Arizona republican., 1911-12-09

times the acreage for Indian reserva-
 tions in Arizona. approximately than if the rest of the United States. On ;hat basis we have the right To insist
 on cutting down at least 2O,000 square 1 miles from the Indian acreage and tEat portion should be taken, if pos
 sibIe from that part in the north con- i taining the coal deposits. and the tim l Der acreage. IT the United States de-
 sires to retain the title to that Ian |,
 as I think they will. and it would be d good tnTns my friends. it will be ob- i ligatory upon the government to furn- ! ish cheap power to every section Of Arizona. If the United States should open these coal lands under the pres tnt law, which is now in effect. it would mean that every citizen would have right to his quota of that coal { land, but going on the assumption that
 the United States government would retain ownership of the coal land. be- cause the theory of the conservation | ists k to retain it under federal con- ] tIol, which is wise and will prove ben oficial ultimately. they will put this national power fund sufficient to de- Velope the agricultural and mineral resources Of Arizona
 In the valleys Of Pima county the Santa Cruz and Rillito valleys. we have water near the surface. We have this same combination in the mesa lands of Yuma county and in certain lands in MaricOpa. in Santa Cruz. and Co.,
 chise. and up in Yavapai county in the Gila valley. along the Little Colorado
 River in Navajo. and Coconino and
 Apache counties. We have worked out
 a plan, and I make the statement aa-
 visedly that the United States gov
 ernment can build newer plants that
 will supply power to every section in |
 Arizona.
 This is a dry statement. friends, but
 think you will be interested.
 I think you will be wise to listen to |
 it, because if do not have the chance |
 to do this, to put this into effect, you | can call upon some future congress- |
 nan to work out the details of the |
 plan which I am suggesting. The gov ernment can build d 10000 horsepower
 plant. That sounds large, but they can deliver power a mean distance or | 225 miles from that plant, at a cost of | twenty-five to forty dollars per horse | power per year. It means ihat you
 can irrigate at a cost of fifty cents
 per irrigation. or not to exceed three dollars per acre. You people who own large mines or extensive real estate ia | Tucson today or agricultural acreage
 in the Salt River valley or .n Yuma county you may not be interested in
 these things. because he who owns these things has sufficient money that h. may roam at will over the world | But we have in Arizona 100000 peo- pie. We have only 60,O00 males, over 21 years of age.
 We have board of trade and cham bers of commerce that are calling for the people of the east and of the world over. to come into Arizona Where are you going to keep them after they come here? We have no running streams but what the water has been appropriated for 20 or 30 years. We have no large mineral showings but what have been located for twenty to thirty years past. The mineral lanl we are going to make valuable. and the agricultural lands. we have got to do a great deal of work and that means a question that I offer. and which has been worked out in detail by the able assistance of MT Cameron and Mir Jack Williams. I believe that one prob lem is going to make possible the ir- -sr I., 1 or over 5000 GOO acres in Arizona.
 Under intensive cultivation. that may support and will approximately support 1.5OO.O0O people. and there is enough power. consumed on the basis I stated moment ago locked up in the coal fields in the north. to take care of that population for a period 0: over 2,000 years. If you want to cut it down to 5000 years, it means that we may have enough coal to furnish for four to six million peo- pie in Arizona. We have the best soil on earth; we have large quantities or water. but We have to pump it. The one problem that have mentioned this question of power, and my friends I know it is a dry subject, for some of you know it would be cas- fer to quote some of the gems of or some of the oJes of Cicero or talk about the problems of the Syrian desert, that have been talked about in this campaign. You have been listening to idealistic talk not only for months, out for several years.
 l believe that if you elect Ralph Cameron. Jack Williams and HoVal Smith, they will be able to initiate because President Taft will be there until March 1. 1913, by that time this coal will be controlled by the federal government, and We will secure an ap- my friends. to investigate the feasibility of what will be known sc tba \atinpal p.u-or Ae+