Arizona republican., 1916-11-05

now stands between us and the govern
 ment and l say that we do not have ! to pay except what is the reasonable 1, cost.
 Engineering Mistakes.
 Let me illustrate to you. We think it plain that & palpable and grievous
 mistake was made in the construction
 of what is called the power canal r.
 told you moment ago that the esti-
 mate of the cost of that power canal
 was ninety thousand dollars. If you
 will remember, they concluded to
 change it little, so that it could be
 used for power not only during the pe-
 riod of construction but afterwards as a source of income to this valley, and
 they did change it, and it cost-what
 do you suppose? Twice as much as
 ninety thousand? Three times as much
 as ninety thousand2 No, if is charged
 against us at one million and a half, and it is out of commission today. and 1t has been for two years and we don't
 want IL in commission today because
 the cost Of it's maintenance is more
 than any income that we could ever de- rive from it. We are not using that power canal. We don't want to spend the money or
 have the government spend the money for us to put it back in commission , They have done better now-what ought to have been done in the first : place. Instead of using the power canal 7 they have put in gates or wheels that z will take the water out at q variable : head, which could have been done just
 as well in 1904 it was done in 1915.
 They know as much about it then. We q say We ought not to be charged with . that. We insist that We don't want
 them to repair it because we don't ever .. want to use it. and it was mistake
 There are other items which. all added
 together. make this three million and
 half. which We want abated
 Kings Absurd Doctrine
 a The Secretary of the Interior. through
 his attorney. Will k. King, has an-
 nounced the astonishing doctrine that
 when q bin for expenditure in the Re-
 clamation Service went through the n Auditors office and to the Treasurer. II was approved by the Auditor and paid n, by the Treasurer, that it was conclusive al upon us-a most astonishing proposi- y, ton that We never will stand for-that 0, the accounting officers in the Treasury 's Department may pass upon and say It what we shall pay. and what is just and s- proper for us 10 pay That is not the le law, with all due respect of Judge King Id He said, and the Secretary of the Inter- l. Tor seems to somewhat side with him. pt that this must be paid and no part. no of matter how wasteful it may have been, 10 no matter how improvidently 1t may E. have been, no matter how useless the w expenditure has been to us, that under ed the law not a dollar can be abated. ey To Appeal to Congress. UT Now then, am through. have beer is connected with the enterprise for th. d- people of this valley ever since it's in. 'e cepuon. way back in 1902. If We can to get that excess cost abated by the Sec
 retary of the Interior if it is the theor,
 that he has no power under the law t. in aoate It. then we must go to Congres, ,n and ask Congress to give him the DOW g- er and go further than that and direc SC the Secretary of the Interior to abat, ge thls cost down to what these engineers he or any other competent engineers sa, he II ought to be, and save to this yalle, r. three million and a half of dollars. nd Project Not Yet Completed. CT In addition to that, we want the oth ve CT waters that are flowing down to u he m this valley from the Verde rive or stored, that it may be made available f, he extend the wonderful valley we hay UT here; that no water shall go to waste Tt. that no water shall pass us on dow, aFl l TiNRF frfn sl. s- lost not only to us but to anybody. Tn g. horseshoe Dam in the Verde ought f al be built; and this project is not com a. plete until it is: and when it is. tn Ter people of this valley will be amazed a ed the magnificence of the greatest fri
 gatlon district in the entire worle
 Your prosperity will then be assure, nd and we want that accomplished. and " lad prooably cannot get it accomplishe -a- without legislation.
 ,rv A Personal Question. ,ts And now the question is and [ a, nd going to submit it to you without sa, uv ing anything further. live in yo, -,d county. l live in your town. I live yiu your Irrigation district. have f, Is years been connected with the deve tbe opment of this project. I have studie tho 1t day and night. I have become n, om qualnted with it. l would be a stunj in man if l did not know about it. I a, ct- not claiming superior intelligence. Don ise you think-I am going to ask you As- questlon-when this matter comes b, of lore the Congress of the United State
 that can serve the people of this va
 icy there in that senate. to advise the Fl, as to the law. as to the facts. and , bis to the conditions that exist here bett in than any man who does not live in tn nds county? l am going to submit in tba question to you-whether or not V, ras are for Maricopa county. for the Sa ner River valley. for yourself. and do V, nar want representative in the highe an- body of the Congress of the Unit, .o States?
 rms thank you, ladies and gentleme on- for your kind and considerate attentio ao2 Prolonged applause.)