Arizona republican., 1908-04-04

| nSnWayS the money provided coulu give the country. MT. HOghe said he | was like the man at the end of the ir- rigatiOn ditch, tere was little left for him to say. He thought the roads had been remarkably improved since his last campaign. That time he came to Buckeye and it took him "A hours; yesterday it took but one hour and 40
 minutes. He did not however, illumi-
 nate the matter by telling that on the
 other trip he drove his own team, and it took a week, as MT. Bullard alleg- ed. C. s. Stewart was in favor of bet ter roads if the people wanted to pay | for them. He considered that great improvements had been made, and the
 money well expended so far placed at the boards disposal.
 Dwight B. Heard again called at
 tention to the state of the peoples feeling, relative to the dinner, and an-
 nounced that there was plenty left for another meal. That it was the verdict of the guests that they had never had so good a time in all their lives. To | his suggestion. the Phoenix contin-
 gent responded with three cheers and tiger for Buckeye and her generous { people The Buckeye Glee Club then sang a closing song and the audience extended farewell words.
 The Children Ride.
 But still the big event for the chil- dren was to take place. It was an nounced that the big cars before leav- ing for Phoenix would take all the ! children for an automobile ride And from the many happy shining faces of | the little ones. and the lusty shouts. one could glimpse some of the joy that was theirs. It was d most thoughtful and commendable action { on the Dart of the autoists and show ed the good will they bore the hosts
 of the day. In retrospect it is pleas ant to think that even the children were not forgotten.
 The automobiles were then started
 on the homeward journey and the ! return was made without particular incident, save a minor mishap which was expected. Punch the Breeze" in | charge of Arthur Ainsworth, in which the writer journeyed made a clean score and acted as first aid to the in jured along the way. setting a few right who had gone wrong The Agua Fria crossing was in good shape, so
 made by the work of the committee from Buckeye and most of the cars took it on the high speed. The return was made by way of Liberty, a slight ly longer route.
 Notes by the Way.
 There are about 15,000 acres of land
 under cultivation in the Buckeye
 country. It is made rich by a fine
 mulch or silt which is borne down
 with each flow of water The soil will grow anything on earth. except
 tombstOnes and malcontents. The
 head of the canal is taken out of the
 Gila just below the junction of the
 Salt and the Agua Fria with the
 Gila and has a continuous flow of wa
 ter. The region is unexcelled in the.
 production of alfalfa seed, has fine
 horses, many imported staock high
 bred cattle, growing dairying inter-
 eSts.
 Land that sold ten years ago at $1O per acre. is now held at S11O per acre.
 Some good land not well improved. sells for from s3O to $75 per acre. The
 Home Founders association is most important organization for the promotion of publicity and best inter- ests of Buckeye and the results of the small amount of money spent in ad- vertising have been greater than had been anticipated. IL has only been established since October. but has been active and energetic The mov- ing spirits in organizing the associa- tion, were w. R. Blackmer, now sec retary. J. G. Gipson. treasurer. Dr. l.. H. Thayer. Riley Johnson. x. A. San ders.
 The town of Buckeye has several good stores. blacksmith shop. fine school building. T. N. Clanton. for merly in business here, is one of the boosters of the town. one of the rel ics of other days. is the old adobe ruin of what was the home of the Buckeye Blade. The new buildings are of more substantial material
 One of the things which Buckeye people bank on is the establishment of a mining camp in the White Tanks. and other surrounding mountains. where are now several good properties. and prospects. among them the Gila Lode Co, Union Gold Mining Co. on which considerable development has bttii uplit.
 Committee on Roads: C. NJ. Zander. Geo. Day. r. F.. Moore.
 Committee on Finance: w. R. Be- loat, J. R. GipsOn, c. P Brown. H. A. Hammels.
 Committee on Supplies: D. Bales. Riley Johnson. N. A. Sanders w W. Jones.
 Committee on Grounds: w B. Long, T. N. Clanton, B. A. Hadsell. N. Benson. Paul Jones, G. P. Brown.
 Committee on Program: w. RI Blaczmer, w. A. Evans, H. F.. KelI. John Roberts, Laird Shrun. c. B. Carl ton.
 Table Committee: Mrs. w. B. Long. and all the ladies in Buckeye