Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-22
DEMONSTRATION
 FARM IS PLANNED
Douglas Club Proposes lrri- gation by Pumping Pro ject ir Sulphur Valley

From the very beginning Of this city, from the time a stream oi wat
 CT was turned on to the vegetable
 plants in the Sulphur Springs valley in the vicinity Of Douglas there has been a growing opinion that the business men and property owners
 in this city should join their efforts
 in the work of providing demon strating farm some where in that bart of the valley tributary 10 the city so that when homeseekefs and investors come here they might be shown a tangible demonstration ol the agricultural possibilities 10 be
 found here If il is not possible 10
 pump water for irrigation in this vicinity and the cultivation of the soil thereby at a profit, then strang- CTS should not be invited 10 come here to undertake an impossible fsrming proposition, says the Doug ISy international. and continues:
 On several homeste3ds within ten miles Of Douglas settlers have ac- cOmplished much by pump irrigation
 and have demonstrated that by this method an industrious family may easily support 8 home with not only nc necessities, but with comforts as vel
 These ranches speak for themselves, but il is believed that a more elab-
 crate showing should be made by this city and the land owners in the
 valley on land near by and with an
 extensive pumping plant 10 be own
 ed by a local stock company.
 In furtherance Of this idea the di-
 rectOrs of the chamber of commerce
 and mines at the weekly meeting,
 held yesterday, after a further dis
 cussion of the proposition which has
 been up many times in the past.
 named a committee and instructed
 it 10 go into the details of this mat
 ter and secure data for submission 10 the chamber at future date. The
 committee named is composed of $.
 F. Applewhite, chairman, with R c.
 Aruther and H. F.. Dugan. all well
 known boosters for Douglas and the
 Sulphur Springs valley The commit
 tee will no doubt secure data from some of the big wells and pumping
 plants in the Mimbres valley, near Deming. where so much has been aC
 cOmplished along that line.
 Several attempts have been made
 along this line in this vicinity be
 fore. but this is the first time that the chamber of commerce has mad' any move in that direction. This is not a proposition 10 make an artes ian well test in the valley, but it i for the purpose Of demonstrating what can be done on one hundred and sixty acres of land by means of pumping water for irrigation mi demonstration has been recommend ed on several occasions by the uni versity experts who have studied | this valley along the lines of agri- cultural possibilities and while there 1 is doubt in the minds of some as to ! the results, there are others who be- lieve that the same good results may be secured here as has rewarded
 the like efforts in other semi-arid valleys in the southwest
 : At the meeting yesterday thre new members were added 10 tn
 membership roll of the chamber O | commerce and mines, they being F ! G. Byrus. H D. Madison and Ger | trude Fleisher.
 The Calumet & Arizona and CoI
 per Queen Copper Mining companie
 have taken options on promisin
 groups of claims in the Santa Cru
 district. The Nogales Oasis has tn
 following concerning this new camp l The recent discovery of rich ore