Arizona state business directory : including El Paso, Texas 1922, Part 1

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Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Denver, Colo. : The Gazetteer Pub. Co.
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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION


ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 02808 8273


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Arizona State- Business Directory


INCLUDING


El Paso, Texas, with Los Angeles and Foreign Classificafions


INCLUDING


LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT WOOL GROWERS' DEPARTMENT CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT


1922 at. 1


PRICE; $12.50


THE GAZETTEER PUBLISHING & PRINTING CO. ESTABLISHED 1871.


CALHOUN & HOLMES, PRINTERS, DENVER.


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"MADE IN THE WEST AND ESPECIALLY USED IN THE WEST"


ELATERITE PRODUCTS are made especially for Service in the Rocky Mountain Climate, where the elements produce the hardest test known against Durability. Elaterite stands the test -- The Rooting ros ats the Dry. Hot, Cold and Wind and Storm conditions with the rapid and extreme changes, produc- ing unusual expansion and contraction.


ROOFING ROOF COATINGS


Cemenis


THE QUALITY STANDARD


"A Grade for Every Purpose, at a Price to Fit the Purse"


ELATERITE


is made into ROOFING


of Every Kind to Meet Every Need.


From the Cheapest to the Best.


ELATERITE is made into Roof Coatings; such as Liquid Cements, Fibre Liquid Coatings, Fibre Asbestos, Plastic Cements, Water- proofing, etc. Also Solid Cements and Asphalt Specials for all uses.


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ELATERITE EXPANSION JOINT STRIPS For Concrete Highways- Best Product Known.


Write for information regarding your needs.


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ARIZONA STATE BUSINESS DIRECTORY


BEST IN THE WEST


TAXIDERMIST AND FURRIER


JOSEPH KATONA


FOREMAN FOR JONAS BROS. FOR NINE YEARS


8181 West Ninth Avenue Denvor, Colo.


The only place where the Most Artistic Manner and the Most Up-to-Date System is used on Your Valuable Trophies,


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ARIZONA STATE BUSINESS DIRECTORY


YAVAPAI COUNTY


IN THE LAND OF NORTHERN ARIZONA-THE GREAT COUNTRY OF THE OUTDOOR LIFE.


Part of the great Table Land on the Summit of the Rocky Mountains with its marvelous mines, rich ranges, fruitful farms and prosperous cities.


OPPORTUNITIES


Yavapai County's assessed valuation $134,082,679.77.


Yavapai county is highly mineralized. There are large mines being oper- ated and many prospects and new properties developed. Offers excellent field for investment of capital.


The WONDERFUL MOUNTAIN CLIMATE is its chief lure. Best year- round climate to be found in Arizona. COOL in summer-MILD in winter. Summer resort for the sun-baked Southwest. Winters are ideal. Cold, clear nights and warm. sunshiny days. Advantages in treatment of pulmonary diseases emphasized by the best medical authorities and by the United States Government. Location of Whippel Barracks, U. S. Public Health Service hospital and several well-equipped private sanatoria.


Unexcelled mountain sunday. Cave dwellings and hieroglyphic records as old as the Pyramids of Egypt. Splendid automobile roads and drives. Fishing and hunting.


SPORTY GOLF LINKS.


Beautiful homes. Churches of all denominations. Clubs and lodges, housed in own buildings.


For information regarding mining, live-stock, farming and climatic ad- vantages of Yavapai County, address Secretary Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce, Prescott, Arizona.


PRESCOTT.


Oldest white settlement in Arizona; county seat of Yavapai County; banking, commercial and social center of Northern Arizona.


Prescott has an altitude of 5,347 feet and is known as the "Mile High City." It is located on the Santa Fe-Prescott and Phoenix branch of the Santa Fe railroad, being 56 miles south of the main line junction at Ash Fork and 137 miles north of Phoenix, the capital.


The principal resources of Yavapai County are: Mining, stock raising and farming.


The climate is considered a valuable asset.


The city of about 6,500 to 7,000 population supports mining machinery shops, foundry, railroad offices, shops and roundhouse, ice plant and two planing mills.


The business district of the city was destroyed by fire in 1909, which accounts for the massive banking and mercantile buildings of native granite. tufa and brick, which invite the attention of the visitor.


Yavapai County's courthouse, located on the attractive plaza, is one of the finest buildings in the Southwest. It is faced with native granite taken from the hills about two miles distant from Prescott.


