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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1920
COPy OF LETTER HERE
WHICH BECOME iffO
PROJ
ECT'S APPROVAL
A copy of the letter to Secretary of
the Interior Pavne in whirh Dirprtnv
I. Davis recommended approval o(
the proposition submitted last month
by the Auxiliary Kastern Ca.nal Land
owners' association for the utilization
of waste waters to irrigate 35,000 acres
of land east of the Salt lliver project,
with the secretary's note of approval
attached, his been received at the of
fices of the association here, and was
made public yesterday. The letter i.y
Mr. Davis is self-explanatory. It fol
lows: Washington, D. C
May 20, 191'0.
The Secretary
of the Interior.
Dear Mr. Secretary:
I transmit herewith a communica
tion from Richard K. Sloan, attorney
lor the Auxiliary Kastern Canal Land
owners' association, which proposes to
build a canal eastward of and parall?t
to th most eastern canal of the Salt
Kiver project to cover higher lands
to the extent of about 33,000 acres.
The proposition is explained in the en
closure accompanying: the letter, which
is herewith transmitted.
positiot. presented by Judge Sloan is
to create a district of the second class,
and with proper restrictions, to safe
guard the rights of the older lands
such as are proposed in his letter. This
is not only safe and wise, but. it is th
only means of safely utiliuirg: a vast
quantity of water that must otherwise
run to waste during a majority or j
years.
The Ka stern canal, from which the !
Auxiliary district proposes to -lake its j
water supply, heads upon the south I
side of Salt river at Granite Keef dam, i
and therefore intercepts all waters
from both the Salt and the Verde, and
during the current year there is a
larjje quantity of water going to waste
which can be utilized b such a diver
sion in the manner proposed.
The nearness to the Granite Reef
dam of the. proposed pumping" plant
means that th? mahi canal expenses
will be relatively small. The area to
be irrigated is very clrw- to the river
and most of the canal construction will
be that necessary for distributing: the
water to the lands without any Ions
transmission between the points of di
version and use.
The requirement for power to per
form the necessary pumping is of
course an important consideration, but
the years in which a larye supply will
be available for pumpiny lire, years
which for the same reason are years
of surplus powci, because the water is
abundant with which to produce this
power and the reservoirs are full, thus
giving a larye head upon the wheels
and producing a large amount of power
ANOTHER AMERICAN
HAT TO "STORM" PARIS
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The essential merits of this nronost-I l)er Ullit ot' water. In the years when
tion depend upon the extremelv erratic
and wide fluctuation of the water supply-
of southwestern streams. Tears
occasionally occur, and sometimes sev
eral in succession, where the Salt
River basin may yield-between 2,000,
000 and 3.000.000 acre-feet of water;
and other years, sometimes as many
as six in succession, where the yield
averages less than one-eighth of this
amount. Such a drought occurred in
the years 18SS-1&04 inclusive, and in
this hot. ariJ climate such a drought
means death to unirrigrated vegetation
and ruin to owners dependent thereon.
Widespread ruin prevailed in the Salt
River valley during" the period altvt
mentioned, owine to the construction
ot -canal systems for which water could
not be furnished.
On the other hand, long periods of
abundant water supply occur in which
water might be stored, but this exp
licit be made available for a drought
protracted over six years except by
storing enough water to provide an
additional supply during- all of the six
years. Assuming three acre-feet to
each acre, it would require IS acre feet
to add one acre, or 180,000 acre-feet
to add 10,000 acres. The storage ca
pacity must therefore be sufficient for
this quantity of water plus the evap
oration during the period from the year
when the surplus supply is obtained to
the year when It is used, which might
be about 10 years. In this hot arid
eiimate, this evaporation "is very high,
so JtTiat the storage requirement would
be enormously increased from this
caijse.
For the above reasons it is not physi
cally practicable to utilize all of the
surplus waters in irrigation by means
of storage, but a large quantity of such
waters can be beneficially and profi
tably used if consumed in the years in
which they occur, by tracts; of land
which while using" the surplus waters,
can be &o limited in their water rights
as not to interfere or detract from the
rights of the older lands during per
iods of drought.
The proper Utilization 'of the water
supply, therefore, means a careful ex
termination of the area which car. be
given a reasonably complete supply
during- all years, and another totally
distinct area which is entitled only to
such waters as can be considered sur
plus without encroaching upon the
rights ff the other lands. The pro-
the water supply will be scanty and
power supplv will, for the same rea
son, be scanty and will not be re
quired for pumping the surplus waters
because there are not surplus waters
available for pumping. In other
words, the fluctuation1 of a power sup
ply runs roughly parallel to the fluc
tuation of a water supply, and such
uses of power as here described are i
in a considerable degree surplus uses
for the above reasons, and tend to
ward the utilization of all the resource j
in a peculiarly efficient manner. , j
A map showing by hachures the area j
to be siu-ved is herewith enclosed.
In some respects .the proposition of
this association resembles that of the
I'aradise-Verde district, but it differs
in three essential particulars:
1. It will cover an area most ot
which is known to be underlain with
ground w;-ter, which can be pumped
from underground at reasonable ex
pense, and though the quantity of this
can not be certainly predicted, it i
large and will largely supplement the
flood waters it is proposed to divert.
2 . The water will be diverted from
the river at Granite Reef dam. which
intercepts the waters ofr both the. Salt
and the Verde, thus having more than
twice the opportunity for a water sup.
ply than could be secured from the
Verde alone.
