Arizona sentinel., 1917-02-15
MESA CITRUS FRUIT LAND
 BREAKS STATE RECORDS

Through an error in advertising the school lands on certain tract ots and and the south half of southwest quarter section township range 23 not sold last fall when all the valley lands and more ot school lands the mesa sold at auction by the he land properly described in the the advertise ment with the exception that it located in different township Of course it offered for sale but readvertlsed and last Thursday the for the auction sale It sold and thereby hangs tale we'll worth telng tor gives pretty clear idea ot what people NOW think of Yuma Mesa citrus fruit lands after Mesa Land Law has become operative as against what they thought of it Before the enactment of that law.
 When the sale occurred last fall the 1900 1900 were knocked down at an average of fraction $40 acre. Last Thursday the 6O acres were sold at the court house door for the fabulous price of $8OOO SIP per acre, as compared to $40 per acre last fall.
 he gentleman who induced the state re-advertise the lands he could bid the 6O quit bidding when the price passed the S8OOO mark But with Manager 6unton of the Mountain States Telephone Company bidder from Los Angeles representing big real firm of that city They kept noddng their heads the auction until finally Mr. Bunton got the tract S18 900.
 During the latter stages the bidding the Los Angeles went to Mr. Bunton and suggested that they get to- gether and divide the tract but told there would dvSOn and that he prepared to bid high S25 GOO for the tract After it sold to him the Los Angeles offered Mr. Bunton very handsome profit for his bar gain, but his offer not accepted all of which goes to show that Mr. BuntOn knows good thing when he it.
 The land in question is located in Sec 2 Twp. 9, R. B. the vaon side track of the Southern Pacific uay desirable piece of property The high price paid for
 
 Land Law has already wrought great change public tment the value of Mesa lands and is fair index what may be expected when the government sells the lands for the purpose of raising money with which Struct the power plant pump station canals and aeras CeSSary to place the Mesa lands. True hardly expect all the lands bring that price, for be remembered the purchasers of school lands have forty years ill which to pay whereas the government will require the lands to be paid for within three years and sixty days from date of sale But is foregone conclusion that the lands will bring good price, more than enough to defray all penSeS in placing water the This should be made all the plainer to when remember what calamity has overtaken the orange growing sections Florida and the great damage done citrus fruit throughout California while citrus fruit unscahed the hands of Old Jack Frost.
 Yuma indeed lucky and so are those who have Mesa lands
 The Mountain States Telephone Company had nothing whatever to do with the purchase made by Mr. Bunton He represented himself and several friends who reside in diff feren parts of the country They propose improve the property the earliest date possible and then probably sub divide it into five and ten tracts all of which goes prove that Mr. Buntons friends have wde-awake friend right here in Yuma who has his eyes open all the time
 YUMA WATER USERS ASSN