The herald., 1895-03-02

largely to the list of deaths ascribed to
other causes. l am fully persuaded that
the elimination of this class of subjects
would reduce our death rate to one-half OF
per cent.
ff''You will notice that out of the total
number CT deaths, ninety-eight or about
one-hfth of the whole number were over
fifty years of age and thirty-three were
over seventy years OF age. A small num-
Der have died from contagious. diseases,
only four from scarlet fever, four from
measles, seven from diptheria and only
! ten from typhoid fevers. Our glorious
snnshine is the true elixir OF life that
Brown Sequard sought for but did not
find.
T"Let us refer to the five hot summer
months. During these months the total
annual death rate has only been one-third
81 one per cent. During these months in
these years there have been only forty
Seven deaths of children under five wears
I6f age, and of these only twenty-six
deaths from bowel troubles-an average OF
less than two babies each summer month
IN q population of II, 600 dying from bowel
troubles, Gentlemen, want to go on
record right here as making this state
xpent, that there is no place in the world
where statistics have been gathered that
can make such showing. There is no
place where the lives of children are so
safe and no place where they are univer-
the summer time.
admit that these are startling facts,
and to our eastern friends facts so foreign
to their experiences that they will seem
almost incredible. They will insist upon
moving the reason. There is but one
Months the moisture in the atmosphere
is. almost nil. Everyone lives out of
doors, sleeps in the open air and imbibes
vast quantities of water. The resulting
constant and copious perspiration elimi-
mates through the pores of the skin and
washes out all effete material from the
system. This process of unloading is kept
up constantly, and with the high tenn
perature, which keeps the blood at the
surface relieving internal organs) with
the steady and persistent evaporation of
perspiration, keeps the internal tempera-
promote exceedingly healthy conditions.
"Gentlemen, these are few of the rea-
sons why the Salt River Valley is the
healthiest spot in the world and why our
death rate is a record breaker"
President Sheldon-''We have with us a
representative citizen OF the state of New
York. would like to hear from Mr.. l.. FL.
Wilson, vice president and general man.
ager Cape Breton Railway Extension,
Limited"
Mr.. President and Gentlemen:-
i cannot make a speech upon mo-
ment's notice." said Mr.. Wilson, ''that
will do justice to so momentous a subject
as the one under consideration here this
evening; a subject that affects the welfare
OF people, that means home and a COM
potency for thousands, in a land where
nature has been most generous in the fer
tility OF it's soil, and in climatic condi-
tions that are, unequaled in the United
States.
1.-THE two important matters that will
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copa are means of transportation and the
storage of its water. for agricultural needs,
and the storage and proper distribution of
its abundant water supply, is by far the
most important.
''rhis accomplished, means business
for railroads, and they are already coming
and will continue to come. Statistics
prove that enough water falls within this
territory to amply iTrigate ali its avaiiab Die
land. but like the banquet set before San
cbu Panza, it is whisked away, not by a
magic wand, but by the precipitous
at the foot of the mountains, the great
watersheds, to hurry it away to the dis
tant sea,
THE great work proposed by the Rio
Verde Canal Company, whose representa-
tivcs we meet here tonight, changes all
that waste of water into perpetual
abundance that will turn the silent desert
hundreds OF happy and prosperous fam
lilies.
This certainly is most worthy am
bition as well as profitable business en-
terprise, in which all parties are mutually
benefted. 1t requires engineering skill of
a high order, executive ability and cour-
that most coveted OF ali the require
ments In large measures; but all these
conditions are now united, and we wish
the energetic projectors and managers of
the Rio Verde Canal Company every pos
sible success, and they deserve it as they
deserve the confidence and support of the
people whose material interests they will
promote"
President Sheldon-Major Evans is
representative citizen of our valley and
one deeply interested in its welfare.
1T affords me pleasure" said Major
Evans, TO meet here with you on this
occasion. 1t is very gratifying to me to
know that the Rio Verde Canal Company
10 now being placed upon a sound fnan-
DIAL basis. The proposition Of building
the Rio Verde Canal is one of great merit
and will result in incalculable benefit to
the builders thereof and to the County of
Maricopa and Territory of Arizona. By
the construction OF this canal the section
oi country which is now barren desert
Will be made one of the most fruitful Sec
tions in the world. The sections of coun-
wy that rely upon irrigation for the pro-
duetion OF crops have been from time i'm
memorial the most densely populated and
the wealthiest. Some time since, in dis
cusping the merits of Central Arizona
with party of gentlemen in the Palace
Hotel in San Francisco, was tauntingly
asked: What have you in that country,
anyway My reply was; Gentlemen, |
am past the meridian of life, but shall
live to see more people living in Central
Arizona than there are now in the entire
state OF California Gentlemen of the
Rio Verde Canal Company, l sincerely
hope that your efforts win soon result in
tho completion OF your canal SYSTEM
Mr.. Sheldon-I am always glad to hear
from an intelligent stranger, as to his
6rst Impressions upon reaching the val
ley. We shall be glad to hear from Mr.
Jones from Tacoma, Wash.
am glad to meet you here this even
Ing" responded Mr.. Jones. 1T was on
account OF Major Evans and the kindness
Of your president that was permitted to
Join you. l did not know that you were
70 have q banquet here and that should
be served so literally with the luxuries OF
the valley at this season of the year.
II came here because have wife and
daughter who are sickly from pulmonary
troubles and find that they are very much
better, they are relieved and the climate
II agreeing with them, so that / am
pleased with your state. l have spent
considerable time in driving about your
country with those who have been pleased
TO take me, and l have driven with some
with my family and l can truthfully saw
that your vallev is a most mapnificent