Arizona republican., 1908-04-01
Mesa, Arizona, March, 15, 1908. Editor Republican:
Mesa. February 2S, 1908.

htSd, bTlZOIld, MATCH, 10, lSbS.
 Editor Republican:
 Another piece of Mesa magic will in
 the near future become a topic of na-
 tional interest. as something novel and
 without rival, and that is an endow-
 ment feature of the Mesa creamery
 We occasionally see notices of en-
 dowment funds for colleges where the
 interest only is used which goes to
 the support of the college but the en-
 dowment plan in connection with a community creamery has never before
 been dreamed of. As college is ben efitted by it's endowment revenue so will the Mesa creamery be benefited by feature of it's organization, plac-
 ing the creamery on a basis without a parallel in the United States. About eight years ago a persistent and con- tinuous plan of educational work was begun. setting forth the advantages of a cooperative creamery. In a small way a cooperative plant was estab- lished and the resulting benefits were made known to the people. The dis advantage of a small plant were so ap- parent that the people were aroused to make an effort to secure a commu- nity creamery on the grandest and most liberal scale. One hundred and twenty men were induced to take up shares in the new organization and a capital Of s17SO0 was the beginning of the new plant. Finding that this would not be enough, these same men signed joint note of s1O.O00
 The incorporation agreement was l,o. ( t,a .l&r. s.I one vote each and no proxies to be allowed so that a controlling intrest could never be acquired by any single individual. That it be strictly co-op- erative. that the shareholders receive only per cent interest on their in vestment and the benefits over this to go to the encouragement of the dairy industry or as stated, on the price of milk. Now here is where the endowment comes in. The interest or dividend" to the share holders is less than S1,200 and the sales of ice is in the neighborhood of $10,000 enough to pay the 'dividend'' and all expenses of the plant which would make the price of milk. equal to the price of the pro- duct.
 The advantage of dairying at Mesa is readily calculated, as this wocld ad- vance the price of milk 25 cents to 50 cents over creameries that must nec- essarily take the expense and pro- prietor's profit from the price of milk
 As good acre should feed a dairy COW and a good COW should produce 10000 pounds of milk per year the in creased annual profits of dairying at Mesa is shown to be $25 per acre | Parties desiring to build up herds of dairy cattle and make records of pro- duction should not over look the fact that Mesa is the one most desirable | location. Mesa is Tt"
 Aside from acquired advantages, 1 Mesa is second to none for natural ad- | vantages. Mesa, as the name implies, | is an elevated tract of level land about | one hundred feet above the low valley | land, with an abrupt bluff of 42 feet, | to the adjacent river valley farms.
 Picture your home, if you will, as | being above the tree tops and house | tops of your neighbors and famed | from all sides by the purest of | and desert air you may then have some conception of a home .on | the Mesa.
 After securing a location so health- full and satisfactory. the next thought | is the quality of the soil, or adapta- bility for small home farms. This we have to a state of perfection. The soil is heavy clay loam suited to an