Arizona republican., 1921-08-24
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The vacation season hit the Xii
 wanis club with a bang yesterday
 and for the first time during the summer there was a noticeable de-
 crease in the attendance. This fact,
 however, was atoned for by the ex-
 cellence of the program and the real enthusiasm which featured the luncheon.
 The speaker of the day was J. R.
 Sandiage, formerly agricultural agent for the Miami Copper company. who spoke on 'Augmenting the Waters of the Roosevelt Dam." His talk. which was listened to with interest by the
 Kiwanians, was added to by brief ac-
 counts of the Sierra Ancha summer
 resort in Gila county and of interest ing phases of the smelter smoke
 abatement suits which are now being
 prosecuted at Prescott by the farm
 CTS of Yavapai County
 In discussing the Roosevelt dam
 and the increasing of it's water sup
 ply, Sandiage said that it is settled
 fact that the dam is filling with sedi-'
 ment and at the present time the de- posits run from three to six feet in depth. These deposits can be re- moved or overcome in only two fash isions by dredging or by increasing the height of the dam.
 mere IS, however, dHOtIlST Wdy oi doing away with these silt deposits,
 according to Sandiage, and this is by
 preventing the silt from reaching the
 dam. This can be done, he said. and the waters in the dam increased, by | building small check dams through out the watershed, which will retain the silt and at the same time let the l rain water flow naturally and slowly into the reservoir. The cost of these dams, which in many instances would be made only by placing log or a bunch of brush in favorable spot or by dislodging boulder with a half a stick of dynamite, would av- craze, Sandiage said, not more than | s10 each, or a total for 10000 dams i of only S100, ,000 which in turn is to l be compared with an estimated i'm crease in the water supply of the cam of one-fifth the present amount. The meeting was opened by Presi- dent Royal W. Lescher. with the in- l troduction of guests and the reading of telegrams from I. J. Johnson. who | is in Los Angeles, and from District Manager Bowers of the kiwanis clubs of the southwest district, AL
 buquerque, offering relief if it were
 needed in Phoenix because of the re- cent floods. His offer was refused with thanks and true ida of condi- tions here sent him. A letter from
 pr. Henry T. Bailey. now in Roch- ester, N Y, was read by Jay Alkire
 secretary of the club
 The meeting was then taken in
 charge by Eugene Hughes. as chair man of the day. The attendance l prize, a reading lamp, was won by l Letis Templin. It was the gift oi 1 Colin Eagan. The prize next week | will be given by Edwin Lamson. | Sandiage then delivered his ad- dress, after which Benj. Rice spoke on the necessity of the Kiwanis clut taking part in general movement l to counteract erroneous reports con-
 corning Phoenix and conditions here The program was brought to close by Alexander Jeremiah Kissel- l burgh, baritone and favorite enter tainer of the club, who sang Take
 Me Back to Babyland," Grooming l and Make Believe" He was ac- cornpanied at the piano by Lee | Weaver.
 | The guests of the club yesterday | were Paul Ceilings. of the Arizona
 Republican advertising staff; H. E | Linden, of the Beckman and Linder Engineering company, San Francisco and Mr. Sandiage.