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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-31


lowing the speculative tornado OF
in the east in 1891, while the out
laws terrorized the frontiers, the peo
pie prevailed upon Cameron to run
for sheriff of CocOnino county, the
worst beridden by bad men in the
southwest. He accepted and was
elected serving in 1891 and 1892,
and rid the country of outlaws. In
1894, he again accepted the nomina-
tion and was reelected twice, serv-
ing until, 1898.
Cameron took up various mining
claims in Arizona and became en-
gagged in mining copper and silver,
in which he succeeded. lie was
elected member of the board Of
supervisors for Coconlno for two
terms and the second term was
chosen chairman of the board. In
1909 he was elected territorial dele
gate to the sixty first congress and
served :he longest single term even
served in that body.
In his campaign for the office he
had promised statehood: that he
would get statehood within one term
Of office or not stand for reelection.
In congress he offered his statehood
bill and waged a militant fight,
against great odds. Finally, at the
eleventh hour, he secured the pass
age of the statehood bill. President
raft by executive order extended the
term of office Of Delegate Cameron
until Arizona came into possession
OF her rights of statehood under the
law passed by congress, which was
after his term of office would have
expired, March 4, 1911. President
Taft had promised Cameron when no
came to Washington at the begin
ming of his term as delegate, that
he would back the bill for statehood
for Arizona, but it was ,at first block
ed in congress by the old-line men,
who feared the chance of the COM
plexion of congress, which was very
close, and likelihood that Arizona
would be democratic when admitted.
Cameron had defeated Marcus A.
Smith, democrat, for delegate ana
when statehood was gained the two
were the first candidates for tho
short term in the United States SEN
ate, and Smith, in turn, defeated
Cameron for the higher office. In
I1914 Cameron was defeated for gov
crnor because tho state was demo-
cratic and the bull moose opposed
him. The population OF Arizona in
creased and irrigation OF the arid
lands, became an acute issue within
the state and the republicans nomi-
mated Cameron against Smith for the
United States senate again in 1920
and raised the slogan, he built the
Bright Angel Trail, he got us state
hood. ne will get the San Carlos
cam," and in THIS third campaign
Cameron defeated Smith by ma
iorfty of nearly 7,5eO votes.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-31

He has more than redeemed his cam
paign pledges by securing passage of
constructive legislation for further de-
velopment of his state. II was through
his tireless energy that the San Carlos
dam legislation, as provided in his bill,
was finally passed. This ends fight
in congress covering a period of 80
wears and calls for an immediate ex-
penditure of $5,5O0,OOO and an ultimate
expenditure of some $4,000, 900 in the
building of the Coolidge dam in Ari-
zona primarily for reclamation of In
dian lands on the Pima reservation,
the payment of an obligation to the
Pimas which the government has so
Hong neglected. By it 5000 acres Of
| barren desert land will afford happy
| homes for the Pimas and the whites
monument, everlasting, to Senator
Cameron.
| In the last congress, Senator Cam
eron secured millions for the Yuma
valley, for pumping plants, reclama-
tion and flood control. He led the
fight for the remission of grazing fees
on all public domain as a feeble gov
ernment attempt to do it's duty toward
relief of the great livestock industry
which is stagnant and lifeless. Not
content with this recognition, he Sc
cured passage of a resolution calling
for sweeping investigation of present
methods Of administration of all the
public domain, which is all-important
to the west, and since congress ad-
iourned he has been constantly on the
! Job with the committee in it's work in
dealing with these problems.
| Cameron has spent mis- life telling the
world of the possibilities Of the great
Colorado river and it's development
on through the years little heed was
given to his ideas and dreams about
| this great river. But today the story
| is different. The public is informed
and pressure from a dozen western
states is being heavily felt in congress
to Immediately develop the Colorado
river, a development that shocks the
Imagination and fades Muscle Shoals
into insignificance, Cameron sees his
dreams coming true, he sees the maxi
mum development at hand, and is
thankful that fate decreed him to be
in the senate, which soon will finally
pass upon it. Peculiar in the extreme,
Cameron the boy 40 years ago, as guide
and explorer in the Grand canyon of
the Colorado, living in it and with it,
iall this time being overwhelmed and
!. held by it's magic, now Cameron the
senator, an important factor in it's fl
nal realization. St64
Although Cameron, as the rugged
frontier law officer, dea1t with the
Indians with stern hand and often
had resort to the arms of a sheriff,
ne so won their respect they have
chosen him the White Chief in three
tribes and honor MIN with great
ceremonies at their tribal gatherings.
Senator Cameron has been a sheep
/ owner and stock raised IN the west,
and has been instrumental in causing.
much eastern capital to invest il
Arizona He belongs to the Method
| ist church, and number of clubs
| III Arizona, New York City and Wash
] ington.
| Senator Cameron is known and APP
preciated by all IS consistent, old
line administration republican. He
believes in party government and
stands or falls with party prin-
ciples. Yet he is known as sem
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-31
Senator Cameron GiUen Fine
Tribute in Magazine Article
Shouting History and Record

