Arizona republican., 1920-08-12

"N;u YOU help? Not with your
 money, but with your Infiuence-
 tbe few minutes needed to write !.
 vour. seators and congressman at
 Washington. Will you help stop
 this woefuI waste of l're- 9v'n9 -
 water and to divert it to thirsty
 lands, so that cactus will give way
 to corn and cotton, that sage brush
 and thorn will yield to fruit and
 flower. to olive and orange, that
 desert wastes may become alfaifa
 pastures, that your cost of iIving
 may be lowered, that ten rnousano
 families may be placed on noWun-
 used lands? If this IS desirao,e 70
 you, will you take time to neip
 into reality, to write to Washing
 toni
 Outline of the Project
 "The San Carlos project, as 1t is known at Washing ton, embraces that portion of the Gila valley around Flor ence and Casa Grande, Arizona. IL IS desired that the United States rec lamation service build storage dam in a canyon, near San Carlos, Arizona' which vii save the flood waters or the Gi1a river. a waste that 1requenuy amounts to more than 50,000 cubic rect the second! In 1905, the waters pass ing San Carlos measured enough to cover more than a million acres of land twelve inches deep, sufficient 10 insure bountiful crops on a half mill lion of acres, could 1t have been stored and applied in that season. Stream measurements at San Carlos since lsla show that more than a million acre feet per year have wasted to the sea through the>Sa Carlos damsite!
 And the land that would have been wafered is wonderfully productive, as soon as it comes under irrigation. Wit ness alfalfa, of which five to eight cuttings the year yield six to twelve tons to the acre. Imagine what that means made into beef or pork. or when dairy stock may be pastured all the year round in the country where snow is unknown, except on the mountains
 Arizona is not generally known as a wheat state, but The Country Gen. tleman' gives it credit for having saved the country's wheat from deterioration and further says while the area is small, Arizona leads the country is productivity of wheat to the acre. Crops of 2.400 pounds the acre are frequent and then, after the grain has been harvested, the same land, in the same year, will yield an additional cror of hegari milo maize or beansl Would the San Carlos project help to lower food costs?
 Anythin Will Grow There
 Fruits thrive Tn endless variety Peaches mature from May to Novem- Der. Boughs of trees break under the weight of prodigious pears, one of which, exhibited in 1913, weighed 4I ouncesi Arizona oranges, lemons ano grapefruit top the New York market Cantaloupes of the finest quality are multiple moneymakers. Lettuce is raised on an extensive scale at the Casa Grande end of the project, wher; the main line of the Southern Pacific makes for ease of shipping. Figs su- perior to the finest product of Smyrna can be grown in your back yard, anC 1,500 pounds of delightful dates have | been taken from single tree in a sea son. Apricots ripen weeks earlier thar in California, while a careful straw berry grower can carry his market ove months through a judicious selection | of different maturing varieties, 14,00' 1 three quarter pound boxes having beer produced on a single acre. Potatoes have recorded yields of 15,o00 pounds although their keeping quality is no equal to the northern grown tuber Onions run between 5000 and 20,00t pounds to the acre. with cabbage go.nl