Weekly journal-miner., 1911-05-17
DRY FARMING IS CREATING GREAT
 INTEREST
(From Fridays Daily.)

weekly meeting last night. This i, the largest membership of any com mercial organization in the territory
 A. W. Edwards turned in a check of S3O.50 which was a fund remain ing in the treasury of the Yavapai Mine Operators Association.
 F. W. Foster reported upon the progress being made upon tthe road tO Ash Fork, while the new road is dusty now, a rain will place it in excellent condition.
 E. H. Meek, chairman of the dry farming committee, reported that an experiment in that line would soon be male at Yaeger Siding and at Je- rome Junction. By next Thursday night he would be able to make a more definite report.
 One of the most interesting fea- lures of the meeting was the talk made by Larry Little upon the sub jeet of dry farming. A month ago he had planted corn on his ranch near Jerome Junction and eight days later it was above the ground. He had double diseed the ground before sow ing, and had he known as much as he does now, he would have ploughed three inches deeper. The land that has been ploughed is twelve inches deep and it contains more moisture than any other part of his land. In conclusion he said that if Yaapai county does not provide good crops, it will not be the fault of the soil, but of the men who do the farming
 F.. II. Meek further reported that gentleman from Pascoe, Washing ton, who had made a success of dry farming in that section, had recently visited the country around Prescott, and had declared that there was no reason why dry farming should not be successful here. The only problem was that of securing a sup ply of water for household purposes.
 J. NJ. W. Moore said that as a result of extended observations, he had reached the conclusion that for dry farming to be effective, the ground must be cultivated either in the late fall or early winter and that it should be sub-paeked and narrowed.
 A letter to President Fredericks from Robert Finnie was read, offer ing to contribute S25 for the build ing of a good road from Camp Verde to Montezuma s Wells. If the sec retary of the chamber could visit that district further subscriptions, the writer believed, could be obtained. l. A communication was read stating that conditions upon which the Ari- zona Power Company and the Con solidated Telephone Company, would respectively supply electricity and telephones to the Summer Colony. A perpetual franchise is demanded, and the Chamber of Commerce is asked to secure a perpetual franchise over the streets leading to the colony. The matter was referred to the Summer Colony Committee with power to con fer with the legal talent of the chamber, the said talent to receive no compensation.
 Recently joint invitation on the part of the Chamber of Commerce and the Yavapai Club was sent to the Board of Trade and the City Club of Phoenix, to visit to Pres cott at the earliest date possible. NJ. C. Harris, chief clerk of the traffic repartment of the s. F., P. & P. stated that a telegram had been received that day to the effect that the Phoenix organizations had de- cided to come to Prescott on May 2s, the date originally set for the excursion. The telegram had con veyed the further information that there was great enthusiasm in Phoe- nix in regard to the excursion. In this connection, Harry Heap suggest ed plans for the entertainment of the visitors, one of which was that the ladies of Prescott should provide basket lunch under the pine trees, following an auto ride to the colony tract
 The proposition of MT. Flood to distribute literature in Kansas City and St. Joe Missouri, advertising the free lots. was laid upon the table.
 F. P. Howard in a letter offered to paint a sigh to be used at the Santa Fe depot at Phoenix, showing snow-capped mountains and bubbling brooks, for the sum of $50. Referred to the Advertising Committee
 John T. Burns, secretary of the h.