Arizona republican., 1908-06-14

he none on which he will look with
greater pride and affection than this.
the first completed work of his genius.
This is his day and this his monument,
and, Cunning to Mr.. HID, most fortu-
nate indeed, Mr.. Hill, is the man who
can stand before his own monument, as
an Irishman might say, in his own life
time. This day indeed marks new
era for the people of this valley.
This is the expression that is in
every ones mouth, and it is true. The
rosy dawn of hope fulfilled, has ush-
cred in the bright day of prosperity.
We are assured for all time Of a per-
manent means OF diversion to our land
of the water that makes our wealth.
and soon, right soon now, we are by
the great storage dam above to have
a permanent ever ready supply of that
water. We are a fortunate people and
we have a right to rejoice. But be-
cause Of this good fortune is it not a
fitting time to pause for a moment to
inquire whether we ourselves may not
better our condition of recep
tiveness for all this good fortune? We
are a patriotic people, we are loyal
people to our territory, and to our in
stitutions We have recently been
through the fire of that ordeal and
have proved our metal. We are law
abiding people We are an intelligent
people. Indeed the other day, in some
magazine, the Great Southwest, /
think, in an article booming the valley,
saw the astonishing statement put
in / think by some enemy of the board
of trade. that ninety per cent of the
people of the Salt River valley were
college graduates. l can not imagine
a statement more likely to discourage
immigrati on, were it true. But take
us all IN al no better American citi-
zens are to be found in our country
than our own people. But we have
our faults and to some of them, l
want to call attention"
The judge then proceeded to speak
of the necessity of cooperation and
deprecated the existence of cliques
and the men who had their axes to
grind He said 1--WE should not fail
to remember that the success of our
neighbor, the advancement of the
community means an increase in
individual prosperity. that we help
ourselves by pushing our neighbor up,
not by pulling him down; that to join
in any movement or plan for the ad-
vancement and growth of the COM
munity at large in the end will
rebound to our own individual advance
ment and prosperity; for the growth
of our own prosperity is, of a neces-
sity must be, measured to a great eX-
tent by the growth and prosperity of
the community in which we live" The
speaker said that he did not wish to
dwell to much on the ills the people
, were heir to lest he meet the fate of
/ the doctor who was called in to eX-
anime man and who told him that
he was very i'll and could not possibly
recover and asked him if there was
any wish he would like to express be-
fore he passed beyond, Yes" said the
sick man. Il wish had called in some
other doctor"
The judge spoke of the great ad-
vantage that it would be if all the
land owners in the valley would joir
the association and thus simplify the
matter of the distributing of the wat
er. He pointed out that while some OF
those having old rights to water might
feel that they did not need the dan
at Roosevelt, every man using water