ing of the west at time when stories
of outlawry and hardships We're COM
ing back from the adventurer and early
settler out there, and he packed his be-
longings and started into the un-
broken wilderness, where only the pack
mule and the covered wagon had found
trail. and late in the summer of 1888
located in Arizona, at Flagstaff, a
place that became noted throughout
the land when it's only landmark was
flagpole and it's only population the
prowling Indian and the adventurous
engineer, seeking fortune.
Here he set himself up in general
mercantile business, selling tobacco,
pistols, powder, overalls, crackers,
cheese, sugar and such other necessi-
ties as the frontiersmen must have to
exist on until fortune smiled on them
sufficiently so that they could buy with
regard for comfort. 1t cost Cameron
nothing to live there and he saved all
he made.
He was wide awake. and he saw
the wonders of the canyons TO the
Colorado that awaited development
for the visitation of man. He eX-
plored the dangerous gorge and con-
ceived the idea of building the Bright
Angel Trail into it so that others
brought there by the wonders of the
country could see and visit it.
There were no railroads into that
section of the country at that time
and the pack train and the prairie
schooner brought their only visitors,
with the stage carrying the mail at
intervals.
Cameron decided to save his money
as it accumulated and build the trail
himself. He took in all he could in
the store during the summer and
when winter came, employed such
Mexicans and other labor as he could
and worked on the great and hazard.
Gus undertaking, paying his men from
his savings and from his, store.
The rigoros of winter often drove
them from their work and into the
shelter of their crude houses. Year
after year they toiled until it was
finally completed; as the railroad
was being built into that remote
section, and today it stands open to
thousands of tourists annually, rep
resenting an inve estment 80 years ago
of 100000 and untold hardships.
In the dark days of financial dis
tress during the boom collapse fol-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-31

No finer tribute could be paid Sena-
tor Ralph Fl. Cameron, Arizona's
staunch champion, than an article in
the June issue of National Magazine.
This article, in a periodical that ascer-
tains the authenticity of every fact it
publishes, credits Cameron with win
ming statehood for Arizona at a time
when congress was opposed to the ad-
mission of another democratic state;
with securing the San Carlos dam
through his own tireless energy alone;
with leading the fight for the remis-
sion of government grazing fees; with
building the Bright Angel Trail that
made the Grand canyon the mecca of
thousands of visiting tourists each
year, and with doing more than any
other man to build up his state. The
story of Ralph Cameron, including his
personal history and true record of
his accomplishments, is as follows
The rise of Ralph Henry Cameron
in the affairs of his country and to
political achievement has been unique
in the life of the nation, and the Sec
ton from which he comes into the
greatest law making body in the world
has been enriched by the life he has
lived. Born of sturdy New England
stock, he is the type of many who
have made the frontier noted in the
worlds annals. He first saw the light
of day at Southport Maine, on Octo-
ber 81, 1868, while the war between the
states was at it's height, the son of
Henry and Abigail Ann (Jones) Cam
-eron.
The family lived in modest circum-
stances and young Cameron soon
found that he must shift for himself
in the world. He studied some in the
public schools as boy and when old
enough to venture out secured employ
ment with fishermen on the New Eng
land coast. This employment took him
to Nova Scotia, where the catch was
greater and the work more profitable.
The seasons were short and the win
ters severe, so that there was much
suffering among his fellow laborerg
and he became discouraged in his pur-
suit.
Returning to Boston, he found en-
ployment in silk store, quite a di-
versity in his employment, and while
working during the day saved what he
earned and attended night school. At
the age of 20 years he felt the beckon-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-31

ator with courage and convictions,
as demonstrated by his vote against
the Fordney -McCumber tariff bill be,
cause, as he pointed out in a timely
speech on the floor of the senate that
bill was detrimental to Arizona's In
terests, inasmuch as it save no pro-
lection to it's industries, and in fact
supplanted the emergency tariff act
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-31

hich afforded equitable protection
for. his state. He believes in q pro-
tective tariff on all deserving indus
tries in every section OF the United
States. Consequently he could not
support a bill that did not recognize
Lrizona. His record in the senate
has the admiration and hearty ap-
proval of his party, his friends and
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-31

