Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
BUCKEYE VALLEY
 INDEPENDENT IF
 | ROOSEVELT DAM

Buckeye valley. some distance west of the city of Phoenix, is a miniature Salt River valley, q fertile, produc- tive district of some 50,0e0 acres of ! land, irrigated under q system sepa rate and different from the Salt River valley system, and prolific in it's yield of crops each year. The valley itself is something over ten miles in width and is about tWei1tyfive miles in 1 length. The general conditions in the valley are practically the same as ] those throughout the entire Salt ! River valley and the growing seasons and possibilities ale practically the same as those prevailing in the larger district.
 The irrigation system of the Buck eye valley is under private control and is owned by the farmers whose | lands the carals and laterals water. | The water is secured from the Gila l River which courses the valley and is raised to the canal levels by means of diversion dams. From these dams q 1 series of canals iadiates throughout the irrigated district in the valley | distributing plentiful supply of | river water to tie lands.
 The section is noted for it's fat cattle, hay. grain and alfalfa seed.
 The farmers age generally very pros | porous for in additions to two crops of alfalfa hay from their fields, they harvest yearly from $50 to 300 pounds of alfalfa seed per acre. As alfalfa seed cannot be successfully raised in all districts Of the southwest and as
 the demand for these seed is increas-
 ing each year, this section has a | great adT1nfaUa and a div
 ing market for one of it's largest
 yearly yields.
 The canals of the district are owned
 by. the farmers themselves. They
 have reservoir from which they
 may draw in times of scarcity oi
 water. but there is generally a sup
 ply of water without resorting to the storage. The great amount of irri
 gation throughout the Salt river val !. ley, which lies above the Buckeye , valley, seems in the past few years to have increased the water supply ir the smaller and lower valley so tha' , now the Buckeye valley can depend , upon constant flow for irrigation. 5 There are several small towns 1T the Buckeye valley. the largest anC most important of which is Buckeye , Here there are gathered more tha,
 300 persons into a fast growing ant
 
 lie officials and municipally owne, l conveniences. and yearly the popula tion of the small town is growing al r the valley becomes more productiv, l and more settlers take up their home
 in the district
 r The land of the valley is as fertil as the average land of the Salt Rive :. valley The prices of the acreag [ range in proportion to the lands unde . the Roosevelt project. The production ? per acre compares favorably with tn | production of the remainder of tn S valley.
 t 1 Buckeye is connected with Phoeni { by a branch railroad line and b, . stage service running from the capl s tai city several times each day Z has several large contemplating busi a ness houses including the irrigation n company, a bank, a commercial com e pany. a livery and transfer company f water works and weekly newspaper q The schools and churches of the com - munity are the equal of those of tn S remainder of the county.