Arizona republican., 1913-03-16
HEAVY SALES
 REAL ESTATE
T transactions Through Dwight B. Heard Agency Distributed Throughout Valley in Last Three
 Weeks Aggregate $93,O00

When Dwight B Heard was asked yesterday for statement as to the real estate conditions he replied as follows:
 The most gratifying feature about the real estate situation a present is that practically every transaction in wolves genuine home making. Our sales do not seem to be confined to any particular section, but cover prac- tically all portions of the reservoir district as well as the Buckeye Valley and the range of buyers is also in teresting. our sales within the last three weeks including purchasers from Virginia, California, New Mexico, Ind jana. Wyoming and Illinois. Among the definite transactions which have been concluded during the last three weeks l might mention the following:
 The sale of very desirable piece of bottom land in the Buckeye Val ley. formerly belonging to Dave Parks and purchased by Geo. W. Narramore of GiIa Bend Mir Narramore intends to make his home on this property and will bring the entire tract into a high state of cultivation This farm is located in the Pajo Verde district of the Buckeye, which is developing most rapidly.
 Another sale of general interest is the purchase by MT C. C. Joy of Alliance, Nehr. of the finely inn proved 1G0 acre ranch of John l. Morgan. 4la miles northwest of Phoe- nix This is one Of the prize ranches of the Salt river valley, in perfect stand of alfalfa and in the fall MT Joy will establish his home on this property He was one of the lead ing delegates from Nebraska at the recent convention of the American National Live Stock association in Phoenix and his location here will probably be the means of securing other settlers from his section.
 Another sale which we have re gently concluded is a tract of about 150 acres which for many years has been owned by D. w Calfee The DrOpertv has been bought by AIr. E. $. Phillips. formerly of New Mexico and MT. DcLeshmutt who are already improving their land and bringing it into q high state Of cultivation and proposes to make two permanent homes on this tract. We have al- so recently sold a 10 acre tract be- 1 longing to MT Weider to John T. Dunlap. lying about ten miles north west of Phoenix.
 "On the south side of the river we have found an exceptionally good 1 demand for property recently; among recent sales being the purchase of the 1 Dr. John A. Cook property of 9o | acres by Isaac $ Hampton, who formerly lived in the vicinity of Fresno. Calif. and who proposes tc run an up-t0-date dairy on the Cook property This is an exceptionally 1 finely improved farm lying under the Tempe canal and the bearing date trees on this tract are among the fin est in the Salt river valley.
 Our sales under the San Francisco canal have steadily continued recently among these sales being the transfer of an 80 acre farm known IS the Cummins property to MT. C. T. Hirst | who buys this property for improve ment and as an investment Anothe1 sale under the San Francisco cana has been that Of the w. B. Page trac of 20 acres to MT. C. Blaine Hays O Darlington. Indiana MT. Hays is now living on the property and will short
 Iy build his residence on this tract Il buying as he has for a permanen home This tract is located but { half mile north Of the new schOo house as well as Neighborhood Hous' in d section wher4 new homes arC constantly being constructed
 Another sale under the San Fran
 cisco canal is u tract of river bot
 tom land in section 22 to MT c. W Pcnse who comes tO this valley iron
 Sheridan, WyO.. and who has selected
 this tract of bottom land believing
 1t to be particularly satisfactory fo
 the growth of garden truck, and pro
 poses to plant quite a portion to pea
 nuts Still another sale under th'
 San Francisco canal is that of thu II acre tract of Miss Laura DObbs tt Mrs. Emma Derting. Miss Dobb!
 bought this property some two year;
 ago as an investment, and is nov
 selling it at a satisfactory profit t'
 Mrs Derting who will make it
 permanent home, running it as
 dairy farm.
 ''In the district southwest of PhOe
 nix, which is developing very raridl
 at present, we have recently con cluded the sale for Mrs Wm. Eel
 of an S0 ace tract to F. P. Harve.
 who had formely been renting nea Mesa Mir Harvey will make this hi permanent home and is already i'm proving the property.
 'In the city and suburbs the sam 1 home making improvement seems t be going on steadily among recen transactions of this character is tn purchase by MT. Van LeuWen of a attractive residence in East Evergree addition MT. Van LeuWen cover this territory for Hubbard. Spense Bartlett and Company of Chicago, an confident of the future of PhOeni 1 has decided to purchase rather tha to rent
 Among recent sales in Los Olive is the purchase by MT. Harry Duff ! of desirably located lot on Pall ! Lane. on which within few daA he will begin the erection of an al i tractiVe residence. In Brill additio