Arizona republican., 1913-04-20
MANY FARMS
 CHANGE HANDS
Through the Agency of the E. J. Bennitt Company; More Than 1900 Acres Transferred in the Past Two Weeks.

F. J. Bennitt tS Company report a very busy past two weeks and during that time have disposed of ap- proXimately fifteen hundred acres of land in the Glendale and Peoria dis tricts A gratifying feature of most of these sales is that the property goes to parties who are newcomers and who will at once put the land into cultivation, and who will become permanent residents of the valley.
 One of the larger sales was that of the south half of section IS, 3. ?, from MeSsrs Hood and Russell to l.. L. Harmon This half section was pur- chased by MT. Hood and MT. Russell early in February, and was sold to Mir. Harmon at a nice increase in price before the brush had all been cleared from it. Mir. Harmon is buy ing the property not for speculation. but for an alfalfa ranch to be handled in connection with his various cattle ranches, and is already at work putting the land into summer crop, to be followed with alfalfa next fall It is one of the choice pieces of ground in that vicinity and in another year it will be a beautiful ranch The northwest quarter of the same section was also sold last week to the Ari- zona Securities x Investment Com panY and has by them been sold to California parties. This will also be put into early crop. In section 15, 3, l, all of the west half with the eX- ceptiOn of forty acres, was sold for F R. Parsons and R. w Nichols to the same company. This same com pany which has of late been one of the largest purchasers and sellers of Salt River valley land, also acquired through the Bennitt Company the northeast quarter, the east half of the southwest quarter, ahd the west half of the southeast quarter of sec tion 19, 3, and This was sold for the United States Land, Title and Legacy Company, and was purchased by that company from Porter Steele only short time ago.
 Through A. W. Bennett. of Glen dale, the west half of the southeast quarter of section 4-2-1 was sold to A. J. Beazley for the Merryman Stock and Fruit Company. MT. Beazley has of late been quite a heavy buyer of
 
 half section which he plans to get into immediate cultivation. A seventy seven acre tract in the southwest quarter of section 1-3-1 was sold to V F. Messinger to F. D. Lane and F w Griffen This will be planted to summer crop and followed by alfalfa in the fall.
 Though there was a great deal of business in country property, con- siderable business was also trans acted in town property. among other sales, being that of the east half of lot 10 in block 82. from Asa Moore to Miss Edna Wilson. This is choice piece of property on West i Washington street and during the summer will be extensively improved | by the new owner.
 B. F. Burdette, a prominent surgeon who makes his home in Manila but 1 now is planning to return and locate l in Phoenix, was here for a couple of days last week. and during that time 1 purchased from F. D. Lane lot 13 in | block A. East Evergreen. He plans i to build during the summer and have 1 a residence ready for his occupancy on his return next fall In Collins 1 Addition lots 4, ,, 6, 19, 20 and 21 l in block 53 were sold for S. R. Jen- nings to R. H. Mcintosh, and lots 1O II. F. 13, IA and 15 in block 54 were sold for the sherman Investment | Company to MT Jennings.
 A number of other important deals are pending, and there is every indi- cation that business is going to con tinue good right on through the sum- mer.