Arizona republican., 1922-03-29
COLORADO PROJECT
HEARING OUTLINED
To KIWANIS CLUB

A full house, plus a most enter
tanning program and a series of I'M
portant announcements, made up
yesterday one of the finest meetings
that be Kiwanis has arranged lately
The talks were lively and to the
point, the entertainment was unusu-
ally rapid fire, and the introduction
of two new members of the club
helped TO put the session far over the
top.
After the members had taken their
seats and a summary had been made
the attendance results were an
nounced by Park Hewitt. The
Apache and Navajo team were pres
ent 100 per cent; the Hopis had IL
present and absent; the Papagos
had 10 present and 2 absent, and
the Pimas had Is present and 3 eb-
sent.
The new members OF the club were
introduced. DR.. Will Wilkinson de-
scribed the variad qualifications of
the first addition, DR.. Harlan p.
Mills. pathologist, and Earl Drake
introduced the second, T. ]. Paine,
Arizona manager for the Standard
Oil company. Both new members
were given a rousing welcome and
the Kiwanis greeting at the close OF
the introductions.
Announcement Of the definite plac-
ing OF Ladies night on April is was
then made. the committee in charge
assuring the members that the enter
tainment for this evening has been
arranged for and promising the club
one OF the best events of the kind
ever staged in this city.
Laurel Stapley then gave shot in
the arm to the baseball club, getting
a good lineup on the members Of the
team which is to play the Rotary club
soon and setting this evening for
practice at the Osborn school.
Art Esgate. cashier OF the EaAey
bank, then took the gayel as chair
man of the day. introducing Charlie
Grapes" Rittenhouse, who spoke on
that subject. He described the sue
cess which has attended the grape in
dustry in other parts of the West,
notably in the Fresno and Imperial
valley districts Of California, and out
lining what the Salt River valley
may do in making grape growing a
large and important part OF the farm
ing activities of this section of the
state. which, he said. was particu
iarly suited to this fruit.
George III. Maxwell. executive di-
rector of the National Reclamation
association, then outlined the results
of the recent Colorado river hear
ings. His remarks, which formed a
clear and concise examination of the
Colorado river problem as II affects
Arizona. were summarized in the
three following propositions:
First, the adoption Of an emergency
impounding basin principle by build
ing the Sentinel dam for this pur-
pose to take care Of the flood wa
ters OF the Gila river.
Second, the construction Of the
Bulls Head reservoir.
Third. the construction of tunnel
through the two heels of the horse
shoe at Glen canyon. These three
measures are proposed to take care
Of the flood waters OF the river and
protect the Imperial valley before and
during the building OF the Boulder
Canyon dam.
The guests Of the meeting yester-
day were l. Van Ostrand, San Fran
cisco: e. II. Hanks. w. H. Sears, B. @.
Sturges.- ID. s. Horral, William j.
Daze, Winslow; f. r. Robertson,
president of Wesley college, North
Dakota; c. l.. Michaels. J. T.. Kin
ney, Columbus, Ohio; Fred Porter,
George w. Campbell, w. J. Horsepool,
l.. c. Lal1in, II. S. Skinner, Canton,
Ohio. and Gayla Gillespie.