Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-12

20 You are reported of complain ing that the five year leases provide that the lessee snail have the prefer ence right of renewal of his lease.
 DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE STATE LAND BOARD HAS NO DIS CRETION IN THIS MATTER. BUT THAT BOTH THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA PROVIDE THAT SAID LEASES SHALL CONTAIN SAID PREFERENCE RIGHT OF RENEW AL?
 21. During the entire year of 1919. and during the year 1920. up to the time you started your campaign, DID YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE STATE LAND BOARD. and CHAIRMAN THEREOF. PUBLICLY IN YOUR SPEECHES TO THE CATTLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION. OR WHEN SITTING ON SAID STATE LAND BOARD. OBJECT TO THE SO-CALLED DUMMY LEASES? 22. You are reported as now claim ing that a large portion of the lands leased to stockmen are susceptible of being reclaimed by irrigation.
 IS IT NOT TRUE THAT IN A SPEECH BEFORE THE ARIZONA CATTLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION | AT PHOENIX. ARIZONA, IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1919. YOU SAID AS FOLLOWS? THERE WILL IN MY OPINION. NEVER BE MORE THAN TWO PERCENT, THAT IS A | MILLION AND A HALF ACRES THAT WILL COME UNDER INTEN- SIVE CULTIVATION BY IRRIGA- l TION. THE BALANCE OF THIS. SAVE THE FEW ACRES compara- lively used for mining purposes. and the biggest AREA USED FOR TIM BER. AND ALSO FOR GRAZING, WILL BE USED AS A GRAZING PROPOSITION.
 23. You were chairman of the Pub lie Meetings held on the Investiga- tion of the Land Board in May of this year.
 IS IT NOT TRUE AT THE LAST PUBLIC MEETING WHICH WAS HELD OF SAID LAND BOARD. THAT SAID PUBLIC MEETINGS WERE ADJOURNED SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIRMAN. YOURSELF? AND HAVE YOU EV- FER CALLED ANY SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS?
 24. IS TT NOT TRUE THAT THE SO-CALLED BARROWS LETTER l UPON WHICH THE INVESTIGA- TION OF COMMISSIONER MOEUR WAS PREDICATED WAS DECLAR- ED BY A HANDWRITING EXPERT. | SELECTED BY YOU. TO BE A FOR GERY. AND TO HAVE NOT BEEN WRITTEN BY BARROWS, BUT BY ONE PARKER? AND
 IS IT NOT FURTHER TRUE THAT AFTER HAVING RECEIVED SUCH REPORT FROM YOUR EXPERT. THAT YOU ENDEAVORED TO SUP PRESS THE PUBLICATION OF THE SAME UNTIL SUCH TIME AS YOU SHOULD RETURN FROM ATTEND ING THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN CHICAGO?
 20. DO YOU CONSIDER SUCH ACTION ON YOUR PART MANLY AND STRAIGHT FORWARD IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE REPUTATION OF A YOUNG MAN IN THIS COMMUNITY. MIR. BAR ROWS, HAD BEEN ASSAILED IN THE PUBLIC PRESS AND HE WAS | COMPLETELY EXONERATED IN | THAT REPORT?
 26 You are reported to have said on several occasions that the States lands had been sold and leased for trifling sum.
 DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE RECEIPTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE LAND COMMISSION. DUR ING THE PERIOD OF JANUARY l. 1918 TO DECEMBER 31. 1919. AMOUNTED TO THE SUM OF ST. 755 524490?
 27. You are reported as saying In a speech delivered in Williams. that the fertile lands of the Gila Valley have been sold at the price of S5.5O per acre.
 DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE LANDS IN THE SALT RIVER VAL LEY HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF AT A PRICE RANGING FROM S25.1O TO S45000 PER ACRE?
 2S. You are reported to have said, in a campaign speech delivered in Flagstaff. that certain lease cover ing State lands was sold by the lessee at 9 profit of S40,O0O.OO.
 DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE $40 OO0.OO so PAID WAS THE PUR- | CHASE PRICE OF THE IMPROVE MENTS ON SAID LANDS AND OWN ED BY THE LEASEE THEREOF? IS IT NOT A FACT THAT AT A MEET ING OF THE LAND BOARD. AT i WHICH TIME THE MATTER OF THIS SALE OF THIS LEASE WAS DISCUSSED. THAT YOU THEN FULLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PAYMENT OF THIS s4O.OO.OO was FOR THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONE?