The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06

remedied, if handled in the proper
way with the government officials.
No right thinking person wishes
| to see the progress of our schools
and roads throttled in the least.
When you elect me to the high Of
flee of Governor, 1 shall endeavor
to increase, instead of decrease, the
efficiency and strength of each.
Furthermore, our state should.
and I believe will, have with the
coming Legislature, laws that will
more adequately provide remuner-
ative marketing conditions for the
people who till the soil.
"The ex-service men, as indivi-
duals and as organizations. should
be encouraged to take a more ac-
tive part in our political and civic
affairs. Where all other things are
| equal, ex-service men should be
given preference. The roar of the
canon of the enemy has died away.
| but the scar of sacrifice of the boys
who followed the flag remains with
us, and cannot be overlooked.
81 am conscious of the serious
ness of the statement that I am
about to make concerning the tax
es, and fully realize the task of re-
ducing them, but when I am cleo
ted your governor, taxes will be re-
| duced. This can be accomplished
| by an economical administration
and the proper handling of our
school lands and the income there
from, and by having our present
laws amended, requiring all corpor-
ations, and especially the banks of
our state, to pay just and fair tax
On property owned by them. I in
vite your investigation into these
matters, and the more you investi-
gate, the more you will agree with
me, when I say taxes can be re-
duced, that it is no idle statement.
"No state in the Union can boast
of greater natural resources than
the state of Arizona. The invest
ment Of capital for the development
OF those resources should be en-
couraged. I am in favor of, and
struction of dam in the Colorado
River at a point in Arizona high
enough up the river so that water
can be stored and diverted by gray
ity, to irrigate the arid lands of our
state that are suitable for cuItiva-
tion. will work for the preserva-
ton of Arizona's rights under the
law of prior appropriation. The
revenue from the power generated
within the state must be 100 per
cent for Arizona. I have fought
the compact since it first appeared
in the Legislature. If you have
any doubt about this, will ask you
to confer with the members of the !
Legislature who were representing
us at that time. l have consistent |
ly fought against the construction
of the Boulder Canon dam and the |
Diamond Creek dam. My name now
appears on record in the Federal |
court of this state as one of the
attorneys fighting against the con-
struction of the Diamond Greek |
dam. In by opinion, is is no idle |
dream to say that three million
acres of fine, fertile land on the |
western borders Of our state can, |
at some future time, be irrigated |
by gravity from the water taken !
from the Colorado river. We should |
at least construct the first dam on |
the Colorado river that would make
it possible for this to be done in
case it is found to be feasible. For
the protection of our homes and
country, our laws must be rigidly |
enforced.
"There are great possibilities for
every citizen in our state who sin
cerely tries, but we can never nope |
to be prosperous very long at a |
time in any part of the state until |
we have a law that will protect de-
nositors in banks. if we are to |