The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04
DgaEcaee WILSON.
Id Is on Four6fshe Territoy-He Visits
 SoIomonsmesn route to San Carlos.
from thassolomonyille Bulletin.l

from tis Bolomonyille Bulletin.l
 Col.sJ: Fs%ilson, delegate 10 Con gress, wIs'sr Solomonville for few hours last kTuesday en route to San Carlos. aRts Colonel is in gooi health and sss present is devoting all of his energy tcvscertaining the needs of the dHerehtsections of the territory. A sBalletin reporter found Col. NilsOH-et the hotel and in answer to Oun question as to the object of his TisitSE this section, he said:
 "fty trip which l am now making is'to learn, if can, the real needs of ititis section of the territory of which l ilssy not be informed.
 'Of course you know something of she importance which 1 attach to -the reclasnation of the arid lands in all these valleys covering the whole south and that helieve 1t to be the duty of the general government. to do
 
 rese rvoirs at the proper places to catch and SmpoaHd the waters that now go ta waste, a thing that private capital cannot do"
 In regard to the government ressv- yoirs site below San Carlos Gol. Wilson said.
 ssYes, ! ea now on my way to the San Carlos reservoir site to get it we'll in mind from actual observation in order to represent the. report, which will certainly be made, in bhe strong est way l can 1 know the govern nent engineers will recommend that point as the best and most practical for the bnilding of large dam for the construction of the great water storage reservoirs so long in eonten- peation for the reclamation of the lands on the Gila in the Florence country, primarily for the Pima In- dians, numbering about 5000, on their 1T
 "Those Indians have about 5O,0O0 acres of the finest tillables lands in the whole country, and they are n4ore than anxious to break it all, and are waiting and urging for the water to come over it to make 1t profitable to them and the country.
 'AYes, I was among them went over their reservation but recently, and all this. from personal observation. know to be true.
 'Srhey akO have good training school there and the good results of it are seen on every hand.
 "If this water storage can be effect ed, it will soos render them self-sus- taining in all particulars and leave them aunually handsome revenue in reserve. These Indians gre deserving. Their greatest boast is that the hands of their tribe were never stained with the blood of the white man, and that in the days of outrages and butchery of our people by other tribes. their reservation was the haven fer all white people, where they always found prcssssiD1.as as tiieiE Asnds.
 'Now, as to the capacity of this reservoir, it is immense. When com- pleted it will hold 24O,0Oo acre-feet at one filling, nearly twice the amount that could be impounded if the dam should be built at the Ruttes;. will be above the San Pedro, the stream that always brings the dangerous amount of silt, calculated to 6ll the reservoir. and will avoid loss in having to pay large damages in the event the dan should be built at either the Buttes oE Riverside. These are the reasons as signed by the engineers, together with the further reason that at Carlos (oi some miles below the agencyl the bed rock is not deep, and it is hard and solid, containing no bsittleness, o' elements of danger of breaking, whil' the others did. I was with this engineering corps a short tims az anc
 saw all theT data and went oyer i
 with them, learning what they are going to do.
 These surveyors are up-to.dste o' this matter and will make repor that the objector- will not be able |, meet. They are-able and candid men "Tbis is ny last trip befoye lesvini for Washington, where shall go no later than November 15th