Arizona republican., 1909-05-13
THE GUESTS
 IF PARKER Governor Sloan and MessrS.
 Ripley and Murphy 4 VIEW OF THE COUNTRY From Which the Residents Hope That Much Will Re- suit --- Encouraging Word From President Taft and Vice President Sherman.
4 VIEW OF THE COUNTRY
(By Tom shultz)

Parker Aria, May S.-(Special correspondence of The Republican.)- On the morning of the Sth inst. the special train of President F. M. Mur- phy of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix railway, made its second ap- pearance in Parker within less than a month With Mir. Murphy was Private Secretary Cruice, Vice Presi- dent Drake, General Freight and Passenger Agent Hastings, all of the S r. P & P. who were accompany ing E. P. Ripley, president of the great Santa Fe system, A. G. Wells, general manager of A. T. & $. F. coast lines, Governor R. E. Sloan, L. \, Hill, supervising engineer of the reclamation service, Mir. Code, en- gineer in the Indian department, and H l.. Brown, superintendent of the Clara Consolidated.
 Sbortly after the arrival of the sneciaI, sufficient number of private carriages were turned out by our citizens, and the distinguished gentle mon were taken for a drive over few miles of the valley below town. Erorn the rim of the mesa below Parker places of interest were point ed oft such as the line of the A. & C to the west, the Whipple, Savajo, rr,,rt1a Riverside and Marie noun tains Eith the information given of inc mineral they contain; the broad evnanse of fertile land, spreading o,,t in ,he direction of Yuma much farther than their eyes could reach; inc siIvefy Colorado flowing at their feet in all it's majestic power, were entbusia stically commented upon, showing the appreciation in which this entire section with Parker as it's base is held by these prominent visitors The party also visited Head gate Rock and inspected the site of inc pump,ng plant from where the water will be taken and conveyed by canal soutl of town for the irrigation of 10000 afres.
 When the party returned from its drive the train was run across the river for the purpose of viewing the S1 .OOO. 900 brilge. If reports are true, more credit is due MT Ripley than any other single individual for the completion of this mammoth struc- ture of steel and concrete, as the writer has byen informed that the manic of more than year ago called for retrenchmelt along the Santa Fe and it's branch lines and railroad eX- tension as outlined at that time had to be curtailed in many places and if was his decision that completed the Parker bridge a the sacrifice ot some other project.
 MT. Ripley was much impressed with what he saw, though his visit was only of three bours duration. All that he was fairly well acquainted through reliable data of the topography and probable resources of this section and while this visit afforded him only a glimpse, it was a sufficient verifica- ton of the information he had and that he was very well pleased in deed, with the future possibilities of the place.
 No one in Parker knew that Gov. Sloan was with the party until he stepped on the platform where he was kept busy shaking hands with riends. The governor may get peope to calling him by his proper title some time in the future, but some how with some of us, the dear old word