Arizona republican., 1903-02-06
PHOENIX. ARIZONA. FEB. c, 1909.
Water Users Organized.

The people OF the SAT- RIVER NalleS
in their steady march forward TO watcl
storage. have crossed the Rubicon.
Whatever of uncertainty or doub
was created by the minority report IL
the committee has been fast wearing
away during the last week, and the
sentiment grows stronger each day II
favor of laying aside all differences d
opinion. and swinging the whole com
munity into line for one grand and con-
certed effort to get the Tonic reser-
voir.
are rot taking hold of this matter with
any uncertainty of purpose. They are
acting with a fixed and inflexib1e deter
r1ination that the reservoir must and
shall be built by the national govern
fnent, and when such a community as
the people of this valley unite and
stand together, and take hold of the
matter of public improvement with
such a fixed determination, it should be
only q question of time when they will
succeed.
The situation now is one which brings
it within the power Of every citizen in
the valley to render a great personal
hX-
tanned and vigorous effort to secure the
rapid enrolment of the land owner as
members of the Salt River ValleyWater
Users association.
The articles of incorpora ton have
been executed and acknowledged by
the incorporators and will be filed to-
day. This will make the association
legally constituted body, ready 10
transact business, and do whatever
may be necessary to carry out the pro-
posed plans for getting the reservoir.
1t is announced that the board of gov
ernors will hold its first meeting On
Monday morning at the Office OF the
association, room Nicholson building,
Phoenix, and that the subscription
books will be open at that time and
place. and all land owners who desire to
subscribe for their shares can do so by
calling at the office of the association
on Monday morning.
The Importance of having these sub
scriptions made without delay-in fact,
with all possible expedition-lies in the
fact that it IS generally understood that
in the very near future, probably early
in March, some recomme ndatio will |
be made with reference to the construc-
ton of the first irrigation works to be
built under the national irrigation act. |
1t is of supreme importance to the !
people of this valley that a very large |
number Of the land owners should be
enrolled as subscribers to shares of the |
Salt River Valley Watet Users as
ISOLATION within the next few days 1t |
is especially desirable that the owners
Of small tracts of land should act
promptly in subscribing for their
shares.
The purpose of the national govern
ment under the national irrigation act
is primarily the making of homes and
the increase of the prosperity of the
small farmers. This must never be lost
sight Of. The mere increase of land
values in large tracts cuts no figure
with the government 1t is the aim OF
the government to increase the num-
Der of homes in the hands of those
who will till the soil for a livelihood,
and the greatest influence that can be
brought to bear by the people of this
valley upon the national government
will arise from the fact that the large
number of small farmers In the Salt
River valley, who will be benefited by
the building of this storage reservoir,
have promptly subscribed for shares In
this association, and are vigorously
pushing the claims OF this section for
recognition under the national irriga-
ton act.
The Tonic reservoir site is undoubt-
edly the best site in the United States
today from an engineering point OF
view for the construction OF a reservoir.
The conditions are such that It would
seem as though nature had planned it s
rs an ideal location for demonstrating I