Arizona republican., 1916-10-11
K|bbEY EXPERT ON IRRIGATION
 PLEADS CAUSE

His voice batting a thousand per cent, Judge kibbey came back and scored a tremendous success in his somebody with a little irrigation in formation in the United States sen ate, at the Y. NJ. c. A. stadium last
 night Judge Kibbey led the program anu was introduced by Chairman Richard E. Sloan. as the republican candidate for senator.
 Taking up the mannerism of his distinguished opponent, H. r. Ashurst.
 Judge Kibbey declared, that although averse to speaking of himself he in tended to do a lot of plain and fancy
 boosting for one J. II. Kibbey. q
 am no gladhander," he said and l
 believe an official should have other qualities than that of being able to
 meet perfect strangers and with oily solicitude inquire after remote mem
 hers of their families
 But l will not say anything against Mir Ashurst. I must say, however, that he is using the grand peaks of the San Franciscos, with their sum- mits bathed in the ineffable glory of the rising and the setting sun, their rugged sides clad in the stately pines, as an argument for his reelection. T ereby pledge myself, that if elected. I will continue to have those peaks stand in a grand manner, up in Coconino county, just where they stand now The sun vii rise and set and in doing so, bathe them in in effable glory. I intend to have those pines olothe tEe rugged slopes until better use can be found for them. My opponent also pleads the cause of heroism. He says that all the he 1 roes are not in Europe. and tells you about the Lusitania going down, with | the big hole in its side and the stok- CTS standing at their posts until they went down into the depths and were embraced in the cold round arms of | the mermaids."
 Quite Some Contrast
 In most effective contrast with the 1 introduced that a comparison might | be drawn. Judge Kibbev then took up | the subject of his qualifications for | the office he seeks. He admitted | freely that he intended to push him. | self forward. as a desirable candidate, | which he proceeded to do with vigor. | Of his coming to Arizona 2s years ago, as attorney for the owners of
 tho Florence canal, and of his lifelong | study of the laws and usages of irri- :, gation. Judge Kibbey hardly needed | to speak. but te did so. in a way that 1 lef; no argument as to his qualifi- cations to represent so important an l irrigation state in the senate of the | United States
 1 Intimate details of the formation of the Water Users Association of the early fights to secure recognition for the project, of the acquisition of the distributing system of the contro- | versies over the cost-all these were lpresented hv the speaker
 | He explained why it would be nec- essary to pay more than the original cost of the dam, but insisted without equvccation there must be no hint o1 Irepudiation in the valleys attitude or the payment question. Yet there il
 an unjust excess in cost, and he in tends to advise the water users. o
 which he is legal advisor. not to pa.
 it. He called the excess costs tn
 result of disastrous mistakes. egregi
 ous errors and costly experiments
 The power canal estimated to cos l S90 000 and actually costing q million
 and half. originally intended f ; | supply water for power and revenue
 and now absolutely useless. was cite as an example of engineering blundel
 fof which the water users must no ! be held to pay.
 , The reduction of the cost and tn f | construction of the Verde reservoir
 were things that are totally essentia
 to the future prosperous expansion c , | this community, Judge Kibbev tol his hearers. He closed by asking
 it were not true, that with such prob | lens coming up, it would be well fo |, the people of Arizona to have an irri [ | gation man in the senate and tn l crowd though very literally sprinkle . lwith democrats, rendered most geneI
 1 nus and annrOVing applause.