Arizona republican., 1907-06-15
SECRETARY GARFIELD
 COMING IN AUGUST
Arthur P. Davis, Chief Engineer of the Reclamation Service Passed Through Yesterday en Route to Roosevelt.

Engineer l.. C. Hill of the reclama-
 Ter of the Salt River Valley Water
 Users association. have both been ad- Vised from Washington. that James R.
 Garfield. secretary of the interior will
 pay visit in August. The secretary
 Is arranging the itinerary of Il western
 tour that will embrace most of the
 large storage projects He will visit
 the north first. Kalmath Falls, Truckee
 and then Yuma, coming from there
 here.
 His visit in these parts is scheduled
 for August 18th to I6th inclusive and
 he will be accompanied it is expected
 by four other officials. but who they are has not been announced yet. The
 secretary's visit here has a two-fold
 object. One is to look over the stor- age project and the other is to visit the Indian school. both the reclama- tion and Indian bureaus being attach ed to his department It has been a long time. probably not since the visit of President Mckinley. since a depart ment secretary has visited Arizona. and the occasion is one in which Ari- Zona will be much interested. for of all the department heads. none is in a position to do so much for Arizona as the secretary of the interior. Though he is q comparatively new man in that office his influence has always been favorable and Arizona cannot but pro fit from his closer acquaintance with the big things now under way here.
 ;afa 1at fIal h. nd hA most diligent study of it. cannot i'm press the secretary with local condi- tions and needs. half so much as a few days of personal observation.
 MT Hill and MT. Fowler have been instructed to arrange a local program that will make the best possible dispo- sitlon of his time during the dates named. They have not vet perfected all the details but have outlined a plan that includes a trip to Roosevelt the day of arrival, Tuesday. August 18th. the spending of that night there. and Of Wednesday and Wednesday night also, in an inspection of the construc- tion work at Roosevelt and the intake at the head Of the basin and return Thursday via Granite Reef. IL is like ly an arrangement will be made for some kind of public reception Thursday night at the Hotel Adams. when the people of the city may meet the visitors. Friday will be devoted to looking over as much of the valley as possible and a visit to the Indian school. Friday night the party will leave for Fl Paso, the next stopping place.
 In this connection il is pleasing to note also that Arthur P. Davis. chief engineer of the reclamation service. arrived here yesterday forenoon on the train from the south. He stopped but a few minutes in Phoe- nix. leaving at once for Roosevelt in MT Hills automobile. accompanied by MT and Mrs. Hill and their daughter Margaret. Mrs. B. A. Fowler and En- gineer O. H. Ensign. who came in on the same train with MT. Davis. The party went up via Granite Reef and expects to return to Phoenix Sunday evening.
 MT. Davis. as most people know, is really the father of the Roosevelt stor- age project. as George H. Maxwell is the father of the national irrigation idea. which made it's construction pos sible. MT. Davis was working on the project long before the move ment for national irrigation approach ed a possible reality. In his connec- tion with the geological survey he se- lected the site as most desirable one and drew the first plans made for the dam. Though for years his activities were in the main devoted to other things he never for moment gave up his desire to see dam there. and his ambition to help build 1t. When the time finally came for actual work he was in charge of prelimina- ries and continued to direct them until the growth of the service called him to a position higher up. While he now has the greatest possible interest in the success of all the storage projects, if there is any one in which he may be pardoned for having d personal pride, it is the big undertaking under way in this vallev.