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IRRIGATION IN ARIZONA
New Plans of the Rio Verde
Canal Company
BANQUET BY IRRIGATSONISTS
Showing of Franchises and Property
Controlled by the Company
Ample Capital tn Carry Out the Great Scheme
to Irrigate the Famous Salt
River Valley
FhTnix, Ariz., Feb. 28.-For some
months negotiations have been in prog
ress between the Rio Verde Canal Com
pany and the strong contracting linns of
Messrs. I.angdon. I,in ion &to. oi Minne
apolis, and Messrs. D. Giant .4: Co. of
Faribault, Minn., looking towards the
amendment of tbe former oontrwet with
Messrs. L. L, A Co. ami theacquisition by
tho members of these firms of a controll
ing interest in the company's irrigation
enterprise, and the construction by these
(trail of the company's work?. These ne
gotiation- wore concluded In tliis olty
February 18th.
During the [(receding week tho sites of
the Horseshoe j-eservoir and the diversion
dam, and portion! of tbe canal li.nc and of
the countiv to be watered by Rdo Venle
were carefully inspected by Mess-rs. 1!. D.
Langdon, A. H. Linton, Samuel It. H.
Robinson. Frank L. Conkey of S'tinneap
olis. and Mr. D. W. tirant of Fsiribault,
under the guidance oi President Sheldon,
Supervising Engineer Campbell and the
local directors) of tbe company. Kach of
the visiting gentlemen expressed them
selves as more than phased with the re
sults of their examination, and Said that
each representation made to Uiem had
been more than verified by their own ob
servation.
After tne ratification of the formal con
tract by the company's board of directors
the annual meeting of the stockholders
(which hud taken a recess from December
last) was I eld. The following new Board
was elected: D. W. Grant, A. H. Finton,
Samuel IF H. Robinson, Frank F. Con
key, Prosper P. Parke'. Samuel 0. Sy
raoiids, Augustus i. Sheldon. The board
of directors immediately organized by the
election of the following Officers: Presi
dent. A. G. Sheldon; vice-president, A.
11. Finton: secretary, I. F. Doolittie;
treasurer, Frank F. Conkey; supervising
engineer. Donald W. Campbell.
Executive committee: A. C. Sheldon,
Frank F. Conkey, P. P. Parker, S. F. Sy
tnonds.
At I o'clock this stage in the company s
affairs was modestly celebrated by an in
formal luncheon, at which the visiting
gentlemen and new members of the com
pany were invited to meet, socially, rep
resentatives of various local interests.
Local guesls were: Chief Justice A. C.
Baker. Gen. M. E. Collins. Chaplain Win
held Scott. Major F. W. Evans, Dr. W. F.
Woodruff, .las. A. Fleming, il. E. Kemp,
Wm. Christy, Walter Talbot, N. A. Nor
ford. James M. ciintock. .). 0. Dunbar, A.
s. Mills, C. IF Hakes, .1. (I. Hudson, C.
F. Leonard, P. J. Clark.
l,ocal members, of Ihe company were
President A. C. Sheldon, Secretary J. K.
Doolittie, s. c. Bymonds ami Captain P.
V. Parker.
Visiting gentlemen ami officials of the
enterprise were: A. 11. Linton, of Lang
don. Fwiton A: id., the great I'ailroatl con
tractors: General Superintendent H. Pen
nington, of the "Soo" road; I!. B. Lang
don. of Minneapolis; I. W. Grant, Fari
bault. Minn.: S. I!. H. Uobiiisoii. of
F.mgdon, Linton A- Co.; Frank U Con
key, treasurer of the company; Donald
W. t'amphell of Denver, supervising on
gineer; Granville Malcolm of Denver, L.
H. Wilson of New York, and C. J. Jones
of Taconoa. Wash.
Of the gathering The Herald says:
The Rio Verde luncheon on Tuesday
afternoon, the progress at which, with a
list of the guests, was announced in The
Herald of that evening, was one of the
most enjoyable impromptu affairs in the
city's history. The banquet was not de
tided upon until hit" the evening before.
Mr. Fleishman kindly tendered the use of
the floor of the Opera House and Fee A
Made, the well-known and accommodat
ing caterers, did their best in the limited
tame allowed to set before the guests of
the evening, and the visitors to the
valley, a few viands both toothsome
and digestible. It was emphatically a
commercial spread. Nothing was presented
which could cloud the brain or replace
keen judgment with artificial enthusiasm.
