Arizona republican., 1916-03-12
AT TER YEARS
 1T ACTIVITY
 IN THE VALLEY
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Fowler, Leaders In Social, Civic and E,conomic. Movements Will Leave Tonight toh California

Nf'cr residence in the valley of @-,~n'ccu years, NIT. and Mrs E. \ Fowler will leave tonight for Los NuSrlcs where they will reside. Mir. Fowler not long ago sold his farm northwest of the city which he had made one of the show places of the ra'l"y. He retains other interests hrve. however. and he is not sure 'fai he and Mrs. Fowler will not some tune return tp Phoenix.
 The seventeen years of MT. and Mrs Fowler in the city and the valley have been filled with activity for i-''h. There has been hardly civic "r economic movement affecting the iilcv with which they have not been ,ie~oly identified Mrs. Fowler has i-ocn especially active in club work. she was president of the Woman's club of this city and later. of the state Federation of woman's clubs. She was also president and one of ,hc founders of the Y. W. C. A.
 Soon after coming to the valley. Nr- Fowler became interested in the >uAi"ci of irrigation and he contribut- vl largely to the passage of the rec lamstion act and was one of the leaders in the organization of the Salj River Valley Water Users As >rciaiion of which he was president to- several years. Later he served two terms as president of the National Irrigation Congress.
 Speaking some time ago of his approaching departure from the city h" said. It is very difficult for both Mrs. Fowler and me. The Salt River Valley Is the first and orly spot where wo have taken root. We had resided m FoS;on. New York and Chicago for borg periods but We did not there f"rIa Snch associations as those which have hound us to this valley and NriTorl. My connection with the water users associations. the board "f trade and the part l have taken in thc pulitioal affairs of the county and thc state have brought me ir clos" relation with the best people of ihc state"
 Mr Fowler comes Of a family not given io moving. His mother had only twc homes in her long life: The house where she was born and ter house to which her husband took hc~ v hon she became a bride
 Tho friends and associates of Mir Fowler veSterdav presented him with a valuable watch as a testimonial and Valusi'ie gift was also presented to Mrs Fowler.
 Some idea of the activities of MT Fowier may he gained from the fol. lowing brief review of his life:
 Mv Fowler was born at Stone iau. Mass. December IA, 1S43 sor rf Pen amin Coleman and Sophia Nnvdrcv 6Stcvens1 Fowler. He at ended public schools of his native town. and was graduated from an academy at Phillips, Andover, '62, and Vale 'sS.
 In 'se and '6S he served in the 6Oth Regiment Mass. Vols. He was de- tailed in the United States sigma ""rps department of the Gulf. under Zen Y F. Banks. He was before Tolt Hudson from the first until it's surrender in July. '62 and was in most "f tho battles of that campaign.
 He taught year at Danvers, Mass was member of the Stoneham Board "f Education for five years and stud ''l law a year in Boston, Mass. From ,l to 'aN he was in business, sub scrlption and publishing at Boston. NeN York and Chicago, ten years of that time being spent with Dodd, Mead G Co. publishers. x. Y.
 In March. go located in Salt River Valley. near Phoenix. In 1901, he was member of the Twenty first