The Coconino sun., 1925-05-29

national monuments, etc., and we have
been subjected to a great deal of die
tation as to how or what we should
do, and we sometimes rebel.
Again along with federal aid and
because we wanted to have a force
account they told us it couldn't be
done. And then again we had great
fight in trying to conserve for the
state of Arizona the resources and the
power of the Colorado river Again
sometime ago the government of the
United States donated or advanced
loan to the state of Arizona to build
the San Carlos dam. The government
was going to get their money back
and they are going to get their money
back for the building of the San Car
los dam. But why should they intimi-
date our senator's in Washington by
saying that if we didn't do so and so
they wouldn't build the dam? 1t was
bureaucracy that brought the down.
fall of Rome.
"As a sovereign state we have come
out here and done what we could to
develop this state for ourselves and
those that come after US. We think
we have done pretty well, and we do
not feel that we should take too much
to their ideas of running our state
government. / am in communication
with all of the western governors and
most of them are coming in and we
are going to make scrap, to get
them to restore the lands to the states
and let US run them.
Last fall | was invited down to a
conference with the Indians and the
question had come up as to whether
they should be registered as citizens
and | talked to them through an in
terpreter and told them that the peo-
pie of Arizona would be glad at any
time to welcome the red man when /
they were qualified to exercise the !
ballot, and whenever they vote those t
reservations will have to pay taxes
Washington is our government and |
we are part of it, and while | don't /
believe too much in central power ] |
believe sovereign state is entitled to /
all the consideration that her citizens
may demand. You men who come up
here and do wonders in the state of I
Arizona are making it one of the /
most attractive parts Of this great /
nation of ours. OF course comes on
these dry years and comes other visi-
tations and you are up against it. |
have been told that there are less
sheep in Arizona than there was years
ago. The problem of what will be
done for the conservation of our trees
and at the same time have protection
fnr oifI &c ho1- I,,,%
do not like to have the forest service
dictate to us, and if it is necessary
we will go to Washington, we will
carry the fight on. | started the scrap
some months ago when | got into
touch with other governors and we
viii fight it through. | want to see
forests protected and watersheds
protected but also want the people
of this state to have something to
say about it. If a mans entire wealth
is in grazing of certain lands we
don't like to see him lose it by the
order Of man in the forest service.
Colonel Greeley is a worthy citizen,
and we are very glad to have him
come to Arizona, but in his zeal for
protection he might exceed the right
of justice.
One of our greater men has said
the most happy government is the
one that is least governed, and we are
trying to get that happy government
in Arizona, by not being governed
so much, but when over go per cent of
our land is within their power that
friction will continue until some day
the states of the west will rise up in
their might and get back their land
and run it to suit themselves and in
the better interests of the state.
II am sorry the scabies has gotten
started here, but it is through negli-
gence in the department Of animal in
dustry, that they let these cattle get
in here. 1t is going to cost us thou.
sands of dollars to get it eradicated
but we have got to do it to sell the
cattle.
'In closing | want to say that as
citizen, as well as governor, you will
always find me there working for the
best interests of the state of Arizona"
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