Arizona republican., 1903-04-24
MR. GEORGE H. MAXWELL
Talks to the Farmers on the Subject
 of the Reservoir.

The Phoenix Enterprise last night published an address tc the farmers Of the valley by AIr. George II. Maxwell. There is so much cound sense and con vinoing argument in that in the .nter- est of greater publicity it is herewith reproduced:
 There has been 90 much of misap- p1ehcnsion on the part of many of the land owners oi the valley as to the real nature of the provisions of the articles of associa tion of the Salt River Valley Water Users association that l was very much gTatified to read your edi torial in The Enterprise of last evening and note the sound advice that was given to the land owners in this most important matter.
 As you say in the closing para graph: Right now the thing to dO is to get the reservoir.
 Delays are dangerous to such a de- gree that ii the people of this valley ! lealized how delay might jeopardize the construction of this reservoir there is not a man in the valley who would not have his name enrolled as a snarehold- CT in the association for all his land within twenty-four hours.
 "The great victories which have been won in the history of the world have been won by acting vigorously and en- ergetically at the right time.
 Nov is the time to act.
 To delay now while differing ideas as to various points in the articles arc exploited and argued hack and forth between the many land owners who en-
 
 would be to run a risk of losing the res ervoir altogz ther-a risk which is sim ply appalling when We consider the consequences Of the loss to the people of this valley.
 "To act now means to get the reser- voir. This is certain. We cannot make any mistake about that
 The secretary Of the interior has told us two things through MT Wal colt:
 they stand.
 ''2. He will build the reservoir if they are signed up.
 If they are signed up by all the land owners in the valley immediately the work on the reservoir will be begun at cree.
 
 Stop and think of it. What the people of this valley have i been working for and dreaming visions of for years is at their hand. All they need tc do is to reach out and grasp it. And more than this. What is the Salt River Valley Water Users ass0- ciation? Nothing more than a cooper atiVe association of the land owners in 1 ho in, I,t together so as to be able to deal with ! the government as unit. The secre- | tary of the interior says that is neces- sary.
 "The majority of the shareholders in the association can make any r:odifica- tioa they choose in the articles at any time. provided the change be approved by the secretary Of the interior.
 The secretary of the interior has not | said by any means that the articles cannot be changed. Or the contrary, he says:
 "'The particular form Of organiza- tion for the Salt River valley may be | modified in the future as necessities may require What more could any enc ask for? To waste precious time and run the risk of losing the reservoir by wranS- ! ling fer weeks and months over ques- i tiOns that will have three years tu | thresh out while the reservoir is being | built, is q policy so utterly suicidal that it is very hard to believe that the peo- pie of this valley will be led into such d i fatal blunder. Again let me quote from your eii- torial Of yesterday:
 Right now the thing to do is to get the reservoir .,