Arizona republican., 1909-07-12
Special Meeting of Farmers
 and Board of Governors WEDNESDAY JULY 14. 2 P. N.
Called For Discussion of the Question of Building the Water Temple-J u d g e Kibbey and Engineer L. c. Hill Will Speak.

The regular meeting of the board
 of governors of the Water Users asso- citation held last Monday, was ad- journed until Tuesday, July 20, when
 the chief business will be to levy the
 annual assessment. In deciding upon
 the annual assessment an important
 feature of the. discussion will be the ! advisability of making the assessment
 largea enough to raise funds for the
 construction of water temple for
 the Association on the lot contracted for by. the association, or the Y NJ. I ! c. A. block. 'As there has been some
 misunderstanding among the mem
 bers of the association, or rather as the question is deemed the most
 important one that has come before
 the association this year, it has been
 thought wise to call a special meeting
 of the board of governors and all the
 water users who are interested to
 consider that question solely, before the meeting of the board on the goth. at which time definite action must be tdhth OH the dHlludl assessment. [. There is much to be thought of in
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 President B. A. Fowler has there 1 fore .ealied Ia Sbeeting for ? o'clock l.ne2f Wednesds3 afternoon, July II. in the office of the association. Every member of the board. and every mem ..f Il cerned in the 'sdbjeet Is asked to be 1 present. Especially is it desired that 1 those who at the present time hold | views, adverse aoythe plan; will try and make it' jcenveIfisnt to attendi It 1 is expected nthatr'Judge Kibbey and | EngineernL. Css,Hill will be present | and address tho meeting on the ad- | visibility of the. construction of the | building. There are numerous req
 sons why advocates of the project | believe that it is not only the wisest | thing to do, but is, almost impera- | tive from the standpoint of economy | for the association both in' the way | of administration. ?. and .f in financial | expenditure. i9uis s6a th1 .-.
 It isr believed by them that a few | thousand dollaEs spent now when the
  save twice the amount in cash few | years later when the payments to the | government will alone be sufficient | annua lburden for the water users | to carry. And by keeping the asso- citation and the reclamation sevrice l under one roof there will be a per lection of administration that can | hardly be equaled if they are sep
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 pense and added conveniences for all | parties in interest, the association, the service and the farmers. Another thing ito ?, consider Is the practically | fire proof construction of the pro- posed building as against the pres ent quarters, or any others that may | be secured at an expense approXimat- ing the. present cost. The offices are for the. time being located as we'll | perhaps, as. they can be, and in as desirable a location and structure as the town affords Nevertheless it cannot but be appreciated that if a fire should gut the present postoffice building, data would be destroyed, the value of which could hardly be E estimated in money, and that is no reflection on present arrangements for everything is cared for in the safest possible manner under the conditions.
 One might present innumerable arguments in favor of the building, Ii but there is no desire to anticipate the discussion of the subject in detail, by the meeting on Wednesday. One |, point more however, may be referred to- as 1t might not be considered by the meeting which in its discussions will probably keep close to the financial estimates, pro and con This. however in broad sense, II also has a strong financial bearing. and the point in mind is. passing remark made the other day by J. e.. Waite, colonization- agent in Chica- go of the reclamation service, and just now concerned in furthering the interest of the land and irrigation ex- position to be held in. Chicago in No vember
 MT. Waite. said while looking at the water color picture of the. proposed water building. that if he could have that picture to display at Chicago and could tell the visitors to the 'ex- position that that was the sort Nof home office the settlers here had built for the administration of their irriga- tion system, it would do more good toward impressing possible colonists and settlers, than any article that could be written descriptive of the valley The Impression, of stability. prosperity and successful as indicated by such a structure, and as contrasted with the eastern idea of a few hungry , ranchers squatting in tents along a dry ditch, or the water bosses lean ing against their shack offices, would as an advertisement for new settlers, pay for itself in a short time, And the prosperity of this valley now all hinges on it's early settlement