Arizona republican., 1911-08-02
RUSSIANS WILL MAKE
GOOD CITIZENS
Description of One Time Subjects of
White Gar Who VIII Settle
at Glendale.

After spending a week in Los An
gcles on business connected with the
transfer OF fourteen hundred acres Of
land. sold last Saturday by the South
western Sugar and Land company to
forty Russian families. ]. S. Griffin
of Greene ana Griffin. through whose
company the transaction was made,
and A. A. Belts. travelling freight and
passenger agent of the Santa Fe. re-
turned 10 Phoenix yesterday.
During their stay in Los Angeles
they We're thrown with the Russians
on number of occasions. and while
in their company, the two Phoenix
men made a number of original OBJ
servations on the character and GUS
toms Of the purchasers. and took ad-
vantage of their opportunity to form
of the Salt River valley.
They are a good class Of people,"
said Mr.. Belts yesterday, and just
the kind of people that will be able
TO take hold of things. and make Il
success of farming here They dress
very quietly. but they dress well. but
not in such a way that the strength
Of their bodies is in the least con-
cealed.
II think they are an extraordinary
race in their physical development,
and in addition. they are as moral
crowd Of men as | have ever seen.
The people of the valley may rest
perfectly assured that these Russians
will give the police courts no trou-
BILE. for they are law abiding, and
Industrious. not addicted to drink. or
any form of dissipation.
They will present Il petition to the
territorial superintendent of public
instruction to have their own s.,hoOl
in the little town they propose to build
about four miles west of Glendale.
where their lands are located, ard |
believe the schools will be well at
tended. for the people are ambitious
both for themselves and their chill
dren
The population Of this Russian
town will probably be something over
three hundred in the beginning. but
IL will be increased from year to year.
as there are a large number of peo-
pie of me same race on the Pacific
coast who will be glad to come and
Increase the settlement after the sue
cess and prosperity of the first set
tiers has been made known / have
no doubt that five hundred others
viii be ready to come from California
in few years. and l understand that
some of the Russians plan to bring
over their friends and relatives 70
Join them here. The town will with
out doubt have population Of more
than two thousand souls within the
next five wears.
The arrival of these people in the
valley will effectually settle the labor
problem for the Southwestern Sugar
and Land company, as they are hard
workers and will be ready for the
mill every day during the rush sea
son. Their frugality will enable them
to save money and | believe they
will finally gair recognition as sub
stantial additions 10 the valleys
farming population.
Their financial responsibility is
for Immediately on the
close Of the land deal they made a
N"7h PdNih Oh oHe-IlItn tne price
~ the land. and One-fifth of 5000, 900
is no small sum to put up on such
short notice. The people OF the val
ley are interested in their arrival
here, but no one must expect To see
a crowd OF peasant hoodlums These
people are intelligent, religious. and
the very material from which the
best grade of American citizenship
is manufactured