The Arizona sentinel., 1907-08-07
Secretary Garfieid'S
 Visit and Reception.

Hon James R Garfield secretary of
 the interior, arrived in Yuma Sunday
 morning at S:1O o'clock and Yuma did
 herself proud in his entertainment.
 With the secretary was F. II. New
 ell, director of the Reclamation Ser
 vice, Robert Parsons, Auditor of the
 Treasury for the Interior department,
 and Hugh A. Brown, Mr. Garfield $
 private secretary.
 At the depot to meet the party were Governor Joseph H. Kibbey, Secretary
 w. r. Nichols, Col. Epes Randolph and the Yuma reception committee.
 The party took the steamer Search
 light at once for Laguna. Those going up besides the persons already men, tioned were w. J. Doran, vice presi- dent of the California Development company: II. T. Cory, general mana ger, and r. C. Herman, chief engineer of that company; E. G. Humphrey. district freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacific; D. w. Pontius, Southern Pacific commercial agent at Riverside; Louis c. Hill, Francis L. Sellew, NJ. D. Vincent, L. NJ. Lawson, J. l.. Rhemd, of the Reclamation Ser vice; E. F. Sanguinetti, l. L. Deaver, Wm. Peterson, O. P. Bondesson, ]. P. Miller, A. H. Kent, NJ. WinsOr, Sr., and J. N. Speese.
 At the dam they were met by the resident engineers, A. J. Fontleroy and Jack Whitney. They visited the Arizona side of the dam first and then the California side. Secretary Gar field expressed himself pleased with the progress of the work and with the plan. He said that in Laguna dam lay the key 10 the river's control, and that it was the opinion of the govern ment that Imperial valley would one day want to use this dam, because they felt that in the end to tie its canal onto dam extending entirely across the river would be the only way to abso- lutely guarantee the Imperial country water, and that even though they did not need such canal down there for a long time, it would pay in the end as water insurance. He admitted the present plan might answer for some generations.
 The Secretary feels great conti- dence in the success of Laguna dam, because he says it will control the Wa ters both horizontally and vertically, and will give sluiceways on both sides to let out the thickest of the mud which gathers, and because water can be let out on both sides at the same time, so that the valley on either side can get water whenever wanted.
 The party had fine lunch aboard the boat as they came back. They had . rough river going up, but got there about noon. Coming back they were only about an hour and half on the way. Then they became the guests of Col. Epes Randolph and went to see the California Development leyee and headings. "This is splendid" Secretary Garfield said. He told the people that they must join the people of Imperial valley in adver- tising this country's resources and possi biities, and that the two big projects should always be in sympathy and not knock.
 At night at the hotel there was big reception attended by everybody in the city. Mayor DeMund presided, and Mr. BondessOn made the speech of welcome. The band played several numbers. Secretary Garfield made a straig ghtforw ard talk in which he made it plain that if anybody had fault to find with the Reclamation Service di- rector they would have to support their kicks with facts. He spoke of document now in circulation as unfair and full of statements not correct. he meant the call for a of dissatisfied people to be held immediately before the conven- tion at Sacramento this month.
 He said that the farmers of Yuma valley would need time, work, patience and courage to get the best results from their land. He told the people it was the Presidents policy to save the resources of the country for the people and that the President could guarantee them that this would also be the policy of the next administra- ton. Mir. Roosevelt says the people must own and control the water and the trees and that they also should have a control of the coal fields of America and all the big natural sites for reser- voirs. The Secretary urged the farm CTS to learn all about the uses of water, said their failure or success depended Dn their doing this.
 Mir. Newell made fine speech along the same lines. In speaking of the opening of the Indian reservation he said he thought the service would allow only the minimum of i've acres to each | settler, as it would cost so much to this land rightly, and as the man with d little land got along better than the man with too much land. A good many people have expressed | themselves as feeling that this is too