The Parker post., 1911-11-25
COTTON GIN NOW
In WORKING ORDER
First Bale, Which Was Owned BY
Frank DesbroW, Was Ginned Last
Thursday - Cotton Expert Says
Blythe Has Great Future.

tion was mae at the cotton gin, the
whistle blew and the wheels began
to turn and in short time the first
bale of cotton In the Palo Verde val
ley was turned out. TO Frank Des-
brow belongs the distinction of own
! ing the first bale ginned, and the
cotton was of the best quality. With
the mahinery worked to perfection
and the gin will be kept busy until
all the cotton Is ginned, which will
take, perhaps some six weeks.
L. L. Belk, of the Murray Gin COM
pany, who installed the machinery,
is very much pleased with the test
Il know there is no cotton machinery
that is superior to the Murray Gin
Co.'S, and l am also very much pleas
ed with the cotton produced here"
laid Mr.. Belk. 81 can frankly say
that in all my experience In the cot
ton business which has covered the
en~ire cotton belt of the United
States, l never saw conditions as ia
voraDle as you have hree. For the
first year and under the conditions
the past season your crop has been
phenomenal, and there Is no reason
why you should not average one and
a half bales to the acre, or better.
/ Another thing that especially
pleases- me Is the entire absence of
boil weevil or any other injurious in
sects, which. prevails in the other dis
tricts, and which should not trouble
you here The mebane cotton which
you have planted this year Is the
best for this country. Be careful In
the selection of your seed and you
will build up the grade;: study the
history of your plant, its peculiari.
les, and select your seed from the
plants that show the strongest like
ness to the parent plant. I should
suggest that; another year you plant
the stocks from 18 to "a inches in
drill and plant about 20 pounds to tb
acre. Above all study your ground,
study your crop and the results will
more than justify the trouble.
"You have the most fire-proof gin
in the United States without excep-
tion, and under its full capacity will
handle $500 acres of cotton. My
worst regret Is that l am unable to
stay here and become identified in
this district, but you may rest as
sured l will not forget you and ! will
be able to say good word and send
you many good practical cotton men
in the near future, who are anxious
to come to just such place.
DRILLING WELLS.
Joe Hopkins came in the first o.
the week from the Chucawalla dis
trict, where he has the largest well
drilling outfit at work that has ever
been brought into this district. The
engine and outfit weigh $4,000 pounds
and it required from As to 65 head Of
stock to get it in from the. railroad
The drilling is in charge Of John
Sankey, who has had seyenteeH
years experience In deep we'll drilling
and the work is progressing very
nicely. A we'll is now being sunk on
the league claim in Sec. 4, ..Twpa7,
Range 10, and will be put down AT
least 500 feet, or farther if necessa-
ry to secure good we'll, liz feet
being drilled the first five days. -. :.
This will be a 12-tnch well and
should determine what underground
water supply can be obtained in : the
Chucawalla district. Many predict
that an artesian we'll will be obtain
ed from the appearance Of the SUR
rounding country. -.
Mr.. Hopkins. has eight more deep
wells under contract, the desert en-
trymen forming water districts and
expending the money in this manner
instead of the useless cleaning such
as was done the past year, and if
these wells are successful it is likely
most of the assessment work of the
future will be expended for wells.
BOND ELECTION.
The school bond election carried
without a dissenting vote, which was
very light, only "a taking the trou-
BILE to go to the polls. This will al
low the school board to go ahead
and take care of the scholars and
erect two or three more rooms. The
work will begin just as soon as pos
sible on the main building, but in
the meantime a temporary building
is being erected on the school yard
which will later on be used as lunch
and play room.