Arizona republican., 1922-02-01
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K|WAN|S PROGRAM

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A program as interesting as it was
varied was the treat offered to the
members Of the Kiwanis club at
their weekly luncheon at tha Hotel
Adams yesterday. A thoughtful and
stirring speech on the duties that
fathers owe to their sons, delivered
by A. j. Arnold, boys work secretary
in the Denver Y. M. c. A, and
scene from the second act of Robin
Hood sung by a Quartette from the
| Dunbar Opera company, were the
chief features OF the meeting. while
an announcement by George H.
Maxwell took an equal place with
these.
Arnold emphasized four rights of
the boy in his address. These he
declared, to be his right to be we'll
born; his right to a good education;
his right to play and his right to a
normal expression OF his religious
! life. He reminded his hearers that
all efforts to train a boy in the way
he should 60 are worthless unless
right example is set for him by his
| father, and he urged a close rela-
tionship between the father and the
son.
The opera singers who entertained
yesterday were Theo Pennington,
Paula Ayres, Harry Pfeil and Roy
Goerler, who were introduced by the
manager of the company, Charles II.
Dixon. Preceding their selection, Lee
Brandon, one Of the owners Of the
Eks theater who was a guest at the
meeting, presented all the members
Of the club with invitations emitting
them to reserved seats at last even
ing's performance of "The Mascot"
The meeting was opened by Presi-
dent Jay Alkire, who began with the
introduction of guests. A telegram
from /. j. Johnson, who is at Battle
Greek, Mich, was read and then Leo
Weaver, chairman OF the committee
in charge OF the proposed sociability
run to Florence on Feb. %. made a
brief announcement concerning it.
The first announcement of the an
nual ladies' night was also made,
definite details not having been
agreed upon as yet. Wes Carpenter
also made a brief announcement con-
cerning a proposed basketball game
with Rotary, and asked that good XII
wants basketballers get in touch with
| him.
The quartette then sang, following
which Mr.. Arnold made his address.
George III. Maxwell was the next
| speaker.
Maxwell, in his brief address, laid
| stress on the far-reaching impor-
| tance to every citizen of Arizona of
right solution of the problem of the
| Colorado river He said that those in
Arizona who might think that they
had no interest because they did not
| live along the Colorado river would
make a huge mistake.
They are interested, everyone In
Arizona is interested, in enlarging
the basic wealth of the state which is
the foundation for taxation TO the
| largest possible extent. The reclaim
alton and settlement of 2,500.000
acres in Arizona from the Colorado
| river, with the enormous mineral
wealth that would also be made pos
sible of development by bringing wa
ter into that country would more
| than double the entire taxable wealth
of Arizona over what II would be if
| that country should remain a desert
forever, as 1t will II this state should
| now surrender its right to the Colo
RADIO river water necessary to reclaim
| this Colorado river region, in Arizona,
which the speaker insists should be
! universally known as the Gold Coast
Of Arizona" just as the "Gold Coast
Of Africa" was once world famous.
Put this great basic foundation for
| taxation under Arizona, the speaker
urged, and il will mean good roads
| everywhere, good schools everywhere,
and the development OF the Univer-
| sity of Arizona into one Of the great
universities of the United States,
| drawing its students from the whole
| Southwest.
/ Get population, and all else shall
I be added unto YOU" the speaker said
| had been the declaration of one of the
great premiers OF Canada TO the
! Canadian people. The same is true
| of Arizona. But the measure and the
/ limit of population in Arizona is the
amount OF water available for recla-
| nation. If the share of Arizona to
| the water Of the Colorado river is
recognized, as it will be if the people
| OF this state demand it, there will be
1 twice as much water available for
! land reclamation in Arizona as will
ever otherwise be available. Conse-
| quently there is no escape from the
| conclusion that IL win develop pop
ulation twice as large. That means
that the production of the state,
everything that goes to make human
| life what 1t ought to be, communi-
ties, churches, schools, roads, social
advantages, agriculture, manufac-
lures, commerce, buying power-al
will be doubled.
Anyone who wants TO fully appre-
ciate what water will do to bring
people and build communities, both
country and city, should compare the
present Salt River valley and Phoe-
nix with what it was % years ago,
| when the business men of Los An
: geles and Phoenix launched the cam
! paign that brought about the passage
/ OF the reclamation act and the build
| ing of the Roosevelt dam
Then turn to the Colorado river,
| the speaker declared, with all his
well known force, land picture 10
your mind fully 10 just such develop
ments as we now have in the Salt
River valley and you will get a men
tai picture OF what Arizona. can ac-
complish in The Gold Coast of Ari-
zona' in the Colorado river country"
In closing he urged most earnestly
that every Kiwanian should take it
upon himself as a patriotic duty TO
see to it that every friend and ac-
uuaintance he has in Phoenix attends
| the great public meeting at the high
school auditorium on Thursday even
| ing, the 9th OF February. where all
| the details OF this stupendous "Ari-
zona plan" will be explained.
The guests OF the club yesterday
were 9. G. Jenkins, F. A. Jenkins,
NorwaH, Ohio; Charles Morgan, Lar
~ Quinlan, A. Henderson Stockton,
A. r. Porter, Kenneth Freeland, G.
s. Lovelsnd, Los Angeles: Frank S.
| Southworth, Plymouth, Ind; r. NJ.
Berg and Joe Haldilnan
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