Arizona republican., 1910-03-19

l of s225. 5.OO0 was all done from this point of the oil being used at Roose- 1 welt in the manufacture of cement for the construction of the dam, eigh- ty-five thousand pounds have been hauled some months: $500 pounds be ing the record
 1 Another building which should be
 seen by the guests is the Vance audi turium. It is concrete building with
 8 floor space of 10000 square feet eX- | elusive of galleries. It has seating
 capacity of zoo and is the largest per manent theater building in the terri tory of Arizona.
 1 Another institution in the Chandler
 building is that cf the Salt River Val | ley bank It's stockholders are worth | over million dollars.
 l The L. R Johnson Commission com panv should not be overlooked. TheN are the pioneer produce men of Ar i zons and their exhibit of fruit from Mesa took the first premium at the st. Iouis worlds fair This concern buy 1 five thousand cases of eggs yearly The Mesa hens at the present time arc laying forty cases cf eggs every day. l But the time Is up and the visitors
 are starting on their trip through the 1 agricultural section of Mesa The high school building is to the south | It cost s4O.000 and in order to show 1 that it is modern it might be added 1 that it has all the latest sanitary 1 drinking fountains and q lunch room ! in the basement where if is prepared 1 to serve warm lunches to the children. As the route is along Main street ! the Mesa Milling company plant will | bs seen This concern manufactures ! 3.12O.00O sacks of flour per year. one ! hundred and fifty thousand sacks of
 rolled barley annually is also side issue.
 ] Along the Belt line raillOad which encircles the town the manufactures and warehouses will be noticed. The water tower will be noticed in the north part of town. The plant was erected at cost of 5000 and is owned by the city. The water supply which is secured from deep wells is pronounced the finest in the valley bv chemists who have made an anal ysis An efficient fire department is another feature of the Newer Mesa The electric light plant iss a concern
 
 If the visitors should pass north on Center street they would pass the pro- posed location of the splant of the South Side Gas company which will he supplying the residents of this town and Tempe with fuel for cooking and lighting purposes by June lst of this year. at not over s2.0O per thousand feet.
 While considerable time has been spent in describing few of the indus tries Of the city the agricultural dis trict is of the greatest importance. The ostrich farm will be pointed out and it will be explained to them that the birds live throughout the year on alfalfa and seem to thrive. They are plucked first at six months of age and then again when fourteen months of age. Three and four birds are sup ported on one acre of alfalfa per year. The feathers will return a profit of from $40 to $50 per bird per year and in addition to this there is the re- turns from the increase the chicks six months old being worth sl25.
 To the west of the ostrich farm will be noticed the orange district. The land throughout the Mesa section is specially adapted to oranges but that section north of town was the earliest planted. Four dollars per tree is not considered large crop but when it k taken into consideration that approx imately 100 trees are set to the acre it will be seen that q pretty good re- turn can be had from oranges. There are one thousand acres planted to oranges in the Mesa district
 If the visitors had time they would be asked to go to the sheep shearing camps. Wool which is selling at 21 cents per pound leaves Mesa at the rate of s0o.O00 pounds per year.
 Another feature of the sheen bUsi ness is the recent decision of the own CTS of valley flocks to utilize the warm winter climate and raise 60 to 75 pound lambs for the Easter market. This has been proven The market was created and the business is profitable.
 The route will pass the division gates where the full streams of water will be seen diverted over the hun dreds of acres of fertile lands of the south side Mention might be made of the Eastern canal which will not he seen at the Division gates but which in reality is larger and irrigates more land. (20.00O acres than entire government projects in many of the northwestern states.
 Cantaloupe fields will be noticed on either side of the road. The canta loupes of course have not been planted and will not be until next week or the week after but when it is known that some years s6O.O00 of new eastern money is brought into this section as a result of cantaloupe shipments to Chicago the full importance of this industry will he seen
 Sugar beets is another industry that has the same features as the canta loupes and four fifty per ton has given the ranchers a wide margin on which to make profits.
 Alfalfa however is the product that is the backbone of the valley. The Mesa section produces at least so per cent of all that is grown in the val ley. This statement is made advisedly and after considerable investigation.
 Cattle is another industry that can not be overlooked. .The Mesa section is peculiarly adapted to this occupa tion.
 The Mesa Dairy and Ice company. a cooperative institution manufactur- ing butter and cheese has raised the