The Arizona sentinel., 1903-09-02
Great Meeting in Yuma Monday Addressed by G0Y. Hfodie, and MT. F. T. Perkins,
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Brilliant Reception fo Distinguished
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the Colorado and Giia valleys as mark ing the day of revived intefest-o of wan ing hopes intensified. the longed-for realization of past dreams brought nearer.
 As chairman. Mulford Winsor, Sr., Ecalled the meeting to order, and after & fconcise statement of it's object aecreta- try Ingraham was asked to read ire minutes Of the meeting of July 25th. together With the reports of the var ous committees appointed at that meet ing.
 ! The committee on incorporation, in ttheir report. recommended that the suhstancA of the articles of incorpora- tion cf the Wafer Users Association of the Salt river valley he adopted, mall ing only such changes therein as the Ealtered conditions of this section would ire4uire. and adding to them further Epow6rs to undertake the construction and maintenance of proper and ade EqBate system of levee protection of the EOverflow lands Of the valley: and, fur ither, Co in4u2urate and maintain sys- items of water power. it's distribution land use, as deteloped by the reservoirs Tthat may he constructed
 inasmuch as the coynmi;tea appoint ed to confer with the existing canal tcompanies and with companies pnsscss- ing water rights and canal franchises, concerning purchase OF coalition. were unable to report material progress. be- would not be offered and that negotia tions would be entered into with duly accredited representative of "a properly FOrganized body possessing substance land responsibility: it was recCmmend- led that the association be Incorporated under the laws Of Che territory, so that fall powers for definite agreements might be attained.
 This matter, as we'll as the question of the election of necessary officers was tabled fer action st :! future meeting; Fthe present. committee left in force to deal with any action or question that Emay, in the meanwhile, arise.
 [ All the previous and referred work finished, Chairman Winsor introduced Fin his happiest vein, the guest of the fday-Governor Bfodie-the intrOduc tion of thc men of Yuma county to the tgo1ernor being peculiarly appropriate, EaS consisting neither of republicans, democrats or factional politicians, but ssimply citizens with himself.
 That the governor considers it no hardship to travel the two hundred OF more miles Of arid wastes lying east Of here when Yuma is his objective point was shown by the satisfaction manifested by him in his greeting to the assembled representative of Yuma county industry.
 In even, we'll modulated tones and in personal and interesting manner the governor briefly referred to his own great interest in this section as not surpassed in point of personal interest by any other section Of the territory; aand further assured lis audience that Fin 5his respect he was assured of the full support of the president himself. E Reference was made of his eastern trip in June, and of the intelligent in tefest there made manifest concerning Arizona and its industrial future: of the personal interest manifested by Secretary Hitchcock in all matters per taining to the territory, and in especial concerning matters irrigational.
 Concerning his interview with the secretary of the interior the passing statement that this heart to heart" conference lasted for six hours Dune - days in Washington are hot tells more than pen or pencil can of the interest - in the subject and of the wide range of tidf0rmatiOn carried by Governor Bro Hdi4 relating to the great domain of Arizona.
 Following the assurance of Secretary Hitchcock that the TontO Basin pro- feet would be the first of the series for Arizona. the secretary, in closing, said that, were the governor to return to Arizona Rip Van Winkle-like after an absence of twenty-five years, he would of d certainty fail to recognize his once well-known territory.
 H further stated that not only had our territory the unqualified support of the secretary and president, but that the east in general. as was many times demonstrated to him. unqualifiedly ia vorable to this land of sunshine.
 Following the governors address the chairman introduced, as long time friend to Yuma, Engineer k. T. l Perkins of the geological survey.
 In his opening remarks Mr. Perkins made reference to his feelings of doubt and dismay when first notified of his assignment to duty in what he deemed $ the desOlate, irredeemable and most = impossible of deserts-the Colorado river country: of how from incredulity I, he passed to doubting wonder and to final belief, now unshaken and un- changeable, in the vast possibilities of | the arid stretch extending from the last yawning chdsm Of the Grand Can yon' to far below Yuma. He stated that the surveying corps had worked over more than 60O,c00 acres of the richest of irrigable land, that needed