Arizona state miner., 1925-03-21

the southern and central portions of
the state
Another outstanding achievement
credited to Senator Cameron is the
procuring of relief for the stockmen,
and the getting under way of investi-
cations to procure even greater re-
lief for an industry that has been
hard pressed during recent pears.
Senator Cameron originally offered
a measure which would cancel graz
ing fees on national forest lands un-
der permit for the year 1925. That
measure passed the senate by unan-
imous vote, and then went to the
House, where the crowded calendar
made it apparent that the grazing re-
lief bill would not be reached before
adjournment. The House, however,
adopted a resolution offered by Rep
resentative Vale canceling one-half
Of the grazing fees for 1926 so Sen
ator Cameron called this measure be-
fore the upper body during the last
hours of the session and had it pass
ed.
The relief it provides is temporary,
but Senator Cameron predicted it
would lead to help of a more per-
manent nature. For one thing, ac-
cording to his communications, it ex-
pressed to the President the attitude
of Congress on the question, showing
that they favored relief for the indus
try, thereby putting the highest ex-
ecutive in position to exercise author
ity given him to extend relief under
ic h0
of this resolution, Senator Cameron
advises that the Secretary of Agri-
culture has issued instructions to the
District Forester to remit the grazing
fees in Arizona for the months of
January. February and March of this
year, and to make no collections of
grazing fees for the months of April,
May and June. Should the drought
continue, the grazing fees will be re-
mtited for the entire year.
Regarded as of probably more i'm
portance to the cattle industry than
the remission of grazing fees was
the Cameron resolution authorizing
the senate committee on public lands
to hold hearings and thoroughly in
vestigate all matters relating to ma
tional forests and the public domain.
their administration, grazing fees, and
to make recommendations to the
next Congress-
This resolution means, Mr. Towles
said, that the public lands committee
will go into the cattle areas, hear
the side of the cattlemen and get
their recommendations IS to the solu-
ton Of their problems Recommend
atiOns of the committee, Mr. Towles
predicted, will be far reaching and
will bring permanent relief to the
industry. The fact that practically
the entire membership of the COM
m1ttee is from the west insures they
will be sympathetic, and will under
stand the problem presented by the
cattlemen.
Mr.. Towles also attaches signifi-
canoe to the fact that Arizona is rep
resented in the person of, Senator
Cameron, on the subcommittee of the
military affairs body of the upper
house. The subcommittee will inves-
tlgate conditions, regulations and To-
cations Of army camps, and it is vi
tally important, Mr.. Towles declared,
that this state have able representa-
ton because of the extensive Arizona
interest in the maintaining of the
Army posts in the southern part Of
the state
The time extension allowed pur-
chasers of lots in the Parker town
site was one year from March 5, 1925,
making payments due March 5, 1926.
The extension was made on recon-
mendatiOn of Senator Cameron, ac-
cording to the announcement of Will
liam Spry, Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office at Washington, D. C.
Although much was done for Ari-
zona during the session just closed,
Mr.. Towles said, many other impor-
tant movements got under way which
will be further pressed. Relief for
the livestock industry is one of the
matters which, Senator Cameron an
nounces, will be kept constantly be-
fore the legislative powers.
Another proposal to be given fur
ther attention is that of establishing
federal penitentiary in Arizona.
First called to the attention of con-
gress a few weeks ago as means of
economically solving the present
acute overcrowded penitentiary condi-
ton, it was lost in the last minute
crush of bills. 1t will be revived, how
ever, in the new congress Senator
Cameron has advised Mr.. Towles.
In addition, the Sixty-eighth con-
gress adopted numerous relief meas
ures of various kinds offered by Sen
ator Cameron. Although many lacked
state wide significance, all brought
much needed relief to groups of vary
ing sizes.