NEW YORK.-Rodeo riding is list
Cd by insurance compan.e es at the
top of hazardous OCCUPATIONS. Mex
engaged in polo, puGilism or aviation
are held better risks.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-31

a great majority of all the people in
his state, regardless Of their political
faith.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-31

G. r. FINCH, Chairman, Tempe,
Arizona, r. r. 2.
ID. B, WILEY, Secretary, PhOenix
Arizona
C. S. BROWN, Mesa, Arizona.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-17
J. B. Sayler Reports
Excellent Crops in
States He Visited

J. b. Sayler returned to his home
here yesterday from q. two months
trip through Illinois, Michigan, In
diana and Wisconsin in the interests
of the Emerson B Brantingham Imple-
mcnt company. which he represents
Crops In the four states visited
during his absence from Bismarck
are equal to any that Section Of the
country has ever had, Mr.. Sayfer
states. and he learned with much
regret Of the continued drought
which has affected crops IN certain
sections Of North Dakota. Bumper
crops are predicted II southern Wits
consiF. tbs northsrn half of Illinois
and Indiana, and the southern hall
Of Michigan. he says.
Mr, eayier: yfter ! thrss wseks'
stay at his homo. will returu n Iswa
to Do some speeial work Tor ~
company: after which ~ VIII Seoan
cever his regular terf1 4Aieh
includes Nertk ana eoetk n Ss11Is
parts ot Hinnesota ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-17
FEMININE
WORKERS
ANNUAL MEET
business and Professional
Women Elect New York
Woman Lawyer President

Des Moines. July l7-(AP) More
than 1000 feminine workers. leaders
Of their sex in the business and pro-
fessional world. today were going
back to their jobs which range from
managing tea rooms tn helping Oper-
ate railroads.
The national federation of Business
and Professional Women's clubs
closed its annual four-day convention
last night.
A warming to avoid stimulation Of
masculine ways il they would retain
the friendship and good will Of busi-
ness men was the final advice given
the women. workers. This was the
suggestion of Miss Emma Redel Of
Minneapolis, assistant secretary Of
the Minneapolis and St. Louis rail-
road company and said to be the
highest ranking woman railway cxecu-
tive in the United States.
Election offMiss Lena Madison Phil
lips, New York city, as national pres
iaent. was one Of the concluding acts
fuf the convention. She was the only
nominee. Other Officers elected
we're: Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Salt
Lake City, first vice president; Nancy
Meek Hahn. Sedalia. Mo-, second vice
president; Miss Frances Plath, Davcn-
port. Iowa, recording secretary, and
Florence Stone, New Orleans. treas
urcr. The 1922 meeting place was
left to the executive committee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-17
HILLSB0R0
MAN IS NAMED
LEGION HEAD
DR.. w. E. Cole, Bismarck Post
Commander. Made State
Vice Commander
FARGO KEEPS OFFICES
Posts Of Southwest Lose Fight
to Bring State Legion Head
quarters to Bismarck
FARGO KEEPS OFFICES