The city, which is surrounded ou all sides by rugged, pine-clad moun- tains, is beautifully laid out and is the home of thousands of Arizonans from the heated sections of the State during the summer season.


Among the noted buildings are the Pioneer's Home. Hassayampa Country Club, High Schools and Grammar Schools. St. Joseph's Academy. Yavapai Club, Monday Club. Elk's Club and Opera House. Mercy Hospital. the Court House and the Carnegie Library.


The water supply is piped from living springs some miles northward, and is comparable with that of the best furnished to any city in the United States. Owing to the growth of the city, water bonds to the extent of $350,000 for extending the water service have been voted.


Bonds for the paving and ornamental lighting of the principal residence and business districts have been passed, and this work is under way.


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Yavapai County road bonds amounting to $1,500,000 have been voted and sold. This means that Yavapai County will have one of the best systems of highways in the State. Its present roads are recognized as the best county roads in Arizona.


The average number of clear days in Prescott are about 255; partly cloudy, 85; cloudy, 25. Thus. Prescott has on an average but two to four cloudy days in each month of the year.


The relative humidity is very low at all seasons, at times remaining for a number of successive days as low as 12 per cent. The maximum summer temperature is from 95 degrees to 97 degrees F., and the mean temperature during the coldest months. January and February, 35 to 38 degrees respec- tively. A temperature of 90 degrees F., with a relative humidity of say 25 per cent is much less noticeable than, say 70 degrees, where the relative humidity is high.


Because life out .of doors is possible over ten months in the year, Pres- cott is growing in favor as a health resort, ideal for the treatment of tubercu- losis in its uncomplicated stages. It has all the advantages of the Rocky Mountain region with mild, warm winters, which are especially desirable for invalids. Hunting and fishing are obtainable within easy riding distance of the city.


The Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce holds a four-day Frontier Days celebration, centering around the Fourth of July, of each year, and the Northern Arizona State Fair, which is held yearly about the middle of Oc- tober, affords great exhibitions of the mineral, livestock, agricultural, edu- cational and home economics features of the five northern counties of the State. Both add greatly to the life of Northern Arizona.


The Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce. established in 1910, has an active membership of 300 and maintains a display of the mineral and agri- cultural resources, together with a beautiful lounging room in the court- house. All information desired regarding Yavapai County and northern Arizona generally should be addressed to the Secretary, at Prescott.


CHARLES A. WEIDLER


CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT


Auditor Systematizer Examinations


Expert Assistance in Preparing Income and


Profits Tax Reports


Treasurer Arizona State Board of Accountancy


14 Prescott State Bank Building


PRESCOTT


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Automobiles-Banks


ART GAGE Garage and Repair Shop


Auto Accessories and Supplies Authorized Service Station "GATES HALF-SOLE TIRES" and "SUPERTREAD" TIRES Vulcanizing a Specialty CHALMERS and MAXWELL Motor Cars and Trucks Prescott, Arizona


217-219 North Cortez Street


R. S. JONES


DEALER NASM. MOTOR GARS


Northern Arizona


Authorized Service Station TEMME SPRINGS McQUAY NORRIS RINGS Expert Lathe Work


R.N. FREDERICKS, Pres. MORRIS GOLDWATER, V .- Pres.


F. G. BRECHT, Vice-Pres. L. C. DERRICK. Cashier A. B. FOX, Asst. Cshr.


J. E. MCCULLOUGH, Asst. Cshr.


THE PRESCOTT STATE BANK


Capital $100,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits $260,000.00


We make a specialty of Banking by Mail. Prompt and Courteous Service. Depository for U. S. Postal Savings Funds. State of Arizona, and County of Yavapai.


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Banks-Civil Engineers-Drugs


ED. W. WELLS, President C. A. PETER, Cashier


M. B. HAZELTINE, Vice-Pres. F. A. HATHAWAY, Asst. Cshr. J. N. HALL, Asst. Cashier


THE BANK OF ARIZONA


Capital and Surplus $300,000.00 44 Years Successful Banking JEROME


CLARKDALE


H. W. LEWIS, Manager


PRESCOTT ARIZONA H. W. LEWIS, Manager D. O. SAUNDERS, Asst. Mgr.