In general aspect it was an earnest gath
ering, important business interests were
under consideration, and the professed
purpose ol the summons was a social and
business acquaintanceship which should
usher iv a great era of prosperity for the
Sail River valley, While wit and fun did
their lull share in Ihe post-prandial en
tertainment, there was an undercurrent
ot sober purpose characteristic of the man
agement of the Rio Verde enterprise, one
step in whose pi-ogres-, the occasion was
intended to celebrate One gentleman of
much experience in such affairs remarked
that be had nevel attended a cleaner or
pleasactcr banquet.
When the tames had been cleared, and
as the fragrant smoke began to curl from
smokers' Havana*, President Sheldon oi
tin' Ilio Verde Company outlined more
fully than hail publicly been done before
the definite plans of that company.
THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
Statement of "leans at Hand anil Ohiects to
Be Accomplished
Uentlemen and Friends -The officers of
the Rio Verde Canal Company arc pleased
to meet you iv this manner at this time.
The enterprise which we represent is not
new to must ol you. We have .succeeded
in making tbe name of the Bio Verde
Canal Company and of the Salt River
valley known to thousands upon thousands
of people in all of tbe country west of the
Mississippi River. We have now reached
a stage in the development of the enter
prise when we arc aide to say that il is
on a strong financial foundation. That
being the fact we are especially pleased to
announce to you and through you
to the citizens of Phoenix aud
Salt River valley thai the early
commencement of com traction is arranged
for, with such financial backing as will
usiire its completion. Having reached
Ihttt position, it is proper that not only
the people oi Arizona, Inn the people of
tiie country slum' I know the plans of the
Rio Verde Canal Company, ami what
there is to lie had ami enjoyed in this
'country of the Salt River Valley. To the
multitude of people in the United States.
Arizona is buta la" away country, known
a- the home of the rattlesnake, cuctusand
Apuohe. We know of its advantages, and
desire to be able to present to the | pie
'he country, especially those who are
lutniliar with irrigation, the advantages
oi this country, the health fulness of its
climate, the richness of its soil, its varied
products, its advantages commercially,
socially and financially; and, therefore,
'ye invite your co-operation Injannounclng
.•' lie- world the advantages of this
country.
Ihe irrigation system of the Rio Verde
Canul Company, is to consist of storage
reservoirs, diversion dam, spill ways and
head works, main canal, distributing lat
erals ami measuring weirs, for the Irriga
tion of four hundred thousand acres of
knd, situated Lv the Verde and cuh
River valleys, Maricona County, Arizona,
contiguous to Phoenix, its capital city.
The com pan v owns the right U> divert
from the streams and to store or impound
for irrigation, domestic- use and power,
five thousand cubic feet for each second of
time, of tho water of the Verde river.
It owns the like right to live hundred
cubic feet for each second of time, of the
water of New River.
It owns storage reservoir locations cov
ering over 10,000 acres, with an aggregate
storage capacity of over 400,000 acre feet
of water. (Ail "acre foot" of water is
sufficient water to cover an acre of land
one foot In depth, or 43, JHO cubic feet of
water.)
It. owns all necessary locations for dams,
waste weirs and hcadgates.
It owns the right, of way for amain
canal Ito miles long, and fifty feet wide
on each sideof the water line In the canal,
when built to its largest capacity, and the
right of way on all section and quarter
section lines of nil land to be Irrigated
from the canal, for surface laterals or pipe
lines, for tho distribution of the water,
and for service or delivery gates and nec
essary measuring weirs.
The most of these franchises were ac
quired by purchase and the remainder by
location'and impropriation, and they are
fully protected its the property of the com
pany under the statutes of the United
Btatesand of the Territory of Arizona.
The area of the water-shed of the Verde
river is over six thousand square miles, or
three million eight hundred and forty
thousand acres, with an annual precinita
tation, according to the United States
liovcrnment reports, of sixteen to thirty
inches, and a safely computed annual
run-off of nearly one' million acre feet of
water. This is sufficient to till all tbe
reservoir* of the system twice each year
and to irrigate ami reclaim half a million
acres.
About three hundred and fifty thousand
acre feet (two hundred and live thousand
from the storage of the Horse Shoe reser
voir and the remainder from the flow of
the rilcr during Hood season) will be used
on initial construction. Much of the re
mainder of this source of wealth will be
utilized upon subsequent enlargement and
extension ol the system.
