The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-05-02
GOO ITERATION. Is PLEDGED BYCL|FTON-
 MASS MEETING
Citizens Will Join Hands With Gra- ham County in Earnest Effort to Secure Federal Relief From Flood Danger and Devastation.

Danger and Devastation.
 At mass meeting held at the High School Auditorium on Monday eve ming, which was one of the largest attended meetings ever held in Cliff ton, cooperative movement was launched with the citizens of Graham county, having for it's purpose the se- curing of an appropriation from the next session of Congress for the con-
 trol of flood waters on the San Fran cisco and Gila rivers.
 ing, which was addressed by Hon. Andrew Kimball of Thatcher, Hon. George H. Maxwell of Phoenix and Senator Marcus A. Smith, a resolution was introduced and unanimously adopted, that the citizens of this sec tion cooperate in every manner DOS
 siBle with the citizens of Graham county in the attainment of the ob- jects of the meeting. The movement, which has been in- laugurated, has for it's purpose the re- moval of the menace of high water in the San Francisco channel at Clifton, with the consequent danger of loss of life and property, and in Graham coun- ty, the confining of the Gila river to it's channel and the conservation of thousands of acres of rich agricultural lands which are now being washed |away.
 The foundation for the bill, which will be introduced in Congress, is based upon what is known as the Olm- stead report, made by Engineer Olm- stead, under a congressional appro- priation. The Olmstead report deals
 with the danger that threatens life and property in Clifton from the.
 Frisco river, and the ravages of the Gila in Graham county, where the cul- tivated farms are being destroyed by the cutting away of the banks of the river during the period of high water.
 President Kimball pictured the enormous loss that has occurred in that section in late years and stated that preservation of some of the choicest areas of cultivated land inr that county depended upon prompt
 government action.
 Hon. George H. Maxwell again pic
 tured to a Clifton audience the dan-
 ger from high water, which constantly
 threatens on account of the physical location of the town. He drew com
 parisons between the location of Cliff ton and other cities which had failed l to heed the warning given and the ! consequent loss of life and property which had followed. MT. Maxwell has
 made close study of flood situations,
 not only in the United States, but i'm Europe as well, and spoke in an earn / est and convincing manner when he
 urged the citizens of Clifton to arouse
 themselves in this matter.
 1 When Senator Mark Smith entered
 the auditorium,s and later when he
 arose to speak, he was greeted with an enthusiastic reception. The Sen
 ator was introduced by his lifelong. friend, Hon. Ben M. Crawford and in the beginning pledged his every effort to further the wishes of his constitu- ents in Graham and Greenlee counties
 in the matter before the meeting. Leaving the question of flood con- trol the Senator spoke for the Victory
 Liberty Loan, paying a high tribute
 to the American soldier boy as well
 as the allied forces.
 | He analysed the covenant of the
 League of Nations and complimented
 President Wilson in his untiring ef- r forts to bring about an agreement among honest nations that there shall be an end to war among civilized peo- : pie of the earth
 Senator Smith departed for Tucson
 on the following morning and will i leave for Washington the first week in May, where he will take up his im-
 portant duties as'.a member of the, Committee on Appropriat and a
 member of the Committee of Foreign
 Relations, two of the most important committees in the Senate.