THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
SALT RIVER VALLEY EDITION
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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1915
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. .VOL. XXV. NO. 362
Laimdl Of
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Promise IBecoirnes Verdlaimt
Land
Fulfilled
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, IN THE
SALT RIVER VALLEY OF ARI
ZONA, MARCH 18-20, DATE
OF DEDICATION OF THE
ROOSEVELT DAM
"I wish to congratulate you on the
extraordinary progress I have seen
here. I consider the drive from
the beautiful city of Phoenix to this
spot (the Roosevelt Dam) one of the
spectacles best worth seeing in the
world. I firmly believe that
as soon as the East becomes better
educated that this will be one of the
places to which visitors will come from
all parts of the country. The
Reclamation Act, like the Homestead
law, is a law for the email man, IT
IS A LAW FOR THE TWENTY-ACRE
FARMER, a law for the man who
farms his own land. I want
to congratulate you on the public spirit
you are showing in this valley, and the
way you are working together. I just
came over that great bridge (the Cen
tral Avenue Bridge across Salt River)
it is fine to think how the citizens,
even to the homesteader with his dol
lar per acre, contributed so that this
great work might be possible, and we
see what may be accomplished by
working together for a common end.
The problem of our future is in the
keeping of that magnificent spirit of
initiative that has made the pioneer
- people successful in the past, and join
ing to it the ability to use the collect
ive power of the people to the achieve
ment of a common purpose."
THE ROOSEVELT. DAM---NOW FULL
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(This picture is a combination of two snap-shots taken by Dwight B. Heard on April 15, 1916, at the time of the celebration of the filling of the Roosevelt Reservoir.
(ORXKIJSTONI-: OF THE AVORLD'S MOST PKKFECT IRRIGATION. PROJECT.
Contents of Reservoir, 1,378,180 acre feet (an "acre foot" is that quantity of water which will cover one acre, or 43,560- square feet, one foot deep).
TRIBUTE FROM VICE-PRESIDENT
Scottsdale, Arri.,
To the Editor: April 20, 1915.
It seems almost impossible to express
an opinion as to a place without some
body construing it to mean a guaranty
title and value. I am not speaking of
land values, therefore, when I say that
he who does not have the constitution
or tha desire to withstand the rigors
of winter can find the ideal dry winter
weather here in the Salt River Valley.
I am not much' of a business- man,
but I think that the man who can not
raise crops with irrigation would starve
to death in any other land.
I believe that the valley has entered
upon the era of regularly increasing
and consistent growth.
Maybe I just think this, because I
love it. and its people have been very
kind to me.
Sincerely Yours,
(S'g'd) THOS. R. MARSHALL.
"As secure as the foundation of this
imposing structure, is the future of
the Salt River Valley no man here
can fix the limits of prosperity and
progress which, during the years to
come, shall flow from the great work
we are viewing today. Your
most important public utilities will
be owned and operated in common
by all the people, and for the benefit
of all." C. J. Blanchard, chief statis
tician, U. S. R. S.; dedication Roose
velt Dam, March 18, 1911.
Under year-round sapphire skies and kindly shelter of the everlasting hills, thirsty
acres of the Salt River Valley give forth their fullness under God-sent, man-diverted
waters from the Roosevelt Dam "Knee-deep in June twelve months of every
year," is no fantasy Writqrs and statesmen of every clime wax eloquent over the
beauties and possibilities of this thousand fold blessed section.
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(BY DWIGHT B. HEARD)
The fillinK of the Roosevelt Res
ervoir means an entirely new era
to the people of the Salt River
Vailey; an era of greater oppor
tunity, an era of greater co-operation,
and an era of e-eater de
velopment in every' line of industry
within the valley.
"We now have all the elements that
trive us the opportunity to make
of this valley, the Ideal producing
community, with all those educa
tional and social advantages that
should properly come with such de
velopment. Our people are self re
liant, progressive, efficient, and
energetic; they have learned that
success in agriculture means hard
work, but that with that hard work
and with our wonderful natural ad
vantages come independence and
contentment.
