Tombstone epitaph., 1921-03-20
kRE6S RETURNS FROM EGiSl lATCRE

Representative Ray E. Krebs and wife returned home last evening from Phoenix. where Mir Krebs has been as member of the Fifth Arizona iecis- lature since January. Mrs Krebs hay ing spent the last week of the session in Phoenix visiting Mir Krebs They drove to Tombstone by auto. Mr Krebs was unable to leave Phoeni< until yesterday although the session closed last Friday morning. owing to th. necessity of clearing up consider able unfinished committee business having been chairman of the Printing and Clerks committee of the house.
 One of the most important set of bills the Tombstone legislator intro duced and sponsored both thru the house and senate and which are now laws are the three irrigation bills known as house bills S2 S3 and 139 The bills were designed to aid irriga- ton projects in the state and are known as the greatest piece of con structiye legislation of the entire ses- sion.
 House bill S2 provides that all irrl sation districts be known as munici- palties. since municipal bonds are not subject to the various taxes. which makes the bonds worth par and sale able
 House bill S3 is sister bill provil | ing for the issuance of state bonds to promote and assist in the reclamation and irrigation of irrigable lands and for the submission cf the constitu tional amendment at special session to be held in Arizona on November g.
 The last ot the three known as House bill I39 provides a working basis to carry out the purpos cf Se and S::
 The bills were originally introduced to further the Charleston Dam project but when their scope becam= known 26 other projects in the state came in under the bills and will now receive the protection and backing of the state in the construction of dams anl systems to reclaim lands.
 | House bill S3 provides that the state cannot back the projects d2 to more than , per cent of the total as sessed valuation. and no one project can receive backing further than one and one-half per cent of the total as sesscd valuation of the state Th,s means that total valuation of s4i.- GOO. 900 can be reached by the various projects or practically S2G0O. .0on for the Charleston project
 Following the passage Of the bills, which will now become laws. word has been received from Congressman Ca,l Hayden that a movement is on foot in Washington tc pass law in congress providing that th. federal government match the state money on each pro ject on 50-50 basis. the same as fe.i- er..i aid road money is being received
 In discussing the work of the legiS- lature MT. krebs said he considered house bills S2. S3 and I3s as of more benefit to the state than any other piece of legislation enacted during the session. These three measures" he said. permit the state to underwrite bonds for the reclamation of arid lands in Arizona and I am confident they eventually will be instrumental in doubling the assessed valuation of the state"
 : There are many small irrigation , projects contemplated where federal funds cannot be secured for pushing the work to completion-eyen if the United States reclamation fund was not broke and the state easily can supply the. necessary money through the issuance of bonds. guaranteed by the land to be watered. without any inconvenience to the taxpayers. The people of the state do not yet realize the far reaching importance of these bills. but they soon will do so'' Besides his work on the irriga .ion bills. which were Mir. Krebs' pet mea B. ures. he introduced several other. House bill 3S. enIarging the scope O. authority of county engineers as at lecting public buildings anG another measure. house bill g raising tse Elimit of purchases that can be made by supervisors to $500 without first