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SFNTTNFT AND YUMA WEEKLY EXAMINER A Live, Republican Weekly With All the News All The Time., VOL. 41. NO. 49 YL'MA, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5,-1911 Pioneer Paper of Arizona RALPH CAMERON Cameron and Sm True rnends of "IP I CAN'T BE A BELL COW I'LL HANG ON BEHIND," seems to be' the motto of Eugene S. Ives, Democratic aspirant and S. P. aspirant for the XJ. S. senatorship, so he has gone on and followed in the footsteps of Ralph Cameron and Hoval A. Smith, and an nounced that he will dp what he can if nominated and elected to get the farmers under the Salt River valley and the Yum a projects an extension of time for the payment of those projects but it is easy to see that he is simply imitating Cameron and Smith. On Friday, September 22, Messrs Cameron and Smith sent the following open promises to the voters of Yuma county through the columns of this pa per and they were published with full headlines on Hiat date: 1. "We promise to do everything in our power to get the govern ment to take up the absolute con trol of the Colorado river, and, as everybody knows it must be con trolled sooner or later. 2. "We promise to do everything in our power to secure a bridge across the Colorado at Yuma. 3. We make the same promise to the farmers and citizens of the Yuma, valley that we have made to the farmers and citizens of the Salt River valley, and that is, to do everything in our power to have the payments extended from ten years to thirty or forty jears on both irrigation projects. In his speech to the Salt River val ley farmers on September 20th, Ralph Cameron said: "You say you want your mort . gages postponed or your mort gages recalled altogether, and I want to say to you, that if the government can build the San Pe dro harbor and hand it over as a gift to the people of Los Angeles, the government can and the gov ernment ought, to make a gift of the Roosevelt dam to the people ith Are Arizona of the Salt River valley. If I in elected to the senate I'.shuH1' work . night and day to have these tnor: gages cancelled altogether, and if I do not get that, I pledge you r will have them postponed from 30 to 50 years until their paymeut will not be the burden it would e ' now." So, after Delegate Ralph Cameron and Hoval Smith, had thought of, and promulgated these things for the peo ple of Arizona, and they were being applauded all over the territory, then Henry Ashurst and Eugene Ives thought they were . good things ana Ives, however, has worked out a plan for the people to pay two per cent but Mr. Cameron and Mr. Smith can see no reason for the people paying anything in the way of interest. And there is no reason. Ives and Ashurst are simply cheap imitators of other men's ideas and brains. In order to prove this it must be remembered that the COLD, HARD facts prove the assertion. The Democratic party of Arizona had seven U. "S. senate aspirants in the field for three weeks previous to the announcements of Cameron and Hoval Smith, yet in that time NOT ONE of them thought of anything for the peo ple. All they were thinking of was of fice. But of course, as soon as Camer on and Smith had thought of these things, then along came the imitators. Now let it be remembered that E. S. Ives is the S. P. candidate for the. office of U. S. senator from Arizona. He brands himself as that when he says he does not intend to resign his position as attorney for that corpora tion. The great state of California has just, recently been able to throw off the S. P. yoke after years of bondage. Do the people of Aripona wish to put it on? Hardly. It must be remembered that three years ago Ralph Cameron was elected as a delegate from Arizona it was with the distinct promise of statehood. Well, we have statehood, and in ad dition to that in every town in Arizo na, in every cross roads hamlet, in ev ery farming or mining community, there are citizens who will tell you of how this whole-souled, hard working delegate of ours went out and worked for them individually, whether it was j a patent they wanted, whether it was a pension, or what not, or whether the men who asked the favor were Republicans or Democrats, he never questioned, but went ahead for any body or everybody who asked for hh aid. That is the kind of Arizonians both Ralph Cameron and Hoval Smith are, They don't falter. They don't fail. The keystone of success in public life is adaptability; thousands of men are selected to fill important political and official positions annually . that are never heard of after taking the oath of office. Other men go and fill these offices and their names and the things they do, are headlined in the papers day after day. This is because these men have the ADAPTABILITY to apply themselves to matters in hand; have the interest of their con stituents at heart and are always do ing things. They hfcive the adaptabil ity to deal with public questions in telligently, to mingle in harmony with their associates and have the address and tact to gain the good will and friendship of fellow members, so that when they want something they know where to go and get it. Where this is assured, success is assured, and a rep resentative becomes a valuable man to his constituents and a useful man to his country. He can do things. Suc cess is his. Intelligence, a pleasing personality and indomitable industry, are the chief requisites in gaining this end. When a member of congress or of the senate becomes useful to his as sociates, influential in the affairs of the nation then that congressman becomes invaluable to his constituents and can secure the nee.ded legislation for his