Arizona republican., 1920-08-13
Thousands Attend

Thousands Attend
 Early in the morning automobiles i from the country contiguous to Flor ence began to enter the city, and by | noon, when the outdoor lunch was | ready, thousands of people were pre- i pared to listen to the program of the | day and to assist, each in his own way, in bringing the proposal to dam the waters of the Gila river at San Carlos a little nearer to fulfillment. The grounds around the high school were filled with automobiles; the in coming train had discharged its pas senge rs; two score candidates had picked out places in the grand stand where they might be seen to advant- age and from which their literature might be distributed easily and quick ly, and all the soft drink stands were experiencing the first rush of the day, when announcement was made that the outdoor lunch was prepared and all those who had not brought baskets of edfbles with them lined up for heaping plates of beef barbecued to turn, beans cooked like mother cooks them, chili sauce, and honest coffee. Besides the candidates. who were considered as representing only them selves, there were representatives pres ent from all the nearby towns anu some from as great distance as Yuma. All the civic and commercial organizations of Phoenix had mem bers present on the delegation sent from here, while Tucson was also well represented. Almost all the citizens or Casa Grande were out in force, as was readily apparent when the Casa Grande baseball team, after the meet ing, defeated the Florence ball tossers in a sizzling game.
 Reports On Progress
 The meeting was opened by J. O. Baughn, judge of the superior court and chairman of the executive commit tee of the San Carlos association, after which the Rev. pr. Hunter of the Pres byterian church offered an invocation and the gathering was ready to get down to business.
 The first item of the program was : report by Judge Baughn concerning the activities of the association for the wear. He outlined in detail what had been accomplished-the forming of committee to undertake the task of signing up the membership of the as- sociation, the appointment Of San Carlos committees by the chambers of commerce of Phoenix and Tucson to assist in the work of making the San Carlos project a reality, the making of motion pictures of the project to be shown throughout the state, the send ing of representatives to reclamation meetings at Salt Lake City and at Washington and to conventions of the League of the Southwest at Los An geles, and the mailing of thousands of pieces of literature concerning the project and it's importance.
 In addition to these 1abors of the association, many meetlngs were held by the executive committee, and be- cause of these many moves towards the completion of the San Carlos prof. ect were taken. One of these was the enlisting the active cooperation of the state government and the United 1T-~~ fr,v1 i0<a nr7 Ei of the proposed development, and an other. which is considered one of the outstanding features of the assocla tion's labors for the year, was the pay ing of s5,000 to the reclamation servic' for a complete survey of the project Tn addition to this sum, the associa tion also pledged another $5.000 shoul' further assistance become necessary Five thousand dollars has also beer added to the foregoing amount by tn state of Arizona
 Whole State Now Interested
 The chief feature of Judge Baugh hn' report was the continual stressing o the thought that the San Carlos prof ect had been brought to the notice 0 the entire state in organized man ner, and that the authorization of tn dam and distributing system is nov almost appreciably near.
 Following this, the report of tn treasurer of the association, M. Clemans, concerning the financial al fairs of the organization was present ed to the members. The secretary, VI w Cochran of Tucson, then detaile the work of his office for the year.
 This report showed that the secre tary has signed up and collected frol e.6S7 acres on the 50-cent assessment that 13,000 pieces of literature concerr ing the project have been sent out ar that the total land now signed an Daid m on the 50- cent assesSmeI comes to 39,993.
 The next report was that of w.
 Prouty, member of the executive con mittee and representative of the asst citation in Washington before the Wes ern States Reclamation conferen' there last winter. His report showed
 Events at Washington
 That he and w. A. Barnhill hf iourneved to Washington last Janual to attend the Western States Reclam; tion conference in which IT WeStel states were represented. They we received by the several land comm1 tees. the ways and means committ and the joint committee of the sena and the house on irrigation. Their r ception by the senate committee order of business was the first rece tion ever accorded visiting delegation The object of the trip was for t nurpose of combining the efforts of the western states in a mighty effort
 secure an appropriation of $25OOOO,O and fixing definite annual amou to be expended by the reclamati
 service in the development of ar lands This appropriation would D tbe reclamation service in q, positi
 where it could carry out a definite pr gram of constructive upbuildfnE of pr = iects that would benefit the. weste
 states This sum it was planned "
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