Arizona republican., 1911-04-12
GEN. OTIS WRITES OF
 SALT RIVER VALLEY GOOD DESCRIPTION OF SALT RIVER RECLAMATION
 PROJECT. Complimentary Reference to U. s. R. s. and Acknowledgement of
 Arizona's Resources.

! calty and its irrigation system with his own eyes. preliminary to publica- | ton of an article that would reflect 1 his own impressions of a land Of ] which his great paper already | has printed so much. IL was the 1 generals first visit for years and ! there was much for him to see and | to absorb. He visited Roosevelt and ! was shown the Salt River valley and | met many of the people of Arizona. l gathered here to join in the dedica- ! tory exercises. Before he left for his | home he expressed his pleasure with i the experiences he had had locally and his confidence in the future of | the valley, now insured by the stor- age of an ample supply Of irrigating water
 In last Sundays Times, comprising the leading article of it's industrial section, the general sums up the re suits of his investigations in an en- ! tertaining and valuable article, eight columns in length, well illustrated. The article as a whole is one which might have been issued by the local | board of trade, full of data such as might especially meet the demands of prospective settler It covers all the field of agricultural development and products live stock. Ostriches, markets, etc, with more than pass ing reference to climate. Irrigation is covered eXhaustively, as well as the growth of the national irrigation idea which eliminated so grandly at last in the iniGation of work on the Roosevelt project. There is full description of the water service of the Salt River valley and clear ex- planatlOn of the means whereby the farmers have secured water storage and how they will pay for it, at least partially by the sale of the water power created
 Especial credit is given by the writer to the manner in which the Roosevelt project was carried through by Engineer Hill and his associates. Particularly praised was the "judicious economy used in the work, despite the very costly accessories. No nec- essary expenditure was begrudged in the building of this great work and no unnecessary expenditure was made The Roosevelt dam cost great sum Of money, but. so far as appears. not a dollar of graft was paid to anybody. Water storage came high, but the Salt River valley farm CTS had to have it, and it was ob- tained.' A strong point was touched upon in the statement, Fortunately for all concerned the courts of Ari zona at an early day rejected the commOn-law doctrine of riparianism in favor of the early California rule of prior beneficial appropriation"
 In the course of the article, Phoe- nix is given extended mention, with adequate reference to her growth in the past and to her present prosper ity and her assured hopes, the city founded within a beautiful valley, resplendent under the unhindered sun with green fields and orchards, set in frame of friendly mountains, red, brown, purple and parti- -colored in their coverings"
 Yuma and the Laguna project also have been given attention, the project as one in every particular differing from that on Salt river though the agricultural conditions are similar. | An interesting note is made of the fact that the mouth of the Nile and | that of the Colorado, the American Nile" are upon the same degree of latitude, the Colorado possessing many other points of resemblance to the 1 historic African stream.
 General Otis copies an anecdote credited by him to Tom Fitch, the silver -tongued. erstwhile of Arizona. | concerning a ship, sailing out of sight | of land, east of the South American coast, its crew suffering for lack of | fresh water till discovery was made | that the water alongside had become fresh from the flow of the mighty Amazon river. To Arizonians, seem ingly unaware of their riches, there 1 fore Is given the advice: Friends, | you today are in the Amazon of Op- portunity. Dip it up!'
 With regard to these opportunities, | is told: Arizona offers 8 most in viting field to settlers. Here may be | grown every fruit, vegetable and | cereal known to any zone. Cotton and flax production will be equally 1 profitable. The mineral resources have hardly been touched. Humboldt | predicted that here would be found l the treasure chamber of the world. | anu Nllt uDOiS lllotl lSdu lO IL Wlll I swing back upon their hinges at the | open sesame of the miners pick. l Here are vast forests of timber Here, | in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, | Is one of the natural wonders of the | world. Here the ruins of an empire lost and gone puzzle the antiquarian's research, and the promise of an em- pire of progress and wealth to come invites capitalist and laborer. The highest needs of the future state and the best interests of all her people i whether men of money or men of brains and brawn, will bring about the indispensable rule of industrial freedom, and under it this Land of the Sun, in the broad and ever-ex- banding southwest, will thrive and develop as it can in no other way Verify, the 'Sun-kissed Land is d land of opportunity
 General Otis never shutters when he speaks his mind and has chosen the opportunity to tell a few things concerning the work the Times has done in the past for the benefit of Arizona and for the celebration of the territory's advantages and con ditiOns. often despite opposition from
 "a class of alleged republicans, of