Arizona republican., 1916-04-03
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
 PHOENIX ChVNER|ES
Gamer and Packer" Carries Article on Great Field Salt River Valley
 Offers For Industry.

A recent issue of the Gamer and Packer carried the following arti- cle on canning opportunities in Salt River valley:
 Phoenix. Arizona, offers splendid opportunity for the location of an ex- tensive canning plant. Over four thousand farmers are located on the lands surrounding Phoenix, under the Salt River Irrigation Project. The
 number has doubled in four years. a ure proof of the stability of the ir- rigat'on system and the permanent growth of the community. The farm ers are again delighted at the filling lof the great Roosevelt reservoir, in- string for all time the question of 1 an adequate water supply. The acre. age of land under the project totals about 220.000. The soil is of splendid /; quality and perfectly adapted by na-
 ture to irrigation. All the land is in private ownership and is selling at
 prices from about $70.00 an acre up. Previous to the completion of the 1 irrigation system and it's thorough Itesting out. the farming outlook was uncertain and did not tend to en- ] courage the best farming methods. Now there is big change. intensive cultivation is becoming general and throughout the valley splendid oppor- tunities exist for the growing of large
 acreages of fruits and vegetables. The advantages are many. The soil is I perfectly suited, and other advantages are warm climate and liberal water Isupply.
 No canning establishments are in the Salt River Valley. other than a small cooperative plant located al
 Mesa, about eighteen miles from Phoenix This plant handled quant- ity of tomatoes last season. Orchards iare being set out on rather libera ,scale, but growers await the promise of cannery to handle the crop be- fore going too extensively into or
 chard planting. Most all vegetables are grown with great success, and tho tyields as given by the United State. Department of Agriculture should in
 te-est canning men. The list of crop:
 that can be grown is long, and man,
 crops not yet tried will be fount
 profitable when a cannery is on hant |. ! Salt River Valley is especially for tunate in having a season which i
 longer than in most localities. I'm warm climate, supplemented b, , labundant irrigation. is ideal for grow
 ing fruits and vegetables.
 The State of Arizona furnishes number of ready markets for tn . product of the cannery which will b
 located in the valley. Throughout the State of Arizona are extensiv mining camps employing thousand , of men in the great works. The out
 but of copper is over million pounds a day. and this figure wil , give some indication of the larg number of workers needed in tn mining and smelter towns.
 |. There are other demands which vii l be made upon local cannery con , cern-so that the question of disposa , of the product is already settled. , The advantage of lower freigh lrates to points in Arizona will be il . flavor of a local concern. and the co , Ioperation of the community is safel assured to a concern of standing. il Plenty of unskilled labor is on hand l land the necessary specially skille ihelp could be secured without mucl
 difficulty.
 H. Phoenix has population of 2o,00 , and in the Salt River Valley sur rounding Phoenix there are 5000 , more. people, The State of Arizon
 is yet in its infancy. but counts
 population of about 330,000 at tn
 present time.