The Arizona copper camp., 1920-07-31
CANDIDATES
To BE HEARD
AT FLORENCE
San Carlos Day Celebration,
August IL, Will Draw
Crowds From ALI Central
Arizona; Political Free
For-All Promised.

FLORENCE, July 30-All reports
indicate that a great crowd will gather
here on August 18th at the first an
nual celebration of San Carlos Day"
by the San Carlos association. Not
only will all members of the associa-
tion attend the meeting, but practi-
cally every resident of the entire val
ley will he on hand also. All of the
bumpers and owners of land in the
great stretch of country lying along
the Southern Pacific main line will
be there to participate in the discus
sion regarding great central power
plant to furnish electric energy to
every farm stretching from Florence
and Picacho clear to Maricopa.
All of the different chambers of
commerce and business organizations
in the chief cities of Arizona, both
north and south, will send represen-
tatives, while the rival cities of Phoe-
nix, Mesa and Tucson will send large
delegations.
One year ago on August 18th the
San Carlos association was organized
in great meeting at Florence, and
since that time the committee chosen
has been hard at work. The purpose
of the organization is to bring about
the construction of the great San
Carlos storage da INTO irrigate 100000
acres in the Florence-Casa Grande
valley.
During the year that has passed
good progress has been made toward
the goal. State sentiment has been
crystalized behind the movement. The
assistance of the reclamation service
has been enlisted and the attitude of
opposition on the part of the service
has been changed to one of com
1nendation and approval. At the pres
ent time an up to date report on the
project is in course of preparation by
the reclamation service. Delegates
have been sent to all important meet
ings where the merits of the San
Carlos project have been pressed
home. Almost without exception
every convention of various organiza-
tions in the state during the past year
have strongly endorsed the project
So active has the committee been in
pushing the project to the fore that it
is today known throughout the south
west and spoken of as the next big
project to be constructed in this Sec
tion of the country. Delegates have
been sent by the committee to the ma
tional capital in the interest of the
San Carlos and in return congress
sional committees have visited the
valley and inspected the damsite. 1t
has been a great year and the pro-
ject has been brought immeasurably
nearer.
1t is particularly fitting therefore
that the committee should make a
report to the association of its ac-
tivities during the year on the ami
versary of its organization. Besides
the question of a central power plant
is acute and ripe for discussion and
decision.
All roads will lead to Florence on
August 18th and a historic meeting,
perhaps the biggest of its kind in the
southwest, will be held. Indications
are that the record attendance of last
years meeting will be smashed by
the size of the crowd at the coming
meeting.
When the business of the meeting
has been concluded, if there is time,
state and county candidates will be
given a chance in a great political
free-for-all The time will be divided
up, few minutes allotted to each
candidate, and the fun will be on.
This idea of political free-for-all
crowd. and bring out all the candi-
dates.
The meeting will be held at the
Florence high school grounds and will
open with basket luncneon at noon,
every fellow providing his own lunch.
The labor incident to preparing
barbecue and the difficulty in getting
some one with experience to handle
the job caused the committee to call
off the idea of having a barbecue
such as was put on at last years
meeting. Lunch and cold drink
stands will be on the grounds for
those who fail to bring any lunch,
where bite to eat can Sc secured
for reasonable sum.
The business meeting will begin
promptly at one o'clock. Reports of
the years work will come first, after
which the question of a central power