Morris Goldwater, Pres. R. N. Fredericks, Vice-Pres. Harry Colvig, Secretary-Cashier


COMMERCIAL TRUST & SAVINGS BANK


CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $150,000.00 Savings and Checking Accounts General Trust Business Masonic Temple, 107 S. Cortez St.


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ARIZONA


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J. WILLIAM WAARA CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER


U. S. Mineral Surveyor


Favorable estimates furnished on all classes of engineering work and patent surveys throughout the state


Bank of Arizona Building


PRESCOTT, ARIZONA


OWL DRUG AND CANDY COMPANY Ice Cream, Candies and Fancy Pastries HOME COOKED LUNCHES Drugs and Toilet Articles. Kodaks and Photo Supplies. Prescription Pharmacists TELEPHONES: Drug Dept. 217: Candy Dopt. 114


Cor. Gurley & Montezuma Sts.


Prescott, Arizona


Dry Goods-General Merchandise-Hospitals-Hotels


J. C. PENNEY COMPANY


( INCORPORATED) Operating 312 Stores. L. H. WESTERING, Mgr. Dry Goods, Men's and Ladies' Furnishings, Clothing, Shoes We Fill Mail Orders Promptly 127 N. Cortez Street


Prescott, Arizona


THE BASHFORD-BURMISTER CO.


DIRECTORATE JAMES A. HOPE, President H. D. AITKEN, 1st V .- Pres. & Treas. JAS. WHETSTINE, 2nd V .- Pres. & Sec. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in


GENERAL MERCHANDISE


Largest Department Store in Arizona


West Gurley Street Prescott, Arizona


MERCY HOSPITAL


Conducted by THE SISTERS OF MERCY


Thoroughly Modern Operating Room


Graduate Nurses in Charge Skillful Care


For terms apply to MOTHER M. PAUL, Superior


PRESCOTT ARIZONA


BRINKMEYER'S HOTEL


HENRY BRINKMEYER, Prop.


Good Comfortable Rooms, Tablo · is · Unsurpassed and Prices Reasonable


BAKERY ATTACHED TO HOTEL


Centrally located. near Plaza


116 N. Montezuma Street


Prescott, Arizona


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Hotels


Hotel St. Michael


HICKEY & DUKE, Props.


Equipped with all Modern Conveniences. Com- mercial Men, Mining Men and Stock Men make this Hotel their headquarters. Sample Rooms. Free Private Rooms for Business Transactions.


Cafe in Connection.


ARIZONA PRESCOTT


"The Mile' High City"


PETER MARCON, Proprietor


One-half Block from Depot


GRANT HOTEL


Hot and Cold Running Water in all Rooms. Baths In Connection. Rates 50c to $1.50 Per Day


BILLIARD AND SOFT DRINK PARLOR IN CONNECTION


224 N. CORTEZ STREET


PRESCOTT, ARIZONA


HOTEL PRESCOTT


J. M. SMITH, Prop.


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COMFORT


"Private and Detached Baths Running Hot and Cold Water Free Garage


One Block from R. R. Station


140 North Cortez St.


Prescott, Arizona


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Hotels


HIGHLAND HOTEL


F. A. MEYER & SONS, Props. FORMERLY THE SCOPEL


140 Rooms. Hot and Cold Water. Private and · Detached Baths. One, Two and Three Room Housekeeping Apartments. Prices to suit all Purses. We Aim to Please.


FREE BUS TO AND FROM TRAINS


PRESCOTT


ARIZONA


Hotel Vendome


MRS. ROBERT BROW, Prop.


New and Modern in Every Respect. Spacious, Comfortable Lobby. Hot and Cold Running Water in Every Room. Rooms with Bath. Every Room Furnace Heated. Centrally Located. Four Blocks from Depot 238 So. Cortez Street


Prescott, Arizona


For Any Information Regarding PRESCOTT OR YAVAPAI COUNTY Address the YAVAPAI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE


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Hotels-Ice-Insurance-Iron Works


Maurel Hotel and Apartments


JULE MAUREL, Prop.


SPECIAL RATES BY THE WEEK OR MONTH YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED


238 So. Montezuma Street


PRESCOTT, ARIZONA


MAUREL'S SECOND HAND STORE BUYS AND SELLS Mining Machinery, Wrecked Auto Parts, All Kinds of Household Goods


234 SOUTH MONTEZUMA ST.


PRESCOTT, ARIZONA


P. A. JOHNS, Pres. & Mgr. BERT JOHNS, Sec .- Treas. CRYSTAL ICE, FUEL AND SUPPLY CO.


Bottlers and Manufacturers of Carbonated Beverages


Phone 45 ICE Prescott, Arizona


The Northwestern Mutual Life of Milwaukee Purely American. The Large Dividend Payer. Small Net Cost.


