Arizona republican., 1911-01-24
DEDICATION
 OF THE DAM Colonel ROOSeVekFi Dates
 of Celebration ARRIVES HERE MARCH l8
Will Leave Immediately for Town That Bears His Name, Returning For Festivities in Phoenix on Monday, March 20.

Theodore Roosevelt. to whom was left the fixing of date suiting his con venience for the formal dedication of the Roosevelt dam and celebration of the event in Phoenix. has named Satur- day. March IS, as the day for the cere- mony at Roosevelt. and Mondas', March 20. as the date of the Phoenix celebra- tion They will arrive here Saturday morning with Mrs. Roosevelt their daughter and three friends, IS guests of the Salt River Valley Water Users association, start at once for the dam with the idea of formally Gedicating it in the early afternoon, spending the night there, returning as far as Mesa on Sunday and spending the night there. coming to Phoenix Monday morning, leaving here at 7:3O Monday evening for Los Angeles. This will probably be the plan carried out in the main. though it is likely it will be modified somewhat in detail to suit local conditions the colonel is perhaps not familiar with, but without inter fering with his general itinerary. The plans as they are now arranged by Mir. Roosevelt came in the following ltlltE ItttlAtu NtcAtAhdA bs D'atAA Orme, president of the Salt River Val ley Water Users association:
 The Outlook, PSI Fourth Avenue, New
 York office of Theodore Roosevelt
 January 16th, 1911.
 My Dear Sir-Mr. Roosevelt desires me to acknowledge receipt of your let ter and to say that he hopes to reach Phoenix on the morning of Saturday, March 18th, at o'clock. He would then like to motor from Phoenix in or der to reach Roosevelt for the form al opening of the Roosevelt dam in the early afternoon. He will then stay at Roosevelt for the night in cottage to be reserved for him. MT Clarence John Blanchard. T.. $. reclamation service, Washington. D. C., has been into the office several times regarding these ar engagements, and it would be well for you in making your arrangements to get in touch with Mir. Blanchard so that there may be no hitch in the mat ter. on Sunday. March 18th, Mir. Roosevelt will motor from Roosevelt to Mesa and will stay at Mesa for Sun day night on Monday morning he will leave Mesa for Phoenix and will stay in that town until T:30 that even ing, when he will have to leave for Los Angeles. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt, and probably by about three friends. If there is anything further you would like to know I hope you will not fail to write, and when your program is sufficiently advanced I hope you will send me a copy in order to see that everything is in order.
 Faithfully yours,
 CSigned) FRANK HARPER,
 Secretary.
 MT John P. Orme.
 President Salt River Valley Water
 Users Association. Phoenix. Ariz"
 For the further outlining of plans for the proper reception and entertain ment of the distinguished party, the board of governors of the water users association will hold a special meeting Saturday morning for the appointment of a special committee of arrange to cooperate with a similar commit tee to be appointed by the board of trade that the celebration may be made as much as possible public affair un- der the direction of the joint commit tee. While the party will be primarily the guests of the water users associa- tion it is likely the board of trade will be the host at a luncheon or some similar function as the necessity of the coloners departure in the early evening will scarcely make possible banquet or formal dinner. with the oratory that usually accompanies such incidents.
 It is well known that Mir. Roosevelt s son Archie is attending the Evans school. near Mesa City, which is most likely the reason for his plan to spend the night there. It is believed, however that the plan may be modified by hav- ing Archie Roosevelt meet the party here. accompany it to the dam and be one of the guests of the occasion. Returning on Sunday the party will doubtless want to visit the Evans school and view the country around Mesa City, but there will be ample time to do that in the several hours of day light left after reaching Mesa City, so it is not improbable the party will re- turn to Phoenix Sunday night and be here early for the festivities of Monday C. J. Blanchard of the reclamation service is taking an active interest in | the arrangements at the other end, and the water users association will com municate with him at once, as well as with MT. Roosevelt. that the arrange ments may all be thoroughly under stood in good time. It is understood that MT Roosevelt will come in a |