Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-31
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Apour ARIZONA.
IuWsahh sad nssosaoss IN. Gov ,
ana Prospects,.


srov-h. and sne.resouscea Of Lfizoaa were
discussed from various standroinss ever the
cclee and cigars ihas followed . comph-
uspssry dinner aiven BIZ waiter 8. LeeAn
to the Hsn. John N Irsip, Governor Of
arixsns, sna Hsrbers Il. Logan Of PFC nix,
Arizona. Ths dInner va spread in the
dioipa recm. II The Marine and Field Club
u Rash B-scn, and there were kbou. one
han ifed gentlemen present
In bis response (, the first teAst, The
S-ate Makers" Mr.. Walter s. Logan said
II think an s-s:tied to be called pioa
eef in Arizona l. was in the, 10 NE mena-
srable, mouth Of Nay. 1882. that in csm-
pany viii Frederick A. Trsils, thea gov
ernor Of Arizona. rnd ~ gocd fellow 50
be vas great governor, and with Clark
Churchill, thea The . tofrey general OF The
territory, snd the beat lawyer within a
thousand miles Of Is, and With other men q
,ha sort. rode up and dawn the sh,is
length Of The Salt river valley. over the
line ol which hiss si'ce been eoas1acss
the keeas Arizonal canal, and saw, every
uow ard then, under the small diteaef
sireafy buiis, the rsnehss aud their gar
de NJ, their fields and their stone houses,
and all that Arizona even then could pre-
tuce 10 saeh pfotigai plenty.
ar was little later that Churchill AID
formulated he economic plan under Wink
istecsms possible to build irfigs ug canal.
In Altoona x..h Outside capital, and organ
lied the Arizona Csoai Company to begin
tn work, and il VAS elects OF niue in the
Z at and friends OF William j Murphy 10
the Yves. who furnished the money to build
il and made 500 per cent on their invest
ment."
Gov. Irwin sroke with much esrnestless
in eulogy of Arizona. and told bis hearers
many interesting things about h,t territory.
"Imaeins." be said, - great exsent OF ter
ritory 500 miles north xrd sou / and mo,e
!han 400 mill east and west and only llc0
n lies Of railroads. will tell you what We
have. 10 the first place. here is not
mouni in Arizona that does not cont lia
the precious me i. From MohAve, YavAp-
cic and Coconino in he MOI /, DOM 10
Pioal, Yums, Pima and Coclise IN the
south, 3 belt Of gold aad silver runs richer
by far than ever found in the mines of the
f.bled Ormus or of lad. The traveller 10
pever out of tignt Of noun in in ArizoDs,
ADD in 'iose great hills, 18th proper Kane
portstion. we have The gold, the silver and
the copper ttss woald pave 'he streets Of
Manhat IN leland from cp,o to curb.
Within the borders Of Arizona have
existed, and . II e, 1t, the greatest mines
known in the history Of he world From
= plot Of Gods acre 1900 feet losg and 600
feet wide have come gold and silver enough
from that territory TO buy your Central
Para, aod today, in thas biosd land, are be-
ing worked mines that you never heard Of,
~hich are never quoted on the stock
market, hat net their owners 40 incom'
ranging from $4,000 to $50 0t0 per annum,
and yet these mines are touched only. We
have within our borders in the development
VI our mining industry. room for the work
snd main. nance OF over half million Of
our people.
II have been asked since my arrival in
New York." con pued Gov. Irwin, "why
we build our houses Of adobe when We
claim to have so much timber. 1t is true
that in one compact mass, over 200 miles
long and over so miles vide. in The Mogol
on Moun- ms, we have forest of timber
taller By far tbau the Hest masts that ever
come sailing into New York harbor, besr 1
ing their freigh,s 10 the marts Of the world
. ID yet, il ali our valleys and with auShsi
timber in sight, We have TO- tsy
$40 per thousand for rough lumber. This
fact alone should appeal to yon and to the
c,pi LETS Of this county, to give Us facili-
es for .snsports on "
Speal 'pg on the subject of irrigation,
Mr.. Herbert II. Logan made the following
importint s.lts menIs: 1.-THE great Arizona
canal. begun in the early eighf 'es, AZ miles
in length, IS feet wide ION the bottom. So
feet wide on top, carrying IL feet Of
wafer, 1000 miners incht' :, and irrigstiDg
about 100, 900 scres Of land, completed 10
) .nuarv, 1887, costing . li,se less than
5000 900, has created value Of $40 per
sore, or over 81 100000. or the older
canals, when tirst visited this country in
1888, the stock was selling at 5000 ard
$500 ger acre / have since seen paid $4,000
and $4,000 for he same stock. In the
great Salt river valley there are now
covered BY the watsr system about 100000
sc-es Of land aud ,me thirteen main canals,
agsregaiiug about SCI miles in length, s1d
SEINE 5000 miles Of lateral bitches which
have cost abou. 50 ,0c0 900, and have
created = value If up yard of SO 900, 900
la 'he Great Salt and Gila River Valleys
and ,hsir tributaries, about $50 miles
in length. and With an average width Of
ABOUT tNelFe inner, tutte arc hoout t"o
million acres of land susceptible of irrigc'
ton To develop he Necessary water sys
TEN, and prepare it for settlement requ res
the expenditure Of probably upward of
.wenty millions Of dollars, which will ere
ate q value Of over 5000 600 coo, and Ari-
iona aud her people are gong into the
markets Of he world to raise ths. money,
develop those lands, and furnish homes for
a million PEI pie
Other speech were inside by Horace
Deming. Joseph G. Hendrix. Charles Ii
Dsshon, president of he Marine and Field
Club; The Hon. j. De Bsrth Shtrb Of Calf
fordis, the Hon. John De Wit, Warmer,
Msjnr E iwsrd J. Hale, and others.
Ga the wine card was this note of warn
ing: I'VE are patriotic. even in our ini-
CATION. None but Americans on gnsrd.'