Arizona republican., 1907-06-19

passed through trying conditions that
 would throw a wet blanket on the
 ardor of even an enthusiast. But it
 is also true that living in a land of milk and honey we have become ac-
 oustomed to prosperity and, an easy 1 existence and are too easily discour-
 aged with temporary diversity.
 Many who at such times have lost
 heart and hunted other pastures have
 found that it is possible to jump from | the frying pan into the fire and have
 returned to our valley with a lighter
 purse but also with lighter hearts and
 a wealth of contentment and ex-
 perience by which others, as we'll may Irofit.
 But whatever drawbacks have ob- tained in the past we are now on the | eve of one of the greatest eras of de-
 velopment and prosperity that has | ever come to any community on the | face of the earth, if we are alive to | the situation and do our part. Are we | alive to the situation and are we doing cur part?
 Are We emulating the example of the | founder of the Mammoth Cave hotel | or are We following in the footsteps | of the thirteen heirs squabbling over cur individual rights and entirely ne- glecting the very thing that will give the true value to that over which we are squabbling.
 Let us settle our individual differ ences and determine if possible our in | dividual rights: but let us not forget that We have common interest as well and that as a community we must act as a unit in protecting and bring ing to its earliest Irritation our common heritage. In proper hands the Nam moth Cave will be brought back egain to its former prestige as a point of interest, but 1t will always be prac- ticaily what 1t Is or was a. thousand ears ago; but not so with this val ley.
 The last twenty. ten or even five years have wrought marvellous changes and now We are only on the verge of the beginning
 The present is but a peephole through which the minds eye can look out upon the vast expanse of future possibilities
 Gentlemen if ever a community was born great. truly this one was. Nest lIng among our beautiful hills; with AsS 'oiicty anu pcfltCtlOn Tn the mat ter of soils. its ideal climate. and a river waiting to quench the thirsty lands and turn the wheels of industry. could greater potentialities be con- ceived? What more than the matur. ing influence of time could be reauir- ed? But providence as though im- patient and anxious that We shall come into our own has robbed time of the penalty it imposes by interest," ing the national government in our valley and literally thrusting greatness upon us. What short of this can we consider the building of the great Tonto reservoir by the government. the first and the grandest of the irrigation projects of the reclamation service.
 It would be hard to say how many years this valley has been protected into the future and nearer to it's goal by this act of the government But shall we now rest upon the laurels thrust upon us and wait for the cows to come home? Shall We allow ourselves to conclude that since the Almighty and munificent govern ment has done so much for us we must be chosen people and that We can put our hands in our pockets and wait for the roast fowl to drop into cur open mouths? Are there those who think that in some mysterious way our fields are going to cultivate them selves and the golden profits be au- ;omatically dumped into our coffers?
 Now gentlemen We have been fav- ored by nature and by our govern ment. We have the land, soil. the climate. and will have the water. plen- ty of it. Our success is assured; but it will all take time and there is the rub. how much time? You and I are getting along in years. we don't want to wait longer than necessary to get results. and the question arises what shall we do. to hasten things along. people here to cultivate this land and be ready to utilize every drop of water at the earliest possible moment There is only one way to do it. and that is to advertise, to advertise at once. to advertise extensively.
 We must meet the competitive ad- vertising that is going on all over the country; we must connteract the in- fluence of all the various reclamation projects that are being carried out by the United States government We must let people know who We are and where we are. People are not mind readers. Very few have ever heard of this valley, few of the Roosevelt dam, and few of those who have heard of either know that they bear any re- lation, or realize the greatness of the reservoir or the possibilities of the valley.
 Well you say that is all right We will have to do that. Well when are we going to do it? Wait until the water is backed up against the head gates and then advertise for people?
 Do you suppose people will tear up their homes at the drop of the hat and throwing to the winds all that they have heard of California and Wash ington and Oregon and Oklahoma and ether irrigation projects that they will take the next flyer for Phoenix? Do you think that the first bugle blast will head a stampede of homeseekers for Arizona? Why you know better than this. It takes time and lots of time. People deliberate on these mat ters before they act and while they are deliberating is the time to acquaint them with this valley before their -r