Its Policy Contracts: Free from "ifs" and "ands." frills and trimmings,


issues, controversies and lawsuits. WM. A. DAVIDSON, Dist. Agent 20-21-22 Bashford Bldg. Prescott, Arizona


PRESCOTT IRON WORKS FOUNDRY Mine, Mill and Machinery Castings IN IRON AND BRASS ARCHITECTURAL IRON AND ORNAMENTAL WORK Ornamental Street Lighting Standards Structural Iron and Steel Jobbing Pattern Shop in Connection P. O. BOX 685


PRESCOTT, ARIZONA


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Lumber-Mining Machinery-Newspapers


A. F. Orthel, Pres. A. J. Head, V .- Pres. J. H. Orthel, Sec .- Treas.


HEAD LUMBER CO.


(INCORPORATED)


Wholesale and Retail ARIZONA SOFT. PINE and PACIFIC COAST LUMBER. Glass. Oils, Paints, Lime, Cement, Plaster, Nails. Roofing Corrugated Iron, Builders' Hardware, Etc Planing Miil in Connection PRESCOTT ARIZONA


CHAS. T. JOSLIN, President F. G. BRECHT, Vice-Pres. A. J. HILGER, Sec .- Treas.


ARIZONA MINE SUPPLY CO. MINING MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES


Manufacturers of Ore Cars, Skips, Buckets and Tanks


Agents for Air Compressors, Gasoline Engines, Davis Whims, Cameron Steam Pumps, Rock Drills, Belting, Candles, Valvoline Oils


Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Iron, Steel and Pipe, Blacksmith Coal, Oils, Heavy and Shelf Hardware, Mill, Mining and Assay Supplies


SHEET METAL WORKS MACHINE SHOP


TELEPHONE 94


209 NORTH CORTEZ ST. . PRESCOTT, ARIZONA


Established 1882 Always Peerless in Its Field


Member Associated Press. Member Arizona Newspaper Association.


PRESCOTT EVENING COURIER NORTHERN ARIZONA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER AND THE PRESCOTT WEEKLY COURIER Published by Prescott Courier, Inc. W. P. STUART, Editor & Genl. Mgr. UNEXCELLED COMMERCIAL, BOOK AND BRIEF PRINTING


160 So. Montezuma St.


Prescott, Arizona


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Sheet Metal Works-Transfer-Undertakers


PRESCOTT METAL PRODUCTS CO.


P. G. (PETE) ROSENBLATT, Manager SHEET METAL WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Cattle and Sheep Troughs. Dipping Vats, Stove Pipe, Safety Flues, Roof Jacks, Chimney Caps, Sky Lights, Eave Troughs, Conductor Pipe, Air Pipe. PHONE 388


229 WEST GURLEY ST.


PRESCOTT, ARIZONA


OFFICE PHONE 25


RES. PHONE 339-W


PRESCOTT TRANSFER & STORAGE CO. C. H. TABLER & SON


HEAVY HAULING, FREIGHTING, TRANSFER AND STORAGE The Careful Moving of Safes and Pianos a Specialty MODERN WAREHOUSE-Goods Stored at Small Cost Sole Agents for American Block Coal


112 NORTH CORTEZ ST.


PRESCOTT, ARIZONA


LESTER RUFFNER MORTICIAN 151 S. CORTEZ STREET PRESCOTT, ARIZ. PHONE 61


THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF ADVERTISING


That which the Buyer seeks, and that which is thrust upon him.


BOTH ARE GOOD


DISPLAY advertising SUGGESTS wants and CREATES desire. Of its tremendous power many present day successes bear witness.


REFERENCE ADVERTISING steps in when the desire has been created. It shows where the goods can be purchased, and gives infor- mation that the buyer wants WHEN HE WANTS TO BUY.


A CONNECTING LINK


The weakness of display advertising is that often a need is not realized until the ad that suggests it is misplaced or thrown away. A shrewd buyer usually looks the field over before buying, and where is so logical a place as IN THIS BOOK.


