Arizona republican., 1911-05-22

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 south of Pr, tt: the small valleys in
 the Huachuca mountains and the inn
 mense Lonesome and Chino valleys
 north of Prescott. In these valleys the Opportunities for dry farming of cer- tain crops. in connection with stock 1raising, are good
 The other class of dry farming dis trlcts mentioned includes broad mesas and wide valleys lying between noun tain chains at an elevation of $500 to 5.0e0 feet or more An example of these is the Sulphur Spring valley of southeastern Arizona at an elevation of little more than 1000 feet where ap- proximately a thousand homesteads have already been taken up and where
 dry farming may be augmented by ar tesian water. Many valleys similarly located might have been mentioned by
 the speaker, such as the san Simon. the country adjacent to Wenden and other
 and smaller valleys Mir Fraser spoke
 at length concerning the crops adapted
 to these sections. giving the records of
 rainfall in each and much other prac-
 tical information.
 He concluded his article with refer
 ence to an irrigation project now un- der way in Lonesome valley not far
 from Prescott. where Indiana capital
 iStS have already secured 35.000 acres
 which they propose to water. in part a least. with stored flood waters from
 Granite, Willow and Lynx creeks, draining an area of ninety square
 miles The storage dam will make
 lake three miles long by half as wide and it is proposed to place the lake at
 the disposal of the Prescott chamber of commerce as a resort Work on
 the dam is announced to commence in October of this year.
 Dr Forbes. than whom there is no one better able to speak. told of the
 farming and agricultural possibilities of Arizona. The doctor said the terri tory now had its feet planted in the water and it's growth will be rapid and solid Some figures of interest were introduced by Dr Forbes. the rlln-Off in Arizona he stated. was estimated to reach four and a half million acre feet each year. and not included in this was a large overflow from the Colorado. amounting to probably two million acre feet Arizona has only just begun to farm. said Dr. Forbes and the crop value per acre would reach in time the highest in the country. and the total vlue of agricultural products will eventually reach s1O0.000, 900 each year. over .OO0. 900 acres can be irrigated in Arizona when all sources are developed as against 23O.OOO being irrigated at this time Another discovery is that the underground flow is of great i'm pOrtance and there is within fifty feet of the surface water suitable for ir
 rigation in different parts of the terri tory. 1OOO.00O acre feet. Dr Forbes touched upon the varied forms of reve- nue from the growing of city supplies, to grazing. and said that in the matter of dry farming we in Arizona are only just beginning to see the light. Two eX- pertinent stations for the observance of the progress of dry-farming are now established in Arizona Complete sue cess in dry-farming in Arizona he sum- marized as consisting in having sup plemental water supply to care for crit ical periods. The planting of the prop CT variety of eucalyptus on the sandy lands of the territory would 3c recog- nized as profitable and is a practical way of working toward reforestatiOn. Protection of ranges is very import ant in Arizona. where the value of the products of grazing lands is s15.OO0,OOO. The tendency to have the ranges un- der federal control was the best. and the present live stock industry could be doubled Summarizing. the doctor said we have water for a million acres. an underground flow of a million acre feet. a livestock industry already great that can be doubled and a great out look for the forests and their indus tries.
 Judge J. H. O'Connell referred to the immense importance of the mining in duStry and told how the machinery at the Copper Queen and Calumet & Ari- zona plants could handle over 4 900 tons of ore day. The supplies for these mining centers should all be secured in the territory. making all the parts of Arizona inter-dependent. From the starting of the mines at Bisbee in the early sos the progress and improved lnetnOdS or nllnlnS and SnetIlHS nave revOlutiOniZed the mining industry. In the old days the slag or waste from the smelters carried to per cent of copper while today less than a half of 1 per cent was contained in the slag. It is now possible to mine with profit ore having per cent and this is done at Bisbee. where methods have changed from the primitive and expensive tO models of completeness and utility and the most economical and saving. An example of the modern way of doing things was illustrated in the erection of the new warehouse at Bisbee It was necessary to remove an old slag dump for the building sic. the slag that was moved was all retreatad at the smelter and the result was a lot of copper which paid the cost of smelling and all costs of removal and the cost for the warehouse. Judge OCOnnell referred to the importance of the mod ern scientific methods and to the inn portance of the geologic survey work in minerology which had proved of immense value an far in advance of surface indications which were rules and guides under ancient methods. The taxation of mines and the laws which delayed progress were also passed up- on hV the sneaker who concluded his