The Winslow mail., 1926-07-16
Paradise Landowners
Repudiate Hanging Of
DR.. Work in Effigy

| PHOENlA - Emphatic denial
that the persons who at midnight
of June Z hanged in effigy Dr. HUI
bert Work, secretary of the inter
ior, were landowners of the Para
dise-Verde district or interested in
its development is contained in a
set of resolutions unanimously
adopted by committee of the Par
adise-Verde valley homesteaders
and made public Saturday.
The committee assert that, after
diligent inquiry, they have been un-
able to find a "single landowner
under the Paradise-Verde project
who had any knowledge of this
shameful affair."" the perpetration
of which the resolutions denounce
as 'debased and odious appeal to
political prejudice" and the work
of irresponsible persons" who have
by their act, and the publicity Civ
en- to it, only reflected great dis
credit upon the landowners of the
district and upon Arizona general
ly."
Copy of Resolution
A copy of the resolutions was
sent to Secretary Work. They fol-
low in full:
ga recent outrage perpetrated by
alleged homesteaders under the
Paradise-Verde project, in which
| the secretary of the interior was
hanged in effigy, has done great in
| jury to the landowners under the
project and in meeting assembled
we hereby thoroughly condemn
such action.
ga committee of our organiza-
tion, duly appointed to investigate
| this matter, reports that the dis
graceful act was apparently COM
mitted by persons who are not
| landowners in the Paradise-Verde
district nor interested in the devel-
opment of that project. Upon dill
gent inquiry our committee has
been unable to find a single land
owner under the Paradise-Verde
project who has any knowledge of
this shameful affair.
''An inspection of the spot where
this outrage occurred, on the public
| highway about six miles north of
the Arizona canal, reveals paint
ed sign which we are advised was
placed close to the effigy of Secre-
| tary Work by the same persons
who hanged the effigy between II
and l o'clock on the night of June
8, 1926. This roughly painted sign
hno1sc hn fY0ki G(NnH hlncc
loyal friend Senator Cameron
Reflection on Owners
'It is the consensus of opinion
of all the landowners under the
district, with whom we have con-
ferred that this midnight outrage
is serious reflection on the land
owners of the Paradise-Verde dis
trict, and furthermore that the pub
licity given such action has reflect
ed great discredit upon the land
owners of the district and upon
Arizona generally and that this ac-
tion should be publicly condemned
by suitable resolution adopted by
actual landowners of the district.
Therefore:
De II GGSOlFSu, CudC VIC, as 10Au
owners under the Paradise-Verde
project, express our indignation at
the publicity given this disgraceful
act and feel that the insult heaped
upon Secretary Work, highly hon
ored public official, is thoroughly
unwarranted and was the act Of ir-
responsible persons.
Furthermore, we condemn the
perpetration of the act as debased
and odious appeal to political pre-
judice and resent the ins1nuatlOn
that it was committed by landoWn-
ers of the Paradise-Verde district.
"Be it further resolved, that this
resolution be given the utmost pub
licity and a copy thereof be sent to
the Hon. Hubert Work, secretary OF
the interior.
Committee representing landown-
ers of Paradise-Verde Valley Pro-
tective Association:
(Signed) COLLIN EAGAN,
c. H. TINKER,
HARRY KAY,
DUNCAN MCDONALD,
E. w. STEINMAN,
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