Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-31
H|LLMAN AND W|LKEY REPORT
 FAvORABLY ON TIE EVERGLADES
Cananea Men Say They Found Everything Correctly Repre- Sented, The Company ThoroughB Reliable, That Can anea Investors Should Realize California Prices for Their Land in a Few Years
CFrom Son ora News.)

deemed muck lands of that state. was particularly struck with the almost complete decomposition Of the soil. It is very loose and and porous and while the rainfall is around sixty l inches a year. The nature Of this soil Is ideal for the most perfect system of sub-irricatiOn imaginable, and there is plenty Of watef if needed. and absolutely free The Everglade far mer will never be troubled with the crust of the earth baking or packing. for it will always remain loose and porous. provided the farmer has an adequate system Of canals and later. als and maintains the water levels in them al a depth below the surface of the land which experience may deter mine necessary. this varying. Of course, according tp the character of the crop raised.
 We saw growing on the muck soil groves of magnificent grape fruit, orange and other trees. We were too late Co see the avocado pears The smooth bark and rich coloring of the leaves on the trees indicated their perfect health. The canals and later als will be necessary and the Royal Glade buyer can rest assured that the plans contemplated by the company are entirely adequate. While work has not yet started on this tract, it was only because the state had not set the corners so the company sur yey could begin. The company is ready and anxious to start the work. And along this line will say that we took pains to investigate the com pany's standing from independent sources, and must say that it is the most highly spoken of company doing business there. and there are other good ones, and from what We learned and saw we do not hesitate to say that we feel that entire reliance can be placed on the company and in it's faithful carrying out of every detail in it's contracts. It is the intention and guarantee of the company to turn over to every buyer a piece of cultiyable land, and while there does not seem to be one chance in a thou sand for one 10 select a tract that might prove undesirable. If one should happen to get such a tract they can count on the company giv- ing him a good piece of land.
 Within a mile and a half of Mir. Wilkey's location and those of many Cananea buyers, and on Section g, adjoining, is a beautiful place known as Honey Hill Hammock, owned by Mir O'NeiL Mir. O'Neil has been on this place for several years. and, it being G hammock and a little higher thar the surrounding land. has been free from water Here Mir. O'Neil has growing groves of grape fruit and oranges, avocado pear, bananas and dozens of other varieties of trees and fruits The grove is five years. old, and Mir. O'Neil has had many offers for his place and could sell it around $500 or s400 an acre. The soil on his place is the same as on the tracts of the Cananea purchasers, only it is not so deep and therefore not as de- sirable as that of the Cananea buyers. ! Tn our party was a Mir. Satterlee, who has been connected with the for est service of the U. s. government for about forty years He had seen the Everglades years before and told us that he never had the least doubt about the tremsndous richness of the
 soil and the great possibilities, IT \ successfully reclaimed. He was down ' there to look over .he engineering | work for himself, and told us he was \ thoroughly satisfied and bought tweIl- ' ty acres. Of the other members in ' our party several added 10 their pur- chases.
 | We directed special inquiry in or | der to ascertain if there was any |. malaria in the country and found that the only cases known are those who came there to get well, and are rare cases, just as they are in Can anea, contracted elsewhere but speed fly cured there as here.
 "1'he climate is ideal. The ther- mometer registered S3 one day we were there, which was within five degrees of the hottest day Of the past summer. 94. We did not notice the heat and when not in the sun usually had our coats and vests on. While we were there the middle and west ern states were having almos. zero weather
 \ "Everglade land that is available and free from danger of overflow Is renting for S25 ar acre, on such places as the Davis experimental farm One man told us of paying s2j rent for one acre of land which he planted to tomatoes and got S60O for the crop. This year he has rented
 five acres. There is no doubt about | the experienced grover being able to secure the prices as given in the company's literature as there are 1 plenty of them that are doing it and l better, and it can be seriously stated that those who know their business