Arizona republican. [volume], May 23, 1915, SALT RIVER VALLEY, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3

About Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930

Image provided by: Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ

                
f
9 'sS.-aie-Jw;a".
THE ARIZONA IJEPUIiLTOAN SALT RIVER VALLEY EDITION. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY. 23, 1915
PAGE THREE
Reclamation Service Officials Work Hand In Hand With Farmers
t
Water Users' Association
Aid To Reclamation Service
(BY CHAS. H. VAN DER VEER)
Tin- Salt River Valley Water Users'
Association was the pioneer organi
sation formed after the passage of
the Reclamation Aet to co-operate
with the Ileelamation Service anil act
for individual water users in dealing
with the Government. It was also
the first association to build its own
office building for the joint occu
pancy of the w.iter users' organi
yLtion and the project offices of the
Kccla (nation Service.
At the last regular election there
.were on the Association register 3ioG
individuals with a voting acreage of
l.'.r. With the excess holdings
of individuals the holdings of estates
and corporations there is a substan
t;al acreage of approximately 2K,0o0.
TJi average farm area o the in
dividual voter in the Association is
10.51.
In accordance with the policy of
the present administration of the Re-
via mat ion Service, no important steps
are taken or new work started on
the project without consultation with
the officers of ihe Association and
Miomission of plans. This means
almost daily conferences and fre
quent trips in the field to supervise
the work. With the taking over and
rc -construction of old laterals in var
ious parts of the project, this work
I.- especially active at the present
time.
During the year the Association
l as conducted a survey and diamond
i.rill investigation of the Horseshoe-
reservoir site on the erde rive"
This was done in accordance with a
vote of the shareholders expressing
the desirabilpy of findind out wheth
er it would be feasible to build a
dam and conserve tho flood waters
of the Verde to he used in conjunc
tion with the reservoir on the Salt
The report of the Association Kn
sinwr based on the results of the
drilling operations shows the feasi
bility of building tlte Horseshoe dam
so as to provide a sufficient water
supply for all the acreage within
the boundaries of the project, in
cluding the 32,"0 acres left without
:i developed supply by the report
vf the Survey Board.
The Association Engineer has also
tuade --n investigation and report
on pumping wa'er for irrigation,
r hich report has not yet been acted
upon.
The Association member of the
'ost R view Uoard has been ap
linted in the person of Frederick
A. Jones, of Dallas, Texas. With
a corps of assistants Mr. Jones 1
v mpiling data for the presentation
of the ease of the Association when
the local board meets to review the
-ost of the project, and fix the unit
ost per acre to be re paid under the
terms of the twenty year extension
act.
An experiment in the measuring of
irrication water by meters is con
templated by the Association, several
enturi and I la, ma meters having
been purchased for installation at
THE CEMENT
.- r jr. . . - , - ' . vA. : I
I - -- - -- '' "- r?i
Irrigation works of the highest type. This cannl carries water from the Arizona
PotMr Hm.u anrl after na'sinn throuah the water vj heels, it serves its final
r?-Vf ' ... v- J ;A i )ri viiv ife'C-''':A &
Accurate butter tests as well as many
various points on the project.
To aid the Agricultural Extension
Service of the University of Arizona,
the Association appropriated $1,000
towards the salary and expenses of
a county Farm Adviser until a State
appropriation becomes available, of
fice Muarters fur the Adviser were
provided in the Water Users- Build
ing and the work of that official is
progressing.
With the exception of a few finish
ing touches the Association has' com-
AT THE DAM-FELL' rELEHlf A'HON
Ove- 5C0 automobile parties drove from Globe i.nti Phoenix ar,d other points
to attend the celebration on April 15th, indicating a live com
munity spirit as well as "sood roEds."' The seventy
seven mile drive from Phoenix to the d?m takes
one through some tf the world's finest
mountain scenery.
lifted the Cross Cut Power plant. !
This being the third and last of the '
plants constructed by the Association i ni' a us troublesome times with sick
to operate on the canals and develop j ness and cosily experiments in feeding
an income
ject.
for the credit of th:- pro-
A PROPHECY
Quotations from address of
I.ouis C. Hill, engineer of the Uni
ted States Reclamation Service
w h.j had charge of the construe
lion of the Roosevelt lam:
"Ii" rightly handled in twenty
vtar- aiiiv power plants will have
earned sullieient returns to repay
all the United States stunt on
them and all that you have con
tributed towards their cost, and
if properly invested each year a
surplus large enough to accumu
late a fund great enough to re-
ace .ill tee inacumei in enr
!
pkui's. besides furnishing power j ; '..ltrv V Ek" .U.
. 1 r I"""'"'" .'.iTempe, Arizona.
v " I
t
. .mM mvfki !
LINED CROSS-CUT DOWER CANAL
natcinn Ihraunh the water wneelS. II serves III
FOUR OUEENS
sweepstakes wor. at eastern state
Eggs Pay Well
In This Valley
Says Jay Blount
At tile request of
am contributing
The Republican
a short state
ment on poultry farming. The ques
tion always first ii: any business is, ;
(".ops it pay'.' I have conducted my!
ooultiy and ris farm for four years
now, and I know that poultry farm
ing fur eggs pays veil in . the Salt!