The capacity of reservoirs is as follows:
Area in Acres of Land Covered.
Horse .Shoe 3401* acres
New River 3416 "
Number 3 1000 "
Number 4 '493
Total 10,311 acres
Capacity. Acre I'eet of Water.
Horse-hoe mi.OOO acre it
New River 138,008
Number 3 10.000
Number* l>8,0l»3
Totsl 41t>,6!>t> acre ft
The Horseshoe Reservoir is located on
tbe Verde liiver about fifty-live miles
northeast ot Phcenix, at an elevation of
about two thousand rest above sea level.
Its capacity on initial construction (now
contracted for), is about two hundred and
live thousand acre feet.
The Storage of the Horseshoe Reservoir,
added to fch| natural How of the river, will
provide sufficient water for the first two
hundred and fifty thousand acres of laud
irrigated on initial construction. This
location will bold the largest amount of
water, with the least cost tor construction
and maintenance, and will therefore be
first constructed.
The diversion dam. bead-gates, head of
canal am! spill-ways are located in Section
17. Township r> Norill Range T, east, about
forty miles northeast of the city of
Pho-nix, in a narrow, granite-walled
canyon. The ends, or abutments, and
the bed Of the dam will be solid granite
rock in place, of which material tbe dam
will be constructed. The head of canal,
head-gates and spill-ways will be cut into
the granite ledge, insuring permanence
and safety.
The main canal as located is 140 miles
long. Section one, from the beau gates
to New River, sixty-nine miles; section
two. from New River to the seventy-foot
fall on the cast flank of the White Tank
mountains is twenty-nine and four-tenths
miles; section three, from the foot of
White Tank falls lo the west end of loca
tion, forty-tWO miles.
Only the first and second sections are
now contracted for and will be built on
initial construction.
The canal is located and estimated for
Initial construction, with a. carrying ca
pacity of SO) cubic feet of water for each
second of time, when in medium order:
hut in good order it will carry fully 880
cubic feet per second, and if necessary it
can be Hlled one foot higher with perfect
safety, when it will carry lOtJO cubit; feet
per second, when in medium order, nnd
nearly 1300 cubic feet per second when in
grind order.
If run to its full capacity it can carry
103,1180,000 cubic feet of water each twen
ty-four hours, and put fully IfSO.OOO-acre
feci ..I" water on the land for a thorough
winter or spring soaking during Hoods
without drawing on the storage, and at
normal capacity it can carry and put on
all ot the 200,000 acres covered by initial
construction, which will iv any one year
use water, nearly one-fourth of an acre
loo; per month for each acre, or three
indies in depth each month over the
whole water-consuming area, and this is
more than sufficient for any purpose.
The canal will be so constructed that its
carrying capacity can be greatly increased
at little additional cost.
In all preliminary work the manage
ment have been content to "make haste
slowly."
More than two year- have been spent in
making surveys oil various possible lines,
locations and plans, and in the examina
tion and careful study of the extent, rain
fall and topography of all tributary wa
ter shedsj! thej location, capacity and
Comparative cost of available storage ioea
tions, ami in determining all material
local conditions affecting the cost of con
struction and the efficiency and perma
nency of the system. And upon linal
location surveys and perfected plans, the
cost has been reduced to the minimum.
While the highest degree of efficiency and
absolute safely is secured.
These studies have beon conducted and
the final location surveys for construction
made, upon the matured and perfected
plans, aud under the able direction ami
personal supervision of Donald W. Camp
bell. Esq., of the Hrm of Campbell oi
Anderson of Denver, Colo,, who is well
known in both Europe and America as a
most able and experienced, as well as con
scientious and conservative engineer.
The first and second sections of the
canal will cover over 810,000 acres, of
which fully 00,000 acres are first-class ag
ricultural lands. It is of much greater
value, however, for the cultivation of the
high-priced semi-tropic fruits, to which
use it will be largely devoted.
It is difficult to describe this land to the
rain-belt fanner. Nothing like or similar
to it is to be found east of the main range
of the Rocky Mountains.
The detritus from ages of mountain
disintegration has Tilled the ancient val
leys and made or built up the millions of
acres id' gently sloping table or mesa
lands, of finely pulverised silt deposits,
uniform In character and fertility, to
great depths, making a deep, rich, friable
soil, with a surface free from elevations
or depressions, ready for the hand of the
cultivator {and} especially prepared and
made ready for irrigation.
