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Ten Million Dollar Dam Dade Sam's Roosevelt Project
Uncle Sam advances the Salt River dam in Arizona transforming 2000 square miles into a fertile valley with orange groves fig trees vines alfalfas and hundreds of homes. The 284 foot high dam creates a 20 mile long lake replacing Roosevelt and will supply water for over 100000 people and 25000 farms. Construction costs total 9.75 million dollars aided by a power canal. the article also notes social gossip about a Missouri senator's daughter and shifting American manners abroad.
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