Arizona republican., 1921-06-07

suppors em. No. ss ana Fight
 Starvation
 To the Editor of The Republican:
 The arguments used in advocating apply equally to the much-discussed Sin sa The bcilding of five large dams in Maricopa county within the next ii months would greatly relieve the shortage of work conditions and threatened starvation Engineering work and excavation data Is almost completed Dams on the Verde. New rfvs< and Mormon Flats are needed now.
 T~enty-two state irrigation dis iricts worked considerably for the passing of Bill s5. We have con- siderable state law for the governing of state irrigation districts. which re- moves them entirely from the wild cat" ciass. State irrigation districts have the same sore of government as the city of Phoenix. since they are both municipal corporations
 State irrigation districts are super vised constantly by boards of super visors of the various counties. Congress extended its powerful ai m to the aid of state irrigation dis tricts when 1t passed the act of Aug II. 1916. chapter SIS (3s Stat. sos) entitled -An act to promote the rec lamation of arid iAnds-" This aci provided that the cost of construct ing. acquiring. purchasing. or main taining the canals. ditches. reservoirs reservoir sites. water. water rights rights of way. or other property in cured in connection with any irriga' ton project under state irrigation district laws shall be eouitahly ap portioned among the lands held un der private ownership. lands legall, covered by unpatented entries. am unentered public lands included il said irrigation district- However. n' irrigation district can be formed q include more than half of unpatente' land What a splendid opportunit, for development of our deseril which become good farming land when irrigated
 No state Irrigation district ca vote bonds amounting to more ths SO per cent of the valuation of it lands and improvements
 Senate bin No. 1i5. which became law on March 1s. ie2i- with th emergency clause attached. created state certificAtion board compose of the attorney general. state engir eer and the state superintendent ( banks. to pass On all acts of stat irrigation districts. including supeI e vision of cost estimates of all cor struction works. in addition 10 ana
 ysis of character Of soil 10 be irr e consideration All this investigate
 must be made by officers who al
 responsible to the voters of all of q a Il state of Arizona before bonds can e voted by any state irrigation distris
 Furthcrmore. right of way throui
 forest reservations. Indian reserr' tsons and over government land. aI applications for withdrawn pow sites. call for critical inspection al supervision of all details of gover ment of state irrigation districts A HOMESTEADER- Almost an Arizona Pioneer. 4 Police Judge
 Phoenix. Arix-. June $. 1s1l- | Editor Republican:
 | Dear Ssr.-The idea of having police fudge for Phoenix. as C pressed fin your editorial of June Is one which should be actively c
 dorsed by the public. IL is. as y say. a humanitarian as well as a lee
 necessity. But just how urgent IL
 one does not realize until he has ma
 study of the business with which
 police judge would deal
 Tn February of this year the poll
 drag-net brought in 523 cases. ran
 ing from the petty crime of speedi
 to the foul crime of the white siav
 In March the number of cases s... Tn February there were about cases per day to be dealt with. VI March the number was fin excess
 ia. There is work enough for a co
 scientious judge.
 Of the 523 cases in February aoc Id 70 were charges that we must class a. as serious. Most of them go to
 higher court and they should 60 or
 proper record No official should CT given the right to hear critical ct sometimes perishabie evidence who q not at the same time charged with he responsibility of transcrtbing a an preserving ft in the manner p lg- scr1bed by regular courts ut Somewhere between the patroln
 and the magistrzte 1s cases In F'
 ruary and <s In March were inves let rated and dropped. Maybe this . ne a necessary labor on the part Of Cr
 Brsebois' office. but 1t ts unfortun'
 as the chief freely admits. thaf