Weekly journal-miner., 1920-07-28
GO ON TOUR ID THE STRIP"

Through a misunderstanding, 1t was reported Sunday morning that the two sons of Governor Campbell were to go to college in California. This was an error. Both boys have already regis tered with the freshman class of the University of Arizona and will be at Tucson on the opening of the school year to begin work.
 The statement was also made that the Governor and Mrs. Campbell were to indulge ill a vacation at San Fran cisco. Instead of this being the case they have started on a long, hard au- tomobile trip through the northwest trn part of Arizona that holds much of promise for the state and particu- larly for Yavapai, Mohave and Coco nino counties and the almost unex- plored section north of the Grand Canyon. The trip includes the exam- ination of a number of roads for the purpose of deciding whether they shall be recommended as federal aid projects, examination into the feasi- bility of a reclamation project cover ing 10000 acres lying partly in Ne vada and partly in Arizona, and vls- iting and examining into the condi- tions and resources of the enormous stretch of country lying north of the Colorado river, which Utah wanted to beg. borrow or steal from Arizona in 1919.
 Today the party will investigate that part of the Old Trails road lying between Ash Fork and Kingman. Both Yavapai and Mohave counties have voted bonds for the construc- ton of this road and with the assist ance of the government the project can be put through in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. Gov. Campbell will decide whether the road shall be recommended for financial assistance from United States funds.
 There is a good road from King man to Oatman. Out of Oatman, three miles of the road from Oatman to Topek has been provided for. The governor will cover the remaining Z8 miles between Oatman and the bridge at Topek to decide whether it shall be recommended for Federal aid.
 The party will then proceed back to Oatman and on through Chloride to Searchlight Crossing. where they will enter Nevada, and in company with the state engineer of that state proceed to Las Vegas and St. Thomas in Nevada, St. George in Utah and Hurricane and Littlefield in Arizona. This will enable them to look into the details of a proposed reclamation project involving 10000 acres of land that is now useful only for grazing purposes.
 If it can buy this land, syndicate is prepared to raise the S4,OOO,OOO that will be necessary to insure water for the section and give the land real value. Their engineers have assured them of the feasibility of the project. Representatives of the Arizona state engineers office have checked up on the findings of the syndicate and have verified the possibilities indicated. Governor Campbell and the Nevada state engineer will investigate not only the land but the water possibili- ties and the financial strength of the people behind the project. If they deem it desirable, steps will then be taken to have the section surveyed and arrangements made through which the two states will be able to pass title to the lands in question. This will be necessary since the pres ent inaccesibility of the lands and the great cost of the project would make the investment undesirable if full title could not be secured to the land, which, under the most favorable cir will cost the projectors approximately Sl0O per acre before it can be put on the market.
 Governor Campbell and his party will then proceed to visit Short Creek, Cane Beds and Fredonia, settlements that have sprung up in the remark able country north of the Grand Can yon. In spite of the distance from markets and civilization, the pioneers have developed the country, started their schools and put some land under water. The inhabitants complain that because the outside world knows nothing about them, they have been neglected and have not been given either the schools they need to make the section desirable nor the roads that are necessary if the country is to be built up as it should. Committees sent to ask aid from the different leg islatures have been ignored and never up to now ill the history of Arizona has any governor, territorial or state, ever visited the section.
 After a survey of the northern part of the state the governor will proceed through the Cayobab forest to Lees Ferry where he will again cross the Colorado river, about $50 miles north of the first crossing place at Search light. The trip to Flagstaff via Tuba City will be by well travelled high ways.
 There will be no time lost in the expedition, and the party cannot at ford to indulge in breakdowns, since Governor Campbell must of necessity be back in Phoenix in time to attend the meeting of the state land board on August 5.