Arizona republican., 1919-06-26

lemS here together, and agree to plan that will be to the benefit of all, then go to Washington with that plan and get it.
 We should make an earnest effort to make use of the things we waste, and this is accomplished by the Max well plan. Let us get behind and push it along.
 Include Soldier Settlement
 Let us be sure, also. that we work in harmony with the Lane plan for soldier settlement. A big feature of that plan is the utilization of the wa ters of the Colorado and its tributaries, including the Gila. The whole move ment means more homes, and the homes of contented people are the states best assets"
 A. Y. Greer of Yuma, a member of the horticultural commission and pres ident of the Yuma Water Users asso- ciation, stated briefly that Yuma could be depended upon to back the project. We have all the water we need" said MT. Greer, sometimes more than we need, but we would back this plan for tho good of the whole state whether it meant anything to us or not It does interest us very much from the stand point of cheap power, and Yuma and the Yuma valley can be depended upon to help"
 Prof. H. Q. Robertson of Benson made very interesting talk from the standpoint of the old timer who has seen the development of Arizona for many years, having lived in the Tonto basin, when he had to take his mother and sisters and get out of the country to escape the Indians, and saw the Roosevelt dam built and put into opera tion.
 Twenty years ago told the pupils 1 in my school,' said Prof. Robertson, that l expected to live to see the Colo rado damned and the mesas of Ari- zona watered from it, and this looks like the first real move toward it that I have seen.
 Wonderful Progress Already Made
 What wonderful progress we have | already made, and what marvellous progress we will make when the plans of this organization come to fruition. 1 am heart and soul for this project When MT. Maxwell sounded the key note in Benson we got busy and organ iZed our local people. Now we want to be part of this bigger organization, to help it and have it help us. to be part of what believe is destined to be great Arizona brotherhood, work ing for the interests of all.'
 A. G. Smith, president of the Benson bank, said that he had delegated his speech to Prof. Robertson, but went on to state that he was in hearty accord with the aims of the organization and that the people in his section had been trying to interest the people of Bisbee and Douglas in their proposed Charles ten dam, which would impound a lake Of some 1000 acres. Benson is in a very rich valley, capable of high state of cultivation said MT. Smith, and particularly, on account of the altitude, suited to fruit growing. We want to help the balance of the state, and we want them to help us"
 E. A. Gillespie made a brief state ment to the effect that his company was going ahead with the work of putting in the dam at Gila Bend. and that. he hoped the plan proposed would go through and sudbue the floods in the Gila.
 J. J. Hutchinson of Bowie thanked the committee for the invitation to take g part in this great movement, and again urged that cooperation was the key note of accomplishment The Sar Simon valley, he said, had 100000 acres of irrigable land, and this and many other sections of the state could bt brought under cultivation by the proper cooperative effort.
 Casa Grande Heard From Lemuel Matthews of the Casa Grande and Florence project spoke enthusias- tically of the possibilities of the Casa Grande section. 'I am proud to be here, he said, "and proud to be from Casa Grande. Mir. Heard has helpet us to get together and to solve many o1 our problems, and to get the Florence diversion dam that is soon to be built and we are willing to help the rest i the rest will help us. We have 400, ,00t acres of the finest land that lays out doors, and there is no reason why this country should not be a continuou: oasis from Buckeye to Toltec. an ares under water of S00,OO0 acres. The Cass Grande valley can be made to bloom like the Salt River valley. We have proper and feasible site for dam a San Carlos and we want that dam anC we want this organization to help u. get it"
 T Andrew Kimball of Thatcher spok, : briefly along the line that it must b understood from the first that this il not selfish movement nor an indivi dual project, but broad and compre hensive plan of benefit to all the peopl of the state.
 Southwest Cotton Company Showinq Edward F. Parker told in brief tn absorbing story of how the Southwes Cotton company has subdued the deser and made it produce on pumped water ; made it to produce better and in a nor scientific manner than much land unde 1 gravity water. We started on Januar, l, l9lf, said MT. Parker, with fore of $500 men, l 900 mules and 14 trac tors. In 90 days we had 4,600 acres i, cotton. We had to clear and level in land drill the wells and install th , plants, dig and cement the ditches ploy the ground, and put in the crop.' H ; went on to trace the history of the de velopment of the plant and made , number of observations and prophetic / as to the future of the valley. The things that can be done in Ari l zona are thrilling, stupendous," sai 5 MT. Parker, and they can be accom- ? plished by cooperation and am goin l to stay and help co-operate" l Dean Scarlett and Rev. Buchana, spoke briefly and emphaticalIy of tn l interest of the churches in the upbuild ing of the community, and pledged thei : personal support to the reclamatio movement.
 The last action of the meeting was t
 continue the same organization com ' mittee, with instructions to them f I prepare and have ready to submit f e the meeting in August a concrete an $ definite plan.
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