Arizona republican., 1912-04-24

the irrigator Below the Both parallel agriculture is making d lew ar prosperous state. Development of wa ter has only begun, and a period of great activity is at hand.
 The following articles are for the modern man who wants to farm in- tensivcly under the best conditions and for the old fashioned man who wants to raise hay and cattle where the market is waiting and the returns are satisfactory.
 They are also for the business man who sees towns growing and population expanding; for the health seeker who wants sunshine and dry air and life out of doors. and for the young man who wants a foothold and a fair chance"
 Speaking of Phoenix, he says:
 Phoenix is q small city as yet, but fairly represeL-s the population of the state. The effect of irrigation is to make the countryside populous, and the business center prosperous. Here are. no storms. no floods, no dry sea sons" Crops will be sure, and will be bumper crops as a rule, and as lands divide and subdivide the popu- lation of the town will increase. The growth today begins to reflect the prosperity of the countryside, though the period is one of outlay for the farmer in view of the completion of the great irrigating system.
 Phoenix is cosmopolitan, represen- tatives of every state in the union be- ing here A surprising number of young men are established here, and college men" are numerous We ven ture to say that the charm of the desert, the sense of freedom out-of- doors the large spaces and the beauty of the environing mountains, will steadily bring to this entire center men of culture and of original ideas while the lure of the land" the at fractions of farm life, will draw oth CTS to whom has come the new spirit of the farm and who will look to find here ideal conditions for pro- gressve methods and profitable re- turns. This will shape the spirit of the town. it's character and tone, and many will live here at the center while keeping a country home on the farm. The agricultural colleges are not only teaching men how to farm and how to farm profitably, but how to enjoy life on the farm, and under the extremely favorable conditions which a sure and abundant water supply makes in this valley. we will lcok to see not only better methods on the farm, but better farm houses. more ornamental grounds. more strong, glad farmers, more contented and cheerful wives. whistlirg boys and dancing girls. Here town and country will come together more and more and streets will run into rows ot orange trees or plantations of date palms. and the shaded bungalow of the city man will have for back ground the perpetual green of alfalfa fields or the bloom of orchards. We merely hint in this one of the steadily acting forces which will build here unique city"
 Discussing social conditions the au- 1 thor quotes the language of an Ari- zonan:
 T will take you to an Arizona fair and l will show you 10000 people inside the grounds who will be there | all day and not q case of drunken ness, not a single arrest. no quarrels. no liquor, no pool-sclling. on the grounds" on the same occasion. at | a reception of the senate committee | in Phoenix. one of the members of ! this committee said. If this re-
 ception had been held in Vermont,
 should have been proud of the class | of people that came to it."