Arizona republican., 1910-09-09
CALIFORNIA ORANGE
 GROVES COME HIGH
Several Times Over What Is Asked for Better Property in Salt
 River Valley.

In the Los Angeles Examiner of Sun day, August 2S, appeared six dispatches from different parts of the state re porting the sale of orange groves or orange lands. In every instance the price was far in excess of the present market value of more productive and profitable property in the Salt river valley.
 Here are exartcs from the six dis patches:
 :Whittier, Aug. 27.-A deal in real estate which has caused quite a little stir in Whittier was made Tuesday, whereby MT. A. c. Maple, cashier of the Whittier Savings bank, and his brother, Guernsey D. Maple, became the owners of sixty acres of choice citrus land in the northwest part of town. Messrs. Maple paid $30,000 spot cash for the sixty acres and will soon plant it to orange trees"
 san Bernardino, Aug. 27.-J. S. Burney has sold his fifteen and half acre orange grove to w. A. Blinn of Los Angeles for $15,O00."
 Glendora, Aug. 27-Many sales of citrus groves have been made in this vicinity lately.
 pr T. Nichols has sold his five acre tract close in, set solid 10 eight year-old navel oranges and tangerines, to E. N. Wild. The price given is sS,OO0.
 U. F. Linthicurn has sold his fine ten-acre tract, two miles southeast of town, set to four-year- old navel and Valencia oranges, half and half, to Bessie A. Rosco for $10,000.
 "M J. Hughes has sold his fine ten acre tract, two miles southeast of town, improved with a good house and barn, set solid to six and seven year-old navel and Valencia orange trees, half and half, to C RoscO for $17,000."
 "Uyland, Aug. 27.-E. B. Clark has sold to J. B. Doner of Upland a strip of land 16O feet fin depth and running across the front of ten-acre tract. The price paid is reported to be $11,00O. The land is set to splendid orange trees.
 "The Bodenhamer real estate agency reports the sale of forty acres of un- improved land on Mountain avenue, north of Sixteenth street. The price stated is $S,00O."
 "Redlands, Aug. 27.-Two good or ange groves in the Redlands district changed hands last week. the price in each instance being in excess of $15,- 0OO R. NJ. Rowland sold his ten-acre grove on San Bernardino avenue to A. H. Holgate for $16,000. The trees are just coming into good bearing and the sale represented only the value as orange property, the only improve ments being stone fumes.
 "The second deal was the sale by w. F. Baker to l.. l.. Crosby of thir- teen-acre grove on Orange street for a consideration of about s1S,00O. The trees are in general bearing and the property is a good one"
 "Covina, Aug. 27-The George E.. Covert company reports the sale of a seven and one-half-acre navel grove located one mile west of San Dimas. This grove was owned by F. H. liar wood and was sold to Major Moore, a wealthy clubman of Los Angeles. The price paid was $S,50O cash"
 It will be noted that not one of the groves mentioned above sold for less than s1 ,000 per acre and most of them brought considerably over that figure. Yet Salt river valley orange groves, with trees ten to fifteen years old, are sold for $500 to s1,OOO per acre.
 Thirty thousand spot cash was paid for sixty acres of unimproved citrus land. Here unimproved land, excel lently suited for orange growing, sells at $50 to s25O per acre. It is seldom that the larger figure is asked.
 The difference is not because the eX- ,.ox.a of bopdlipU the ArizOua groves is higher. On the contrary the cost Is