Arizona republican., 1909-04-03
MESA INTERESTS ALLIED WITH RURAL SETTLEMENTS ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS SUB ScRIBED FOR STOCK AT
 THIS PLACE.
Geo. H. Maxwell of lHomeeroft Acre. Will Deliver Lectures in Chicago.

George H. Maxwell. executive chair man of the National Irrigation asso- citation and general consul of the Rural Settlements association has just closed a campaign among the business men and citizens of Mesa and has received enough encouragement to make the | announcement that this particular sec tion of the valley will receive a pro- portion of the benefits that will be | derived from his illustrated lectures which will be explained little farther on in this article.
 The Mesa citizens and business firms interested in the project are: Dr. A. J. Chandler, Mesa City Bank, Le- Sueur-Gibbons Co. Pomeroy- Guthrie Realty Co. O. S. Stapley and company, Dr. Wilbur. Arizona Land Co, H. L. Chandler. ". w. Dobson, and the Mesa Lumber Yard. Each one of the above I mentioned have subscribed for one share Of stock at a cost of slOO per | share and also for annual dues to the | amount of s25 which continues for two years.
 The Rural Settlements association is an Arizona incorporation organized in
 
 l six per cent preferred stock. About four years ago or as soon as 1t was known that the reservoir pro ject was assured a tract of land was selected about one-half mile south of the asylum. directly south of the P. & E. track, and ar equity is held at this time by the Rural Settlements asso- citation. One hundred shares are now held in the valley which insures the furtherance of the enterprise of get ting colonists here.
 According to Mir. Maxwell his plan is not one of relieving the congested conditions of the city so much as it Is colony building. His primary idea is to build colonies.
 By the interest Mesa has taken in the matter it means that one section of land in the immediate vicinity of Mesa is to be selected by the stock holders at this point and then be cut up into five, ten and twenty acre tracts and disposed of to the farmers which Mir. Maxwell proposes to send here. It does not necessarily mean that the entire section shall be together but rather that the four quarter sections shall be separated and in all probabil- ity even smaller divisions may be made.
 The plan for the getting of people here is something after the following: Mir Maxwell proposes to establish a weekly illustrated lecture course in Chicago guaranteeing to give fifty-two lectures throughout the year. In addi- ton to these he will also distribute ad- vertisilg matter and hold supplement- ary lectures throughout the middle west which shall in a way be fully as advantageous as those given in Chi cago However at the central location where the weekly lectures are given is to be room set apart for Mesa ex- hibits where products of all kinds will be on exhibit and where a man ac- quainted with the conditions will be t1 explain the different phases of life to the customers. While this will no doubt be the means of exciting con- siderable amount of curiously inclined. Mir. Maxwell has assured the men who are interested In the project that :he class that he will send here are men who have accumulated from two to five thousand dollars.