Show ROOSEVELT DAM former president participates at opening of first important irrigation project undertaken under reclamation act roosevelt arizona stand standing ing on to bof ot of the great storage storage dam which bears hla his name former prest president dent theodore theodora roosevelt at p TO saturday pressed an electric button which set in motion a mass ot of grinding machin cry which in turn raised three of the th six massive iron gates by this act lit he officially open opened ed the roose roosevelt velt storage darn dam a part ot of the salt river irrl gatlon gation project 1 the motors which raise the batel lad bad hardly begun to turn gutoro three raging torrents of 0 water came rush 1 ins ing th through roligh the three openings at daf ferent erent levels and ran madly down the th valley where after racing fully six sit ty miles it will la be used in the lion of about acres or of land tho the ceremonies were opened ba b president ormo orano of the salt river val ley water users association alter after mr roosevelt had mounted the stand and sirs roosevelt archa wid arid miss ethe roosevelt grouped themselves below president orme introduced governor Go vernoi sloan as aa chairman and the latter it turn presented all speakers those who spoke were lewis engineer of tho the project C J blanch 4 f theodore roosevelt Rooi evelt ard ot of the reclamation service read a letter from dr newell and dr D I 1 lu A fowler president ot of the na lional irrigation congress bishop atwood led the spectators tr IE the lords prayer and later pro romanced oiin ced the benediction top of the adaui W standards b baj ang e electrical le cirica V globes kad had been erected and miss roosevelt teet iset these alight by touching a button the concluding features of 0 tho the day |