Arizona republican., 1917-06-03
DOCTOR cLorHIER TO RETURN


 Few men in Arizona are as well in formed ia n%tters of profitable methods of farming as is Dr R. w. Clothier, formerly professor of agriculture at the Arizona College of Agriculture and for the past few years in the service of the United States department of agricul- ture with headquarters at Washington, D. c. Since leaving the Arizona Col lege of Agriculture he was assigned to make a special survey of agricultural conditions in the irrigated valleys of the state In making this survey he travelled over the Salt River valley, the Giil and other sections of the state in terviewing farmers and studying at first hand their methods, and tabulat- ing his findings In this way he ac- Quired a great deal of information of inestimable value.
 Some of those who are well acquant- ed with the facts, and realizing the great advantage which would attain to the farmers of the valley, decided to- ask the secretary of agriculture to as sign Dr. Clothier to Arizona to assist the county agents in any capacity that might he most effective In order to bring this to the attention of the sec retary of agriculture the following resolution was passed at meeting of the farm bureau and copies sent to Congressman Hayden and Senators Smith and Ashurst
 Whereas, the county of Maricopa, Arizona, with it's resources of stored water and underground water supply is capable of great increase in produce tion of important agricultural corps if the efforts of the farmers are prop erlv directed and.
 Whereas, it is necessary that ad- vantage he taken of every agency for cooperating with the farmers and aid ing them in their problems in order to realize the best results, and
 Whereas. Dr. R. " Clothier now of the L. $. Department of Agriculture formerly head of the agricultural de partment of the University of Arizona and agricultural experiment station is more familiar than any other person with the problems of the farmers of this county as 9 consequence of recent farm management surveys, and
 Whereas. the valuable fund of in formation concerning southwestern agriculture acquired by Dr. Clothier can never be put to more practical use for the benefit of the country +itan at the present time, be it. therefore,
 Resolved, That the secretary of aer~i- culture be requested to arrange for the detailing of Dr. Clothier to cooperate with the newly appointed county agent in every possible way in order to give the farmers of the county the benefit of his investigations and, be it further
 Resolved, That a copy of these 'reso- lutions be sent to the secretary of agriculture, Senators Smith and Ash urst and Representative Hayden
 Senators Smith and Ashurst and Congressman Hayden at once interest ed themselves in the matter and called the attention of Secretary Houston to the importance of the matter with the result thar it seems likely that Dr. ClOthier will be returned to the state within a short time The following let ter from Secretary Houston to Con- gressman Hayden will be pleasing to the many friends of Dr. Clothier in Arizona.
 Department of Agriculture,
 Washington, May Is, 1917 Hon Carl Hayden,
 House of Representatives
 My Dear MT. Hayden
 I have your letter of May [. with enclosures, relating to the further de- tailing of Dr. Clothier of this depart ment- to assist farmers of MaricOpa county. Arizona, with problems of production in agriculture.
 In reply ! will say that just at pres