Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-11-02

arising to q height Of q hundred feee.
wher- gracefully sweeping and rich Royal
palms spread their branches rhe orchid
house 10 treat In i.xelf. for there can
he found the rarest and eostliest Of these
dainty blossoms The head gardener has
a force Of dfty men under him who %
nothing but care for the blossoms an
plants 10 the eonservator;es and aooot
the lawns. Equally important Is ths poss
OF head forester whose erew 10 ksps
busiiy engaged trimming aud pruning
the old and setting OUT new rrses- ooDs
idea Of the magnitude Of this work cAn
be had when IL Is known that ous hur-
dred theusaad Norway spruces alone have
been set out In the past three ySors OF
course. many Of these are TO Be sacrt
feed as they extend their braneheA the
head forester explaining that this num-
Der was necessary to bring forth immedi-
ate eject. a. every hill top and knoll
has been studded with these dvarfsd
everyrsens.
The water works Of the Duke estate 10
an Institution In itself Cioss TO the
river Is & reservoir with o cspseity Of
twenty ave million gaiionA fhs 10 eoa-
stsntly red BY three rama. esch win Q
daily capacity OF ave million galionA
The reservoir feeds the iaksA streaEA
fountains and eascades this vstsr again
finding its way back to the river. for .
number Of cotton and wooden Mills In
Rarfsan have. on more than one occaaoo.
been put out Of eomminsiOn vhsa ths
Duke fountains were In play. but this
new systsm Of drainage has rsmSdtsd I'll
only that Of evaporation
In his work Of beauttfying hh ssfses
Mr.. Duke has bsea ably ass1sesd b. HI
outside Superintendent David J. ou1fA
all the detail, however. falling % u lot
Of Miss Agnes AeWiilianA M. 0ahs's
sscretary. Smith overssn tn vol. bot
In reality hiss NcWtilians = ths mAsess
mind which plans n Prom hsr hanA
some once which sdtotns the seahSA By
an ample telsphoos system nio AeWil-
hams IL In constant toucA with he yarl
report directly 10 her. VIM AE Dale
Il a daily visitor to all parts Of his -
tate Il 10 only nseessafy for him to give
Mise AewiliiauD Z suggsGe&un - b a.
work he wishes done, for IN immsd,aes
execution. -
means the least attractive features Of a.
setate- Each = osnaDatal N dea1gn.
covering Q vids srsa Of door sU.ss All
nnished With . care to detail one would
s sss,dis :,p:ss 2 a.S II sus e. ~ e ~
tablished a Ans herd Of 0usrnsey cattle
on tbs place. Dake'e milk and D0hs's
butter were sesu6 sousht b New Yo<k
hotel men and he dairy ytsldsd q hand
some prodt. bot Mr.. Daks sosu tired q
bis new playthins and the herd vas d.
posed Of. osly q su1lcient number Of TIE
original cattle being rsea1nsd to supply
the wants of those about the farm While
bis stables are quite a. handsoms - thoss
Of Die most ardent lovers a hosss 1esA.
Mr.. Duke does not 90 In for fancy horsss
and Of the thirty head that are main
tanned for his own personal ~ thers b
not q show hor,e among them. His equt
pages are handsome but modest. and run
more to comfort than to g bizarre eject.
He has several auto cars. however. which
mode Of locomotion be seemingly preferA
using one Of these In his daily trip To
asd frou the railroad station at SoRsr-
vile -
The workren regularly employed %
Dukes Farms are all provided with com
and picturesque little cottages
which are set about IN groups. giving one
the impression that be was 10 the midst
Of u model village