Phoenix tribune., 1919-06-07

PHOENIX, May 3O.-"No one can
travel over the State of Arizona with
out seeing things, and the more he
travels, the more he sees" declared
Chairman c. NJ Zander of the state
tax commission this week on his re
turn from a trip that took him to all
parts of Arizona. Il thoroughly be
lieve that within fifteen years Arizona
will have population of million
people.
at might be generally supposed
that the agricultural development of
this state had about reached its maxi
num- In truth, only a demonstration
has been made.
'Cochise county has its Charleston
reservoir, which will conserve water
sufficient for fifty thousand acres;
Greenlee county has its reservoir in
New Mexico on the Gila river, which
will supply forty thousand acres in
Greenlee county; Graham county has
its Guthrie reservoir, which will sup
ply sixty thousand acres in that coun-
ty; Pinal county has its San Carlos
reservoir which will supply one hun
dred eighty thousand acres; Apache
county has its Lyman dam, now un-
der construction, which will develop
fifteen thousand acres around St.
Johns, and it also has its Hunts res
ervoir which will develop some thirty
thousand acres adjacent to the town
of Holbrook; Navajo county has its
Showlow creek, Silver creek, Chevlon
creek, Jacks canyon and Clear creek,
all of which have reservoir sites which
will contribute to the development o.
land adjacent to the towns of Winslow
and Snowflake totaling one hundred
thousand acres; Mohave county, in
the. extreme northwest corner Of the
state. has its reservoir on the Virgin
river which will develop one hundred
thousand acres of land adjacent to
the town of Littlefelds, part of this
project being now under construction
Yavapai county has its Lake Watson,
created by a dam on Granite creek,
which is to be supplemented by other
dams on Willow creek and Lynx
creek, all of which will develop sew
eral thousand acres adjacent to the
town of jerome Junction; there is
also the Walnut Grove dam and sew
eral other small projects in the coun-
ty; Yuma county has its reservoir
site on the Bill Williams which will
develop hundred thousand acres OF
land in the northern end of that ,oun-
ty; and Maricopa county has its
Horseshoe dam on the Verde, Frog
Tank, on the Aqua Fria, and the Whit
low on Queen creek. In addition to
all these are innumerable canyons and
waterways all over the state that can
be used in a small way for further
irrigation Pumps can be used to sup
plement and reinforce every project
lHti nave mSltlOucI, ~ Iudl CNSiy
figure used to indicate acreage is con
scrvatii e. And | have not mentioned
the Colorado river, an empire in 'tSclf.
All of Arizona drains into the Colo
RADIO river. The next thing this state
should do is to see to it that Arizona
gets its share of the waite of that
river, basel on proportion contributed
by this state and the state Of Cali
fornia
Dry Farming Resources
"Put irrigation is not the only limit
TO the agricultural possibilities of the
state 1t is now estimated by old
residents of Flagstaff that there are
at least thirty thousand acres around
the San Francisco mountains that will
lie successfully farmed by dry farm
ing methods in the very near future
and it was not long ago when it was
assumed by these same people that
such thing was impossible. l have
seen dildi4d SlONluS at oil dlsltuuS
of 200 feet and at an altitude of $500
feet, that had not received any irri-
cation at all, that was more than a
foot high this spring when the native
grasses were barely starting to grow.
Anyone looking at these fields of al
lalfa would certainly see things if pos
sessed of aay vision al all 1t is true
they were PAINTED N low places where
the drainage of the side slopes gave
them an extra amount of water. but
how many low places are there in the
mountains OF Arizona? There is not
a single stock range at an elevation
Of i've nousan fe and up but what
nas many low places lat would gov
alfalfa, with a little attention In the
tremendous stretch of Arizona's pine
forest, reaching more than two hun
dred miles in length and an average
Of twenty miles in width, or more
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