Arizona republican., 1921-08-18
PIMA INDIANS ON RESERVATION
 RIVAL WHITE MAN IN INDUSTRY

The Pima Indians of the Salt Riv- CT reservation need more water. This fact was developed by State Historian James H. McClintock in the course of a visit made by him to his redskin friends on the reservation east of Scottsdale. where he was special guest of Rev. c. H. Ellis. the Presbyterian missionary.
 .The Indians of this reservation" Colonel McClintock said yesterday. "are among the most progressive Of the Southwest Most of them have their own adobe homes and few. if any. live after the old tribal fashion They have carriages and even auto mobiles, and every house has its sewing machine and cook-stove. Ev- cry family is self-supporting, and 1t is clearly evident that all are well fed. Possibly most interesting of all is the fact that these Pimas have turned most cordially toward the white mans religion. Half of the 800 on the reservation are Presbyterians, the others divided about equally be- tween the Catholic and Mormon con- gregations. No matter what the event may be. no gathering on the reservation is considered correctly begun until prayer has been said, this usually by some stalwart tribesman who fluently calls for the blessing of heaven on the land and it's products and its population, and especially does he pray for the sick.
 ''Dr. Ellis has a commodious adobe chapel. with parsonage nearby" said the historian, "all maintained by the West End Presbyterian church of the city of New York as its own especial mission or benefaction. The Indians, ! vcl Q ox1d sistent attendants at church services | than are the whites of the average city. Dr. Ellis speaks the language well, yet an interpreter of quick wit is there ready to translate in either direction. Hymns are sung with vfgor and tunefulness in both lam guages and there should be special consideration of a male quintet, its membership very clearly well trained>
 The Indians of this reservation have lived there since about 1873. when they were encouraged to come by. c. T. Hayden. Winchester Miller and other Tempe settlers, to form a buffer between them and the Apaches of the hills The reservation was designated in 1879. About 1883 the old river ditches were abandoned and water mainly was taken from the Arizona canal. In 1910. by the Ken, decision in the district court al Phoenix. the Indians were granted TOO inches of wather. which since ha: been furnished them without charge Under a late distribution of land the Indians now. at the rate of five acrel to the individual, want to cultivate about 4000 acres To do this it vii be necessary to secure 500 additiona inches of water. They realize thii water is not to be given the Indians in preference over vested rights o white settlers. especially in view o tn fact that the reservation thus fal has borne no share in the cost of thu Salt River irrigation project. There. fore. it is proposed that the reser. vation be taken into the project, it. acreage to bear its share of the cos of all reclamation work and power generation Thereafter. if addifiona storage can be secured, there migh be purchase of power throuGh fh' association for the operation. in low
 water periods, of pumps that woul' add to the supply of the Arizoni canal at a point where it parallel the river. or that pumps might b.
 operated on the reservation, cleo trically driven. in the same manne
 that has proved successful on tn main Pima reservation near Sacaton
 "I hope something can be don, for the benefit of these Indians" sait