Arizona republican., 1921-06-26
BY RALPH COLLINS

What we need and want is 40-acr- farms tiled by the owners" This Is the way a Phoenix banker sizes up l the situation, according to a recens article in the Sunset Magazine by Walter V. Woehlke. describing What Cotton Did to Arizona"
 If this be true the Paradise Verde
 irrigation district, comprising 96.O0o acres lying adjacent to the Arizona canal. is destined to become the 40-
 acre paradise of central Arizona-z
 nesting spot for little flanders. where superb climatic, soil and water condi- tions combined with intelligent effort
 will produce wide range of fruits.
 vegetables, hay and cereals. and with
 it the contentment which comes from not attempting too much-of farming
 conservatively and thoroughly.
 Paradise valley. though still para | disc in name only. is gaining renown. ! Writers and other observers are al ! ready regarding 1t as an interesting ! study Of embryonic conditions which
 lead up to intensive development They see its possibilities They re-
 alize what the future will bring forth Il Mir. Woehlke makes use of Paradise
 valley as a striking illustration Of the reclamation development of the state. and his article starts off with true T life portrayal of the hardship-
 which have been and are being en-
 dured by the homesteaders. Tt h
 good for the nation that there are . men and women willing to get down into the dust. heat and loneliness or the bitter sagebrush country for the
 sake of gain. for the sheer Joy of ere ative conquest" he says.
 The spirit of the Paradise-Verce could be no better expressed than in these words. to my way of thinking, . and 1t is this spirit of creative con quest which has made Arizona wha' : it is today whether it be in copper cattle or cantaloupes.
 Where there is a will there is a g way. Had it not been for the strone 3 will of those who had faith in tn, e Roosevelt project it never would have S been built, ana the Salt River valley s instead of being able to boast of 321.- e 900 acres of irrigated land. would p' t struggling along with little owe t 100. 900 acres perhaps.
 if Back in 1914 a handful of heat IT withered desert settlers met at tn Q home of Duncan Mcdonald. som II views of whose home-place are pre-
 scented on this page. Then and ther' e if was determined to get water fo e their lands Much has transpire' -s since in the way of trials and disap = pointments. but suffice it to say here
 
 about to be realized. The govern :, ment has lent an attentive ear of tn ~ settlers, it has gone over the report v and plans of the engineers of tn VI project. which call for the storage O
 flood waters of the Verde river an ls other streams tributary to the projec 's it has conceded the feasibility of tn IT undertaking. with the result that tn IT district is going ahead with the pre- oi liminary engineering work. prepara ee tory to actual construction. This wor 10 is well in hand by Beckman and Lin " den Engineering corporation. engin al eers for the district.
 e. MT. Woehlke pictured the Paradis 10 valley settler as waiting, but he Ina sp been doing something more than tha ds Through the district board of direC ss tors. he hase been working tirelessi at necessarily toward the one great go; CT water In many cases also the 1T n dividual settler has been deveiopin
 his own water supply and wherev'
 ! even moderate supply was obtaine