Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-20

quite seriously i'll and had to take
his place in the hospital, where he is
now attended by Mrs. Latham. Speak
ing of the Mercy hospital, Mr.. Latham
says he can not say enough good
things for it. 1t is an institution
covering an area as big as a Phoenix
city block and appeared to him to be
an absolute model of convenience and
sanitary and hygienic perfection.
When he left here Mr.. Latham had
great plans for an extensive and
thorough advertising campaign among
the towns of Ohio and Indiana. His
unexpected illness necesSitated an
abandonment of these palms, which
was. of course, great disappoint-
ment Nevertheless he managed to
do a little missionary work after his
recovery that he thinks will be fruit
full of good. On leaving the hospital
he spent ten days visiting Quincy,
Springfield and other Illinois towns in
some of which he formerly lived, de-
voting himself to Fastening his con-
valescenco.
After that he went to Detroit for
day and then to Southern WILSON,
sin and to Fort Wayne, Ind, on adj
vertising and other business. In the
latter place and its near vicinity he
met quite a number of friends and
friends of the German colonists he
was instrumental in bringing out here
a few years ago, and also arranged
with the colonization department of
the Santa Fe for a series of stereop-
ticon lectures to be given early in
October. These lectures he believes
will be fruitful of much good and
already he has had some results from
his visit. He expects a party of five
or six here in a few days on a tour
of inspection, with a view of locating
here permanently if they find things
TO their liking.
The several railroad companies pen
etrating the western country. Mr.. La
than says, are doing a great deal in
systematic plan for the 8issemina-
ton of information. They have a
corps of lecturers with stereopticons
and tents who are going around from
one state fair to another in the east
delivering lectures on the different
western localities where prospective
settlers may find good homes. The
lectures are free but admission is Civ
en- only when the visitor registers his
name and address. These addresses
are then turned over to the COLOMBIA
ton departments of all the railroads
interested, to be followed up with ad-
vertising literature by mail.
So far as the Salt River valley is
concerned, Mr.. Latham says he finds
hot 10 fc ,f
the government projects, and has been
quite literally advertised by the re-
clamation service, which has a bureau
for the furnishing Of information to
prospective settlers under all the gov
eminent projects. The only localities
advertised are those being exploited
with private capital and by men who
secured large holdings of cheap land,
provided Irrigation and are spending
world of money to dispose of il
at $50 an acre or Whereabouts. They
maintain exhibitions in the big cities
with all kinds of literature for dis
tribution and are really doing lots
of business. They have one advan-
tage over this valley and that is the
ignorance of the prospective settler
concerning irrigation. To most of
these people irrigation is irrigation.
and irrigation in one place is as good
as in another. They do not under
stand the differences in system, in
soils. crops, etc. For that reason
irrigated land at $50 an acre, offered
by private capital, To many people
looks better than irrigated land at
800 or si59 under a reclamation
project. Mr.. Latham says he
does not believe lands here are rela-
lively any higher than they ought
to be. but the people must be edu-
Gated as to these distinctions in irri-
gated sections and as to differences
in crops.
Another thing that impressed Mr..