Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-20
(Installnent No. 81


ralph H. CnmerOn's address ON
the lnst day of congress in reply
! to the stCamerom and the Colo.
/ rado" articles of will Irwin, to
stephen IT. "HOrax" Mather, di-
rector of the national parks, and
to "Rajah' Harry Chandler,
editor and publisher of the Los
! Angeles Times, in which news.
paper the Irwin articles recent
| " appeared }
In the previous parts of his ad :
dress, Senator Cameron told of his
arrival as a young man at Flagstaff,
| of his hardships as scout and a
prospector in the wild Grand canyon
| country, of the stalking out of his
mining claims there, of the build
ing of the first wagon road from
! the Santa Fe railroad to the cam
yon, of how Bucky ONeil, the great
pioneer, soldier and patriot, and he
constructed the first railroad from.
Williams to the canyon, how the
powerful railroad set out to crush
the pioneers and take the Bright
! Angel trail, which Cameron had built,
from him and how he had to carry
his cause to President Roosevelt to
protect his hard earned rights, and,
finally, how his associates and he
were forced to abandon many of
their claims because of the oppres-
Sion.
Used Best Engineers
J. acraiY1 ~ oafsx,s+x, ne
my associates and myself near what.
is termed the Boulder canyon, I
want to say that we sent out best
engineers and geologists into that
section several years ago; that we
had it in mind for some time before
doing so. We located certain min
ing claims over a considerable area
OF ground in strict accordance with
the law and spent our rd-eafned
money in the proper pioneering and
development thereof. we had every
reason to believe, and it is believed
now, that these claims cover one of
the most important placer areas in
the United States. If these sinister
influences desire to know the truth
they can acquaint themselves with
the earnestness of my associates, who
repeatedly tried to raise funds suf-
ficient to buy necessary dredges to
begin active work. 1t cost some
five or six hundred thousand dol
lars for one dredge 1t is a PROPOSE
tion similar to the Yuba river section
near Marysville, Calf. 1t is a most
hazardous way of mining The
Ecrash of the war was on u.s. Funds
were hard to get and anyone knows
what the miner was up against in
those perilous times when it came
to the proposition of raising funds.
l draw the attention Of the SEN
ate and the country to the 4 conten-
tion and well known fact that it
was not until 1921 or 1922 that the
interest of the government or pri-
vate individuals other than myself
and my associates were crystallized
looking to the proper development
in comprehensive way of the po-
tential possibilities reclamation,
electricity, flood control, and other
wise-of the Colorado river. make
bold to state, although not in spirit
of braggadocio, that for 25 years
have been preaching the possibilities
of proper development of the
Colorado river in terms which are
set forth in the various pieces of
legislation now before the congress.
So 1t is singular thing that i would
be pointed out, having been the
pioneer and having had the vision
to see what was coming, as the
culprtt, as the thief who sought to
steal the entire Colororado river
1t is a peculiar thing, Mr.. President,
that until this late date no one
scarcely appreciated the Colorado
river situation, and that now, since
1t has become a political football
since it has become so well known.
since it has become such great
necessity for immediate development
everybody is shouting from the house
tops, Keep down the private thief
We must have this as the savior ce
the southwest :"
Revealing The Actors
And now comes the drawing OF
the curtain so that we may turn
the spotlight behind the scenes Of
the stage and see the actors per-
form in this matter which the Irwin
articles have opened up.
Mr.. President, the first actor who
appears upon the stage in this pro-
gram is one Stephen T. Mather. self
styled keeper and protector of all
the national parks of this country.
officially designated as director of
national parks. He opens up the
plot, because it was Mather who
first took up the fight for the great
corporations. Heretofore, have
never spoken an i'll word of any
man on the floor of the senate. but
this arch -conspirator, the leader Of
the plot, the we'll known schemer
that he is, can not escape notice.
This man Mather, through system
attic propaganda, fooled that great
secretary of the interior Franklin
K. Lane, and succeeded in having
himself called to Washington and
| designated as director of national
parks when those great Fairgrounds
We're first authorized. His pleasing
personality is well known. His genius
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