A HELP TO YOU


In your buying. use the lists in this book. If you see a name in HEAVY TYPE it is because that concern thought enough of your pos- sible business to make it easy for you to find them.


ARE YOU COVERED?


Have you made it easy for buyers to find you, by putting a bold type listing under every heading where they might look for you or a com- petitor? Have you put information in the "Selling Section" that will really help a buyer, and point to YOU as the one who can serve him best?


If not. make a note to do it in the next edition, and let us tell you NOW how little it costs to be PROTECTED.


New Rolston


Hospital


The Most Modern Surgical Hospital in the Southwest


The Washed Air Cooling System Installed. Modern Operating Rooms. Electric Automatic Elevator. Electric Ambulance Service for Convenience and Comfort of Patients.


TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES


Chartered Under the Laws of Texas.


THREE-YEAR COURSE Young Ladies Needed to Study Professional Nursing.


For Information and Rates Address Mrs. W. M. MacDONALD R. N., Manager and Prop.


Piedras and Montana Streets


TELEPHONES 116 and 1161


EL PASO TEXAS


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Hotels


HOTEL SHELDON


柠檬檬


EL PASO'S BEST KNOWN HOTEL


EUROPEAN PLAN PRICES REASONABLE Service the Very Best. Cafe a Feature.


R. BURT ORNDORFF, Mgr.


CHAS. C. DYER, Asst. Mgr.


European Rates Reasonable


Hotel Carlyle


MRS. H. E. BRAINARD, Prop


Steam Heal First-Class Rooms


We Never Miss a Train Information Bureau


PHONE 1925 416 San Francisco St. El Paso, Texas


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Iron Works-Lime


MOORE IRON WORKS


(INCORPORATED)


F. B. MOORE, Pres. & Mgr.


Bank Fixtures, Grills, Fire Escapes, Railings, Coal Chutes, Gravity Conveyors, Spiral Chutes, Ash Pit Doors, Door and Window Guards, Elevator Cages and Enclosures, Cleanout Doors, Flat Wire Work. Joist Anchors, Skylight Guards, Steel Towers, Flag Poles, Store Fronts, Gratings, Cemetery Arches, Gates, Settees, Tree Guards, Fences, Animal Cages, Jail Cells, Counter Railings, Strap Anchors, Structural Steel and Cast Iron of every description. Structural Steel Contractors.


EVERYTHING IN IRON, STEEL AND WIRE


Walter Dubree, Arizona Representative P. O. Box 145, Phoenix, Arizona


1600 E. Missouri St. El Paso, Texas


LIME, CRUSHED STONE AND SAND


Total Capacity 1000 Tons per Day


A. Courchesne


(INCORPORATED)


ESTABLISHED 34 YEARS


P. O. Box 200


EL PASO, TEXAS


Machinery-Newspapers


HIRSCH BROTHERS MACHINERY COMPANY


Successors to The Southwestern Wrecking Company, Inc.


HOMER C. HIRSCH, Manager


NEW AND REBUILT


Mining, Milling, Power and Electrical Machinery Pipe, Rail and Structural Steel


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OFFICE 408 SAN FRANCISCO ST.


EL PASO


TEXAS


FRANK POWERS, President


E. C. DAVIS, Genl. Mgr.


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THE EL PASO


TIMES


- Established 1879


The Southwest's One Big Newspaper Every Morning


Now in Our New Home


SAN FRANCISCO STREET AT SANTA FE


EL PASO


TEXAS


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Yuma Leading Industries


J. H. WESTOVER, President A. B. MING, Vice-President


J. S. ABBOTT, Treasurer L. W. ALEXANDER, Secretary


ON THE BANKHEAD, DIXIE AND OCEAN-TO-OCEAN HIGHWAYS, THE TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTES


The Great Yuma Project


THE YUMA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE


Headquarters, Rooms 2 and 4 Shields Building


321 Main Street


Yuma, Arizona


YUMA.


County seat of Yuma county, on the Southern Pacific, and San Diego and Arizona railroads, on the Colorado River. Located in the Yuma Valley about the center of the land which the Laguna project of the United States government will reclaim (140,- 000 acres), and surrounded as it is by a section rich in future pos- sibilities and drawing trade from a radius of 125 to 150 miles in every direction, it not only enjoys at the present time a prosperous and lucrative business, but its outlook for the future is indeed bright. r


Yuma Valley has soil, warmth and moisture, the eternal cle- ments of production, and for this reason it should become a verita- ble garden spot as home builders pour into its productive precinets.