Such, in its general features, is the en
terprise of ihe Riverside Canal Company,
We have with us this evening many who
are familiar by personal observation with
tliis valley, ils climate, the variety and
value of its resources, its product .-11111 pos
sibilities.
The Rio Verde Canal Company, tn mak
ing local geography, have written tlie
name "Paradise Valley' 1 across about
7. r ),otio acres lying between the Phcenix and
tin Verde mountains. The Arizona canal
crosses tin' lower partof this valley; about
40,000 acres lying above the Arizona canal
and below our line, will bo watered by
Rio Verde, and the remainder, or about
30,000 acres in the higher part of the val
ley, will lie supplied oy the works of the
Pennsylvania Irrigation Company. With
us. on this occasion, is a gentleman of
wide ami varied experience who lives in
the lower part of tins valley, under the
Arizona canal, who is personally familiar
with its attractive features, lie knows it>
soil and climate. By the investment of
his capita! and well directed labor, lie lias
made profitable orchards, vineyards and
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SATUBDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1895.
gardens where late the sago brush held
the land. I know you will be glad to hear
from chaplain WinfMd Scott of the
United States Army.
Chaplain \\ infield scott Tells of Early and
Later Impressions
A stranger here is not supposed to be a
speech maker. However, there are some
things that I have faith In, and when I
have faith I can declare it on any occa
sion. I have faith In this valley. I ex
pect that none of you ever saw a more
lively kicker against coming to Arizona
than I was Iwfore visiting this valley. For
two years I said all the mean things about
it that 1 could think of in resisting the
efforts and arguments of a good friend of
the valley to come here. He was the gen
eral baggage agent of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, 0. C. Wheeler. He
told me there was a kingdom here, and he
earnestly urged me to come out here aud
examine the valley. After two years of
resistance lie paid my fare and Sleeping
car ticket, and I consented to come and
look at it. 1 passed through lais Angeles
on my way here, but I wouldn't tell my
friends what I was going to do. 1 was
ashamed to let them know where I was
going. 1 came to Maricopa. When
1 got off the ears and looked
around I laughed and said: "Poor
old man—he is in his dotage." 'He has
made a great mistake: and when I came
on Into the valley I did not make myself
known. 1 was determined to make my
own investigations, and I wanted to go to
the bottom of things. I went into the
C hinese gardens, the alfalfa ranches, with
their stock, and to the orchards and vine
yards. I rode into the country some fif
teen or twenty miles in each direction
through the long alfalfa fields, then came
back to the Court House and took a view
from the top of the clock tower; and 1
Anally said to myself: "The old man is
right: here is a kingdom." That was
seven years ago; but my mind has never
been changed" to this clay. I began six
years ago by taking tnis desert act land
law plan. 1 bought out a man up beyond
the Arizona Kails, at the lower end of
Paradise Valley. I think I can safely say
that I plowed the lirst furrow east of the
Arizona Cross-Cut, and 1 have been farm
in;: there in a rough-and-tumble way ever
since, but now I am beginning to make it
tell.
Most of you know that I was in the
army so tliat I have had to farm it with
a foreman for all except the last two
years. I have been in the service of the
army and only laiciy have 1 been per
mitted to be on mv" ranch. It is a niag
niticent valley. i have kept a correct
record of the temperature ot the valley
for the last live years and I know what it
has been. My "record shows what the
thermometer indicates at t> o'clock in the
morning, at 12 o'clock at noon and at ti
o'clock at night on each day.
Paradise Valley is good soil, 1 think we
have as good soil as you can find any
where. It is good for all purposes; It
will give the best of fruits anil the earliest
fruits. Ihave about 180 or 170 acres in
fruit. 1 raise peanuts and sweet potatoes
and Egyptian corn and everything else
that I can make a profit on between the
rows of trees until they come into bear
ing. It is getting now "so that the fruit
raising part of it is a success. I know
that it is a success. The upper end of the
valley will do t.ie same; and the gentle
men that take hold of this enterprise will
Bud just as good land and as good places
for homes and warmer mud for the grow
ing of oranges and lemons than we have
yet developed.
I have watched the lines of immigra
tion and have been interested in seeing
tbe tilling up of this great Western coun
try. T spent,in Kansas, seven years; in
Colorado, four years; in California, nine
years; in Washington and Oregon, three
years, ami during all the time I was in
tiie army service I noticed that the things
that we call out here, in popular parlance,
the snaps,-haye been taken largely by these
great tides of people that have been seek
ing hornet in the hopes of bettering
their condition and that of their families.
