Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-01-25
PAGE SIX
70 so~o Fos IRRIGATION

ley haS JUS bseu iEsGsurs-et ~
eroop Of r-3Ces sentative AMI fac see
ing cit.sea. Of 3 Dagit An organ
ixal.ou 10 b. officially known ar The
San Pedro "s-er tsers' Association
has pae1 otgs;hzst. The s-ac,eG.a,c
funo..la q as c-Ss-i Atom is ID
promote .he development * : pe:na-
men Saie5 ,Ip,ly l.r the farmers OF
The valley.
Tue officer personel Ct the new
orgau,z,l.on consists Of Byrou Mer-
I'll. pes dent: l.. L. Mattescn. sec
rstsiy and treasurer, William Good-
maa. Aiphonso Christensen. and Bert
Goodman. directors
With such men at the helm we
have every assurance that the pro-
posed permanent water system will
soon take definite fern
Considerable progress has already
neen made. and suftcien: funds a-e
now available 10 cover The p-elimin-
AIRY expenses recessa.y 20 make the
projec: a certainty.
This moyemer; : certain to in
it!aie new era in the agricultural
development Of TIE valley. For moro
;hth quarter e. a century the farm
ess 0! s. p2vid haTe attempted u
!aa,n = a diversion Oar; ard .-r.ga.
;.no canal. These acquainted with The
facts in ,he case know that the en-
ire venture has been gican. l.
failure. simply because everything
connected sitE il Ia. been tcne in 4
temporary aud H.. hazard manner
The diversion dam was located n
the most unfavcra5ie place en- the
river aud has always been constructed
in a manner tina: has insured il be-
ing carried away ~ every flood
Enough money has been expended in
the last decade in attempting TO
maintain the present system to coa-
s;ruot he permanent system. z5w
contemplated
In brief tn present plan lie to in
corporate under the rew irrigation
laws 0. ;he state. AMI float bonds
t5- a sucncien, amour, 10 construc;
q modern ami substantial diversion
dam and cana! :A4t VIII permit the
Utilization Of all The available water
in tie river This sill mean thar
nat cniy will :: be possible during
the dry season 70 diver; the IN Ter
flow OF the river. which canno. be
done under the cd system, bu. will
also iasGce a means OF obtaining a..
tae water desired during the season
c; higa water In the past il has
been iur,-- the season Of high wa.
ter. the absolutely no wafer has been
available for irrigation. because the
foods have always taken away the
dam.
approximately 5000 acres will be
isciudej unde. he rev projec, as
against 1890 acres under the pre-
seat system.
Every wide awake farmer in the
s.. David disGric; who IS interested
in rs own welfare and The welfare
OF the community Is certain 70 aff:l-
iate with this splendid movement and
% assist in every way possible to
make j: success
). I'D hes wonderful ay-.cr. :
lafsl ictare Tie deep. fertile soil.
favorable climate. aad excellent 10
cal markets make for a combination
which cannot be surpassed anywhere
IL tte southwest A dependbie water
sapply will make possible the full Ut,
iExation OF the other factors and
bring prosperity 20 the community
This proposition is il nov way in
tended as rival 10 the Charleston
Dam Project IL comes rather as a
necessary preliminary. When thu
Charleston Dam becomes reality
the water impornded in the storage
reservoir can be returned most ecu
nomicaily 10 the river and diverted
ii a poir: nee. the upper Hmi: OF
the land TO be irrigated ucder the
project. The logical place FOR sIch
q diversion dam is at the site OF the
Curtis dam The project new co-;em-
plated viii serve admirably to pro-