Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-06-14

took their shoes off but more of them
did not. All forenoon and part of the
afternoon was spent by many men
and boys who came early, in swimming
and fishing and some fine catches were
made.
On the north side at the upper end
of the leyee Engineer Martin had con-
structed temporary booth for the en-
tertainment of the official party which
came in two automobiles. One brought
Supervising Engineer L c. Hill, Judge
Kent, Engineer j. D.. Stannard and
Chas. A. Van der Veer, secretary of
the Water Users Association. The
other brought Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight B.
Heard and son, Bartlett, Governor
Kibbey and Jno. P. Orme. Mrs. Heard
was the hostess of the booth and she
was assisted by Mrs. Martin, the la
dies spreading the sumptuOus lunch
cons that were brought along, and fur
nishing the speakers with cooling lem
onade.
Long before the hour for the speech
making, the crowd lined itself up at
points of vantage to listen to the story
of the first completed work of the pro-
jeet, which in its entirety was made
possible by the cystallizing of that
idea fought for so long by George H.
Maxell, who first impressed on this
people the lesson of cooperation, in
the Hansbrough- Newlands bill, signed
by President Roosevelt, made effective
by the officials of the reclamation
service on the part of the government
and by Judge Kibbey and B. A. Fow-
Ter on the part of the people. these be-
ing aided by half a hundred energetic
and self sacrificing citizens.
1t was about 1870 when Engineer Hill
asked for attention. He spoke briefly
on the opening of the dam. said that
many before him had lived here for
years and years, had seen times when
there were dams but no water. and
water but no dams; times when the
crops of single year. Ald there been
ample water, would have paid for
the dam but which without 1t were al
most utter failures. But all this has
passed away and hereafter when there
is water in the river it will be avail
able for the lands. Referring to the
structure itself he said its construction
was authorized two years ago last
September, a year was spent in pre-
liminaries and in just eighteen months
after work began it was completed. He
said the general plan of the dam had
been designed by Engineer A. l.. Har-
ris, its mechanical devices by Engineer
F. Teichman and its construction had
been directed by Engineer J. w. Mar
The governor in response said he had
He introduced Governor Kibbey who
he said will address you if he does
not forget what to say"
The governor in speonse said he had
plenty to say and the only difficulty
would be in making the people hear.
He said IL was unfortunate that every
citizen could not be present as all
would like to be We're it not for lack
of facilities, and the intense heat. How
ever. he continued, II is not what is said
that means so much but the facts as
they exist today that are Of greatest
interest The address was too long to
give in full without omitting other inn
portant features but a synopsis of it
follows:
This is but one feature of the great
work of conservation the government
has undertaken. little over six
years ago President Roosevelt in his
message urged the work of reclamation
and water storage. Senator Newlands
introduced a bill and Senator Hans
brough another one, of similar import.
Both were referred to committees and
merged in the Hansbrough- Newlands
reclamation law which was passed and
signed by President Roosevelt June H.
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