Weekly journal-miner., 1922-11-01
TO REPUBLICAN WORKERS
BY P. D. OVERFIELD,

Chairman Republican State Central Committee
 A s November 7th approaches voters are real "A izing that the outstanding issue in this cam paign is the achievements of Governor Campbell in the administration of the states affairs and in helping to bring to the attention of the entire country the possibilities of the development of i'm mense quantities of cheap electrical power on the Colorado river. This cheap power will enable our mines to operate much cheaper and in fact to de veop properties now idle or undeveoped and enable pumping thousands of acres of most fertile but now undeveloped barren lands, furn- ishing homes for hundreds of families at the same time bringing into being new and additional tax able assets.
 Governor Campbes activities in behalf of the Smith McNary bill, about to be considered by the national congress, are quite as important Many projects in our state will be made possible under the terms of this bill particularly the San Carlos dam on the Gia river.
 The building of this dam will bring under in tensified cultivation nearly the same amount of land now watered by the Roosevelt dam in the Salt river valley, and in this manner the taxable assets of our state will be increased accordingly and the taxes of all property will be decreased.
 No individual in the entire west can lend more aid to the present national administration in Washington in behalf of these developments than Governor Campbell during the remaining two years of of President Harding's term of office
 Over 72 per cent of the land within the state of Arizona still belongs to the federal government, pays no taxes into our treasury We must secure federal aid ill our development We are entitled to it. Our development during the past census period has been marvellous. Our population in creased 65 per cent, our common schools, high schools. and university attendance has increased in d less period in greater proportions, our com mon schools 100 per cent, our normal schools over 400 per cent and the daily attendance at our university at Tucson from $50 to 1,534 It is pleasing to know that we stand first in the entire United States in our common schools It is in terestng to note the cost of conducting our com mon schools is S7500OO more that it under Governor Hunts administration, and equal amount is added to our taxes annually to conduct our normal schools and the university. We must maintain at all times and increase our facilities to educate our children. It is the best investment we can make; let us bend every effort to rc-eect our governor who understands this necessity and at the same time figure out the way to lessen our burdens of taxation by increasing the taxable as sets in the development of our natural resources.
 We are glad to report that the outlook in all parts of the state IS exceedingly good and that in AIarcopa county the situation is coming on splen- didly as planned, campaign having been outlin- ed and is being well carried out that would reach it's peak only on election day. The majority in this county will be much larger than thought possible many of our staunchest friends
 Let us all pull together and go over the top