Dickinson. N. D.. July l7.-(E-.
Earl X. Sarles. Hillsboro. was elected
state commander Of the American
Legion at the closing session Of the
eighth annual convention here today.
Other officers were named rs fol-
lows: DR.. w. f. Cole, Bismarck. vice
commander: Jack Williams, Fargo,
state adiutant; Will Jones, Lisbon,
state historian and L. r. Baird,
Dickinson, finance officer.
Fargo was chosen as the 1927 con-
vention city.
Walter G. Curtis. Lisbon, retiring
state commander, was named by ac-
clamation as delegate to the nation
al convention at Philadelphia. Other
delegates to the convention are T. O,
Kraabel. Edmore; r. Benson, Valley
City; W. A. Brown. Dickinson and
Howard Turner, Heaton.
William Stern, Fargo, was elected
North Dakota member Of the nation
al executive committee.
Fargo Retains Headquarters
State headquarters will remain al
Fargo. This was voted without op.
position after resolution stipulat.
ing that the city in which the state
headquarters are located must fur.
nish free rental was unanimously
adopted.
The state ticket nominated 1T thu
"Pembina county caucus" last night
went through WITHOUT opposition. "A
majority Of the posts represented al
the meeting took part in the caucus
F. At this mornings session w. r
Kroll, liason officer. spoke briefly oi
his work and Emanuel Sgutt. Fargo
director Of the Americanisation com
| mittee, presented his report. Wal,
McGahey. Williston. deputy for tht
district showing the largest increase
In membership for the year, told how
IL was brought about through the co
operation Of posts in tho northwest
ern part Of the state.
Ray Post Gets Cup
Officers Of the Ray post were pre-
sented by Commander Curtis will
the Mack +. Traynor loving cup. Of
fercd by the past state commando
to the post showing the Largest in
| crease in membership. The Ray pos
! showed gain Of 280 per cent ovel
last year. The Ray post also re
ceived . silver shield, offered by tn,
| state commander. The shield vii
become the permanent property o
the post. The cup will 60 to the pos
| winning It for three successive years
| Tho convention adjourned earl.
this afternoon to permit delegates I,
take trains to their homes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-17
OF
OHIO EDITOR
ARE SOUGHT
Rewards Totaling $2O,45O Of
fered For Their Arrest
and Conviction
FUNERAL is HELD TODAY
Lloyd Mellett Feels His Ar
ticles May Have Caused
Brothers Staying

Canton, Ohio, July 17.-[F--James
NJ. Cox, former governor of Ohio, and
head Of the News League Of Ohio,
today posted u $4,000 reward for in
formation leading to the arrest and
conviction "of those responsible" for
the murder Of Don r. Mellett. Stark
county commissioners posted y SINH
lar reward Of $1,000 and the Cleve-
land News $1,000. Rewards offered
now total $2O,45O.
Funeral services for the editor
crusader who was shot shortly after
midnight yesterday, il is believed be-
cause of his frequent attacks on the
vice lords Of Canton, were held to-
day. The body will be sent to In
dianapolis.
The publishers widow, after her
first shock, has bravcly withstood
the ordeal. 1t Is Mellett's brother
Lloyd, associated with him on the
Canton News, who appears most
heavily bent under the strain. He
has told his acquaintanccs that he
cannot drive from his mind feeling
that some Of tho articles he wrote
may have caused members Of Can
tons underworld to slay his brother.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-17
north DAKOTAS CROP OUTLOOK this YEAR NOTAS
DSC0URACINC AS SOME Think, R0BERTSSAYSM
RADIO TALK CONDITIONS BETTER Than IN 1916
Bur1eigh County
Budget Cut 100000

The total tax levy for Burleigh
county for the coming year was re
duccd approximately $4,000 by the
board of county commissioners
Thursday, mcctinc for what. was
scheduled to be a public hearing o',
the budget question. Only ono per-
son appeared ut tho hearing, in addi-
ton to the commissioners, but the
latter went over the preliminary bud
get carefully and found several places
where they decided it was possible
to pare off small amounts, which In
the aggregate amounted to about
$4,000. The reductions will affect
the general fund about $4,000 and
the road fund AN equal amount.
As a result Of the boards action
the total budget now includes $i2l,
21O for general operation, $42,374 for
road work and $4,000 for bridges
The sum Of $2l, $50 is also included
for interest and sinking fund, making
grand total of $l97,634. This i.
approximately the same amount as
was levied last year.
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THREE MEN AND
THREE WOMEN
IN TEXAS RACE


Dallas, Tex. July 17.---(R)--Three
bOnnets and as many sOmbreros have
been tossed into the Texas democratic
political ring, the exit from which
may lead one of the owners to the
governors mansion.
Governor Marian A. Ferguson
wants to return to the capitol for u
second term. Mrs. Edith Wilmans,
of Dallas. inspired by her distinc-
ton rs the first woman member Of
the Texas legislature, also desires
the job, as does Mrs. T. X. John
SON Of San Antonio.
Mere Men Contestants
In the race to restore the man un-
der the executive house dome are
Dan Moody. attorney general; Lynch
Davidson. Houston business man. and
Rev. O. F. Zimmerman. known as
''Zim, the Tithing Evangelist"
Moody has concentrated his attack
on the Ferguson administration. Dav-
idson's principal plank is conservation
his slogan "more business in govern
ment and less government in bust
ness"
Mrs. Johnson advocates modifica-
tion Of the volstead act, while Mrs.
Wilmans calls for strict enforcement
Of the prohibition laws, reduction Of
taxes and reform in the care Of in
sane persons. Mr.. Zimmerman prom
Uses to crush bootleggers and drive
evolutionists from the state, II given
the opportunity
Resigaation on One Vote
Z One feature of the campaign is
Governor Ferguson's offer To- resign
after the pr1marv-July 24-if Moody
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-17
FOREST FIRES
STILL RAGE IN
WESTERN AREA
Virgin Stands Of Timber in
Washington, Montana,
J. Idaho, Are Swept
DEATH TOLL REACHES IL
Soldiers Fight Flames in
Blackfeet National Forest,
Near Glacier Park
DEATH TOLL REACHES II