Piver Valley. 1 have not become sick
of it: but, in spite of my lack of j
Vorkiiis capital, which means short- .
age of stock and inadequate equip- j
!
A XTy s'CT Vte3
i
A'
meut. aiid iv. spite of my lack of ex
i erier.ce in caring for poultry, which I
spite of all these drawbacks, th
! poultry busini ss lias paid nv, and is j
' ,ia ing me better each year. I
I am not going to present any fig-
' -tires because 1 am still short of the i
: degree of success which it is possible j
' to attain and which I am bound to j
j gain. I believe that the Salt Riv er j
i Valley is an ideal place for poultry j
: farming. Possibly the most trouble- j
some tenture oi I lie ousiness is
marketing of the eggs. Dut that
probh m can be solved hy closer co
operation of the egg producers. The
! T- nipe poultry ai.d Kttg Association!
is a mode! organization and a. few '
live associations in neighboring towns
i t.N.rkimr and co-operating on similar;
ines. would maif Salt River Valley
1 fur excellency, and would
Canal to the
new Crass-cut
irrigation.
noeii puruuai 10
OF THE DAI If V
fairs, prove Salt River Valley dairy
' : eirids not
i jfind a market for all that can he pro-
. 'dr.ced.
! Valley Is Seamed
! With Main Canals
(.('entitled from Page Two)
j lion fi
j valley.
The
i pacity
i under
the distributing system in the i
Arizona Falls plant has a ea-
of l.OGa kw. and is operating '
a working head of IS feet, j
plant is very similar to the '
Consolidate plant in design, !
j This
South
i:ntl like this plant
of simple and '
modern comst ruction.
It may be said of all of these
plants that they are of the most
permanent character, equipped with
apparatus purchased under the most
- i rigid specifications with the highest
; possible efficiency knowif to the state j
j of the art under tiie conditions ex- ;
i isting. j
' The transmission lines from the
j Roosevelt power plant to the valley !
j are all or steel construction, with
! the' exception of a few lines of 10.00H j
1 volt lines which are on wooden poles
and a short section oC 45.000-volt line
j west of Phoenix, also on wooden poles,
i The character of the construction is
j of the exceedingly permanent type
with m small cost for upkeep. Forty
milcpi of line between Mesa and the
Roosevelt power house, part of the
first line built on the project, has
been recently improved and recon
structed in line with the most recent
advancc-s in the art of power trans
mission. The line is thoroughly- equip-
ped with the best of oil switches and
! the latest type lightning arresters.
These power plant. sub-stations.
transmission lines and distributing
' lines, or the whole electrical power
and transmission system of the pro-
ject. without canals, has cost in round
j numbers SV-T.O.oon. There should lie
rightly added to this $1.flu.uoi for
! power pl'int share in canal costs.
maKir.g the total properly chargeable
i to the power system $:;.r,o.oni. This
power is used, first for pumping water
for irrigation on the project; second,
i it is sold to vat ions consumers in
i large contracts and some smaller ones.
' if the two largest contracts, that with
the Inspiration Consolidate!! - copper
! company provides for mhhi kw. maxi
i mu in delivery: ami the other, with
j the Pacific Oas F.leclric company
' provides for l.ra.iO kw. maximum de-
iff.- tS- v -
L
kjlS
f-r-n. Trf 'i-.r .1 '- U - . . ' ". . ! ; r "' - . - '. , . i- -.": . 1 --r-A' . - r , m- 5. VI 't 1 "'T W "--H"-"ij " " . -4. Jfc," -' Wk.-..
QrADI.AX4.LE AT STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT TEMPE
This school, ranking ne;t to the State University at Tucson for size and equipment, is one of the most valuable assets of the Salt
livery. With the
consuming only
lnspiration contract
I small jiortion of
! its load during theyear 1014, the
total receipts trom tne sale of power
of the entire system amounted in
round numbers to l!Mi.200, and there
was paid out for operation and main
tenance $S,.riO. The Crosscut power
ilant was only
1" its capacity.
in operation a portion
for a short period in
1014.
Following is
ing costs and
with ail plant.-
an estimate of operat
letiirns of the system
in full operation and
the contracts now in existence oper
ating at their contracted normal load:
Total operating cont, $108,000.
i tins shoupl be adder! a deiueciatlon
j charge which at the present time
amounts to about $100, 0uo, making a ' work is dene, the horse should first he
total operating charge of $20ti,00O. I given water and n xt hay. and lastly.
The earnings of the system, based j'he grain. Until the horse becomes ae
on conditions that prevailed during customed to drinking water while he
RUH. are estimated at $.161,000, in- j 's warm, tiiis rule of water, hay and
eluding: $21,000 for power fnruished ' grain w ill ieed to be modified
best -
Stock to rnk with the world's
rV - r--- . . . "
- tf '
t
I
t. "t -.-. Sv V-v
AT THK DKDICATTOX OF THE ROOSEVELT DAM
This photograph, taken March 18, 1911, at the dedication of the Roosevelt dam by Col. Theodore Roosevelt, gives
one an idea of the formation of the box. canyon of the Salt River, regarded by engineers as ideal for
a dam-site. Contents of reservo'r on that date 532,376 acre feet today over 1,400,000. Depth of water
then 164 feet, today 227.
at cost for project purposes. !
