Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-24
VISITING EXPERT
URGES ELECTRIC
.POWERINVALLEY

That the installation by some means
Iof cheap electric power in the Sui
phur Springs valley would mean tire
mendous prosperity to this entire
section is the belief of George j.
Mohler, agricultural expert OF the
Union Pacific system, who spent We'd
nesday and Thursday IN Douglas.
Mohler. made tour through the val
ley "Wednesday and is enthusiastic
concerning It's prospects, especially
from the possibilities it offers for
the dairy industry.
81 am sure that conditions IN tho
Sulphur Springs valley would justify
, the expenditure for some means OF
providing electric power" Mohlei
states. This valley h@s eXcelleEt
land, plenty of sunshine and an abund-
ance of good water at comparatively
low depth. Electric power to furnish
that water when and where it 2ia
needed is, in my estimation, the only
thing the valley requires.
Take, for instance, some OF the
land in Idaho that the Union Pacific
system has been instrumental in de-
veloping. Before it had water it was
practically worthless, but as soon as
water was procured it immediately
Jumped to the value of 500 an acre.
| would say that with the possible
exception of use in growing potatoes,
the land in the Sulphur Springs vai-
ley is equally valuable
g In addition, this section has the
d,1o oo of copcid hlU worDoor
climate than Idaho. In that section,
after water is pumped from the
ground, it is often necessary to ie;
it warm in reservoirs before using
it on crops This is not necessary
here. The Idaho farmers have been
extremely receptive to suggestions for
the development of their country, which
is very prosperous today.
"The agricultural department of the
Union Pacific system has been Of
great value to the country III two
ways, first in developing agriculture
and kindred industries, and secondly.
in developing markets For instances,
a few years ago the farmers in west-I
crn Nebraska found themselves with
an oversupply of potatoes. The rail-
road agricultural department took up
the matter and within a few weeks
had not only SOLD all the potatoes,
but had opened a permanentS market
for those farmers.
"I believe that the dairy industry
offers the greatest and quickest pros
pretty for the Sulphur Springs valley,
because it is an industry which always
has sufficient m k e t and really
amounts to the sale of finished prod
ucts. Butter, cheese and other dairy
products are not bulky and they always
have a market.
81 think one of the greatest advan-
tages is the low depth of water in the
valley. I have been informed on good
authority that this valley has 100000
acres on which water can be secured
at a depth ranging from 25 to SO feet
and 100000 more acres on which it can
be secured at depth of SO to 100 feet.
With water at this depth, it is only a
question of securing the necessary
electric power, and that ought to be
possible to a community as prosperous
and enterprising as this"
qMohler was entertained at lunch in
Aqua Prieta Thursday by George +.
Buxton, whom he has been visiting, in
Douglas. Folsom Moore of the Bisbee
Review and James Logic of the Douglas
Dispatch also attended the luncheon.
Mohler left early Thursday afternoon
for Albuquerque.