Arizona republican., 1903-10-16

Speeches were made by Governor Brodie. George Purdy Bullard. J. c. Adams, Jerry Millay, J. L. B. Alexander Dr. Duffiel dand B. A. Fowler ,and Frank Cox, who presided as chairman of the evening. Preceding Dr. Duff fiel3's speech w. H. Robinson was in- troduced and read the telegrams sent in the afternoon and printed above.
 The speeches were all enthusiastic, all received with applause and ought all to be read by the whole world interest ed in irrigation. Though they were i'm promptu. the best oratory wells from full hearts. But space necessitates only the briefest mention. MT. Cox said he was Sratified to preside at a meeting called to celebrate the greatest event that had ever happened for the city of Phoenix. an event that means the win ming of a star for the union. Many had waited long for this glorious time, but now within four or five years the near by desert would present to view more cottages homes than California could boast of for years to come. He congrat- ulated all on the coming of prosperity and future greatness.
 Governor Brodie was the first speak CT and his introduction was the signal for an ovation. He is not man of long speeches. but they are to the point and every word means something. He said all Arizona should celebrate with Phoe- nix and the Salt river valley the new era that is now being ushered in. It means prosperity for all Arizona and is but the starter for a great system of irrigation works throughout the ter ritory. In your celebrating remember all who have made possible the act that warrants the construction of the reser- voir. He was glad he was here to par ticipate iE the rejoicing. glad that all before him enjoyed the same happy ad- vantage and glad that all Arizona could rejoice with Phoenix
 MT. Bullard said in part: As has been well said this is for the good of the whole territory and is Arizona's great est day. It is for many a. line of de- marka tion between years of diversity and hardship and great prosperity to follow, and the time will soon come when the desert shall bloom as the rose. the waving grain be seen on thousands of acres, the whistle of fac tories be heard in the cities and great commercial houses will be seen, broad oning their fields of activity. Phoenix will become the metropolis of the southwest, the capital of one of the greatest of states. The valley has pray ed for years for the construction of the Tonto dam and today the glad news comes that the people will no longer lave to depend on the fitful heavens for their irrigation water. We were ll- most in the death throes in the fight against the desert, against the great forces of nature and without rcii=f many who have struggled for years might have had to give up in despair. In closing he returned the thanks of the whole community to all who had participated in the work ending so hap ril:r giving special praise to NtessrS. Fowler and Maxwell. and predicting tho glorious future of the city.
 d. C. Adams was the next speaker.
 His first remarks were to take a fall out of the census maker who put ,he black marks against Phoenix in the Washington records. He said he wished he were here now to note the greatness of his libellous mistake. MT. Adams said he had lived in Phoenix for seven years and he had found continuous the same energy and public spirit that first induced him to locate and invest here. He thought that if MT. Beveridge were to wander down this way in five years from now he too would be forced to admit that certain things he had dona Tn the past were mistakes, and that compared 10 Phoenix Indianapolis would be considered village. To illus trate his ideas of the future he said a man asked his advice a day or two before about buying a certain piece of land. His reply was that if blind man were to escape from the asylum and buy the first piece offered to him he could make no mistake. He said that in less than ten years Phoenix would be the biggest city that ever grew in a valley of this size. He congratulated beth town and county. He said this was little unimportant territory. but + had nevertheless with the aid of MT. Fowler and MT. Maxwell secured the first fruits of a new policy which those gentlemen had been largely interested in forcing upon congress and that the benefits exceeded anything as yet de- rived by any of Arizona's greater and more famous sisters. He defied congress to produce from among her. paid lob bies any who had accomplished so much for Arizona and for the whole country as nave MeSSrS. NdNWel dilt Fowler, who spent their own time and money. He closed with pleasing men tion of the friendly relations between MT. Fowler and the interior department from which so much has been secured and from which so much more is still hoped for.
 Jerry Millay was introduced as the Yankee colonel He said he did not object to being called an athlete for he felt as though he could run through q troop or leap wall. He proposed to make his remarks short as others had enthusiastically exceeded their time. He felt that "the winte rof our discon- tent" had passed and that now all the clouds that had hung over this people were buried in the ocean. The star of progress is just rising in the east and tie day is not far distant when the deserts shall be changed to garden spots. Augustus changed the walls of DORIS THEATER