The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-08-06
ARIZONA BOOMING.
j H C0OHS SAYS


J. H. coons. New Mexico and Ari-
zona manager for tne Mutual Life In
surancc company OF New York, re-
turned home last night from a three
weeks trip through Arizona where
he has been visiting Mutual Life COM
pany Representatives. MIR. coons
brings back with him an ccoun OF
agricultural development IN Arizona
that Is OF stirring interest. showing
"a It hoes what enterprise and vlgor-
GUS activity have accomplished with
IN a comparatively few years TO
tranhform waste desert land into
highly productive areas worth an av-
'orage % $500 an acre and which arc
coming millions OF dollars annually
for their owners,
Arizona Il highly prosperous" Mr..
Coons said this morning, mot only
through It's great mineral develop
,uent but because OF the more recent
and Amazingly swift development Of
several very rich agricultural dis
tricts. More men are working In no
minca at Globe than at amy time since
the war prd ! am told this condition
obtains In ,nc other large mining dis
tricts. was most impressed how
ever BY tho agricultural development
which In little sholt OF marvellous.
The Salt river valley cotton develop
mcnt IN now generally known due to
The wide advertising II has received
and the millions being made there
by cotton growers. The acreage un-
der the Roosevelt project Is being In
creased and a considerable area IL be-
ing developed by pumping. I learned
that the salt river valley cotton areas
prs producing $3.50 an acre gross this
year and thar the seed saved by the
rrowcra VIII pay for the picking.
at Yuma 100000 acres are being
cultivated nnder the project. The
land Is held at $500 an acre and Is
actually selling steadily at that price
or better. The principal crops are
cotton. both long and short staple.
and alfalfa seed. The alfalfa pro-
ductIon Ii wonderful. Two cuttings
are taken for hay; the third cutting
In harvested for the 9 which alone
produces around 1900 an acre gross,
The straw after the seed, has been
tbrcshed. In worth about $40 a bale.
and two additional cuttings OF hay
are Isakcn after the seed crop Is off.
Thus u r. pain how large an
earning n being made per acre
from thcBe alfalfa lands. Yuma
has Is miles OF concrete. highways
through the project lands, with as
phn.t ~rurfaeing and Is miles more OF
rraui,s crush surface are being built
cato the mesa lands where the United
states government IL aHnisting In de-
tcloping a citroua fruit area h a now
pfpmiRea to prove very profitable.
This land n free from frost. water Is
pumped TO a from the main canals
and II ripeus i.s crops OF oranges.
lemons and grippe fruit some two
weeks before the California crop
comes IN, thus insuring a market at
fancy prices.
Tucson also has nm agricultural
arcn that Is growing into great i'm
~portance. Hundrods OF lacres q .1iand
that I remember Is sand Oats have
been reclaimed by pumping and are
now worth from $3.50 to $500 an acre,
The Arizonh agricultural boom is
long past the boom stage. The de-
tc,upment Il ON a thoroughly con-
servativc business basis and insures
h. future Of vast prosperity for the
cihtricta tributary to Phoenix. Tue
son, Yuma, casap Grsndee, AZ we'll as
speedy growth for these elites. Ari-
xona. briefly. n developing values
which will enormously Increase It's
srte reaources from taxation apd
which win insure IL = very notable
measure OF prohpcrtty.'