Arizona republican., 1897-10-26
BUTTE RESERVOIR.
Florence Selects Rev. I. T. White
 more Delegate. to Washington.

Florence. Ariz., Oct. 23.-(Special correspondence of The RepuDiican.)- The county seat of Pinal, in fact the entire county and part of Pima. are almost to a man in favor of the Butte reservoir scheme which is intended to impound water sufficient to irri- gate 246. 1895 acres of land. The point is twelve miles east CT -lorence and according to the report of MT. A. P. Davis, hydrographer of the United States geological survey, the natural site for a dam and the very pest that could be selected on the Gila is at the Buttes. The height of the dam, on MT. Davis's' estimate, should be 17O feet from bed rock and the cost is figured at trifie over two million dollars. The government is to be asked to make an appropriation cov- ering the cost, with a view of afford ing the Indians better facilities for keeping up the1r lands in high state of cultivation, otherwise the tribes will be reduced to a starving condition. The tribes are the Pimas, Maricopas, and Papagoes, numbering some 5000 people. At the last ses- sion of the irrigation congress held in Phoenix the scheme was endorsed, the body sending F. H. Newell. chief hydrographer of the United States geological survey, as a special repre- sentative to investigate the scheme. His report was very satisfactory. The Nineteenth legislature also endorsed the plan
 Several meetings have been held in Florence with view of keeping the matter alive, and only tonight was any definite action taken. The court house was fairly we'll filled consider ing thc[n1ssetf. notise~givrer through the Tribune MT. Charles D. Reppy called the meeting to order. w. R. Stone was chosen chairman, Curtis G. Powell, secretary. A committee of four, consisting of Charles D. Reppy, D. c. Stevens, HID. Cassiday and John Heating, were appointed to solicit subscriptions necessary to defray the expenses of 6 delegate to Washing ton to work in that city for the fur therance of the plan. By unanimous consent Rev. 1. T. Whittemore of Florence was selected to go to Wash ington and devote his best efforts in carrying out the sense of the meet ing. That gentleman thanked the meeting and said that he would do his best to enlist the support of friends of the measure and hoped tu be able to bring goou lews to Pinal county as result of his lahors. An executive committee was appointed the gentlemen comprising this com mittee being H. D. Cassiday, A. T. COltOn and c. G. Howell. Remarks were made by P. A. McCalbe, repre- senting the Savings Bank of Califor- nia, Los Angeles, a corporation which is largely interested in Pinal county United States Marshal Wm. Grifiths c. D. Reppy, Rev. I. T. Whittemore, Judge Stone, Attorney Cassiday and others. MT. Reppy read a communi- cation from Hon. H. J. Cleveland, agent at SacatQn. in which that gen. tleman expressed his endorsement of the reservoir plan The meeting ad- journed to Monday evening, Nov. 1.
 With the assur ance of the support of congress in the matter the people of Pinal county vii ldo the best pos sible work in their power to make the big proposition success. They feel that the building of this reser voir will be the redemption of the county, making it the garden spot of the territory. General lette- from Florence later on. PITTOCK.