Arizona republican., 1900-12-06
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already embodied the latter sugges- tion in llis forthcoming message
 We also called on the secretary of the interior, the secretary of agricul- ture and the land commissioner, by all of whom we were treated hand somely. My time yesterday and today has been devoted especially to the geo. logical survey officials, with the result that have, as your representative, ar ranged for work to begin in a few days ill boring for bedrock at the Mcdowell dam site on the Verde river, as soon as the apparatus can be moved from San Carlos and the working outfit got ten together.
 "Mr. Heisier leaves here on Monday for that purpose and expects to have everything on the ground ready for active operations by the middle of De- cember. MT. Davis. who is to have charge of the entire work, will follow in short time. During 1901 the gov ernment is now planning tand through its officials has agreed wfth me on certain conditions) to expend in the interests of water storage, reservoirs, etc, etc, along the Salt and Verde rivers, a very large sum and when I meet with you, as I hope to soon, I will give you the conditions on which this will be done. I have worked hard, early and late, to accomplish this re- suit, which means so much to our beautiful and beloved valley. Not alone by my own efforts has all this I.aa rl,f Ia,-+ of many, among whom I desire to mention MT. F. H. Newell. chief hy- drographer United Staites geological survey, to whose unfailing courtesy, eNhaustless patience, sourrd judgment and enthusiastic support, much credit must be given.
 'As I view the situation, we are on the eve Of the final, permanent, sati5- factory solution Of this water storage question which has. for so many years, vexed us. It is, by far, the most vital and the most difficult of all the ques- tions with which we, as a community, have been confronted. But at no time in the past have I felJ s3 hopeful of success as I do- this day. The solution may be a little slower than any of us had anticipated, but just to that same extent it may be very much to our advantage. Public sentiment is rapidly. Cmore rapidly than any person could have accurately predicted one years ago) crystaliZing in favor or national aid for storage reservoirs ill the arid west, and it is confidently eX pected that congress, this session, will begin on policy which will, in time. provide as liberally in this respect for the arid west as is now done for our rivers and harbors. The ice once broken, appropriation will follow ap propriation until fifty millions of peo- pie are living in happiness and pros perisy, where now only the cactus, sage brush and jack-rabbits thrive. The business men of the east will be the great power by which the early &C., complishment of this much desired and long prayed for result. will be at tained. It is wonderful how rapidly they now seem to be awakening to the importance of this movement and to be making themselves felt, with daily increasing power, in the halls Of congress.
 We in the Salt River valley are now called upon to show 70 the whole country, and to the world, what q united community can do in rightly solving a difficult and complicated water problem. As we cross the threshold of a new century, the future invitingly holds out to us a grand op- poillunity for helping to bring our cit izens such prosperity as we have never known before and such happiness as can only go with such enriching pr,s- perity for all classes alike.
 Are We big enough and broad enough and far-sighted enough to inn prove this opportunity to the fullest extent? If so, we must be willing (pa- tiently, slowly and with an unsWerV.ng loyalty to Jhe interests and rights of one and alb to reconstruct our entire water system and the distribution of water and put it on the sound basis of eternal justice and right, where it never has been lnerelofors. All this will take time and patience and cour- age and an unquenchable faith in our future. as the great metropolis of the southwest, which we can be if we, We of the present day and generation, So determine.
 My friends, what shall be our de- cisicn? Before you answer, I know what it will be and to l,hat end we will all unitedly labor.
 AS it is impossible for me to reach Phoenix before Friday, Dec. 7th, I would suggest that when the commit tee adjourns on Tuesday, Dec. 4, it be for one week to Tuesday, Dec. Il, when l shall be very glad to meet with you.
 Sincerely,
 "B. A. FOWLER"