The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-01-23
LOCAL RESOURCES
8 ATTRACTIONS
DISCUSSED
In Address Delivered at the Luncheon
Club The Benefits To Follow In
The Shape of Dividends From
Little Known Sources OF
Wealth Are Set Forth
(By o. A. Risdon)

Gentlemen of the Luncheon Club:
1t seems to me that there is more
than one way in which this club can
be made to serve the people of this
commonly. The two features of this
club are its social and its commercial.
do not believe there are any of us
who come here who do not enjoy get
| ting together and spending an hour
in the manner in which we are do
ing. ct relieves the monotony Of
| affairs, serves to take the mind away
from the cares of business, besides
the spirit of communion and fellow
ship which always accompanies the
getting together of such meetings
Every man who is a taxpayer of
this town and county has made an in
vestment from which he would like
to receive dividends. / know of no
better way in which to make this in
vestment pay dividend than through
the concerted efforts of the taxpayers
and know of no better opportunities
Shc11 OQSa tAS uuSQluul VI ILLS CluU
or some other similar organization.
We all realize that the resources of
this county are rather restricted. By
this 1 do not mean that there is no
room for expansion, but in variety.
First, and the point upon which I
wish to dwell, is the proximity of
Clifton to very large forest area and
disadvantages which can be derived
from the exploitation of this one thing
in particular. Second, is the undev-
eloped mineral resources. then the
: farming, and last the stock industry.
Gentlemen: Ii has been my pleas
ure to have taken trip into this
forest area of which I spoke, each
year for the two past seasons and,
therefore, 1 feel qualified to speak up
on this point in particular. Some of
you who are not familiar with this
vast forest area may think 1 am going
it little strong when l say that par
tally within and adjacent to Greenlee
county we have one of the largest un-
broken forests in the United States.
= The greater portion of this timber
is matured timber and only awaits
: the woodman's axe and the coming
. of the sawmill. One can travel on
;. horseback for days through this vast
= area and not get out of it. 1t is a
f wonderfully beautiful sight to see. It
9 is not, as many suppose, covered with
a thick underbrush, but beautiful
# open forest of large pine, spruce and
,f fir trees. Many of these trees are
forty and fifty feet to the first limb,
), and many of them so large that one
=. of them would cut enough lumber to
", construct a large house. Not alone
&c have we this area of timber, but, this
~ land is level and a large part of il
- is very fertile, besides, it is in a dis
Il trict where the rainfall is sufficient
-, most every year to insure the matur
ing of such crops as might be grown
q there, while the whole underlying
slopes are covered with a summer fol
~ iage upon which cattle and sheep dt
=, we'll and grazing is found very profit
:. able. Besides these natural resources
i. we have the numerous streams aboun'
IN ing with trout and the woods the hom
m of many wild turkey, deer, grouse ant
" most all kinds of wild animals, coup
~ led with an altitude and a summe
10 climate that has California or tn
fe coast beaten so far that they are nc
i, in it. These constitute some of tn
no resources of Greenlee County.
ov With the completing of the highwa
ro which we have under construction on
"a can readily see the benefits to b
co derived from this field. In this fol
10 est there are within Greenlee count!
-, alone, many million feet of timbe
inf which has ready market in this di'
- trict Instead of paying out ou
money for this lumber to people an
~ into places whose interests are ia
., removed from our own, we will b
-. able to leave this money at hom
-. where it will become an asset and
,is goodiy portion be contributed towar
bo dividends. I am not sanguine eve
- the completion of this highway thf
,+ l believe it is to make it possible fc
this timber to be delivered at ou