Arizona republican., 1908-11-29


 control every thing is chanegd and thu supply of water for irrigation can b' relied upon and provided and with les: cost to consumers.
 T expect soon to see all of thi: beautiful country cut up into smal farms, each with its pretty house anC barn. its chicken coop, fruit trees patch of alfalfa, sugar beets or what ever the farmer finds the most profit | able. Three acres of this land vii support a family. keep them iron want and provide them with some oi the luxuries of life.
 within a very few years this whole valley will radiate from it's different l centers with trolley lines, freight rates will be cheaper and cities will spring | up in the sun kissed desert I con | fidently expect that most of those present will live to witness these changes and profit by them" Dr. Foss spoke of the resources to be derived from the reclamation pro- ject.. He gave statistics showing the enormous horse power which will be obtained from the Roosevelt dam and the usues to which it can be put. He cited the Kelvin mines which are will ing and glad to become patrons and users of the stored energy and gave figures showing the amount of money which would be returned toward the cost of the project from this source alone.
 Dr. Foss then made an apt compar- ison of the Salt River valley with that of the Nile. ''The valley of the Nile, ' he continued. 'is more readily irri- gated than this valley. It is self irri- gated as the river annually overflows its banks. But on account of min eral salt in the soil it is not so fertile as this valley. The soil is but two or three inches deep while in the Salt River valley rock bottom has never been struck. Layers of the same soil as on the surface are found 600 feet below it."
 B. A. Fowler and Dr. Foss both spoke on somewhat the same lines MT. Fowler. as president of the Water Users association. rehearsed the his tory of the reclamation project and showed what it would do for the val ley.
 George W. Martin, who has been resident of Glendale for many, years, told of the early frontier days in the territory and contrasted those times with the present
 Judge Ainsworth, who was to have made an address. was unable to be present.
 At 3:3O o'clock everybody who could piled into waiting train and were taken to the factory where they were shown the machinery and just how it worked. A great deal of interest was shown in the factory and the big rooms were crowded with visitors.
 One of the amusing incidents of the day was the escape of the pig before he was greased. When it was found that he had broken out of his pen the judges turned the boys loose to find him. He was finally caught by Frank Demarbeix who did not know what to do with the animal after he had him. He finally turned the pig over to five of The Republicans "newsies" These boys were about to make off with the pig when j. G. Hammells who pre- scented the pig, said that he had bor- rowed it as his own pig was too fat to run. MT. Hammells strapped the pig to his saddle and rode away with it. Just who won the pig is still mystery.
 The bun slicing contest was entered by Dorothy Kendrick, Mrs. Pitts, Mrs. Bennett, Mrs Kimber, Misses Mary
  Maud Tourney. After an exciting con- test Miss Goldie Tike got first. Miss Mary Tourney second and Miss Maud Tourney. third
 The 200 yard hurdles was won by Charles Gillette with Rolly Weigold second. Others in the race were Wes- ley Wilson, Charles Barker. Wilson Lamar, Charles and Lloyd Pitts.
 The standing broad jump was won by R. Barker with Charles Barker, second. The sack race was won by c. Hendricks, with Lacey Bennett. second. Joe Kimber and Charles Ben nett also ran. in the shoe race Willie Bennett came out first and Hammells second. Lee Coffelt, Lloyd and Chas Pitts. Milton Bennett and R. Weigold were also entered.
 The girls potato race was won by Helen Hammells with Lea Bennett, second. Jennie owen, Mamie Kimber and Edith Hollinger were not far be- hind.
 Wilson Lamar won the 100 yard dash with Charles Barker second The half mile was won by Charles Gillette with Wilson Lamar second.
 The tug of war between ten men from Glendale and ten visitors was won by the visitors after a terrific struggle.
 A hotly contested base ball game be- tween the Mother Hubbaris and the Beet Eaters resulted in a victory for the latter by the score of 8 to 5.
 The one-half- mile relay horse race in which Glendale raced against Pe- oria was won by the latter. The one mile relay free for all was won by James Wagner of Peoria and also the one-third mile running race.