Weekly journal-miner., 1910-01-12
HARVEY NOW HAS BIG
 DEL RIO TRACT
cFrom Wednesdays Daily,

vey interests the splendid Del Rio
 farming ground, and the first pay
 ment on the lease was rendered and
 accepted. This transaction closes the negotiations entered into between
 the two parties to the agreement of
 last September, in which the details
 of the taking over of the tract were
 agreed upon. The lease was record
 ed yesterday, and the city surrend-
 CTS title for the term of ten years
 to nearly 320 acres of land that is
 desirable for the purposes of eulti-
 vation. In addition to that area the Harvey people also secure an ad-
 joining strip of 320 acres more from
 the Santa Fe Improvement company.
 Before the negotiations were con-
 cluded Monday, Keith Conforth, sup
 erintendent of the produce depart
 ment of the system, personally in-
 spected the lands, this being his
 second trip to that place in the past 1cW hOHlus. hc cHuOiScu dSdAu tHe movement of taking it over, and
 through the attorney for the liar veys, Paul Burks of Prescott, the ratification of the negotiations was authorized.
 The intention of the Harveys is to begin the improvements of the vast area immediately. When the weather moderates a force of men skilled in farming will be placed at work to begin the most extensive cultivation of land under one fence that is to be seen in northern Ari- zona. The old soil will be revived and made productive, and the new ground subjected to tilling wherever it is possible to do so. The entire ! place will be enclosed under one fence, and subdivided as occasion demands. The Holstein cattle that are located at Peach Springs, and the Grand Canyon, will be sent to it, and the estimated number of milch cows to be taken care of will reach to over three hundred. Ae- eommodations for many employees | will be erected at once, also, and | with these improvements sanitary | sheds for the cattle are to be erect ed.
 Another new industry the Harveys 1. have decided to introduce for their big eating system has also been agreed upon, that of poultry raising and vegetable farming. The ground is well adapted for these purposes, and the fertility of the soil is all that could be desired.
 Attached to the acquiring of this excellent land, the one important matter of the purity of the water from the Del Rio springs, is so well known. through government andy sis, as to be leading factor in the taking of it over. This in itself is an unanswerable argument in favor of the produce that will originate from the milk and cream supplies to come, guaranteeing an article that will be pure and wholesome at all seasons. The isolation of the farm from centers of population is also prominently mentioned, eliminating from that field any danger of con- tamination whatever.
 MT. Conforth is enthusiastic over the placing of the Harvey dairy in- terests at that point, and believes that it is the most attractive point in the west for the service in its line of his system. Under present methods the Harveys are compelled to maintain their cattle at several points, entailing the transportation of feed, and in some instances, water to their herds The expense has been heavy and the service irregular. consolidating all their herds at the Del Rio farm, a better article in either line they desire to supply the system with, is not only assured. but the minimum of ex- pense is permitted.
 The revenue to the county through the acquisition of this land by the 1 Harveys will be of material consider ation, provision in the lease em- bracing the payment of taxes for any improvement that may be made. l Several thousands of dollars will be expended in rehabilitating the old tract, and it is possible that the first consignment of cattle will be placed upon it inside of the next three months. 1