Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-19
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NEW TOWNSHIP
Prominent ArizOnans Launch Cam
paign for Cotton City, Which Is to
Be the Capital of One of the Rich.
est Valleys in West-Representative
in Ell Centre With Views.

Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. ia number
Of highly prominent Arizona men have
just launched the Cotton City Land
and Building Company-a $4,000, 900
project-that has for it's aim the
building OF an agricultural community
in the heart of Arizona.
This company, which was formed
some time ago, is headed by the Hon.
F. A. Jones, chairman of the Arizona
Corporation Commission. It controls
1000 acres of the choicest land in the
Casa Grande valley, owns valuable Pa
lomas valley lands in Arizona and
has large options on other lands in
the state
The selectin gof Casa Grande as
the location of the Cotton City town.
site was after careful consideration.
Casa Grande valley was selected be-
cause of this important feature-it is
on the main line of the Southern Pa
cific railroad.
The Casa Grande valley of Arizona
is one of the most beautiful in the
state. It covers an area of about
1000 square miles, which takes in ap-
proximately 100000 acres.
1t is the valley that has originated
the Pima variety of cotton-the lat
est improved variety, which, it is
claimed, is fra superior to the famous
cotton imported from Egypt.
With substantial financial inter-
est back of Cotton City. plans are
laid out for the erection of an up-to-
date agricultural community to con-
form with up-to-date building ideas.
Men are now at work clearing the
land. All the work of surveying has
been completed and the building 9
Cotton City is under way.
The Cotton City townsite is locat-
ed about midway between Tucson and
Phoenix. The main line of the South
ern Pacific railroad runs through
Cotton City.
Great interest is being manifested
in! the Cotton City project. The wcn-
derful development that has taken
place in the Casa Grande valley is
the incentive that is drawing people
to that country. Large operators are
putting in t racts.
The main feature Of the Cotton
City project will be cotton culture.
The cotton industry in this state is
fully established.
1t is conservatively estimated that
the crop for 1917 will be $4,000 bales,
with valuation of close to $12,0OO,-
900.
Although experiments for the pro-
duction Of cotton were begun in Ari-
Sona as early as 1902, still the in
dustry is in it's infancy in this state.
It was not until 1918 that the gov
ernment recommended the CONNER
cial production Of the crop.
The government statistics show a
total Of 5000 acres was planted to
cotton in 1918. The crop for that
year amounted to 2135 bales of 500
pounds each.
In the next year close to 1900 acres
were planted in cotton. The total
crop for that year amounted to 1000
bales. In 1917 the acreage planted
was $4,000 acres, and it was figured
that the crop will total $4,000 bales.
c. w. Hahn, representative of the
company, is in Ell Centre and will es-
tablish headquarters here. Mr.. Hahn
carries with him motion picture pro-
jecting machine with films that show
some of the wonderful development
work that has been carried out during
the past year, covering the develop
ment in Arizona by the Goodyear
Tire Company. Several private show
ings were made yesterday at the Bar
bara Worth hotel and Mr. Hahn an
nounces that anyone interested may
see these pictures during his stay
here.