The Arizona sentinel., 1904-06-01
GOVERNMENT
 ENGINEERS Entbuse q Splendid AudieDCe in Elks' Hall Saturday Night.


 , engineers can be ready tf0r the Irrigation proiect) within thirty H to that magnificent audience, SC came instantly emphatic and , will :" MT. Lippincott disclaims or even a public speaker of the $ words was magical, the climax rts of a more pretentious speaker, Ie enthusiasm created was tremen- ;ame percolating through every uratcd with new delight more old town before. The old Yuma h it will be the coming metropolis y of the Colorado-aRd it will be Seemingly it only depends upon
 the courage, the energy and
 ability to bring together the
 river and the lands and all the
 human interests to make it one
 of the greatest and most glorious
 sections of the universe. We
 must have in the first place a
 complete union of interests work
 ing for a common cause. We
 should get right down to it and
 do what we can to carry out this work; we must do it with single ness of purpose, with the deter
 mination of not only helping our selves, but each other, and carry out a great purpose. No en- ploye i'll the government service
 can ever hope to be rich man
 or a great man, but he can de-
 vote his life to a great cause, and
 that is what we have the privi-
 lege of doing not of becoming
 wealthy or famous, but doing q
 great and enduring work, for
 you and for poSterity. We have
 in the first place a large fund:
 though Arizona has furnished
 but a small portion of this, three
 million dollars has been apDrO-
 priated by the government, and
 we should appreciate the fact
 that Arizona has been treated so
 liberally. It is done because we
 believe in Arizona-in it's great
 opportunities. Here is the best chance for ma king homes fer the people; this is not alone for the purpose of making you rich individually, of enhancing spec ulative interests, of making a great city here for the sake of the city; the motive reaches far beyond that. The main purpose is for making prosperous homes for American citizens; to do all we can to give a chance to the man who has strength, has en- ergy, has determination, and who has the qualities to make a good citizen. A man with fam fly is seriously handicapped. In the big cities he is apparently ta booed when it comes to renting a house. He goes to an apartment house; the agent looks him over critically and asks him if he has any children. He replies, T have few, but probably 1 can drown them.' If he tries to get employment here or there the family often stands in the way, and even in the government em- ploy, the family is always a drawback. We want to give the American citizen an opportunity to settle in d home and rear up a family. The main polnt which | 1 desire to emphasize tonight is that we must all work together in this common cause. The land | and the water is oyer there; the money is in the treasury. What ! is lacking? Simply the co-opera- ton of all. Now, this work here i in the vicinity of Yuma is to be | the first of d great chain of works to be built in the future, ! depending upon the success of thus first undertaking, along the river. If we succeed it means that we will build and build throughout the coming years until every drop of water in this grand old river, except during extraordinary floods, will be used | for the building of homes in this arid region. In other words the | work here at Yuma must be a success; it cannot be otherwise. ]