Arizona republican., 1906-03-22


 slap at the service.
 The farmers will. :n my opinion. serve their interests best by retaining MT. Fowler in the presidency of the association"
 Governor Kibbey stated that he had recently received a letter from MT. r. H. Newell, chief engineer of the geo. logical survey warmly commanding the successful work of MT. Fowler n the negotiations for the purchase of the north side canals. The governor authorized the publication of the let ter:
 Department of the Interior. United States Geological Sur
 vey.
 Proclamation Service,
 Washington. March 1S, 1906. Hon. Joseph H. Kibbey,
 Governor of Arizona, Phoenix, Ariz.
 My Dear GOvernor:-Mr. B. 4. Fow- Ter has just left for Phoenix, and in formed me before he left that the mat ters with reference 10 the purchase of the Arizona canal have been practical ly completed. l feel that MT. Fowler has accomplished a great work, and I wish at this time while the matter is fresh in mind. to express to you, and through you possibly to others, the high appreciation felt here of MT. FOwler's uutiring energy on behalf of the territory, not along the water stor- age lines, but on all matters. I have never met a man of more persistent effort and tireless energy. combined with patience and tact. He has been confronted with some very difficult situations which would have appalled, another man; and probably no one out side of a few acquaintances will eyer know of the tireless pefs.stency with which he has followed up every detail.
 "I hope that it will be possible now to push forward energetcally and ef. fectively the dam at the head of the Arizona canal as well as the other work in the territory. l should be glad to hear from you and have the benefit of any suggestions or cr.ti- cisms. Very truly yours.
 ''F. H. NEWELL,
 Chief Engineer"
 In this connection the work or Mir Fowler was described as follows by the Washington correspondent of The Republican:
 Ut requires a man of infinite tact and perseverance as we'll as uutiring energy to expedite important matters through the departmental highways Cf Washington. Ths is particularly true during a session of congress, when the affairs of the members on the hill have the rght of way over all other matters.
 For a man to come to Washington and single-handed carry an important business transaction, involving the ex- pendituTe of more than one-half a mill lion dollars through the devious chan. nels of departmental red tape to a successful conclusion in two months is to old-timers here little less than a miracle. Yet this is what MT. E. A. Fowler. the president of the Salt River Valley Water Users association sue. ceeded in doing. At the same time he was a very positive force in the great battle made by Arizona's friends against joint statehood MT. Fowler was most effective in securing the ap- proval of the secretary of the interior for the purchase of the Arizona canal, a great work for the Salt River valley. He was confronted with some very diff. ficult situations which would have ap- palled another man, but nothing dis Couraged him and his persistence. tact ! and energy were finally rewarded. His enthusiasm over the future of the Salt River valley when the great irrigation project of the government is complet- ed, has in some degree been communi- CdJeu 10 the OIIlCerS or the department l of the interior and his earnestness and industry resulted in special efforts on their part to expedite the negotia- tions."
 Nelson Bradley, a member of the board of governors as well as a stock holder in one of the old canals. and a farmer and large property owner, when asked for an expression con- cerning MT. Fowler and his work re- sponded with enthusiasm. He said he did not think enough credit could be given to MT. Fowler for what he had ] done. He believed that by all means 1 he should be elected to succeed him. self as president that he might finish the work so ably conducted thus far More than that. aside from the prac- tical business feature of the situation, he thought the people would be, 10 say the least very ungrateful if they did not tender him a reelection as a | vote of confidence.
 Lin Orme, another member or the 1 board and a well known valley farmer, | said that so far as he was concerned he l was a Fowler man without any equivo- l cation. His work in Washington, as well as here, fully met Mir. Orme's aD- |