Arizona republican., 1909-02-21
WORD ID THE WISE
 ABOUT VALLEY LANDS
Local Residents Should Appreciate.

"The situation in the valley in re-
 gard to farming land is one which calls for careful consideration. and early action on the part of those who expect to engage in ranching or fruit culture here said L. J. Rice in an interview yesterday. Continuing, MT. Rice said:
 "The facts showing the actual pro duction of the soil under average con ditions, and again what the land will do under intense scientific farming. are becoming generally known The prices of land, while they may seem high to those who have been familiar with it from the beginning, are yet. considered in relation to their ability to produce an income, away below the top. The history of lands in other To-
 calities, both under irrigation projects and under private irrigation, proves this proposition beyond a question.
 Tn the older citrus localities the unimproved lands are valued at from three to four times our values for the same quality of land, while the i'm proved tracts are two to three times higher. In the older sugar beet and cantelope localities, lands are held and sold at from two to three times the prices of ours here. Add to this fact, that other well known fact that there is no prospect of further devel- opment of government irrigation pro jects in Arizona for many years to come. and it is easy to deduce the conclusion that with the rapidly in creasing population and the quantity of land fixed at a certain limit, prices must go up.
 There are only a few tracts of de-
 sirable land left now that can be had at around 31O0 per acre, and where you find one, there Is some special reason for the owner offering it. aside from it's actual and prospective value We have in our hands as selling agents one tract located in the orange coun- try. which we are offering in twenty acre lots at s125 per acre. This is not an advertisement. but I take it for a concrete illustration. These twenty l acre tracts can be made to produce. under intelligent and intensive han | ding. s1OO per acre per annum gross. This means not only getting out of the land it's full normal quantity of bul slIlClig methods in handling the product after 1t is raised. If it will do this. what Is it actually worth on the basis of 1 it's producing ability?
 When people come into this valley | to settle and make homes. lands will ] bring what they are actually worth. Then what is the wise move to make for those who are on the ground and | expect to make their homes here? For those with moderate means, we say, buy now. or you will soon regret the shOrtsightedness which caused you to wait. Of course. those with means can buy any time. but lands are going to double again in the near future. Land suitable for growing sugar beets that is within three or four miles of the sugar factory vii rise enormously in value in the next few months. The big money will be made in the flood water lands in this district, as they are just as fertile as any In the valley and much lower in price. The near completion of the big dam at Roose- welt is daily diminishing the difference between flood water ranches now in cultivation and the older lands