Arizona republican., 1900-09-01

irrigation, but Was beside a great fer ulizlr.
 Captain Hancock agreed that the projec. was utterly lmpracticable There had never been an inves tiga.i-n Of the feasibility of ,he project but the government maps and data show corclusIvely that the Colorado could not h2 diverted by the expenditure of any sum which i, was possible to raise. Dr. Ford said that in order to do it the water would somehow have to be carried across the Little Colorado ana Canyon Diablo. That was the end of the discussion of the Colorado scheme.
 Governor Murphy was then called to the stage. He spoke briefly. saying tha- he was mt ;he advocate of any plan. All Were agreed upon ';he ne- cessity of obtaining a permanent water supply and the only feasible plans in Volved the construction of a reservoir. Objections had been made to the con tr1l of tn water supply by private capi- tai. but in his opinion it would be harder tO gel private capital interested in the enterprise than to control it. All the plans so far suggested were very intri- cate and involved many details which would have to be worked out. The governor touched upon the subject of grazing upon the forest reserves and the effect of grazing upon the irri- gated districts lying under the water shed occupied by the reserves. The interior department. ke said. was giv- ing thjG subject fun consideration ard the final decision would be maie in the interest of the irrigated districts.
 AIr. J. c. Adams called upon Dr. Ford. who made a stirring speech. We had been accustomed. he said to call this the "Sun-kissed Land" and the Garden of Eden" but those days were over and unless something were done the valley would lapse iu,o Sa- hara. Two more such years and he believed property in this county would depreCiate fifty Der cent. Water stor- age was the only salvation. The con ditioD of the valley was well known throughout the country. On his re- cent visit eas. he found it heIalded by the Associated Press, and all the lying he could do did not successfully cou-
 
 Dr. Ford then advocated the confsca- tion. by force if necessary. of the Tonto Basin dam site. Tn reply to this suggestion Captain Hancock said i' could nc, be legally carried cut
 MIR. MQUEEN's PROPOSITION.
 A C. Mcqueen submitted a propOsi- tion. He said he had been engaged in trying to find artesian water and had reached depth of 1,23O feet. He in tended to go on to the 1900 foot level If the county would then take up the experiment and sink to depth of 2.O00 feet. he would bear the expense if water were discovered if not, the public would have the satisfaction of knowing that there was no artesian water in this country and no more money need be fooled away in eXperi- ments. The proposition was received without discussion.
 George D. Christy submitted a plan involving federal aid after a be beginning on the part of he county. Judge Stil- well addressed the meeting at some length on the legal features of the various propositions. Mir. J. C. Adams suggested a plan including the ceding of the arid lands and contributions from property owners. There were other addresses upon the various pro jects. after which the discussion re- verted 10 the constitution of ehe com mirtee of twenty -dve.
 THE MEETING DIVIDED.
 Nil. T. C. Adams moved to amend the Chris5y substitute by adding to the committee the m mbars of the water storage committee of the board of trade. He pointed out the great work performed by the board and the part it had taken in the agitation which had resulted in this m eting. Col. Me Cord spoke against Mr. Adams amend ment saying that the meeting had been called in the interest of the farm CTS. Hc said that the discussion had practically been talk out of the hands of the farmers. the class most interest ed and now it was proposed by Mir. Adams to load the committee up with tOwnsmen. AIr. Adams replied in a spirited manner. He said he had lived in th= valley five years and during tha timG had sought to remove the evil