Arizona republican., 1911-09-29
COAST CAPITAL IN
 AN ARIZONA PROJECT
ENTERPRISE AT HARRISBURG NEAR
 WENDEN
A Thousand Acres to be Reclaimed by Pumped Water and Sold
 in Small Tracts.


 undertaken in Western Arizona, has been conceived by F. s. Osborne of Los Angeles and is now assuming shape at the old camp of Harris burg, near Wenden. MT. Osborne and sons have bought, located and leased, about 1000 acres of land in that locality. In the halcyon days of the Harqua Hala mine a forest of mesquite grew on this land but it was cut to furnish fuel for the mine. Every old Hassayamper knows of the fertility of the soil about Harrisburg
 NIT. Osborne proposes to divide his land into plots of 40 acres each, fence each plot and build a cement block house on it, provide it with a good well of water and rent it to colonists. The water here is of ex- cellent quality and near the surface so the feat is not so difficult of ac- complishment as it might seem MT. Osborne already has five wells with a goodly supply of water in each one. The principal well near the old far Iisburg restaurant is 1OxlO feet square. timbered, and is 24 feet to water. A new Ohio gasoline engine and an S-inch centrifugal pump ca pable of lifting 300 gallons of water a minute, has just been installed in this we'll and if possible to keep the water out, Mr Osborne proposes to keep digging until he reaches bed rock
 When he reaches a solid bottom he will drift laterally to secure more storage room. This well is large enough to accommodate three 6-inch pipes and if it is impossible to keep the water pumped out to secure greater depth MT. Osborne will know that he has sufficient supply for his needs, without further effort When the water question is settled satis- factOrily, MT. Osborne will employ larger force of men and continue clearing the ground of brush, blow ing and seeding. He already has a Caterpillar Wagon" as the immense 4O-horse-power blow is called. This blow will brush and turn 40 acres Of sod in one day; it will blow, drag. seed and harrow all at the same time
 A small portion of the land has been cleared and ten acres of it planted to potatoes. It is the inten- tion to plant fruit trees, barley and various grains to try the soil and climatic conditions.
 If the water supply proves ade- quate and those acquainted with To- pal conditions faaI ocpFi1.p, .l,,, q, will. several friends of MT. Osborne will associate themselves with him in the venture. The company thus formed will be composed of men of wealth with sufficient capital to make their plans feasible.
 Among other things they will own and operate a plant for manufacturing cement products and will make fence posts, and building blocks: they also propose to cement the canals One i'm provement which is now in process of 60 feet, which is to be cement-lined and enclosed with an eight-foot fence. The company intends even tually to pump the water from one centrally located electric power plant which will supply each plot of ground
 The main buildings of the com pany will be at Harrisburg and the old name of the camp will be re- tained. The distribution point for the camp is Wenden on the A and c. and the road through the Harqua Hala mountains is being put in shape Tor automobile travel as MT. Os- borne does his going about in a fine 6O-horse power American machine. | He cane recently from Los Angeles l to Vicksburg in 29 hours, the time was not kept from there on. The | machine and it's load weighed 5000 pounds and considering the road that was going some.
 E. $. Osborne has been engaged in | mining near Parker, Arizona, for | about ten years and has three camps | in that vicinity. He has an office | in Los Angeles from which his var ous business enterprises are con- 1ucted. The Osbornes have lived in | Pasadena for a number of years and l have but recently removed from that | city It is from among his various | lcquaintances in California and Illi- Hois that MT. Osborne expects to | draw his cOlOnists