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8 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. 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NOTICB IS UEItEBY GIVEN THAT THE Board ol Directors of the llesperla Land and Water Company has, by resolution duly passed on the 18th day of January, 18(1.*;, called ii meeting of the stockhold ers of said company lo meet on Tuesday, April 23d, IHUS. at 4 o'clock p.m. at the oilice of the compuay, being room 310 Bradbury Building, in the City of I.os An geles, Los Angeles county, state of California- said place of meeting being the principal place where the Board of Directors usually meet. Said meeting of the stockholder* of said cor poration is called for the purpose of consider ing the propriety of creating I bonded Indebt edness of the said corporation fot the sum or amount of SB9O,«HM) (ninety thousand dollars). 1 the payment Of said indebtedness to be secured by mortgage or deed of trust upon the property of the laid corporation. It is further ordered that the foregoing order be published in Th* Herald, a newspaper published in I.os Angeles City, Cal.. as provide'! by law. s. h. Morr. Becsetary oi said Corporation. Dated this day oi February, 1695.