Arizona republican., 1913-10-26

i pared to act promptly and forcefuny
 tC further it's passage.
 2. Lever bill-a bill in the interest
 Ot more extensive agricultural educa-
 tion. MT. H. H. Gross. president of
 the National Soil Fertility League.
 First National Bank building. Chi I cJgo. H., will be glad to furnish you
 with copy. This is a bill for which 1 We worked last year and which has
 been re-introduced.
 B. Raker bill-a bill to grant l1etch Hetchy valley, one of the finest parts of the Yosemite national park to the city of San Francisco for reservoir purposes. As an organiza- ton weobligation to oppose this bfn because years ago when the question ! was first agitated in congress, the General Federation voted to lay the 1 matter on the table till the cOmmis- sion appointed by congress to inves- I tigate should report, pIedging itself ] to the findings of tbe commission | W hen rendered. Last winter the com mission submitted it's report and re- : commended that Hetch Hetchy be re- tained by the federal government as ! a national park in it's present state Of natural beauty, because San Fran cisco could obtain an equally good 1 and plentiful water supply from sev- ] eral other sOutces. The Raker bill ! passed the house during this special
 session, but action in the senate has 1 been postponed till December $, after 1 the regular session convenes.
 Large numbers of taxpayers in ! san Francisco are strongly opposed ! to the Raker bill. They feel that 1 they are being called upon to finance q great water power plant. the profits | ff 4y-hj jah q clique of politicians, and that the ! taking of Hetch Hetchy is not prim- arily 10 give the city the water sup | ply which it needs. They consider ! that large sums of the bond money 1 have already been wasted by MT. 1 Long and his associates.
 "4 Besides these three definite 1 bills, the first two to be supported | the third to be opposed, we must be 1 or the watch when the regular ses- i s4on opens for any bill or bills that may be aimed at the integrity of our | national forests or injurious to the ! forest service. Last year. although ! there were a dozen or more bills of ! this character introduced into con- 1 eress, so strong was the public senti- i rlent aroused against them in all 1 parts of the country. they never came 1 to the fighting point. May it be the ! same this year. Probably the bills i will take the form of water power l hills this season. Getting control of ] valuable water-power sites has been the real object of most of the grab | bers' in the past, but they chose | roundabout way. thinking more easily to gain their point; having failed, 1 they will, no doubt. take the bull by 1 the horns this time.
 
 things, an address by Professor Roth, delivered in Michigan last winter, the general truths of which are as worthy oG note now then. This instruct 1 i've sheet was furnished me by my Michigan chairman, Mrs. L. L. Maut- ner, who is also a member of the forestry committee of the conserva- ton department of the General Fed eration.
 So much for the national work in hand! Now d word about state work. Of course it would be utterly impos- s!ble for me to be familiar with con d:tions in each state, impossible as 1t for state chairman to know details of them in all towns and cities where she has to advise with her club chairmen. but a few general suggestions may be helpful Here again I am indebted to Michigan and Mrs. Mautner. She was one of a commission appointed to investigate forest or public land conditions in her state As a result of the investi- 1 cations the commission drew up pe- tition and presented it to Governor 1 Ferris. This, naturally. could not be used for another state, but it suggests i an idea that may be adopted to ad- 1 vantage by most commonwealths.
 
 Day leaflet, which has been of great i service in my home city. and will do l just as well to instruct children in | other parts of the country as here 1 can furnish you with enough to | send a copy to each of your clubs, if 1 you will send them out. I wish that l might offer them in sufficient quan- tty for each child. A single copy in 1 community can be made to do a | great work, however. Another leaflet l which We are distributing to the | townspeople and others who attend l cur county fair this week will be 1 forwarded to you in quantity large l enough to supply one to each of your clubs in the state, if you apply to me for them.
 T am putting in a copy of the i forest fire circular although they went l out last spring. Not SC many of the | state chairmen availed themselves O. l this circular as I had hoped, there 1 fore I am again calling your atten ton to it. I still have a good supply | on hand
 "Reme mber that your national 1 chairman is always at your service l ready and willing to give you all the | help that she can.
 Yours most sincerely
 MRS. EMMONS CROCKER, Chairman Conservation Department. |
 General Federation Women's Cluhs.'