Arizona republican., 1909-08-16

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 for them. The housebuilding need Is
 very timely one and might be made
 the subject of many articles and many
 suggestions.
 But the scarcity of houses is by no
 means the only thing on which Mir. | Cowgirl bases his belief in the coming
 of many people next winter. It Is only | one of score of reasons only a few
 of which can be mentioned at this
 time. One is that the people are all
 ready coming and have been all sum
 mer long Since his return few days
 ago he was approached by a man to
 whom Mir. Cowgirl had been pointed
 out The stranger said he had been ] here only a few weeks. and was ac- companied here by four friends. each
 of whom had bought farm land, he fil-
 ing on a homestead claim. They had
 been reading literature sent out by the | board of trade, were delighted with | the country, etc. And other and sim | liar instances have occurred since the | secretarys return. The average citi-
 zen does not notice how many stran- | gers there are in town, nor take the | trouble to find out, but the least ob- serving must know that there are more people in town this summer than ever before notwithstanding more of the home folks haze gone away this year than ever before.
 Another reason says the secretary, is the unrest among the farmers of southern California in certain sections where their land values are twice as high as here and the market price of fa hole AT Cowgirl devoted all the time he could when opportunities were favorable to making inquiry as to conditions in California, more time perhaps than any other citizen would take the trou- be to do for it was in line with his work when at home For instance one day in Los Angeles he took the trouble to visit the market place where the | farmers bring in their produce and make inquiry direct of the men who | till the soil.
 He approached one truck farmer | who was unloading his stuff and pro ceeded to ask a number of leading | questions as to the prices he was re- ceiving and finally asked the man if | he was making any money. The man | who had been little short, turned | around and told him he did not care | to be insulted, thinking perhaps that | he was being addressed in tone of | sarcasm. Cowgirl then told him he | meant no offense but was asking sin | cerely and for information telling the | man his name, official position, etc. | Then the farmer became confidential | and opened up his heart to him telling | him that if he got the price of the | suit of clothes he was wearing as the profit for his seasons work he would | be doing well. He told him that he lived within two or three miles of Arcadia. that he had to pay $500 per acre for his land and sl1 per acre per annum for his water and then had tO sell his strawberries so the merchants could resell them at two boxes for five cents, the farmer finishing the box, in order to compete with the fruit by the Japanese. And that is only an illustration of a lot of things related in the conversation
 MT Cowgirl then told him that farm land here was selling at $l5O and water cost $1.65 per acre per annum. etc, etc, and practically everything could be grown here that could be grown in California and disposed of at prices much better than those he had quoted. Then the farmer pulled out of his inside pocket. an envelope containing some of the literature sent out by the board, together with fol- low up letters, etc, and asked him if he could recognize them. which of course he did and verified the state ments made The man concluded the conversation by saying he would be here this winter if he could get enough | together for the price of a ticket. whether he came to stay or not and l MT. Cowgirl promised to give him an | automobile ride all over the valley. | The man then told him of conditions | under which many of his neighbors | and acquaintances are labOring not | only there but in other California set | dement's.
 This incident Is only one of many l that show which way the wind is | blowing Mir. Cowgirl has no desire to knock California for they treated him nicely over there and those conditions do not prevail everywhere in CalifOr- mia nor in respect of all industries, but there are places where values are higl. prices low and in certain lines the grower has a hard time of it. being consequently dissatisfied The incident was not related so much to show the disadvantages of California as to H.
 lustrate the value of the follow up" advertising of the board. both east and west Very frequently he runs across some one who pays little attention to the first piece of literature but as they keep coming the reader becomes in
 terested and if he is not satisfactorily situated. whether east or west, he be-
 gins to seriously consider n change.
 The result of the early bulletins sent out by the board is only now beginning
 to be felt, and if Mir. Cowgill's judg-
 ment is good, Phoenix will have more people the coming winter than she knows what tO do with unless she be gins to prepare to take care of them. PRIVATE HYGIENE