The Arizona copper camp., 1920-04-03
MAGNIFICENT Possibilities OF
SAN CARLOS PROJECT OUTLINED
BY JUDGE BAUGHN AT |. A. MEET
IN SPLENDID ADDRESS BEFORE LEAGUE OF
THE SOUTHWEST, PINAL COUNTY. JURIST
PICTURES RESULTS THAT WOULD FOLLOW
REALIZATION OF PLAN.

Gov. Campbell to attend the big con-
vention of the League of the South
west at Los Angeles the first three
days Of April is the Hon. 0. J. Baughn.
AS we read his address on "Tribu-
| tary Streams" we see we could not
have been better represented by any
one in the valley or state. The Judge
is devoting a great deal of time and
energy in his untiring efforts to make
the San Carlos a reality in the very
near future.
| 1t would be hard to find man of
more ability and genuine enthusiasm
and progressiveness than Judge
Baughn. We even hear his friends
urging him to make the race for su-
preme judge, but the Judge says he
is too busy making the Florence Casa
Grande valley the Eest place on the
map and he doesn't propose leaving
us until he sees the fruits Of reward
for his labor.
Here is his address given before
i the convention April / and which, &C
cording to reports from Los Angeles,
proved the hit of the program, arous-
| ing much favorable comment.
"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men of the Convention: -
ut gives me much pleasure to ap-
pear here this afternoon and ! con-
slider it high honor to be permitted
to address this body of distinguished
men and women from all parts Of our
country and especially the great south
west.
"You represent the acme Of Ameri
can citizenship, and, as I look into
your faces, / know that am looking
upon the sons and grandsons Of those
hardy pioneers who wrested America
! from the wilderness and made of it
the mightiest nation on the earth You
are worthy successors of worthy sires
and your work has been and is to re-
claim the waste and idle lands of the
great southwest-wrest them from
the barren desert and make Of them
fruitful gardens of unequaled beauty
SPIRIT OF PIONEER
''The spirit with which you have
undertaken and will undertake this
work is the same spirit which guided
the footsteps Of Daniel Boone, Davy
| n %ho ov~4x
niners' Out into the solitudes, away
from the indfcia Of civilization, you
will plunge, just as they did, and the
coming generations will bear witness
! to the marvellous transformation
which will follow as the result of
your handiwork.
achievement in ones being-to feel
the energy and the solemn urge Of
progress in the upbuilding of a coun-
| try. We, who come to you as true
denizens of the desert, know this feel
ing as our revolutionary forefathers
{ knew it, We know what it is to make
the cactus give way to corn and cot
| ton, the sagelmueh end mesquite yiold
| to fruit and flower, to olive and orange
and alfalfa
"We have conquered the desert in
areas both large and small; and we
would with your sturdy assistance re-
claim other and more tremendous
areas, to the mutual advantage of both
Of us and to the glory Of our country.
THE BACK COUNTRY
"Men of vision built this city by the
sea- Men who began with little and
ended with much-whose visions and
whose dreams grew and grew until
today, all about us, we see the mighty
works they wrought. And if this city
is to continue to grow in population,
power and influence, it's citizens must
constantly and continuously stretch
forth helping hand to those who are
struggling upward from the desert in
the broad reaches of it's back-country
Such a country / represent, and to it
l would now direct your particular
attention.
"My subject is given here as 'Tribu-
tary Streams Most of Arizona is
drained by the Gila river and all of
southern Arizona lies in it's basin The
Gila Is the main tributary to the Colo
rada on it's lower reaches and is the
only tributary that I possess any in
formation about, hence my remarks
must needs be confined to that stream.
Southern Arizona is an arid coun-
try, grassless except in the higher al
! titudes, with thousands upon thou
sands Of acres CT comparatively level
desert constituting the floor of it's
broad valleys. You see several of
these valleys in traversing the state