Arizona republican., 1914-04-04
NATIONAL PARK . PLAN |S URGED
Water Users Get Out Reso- lutions Defining Bound ary of Proposed "Ari- zona National Park = All Unite in Boosting

- Strong resolutions favoring the for mation by the United States of a grand pleasure park from those re- gions immediately surrounding the Roosevelt lake, the Salt river down to Granite Reef and the scenic highway, were passed by the board of gOver- nors of the Water Users. and are now being sent to the proper men in Washington. The following resolu- tions giving the boundaries are but few of the many that have been i fired at the Arizona representatives by interested organizations in the i state. ] Resolution BE IT RESOLVED: That it is the sense of the board of governors of the Salt River Valley Water Users i Association that the great scenic and 1 engineering attractions in and about i the Roosevelt reservoir and dam, and l Granite Reef dam and the road from ] the boundaries of the Salt River pro- ject to Roosevelt and Globe, should ! De always IlldllildlHcu anu Plcscl y Cu as a great national play ground, and to that end, we strongly recommend ! that a national park, to be known as the Arizona National Park be created to include said attractions within it's bounds, and that such national park should be bounded approximately as follows:
 Beginning at point on the west boundary of the TOnto National For est one mile north of the Salt river, thence parallel to Salt river in an easterly direction and one mile north
 of same to point one mile from the
 high water mark of the Roosevelt
 reservoir; then around said high
 water mark one mile distant and
 parallel to same. to point where
 said line interSects a line one mile
 north of and parallel to the Globe
 Roosevelt road; thence easterly along
 said line to the eastern boundary of
 the Tonto National Forest; thence following the boundary of said Tonto I National Forest to a point where
 same intersects line one mile south
 of and parallel to the Roosevelt Globe
 road; thence westerly one mile south
 of said parallel to Roosevelt Globe
 road to the point of intersection of
 the Roosevelt Globe road and the
 line between Gila and Maricopa
 Counties, thence southeasterly along
 said boundary line between Gila and
 Maricopa Counties to it's intersection
 with the boundary line between the
 Tonto and Crook National Forests
 thence southwesterly along said
 boundary line between the Tontt and Crook National Forests to its 5 intersection with the boundary line
 between Maricopa and Pnal Coun-
 ties to its intersection with Tortillf
 Creek, thence in northwesterly
 direction following Tortilla Creek t,
 it's intersection with line one mil, s south of and parallel to the Phoenix !, Roosevelt road, thence westerly par , allel to and one mile south of roa,
 to it's said intersection with tn : southern boundary of the Tonto Ma tional Forest, thence north and yves along said boundary to point of be ginning Also that certain tract ly : ing one mile on each side of tn ,. PhOeniX-Roosevelt road, between tn - Eastern Canal and the Tonto Ma - tional Forest.
 - Be it further resolved that a cop If of this resolution be transmitted t . the President, to the Honorable Sec g retary of the Interior, to Senator f Smith and Ashurst, and Congressman
 Hayden, and that they each be re . spectfully requested to lend thei
 hearty support and assistance to tn
 creation of such national park an
 I monument