Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-08-08

raj undertaking. There is only the
small gap to fill creating the great
reservoir. but that gap will take thous-
ands of yards of masonry and hum
dreds OF thousands of money. The
work, however. is being admirably
done. He said he found nothing to
criticize and must depend entirely on
subordinates for carrying out the big
project as he had to i'm other bureaus of
his department He announced that
he had implicit confidence in the en-
gineers i'm charge If he did not have
he would get some one else and the
fact that they are here is evidence of
his satisfaction with their work. How
ever. he said he wanted the people of
the valley to feel that both Mr.. Newell
and himself are as easily accessible
whenever they are needed for any
thing. as Mr. Hill who is locally in
charge. and whom he complimented
very highly.
Mr.. Fowler in closing reminded those
present that 1t is just seven years
since the matter Of the Salt river pro-
ject was first taken up with Mr.. New
ell, that operations had been continu-
ouSly harmonious and he predicted
that they would so remain until the
end.
The capitol building was brilliantly
Illuminated as soon as darkness APP
preached and presented a most at
tractive appearance. The offices of the
territorial officials were all thrown
open to the public though the recep-
ton proper was held in the office of
he wit &c
the corridors. Fruit punch was served
on the balcony of the building to all
visitors. Though there had been but
brief notice of the change to an early
hour. hundreds of the population had
learned of it and several hundred Viz
tied the capitol during the brief stay
of the secretary. Others who desired
to see him Were unfortunately disap-
pointed.
Arriving at the capitol the secretary
first spent a few minutes with Sur
veyOr General ingalls, and shortly after
o'clock was ushered into the govern
or's apartments by Secretary Nichols.
who was master of ceremonies. Gov
ernor Kibbey spoke but a few words
in introducing the distinguished guest
calling attention to the change in pro-
gram and to the preciousness of time.
He said it was unnecessary TO enter
into any lengthy Introduction, as every
one present was familiar with the
name of Garfield and knew the guest
as one of the younger statesmen Of the
land
The secretary responding made n
most impressive speech. 1t was not
long but every word was well said and
timely. He announced his regret at not
having more time at his disposal as he
had hoped to meet a great many peo-
pie personally and learn more of the
citizenship of the valley. However he
had other important engagements to
meet which he could Keep in no other
way. He referred TO his intention of
visiting Prescott, an incident he had to
abandon. regretfully. However, he had
met number of Prescott people and
had been more than pleased to make
their acquaintance and learn of the
city among the pines. Speaking of his
visit here the secretary said he had
had an excellent opportunity to meet
some of the people and many Of the
officials of the territory and he wanted
to say without flattery that he was
more than delighted with the kind of
people he had found in Arizona. He
spoke particularly of the governor. who
had largely arranged for his visit and
of all who had done their best to make
his visit a pleasant one. His remarks
in respect of the governor We're most
complimentary and he assured the
people that they should appreciate his
efforts to give a clean and capable adj
and he congratulated
them on having so capable a chief ex-
ecutive. He said he was not an entire
stranger to Arizona as he had been
here several times. his first visit being
as early as 1889. Still he supposed he