Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-05-27
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Arizona, is in Washington, and he
has unfolded the greatest plan ever
proposed to reclaim any section of
the country-for Cameron is going
to do nothing less than harness the
power of the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado; and he has hydro-electric
development project which in COM
parison makes the Niagara Falls and
Keokuk Dam developments look like
children's ships in a mud puddle.
Mr. Cameron is the man who
built the Bright Angel trail on the
rim Of the Grand Canyon, and peo-
pie said it was "Cameron's folly"
But that was years ago before the
hundreds of thousands of tourists got
their first real thrills in life entering
Arizona by this only passage way
from the north down what has be-
come the most famous scenic route
in the world. When the people of
Arizona tired of promises of state
hood, and wanted ''the goods deliver
ed" they sent Ralph Cameron to
Congress. He stayed here three
years, and at the end of that time
he went back home-but not to the
home that had been the Territory
of Arizona" but to the 'State Of
Arizona" which he had promised he
would secure cor never again ask
for political Office"
Thirty-two years ago Cameron
quit clerking in Hovey's store in Bos-
ton, and went to Arizona; where he
became one of the first of the sheriffs
who have furnished the Inspiration
which present day moving picture
men thrive upon. The difference
between the real and the playhouse
kind is that Ralph Cameron is one of
the men who went out single-handed
and alone and southwest for three
weeks through the cactus and sage
brush, into no-man's land, captured
and shackled the Terror of Arizo-
ma" and brought him home for trial.
The Interior Department have been
expecting Cameron to show up,
and it is a good sign that this branch
of our government has a welcome on
the doormat for live wires who like
Mr. Cameron are putting the best
brain Drawn, intelligence and money
in the country back of retaining the
southwest for the people who want
homes and are willing to work for
them.
The Grand Canyon hydro-electric
development project has been Ralph
Cameron's dream for seventeen
years. 1t means that nearly $780,
100000 will be expended, and that
100000 horse power will be secured.
This wondrous power will be dis
tributed over 100000 acres of
land, and will reclaim most of it,
as it has been established that there
is an abundance of underlying water,
and this will be pumped for irriga-
ton purposes and for mining pro-
jects, whose difficulties have been in
the lack of power and water. The
Roosevelt Dam reclaims $50, 900
acres-one-tenth of the Grand Can
yon project. The best engineers in
the United States have o KID the
new project, and it seems assured.
Insist That 1t Can BE Done.
The Administration leaders have
not weakened in their demand fol-
adjournment of Congress shortly
after the first of July. The convic-
ton in the United States Senate
that the only direct track to legis'
lation is through long drawn out dis.
cussions before committees and the
Senate itself, has been shocked, and
some of the solons are rather resent
| full of a plan which boiled dowr
simply means that the Senate must
be rushed. The theory of the Ad
ministration men is that with the
carrying out of the proposed legisla
tive program the case of the Demo
cratic party can be put up to the
people of the country in midsummer
According to the Wilson idea, the
voters will be obliged to do justice
to the Administration and therefore
return a Democratic Congress. o.
course the Republicans and Progress.
sives figure it out altogether differ
ently-but you must remember thai
they are the minority in Washington
and have to be satisfied with the
leavings. In many instances this
comfort has been disturbed by the
noise of the steam roller.
Denies Withdrawal of Patronage.
There are few Democrats who
jumped over the traces of Admins
tration policies, and among these
was Senator Ransdell of Louisiana
who left President Wilson on the
tariff bill on account of free sugar
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