McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-02-06
Parker, Ariz, Jan. "a, IA.
Hon. J. W. Purviance, Editor.
Selmer, Tenn.

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! Dear Sir:
have taken it for granted that 9
letter from an old McNairian pertain,
ing to the West would be acceptable.
have thought several times Of
writing letter to the Independent,
but have put it off. by thinking to
myself will do it the first time it
SHOWS. A mild climate has kept me
patiently waiting. The snow did not
come. In the mountainous part of
Arizona they have snow early in the
season, but in the valley where Parker
and Phoenix are located it seldom
SHOWS.
am very much interested in the
progress that has been made in Nc
Marry county in the last few years
The farmers have devised plans by
which they are producing more and
better products from the soil on fewer
acres. Of course this means more
fine stock, larger quantities of food
and much finer furnished homes.
| enjoyed very much reading of the
play Dora Thorne" which was staged
at Selmer short time ago. Itseems
to me that Selmer is keeping up with
the times. Keep the good work 60
ing on. Selmer will be city yet?
There are many reason (too numer-
Gus to mention) why | love McNairy.
One of those reasons is, because it is
the first place | ever knew 1t was a
place where my little boy and girl
friends pulled off many Of our youthful
stunts. The many pleasures of those
days have stamped indelible impress
sions on youthful minds that time and
age cannot erase
The southern part of Arizona is an
ideal climate for the winter season.
If it were possible for all of the states
to race for the championship of an
ideal climate for both summer and
winter, Arizona would leave nearly all
of them in the rear. In the valley of
Arizona weather is mild through the
winter. 1t is only 1876 miles to Pres
colt, an altitude of 5000 it,, where
the climate is delightful in summer.
A good many of the people who live
in the valley spend few of the sum-
mer months in the mountains. Parker
and Phoenix are in a valley located
between two mountains. Some of the
desert is fertile and produces both
agricultural and horticultural pro-
ducts. In this part Of the state it
seldom rains. There has been only
one good rain at Parker in three
years. At Phoenix, where there is
good bit of evergreen, there is more
rain. Last July and August we
had a. temperature Of 1902 in the
shade. We don't think anything
strange of a little thing like that;
1902 here in this dry atmosphere
would be about the same as 95o in
McNairy. In the summer time the
atmosphere is as dry in the night as
it is during the day. For sleeping
apartment in the summer we prefer
the open air. If a man were caught
sleeping in the open air in McNairy
county in the dewey darkness Of the
night perhaps you would think there
is something wrong; he had better
60 to see the doctor. If a man were
caught sleeping inside here in the
summer time he would certainly need
his head examined.
Alfalfa, wheat, barley, milomaize
and cotton are the main agricultural
products. The yield of cotton on the
good soil is said to be something like
two bales per acre. The yield of grain
is not so good here as it is in other
states. Alfalfa is the best paying
crop in the valley, The yield is good,
it is good seller in the market and
it is equally as good to fatten stock
for the market as well as home use.
The yield on good soil where there is
a good stand and where it has plenty
of water, is s tons per acre. If the
ground is in good condition when
planted it will be good for from five
to ten years. All of the domestic
animals eat it excepting dogs and
cats. 1t is good to feed green or dry.
Those who have draft horses doing
heavy work feed them grain with
their alfalfa. | know of some people
here who have fat horses doing light
work that do not get any grain at
all. The thing that | want to i'm