Arizona sentinel., 1917-12-20
c. J. BLANCHARD, OF U. s. R. S., MAKES HURRIED VISIT TO YUMA PROJECT AND SPENT DAY GOING OVER YUMA MESA
 LANDS WITH THE LOCAL OFFICIALS.


 Yumas champion booster Statstcian c. J. Blanchard of the U S. R. s. spent Monday of this week in Yuma for the sole purpose of discussing the Yuma Mesa irrigation plans with Acting Project Manager Priest and Mesa Eng neer C. Marze, taking the midnight train for Los An gees and then direct to Washington by way of Denver
 Mr. Blanchards main object in visiting Yuma at this time was to speed up work plans for rrgatng our be- loved Yuma mesa It will fall to his lot advertise the proposed sale of lands the Mesa and natur ally he keep in close touch with every detail of the work that Engineer Marze has been engaged the great CT part of this year After every detail has been taken of this end of the line all the plas must be OKd by the general land office in Washington This work usually Qures three months at the shortest and knowing this as well as he does Mr. Blanchard anxious to know the exact date that these maps and plans could be in Wash ngton he could personally take up the matter with the land office and urge quick action After all that is done it will then take him several months properly map out his advertising campaign which he proposes to make the most elaborate that the has undertaken for he $ in no backward in declaring that the propo
 on is the greatest possibility in the United States He Sanguine that distant date after work has actually begun the that it will be successful rival to the finest resorts in America His every energy, therefore vii be directed towards making the sale of the lands unheard-of success from land-Sale Standpo
 Mr. Blanchard assured me that he has received thou sands of letters from all the United States and Canad requesting information about the proposed sale of MeSa lands He has all these letters filed away and just possible he will notify these prospective buyers of all the details they clamorng for At the present time Ihe Queen of Yuma Project films being shown aver age of twice week the educational centers of the each exhibition of these pictures bringing in batch of anxious inquiries about Yuma Project This shows mos conclusvey what splendid work he doing for Yuma As further evidence that Mr. Blanchard loses an oppor tuny boost Yuma Project may be said that he has already prepared 50 prints of Yuma Project be distributed throughout Russia with idea of educating those misguided people to exactly what be expected real republic. is expected that these pictures vii have good effect the Russians and convince them tha genuine republic is we'll worth fighting for.
 In discussing the much taked-of connection by Impe rial Valley with Yuma Project MT. Blanchard assured me that Yuma Project people need have uneasness abou losing anything by the proposed connection. The very that happen that the connection made between the projects Yuma Project will have its cost of construction very materially reduced He regards as utterly absurd think that in the of shortage in the that Yuma Project would suffer the ad vantage of Imperial Valley Yumas interest in that drec will be safeguarded that will be utterly impossible for Imperial Valley deny Yuma Project any of the bene fits this project enjoys.
 MT. Blanchard came direct to Yuma from El Paso where he had attended meeting and barbecue o upwards of 800 farmers of the Los Cruses unit who voted unanimously to turn their entire works to Project Man ager Lawson for him to solve their drainage problem tha is almost running that unit of the Elephant ButteE Paso Project He greatly deplores the nasty fight Uncle George Fishbaugh is making here the Yuma Project against drainage all other projects show drainage great necessity.
 Saw Mr. George Purdy Bullard of Phoenix and Mr