When I saw this salt River Valley I said
to myself, it is but tiie bite of a cherry to
wards supplying the thousands of people
who will want to come here as soon as
they learn of the advantages of the coun
try and the benefits to he derived in this
valley. I said to myself, there is a king
dom here in this country, book ut the
Salt river, the Gila river'and the Verde,
with all these broad acres available and
surrounded by such a rich mining region,
it will some day be the most thickly pop
ulated, most fertile and wealthy valley in
the whole country.
When there shall be 00.000 or 100,000
acres in bearing orchards in this valley so
that we can combine our shipments as
they do in the stato of California, then
the fruit business will pay one hundred
fold more than it does today. We are not
competitors with California, our fruit is
all ripened, shipped out and eaten before
the growers of California can lay fruit of
the same sort upon their own market. I
have shipped fruit to Fos Angeles, to Sun
Bernardino, Riverside and other places
on the coast und received 10 cents per
pound lor my apricots before there was a
single pound of California fruit shipped
into theil markets. After shipping my
fruit 1 wrote to tbe commission men there
and asked them how the shipment sold
ami to know bow long Iwfo c their fruits
would be placed upon the market: and
they wrote me in reply that there would
be no apricots in tbe market from the
si de of California for at least three or
four weeks, and for me to send them on
ail that I could possibly ship. [Applause,]
1 like large-hearted men, broad-minded
men. They are useful citizens in the
home, in society, in the church or in the
army, or anywhere else. 1 admire a man
that can wear something above a number
six hat, and I am Informed that the gen
tllemen in this enterprise all wear num
ber seven and a half hats. [ Laughter and
applause.]
1 was in Denver when there was only
one main line of railroad in that city, the
Rio Grande railway, and there was not a
single foot of street railway. It was not
:;■< large as this city then, tiie public build
ings were all poor, and it was just in its
infancy, so to speak. In talking with a
friend one day 1 said to him: You will
live long enough in Denver to see this a
eily of L'o.OOii people, and I believe he did.
I'll" census of that city now gives its pop
ulation as 114,000 people, und the lime
w ill come within the next ten yours, while
these enterprises are being developed, that
you will sec a great change in the popula
tion of this city, and more particularly
this valley. There is not a foot of soil
around Denver within titty miles of tbe
city that can compare with the land of
this valley.
I believe that these mountains are stored
with greater wealth than we have yet
known, ami when capital is assured I be
lieve the mining interests will lie devel
oped, other railroads will lie pushing in
here and population will leach 100,000 in
this Immediate valley. I have been thirty
year-; in getting across the continent. The
people are taking possession of tbe land
that will support them; und for climate,
put this against tbe best I have ever seeti.
ilverv place is, of course, the best place I
have ever lived In. I have lived iii Kan
sas, and that is better than the New York
climate. I have lived In Michigan; that
is heller than ill New England. Colorado
has a splendid climate, but it hits too
sudden changes. California has got cli
mate had. She has a climate for every
kind of a disease. There are seven kinds
of climate within seven miles from the
center of the city of San Francisco. She
has three within her corporate limits.
There Is no doubt about It. I can give
you the locality- the streets and the
parks. Some people say that it is hot
here iv the summer time. Yes, that is
tnie; but if you will take Arizona for the
year around, it has the best average cli
mate I ever saw.
We have no scale on our trees, no tree
or fruit pests as they do in California.
Gentlemen: -1 have said these things in
this practical way, for I believe we can
conscientiously say these things are true,
even if those eastern fellows don't begin
to believe them. Toll the true conditions
here iv this valley und then discount
HE WAS CONVERTED
them -.i per cent and eastern people say
they arc rish .stories, hut after bringing In
people to find out for themselves i.hey be
lieve and the tide is coming our way.
Tnese gentlemen, who are just going In
now, taking advantage of all the experi
ment- of the old pioneer that bave gone
before, will surely reap a reward; and
those who come tii invest, knowing for a
certainty that their investments will re
turn them a handsome profit, will be
thankful fo the information which you
propose to impart.
THEIR TRIBUTE OF PRAISE
Representative Men Respond to the President*
Invitation to Speak
President Sheldon—At this board we
welcome the Hon. A. 0. Baker, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, and Judge
of this judicial district of Arizona. One
o! the most important questions in com
ing into a new country is that of protec
tion to life and property. Without the
protection of the iaw, through its fearless
administration, development would cease
and anarchy take the place of society.
