Arizona republican., 1910-12-15

cern made a proposition 10 the man. ager of one of the largest hotels in the city for using the Florida fruit eX- clusively and advertising it. He spoke to Mir. Dehaven about it and that gen tleman told him to first look at the Arizona fruit He visited the show
 with a party of ladies and gentlemen
 and without revealing his identity took thin skinned and a thick skinned pO-
 melo from MT. Griffin's display, cut
 them up and ate them, then tried the Florida fruit He rejected the Florida
 offer
 , Many hotel men looked at the dis
 play of olives and olive oil ard some
 wanted to enter into contracts for sup plying their hotels at once. but MT. Griffin had to tell them that at pres
 ent the western supply was not equal
 to the demand The California oil sell CTS were also very jealous of the Ari- zona oil. They claimed they had the best in the world but when MT. Griffin
 tried to compare notes with them they
 said that their oil was not there for comparison, but to be sold on its merits.
 They admitted, however. that the Ari- zona oil looked rather clearer and finer in the bottle.
 Another thing that Mir. Griffin inn presses is the fact that this valley should engage extensively in growing casaba melons. They are a very late
 or winter variety of musk melon and on the outside look more like Hub bard squash. only a few are grown
 here. but those who know how have made quite a success of it. They are fine shippers. can be handled almost like pumpkins. and MT Griffin says
 there is a waiting market for all that
 can be grown. He says they are con- sidered as a luxury at the clubs and other places where the high livers as
 semble and command a price of from
 sl to s150 each. l.. c. KunZ of A
 Randolph St, a man who deals in
 fruits only and handles the best of
 them, told Mir. Griffin that he would
 buy all the casabas he could get hold
 Of. The demand cannot be supplied as
 they are not extensively grown any
 where. it would appear.
 The fame of Buckeye alfalfa has also
 spread to Chicago. says Mir. Griffin.
 The hay dealers almost regard the hay
 grown from Buckeye seed as a special
 brand. One man was bragging about a shipment he had received from Okla
 homa that had been grown from the genuine Buckeye, Arizona, seed. and 1t was the finest hay ever. It is unques- tionable that Buckeye seed is about as good as it could be and better than q lot of other seed that brings good
 price. It is not only we'll cleaned and
 marketed. but it is claimed it is more nd x~fur this is ascribed by the theorists to the fact that there are great many bees in the Buckeye section and that their presence results in better pollenizing of the flowers This is perhaps hint to the alfalfa man who ought to keep bee Beside getting the by-product of honey 1t might imprSae his alfalfa.
 The people of the east. says NIT. Grif- fin, seem to have assimilated about all the cheap land in the south. middle west and elsewhere, that they want just now and he believes they are fast being educated to the advantage of paying a bigger price and getting some thing worth while. He said he met one gentleman who does a large business in selling lands to settlers. He tries not to deal at all with spectators or those who want large tracts. but con- fines his activities to those who want new homes. He said that he regarded the Salt river valley lands as the best thing in the market today The price is little high and makes some of the prospective buyers hesitate. but when they see the results obtainable they view the matter in an entirely differ ent light The same gentleman called | attention to the superior success of ir- rigation in this valley. He said he had made some bad guesses by sending a lot of settlers to a northern irrigated section which seemed promising. but for some reason as soon as the water was applied the lands filled with all kali In this valley the reverse seems ! to be true Where there is an alkaline | deposit it seems to be on the surface | rather than below and the application ! of water washes it out.
 Mir Griffin said that he had a very ! fine time in Chicago and enjoyed his | visit On one occasion he took dinner | at the Union League club. B. A. FOw- Ter of this city also being a guest. Mir. Griffin said it is very evident that Mir. | Fowler is regarded as pretty big man in the east, especially among irriga- ton circles. and he often heard him ! spoken of in connection with the dis cussion of subjects of western develop | ment. MT. Griffin also met George H. | whose services he said he could have secured to deliver a series . of lectures at the exposition If he had only been provided with the pictures for their illustration