The border vidette., 1923-01-06
coNARo SELLS SONORA LAND.
Colonization Project in Sonora River
Valley Well Under Way.

AOaC aCGlVe cOlOnlZaClOn or the
West Coast of Mexico has actu
ally commenced, was demonstrat
yesterday, when A. Nj. Conard,
of Los Angeles. closed deal for
10000 acres OF bis holdings south
of HermosilIo, to /. b. Turner of
the Angel City. 1t is said that
the price paid for the land was
$1,000 per acre.
This is the second tract of co.
600 acres, which Mr.. Conard has
sold from his large holdings
there in the past month, a Mr..
King, of San Francisco, having
purchased similar tract some
three weeks ago.
Mr.. Conard own total of 13O.
600 acres of fine valley land ly.
ing some 20 miles in south.
easterly direction from Hermo.
sillo, which he purchased a nun.
ber eff years ago for colonization
purposes, but was forced to sus
pend operations there during the
past ten years on account of the
unsettled condition of the coun.
try.
Mr.. Conard has had soil ex.
perts examine his land and make
analysis of the soil, so as to de
termine the chemical contents.
in order to know what crops it
is best suited for; and has bad a
number of wells sunk to deter
mine the under flow in that vi
cinity and its depth. to make
sure that irrigation of the tract
by pumping is feasible. After
making sure of all these things,
he has decided to once more open
the lands up for colonization and
settlement.
1t Is now planned, aside from
the two large sales above noted,
to open up some of the best lands
for sale in small tracts; and to
facilitate the work of the set.
tiers, a townsite is being laid out
on the land, and q modern little
city will soon be in evidence.
The railroad shipping point
for the project will be Vega, a
station on the S. r.. de Mexico,
which will be moved about two
miles south of it's present loca.
tion, and it is planned to have
the main town of the project
some eight miles to the west of
this station.
The promoters of the project
plan to build q large. modern
hotel On the main townsite, and
to erect a large electric plant,
which will supply electric power
for pumping and general farm
purposes to all the settlers of
the project at a nominal cost.
Past experimental work has
proven that the land of this pro
ject is underlaid by an abund.
ance of water for irrigation pur.
poses, lying at depth of about
20 #. below the surface; and the
soil is of such character that
anything planted there will grow
and produce abundantly If prop.
erly irrigated.
Both Mr.. Turner and Mr.. King
will farm the major portion of
the lands which they have pur.
chased for the present; although
it is very probable that they will
at q later date subdivide their
lands and sell to settlers in small
tracts, after proving the possi
bilities of the region and en-,
hancing the value of their lands.
Another feature which Mr..
Conard is planning for the be
nefit of settlers in his project is
the building up of a complete
marketing organization, so that
the farmers of the project will
be able to get the highest posi-.
BILE market prices for their pro
duce.
For the present the lands of
the project will be planted to
such staple crops as wheat. corn,
beans, cotton, etc.; but it is ex
pected that after a short time
great, quantities of winter veget.
ables will be produced there, as
we'll as citrus fruits and probab.
~ small fruits such as strawber
ries, ETC., which are sure of q
ready market at high prices at
the time they can be produced
in this section.-Democrat.