Nogales international., 1926-10-31

fication of the compact. That's
what he did, and he can't deny
it. What was I doing all that
time? I could have bowed my
read and sacrificed my state, but
I wouldn't do it. (Applause).
Schools and Roads
l realize also that there are
other great questions coming up.
They call the attention to taxes.
know they are high. Why are
they high? Haven't you got
something to show for it? Look
at the magnificent schools you
have and the splendid roads. Do
you realize that out Of every dol
lar you pay into the state treas
ury for taxes, sixty-six and two
thirds cents goes for the upkeep
of the roads and the maintenance
of your school? Now, you can
lower taxes by doing less for the
roads and cutting down your
schools. Are you ready to do
that, go backward? Fellow citi-
zens, I believe in good roads, and
l am one Of those that believe in
the future of our state. We
must have good schools. We have
more than twenty-one hundred
miles Of good roads on the State
and Federal Aid systems and more
than six thousand miles Of good
county roads. A splendid invest
ment. Do you realize that in the
last fiscal year they BROUGHT into
this state one hundred thousand
foreion cars that passed through
the Hort cltural Agents inspec-
tion roirts on the borders Of our
state? That IS the record. They
GRO estimated to have left IN this
state fifteen millions of dollars.
so good roads and good schools
are the best investment for a
great commonwealth, but as
said before. this question Of the
Colorado River compact. and set
Ting it is the most important is-
sue that will ever come to you
people Of the State of Arizona,
and we must solve it and solve
if right.
Now, I want to call your atten-
tion briefly to this Colorado Riv-
or Compact. You people are liv-
ing in a great agricultural sec
tion of Arizona. You probably
understand more about water and
water rights because you are
nearer to these activities. You
farmers, after all, are the found
alton of our prosperity in this as
we'll as every other country. There
was a beginning to every PROPOSE
ton in this world. and probably
some of you have wondered why
and what was the the cause of the
Colorado River Compact and the
Boulder Canyon Dam and all
those questions that lead up to
the important one that confronts
US today. I will briefly say that
the questions leading up to the
Colorado River Compact issue
started some seventy odd years
ago. That seems far off, but in
1859, precious metals were dis
covered in the mountains Of Colo
irado. It was then territory,
sparsely settled, and when it was
discovered, there was great
rush Of miners to that section OF
our nation. Great hordes went
there and discovered vast min
eral wealth, and for many years
there was a constant stream OF
wealth from these precious me-
tails poured forth from the mines
of Colorado that enriched that
territory, enriched the American
nation and enriched the commerce
of the world.
Now. those mining people had
to have supplies, they had to
have fod, and have had to have
thase things men to have when
they live. Colorado did not pro
duce anything at that time, so
the states East of Colorado, Ne
braska and Kansas and Wyoming
were not mining states, they were
agricultural communities. at that
time rather sparsely settled, but
they began feeding the miners
and the mining population Of
Colorado, and they progressed
and they developed and they grew
in commerce, through the ex-
change of commodities which
made them we'll to do and aided
in keeping alive the mining pop
ulations.
This went on for a good many
years. During that time, Colorado
was admitted to the Union in1876
as the Centennial State, They
had no desire, no wish to develop
the agricultural portion of their
state because if the wealth Of
their mines, but inthe course Of
time, mining declined in Colorado