We have -a marvelously fertile
eoil of great depth and riehnesi,
and through years of demonstra
tion the great range of crops which
can he grown here successfully haa
been conclusively proven, and now
that an absolute water supply-(for
many years) Is positively assured
through the filling of the great
Roosevelt reservoir, all that we need
to insure complete success in the
bent development of this commun
ity is more and more Industrious,
clear-thinking, fair-dealing people;
a through main line railroad which,
with our more Intensive develop
ment in agriculture, is bourrd to
come; and more and more co-operation
among the people who live
here, to utilize to the utmost the re
sources of this section.
AVhen we realize that forty-seven
distinct agricultural Industries are
practiced here successfully today, '
and when wc stop to think that this
great variety of products ranges
from the olive, the orange and the
date to those great staples, cotton,
wheat, alfalfa, beef and hogs, as
well as all dairy products, and when
we consider in this valley today
there are being milked 12."i"0 head
of cows, and are assured by those
In close touch with the dairy situ
ation that we have an absolute de
pendable home market in Arizona
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for the product of Gfi,Ono cows, we
realize that the story of the devel
opment of this section has'but just
begun.
All that we need from now on
is more intensive scientific farming
with its necessary accompaniment
of clear-headed hard work, greater
team play in marketing our pro
ducts, and an increased spirit of
brotherhood and neighborly friend
liness. This kind of work and co
operation is -hound to mean a
steady inc rease in the net products
grown on every acre of land in
INDEX TO EDITION
On page 4 of this section there
ill a complete index of the various
articles and farmer's letters to- j
gelher with the names of the
authors, which will serve as a
ready reference to readers.
the valley, and as this increase
continues along the lines of the
scores of farmers' letters published
in this development issue, the future
and the attendant increase in land
prices will take care of itself.
The two great evident ear marks
of civilization today are good
schools and good roads, and the
most alert and brood minded edu
cators who viit this section tell us
that in this valley we have a school
system, both as to equipment and
class of teachers which is positively
unequaled. The photographs In this
issue and the statements of promi
nent educators of this section, are
a convincing "proof of this remark
able school development.
The people also realize fully the
great economic value of good roads.
Throughout every portion of this -.
section you will find the good road
movement under headway with
AN VALLEY FIELDS ARE GREEN
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'ig -MAiuni t ? ViiMi,iw;.-iiia nut-.
KFOIiI THE DAM, DESERT TODAY, PROSPERITY.
"This was the desert. Who would dream of men bold enough to come here and fight for a home? :
"Yet her men have come. Suddenly at sundown, we emerged from a thicket of cactus, and there, stretching away for miles and miles, was the soft
green of fields, with rows of rustling cottonwoods, the roofs of homes, and the sound of cattle in the meadows. A wire fence was th dividing line;
on this side lay the fruitless desert; on the other, green alfalfa, full of blossoms and bees, brimming over the fences." In the Salt. River Valley, by
Ray Stannard Baker. ,
oft
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many demonstrated examples of
what really good roads mean to a
community.
Of recent years the improved
freight rates have broadened the.
markets for Salt River Valley pro
ducts, but outside of the marketing
of the cantaloupes, watermelons, or
' anges and cotton, there has not
been that co-operation there should
be among the producers to find a
profitable market. This is now be
ing remedied by more and more co-
operation among the producers, and
' a well organized effort is being
made not only to study out the
. question of markets, but also the
equally important question when
these markets call for specific pro
ducts, and in view of our almost
continually growing season how to
produce these products when they
are most In demand.
Great constructive work is going
on in this valley along material.
social and economic lines. We are
glad to have our share in this work,
as everything that builds up with
facts as a groundwork, is worth
while, and in presenting this de-
' velopment edition of the ARIZONA
REPUBLICAN we have endeavored
to present facts and not fancies;
and. to show from the convincing
statements of representative men
and women in various lines of in
dustry, something of the develop
ment of this section today and its
possibilities for the future. Among
the most vital features of this edi
tion are the many statements from
men and women, who are "making
good" here, and I wish to thank
them and all those, who have co
operated with us in making of this
i edition, a convincing story of the
"; development of the, Salt River Val
ley of which we a.re all 00 proud.