Weekly journal-miner., 1921-09-07
DUCK SHOOTING
 PRESERVE PLAN
 IF ART DAVIS
Williamson Valley Man Declares for Opening of Sport
%CFrom Weonescsay's Daily)
 By HEX

A tha DaViS loves ms QuCk meat. In the length and breadth of the county, there is not more appreci- ative hunter and consumer of the wild honkers, than the portly mana ger of the Williamson Valley Farms company. It is now announced by Art in letters to his sport-loving friends that he aims to maintain duck preserve at Lake Sullivan, which is the name to be applied to the body of water that the dam will make. Such will that lake be chris tened if somebody has to bust a bottle of white mule over its prow.
 don't think Art would have gone into the Williamson Valley Farms company if he hadn't of been hunt ing ducks one day. He was out in that vicinity with a few friends and was feeling pretty good. He was high gun for the day. He had had good shooting on the marshy land where the waters of Williamson val ley wash are backed up by the great natural dam of hard pan. He hap pened to look over the contours and liked their looks. Wanting to inn prove the hunting, and incidentally to make lot of farm land valuable, he decided to convert a year or two of his energy into an irrigation pro ject, and has made darn good start at 1t.
 Not as an afterthought, but as an issue of considerable importance to him, he has proposed the formation of sporting club, and has outlined his points in a communication to his friends. In 1t he says:
 'In my opinion in less than one years time the Williamson Valley Farms company dam will have been completed and two sections of water will be stored behind this dam ere ating one of the most beautiful lakes for hunting and fishing in this west ern country.
 It is safe to say that 80 per cent of all water fowl flying from the north to the south use Williamson valley as their course. Those of you who are acquainted with the Will Hanson valley know that it is fine duck shooting section even with the limited amount of water which is in the valley before the dam is installed. q consider the stock of the Will Hanson Valley Farms company one of the most profitable investments that one can make in this section for scme time to come for this reason The installing of the dam and canals will cost the Williamson Valley Farms company approximately $4l5,- GOO. When the dam has been com pleted there will be stored 19,60O acre feet of water or water enough to irrigate 15,000 acres, so the con- pany will have for sale 15,000 acre water rights, which will be worth, gross to the company, S2,550,0OO. De duct $415,0O0, cost of construction, and we have profit of $2,135,OOO or GA per cent. You can readily see that purchasing stock in the Will liamson Valley Farms company is a safe and sound investment.
 "The company proposes after the dam has been completed to stock Lake Sullivan with bass, cropie and other good eating fish. Within three or four years from now there will be no finer fishing lake anywhere in this country Good roads from Pres colt to the lake, and not more than one hour and Is minutes drive by auto. The company also proposes to make this lake a resort for fish ing, duck shooting, boat riding and all kinds of camping. First class golf links will be laid out, and a large, up-to-date sportsman's club house will be one of the attractions around this beautiful Lake Sullivan. However, a charge will be made for fishing, hunting and for all purposes of sport which we establish around this lake and it will be big paying proposition for the Williamson Val ley Farms company.
 "The Williamson Valley Farms company is making the following of fer to all of the sportsmen and resi- dents of Prescott who have this vicinity at heart: With every pur- chase of S1OO worth of the stock oi the Williamson Valley Farms com, pany. a sportsman club membership card will be issued free for ten years The card issued will have printed or it: "The holder of this card is en titled to all of the sporting privilege: of Lake Sullivan for ten years.
 q want the cooperation of every person in Prescott. l think the pro