Arizona republican., 1911-06-13

Working up through these preiimi-
naries 10 matters of real heart inter
est, in a developing way, Mr.. Davie
graphically announced that the Mari
nette enterprise is out of sight" He
meant the statement To be taken
metamorphicany and not literally. for
the Interpretation is that things are
moving along splendidly at Marinette,
and there never was a minute when
its promoters were more supremely
satisfied with the result of their ef
forts and the fulfilment of their
plans than right now. Space viii not
permit of a review Of what the Mari
nette project is, but for those who
have not read of it, ii may be said
in a line or two that il is triangular
tract of Mesa land. between New
river and the Aqua Fria river, and
Marinette railroad station and the
mountains. the station end of which
is located about sixteen miles north
west Of Phoenix, on the =. r, p. N Z.
railroad
For the last two years Mr.. DaVie
and associates have been engaged i'm
work for its Transformation from a
desert 10 the finest orange and fruit
growing section in the world. \ canal
has been built from the Aqua Fria
where it leaves the mountains. run
ming down across the Mesa. and sew
eral ranches are under Improvement
\ sub-irrigation system is also being
tried out for small tracts. and is prov
ing very satisfactory. but the big
thing is the planning of a water sup
ply by pumping, for about 10000
acres at the lower end OF the Mesa
The plan is to have one we'll on each
24O acres of land
\ tract a mile and a half wide and
four ana a half miles long has been
plated into ten-acre ranches or. rath-
er. city lots. and this tract is to be
known as the orchard Town of Mari
nctte" II is 10 be "a great big coun-
Try fruit town. properly Incorporated
every man owning ten-acre lot to be
a citizen and participate in making
the laws under which he viii live
and participating in civic affairs. 1t
has been plated ana streets laid out
with every lot surrounded by streets
the property to be placed on the mar
ket a little later after the water sup
ply has been fully developed II is
patterned after Riverside. Cal. which
is seven. miles long. Mr. Davie SAYS
this valley is the greatest place in the
world but people have to go to Cali
fornia first and see what has been
done there before they can appreci-
ate what may be done here
The joy which Illuminated Mr. Da-
vie's countenance Yesterday was the
result of having spent a part Of the
day in checking up the second well
the company has driven and finding il
more than had been hoped for. II
is fifty feet down To- water. and the
next forty feet is water bearing gray
q, affording a magnificent supply
The company now has one well rig
at work and viii start the second one
very soon, intending To keep on drill
ing until each 2f0 acres has q well
Of its own. That Will mean forty
wells. The water viii be distributed
by what is known as the California
concrete pipe" system. the advantages
of which have been well demonstrated
The driving OF the wells win cost
100000. and the laying Of the pipe
system Will cost an additional
$4,000. That is a nice little bunch
OF money. but the Marinette company
realizes that money will not grow in
the pocket. and so long as results
continue as flattering as they have To
this good hour, they will keep on
spending it,
Mr.. Davie is more enthusiastic than
l.. =
sugar factory investment He has
had some hard shedding. but he be
lieves now that he has reached the
top Of the Hill, and from now on the
pulling will be easy. But Marinette is
his youngest Industrial baby and. like
every other fond parent, he takes a
deal Of interest in the children. and
especially the latest one to arrive.