Arizona republican., 1921-04-13
K|WAN|S CLUB |S GIVEN OUTLINE IF
 CAVE CREEK PLAN

Members of the Kiwanis club, gath l cred at the r M. c. A. yesterday in their regular weekly luncheon, were entertained and enlightened by C. c. Cragin, general manager of the Salt River Valley Water Users associa- tion, with a comprehensive examina- ton of the menace of the Cave Creek floods and a description of the meth cd by which it Is proposed to control that wandering body of water in the future.
 As shown by General Manager Cragin, Cave creek is menace not only to thousands of productive ac- res, but to the city of Phoenix it. self, and if not controlled may be the source of almost irreparable destruc- tion. By means of {. map he showed the course of the stream from the mountains and pointed out the natu- ral depression which the creek is now following directly into the city.
 After a resume of the history of the creek. especially as shown by the geological formations along it's course MT. Cragin entered upon a discussion of the proposed method of control ling it. This is to build a dam across the stream where it issues from the mountains about 20 miles north of Phoenix, and to store the waters SC l that they can be taken out without danger to the valley. The cost of | controlling the creek. he said, will be about s350.006. which it is propoced l to divide among the state. county, 1 city. the water users association, the railroads and oil companies which have property in the danger zone. Of l the total amount to be expended, 1 about $250,00o will be returned inn mediately to the city and county as wages, while according to Cragin, l it may be possible to sell enough of 1 the water to pay eventually for the 1 cost of the dam. Following his ad- dress he answered large number of
 questions concerning the creek and 1 the proposed control measures.
 The meeting was opened by A. $. Esgate, vice. president of the club, in
 the absence of President Royal w.
 Lescher. who is in California. The Gila Monster team was announced as
 having won the attendance prize last
 week, and then the personnel of the
 entertainment and decorations com , mittees for the Ladies Night to be held on April 26 were given out
 These follow:
 Entertainment: w. W. Carpenter
 chairman. Press Bancroft, George
 Judson, Leo Weaver and Earl Duke ! Decorations. G. D. Martin. chair man; Earl Benson, E. G. Hughes
 Fred Payne and John Urner.
 Frank Samuels of Mesa then dis
 cussed briefly new organization which was formed to dispose oi
 about 1000 bales of cotton through the Buy a Bale of Cotton" move
 ment which is to be started in Mar icopa county, and which has re- ceived the appreciation of the cham Der of commerce..
 The guests of the club were ther
 introduced, after which James Borat |, took charge of the meeting as chair man of the day.
 The attendance prize. a necktie
 given by Leo Weaver. was won b,
 Jack Rowlands. The prize will b, , given next week by Harry Kay , The trade talk was delivered by
 Perry Williams, who has devoted
 nearly d quarter of century to buy ,, ing and selling Indian baskets mad, ,, by the Pimas and Papagos, ant : whose address was the recountinl of some of the humorous experience :. which occurred to him when he wa . mayor, justice of the peace, coroner a chief of police head of the fire de
 parement and postmaster" at Mari
 copa.
 c The guests of the club yesterda, z were w c. Hornberger, Phoenix F Fulton Chapple, Phoenix: Ben Me
 Kenzie, Phoenix William H. An l drews, Los Angeles; George D. Evan: ! Grand Rapids, Mich; E. A. Messer If ly, Phoenix; F. s. Galster, Phoenix l. Leonard Metz, Mesa; Frank Samuel! |; Mesa, and c. c. Cragin, general man
 ager of the Salt River Valley Wate
 1 Users association.