3. The association Is said to be
willing, and. shoald be required In its
contract for water, to limit its devel
opment to annual crops except in so
far as they can be supplied from under
ground, and shall aeree to have its
water supply entirely cut off during
periods when the river, supply is suf
ficient only for the service of lands of
the Salt River project.
For the above reasons, I respectfully
recommend that the general proposi
tion submitted by the Auxiliary East
ern Canal Landowners' association, be
approved and this office be authorized
to join in negotiations between the
Water Users' association and the said
Landowners' association, to the end
that the resources of water and power
can be utilized to the greatest feasible
extent.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) A. P. DAVIS,
Director.
Recommendation approved May 21,
.1920.
rATXE, Secretary.
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MISS
DOR
NEW YORK Undaunted by the refusal of Mme. Deschanel to accept the
JTjOOO American fcift hat. milliners of this country made the initial step in an
other bid for American fashion in Paris, when Miss Leslie Earl sailed for
France wearing a new "trial hat," which she will introduce to the Parisians.
The bonnet is of porcupine straw, trimmed with blue paradise feathers.
pressive double ring ceremony in the
presence of the relatives and a few
close friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell left immediately
after the ceremony for a motor tour
of the northern part of the state. They
will pass the greater part of the sum
mer in Flagstaff and at the Grand Can
yon and on their return take up tnetr
residence in a charming home in Catlin
court.
Mrs. Bell has lived for a number of
years in Glendale, where she has a le
gion of friends. She attended the local
schools, going later to the, Northern
Arizona normal school. She is un-
S DTTO
WEDS EDGAR BELL
A wedding of interest took place, in
Glendale yesterday morning when Miss
Doris Otto, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Emmett Otto, became the bride of
Edgar P. Bell, assistant manager of the
Glendale Lumber company. The mar
riage took place nt the M. E. parson
age. Rev. J. E. Faris reading the im-
From an original personnel of eight
brothers, the firm of Gass Brothers
lias contracted in membership with the
passing years until but one brother re
mains in the restaurant business in
this city. Leon R. Gass is the brother
who now is sole proprietor of (lass
Brothers, probably the best-known
i at ins place in the state. Never
closed, except by fire, its electric signs
have blazed through the night greet
ing travelers as they come from the
railroad stations up Central avenue
and making that name almost synoni
mous with Phoenix.
Although Leon Gass has been sole
proprietor of the restaurant business
for eight years, there has been no
change in the u.-tme of the firm until
a few flays aero, nor in the signs. But
now the electrics read: "Leon R.
Gass." and it cost several thousand
dollars to make the change, it is said.
Charley Gass, the youngest of the
entire eight brothers, was the last to
sell his interest to Leon Gass. Charley
and Leon came to Phoenix in 1905
and bought the llogie chop house.
i-.igut years ago iuariey sold his in
terest to Leon.
The fight Gass brothers started in
the restaurant business in Chatta
nooga. Term. They were the entire
business, cooks, waiters, cashiers and
all. No outside help was employed.
For 15 years the Gass Brothers res
taurant was a fixture in Chattanooga,
but gradually the brothers drifted
apart, Leon and Charley finally coming
to Phoenix.
During the early days of the Gass
Brothers chop house in Phoenix the
monthly rental for their place of busi
ness was $75. The owners were appar-
usually pretty and attractive and pop
ular with all who 1 v n C '. ' Hot-
Mr. Bell came to Arizona from Chi
cago two years ago and is also gen
erally well liked.
r-ntly gl;ul to get that. Mr. Gass Paid
yesterday in recounting old experi
ences. But with the growth of the
city, rental prices have gradually in
creased. During the nearly 15 years
the rent lias increased almost seven
times. Only recently Mr. Gass en
tered into a five-year lease for his
present quarters at a monthly rental
of $500.
While Leon and Charley Gass were
the only ones of the brothers to go
into the restaurant business in Phoe
nix, several other brothers came to
Arizona from Tennessee. Two of the
brothers, Julius and Adolph. are now
in the employ of Leon. Alfonso and
Louis are engaged in the restaurant
business at Long Beach. Cal. Henry
is a civil engineer at Florence, Ala.,
while Charley is a rancher in the Salt
lliver valley. The eighth orother,
Paul, is dead.
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MONEY WAS WELL
HIDDEN-
LONDON The next time T. Razuts
ky wants to hide his money he'll swal
low it and then be afraid they"ll use a
stomach pump to take it from hir;
Razutsky is a Pole and was on his way
from America to Rantzig when taken
ill and removed to an infirmary here.
He only had a few shillings in English
money but the nurses lound $220 in
gold pieces in clothing and then put
X-rays to his boots and discovered
$990 more in American gold.
PREDICTS HARDING
WILL if! EASILY
Declaring that Harding will sweep
the country with a big majority. Ed
Stephens, secretary to the Live Stock
Sanitary board, returned yesterday
from an eastern trip that took him as
tar as New York. Mr. Stephens re
turned home by the southern route,
stopping several days in New Orleans.
Throughout the East. Mr. Stephens
stated that he heard nothing but Hard
ing talk and even through the South
it was apparent that Harding would
receive a large vote.
New York is betting two and a half
to one that Harding will beat any man
the Democrats choose to nominate.
People are beginning to look to the
"man rather than to the party," sal-1
Stephens.
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30,000 SQUARE FEET
Plate
Window Glass
80,000 Feet More Being Loaded
IN BELGIUM
Large Stock of
Wire Glass Rough Glass
Convex Oval Glass
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El Paso, Texas
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806 West Washington St.
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