Arizona republican., 1918-06-16
THRIVING CITY UPONCOL0RADO
 FORGING AHEAD
Arizona, Backed By
 Rich Back Country Doing Things In 1918; Handsome Improvements are Made

For those who desire more extended knowledge of the country through which they are passing than is to be obtained from road maps, little in- format tion about Parker and the really wonderful country of which it is the hub will not go amiss.
 The questions. What, where and why is Parker?" are easily and quickly answered. the great difficulty being in confining oneself to a reasonable space in speaking of this section of the state
 Parker is a town of about 300 popu- lation, lying at the head of the great Parker Valley, on the east bank of the Colorado river.
 Its accommodations for the travel ing public are better than most towns of its size, there being two very good hotels-the Manitaba and the Parker Cut Off-good restaurants and two first class garages.
 Another hotel. which will prove delightful surprise to the traveller the Grand View-will be thrown open to the public about July 1. It contains thirty rooms, and will be a finely ap pointed, first class house.
 | The Grand View occupies the entire portion of the rev concrete and plaster Grand View hotel block and 1 is modern throughout. Shower baths are provided in the rooms and its sanl- ,tary features are excellent. Doors lead from each room to broad piazza, which is entirely screened.
 The lobby is on the ground floor, a notable feature of the room being the large fire place, constructed entirely Al-.-
 Two large general merchandise stores, a bank and a well equipped drug store also occupy the ground floor of the Grand View Hotel block while other business houses of various kinds go to make up thriving busi- ness center.
 A mile from the town is Bush's Ferry, by means of which autos and teams are transported over the Colo rado. This provides one of the unique features of the trip over the Parker highway, the trip across the river be- ing made by means of motor driver boats, strongly built and large enough to carry several machines at a time.
 Three power boats and barge com pose MT. Bush's Trans Colorado flee Of steamers" Besides their seryic, as ferries, the boats are utilized fol the transporting of ore from up thu river, making frequent trips for tha purpose.
 Parker is a division point of thu Santa Fe railway. The Standard Oi company has a large plant here, whil' the pumping plant of the Reservation irrigating system is situated a shor distance from town.
 But it is not Parker, the town, bu Parker, the center of a great mining and agricultural section, with possi bilities that few other towns in tn state enjoy, that holds the attentio of the visitor. In this fine, fertile val ley of over 160,00 acres of irrigabl land Parker has an asset that canno be over estimated, while the mines i the immediate vicinity give promise c a wonderful outpouring of wealtl They are working earnestly, withou blare of trumpets, and are shippin valuable carloads of ore. It is als apparent that this will be a deep dis trict. One of the mines has reache the S00-fot level with a steady increas in values and size of the ore body.
 There's more solid mining now bein
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