Arizona republican., 1919-03-20
TELLS OF MANY OPPORTUNITIES
 ARIZONA OFFERS
Prominent Chicago Man In
 Interesting Story Writes
 Of Huge Possibilities In the Salt River Valley

The many opportunities offered in thc Salt River Valley and the wide Held it presents m industrial activ- itics is detailed in an interesting ar tiDlc written by Howard H. Gross, a man ot wide experience and keen observer who was recent visitor in Phoenix.
 Nr. Gross is authority on agricul- turc. To him is largely due the credit Cor inc campaign of education that re- suited iu Che passage by congress Of fho Smith-Levcr Act providing for the county agent Or farm demonstration. Mr. Gross was for a time connected with the department of agriculture as ,l good roads expert and was sent by President Roosevelt as a delegate Co the first international Good Roads convention held in Paris in 1908. He Writcs as follows
 The development Of a new country has always been ot deep interest to Inc. Thirty-fivC years ago | was in thc settlement of tho Dakotas, where thousands of land hungry people swarmCd Co take up hOmesteads, pre- emptiOn and tree claims. filing upon as many quarter sections as the law permitted Soldiers script were dug mp from the dust of a generation and used as basis for filing soldiers claims | saw the land go from $50 Co 2iO0.0O per acre. AS a boy l re- member how the soldiers of the civil war. whose life plans had been upset, upon their return followed the setting sun Co the prairios Of Iowa, Nebraska I.I he fertile lands that awaited the blow. am wondering whether the boys in khaki win not in like manner go further to the westward where great opportunities or greater and more varied activities await them.
 After years Of experience, and knowing by personal contact much about nearly every state in the Union. ] believe that today no state offers a moro attractive fuure to a man of pluck, brains and energy than the state of Arizona. and no place in 1t today seems to me has more attrac- tions than the Salt River Valley. So many things can be done here that cannot be done elsewhere. This is my fourth visit and my twenty first 10 thc Pacific Coast On my first visit was SO impressed that l bought land thatT can sell today at twice the cost Since my first visit. two of my sons in-laW have located here. and l hope Co have the remaining members of the family in due time. Thus l prove my faith by my works.
 Arizona ranks among the very first tn the wealth or her minerals. Live stock. however. cattle and sheep, and especially dairying. it seems to me, win be the first industry closely fol- lowed by cotton and cereals. While alfalfa will probably remain first as ranch feed for stock, I believe the time is near at hand when the slogan win be "a silo upon every farm Si- lage has a tang that stock like. tho more they eat the more they want. It is Co a degree predigested and assimi- lates more fully and more readily than when fed green.
 'I am raising cotton onmy ranch but | know we must in due time TO- tate the crops and carry stock if we are Co maintain the fertility of the soil. and that is the duty we owe to coming generations. We must feed the soil if we would maintain it. The ranchmen of the valley should keep in close touch with the splendid work that Is being done at the Y. <. EXpef- iment Station near Mesa. and consult IIfeIN MlIN lflf ADNHNN .ANtAAts .it Heard. Cooperation and team work will make the valley blossom as the rose. lt will build up a higher citizen ship and win make strong appeal Co tsterprising men and women from less favored lands.
 Last summer in Philadelphia l saw 9 truck unloading crates or canta lounes and l noted the Arizona brand Cpon inquiry l was told that severa. carloads had arrived and they wer, among the best that had ever beer received \ few days later. l bought . crate in a retail store in central New York to show my friends what Ari- ona could produce and all agreed thai they surpassed the famous Rocky Fords of Colorado. Thus Arizona pro- ducts have a wide market. The bes peaches I ever saw were grown upor 90 fruit ranch near Chandler the pro- prietor of which told me he had jus received a. single order for over g. O0O.O0 Of peach butter. and that h' expected Co sell the products of his orchard in ear lots as far east as Chi cago and St. Louis.
 tThe citrus industry promises well The flavor and quality Of the grap' fruit and oranges assures a marke for an that can be grown.
 Finally. build as man miles O good roads as you can. and then tak' care of them. No other cNpenditur' wll add SO much to the property val. uc- or the state or in making rura life attractive than good roads, ana there is no truer index of civilization In any country than in the condition of the public highways.