Arizona republican., 1918-02-14

ones, more intensely cultivated.
 at Deming. N M This location was chosen in order that troops be available for border training.
 Your committee was highly compli- mented by the war department offi- cials on it's report and the manner in which the information was prepared and submitted Much of the credit of this splendid piece of work is due to the chairman of this committee, H. L. Aller.
 Many Visitors
 Your committee on entertainment has welcomed, during the past year, many important visitors and delega- | tions. This work. under the direction l of Chairman H. w. Asbury, has been done promptly and efficiency. This feature of the work of your organi- | zation should not be overlooked or
 reduced. It should be increased and 1 every opportunity given to visitors to meet the local people. A large delega-
 tion of business men from Fl Paso
 visited Phoenix in March and were
 entertained by your organization, leav-
 ing this valley impressed with the
 wonderful future and the splendid pos | SlDlntleS m every dlrectlOn.
 Plans for good road work in this
 county have had the attention of your
 directors, and Mrsi Warren McArthur,
 chairman of the good roads committee.
 has been active at all times in road
 work and plans which have been sug-
 gested at different times. Mir. Me
 Arthur is member of the county
 committee on road bond issue. Other l Of re
 assisting in this plan. The need of a
 system of permanent roads is plain to
 you all. It needs no encouragement here. You are for it and will advance
 the cause in every way.
 investigation by your committee or
 roads secured a reduction in the
 charges made for hauling cars across
 streams in flood. Through your con-
 mittee on roads the law creating high
 way commissions for counties was ad-
 vanced and finally passed by the last
 legislature.
 During this year the long delayed
 improvement of the Roosevelt road
 will be undertaken. We have assur-
 ances that the matter is to be attended
 to by the state department, both the
 commission of state institutions an6
 the state engineer having already in Vestigated the needs of the situation
 and the plans for active work. In tn, meantime temporary repair work vii
 be done. An engineer is looking ove]
 the road now. The temporary worl will be paid for out of a special funt
 which your Chamber of Commerce ha.
 for this purpose.
 Mainline Railroad
 l Early last year your committee ol | had he of welcoming the president of the +, Paso X Southwestern system. MI } Schumacher, who arrived with part, l of officials and spent some little tim looking over the valley. The outlool then for additional railroad facilitie l was indeed bright. The valuabl , freight and traffic possibilities of you valley and city are appreciated to tn full by those lines which are on th , lookout for additional business. Wha effect the government operation o
 railroads will have on constructor plans is not known, but your committe : believes that the advantages and op a portunities here will not be muc , longer overlooked by those who hay i, the power to authorize building an r | construction.
 Q The Arizona corporation commssio
 has the authority to order the buildin !, of union depot. But in view of tn n scarcity of funds for railroad purposes and in view of the mainline possibili e ties, the building of a union depot ha
 been held in abeyance, and your com
 mittee has felt that the time was nc r ripe to urge its construction. The com d mittee believes that many matters ( n this kind. valuable as they are to tn - community, should now, at any rate. | e tabled until after the war.
 = Your committee on farm affai, IT helped materially with the marketir Il survey which is now stopped, owing workers being called back to Washing ton. Your committee hopes this wor v can be taken up agan quickl p Through the efforts of your commit, r, investigations on the subject of far .. n management have been carried on 1T this valley by the department of agr !. culture. These investigations are
 great benefit in determining exact the revenues which have been receive = from different lines of farm activit ,d Other investigations have been ca If ried on at the request of your con ,f mittee The ravages of root rot a rs being studied and remedies su;
 sested. Additional crops suited to q ee locality are being tried out and sUu d valuable finding are expected from Il B. large amount of work which has be, l. done in the direction of farm effol ce Dr. J. C.. Norton is chairman of tl re committee.
 at Drainage Considered en The raising of the water table H. certain sections of the valley to poi or which constitutes a danger to farmi, D, is receiving the careful attention gu the Water Users association. Wi ,l this inquiry there is also being co = ducted an investigation into the poss le hilities of further utilizing the wat '' power which can be developed alol :. the Salt River between the dam al ed Granite Reef. It would seem that es combination plan could be worked o a with advantage and benefit to bo ar needs. The power to be develop O. along the river could be used for t as operation of pumping units to reno Id the water where it is too near the sr me face. By this plan the present reven