Arizona republican., 1913-05-24

other part of the valley, Hundreds Of acres of desert land are being cleared and put into cultivation at the present time. and the eight hun dred acres of unimproVed land con cerned in the present transaction rep resents practically the only unim- proved land left in the section. All of the land in this sale carried with it full water rights in the reservoir, and practically all of it is served by the Arizona canal
 While the past six months have seen remarkable development and growth in the Peoria district the coming six months will see still more pronounced change and inn proVement for the better Seven hundred acres of the land in ques- tiOn is already under contract to be cleared during the summer months and be put into alfalfa by the first of November, this year. Already ar engagements have been made for the use of a large traction engine with blowing capacity of twenty five acres or more a day. and it is eN- pected that work will be started within a short time upon the deveI- opment of all the unimproved land.
 Viewed from the standpoint of the purchasers, the investment has a number of advantages, one Of them being the fact that none of the land concerned is farther from shipping point than two miles All of it is level and every foot is good. rich deep soil of the most productive quality The northwest end of the valley is rapidly being settled with n ola nf int pf them from California. q class of peo- pie who, better perhaps than any other, appreciate the advantage of fered by good soil and unlimited wa ter and who can bring a piece of land to it's highest stage of produc- tiVeness. This transaction will have the effect of opening to this class of newcomers d large tract of remark ably fine ground
 The effect that this development of the farming land tributary to the Peoria tOwnsite will have on the town itself can readily be foreseen. Until recently Peoria. as a town, has not amounted to a great deal; it has had no opportunity for growth, and with not large cultivated area sur rounding it, there was no need for growth but now conditions have changed. Heretofore, while 1t boasted a church. school house, postoffice and store. it was little more than q way station on the Santa Fe. but already the effect of the settlement of the surrounding country is beginning to be felt. Small as the town has here tofore been, the development of the outside district has already had the effect of making necessary two um- Der yards at Peoria, both of which are well stocked and are doing a good business. Within the past ten days additional school improvement to the extent of $20,000 have been arranged for and an election for the voting of the necessary bonds has been called and is now being advertised. Mir Brown made liberal Inducements to prospective merchants and business men in the new town which is a policy that will be followed by the new owners.
 The new owners expect. with the cO-operatiOn of the present residents of Peoria and the surrounding dis trict, to shortly have that part of the valley supplied with power from the Roosevelt dam. The line to Mari nette, which supplies power for the pumps at that place. passes through PeOFld, and II Is only question as to which of two plans will be the most satisfactory and economical Either q transformer can be installed directly al Peoria or a line can be run from the Glendale substation, q distance of some five miles.
 Fortunately for the future growth If the town there is every opportu- nifty for the rapid settlement of the nearby acreage in small tracts AL talOma is subdiVided into one and q half, two and half, five and ten acre tracts, which means the settle ment of this tract by a goodIy num- Der of residents, and it is the his tory of the growth of all towns that much depends upon the number of families who live in the surrounding district
 There is every indication that as one of the results of this transaction the town of Peoria will shortly be one of the valleys thriving villages and the prediction is made that at no distant date Peoria will be one of the important shipping points Of the valley.
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