Arizona republican., 1914-03-26
Support the Resolutions

More important than any other question that will come before the water users election on Anri, z more important than the choice of T ooverrir sire that the scope of the project shall be enlarged by one sixth, include every acre of irrioa Die land in the valley. There will come before the members of the association at that time two reso luuohs' embodying recommendations by the hoard ol survey in it's report for the consarvatio, oi the flood waters of the Verde river and for the installation of twenty-one additional pumnino nart
 The board of survey limited the acreaea upder the Roosevelt project 1S3OoO acres There Were excluded about $1.0G0 acres which had bean siand up ln the association, and part of which had been Tn cultivation, though not within the last tbrae years
 Realizing the importance not only to tbe owners of these excluded lands. but to the whole N'lleS, of supplying them with water the board recommended the construction of d reservoir on me Verde and the installation of additional pump ing plants If the association adopts this view at e election the subject will be passed to the proper authorities. with the result, believe that there VIII De an early development of the needed water
 We can think of no reason why any resident or the valley should not enthusiastically endorse these resolutions, for the concern of every land owner in the valley is the concern of all Every acre added to the irrigabe area is an addition to the wealth of the valley. Any acre left to go hack to the desert would be a blot upon the whole
 The additional proposed water supply would make the supply of the whole project more uniform and certain, for, though there is an abundance of water for all the lands which the board of survey mas included in the project, we can remotely con celSe situation in which there might not be enough But with the more steadily flowing waters of the Verde at disposal to supplement the waters of the Roosevelt dam there could never come q time when there would not be an ample slpplv for all
 We have heard that water users though We do not know who they can be- have expressed opposition to the resolutions the ground that they relate to matters in which they have no concern; they themselves are already assured of water for thelr lands are among the 1S3,00O included by the board of They have understood that the cost of the developments recommended in the reso- lutons would be added the cost of the Salt River project which. they think would increase their own share of the burden.
 out if such objectng water would engage in little calculation they would discover that their own loads would be frightened thereby It is esti. mated that the total of on the Verde and the twenty y-one proposed pumping plants would not exceed $1,5o0,o00. If this sum were added to the cost of the Salt River project the total were divided by 2110oo the number of acres which would then take part in the payment it would be found that the cost per acre under the whole project would be little than $4 an acre less than if the cost of the Salt River project, it now stands were borne by the 1s3ooO acres which have been included in that project
 Thus there is selfish we'll as broad and patriotic reason why every water should sup port these resolutions at the election on April z
 The Republican from the beginning has stead fastly advocated the the flood waters of the Verde The waters which pour down tha stream and past the city in d flood several times year should be saved for the watering every acre of irrigabe land in the valley We believe that the Salt River project will be incomplete until this water is saved and every in this great valley has been brought under cultivation.
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