The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-04-25
MASS MEETING AT HIGH AUDITORIUM
 MONDAY EVE.
Citizens of Graham and GreenIee Counties Will Join in Cooperative Movement to Secure Appropriation From Congress for Flood Control in Gila and Frisco Rivers.

At the High School Auditorium on Monday evening, next, there will be held a pass meeting, which in i'm portance and vital interest, is second to none ever called in the county.
 The meeting will afford an oppor- tunity for citizens of the county to hear Hon. George H. Maxwell, director general of the National Reclamation Association, and Hon. Marcus A. Smith, United States Senator from Arizona.
 A movement is on foot in this sec tion of the state, through a co-opera- tive effort on the part of the citizens of Greenlee and Graham counties, to secure an emergency appropriation at the next session of Congress, for flood control along the Gila river and San Francisco river in Greeplee and Gra- ham counties.
 The argument in favor of this emer- gency appropriation is based upon the findings of Engineer Olmstead, who was authorized by Congress to make detailed report on the Gila river wa tersheds from a reclamation, restora- t1on, and conservation standpoint. Ten thousand dollars was appropriated for this purpose and the Olmstead report has now been printed as a Senate document.
 In this report Engineer Olmstead points out the danger to life and prop erty in Clifton from high floods iA the S0 Er.ar, ,nfc ,.fx l and figures showing the enormous loss of agricultural land in the lower Gila valley from flood devastation, and from reclamation standpoint de- scribes the ideal storage reservoir sites above Duncan and at the junction of the Frisco and Gila rivers. A dam site on the upper Frisco to hold back the flood waters on this watershed is. another recommendation in this re- port
 Mass meetings have been held in Thatcher and Stafford and Duncan, and the citizens of those towns in conjunc- tion with the citizens of Clifton and Morencf will join hands in an effort to secure the necessary emergency appropriation, under the Olmstead re- port, for the safety of live and property in our vicinity.
 Senator Mark Smith, as well as Sen ator Ashurst and Congressman Hay den, are taking a lively interest in this movement. Senator Ashurst and Con- gressman Hayden were also invited to be present on Monday evening, but the serious illness of the mother of Senator Ashurst, in Los Angeles, pre- vented his acceptance of the invitation and Congressman Hayden was billed at other places at this time to make speeches in favor of the Victory loan. Hon. George H. Maxwell has made a close study of flood dangers in all parts of the United States. He is an authority on conservation and recla- nation subjects and played leading part in securing the construction of the Roosevelt storage dam several years ago.
 A telephone message from Stafford to the Copper Era on Friday stated J that large delegation from Graham county would attend the mass meeting in Clifton on Monday evening, and every citizen of the county, men and women, are urged to be present at the mass meting and join in a CO., loperative movement for our own self protection and material benefit.
 Senator Mark A. Smith, in a tele- gram to The Era, states that he will arrive in Clifton Sunday.