/ eye in every direction. They follow the
bitches. canals and water courses and
are kept alive and growing by an album
dance of moisture. They grow stalwart
and grand, and their long limbs and
shady branches afford an abundance OF
very delectable firewood for the house
But they are valuable and priced in a
twO-fold way: their long and wide can
opies of green leaves and bodies fur
oe
shades in the hot summer time for both
stock and people, and much suffering
that otherwise would be had is happily
averted.
Up the road apiece from the camp
meeting grounds a sign on the gate,
that opened to beautiful yellow house,
said, THE Eight Palms" \ pretty wo-
man, who beamed with kindly eyes, was
standing in the yard by the big and
pretty yellow house. and laying mod
esty and conventionalities aside. an in
trusion was made. This is the home of
\ C. Utley, the pretty lady said, and
the holdings comprise two and a quar-
ter acres OF ground. Pretty and we'll
kept yards are featured in the hand
work of the owner of this pretty home.
4 small garden, for home use. and
small number of fruit trees, are about
all the small space of ground is able to
sustain. Some fowls are kept TO make
up for the deficiency in fruits and veg
etables, and last year the lady sold
thirty-siX turkeys of of seven. But
there are more ducks than turkeys. and
they egjoy a remedy from being penned
up all night in the ditch water out in
front. Both turkeys and ducks We're
white. with the exceptions of a few,
which had big splatches of dark and
motley hues and colorings on them. The
big and roomy house. already a pretty
bright yellow. was undergoing another
coating from the painters brush, this
time. however. by a much deeper color
ing OF yellow. The contrast with the
coloring of the surrounding green, in
which the house is so beautifully poised
leaves n pleasing effect. An elderly
and well-dressed man came out to the
postbOx to get his papers and letters.
He said he had been a resident of the
valley for fifteen years, but only here
for two years. At any event, If the
elderly well-dressed man was Mr.. Ut
ley. and landlord of the pretty home,
he has not lost much time in making
everything about him clean and COM
Portable.
Another chicken ranch looms up on
the opposite side of the road. and a
trip is made There are six different
kinds Of fowls. and comprise turkeys,
guineas. ducks, pigeons and chickens.
There are six different breeds Of the
latter. and comprise among them blue
Alentians and white rocks. In this
this number Of breeds there are white
and brown leghorns innumerable, be-
sides more of other kinds and breeds.
Much expense has been given for hOus-
IS and shelters for this large number
and various kinds of fowls. and, be
sides the fences and small shelters and
houses there are two large barns for
the incubating OF chickens and feed
storages. The fowls and their immense
product Of eggs. find quick and ready
sales in Phoenix Mr. Kelly, an en-
ploye at the ranch, was in the lots and
pens looking after his routine duty OF
chicken keeping. A big Attorney COW
stood sleepily and lazily in awe of the
Enclosures. and Mr.. Kelly said that she
gave two gallons Of milk every day.
The COW is for home use and no other
stock was observed. The ranch does
not have chicken alfalfa for the reason
that the different breeds are kept care
fully apart, and the least crossing of
the various kinds is very carefully
avoided. Though the number of eggs
per day was not had, the number is GER
tainly very large and the profits cor
respondingly heavy.
Away down the road. west, the big
and long sheds and stables of Mr.. Hur-
leys's milk ranch can be seen, and the
wide fields of alfalfa for them behind.
This is another profitable and paying
enterprise Of the valley, and fully DEM
onstrates what can be done with alfalfa
and a herd of good milch cows. How
many cows are MIXED is not known.
but a large number of milk wagons are
kept going to town almost day and
night TO deliver milk from them. 1t
was stated that about half the milk
consumed in Phoenix was furnished by
this dairy.
East Of the chicken ranch pretty
brick houses and fields of alfalfa pre-
sent themselves as far as the eye can
reach. The grain crops are an inter-
mingling of vegetables and fruits,
shrubbery and majestic cottonwood
trees, disdainful in their magnificent