Arizona republican., 1904-06-04
nR. NEWELL COMING
Journal of a Weeks DoiDgs of Re-
 ciamation Officials.

President B. A Fowler returned home yesterday morning from his visit to Los Angeles and other points, spent a very busy day here yesterday and left again last night for Maricopa. He will join MT. F. H. Newell there this morning and accompany him to Globe where they will be met by Engineer L.. c. Hill and taken to Livingstone. Monday and Tuesday will be spent in an inspection of the progress of work at the various points in the basin and on Wednesday the party will start overland for Phoenix via the Fish Creek road. It is expected they will reach Mesa City Thursday night or Friday morning.
 Friday Mir. Newell will meet the board of governors of the Water Users association and there is on foot a tent ative plan for some sort of a public meeting to be held Friday evening where MT. Newell can address the people if he desires to, for it goes with out saying that they would very much enjoy listening to him. The occasion would also be something after the manner of a reception as there are many residents of the valley who very much desire to meet him and have never had the opportunity. It is not intended, however, that any reception that may be arranged will be dress function for it will be a business, rather than a social conference.
 After leaving here MT. Fowler arriv- ed in Los Angeles on Thursday of last week, where at reclamation headquar- ters he met J. B. Lippincott, super vising engineer of the Colorado pro iect, Engineer Hamlin. his local assis- tant, Morris Bien, legal advisor of the reclamation service. and Wm. E. Smythe, notable for his advocacy of irrigation enterprises. They left for Yuma at noon arriving there at 10 o'clock Thursday night, and were cord tally received by the officials of the Yuma Water Users association. The train arriving from the east Friday morning brought MT. Newell, his secre- tary and Judge Kibbey. The forenoon was spent in a conference with the local officials and the afternoon in a drive through the Yuma valley. Sat Urday morning they were joined by Mir. Davis, who had been delayed a day in Fl Paso by failure of trains to connect. Saturday was spent in a steamer ride up the river to the pro- posed site Cf the diversion dam, the return trip ending at D. m. The day was delightfully."- spent in the study of the irrigation project, in the enjoy ment of a fine luncheon on board the steamer and in the pleasant river ride. Saturday night there was a big mass meeting, about half the audience be- ing ladies, and addresses were made by several of the marty
 Sunday was devoted to a steamer ride down the river and back, past the headworks of the Imperial canal and some distance below the Mexican line toward the gulf At 3:45 Monday morning the party left for Imperial where they arrived at o'clock The day was spent in driving over the Im- perial country through a very inter- esting sand storm, luncheon being at Blue Lake. Monday night there was q conference between the engineers and the officials of the Imperial Water Users association, another organiza- ticn modelled after the plan of the Salt River Valley Water Users association.
 Tuesday morning Superintendent Ingram of the Southern California di- ision of the Southern Pacific railroad, arrived in his private car to meet the officials of the reclamation service. After inviting them to breakfast with him he took them to Calexico, his train being the first passenger train to go over the new extension of the road south of Imperial. About twenty of the members of the Imperial Water Users association also accompanied