The daily sentinel., 1908-07-30
THE CANAL
WILL BE BUILT

(COnt1nued from Page II
of Commerce, and he made a very
excellent speech introducing Secre.
tary Garfield, whose utterances upon
the High Line project were. OF
course, the most important of all the
things that were said by the various
speakers.
In his speech Secretary Garfield
reviewed the various projects now
being undertaken by the government
the competition for money to under
take reclamation work and what
were to be considered the meritori-
Gus projects in the eyes of the gov
ernment.
1.-THE CANAL WILL BE BUILT
This was the keynote of the ad-
dress by the secretary. There were
no ifs nor ands about this emphatic
declaration, save that he said that,
contentious of the people of this val
ley, there would be no question upon
the building of the project.
The unqualified statement of Sec
retary Garfield is the most import
ant utterance that has been made in
this valley, and means more to the
people than volumes of words.
He said it would be impossible to
say when money would be available
or when work could begin on the
project, but that it would be ulti-
mately built was his satisfying as
surance to those gathered around the
board.
But he said that before the govern
ment shall ever stick pick in the
ground there must not be any en-
tanglements of any kind whatever.
The right of way and all obstructive
methods must be satisfied before the
government would undertake to
strike shovelful of work on the
project.
Furthermore, Mr.. Garfield said
that he had a peculiar personal in
terest in the project and that in his
judgment it was one of the most
feasible and best in all the west.
Werner y. Reed, who sat beside
Mr.. Garfield, was the next speaker.
He said that in the words of Mr.. Gar
field, the canal would be built; that
1t was the most important saying
that could be made for this whole
valley, and was of inestimable value.
Engineer F. II. Newell spoke very
shortly. He said that he realized
that the people in western Colorado
were favorable to the government
undertaking the projects of canal
building; but he deplored the fact
that some newspapers had misrep-
resented matters and that these clip
pings were sent to Washington and
that senators and representatives of
other sections of the country, who
were working to have the govern
ment undertake reclamation pro-
jects used this adverse comment for
their own private ends.
Following the breakfast the party
Il tod l.
be told that bridge had burned out
1T Dominguez, and then it was de-
cided that the party, at the request
of Secretary Newell should visit the
famed orchard lands of the Palisade
district.
Those who accompanied the party
n Mr.. Wadleigh's private car were
Mayor Wentworth, Edwin Price.
Secretary Aupperle, MO. Delaplain,
j. Fl. Schiesswohl, Senator DeLong,
John F. Moore, F. II. Newell, E. E.
Sands and o. G. Coen, and several
others whose names were not obtain
able
Arriving at Palisade, the party
was driven through the orchards, the
scene presented being a revelation to
Mr.. Garfield, to whom was explained
the value of the land before orchards
were planted and it's present day val
ne. 1t was explained to him that
the product Of one acre of land in
that fruit region was equal to the
selling value of the land in any other
reclamation project now being built
by the government
The party returned to this city at
about 1910 pm, thoroughly pleased
with their trip.
Certainly it has been most i'm
portant day in Grand valley history