Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-29

estate. which is now cultivated and
irrigated by gravity canals from the
Colorado river. This land is now on
the market for settlement for a lin-
tied time by bona fide settlers at 325
to s35 per acre. All of this valley IL
| tributary to the new townsite of
Parker. Here they found one of the
most fertile and richest mineralized
sections in Arizona, with future the
greatness of which is scarcely yet
realized or appreciated.
Parker and vicinity" says Mr..
Gareshe "is the paradise OF the Col
orado. The building by Uncle Sam OF
the large storage dam at the Head
gate rock, which is assured, will irri-
gate 165, 900 acres OF as fertile land
as ever laid out Of doors. will make
Parker a Phoenix and surrounding
country a second Salt River valley.
And IL is certain that in the not far
distant future a smelling plant with
large capacity will be erected at this
point or very near. The Colorado at
Parker and between that town and
Yuma and the Needles is always nav
igable at any season of the year and
there are already several large river
boats plying to points north and south.
which great natural advantage is
bound to make Parker the only dis
tributing point in this entire section,
supplying goods to Ehrenberg. Palo
Verde, Quartzsite. Bill Williams and
Copper Basin sections.
Parker will thus have not only the
advantages Of railroad facilities but
the benefits Of a great waterway
reaching a vast country which will
some day be operated on an extensive
scale. II is now dotted with thous-
ands of good prospects and little
camps which are coming to the front
with the advent of the Santa Fes
line.
"All or the most Of these properties
on the Arizona side of the river are
gold bearing. but while on the Cali
fornia side copper predominates large
". Several of these mines are ready
TO operate as soon as the transporta
ton companies can handle their pro-
ducts. Just southwest of Parker on
the California side are located the
great salt fields and borax deposits
which will some day make the famous
Twenty Mule Team fields in the Death
valley look like three battered dimes.
We found that thesmachinery was on
the ground to erect the saw mill which
will work up the cottonwood box lum-
Der"
Mr. Gareshe says that the land
about Parker is adopted for oranges.
lemons. figs. cantaloupes. and espe-
cially sugar beets. Parker has al
ready assumed a busy aspect in the
of hull no Do rlya
mercial company has now so redskins
throwing dirt and excavating for its
store rooms. The men back of this
company are enterprising and hustling
and the kind that build up a new
country.
There will be a hotel and ice plant
erected. The buildings of the Parker
Commercial company will occupy
space, that is the main store 1OOx15O
feet, but IL has a concession of five
acres. This company, says Mr.. Gar
eshe expects to be doing a big whole
sale and retail business in less than
two months. Another concern, the
Colorado Mercantile company, has also
staked out plans for a large store.
These two will be the only firms that
will be allowed to do business at that
point for some time, or at least until
the government throws open the In
dian lands for settlement and for bus
mess privileges. That event will be
memorable and important one for
the Parker section.
Another point of interest especially |
to hunters, and Mr.. Gareshe is one of |
these. is the abundance of game in !
this section, and the river at this !
time of the year is covered more or |
less with a great number of ducks, !
grouse and white breast. Garry did /
not count them for he did not have !
time in his short stay but there were |
enough to feed starving India. The /
only brant he ever saw in Arizona was :
in this section. The Indian agency is |
in charge Of the hustling and enter |
prising Col. c. B. Atkinson. who is al |
ways genial and accommodating to all |
the visitors Col. Atkinson is enthu- |
siastic over the prospects OF Parker |
and the country thereabout.
Messrs. Gareshe and Edwards Wis |
tied Boise and found 1t a progressive |
center of mining camps on the A. and !,
c., with several large stores, the prin- |
cipal one being the Marley Mercan- |
tile company. Wenden too is q hust- |