The Holbrook news., 1920-10-08

There was big crowd that waited
 patiently Monday night for the ar
 rival of Governor Campbell and party
 that was to arrive from the south by auto, where they had held meetings at
 Springerville and Snowflake that day.
 The speakers, Galbraith, candidate for attorney general; Estill, for state treasurer, and Governor Campbell, were introduced by James Scott, can didate for senator from Navajo county.
 The main address of the evening was that of Governor Campbell, who immediately launched into the details of all the issues before the voters at the coming election.
 The governor is a forceful and con-
 Vincing speaker, and the subject of
 the administration of the state lands came in for considerable discussion.
 eff Arizona is ever to become great state in comparison with her sister states she must bring into be- ing opportunities for homes for her people that are here and those to come; and reclamation, together with the peoples heritage, the state lands, offers the opportunity for doing just that" he declared, if the desired end is to be brought about.
 "But the state lands must be ad
 oF ,n 1o and not just a chosen few. The peo- pie have lost confidence in the present land board, and are demanding a change in order that all may have an equal opportunity to share in the ad- vantages offered by a just, sound and efficient administration of the state lands.
 "So much criticism has been voiced against the land commissioner" de- clared Governor Campbell, "that only a short time ago no less than three democratic members of the land board demanded the resignation of that commissioner and then weakened for political reasons and continued him in office"
 Discussing reclamation, Governor Campbell declared that as president of the League of the Southwest he and other western governors went to Washington, where they found recla- nation a dead issue, and by dint of hard work revived it to the extent that both political parties incorpor- ated reclamation blanks in their plat forms, and Senator Harding person. ally promised that if elected presi- dent he would foster reclamation and conservation, even as did Roosevelt.
 Referring to the Colorado river project, which would reclaim some 1,750,000 acres in Arizona alone, the speaker declared that 90,000,OOO gal Ions of water per minute were now flowing wastefully to the sea in that stream. Of the Little Colorado river project, which would reclaim 8O,0OO acres around Winslow, he said the es- timated cost was $6,8OO,0OO, which | would create land values of $20,000,- 900 and annually furnish agricultural products worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 Touching upon the state lands as at present administered, Governor Camp bell said the state was spending two and a half times as much money for vocational education alone as the state lands brought in rentals per annum Governor Campbell said: Seven hun dred and fifty thousand of the very best acres of this land has been sold at an average price of $51s dollars per acre, 13,0O0 acres of which in the Salt River valley are worth several hundred thousand dollars today. Most of this vast heritage is now being rented in great part to a few cattle outfits, which pay only about one eighth of what they would have to pay in taxes and interest on the land if they owned it."
 "Your heritage is being dissipated," said Governor Campbell, land this must stop if you and your children, 1 our returned soldiers and the people l who come to Arizona as the land of | are to have an oppor- tunity of sharing in the benefits of this great heritage"
 The governor promised, if re-elect- | ed, that one of his first official acts would be an abolishment of the state | land board and a restitution of the prerogatives of the citizens of Ari- zona.
 A noticeable feature of the meeting was the conspicuous absence of any by any of the speakers, to the candidate for congress on the re- publican ticket. They were all good Romans, and they had probably been tipped off to the fact that the nine men in Holbrook that voted for him were all on turkey hunt, and they let him slide for the evening.
 Governor Campbell and party reached Holbrook from Winslow Sun lay morning, the governor motoring on to Springerville, where the night was spent, going later through the