Seattle, wash, July 17.--tRD-
Fire, which has DESTROYED thousands
\of acres Of Pacific northwest forests
lin the last week and taken Il lives,
today continued to sweep virgin
stands Of timber in eastern Washing.
ton, Montana and Idaho. Most blaxes
IN western Washington and British
Columbfa were reported under con-
troll,
The United States army has been
called upon to combat blaxes in the
kaniksu forest in eastern Washing
. ton, 1t was reported from Spokane
Prediction was made by officials mt
Missoula, Montana, that one fourth
F0y the kaniksu forest, which covers
667 800 acres, would be raxcd il rain
did not come soon.
Soldiers from Missoula are fighting
fires in the Blackfcet National for
est Of Montana, near Glacier Nation
nj Park. where one blaze has covered
more than 6,0OO acres Of timber
Throughout Idaho, Montana and
eastern Washington the situation
was declared steadily becoming
worse.
Western British Columbia fires
were extinguished or controlled with
one exccption--a blaze which defied
= hundred fighters near saltwater
B. G.
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NORTHERN PARTS OF MINNESOTA
And WISCONSIN STORM SWEPT
SEVERAL KILLED, MANY INJURED
Window. Mnn. Reports 10; Lamberon 1O8Temperature
in Twin Cities Registered lO2.3-South Dakota Points
Report Mercury Readings Above 100

st. Paul, July l7--(AP)-Tornadoes. hailstorms and
record heat claimed known dead and
injured in Minnesota and northern Wisconsin yesterday
Three perished in tornado that swept across
the northwestern tip of Wisconsin Two persons were
drowned Minneapolis and another drowned in ST. Paul.
while died from effects of the heat in Minneapolis.
The tornado dead Mabel Johnson, 18 Julia Johnson
% sister of Mabel and Irwin Anderson H. all of Ashland
Junction, Wis.
Arthur Hegert. 3, of st. Paul drowned in lake here
while swimming Howard Haeg %, of Richfied Minn. and
A. Wker. 25, Of Maxwell Bay drowned in Lake Min
neonka near Minneapolis. Arthur Pffer TO- Minneapo-
lis died there from heart disease produced by the heat
Temperatures Above 100 Mark
Heat records for 25 were broken through
the northwest with the temperature yesterday
we'll over the 100 mark.
Window, Minn. reported unofficial mark of no. with
l.ambcron Mimi, close second with 1O8 In the Twin
Cities was 1923. Mitchell S. D., reported O1 and Huron
is. D., had 1O2
TORNADO HITS HARDEST IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN,
Ashland, Wis. July I-(AP)--rhrec persons arc
known be dead two others reported killed and t"
score or injured in tornado which swept across
the northwestern tip Of Wisconsin last night after jumping
across Lake Superior from Minnesota.
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Monsignore Will
Pass Through City
on No. 4 Tonight

The party Of five distinguished
Monsignorc Of the Roman Catholic
church WHO. have been touring the
western states and the Yellowstone
park will arrive, in Bismarck at 7:.3
tonight.
The party consists Of Monsignor
Camille Cassia Dominioni. vice-ger-
ant of Rome, Master chamberlain of
His Holiness, Canon Of the Vatican
church; Monsignor Carlo Respighi,
prcfect of the pontifical ceremonies.
canon of the Lateran church, Monsig
nor Rocco Beltrami. prelate in charge
Of emigration: Monsignor Carlo
Grano. head Of the papal aims and
charities; Canon Angelo Birca,
private secretary to Cardinal Bon
zano. Rev. FIR. r. Mahoncy. New
York, is accompanying the party and
has charge Of the travelling arrange
mcnts.
So far AS known, there has been no
program arranged for Bismarck, and
the party will pass through here
with no more than the usual stop.
Many local people, however, will 60
to Mandan this afternoon for the
program which is scheduled there.