Arizona republican., 1921-10-11
.2,5OO ACRES SOUTH. IF BUCKEYE TO BE.
 WATERED BY PUMPS

BUCKEYE. Oct. 9.-In line with the general spirit of optimism and progress in the western end of Mari copa county comes the news that preliminary plans are now pracu- cally completed which will lead, in the very near future, to the reclama- ton of approximately 2,5o0 acres of fertile Gila valley land. The project is not new one, but an important development which has already prov ed a success on a smaller scale
 The lands to be reclaimed are To-
 cated south of the Gila and extend from a point south of Buckeye down
 the river for a distance of six miles. A company was organized some years
 agoAfor the purpose of providing wat
 CT for the lands. and about 1000
 acres has been cultivated. The wat
 CT has been taken directly from the
 river by means of pumping plant.
 but the constantly increasing cost Of fuel. with the simultaneous decrease in the price of farm products has awakened the land owners to the necessity Of equalizing these two fac tors in some way. The logical solu- ton of the problem has apparently been found. The cultivated area will be more than doubled and electri- cal power will take the place of gas engines.
 Charles Kirby Fox, an engineer on | the coast, is now on the ground, completing the preliminary surveys, and is being assisted by ". A. Far ish former city manager of Phoenix. While not now interested in the project, except from an engineering. point, Mr. Parish was one of the | first men to realize the future pros | poets for this particular section. In l fact, he installed a small gravity | system covering a few hundred acres many years ago, and has ever since been enthusiastic over it's possibili- l ties.
 Present plans contemplate the ex- | tension of a power line from Buckeye | to the head of the canal, enlarge ment of the canal and construction of a modem system throughout. The engineering work will be completed I within a few weeks, and it is ex pected that actual construction will | be started about the first of the
 year. and completed in ample time to | furnish water for next years crop
 season.
 l Contractors in charge of paving l west of the Agua .Fria now have the l entire six miles of the Avondale lane l plowed and grading is practically | completed The first mile west of the river is paved and open for traf- | fic. and at the present rate eight l or ten miles of the very worst roads | of the county will be paved and open to the public by Thanksgiving. When this section is completed, the road
 from, Buckeye to Phoenix will be in | excellent shape, for the desert road I from the valley to the west end of
 the Avondale lane is always good.
 A. C. Wood and son -Delbert and Al
 Marshall, land owners of the valley | who have made their homes in Cali
 fornia for the past few years. and
 who have been at home for couple
 of weeks looking after business. re-
 turned to the coast the first of tho
 week. Roth families will be here
 after the first of the year, in all prob
 ability.
 Mrs. Francis Harper. who ha: l snent the summer in Los Angeles re- turned last Saturday and will be a
 home in Buckeye during the winter. II Friends of Mrs. Emma Miller wil be glad to learn that she is rapidl! improving after several weeks seriou: | | illness.
 Mrs. Riley Johnston of Bouse drov, over from her home last Friday, ac conpanied by her son Ralph, wh | will attend school in Buckeye. A gentle rain which begun fallini last Thursday night continued in l | fcrnnittentIy throughout Friday an, l ! Saturday, netting a total precipita l l ton. according to the local Weathe | | Bureau gage of .S3 inch.
 The road to Gila Bend via Buckley | has been closed to autos since Frida | on account of high water in the Gila | but will be passable from now O | until further floods interfere. | Tourists report that the road fror | Buckeye to Blythe is now in bette | shape than it has been for man | wears. Recent rains have settled tn Il dust. and for much of the distanc | the roads are perfectly smooth an l hard.
 III tained a large number Of their ol H 1 Palo Verde friends at their Buckley | home Tuesday evening. The event wa v in honor of Mrs. Rubers brother, w. Harper and his wife who are vi.