Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-12

II. DO YOU NOT KNOW TT TO | BE TRUE THAT IN EVERY LEASE IT IS AGREED BY THE LESSEE THAT THE OFFERING OF THE | LANDS LEASED FOR SALE AUTO MATICALLY CA N C ELS THE | LEASE?
 12. You are reported as now say | ing that State lands have been select i ed to suit the convenience of the | stock raisers. DO NOT THE REC ORDS SHOW THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE ONLY BEEN GOVERNOR FOR TWO YEARS. THAT YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE SELECTION BOARD, SIGNED THE APPLICATION FOR AND REQUESTED THE SELECTION OF 1.423.169 ACRES OF GRAZING LANDS, OR THIRTY ONE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACRES SELECTED BY THE STATE UP TO THIS DATE?
 13. You are reported as now say ing that much land has been apDrais- ed by LanG Commissioner al $&O0 per acre anl sold at that price.
 DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT ALL SUCH VALUES OF GRAZING LAND ARE FIXED BY THE LAND DE APARTMENT OF WHICH YOU ARE A MEMBER AND CHAIRMAN; AND DO THE RECORDS SHOW THAT YOU HAVE EVER OBJECTED TO SUCH PRICE?
 14. You are reported as now say ing that large tracts could be select
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 WHY DID YOU NOT, AS CHAIR MAN OF THE STATE LAND BOARD OF THE STATE, ASK FOR THE SELECTION OF SAID LANDS.
 15. WHY DID YOU NOT, AS GOV ERNOR OF THE STATE INFORM THE THOUSANDS OF EX-SOL- DIERS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA AS TO THE LOCATION OF THESE LANDS IN ORDER THAT THEY MIGHT EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE HOMESTEAD AND OTHER FEDERAL LAWS?
 16 You are reported as saying how that leases covering state lands have been renewed without a reap praisement
 DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THIS STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE, BUT THAT IT IS TRUE THAT SAID LANDS HAVE BEEN RE-APPRAIS- ED IN EVERY INSTANCE AND THAT THE RECORDS OF THE STATE LAND BOARD SHOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN so REAP | PRAISED?
 F. You are reported as now say 1 ing that the rentals charged for state lands are equivalent to a gift to the | stockmen. DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE RENTAL CHARGED BY | THE STATE IS GREATER THAN THAT CHARGED BY THE GOVERN | MENT FOR GRAZING STOCK UPON FOREST RESERVATION. DESPITE THE FACT THAT NO PROTECTION IS GIVEN TO THE USERS OF | STATE LANDS WHILE ON THE FOREST RESERVE THE GOVERN | AGAINST TRESPASS BY ANY OTH-
 FRS. DEVELOPS AND MAINTAINS STOCK WATERING PLACES, BUILDS ROADS AND TRAILS. PRO- VIDES TELEPHONE SERVICE AND PROTECTS SMALL CALVES FROM THE RAVAGES OF PREDATORY ANIMALS?
 IS. You are reported as saying that the State lands have been sold to cattlement almost exclusively and that on account of this the homesteader and home-builder has been precluded 1 from acquiring these lands for differ ent purposes.
 DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE RECORDS OF THE STATE LAND DEPARTMENT. OF WHICH YOU ARE CHAIRMAN SHOW THAT 724.- | 900 ACRES OF THE STATE LANDS EIGTY- EIGHT (SS) PER CENT. OR
 637.12O ACRES WERE OFFERED
 FOR SALE UPON THE APPLICA-
 TION OF PEOPLE WHO REPORT ED THAT THEY DESIRED THE LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT PUR- | POSES, AND THAT TWELVE CPD PER CENT OR S6SS0 ACRES HAVE BEEN SOLD TO STOCKMEN WHO DESIRED TO SECURE TITLE TO LANDS UPON WHICH THEY HELD VALUABLE WATER PLACES AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS?
 19. You are reported as saving l that State lands in the Casa Grande and Florence Valleys have been ap- praised as grazing lands and sold at an appraised value very much less than their actual worth.
 DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE LARGEST SALES OF STATE LANDS | IN THE CASA GRANDE VALLEY | WERE MADE IN AUGUST AND | DECEMBER. 1917. AND THAT YOU WERE PRESENT AT THE MEET | INGS OF THE DEPARTMENT AT THE TIME THESE LANDS WERE APPRAISED. AND VOTED TO AP- ] PRAISE THE LANDS AT THE VAL