Arizona republican., 1920-04-04
G0v. CAMPBELL
 HEADS LEAGUE
 OF SOUTHWEST
Is Elected President at Final Business Session-Work on Colorado Basin Prof. ect Urged Dwight B. Heard Speaks
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of San Diego, secretary treasurer, at the closing business session of the League of the Southwest here today. Elections were by exclamation.
 The place of meeting next year was left to the executive committee to de- eide later. Resolutions asking congress 10 order an investigation of the Colo -rado reclamation project were adopted.
 The resolution asked congress to be- gln the investigation at once to ascer- tain the feasibility of retaining the entire Colorado river basin, with the actual work to follow as soon as pos sible, if the federal government ap- proves the project.
 Governor Simon Bamberger of Utah and William Jennings Bryan were the last speakers to address the conven- ton.
 Urge Work on Reclamation Project
 Specifically the resolutions urge the United States reclamation service to complete examinations of the Boulder Canyon reservoir site on the Colorado river with a view to its early construc- ton: ask for an appropriation by con greSS of $50000 to complete the survey of the Colorado river basin; ask the president of the United States to take steps to arrange with Mexico joint con- trol of the waters of the lower Colorado river and make the governors of the eight states represented by the League of the Southwest a permanent commit l. the suggestions embodied in the reso- 1utions.
 Building of a dam in Boulder Can yon. proposed by the former secretary of the interior, Mr. Lane, the resolu tions assert would control destructive flood waters and supply water for the irrigation of 1,500,0O0 acres, producing $50. 00e.000 in wealth annually and providing a livelihood for more than 100000 people.
 I4vz rx-f1r sv. tomorrow and will take tour of local aviation fields and nearby irrigated lands. but the formal sessions will close tonight with a banquet at the rooms of the City club, at which nearly all the national figures who have participated in the program will appear, and several of them will speak briefly
 Dwight B. Heard Speaks
 This morning Dwight B. Heard of Phoenix opened the program with an address on Federal Control of Public Ranges" and was followed by Frank J. Hagenbarth of Salt Lake City, whose eopic was "The Livestock Industry Paul Reddington of San Francisco, district forester. spoke on Forestry and Water and pr. F. G. Cottrell of Dewitt of Los Angeles were heard re- spectively on mining and cotton in the southwest
 Governor Ramberger pleaded for sup port for the Colorado river project and urged unity of action by the eight states interested in order that the plan, which he said would add greatly to the wealth of the nation, might be carried to successful conclusion.
 Efforts to obtain federal aid to the extent of s25.000,000 for this reclama- tion project will be successful, said Governor Bamberger, ''when the peo pie of the entire United States realize the enterprise is equal in importance to the building of the Panama canal
 All the good intentions expressed here and all the fine projects pre- scented here affect the people of the entire United States and not the peo- pie of the southwest alone.
 Urges Work On Big Project
 f'We must therefore adopt some means of informing the people of this nation of our great project. They, with us, will reap the benefits that come in any great national improve ment."
 The Utah executive advocated the raising of an educational fund for the purpose of apprising residents in other sections of the country of the project and it's relation to national welfare
 Governor Ramberger said he would not be a candidate again for governor. T am going to quit while the food tastes sweetest" Ee said.
 Mr. Bryan discussed the development of the Colorado river basin. saying he spoke both from his own knowledge of the subject and from what he had learned while listening to speakers who had preceded him.
 He summarized his impressions of the project, urged it's successful com pletion and suggested the delegates continue agitation for 1t until congress acted favorably.
 Mir Bryan spoke in behalf of the league of nations and urged the con- struction of a national peace high way" extending into evc<y state and eventually into every county. He sug- gested that funds previously devoted to war be utilized in the construction of "peace highways"
 Senator Robert L. Owen, of Okla 1 homa, also addressed the convention on behalf of the league of nations.
 The Speakers
 Dwight B. Heard of Phoenix spoke l on Federal Control of Public Ranges; | Frank J. Hagenbarth of Salt Lake 1 City, president of the National Wool 1 Growers association, discussed the ! Livestock Industry: Paul E. Read l ington. San Francisco, chief forester, 1 delivered an address on Forestry and l Water: T. w. McDevitt. Los Angeles | president of the Pacific Cotton ex- | change, talked on Cotton in the l Southwest" and Dr. C.. Cottrell of ! Washington. D. C., assistant director | of the United States Bureau of Mines, | discussed mines and minerals in the l southwest
 3Your meetings" said pr. Cottrell, [ have greatly impressed me with the | earnest, purposeful way you are go- ing about the work and above all with | the broad, cooperative and compren- hensive spirit with which you are ap- | preaching the reclamation of the Colo rado basin
 MT. Bryan and Senator Owen were the principal speakers at banquet | tonight
 Today's session brought the conven- tjon officially to close, but arrange | ments were made to take the delegates tomorrow on automobile trip through aviation fields and to see the | irrigation system in the San Fernana valley near Los Angeles.