Arizona republican., 1909-10-13
A BIG COLONY
ON THE A 8 C
4 Tract Of Land West Of Wickenburg
to Be Occupied.

Kline, one of the men at the head OF
a big colonization scheme at Aguila.
point on the A. & c. railroad about
thirty miles westerly from Wicken-
burg, arrived in town today from that
place He expects to meet a party
of about dozen people here who arc
also interested in the enterprise. Mr.
Kline and associates have been n'r-
veying the land in that vicinity for
some time. and already about forty
locations of homesteads have been
made The colony will consist OF sew
eral hundred Swiss and Germans. a
general store is to be started at the
Aguila station. and a lumber yard for
the townsite will be established with
in a short time Mr.. Kline says that
the lumber for the yard is already
on the way. Prospecting for artesian
water will be commenced within d
very short time. and while flowing
wells may not be developed. there is
no doubt that water in abundance can
be found. The valley. stretching along
the railroad for about twenty miles. is
as fertile as the valley of the Nile. and
crops may be matured with no other
water than the natural rainfall accom-
panied by the dry farming method of
cultivation. Such a colony as will To-
cate there will be of inestimable bene-
fit to the country and will prove that
the mineral wealth Of the country is
not all we have
Homer King and W. G. Burrows
were Wickenburg visitors today. Mr.
King returned to Phoenix in the aft
ernoon, and Mr.. Burrows went out
to Bouse and the Little Butte
DIR. F. O. Richmond and daughter
were Wickenburg visitors today.
John Throne left on the 1910 train
for Prescott today. He expects to re-
turn about Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. T.. y. Gibson and son
Lee have returned from octave. where
Mr.. Gibson has been employed for
some time. They will remain in town
indefinitely. Lee has fully recovered
from the accident which he suffered
some time ago. in which he narrowly
escaped losing his ewes.
II is reported that arrangements
are being made with a view to resum-
ing operations at our local power plant
The report, which comes from reliable
sources. is to the effect that the en-
gines will be compounded and some
kind Of connections made that will do
away with the use of the belt II is
expected that force of mechanics will
be put on here shortly. making the
necessary changes at the plant. and
that in a few months the whole con-
Germ will be operating as was origi-
nally intended,H and with very much
less expense.
Albini gave an entertainment here
last night and was not very well at
tended.
j. NJ. Elder Of the Saginaw Manis-
tee Lumber company returned today
from a trip to Parker and other towns
along the line. He reports business
good
C. X. Bretherton was a Wickenburg
visitor today.
]. L. Curtis of the Colorado River
Supply company came up on the 10: 40
this morning and left for Parker this
afternoon
Two carloads of timbers for the new
shaft of the Interior Mining & Trust
company have arrived.
The Reading club met yesterday aft
ernoon at the residence of Mrs. F. B.
Jacobs. Mrs. c. c. Davis was well
coined into the organization. and the
ladies' made good progress with the
reading and discussion of the Marble
Faun. II was decided to introduce a
current event feature. and Mrs. John
Witherlay made a very approximate
start by giving a brief and pointed
outline of the business relations OF
Uruguay with the rest of the world.
Mrs. John Bozarth arrived from
Prescott yesterday. and will reside
here in future
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