Weekly journal-miner., 1909-08-04
tFom Tuesdays DaiIy)

| Del hlO mas been pracIlcdlN ue- eided upon as the dairy center of the splendid Harvey system of eating houses on the Santa Fe railroad.
 The acquisition of this magnificent tract of farming land is contingent, however, upon the city permitting portion of it's land there to be oe- cupied, under a lease, the same privilege to be extended by the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railway, the property involved covering about 300 acres.
 This good news comes direct from J. Scott Robertson, representative of Ford Harvey, who has inspected the place, and so far as he is con nected with the project, openly en- dorses it, and furthermore, says it is the best adapted area for the purposes of the Harvey people there is in the entire west.
 He is not only agreeably i'm pressed with it, but tells in the most enthusiastic terms why it should be acquired and utilized at the earliest practicable. opportunity MT. Robert son will so report upon his return to Kansas City in a few days.
 An inspection of this place was made a few days ago, and Mir. Rob ertson again left the city, Monday morning, with a corps of engineers from the railroad offices in this city, to run preliminary lines of survey and to make other observations of the tract it is desired to take over and stock with cattle, as well as to cultivate for hay.
 MT. Robertson gives an outline of the enterprise, which will be of in- terest, if favorable official actioh is taken by the city authorities. The Santa Fe's passenger traffic is daily growing to such immense proportions that the Harvey houses along that route find it at times difficult to maintain the eating service they are famous for, and in providing milk and cream. alone for their growing patronage, present methods of supply are not only expensive, but they arc compelled Ito resort to long hauls.
 In this connection he says that at the present time at Peach Springs farm is maintained under heavy ex- pense, where 15O mileh cows have to be fed with food furnished from other localities. This place supplies only points to the west of that sta tiOn. At Grand Canyon, fifty cows are kept, and every pound of hay and every ounce of water used is shipped in from points miles away.
 To the east of Ash Fork and as far as Albuquerque, \. M., the same conditions prevail. To relieve this situation, and to concentrate the source of the future supply, is the object of Mr. Robertson in looking over the Del Rio farm land. In ac- quiring this place he says that it will accomplish the aim of the liar veys, and that when it is once in operation all points from Ash Fork to Barstow, and to the east as far as Gallup, N. NJ, will be readily and more cheaply supplied than at present. In a nutshell, he says, it fills the bill in this one channel. But in others it is far more desirable than is generally known or appreciated. | susceptible of the highest cultivation. l Three crops of alfalfa can be raised | annually, and in addition, it is an ideal place for health. There are no eontaminating influences possible | in that field, its location being in dependent of any settlement or sur roundings harboring anything dele teriOus.
 Another vital matter Mr Robert | son dwells upon, is the purity of the | water of Del Rio. This, he says, is | known from one end of the country i to the other, from the fact that it | is endorsed as of the purest by the military authorities at Washington, ranking second in analysis to that of the. celebrated Rickford Springs ! of Wyoming.
 The source of supply at Del Rio, like that of the Wyoming water, Oozes out of the ground freely and naturally. At Del Rio, he says, there is an estimated flow of about 2,000 | gallons per minute and that by proper usage the city will in no way