Arizona republican., 1912-12-28
To Secure the Best Results From the Vast Expendi- lures Made by the Gov ernment for Reclamation of Arid Lands
OBJECT OF VISIT
 OF DIRECTOR NEWELL
The Many Things to Be Done Under the Head of Maintenance and Opera tion of the Projects Near ing Completion

"The best way to bring attention local newspapers to publish to the world what is being done on those lands; for the people who are doing those things to write to friends and tell them what they are doing. All this will do much more good and bring more settlers and buyers to your section than tons of purely ad- vcrtising literature"
 The foregoing is the advice of
 Frederick H. Newell, director of the
 reclamation service, who is making
 a tour of the projects under con
 struction or partially completed un-
 der the service for the purpose of
 considering the very important prob
 lem of maintenance and operation of the projects in order that they may
 be made the most efficient and that
 the greatest returns may be derived
 from the money that the government
 has invested for the water users.
 MT Newell is therefore interested
 in bringing under the projects the
 best class of men from all parts of
 the country, men who want to go
 where things are being done; where
 they are sure of the best opportuni
 ties.
 Speaking of advertisements, he said that there was a time when the i'm migration departments of the rail- roads were doing a great thing for the west. But of late the claims of the rival bureaus have become so contradictory that the glowing ad- vertisements are all looked upon with suspicion. The simple, matter of fact news of the community told in the local newspapers arrests attention and leads to an investigation, fol- lowed by conviction.
 MT Newell arrived in the city yes- terday, accompanied by Supervising Engineer Louis C. Hill and l.. M. Lawson, maintenance and operation inspector, with headquarters at Los Angeles, whence the party came di rectly to Phoenix.
 MT Newell will meet the gentle men connected with the maintenance and operation department of the Salt River project today, and tomor- row he will confer with the represen- tatives of six other projects. Building dams and irrigation works" said MT. Newell last night, "is not the most difficult part of the reclamation scheme. There is a sort of glamor about that work which passes away with the completion of that phase of the task and the time of payment for it approaches. Of the 100000 acres which have been e- claimed by the service a compara- lively small part of it is under cul- { nd ri of cultivated land is being worked to l the best advantage This problem must be solved by the farmer and he must be shown how. But it is not all for the farmer to do. Ways
 must be devised for getting the wa 1 ter to the smallest water user in the l most economical manner and in l way that will make it do him the 1 most good.''
 The canals and irrigation works. | MT. Newell said, must be kept at 1 their highest efficiency at the least cost to the water users. The water users must be taught how to apply the water most economically and to the best advantage and how to cul- | tivate the land the most profitably. | Means must be taken for bringing in settlers of the right kind that all | the land for which water is available
 may be brotght under cultivation. r The average returns from the farm lands of this country, said MT Newell, is $25 an acre. That is not lenough; it is a waste of money to construct costly irrigation works for such results. That is not home mak- ing.
 There are many things to be done, said MT Newell, before the reclama- ton projects will all be yielding the kgreatest possible returns. There tmust be a creation of markets and development of railroad facilities. He said that under the Twin Falls proj- ect there are 26O0O0 tons of alfalfa in stacks, with no sale for it. There are not cattle enough in that country to eat it and there are insufficient transportation facilities for it's re- moval to market.
 l But in this respect he was pleased to observe that the users under the Salt River project were favorably situated. their lands being not only productive but the products being convenient to good and growing
 market. Returning to the object of his visit. MT. Newell said that the present phase of the reclamation work, main !