Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-25
so WRITES SPECIAL cORREs- PoNDENT OF REVIEW AT
 NATIONAL CAPITAL.
D. A. Fowler, of Phoenix, GivesOut some Facts and Figures on the Recent Trip East.
Especial Correspondence) l

l Il" 'ne Sendte- Many Of the east
 ern pohtlc1ans are unalterably op-
 posed to favoring any action that
 would seem to strengthen the power
 oi the west in the senate, and while
 It has been practically settled that Ok.
 iahoma and Indian Territory are to be
 admitted as one state. regarding the
 only remaining territories. New Mex.
 ico and Arizona. the question still re- 1 mains open. Among others Sneaker
 cannon has expressed himself frankly
 against the proposition to admit Ari- zona and New Mexico as sor-
 arate states. T cannot bring my. ] ser, he said, to view with compla- l cency the bringing into the union of l these two territories with their hand. iui of people. and according them each
 the same representation in the senate
 as my imperial state of Illinois. D | Quite strong element favors admit | ung the two territories into the union as one state. To this it appears that the people of both New Mexico and
 Arlzona are overwhelmingly opposed. In Arizona" said B. A. Fowler. president of the Phoenix and Marico- pa board of trade and also president of
 Salt River Valley Water Users ass.o- ciation, which is to be the beneficiary or the enormous government irriga- ton dam now under construction seventy-hve per cent of the popula- ton is from east of the Missouri riv- CT, including not only citizens from the Mississippi Valley. but also the Middle and the New England states. Arizona's laws are based upon those or the eastern states; its institutions. customs and speech are the same. In other words it is American through and through. In New Mexico, on the other hand, the population is largely or Mexican descent. the laws are based upon the Spanish. the institu- tions and customs have naturally grown out of and from these of old Mexico; consequently it would be very difficult to adjust the affairs of the two territories in a satisfactory man. ner. and make one homogeneous peo- pie.
 ITO the still additional proposition to admit New Mexico as a state, and embc6y in the enabling act an auto matic provision by which Arizona shall become a state when her popu- lation shall have increased to say 250,00 people, the people of Arizona TarI1d heartily c,,h=ay,hn ;- most desired among us is some def mite action. The question of popula- tion will be rapidly settled through immigration and the greet irrigaIion works which are now being construct ed by the government and it will
 bring into cultivation hundreds of thousands of acres of the most fer tile soil in the country coupled with the most favored climate. In the Salt River valley alone the cCnstruc- tion of the government reservoir, which will irrigate 100000 acres, re sulting million dollar beet sugar plant, and a new railroad are combining to wonderfully stimulate the growth of the whole community. The Salt Riv CT Valley Water Users association is ganization under the National Irriga- ton act, with a membership of about ,5O0, which will be increased to prob ably 5000 actual farmers and fruit growers when the reservoir is com pleted. This association is a CO., operative organization through which the irrigators will receive the water and pay the government between three and three and a half million dollars for the construction of a reservoir, power house, pumping plant and. main line canals.
 The National Irrigation policy" said Mir Fowler, will eventually GOV CT this whole southwestern country with homemakers. Eastern people do not realize the future which lies before Arizona and New Mexico. Under this act no man can have more than 160 acres of public domain and 160 wateT-rights therefor, whi.h wilt be inseparable appurtenent, the water oiN Cy SOi1e5 Wttil OCh- eicial use will be the measure and the limit of the water. These are funda- mental principles which are fast be- coming embodied in the judicial de- cisions throughout the arid west and the passage of the National Irrigation Act has given a strong impetus to solving these questions in every way that appeals to every man interested in the truest and broadest develop ment of our country. The enforce ment of this law will check absorption of the public domain under the Des- ert Land Act and prevent the land mo nopolies which in the past have been so active in acquiring government land without settlement but for spec ulative purposes.