Arizona republican., 1918-02-24
VISITOR PAYS TRIBUTE OWED
 GREAT VALLEY

The eyes of the world, so far as the growing of cotton is concerned. are turned toward the Salt River valley. The success attending the growing of the Egyptian long staple variety here has been heralded far and wide. The latest to come to the Salt River valley for information and advice, is a rep resentative of the agricultural inter ests of Corcoran, California, and the San Joaquin valley lands in that vii cinity.
 l.. B. Dapron, the father of the long staple cotton industry in the Cor coran section. is the man who recently visited Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa. He has just returned to Corcoran, laden not only with information secured here but with assurances of big cot ton gin in Corcoran to handle the probable production of cotton there this season. Of this trip and of the proposed gin. the Corcoran Journal has the following to say:
 l.. B. Dapron, who went to the Salt River valley. Arizona last week to in quire into long staple conditions in that section, and to confer with A. H. Fowler and company, cotton buyers of Los Angeles, relative to the location of
 
 morning.
 He comes with written assurances that four six foot stand gin will be located in the Corcoran district with out fail. A second gin of the same capacity will be located in Fresno, ac- cording to Dapron, who has fathered the long staple industry in this sec | ton. Both gins, however, must have | floor capacity for sixteen six foot stands. The cotton interests behind i Daprcn will furnish the capital for l picking and ginning the cotton.
 Dapron visited Phoenix. Mesa and Tempe. three centers of the long staple industry in the Salt River val ley He comes back more enthusias- tic than ever over the prospects of the industry in the San Joaquin valley. Dapron declares he interviewed many growers and found no failures. The lowest net made by the twelve grow CTS he interviewed was $55 an acre. He talked with one farmer who bought land for $200 an acre and cleared the price of his, land the first year. Many farmers have plowed up their alfalfa fields for the long staple cotton.
 'I come back more impressed thar ever before with the probabilities o1 great cotton industry in the Sar Joaquin valley as whole, and espe- cially in the Corcoran section of the valley" said Dapron Monday evening "Our season is as long, if not longer than that in the Salt River valley. Tn, long hot summers of this section art just what is needed for the Egyptian variety.
 T come back with a promise of { , eri, fa loa Co, of h. grow the Egyptian variety. In fact within the next ten days the gin mel will be here to look over ths site. w, want to get one adjacent to the rail ! road, if possible. but the cotton gil ] people do not propose to be held ul
 even in small way. Wherever tn gin is located. even though it be mile from the present tracks, the rail
 road will go to it.
 "The money will be available at low rate of interest for ginning an,
 picking the cotton. Big cotton mel , who are behind and backing this val ley cotton movement with all thei force, are absolutely confident of tn big eventual success of the long stapl industry here I found a lot of out side interest in the possibilities of tn staple here. If the present year pro . duces anything like a fair crop of tn Egyptian variety people are to see great movement here in 1919. Land in the Salt River valley today ar renting for $30 to s45 an acre, and som
 as high as $50 and S55. The sam
 thing will occur here when it become
 known to growers on the outside tha
 just as good, if not better long stapl
 can be grown here as in Arizona"