The Parker post., 1912-11-09
DELEGATION
FAVORS BILL
HAYDEN BILL, WITH SLIGHT
CHANGE, TO BE REINTRODUC-
ED-CoNGREssioNAL DELEGA-
TION ASSURES EARLY SUCCESS
OF PARKER PROJECT.


have been a number of bills intro
duced in congress which provided for
Indian reservation lands, but none of
them was wholly satisfactory to all
parties concerned In the drafting of
these various bills the department
of the interior had to be convinced
that there was nothing contained
therein which the Officials of the de-
partment did not approve; then,
the Indian Rights association had to
be satisfied that the Indians were to
be given square deal; the senator's
and congressman of Arizona wanted
things the way they believed would
work out the best for everyone, and
the people of Parker had views ON
the matter which they believed
should be considered
Last, but not least, the Greeley
Arizona irrigation company has been
making a fight for over two years
to secure an inside track over others
for the construction of the irrigation
works which will be necessary for
the reclamation of the lands
Even the reclamation service has
had hand in the matter. and wanted
to be shown whether there was act
ually any other feasible plan to irri-
gate the lands other than that which
could be provided in the course of
the next twenty years by Uncle Sam
himself
The Hayden bill, introduced dur
ing the closing days of the last sea-
sion of congress, with certain chang
es. is undoubtedly the most satisfac-
tory measure ever presented to con-
gress relative to the opening of these
lands. The bill was prepared by de-
partmental Officials and represents
their views in the premises
1t was for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the views of the members of
the Arizona congressional delegation
number of Parker citizens went to
Phoenix last week to hold a confer
ence with Senators Ashurst and
Smith and Congressman Hayden. A
meeting was set for Friday morning
of last week, but owing to Senator
Ashurst's illness it was found that
ho oil oil of
the senators and Mr. Hayden together
at one time, owing to the political
campaign then closing and the extra
labor they had in meeting constitu-
ents during the week.
AS result of having to meet the
gentlemen separately at various times
the full delegation of Parker citizens
were unable to be always on hand
while number had left for home
before some of the meetings were
held
At the conferences with Senator
Smith and Congressman Hayden the
whole matter was gone over thor
oughly and a line of action decided
upon The most important change
i'm the Hayden bill was the changing
of the wording in Section H. which
in mequiVOcal language, grants the
state the right to construct a dam ac
ross the Colorado river, or the cor
poration or individual receiving q
contract from the state to construct
such irrigation works
According to the Hayden bill the
second payment on the land is pay
able one year after the first payment
This was changed to read, lone
year after water is delivered upon
the land" Other slight changes were
made and agreed upon.
On Saturday evening a conference
was held with Senator Ashurst al
the home of his sister, Mrs. Louis
Yeager The Senator had been in
feeling more refreshed Saturday
afternoon, and agreed to a meeting
in the evening
At this meeting were Messrs. G
G. Dunn, T. NJ Dremen, G. A. Marsh
and j. B. Flanagan. The Hayden
bill was taken UP section by section
and the changes made at the meeting
with Congressman Hayden were full
ly agreed to by Senator Ashurst
1t was decided that a new bill be
introduced at the opening Cf con
gress i'm December embodying the
various changes, which will be ac-
ceptable, no doubt, to the department
of the interior as the only impor-
tant change is the section specifi-
cally granting to the state the right
to build a dam across the river, or