This shows a net proft of $i,"iH,li00 j
per annum. The depreciation charge
above referred, to, if not expended on
unexpected emergencies, may be added j
from time to time to the net profits i
which, with good management, might j
bring the total income to $400,000 per !
annum. There is still passing the j
Roosevelt lower plant in normal ir
rigation seasons water that would
generate ii.mi'i kw. which is not now
used for power but could be made
'available lit- sliehl : i , 1 . 1 i t i , , , . tr, Hie
plant if the market is apparent.
These estimates are baseil on actual
known operating- costs for all the
plants, tiansmission lines, bub-sta-
tior.s, and everything connected with
the power system of the Salt River
project, and it includes an exceeding-
ly g"iierous di prei ation charge. The
earning power of the system is
,
-. f
."rrr' v.3.
servatively based on the flow through
all the canals during the year 1013,
with the operation of the contracts
in existence working at their normal
estimated capacity which is expected
to realize something during the year
1!H5.
Copies
essary ii
of the accounting forms nec
a new system of aeoount
ooperative fruit associations
he obtained from the U. S.
iug for
lean now
Liepai tnicnt of Agriculture. This sys
tem has been worked out by the De
partment to meet the needs of the
smaller organisations which handl-'
and produce on a commission
: basis.
! o
i Sheep have proven to be very efficient
!
tl.'l! If' T 'k "" v -f ' ' -.
I
t
t
5?"
f 3-
3
- -f - ,
J
Gasoline Does Wonders On
Modern Farm Of Valley
i
j Phoenix contains many model faring,
Illustrative of one i:: the Mountain
j View Dairy and Fruit Farm owned
by Stanley Howard, five miles ive-st
I of Phoenix. The illustration in this
edition shows a Smalley cutler operat-
i ed bv a new- model N-lt; Tractor. Tho
i
! tractor
i such
is used for all farm purposes,
tutting feed, plowing, cult ( -
vating, power, etc. It illustrates how
one of the successful ranchmen in
' the Salt River Valley succeeds in
farm work The bulk of the farm
j work is done by gasoline power, for
instance, pumping, churning, milking.
if t o J'.'Y 1
ft -SV C"rt ' f
- - - .'i"t9r - '. ---. ,ixi'"-. .i.
it.
washing.
plowing and cultivating ' al-
falfa.
The ran
:h has an acetylene lighting
jdant.
Mr. Ilo yard's ranch also confafna
one huntlitd registered llolstein cows.
Mr. Howaid was the first man to put
in advance registries on American
lioistein cattle. -Mr. Howard milks
forty-one cows with a "Calf-Way"
mechanical milking machine, which
! wa: the lies! milker of its kinil to
be brought to the valley. It operates
very satisfactorily by fapieezing the
j milk instt id 'of doing so by suc
tion.
The ranch consists of 100 acres, 95
of which are devoted to alfalfa. 10
acres to fruit ami the balance to
small farming, such as raisins feeds,
grains, et .-.
The ra'icli also has two redwood
rulos.
Mr. Howard raises hogs of a full
blooded Poland-China stock. The
LET THE SHEEP DO IT!
at cleaning canal banks from weeds
money at the same time.
4.it-it'
I've- 1 .Lf f f i 1
5' I - ; "s--'jiMi.i;:i
l- - f - V v?r' 1ST,' .
i chickens on the ranch are all full-
, blooded v. bite Wyandots. Therefore
i the source of profit from this ranch
is from callle, dairying, hogs, poultry
and fruit.
j o -
CHARACTER SHOWS IN GARDEN
Only
the Undaunted Who Begins
April Triumph in July
"Ill the beginning,'' says P,acon,
"the Almighty planted a garden," and
placing a man therein, made garden
ing the initial occupation. Acrord-
.-Jf-3
C vrV-! ML
i '4
- ?v
River Valley.
ing to evolution. ' the first man was
a hunter, and the race--lived and
throve on killing. It has hail its
periodical orgies of killing, and has
in the present ' t ra reduced it to a
science. Nevertheless. and some
what curiously, even modern men
fight in trenches product of delv
ing in earth.
A man's temperament shows itself
in his garden plants. If he is op
timistic, he naps, imaginatively, be
fore ,e has sown: if he is enthus
iastic, he undertakes all the availahlo
area. When everything grows with
sut-b surprising rapidity that the self
sown seed outstrip the painstaking
ly planted: when the mosipiito turns
her pipe and the cutworm comes from
its secret haunts to devour his settl
ings, courage oo;-es out of his finger
tips. Only the persistent and tho
undaunted who have be"n ambitious
in April are triumphant in July. Th
irnrden is a test of character.
....
T'WtJ
and Have mode gcod wool and muttoi
V