Our honorable guest has obtained the en
viable reputation upon the bench of pro
tecting the investments of those bringing
capital here for the developme nt of this
country.
" The development of any country,"
said Chief Justice Baker, "is largely de
pendent upon the administration of the
law, the protection of life and property
rights must be absolutely assured before
capital will venture into*new lields.
"An enterprise like that of the one here
represented requires the outlay of an
enormous sum of money and is worthy
of the assurance that all the rights ac
quired by it shall be faithfully maintained
in the courts of justice. We invite this
capital here and it is our boimdcn duty to
see that it is fairly treated in our tribu
nals.
"Webster says: "Tho Courts of law are
citadels and temples of private justice."
They guard with strong arm the rights of
person and property.'•'
"Gentlemen. I hear the best of reports
concerning your enterprise. Everywhere
you are well spoken . of. There is no
question but what there is a rich harvest
awaiting your investment. Thousands of
acres of the best land In the world lie in
this beautiful valley awaiting tbe magic
touch of water.
"We are happy to recognize you among
a thrifty population engaged in building
here a noble American Commonwealth."
Mr. Sheldon--We have here this evening
General Collins, well acquainted with the
early history of this country. He is a
magnificent talker, and I know you will
be glad to listen to him.
"After enjoying the luxuries of the
season in this splendid banquet at your
hands,"said General Collins, "you Will
agree with me that it requires consider
able effort on the part of a participant to
say anything approaching ."justice to the
occasion.
"The question is, what are these men
doing? Lot us look at the progress al
ready made. i came here 10 or lti years
ago. and I recollect the valley very well at
that time. The first canal constructed in
this valley was the Salt River canal. A
few old settlers came In here and built j
that canal, and they thought when they
let the water out into their canal that it
covered about all the 1 md that the river
would supply for irrigation purposes,
but when the land was all taken
up under that canal, along came another
set of fellows and they went up above
here and started what is known as the
Maricopa Canal: and then the men tinder
the Salt River Canal kicked and said:
Oh, you are going to take all our water
away; there is not enough water in the
river to Supply any more land, but after a I
good deal of talking and disturbance, the
canal was completed and the settlers began
to take up the land under the Maricopa
Canal- there was found to be plenty of
water for nil — and when the land
under that canal was all taken up, and
then another set of men formed a com
pany and came in and built the Grand
Canal. Then the settlers under the two
former canals both kicked and complain
ed that there wasn't enough water for any
more land, that they would ruin their
ranches already Started. They ab
solutely threatened to go up there
and blow out their dam. but the Grand ;
Canal people were progressive, energetic
ami persistent in their rights and they got
a canal, whose land, like others, all tilled
up with settlers, who brought another
large area under line state of cultivation.
Then we all knew that there wasn't any
more water left to supply any more land
i v the valley, and we were afraid at the
time that a large portion of the lands
would have to go back to the desert condi
tions. But behold, In came those other
men, Murphy, Christy and Sherman, and
they started the Arizona Canal and then
we did have a howl. We told them that
they were going to ruin our country, take
away all of our water; we told them that
the older fellows that came in here pion
eering had a prior right to the water and
they wo lldn't submit to their taking out
anotheftcanal from the Salt River In this
valley, but the canal, nevertheless, was
built"and the lands under it are filling up
with settlers who have plenty of water, in
spite of the Mesa, Highland, Consolidated
and other canals above us and an equal
number below j and still we are now in
favor of the outside ditches, so that I tell
you gentlemen from Minneapolis, come
on, there is plenty of room. The more
water ,vc use. the more we seem to have.
The men who gu into a new country and
develop it are entitled to our sympathy
and encouragement. They need our sup
port and assistance and I believe that all
of the old settlers will now give it. We
hope they will take courage and profit by
our successes and our failures, and go for
ward with the enterprise until this land
that they talk about, some 200,000 ai res,
is all settled, and then you will find
them reaching out somewhere else, till
the ultimate result will be that all this
desert land will be put into cultivation. I
don't like to let myself out before Salt
River Valley visitors, but I will say one
tiling more: When I came into this val
ley they thought we couldn't raise any
thing but Cottonwood trees. There
wasn't a rose in the valley, nor uu
orange, nor a pumpkin, nor any thing
but alfalfa and hogs, which were pretty
hard looking Specimens, and they were
not all of tiiem four-legged hogs, either,
[laughter] because they opposed every
thing in the way of development and im
provement. Book at the valley today
teeming with prosperity; what a contrast.
