Arizona republican., 1902-10-04

Doris theatre was filled yesterday afternoon with jubilant water users who had been called together in mass meeting to hear the report of the ex- ecutive committee of the water storage conference committee and to listen to an address by MT. George H. Maxwell upon the report.
 Most of the audience had already been apprised of it's contents and it had in advance the same unanimous approval that the general committee had given it.
 The meeting was called to order by by MT. B. A. Fowler, the chairman of the committee. He read the report and congratulated the people of the valley upon the fact that this was now the only community in the United States ready to avail itself of the operation of the national irrigation act. It was only required, he said, that the same unan- unity and civic cohesion which had at tended the work of preparation should be maintained.
 There could be no doubt of the con structiOn of the reservoir. There were some problems of detail to be worked out, but they were not difficult The approval of the plan of the committee was already shown by the subscription of S.5C0 acres to it before the opening Of the meeting and the work had hard ly begun.
 MT. Fowler complimented his asso- Ciates upon the committee and especial ly Mir. Maxwell upon their tireless en- i crgy in the construction of the plan. 2 lrf1 f7r members of the committee. Messrs. I ] W Wcolf, W. H. Wallace, s. r. Webb Dwight B. Heard and Dr. A. J. Chand- l Ter. These addresses were congra tula- tory in which assurance was given the meeting that the reservoir would be constructed
 i MT. Maxwell was introduced as the friend of the valley, the friend and chief advocate of the national irrigation | movement everywhere. He began with a calculation of what would have been the effect in this valley if the reservoir | had been completed in 1S97 During the 1 five years which have elapsed since i then the agricultural production would { have been doubled. Later on in his ad- dress, pursuing the same subject. Mir. Maxwell said he had been told that the value of the agricultural products of the valley was from g., GOO, coo to S2. 800 - G0G annually With an abundance of water for irrigation at the right time. doubling the production, the reservoir would have been paid for in any one year. Under the national irrigation law
 MT. Maxwell said that there would be no payment on the cost of construction before the completion of the reservoir That would occupy about three years. | The storage of water would be begun
 within the first year. so that by means of the increased supply the increased
 production would amount to the cost of I the reservoir before it was finished This was offered by MT. Maxwell only
 as suggestion.
 He took up various phases of the re- I port and discussed them fully. Regard ing the recommendation of the commit tee for the subscriptions to the plan, he said that there was nothing binding in the signature; that it was only an en- i dorsement of the plan which would
 have to precede the drawing up of d
 constitution and bylaws of the asso-
 citation to be formed and presented to
 the secretary of the interior for his ap- .proval or modification. Then also if
 for any reason any canal company
 should withhold its endorsement it would be necessary to otherwise con- jstruct the constitution and the general
 plan of action. The speaker believel though that any subscriber to the plan though not legally bound would be morally bound to assist in the adjust ment of any difficulties that might arise.
 Mir. Maxwell said he anticipated no