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Show THE WESTERN WEB 63 A. Van Wagenen, Jr., Phoenix attorney, declared: 28 "The cost of the project will be paid back to the Govern- ment time and time again during the life of the project. This cannot be denied." Said A. L. Bartlett, president of the Pinal County Farm Bureau: 29 "We do not ask this as a gift or sub- sidy ..." Leon M. No well, president of the San Carlos Irri- gation and Drainage District,30 told how flood waters could be impounded by Buttes Dam. Clyde Neely,31 president of the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation, advised the committee: "We are not asking for a gift." George W. Mickle,32 president of the Phoenix Title and Trust Company, said: "We seek no gift or subsidy E. Ray Cowden, livestock man, changed the tune to tell the senators that only one per cent of Arizona, about 775,000 acres, was irrigated.33 Eighty per cent of the balance of the state, or 72,000,000 acres, was owned by the Federal Government. "The date industry of Arizona (550 acres) whole- heartedly supports the objective of Senate bill 1175," said John T. McChesney, manager of the Phoenix Date Company.34 W. W. Lane,35 a consulting engineer of Phoenix, gave support to Larson's testimony. He would assume a more prominent position in later hearings. McFarland was a little frantic. The time was nearing when California would begin to present its arguments. He was faced with presenting Arizona's star legal witness, Charles A. Carson,36 a vibrant-voiced water attorney from Phoenix. But McFarland realized that if |