Look at our climate, at the wonderful
productions of our soil, the length of our
season. Why, they spend six months of
the year iii tbe East trying to raise a
crop of corn and then consume the other
six months in feeding that crop, and
there is nothing left to sell. Here we
have nothing in the way of cold weather
to set back the growth of our stock, and
the pastures are green the year round.
Look nt Florida, Kansas and Nebraska,
what storms they have been having and
What great suffering in consequence there
of, while we have so many of the favor
able features of their pleasant season, the !
year round, and mom for a multitude of
people.
It is said that there was at one time
some 800,000 or 40ii,000 inhabitants in this
valley. Evidences of it are to be seen on
every hand, but of that we cannot tell,nor
how they obtained their livelihood; but
we do know that there can be more raised
to tbe acre today tinder our present sys
tem of irrigation on a small piece of land
than in any other place on the face of the
earth. One can take a. little alfalfa, put
in a few vegetables, have a few chickens
and a cow and he can keep his family
from starving, whereas in the Northern
stales they cannot do so—or, at least, are
not doing so now.
The possibility throughout the territory
of Arizona are grand. What our valley is
when when we become a state no man
can tell; but (iod never intended that
these water sheds rolling down here—the
land and the water almost united—should
go to waste. He has has put this land
and water-ways herein this climate under
twelve months of the most congenial sun
shine for a purpose, and it, rests with
these irew men of enterprise and means
to come in here and develop this
country even beyond our conception
of its possibilities a* ii stands today. And
they are not only advancing then- own
interests in ao doing, but tbe interests of
tbe Halt River valley and the best inter
ests of humanity by putting these lands
in shape whore ilic settler aud home
seeker can come aud make comfortable
homes for their families out of the freez
ing climate of the Northern states. We
SO met Intel have a selfish notion that we
should advance and assist in promoting
none but uttr own Interests in this world,
but the duties that devolve upon us as
gen rests with us and we ought to do it.
We have each something to do in tho mat
ter, and when these lands under oar pres
ent canals are tilled up let us branch out
until ah Arizona is what she ought to bo
— the most prosperous and the greatest
state In the I'nion, one supporting tho
greatest population to the square mile of
any In the I'nion. I thank you gentle
men for the privileges of your banquet,
you have afforded me great pleasure in
participating with you in it.
President Sheldon—Donald w. Camp
bell of Denver Is the supervising engineer
of our company. He has thoroughly
studied its physical features and its en
gineering conditions. His knowledge of
its gr. at natural advantages, ample water
supply, capacious storage locations, favor
able bedrock locations ami mottntiiin abut
ments for darns, large area of fertile trib
utary lands, small cost of construction as
related to valnei created, all favorable to
the greatest safely and the highest otll-
Olency, are the solid grOUndl Of his abid
ing faith and continued confidence In the
enterprise. His repealed affirmation of
its inherent value as "one of the best irri
gation enterprises in the United States"
litis made ii possible for its projectors to
present It to the home seeker and invest
or. lam sure you will be glad to hear
from Mr. Campbell.
"In December, 1801," said Mr. Camp
bell, "when I was in Mexico, I received a
telegram from New York, from the presi
dent of one of th! large trail companies
there, requesting me to meet him at Xl
Paso. When 1 met him in Xl I'aso he in
formed me of the nature of his business,
and desired me to visit the Verde enter
prise with him and report upon its capa
bilities. We came to I'lnenix tn Decem
ber, 1891, and met Mr. Sheldon and the
officers of the company and visited the
whole enterprise. My New York friend
asked me: 'Is it a feasible enterprise,one
that we ought to go into and one that we
can make money out. of?' I answered •
that l thought It WBS one of tho best In
the West, and I have ifever changed my
mind from that day to this. The ordinary
running water of the stream is already
appropriated. It was necessary to inquire
what amount of water could be safely
stored. Tho only observations we had
were the geological surveys and measure
ments of Samuel Davidson. 1 have studied
all available data, and 1 don't think I am
exaggerating when I say that there are
flood waters enough in that valley to irri
gate nearly a million acres of land, which
water can be stored and used as needed.
