Weekly journal-miner., 1911-09-20
Farmers and Others Seeking Locations On Verde Lands FIanked by Orchards
 Noted for Luscious Fruits
dFrom Thursday's Daily,


 ,ographed yesterday at the Cham. . of Commerce room. They were .'acrcd from the Robert Finncy. W. G Wingfield and Haskell orchards. which are probably the "show" lates of the Verde Valley.
 am Boblett for the Arizona Land arl Irrigation company, Official r tograpber Baer and Secretary Frl.cr of the Chamber of Commerce. rmcd the party, which left Pres. cot' last Saturday at 12:35 a. m. Arriving at Jerome Saturday morning 1t g. light wagon and span of tough mountain horses were engaged and after foregathering with some of the good fellows at Jerome the party left for the valley with the brake in the last notch.
 Good time was made to Cornville, where Postmaster Sid Chick furnish cd lunch of mountain trout, and baked beans, melons, peaches and cream for the wayfarcrs. Jim Camp. bel of Merriam, Kansas, a school. mate of Sid's, is holding down the post office with him. Jim is a char. acter whose name charms all lovers of horseshoe quoits, a game of which be is the inventor and writer of rulcs. Together, the old time school mates are going hunting bear next week to be gone nearly a month.
 MT. Chick directed the party over the mountains to Robert Finnie's place on Beaver Creek. The road is, at best, what is termed "feather bed;" namely, a continuation of jag. ged rocks without footheld or soil. After seven miles of this going, a finished stretch of three miles of Jack Trenberth Flagstaff highway was reached. This link in the Ar. zona highway system is splendidly constructed, being protected on both sides in such manner as will render if in good condition during all sea. sons.
 Mr. Finnie's place was reached at 9 o'clock Saturday night. Part of thc day Sunday was spent in collect ing fruit specimens and taking photo. graphs. Some especially alluring vistas of the celebrated Soda Spring were snapped by Mir. Baer. Several hundred visitors from all parts of the country have bathed in and drunk of its invigorating waters. No analysis has yet been made but the Chamber of Commerce is sending today five gallon carboy which is to be analysed in the chemical laboratory of the University of Arizona. Several won dorful cures of indigestion, dyspepsia, and kindred stomachic ailments have been effected at the springs.
 The water from Finney's spring is singularly like that of the Napa Soda springs near San Francisco; and, if aerated, will make delightful tonic beverage. The Finney ranch is just one-half mile from Montezuma s Well, which will be directly on the highway.
 At Camp Verde Monday, side trip was made to W e. wingfield's orchard in the Lower Verde. There are some splendid specimens here of what conscientious orchard culture will do in Yavapai county. One very notable example of this is Keller pear tree with over ton of fruit on its branches. wingfield's eannery has preserved over 5000 cans of table and pie fruits and vegetables ths season, the principal items being pears, peaches and tomatoes. MT Wall, who is harvesting the crops mas also achieved unusual success m prune and apple drying. Little fruit is allowed to waste In the wingfield orchard; such ss cannot be canned dried, or shipped green, are made into cider and peary, the latter being the juice of the pear.
 Camp Verde has changed markedly since the last Chamber of Commerce visit, in April. wingfield's old store is hereafter to be used for ware house, a fine, spacious, concrete structure having been built just Tn front of it. The stock is now being removed. Several frame residences and stores occupy the main street and the Camp Verde Hotel has been forced to install number of tent bedrooms outside the main building 10 care for the oil-frenzied speeulat' ors and promoters who have been rampaging the valley ceaselessiy Tor the past three months.
 A large number of mining locations have been made in different parts Of