The St. Johns herald., 1899-09-23

l.- NJ H. Row, a Conrho. Ariznnn. Sept. 16, 1S9! Editor St. Johns Herald,
 Dear Sir:- , In loc king over the page r of your paper I wns very mucI . pleased with the article on irriga- , ton which shows ve'y clearly tl, |, necessity nf improving our owr
 water supply, It should be a' much an interstate affair in tho
 western states and the hurdel
 should he borne by the Genera ! Government, jus; "s the expenses
 of making harbnr> and keeping
 them up IS in the eastern and
 southern states. The poS>ibili ies
 fnr water storage in Arizona nnd
 especiallyin A acl County iS great
 and it requires capital only tn build
 them. There are people sufficient
 tn dn the work. hut are not nuni =
 cially able to do the work of build
 ing reservoirs, for the reason that
 the immediate necpssitlps of life.
 are of loo much importance to them.
 There are large irac's nf good productive soil short in nothing
 but water such as has been said in THE HERALD there are no rrsprvoir
 sites that would iljurp other states
 or territories if used. T ere i> no
 reason why the wnlrrS should not
 be held and used for the agrirulur, al development of the arid regions of AriznIa, If the Government be convinced of this fnct and take the matter in hand, there k no req son why Arizona should not be exporting grain and other farm pro- ducts instead of importing them.
 Eastern states O. territories that are over supplied with water re- sources which run into adjoining territories wouldnot be injured by having large reservoirs built, for this would not only bring into cul-I tivation the land lying in the vicin fly of these reservoirs but would also hold large bodies of water in reserve checking overhnws as well ns being ready in cases of drought. People living in the West know that drought is rot infrequent in this arid region and to know that such thing was in progress to se- cure them against thse drnughts would have stimulating effect up on the agricultural development of 1 these arid lands.
 Take Egg, pt for an example from it's earliest history il has been sub lect {" these druughts and notwith. 1 standing it's being nne of the great est wh-at producing countries in the world, the inhabitants have ] been brought face to face with hum 1 ger and even to starvatinU; but 1 since it Egypt has come under l English control. the government 1 look this water question in hand | and laid out Four Hundred Million of dollars in building large reser- v"irs at different points above the farming districts for hundreds off miles su that Ihe River Nile k un- der control Now when there is a surplus nf water it is held back and i< held over in case of dry season and besides it prevents ap overflow of waller in lhe lower country ar the farming districts. which are nearly IS fatal to sue ressfuI farming aE drought. And turing dry season these reser- vnirs are tapped and by so doing crop is insured, and if Englan6 had have been ,he nation she is to lay, and have had control Of E. gypt in ye oldtn times, NEon tlt sons nf Jacob used to buy corn ot he Pharaoh the famine would have Ieen avuided.
 Will Uncle Sam give the West he necessary aid tn cause vast d- 'eas now parched and dry to be come productive firms? If SD, he will add many poor people 10 the iSt of prosperous and happy farm ITS. Lrv Re
 THEY NEVER RETURNED.