state. ' Such a man as this has Ralph Cam eron nroven himself and sii(h a man as this will Hoval Smith nrove himself ed the gigantic tunnel under the Col when they are triumphantly elected to orado river which' by first of HOVAL A. SMITH View nareas 01 uuzen: Work on Colorado Siphon Hundreds of Yuma citizens accept-: great jack serewp are placed It "hold ed the invitation of the Project En- the upper half of the shell, Then a gineer Sellew this afternoon and visit. J few feet more of excavation and then the United States senate from Arizona Voters and all wise thinking people should remember that we have always the men who THINK and DO, and the men who only imitate and represent their bosses. We ask the people of Yuma county to study well these questions before casting their votes for men to repre sent them in the United States senate. Arizona will take her place in the great sisterhood of states next Janu ary. She will have two U. S. senators. When Arizona is called on the roll of states, her representatives will be scrutinized more closely and critical ly than any individuals in that great body. There are various reasons for this; first, because of the fierce bat tle through which Arizona has just passed in her battle for statehood. The eyes of the whole nation are upon this new state, and themen who will ans wers "Present" in the roll call of states for Arizona will be subjected to the closest scrutiny of every man in the national capital, and the millions of readers of the great newspapers of the United States will be regaled with the history of the men, and everything pertaining to them and Arizona. Both Mr. Cameron and Mr. Smith are standing on their records. None can assail them, and certain it is, when they get to Washington they can get results for their constituents and for Arizona. They are not cheap imi tators. They are true blue men and true Arizonians, and fully equal to the great task of representing Arizona faithfully and well. o L. E. Carr came in from Los Angeles last night and will remain several days. W. H. Barnes, traveling passenger agent of the S. P. is in the city look ing up business and shaking hands with his friends. year will be carrying millions of gal lons of water to the thousands of fer. tile acres of the Yuma valley. The occasion of the invitation from the Project Engineer to the citizens of Yuma and the valley, was the chang ing 'of the small upright compressed air lock for the big horizontal air lock which fits in the mouth of the tunnel, and which will allow the use of double compatment cages up and down the siphon shaft on this side for the removal of debris and the taking down of needed supplies of concrete and other materials. The siphon shaft on the Arizona side is about thirty-two feet in cir cumference, and is down something over 100 feet. Its walls are of rein- j forced concrete three and a half feet thick. At the bottom of this shaft is a concrete plug several feet in thick ness and from the bottom of this shaft the tunnel leads off under the river. In the starting of this tunnel, a small air lock was placed in the si phon shaft, and through this small lock the buckets were operated which took out the debris and took down the needed supplies. Of course thisj preliminary stage of the work was like filling a wash tub with water with only a teaspoon as the utensil to be used, but the tunnel had to be in a depth of 60 feet and completely fin ished befoe the big horizontal air lock could be placed. In excavating this tunnel under the river the upper half of the circle is ex cavated first, say for a distance of 20 feet, then concrete forms are placed in a half circle and with the base rest ing on ,solid earth the concrete is pour ed and allowed to harden as the work goes on ahead, still on the upper half of the circle. Then when the con crete has thorouhly hardened, the work on the lower half of the tun nel is commenced. First an excava tion is made for a few feet and then another set of jack screws and so on. Then the lower half of the shell be tween the jack screws is poured with concrete and this is allowed to hard eng until it is sufficient to support the roof. Then the jack screws are taken out and the space they occupied filled with conciete. This is repeated until the siphon tunnel is completed and connected with the shaft on the California side of the river. Both shafts on both sides of the riv er are now complete, and the great tunnel is in a depth of 67 feet. Several days ago the end of this tun nel was sealed with a bulkhead of concrete and' this was allowed to hard on. When this was complete!'., the (Continued from First Page) small air lock in the shaft was taken out and the air shut off. Then the work of installing the huge horizontal air lock was begun and two days ago this was completed. This air lock fits into the mouth of the tunnel and is 45 feet in length and will hold five small cars of debris or supplies. At both ends are air locks, and ow ing to the fact that a double compart ment lift can now be installed in the shaft, the work is expected to go for ward at the rate of five to seven feet per day of completed work. It is a magnificent work and the farmers and citizens generally who visited the work this afternoon and went down and out under the great, treacerous river while the air was turned off, are wildly jubilant over the prospects of the water soon reach ing their lands and the great work be ing done by the U. S. R. S. on the Yuma project. To-morrow the air will be turned on in the big lock and the bulkhead brok eng out and the real work of boring the great siphon tunnel under the river will be begun. ' o New Magazines at Bhoreya.