If any one tells you that it is
not so, he la mistaken"; and 1 think the
day will come when over a million acres
other than those now under canal will be
under ditch and well supplied with water
for irrigation. I make this statement
after studying the conditions for the con
struction of reservoir dams, for impound
ing and diverting the waters is as favor
able as any 1 have ever seen. There is
solid porphyry rock immediately at hand
for construction and an ample natural
spill-way a half a mile away from the
dam, so that the dam and spill-way are
removed from the storage dam, and with
proper construction there is no danger
from breaking away either of the dam or
tho spill-way. The" reservoir, on an ac
curate survey, has been found sufficient to
store enough water to cover ari.uon acres
one foot in depth at one filling. In addi
tion to ciiatihey have several other reser
voir sites so that the quantity can be
increased as needed. 1 have esti
mated that the flood-waters amount
to over 800,000-acre feet, so that the
present capacity is only about one-fourth
of the amount that is" annually wasted.
We have something there to be saved, for
it is all going to waste now and is of no
use to anyone whatever. The water is
brought down to the diversion dam In the
stream bed. That is to be built much
higher than usual, i'or tbe water must be
brought over the McDowell divide to get
it out of the Verde valley and on to the
great plains of the valley of the Salt River.
On leaving the diversion dam it oomei
through a level country of nearly 15,060
in the Yer.lo valley, and iroin 'that it
comes into the Salt "River valley,
"After leaving there a large power can
be ha 1 for manufacturing, for electric
lighting Of the mines or running rail
roads, etc.
"There is a large area of most excellent
land under the canal as contracted for
present construction. When that is all
settled, I stake my authority that we can
furnish water for a still larger area.
"The enterprise has done well under Mr.
Sheldon's management. He has had a
rough road to travel and he has traveled
it well. In all of my dealings with him I
can only speak in the highest terms of his
integrity, energy and ability, and I am
very happy to say so here in Phoenix to
day."
President Sheldon—People turn their at
tention towards any cosmtry on account
of the benefit! it affords. They take ac
count of the bealthfulness of its climate
and other conditions affecting physical
well being. Then come the other consid
erations. We have with us one of the
physicians of the valley, who has made a
study of these conditions, and I would be
glad to hear from him. I>r. Woodruff
please tell us of the health of tbe valley.
"As we arc here to celebrate the suc
cess of a water enterprise," said Dr.
Woodruff, "I suppose it is right and
proper that one supposed to deal so large
ly iv sweetened water should participate
in the festivities.
"Withoutinvestigating it From a finan
cial standpoint, I shall briefly touch upon
the point that a hoiueseeker looks at
when contemplating a change of location,
either from the desire of larger business
Opportunities 01' from a yearning for a
milder climate. In either cuse he nat
urally inquires: is the place under con
sideration a healthy one? Can I live there
in comfort and comparative safety? Can
I expect good health for my wife and chil
dren? What is the death rate and the pre
vailing diseases, if any?
"About all I am able to say is, and Jam
fully prepared to make the statement,
that here in the Salt River Valley we have
the healthiest climate to be found any
where in the United States. Now, I real
ize that that is a pretty broad assertion,
but I can vouch for its truth.
"The most reliable vital statistics are
to be derived from the records of the "un
dertaking firms of Randall & Davis and
of Smith, Fields & Co. who have supplied"
all funeral necessities to the territory I
shall describe, during the past three years.
These records are very full and complete,
and for every practical purpose are fully
reliable for the period named. These
firms bave kindly placed their records at
my disposal for the purpose of this inves
tigation. The record substantially covers
all deaths except those at the County
Almshouse, which have been almost if
not entirely non-resident oases.
"The territory covered embraces prac
tically that pari of the Salt River Valley
north of the Suit River, west of the Verde
aud east of the Aqua Fria. It covers a
territory of 250 square miles unci includes
the City of I'lnenix. The population up
on a conservative basis has been put at
14,000,
"During the years 1892, 1808 end 1804
there were within tiie territory named 487
deaths. We think it fair to eliminate
from the number the cases of those known
to have come to Arizona In the lust stages
of disease who have died within a few
weeks after arrival, and accidental deaths.
These number 141. This leaves us 846
deaths among legitimate residents tor three
years in v population of 14,000, and gives
us the astonishingly low annual death
rate of <i-7 of 1 per cent— to the physician
an alarming state of healthfulness.
"Be prepared, ! pray you, for facts yet
more surprising. Vim will observe from
the table 1 snail be happy to show you
thai 188 persons died from diseases of tho
respiratory organs. Many of these were
resident* of the valley who came here
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