Arizona republican., 1913-01-19
HIS IMPRESSION
 OF THE VALLEY
President Bailey of the Roosevelt Irrigated Land Company Gives His View After a Careful Inspcc- tiOn of Conditions

R. R. Bailey, president of the Roosevelt Irrigated Land company, in the following interview makes several telling points that will doubt less be of great interest to the pro- 9ressive men of Phoenix and of Sail River valley. He pictures the unli- mted possibilities awaiting develop mcpt in Phoenix and Salt River val lev and makes valuable suggestions relative to proper cffectual organi- zaticnS to place the facts before the world in such q manner that Phoenix will be known from one end of the land to the ether as the great In land Empire City of the western hemisphere It is generally acknowl- edged among the real estate dealers and investors of Phoenix that the time has come for a greater and moro concerted advertising movement exploiting the possibilities of Phoc- nix and of Arizona.
 The following iS the interview of MT. Bailey refer ed to:
 We ali marvel at the wonderful
 
 or that city or locality. and ire quently we are familiar with the real cause of these developments, and we know that practically speaking it was | the advertisement in the fullest sense Of that word. of the possibilities Of the places. that is largely responsible for their growth.
 Striking examples are out in southern California. which. with it's cities is advancing and becoming one of the greatest places in the world. When one hears of and associates the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco and their relative merits, , it is generally believed that San , Francisco has the best advantages ScQgraI hically; has the greatest har- bor on the coast, has unlimited | amount of docNagc space. and ware 1 house and factory sites
 With its natural resources it should naturally make faste" : growth than the city of Los Angeles. but we are all willing to admit that soon Los Ange,ts will outstrip san Francisco. and why? Twenty years ago Los Angeles was hamlet Its surrounding country was a desert 1 Without harbpr. rivers. rail- pads farming and industrial pcrquisiteS, Los Angeles has grown to a city worth living in without a peer. Shc i now has her railroads and harbn-. { aud is advancing to be one of the greatest shipping points on the PL
 cific coast She will have her river and canal rom San Pedro, inland. with factories of all descriptions on /, her banks. Her farming districts I are the wonder of the western hem isphere. with lands reclaimed from | the desert sand It's lands are irri- gated with q large part of the wate~. snow and rIin from the far-aWay mountains at q cost of as high as S1j0.OO per acre.
 Los Angeles and Southern Cali
 fornia today stand as the symbol of successful advertising. It is the df-
 rect work of ingenuity brought to q
 successful issue when assisted with
 ambition and ingenuity coupled with
 faith in his own country. All this
 leads us to our own city. valley and
 state. Tn the city of Phoenix, the
 Salt River valley and the state of
 
 same light as does San Francisco.
 The awakening has come to San
 Francisco and it's surrounding terri
 tory. It is now spending thousands 1 of dollars ill an attempt to recover
 the loss of opportunity What is true
 of Los Angeles and San Francisco is
 also true Of other sections of the union.
 Untold wealth is flowing int, southwest Texas, into Florida, ore gon. Washington and Canada: grea cities are springing up where only . few years ago were sWamps, sag brush and waste. all caused by thc ingenuity of men through the proper advertising Nowhere in the United States lies a district so full of latcn opportunities as here in the Sal ] River valley and Arizona.
 Uncle sam is backing us in giving ] the valley what is coming to her anC ! nature has endowed us with soil ! the fertility of which is unequaleC ! anywhere on earth. The climate l. { wonderful for the successful growtl { of all temperate and semi tropica { plants Nature gives us a year ] around springtime
 }I on every hand we have unGe Neloped timber. coal. oil and mineral 1? Outside of the Salt River valley. tn { state abounds with irrigation project { and dry farming lands awaiting tn ] arrival Of capital to make them pro { ductivc. We have the most wOnde { : ful mountain resorts with Scener. ! more magnificent than anywhere i: ! the world with unsurpassed summe ] l climate. Our own valley has won ] derful winter climate that eXcels any ] thiTg else ill the United States. { We have indeed. the making o ] q great inland empire. There is ever. { natural reason why Phoenix ahoult ] be d greater city than Salt Lake o Spokane. But what are we doing t ! make it SO? What are we doing L ! place the valley and state before tn { investing public and the farmer { Why not take a position in the WOrl { If progress that belongs to us? Wh. { not being up and doing? It is Onl. l;t41 Ia IX~ .,c