This section is ideal for King Alfalfa in quality and quantity. and it bears cutting from 8 to 10 times a year, yielding 2 to 16 tons per acre, besides giving one cutting for seed which yields as high as 1.900 pounds per acre, which shows the value of this crop. Hay brings the highest price, as it is so nutritious and bright, while Yuma alfalfa seed is in great demand all over the country. It is the finest cotton section in the state. producing two bales per acre. Cattle raising and dairying is profitable here as in few sections, while hogs and poultry thrive beyond expectation. Wheat and barley are the principal small grain crops, while corn, kaffir corn. milo maize and sorghum are known as a second crop after the wheat and barley are harvested.


Vegetables of all kinds are grown and as they are first in the markets and of rare quality truck gardening yields large profits. while cantaloupes and other melons are the very finest and the yield is marvelous. Small fruits and berries grow to perfection. while deciduous fruits-barring apples-do well, and grapes, apri- rots and figs are shipped in large quantities early in the season. Some 40,000 acres of mesa land. absolutely frostless, at Yuma comes under the Yuma irrigation system which is the finest citrus fruit land in the country, bearing the finest oranges, lemons and grapefruit. The culture of dates is in its infancy, get some of the bearing palms have yielded 600 pounds per tree of the finest quality. worth 50c to $1.00 per pound.


Almonds, walnuts and pecans flourish here, being great money makers, and honey is now a valuable product, while ostrich farm-


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Yuma Leading Industries


in the valley are exceedingly protitable. The above tells its own story, showing the wonderful possibilities of the great Yuma valley.


Long staple cotton is being grown in this versatile valley, fifty acres producing 74 bales, yielding a profit of as high as $500.00 per acre, which surpasses the Mississippi valley. Strange as it may seem, what was only a few years ago a little Mexican-Indian village is today a beautiful little city and the former desert here-abouts is now the famous and fertile Yuma irrigation district, one of the great west's most inviting zones.


Yuma Mesa, under the Yuma Project, is now almost entirely under production, a pumping plant erected at a cost -of $250,000 being now in operation, 25 miles of good roads have been con- structed and 20 miles of concrete pipe laid.


The mercantile establishments not only supply the local de- mands, but draw a large trade from a big scope of territory which each year is growing better and more important. The Yuma Indian reservation headquarters and school is located just across the Colo- rado river on the California side. Yuma has a $30,000 school house, $300,000 grammar schools $75.000 Union Hgih School, a $75,000 interstate bridge across the Colorado river for national highway, a $75.000 court house, a $100.000 city hall, new posionice costing $50,000, railway depot and club house costing $40,000, ice plant costing $150,000, a new Elks club; I. O. O. F. lodge erecting large building and hall. The San Diego & Arizona Railway com- pleted December 1, 1919, and Arizona Railway connecting with all eastern points.


Up-to-date sewer system installed all over the city. Main Street, 100 feet wide, now paved its entire length with Warrenite. Warrenite paving along boulevard 15 miles to Somerton.


Yuma is noted for its really progressive business men and this is why it is fast becoming quite a city and a wonderful valley. These people have expended $500,000 and are now expending $1.200,000 more for goods roads, have built fine steel bridges, spanning the Colorado and Gila rivers: doing away with ferries in Yuma county, and the Ocean-to-Ocean Southern National Highway and Dixie Highway and Old Spanish Trail and Bankhead Highway which can be traveled 365 days in the year passes over these bridges.


A bond issue of $256,000 is sold and work is in progress for the completion of the Yuma, Ajo, Phoenix and Tucson Highway.


We find here one of the most unique institutions of the State. the Yuma Chamber of Commerce, which is a vast improvement over the average Chamber of Commerce for small cities, as it con- tains the business and professional men of the city and the leading stockmen and farmers of the valley.


Yuma has a beautiful sunshiny climate; for eight or nine months the finest in America: for the remainder of the year it is hot: but with an almost daily breeze from the gulf and a humidity so low that the heat is not prostrating. During the winter the nights are sometimes frosty in the valley, but on the Yuma mesa, where the oranges and other citrus fruits grow. frost is unknown Some day this perfection of winter weather will make Yuma a great health resort.




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