Arizona republican., 1910-05-16
PARKER SALE FINE SUCCESS
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day and flashed sl.oov in New York exchange but there was nothing doing. He tried to discount it. but still there were no takers. Mir. Arnold under the
 and he had about all the loose change
 in camp. except what other people wanted for their own use The lot or- fering went over until Saturday. but the condition was not relieved. The ! mans bid on the property was record ed. but it could not be accepted and he came back to Phoenix. declaring he i intended to get the cash here and wire a request to Washington to have Mir , Arnold given authority to accept his [ money here.
 There were as already published some large investors in property un- doubtedly with view of speculation. quite d number of them from Cali fornia. all seeming to have great faith in the future of Parker one man ex- pressed the idea very fully when he | said it is very seldom you see d town J opened on the banks of a big river that 1 has the most water in il at the very time of the year when the surrounding 1 country is the dryest. the town site l lying alongside of 20O,000 acres of
 not very far distant, in the very logic i of things must be opened for settle 1 ment. Though ii is the railroad and min { ing interests that will have to main tain Parker for the present. Its great 1 future depends on the opening of that big reservation that cannot be long de- 1 layed. Whether it is one year<o ten, i the investment Is d certain one for the
 future.
 But eliminating the spectators, the people of Parker. the present residents.
 all got their little bit out of it, and most of them went as strong as they | dared for there isn't resident of the river city with cold feet. and it is es- timated there are now 200 families in the town. beside the transients and the added number who were there last : week for speculative reasons. Mir. Arn-
 gation of boosters in his life as he
 found at Parker. and if there is any
 thing in cooperative hustle the river people ought to win. He was most
 agrecaby surprised, not only in the
 enthusiasm of the people. but in the
 appearance of the tovrnsite and the
 nucleus of the town as well as the en- tertainment afforded. The Parker
 Commercial conpanys hotel is good one. there was all that any reasonable l person could want to cat, well served and in good style. Everybody in Par ker welcomed the visitors and instead of being jealous of outside investors they encouraged as much investment as possible. They did all they could tt make the stay of the strangers pleas ant one and so far as MT. Arnold could observe. all did have good time. This eas in great contrast to expectations |
 for most of the outsiders went there expecting to have to fight for some thing to eat and sleep on the sant hills.
 The town site itself is a nice one thinks MT. Arnold. Some of it is low and sandy and barren looking now. bu that ia because if merely lacks i'm proyements. Back on the hlshe ground south of the tracks which ap pears to be slated for the best resi- 1 dence district. the. view is fine, ant one can see the trains coming iron lI California for fifteen miles to th
 west, overlook the river and In fac view wide sweep of western Arizona Mir. Arnold believes that 1t will no