UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (ARIZONA.) 



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Finances. By the Treasurer's biennial report 

 it was shown that the cash on hand June 30, 

 1900, was $96,298.94; receipts from all sources 

 for six months preceding June 30, $271,925.42. 

 This sum, with the exception of $31,716.44, derived 

 from the sale of bonds, was mainly received from 

 the counties. To these receipts is added a bal- 

 ance on hand, January, 1899, of $351,139.98. Ex- 

 penditures in various directions amount to $470,- 

 228.50, leaving a balance on June 30, 1899, of 

 $152,836.90. Receipts from all sources for the 

 year ending June 30, 1900, were $382,564.16; ex- 

 penditures were $439,102.11. 



Since Jan. 1, 1899, the Treasurer has paid out 

 for redemption of general fund warrants $326,- 

 667.32; of this amount, $50,905.97 was for in- 

 terest. 



Since Jan. 1, 1899, Territorial bonds have been 

 redeemed amounting to $74,000. 



The general-fund warrants now outstanding 

 amount to $124,710.67, $71,415.68 of which were 

 issued on account of the Territorial prison and 

 $9,343.77 on account of a deficiency in the Insane 

 Asylum fund. 



Education. Nearly 21,000 children were en- 

 rolled in the public schools at the latest report. 



The normal school, at Tempe, graduated 18 

 students this year, of whom 4 were men. 



The Territorial University, at Tucson, which in 

 1900-1901 had about 130 students and 3 gradu- 

 ates, showed an increase of about 20 at the Sep- 

 tember enrolment, with a senior class of 9. 



The Navajo, Phoenix, and Pima Agency schools 

 were represented in the collection of literary and 

 industrial work of Indian schools exhibited at the 

 meeting of the National Education Association at 

 Detroit in July, which was highly praised and 

 aroused much interest. Eleven girls were gradu- 

 ated in May in the domestic science department 

 of the Indian school at Phoenix, the first class 

 graduating in the Southwest in such a course. 

 Four were graduated in the academic department. 



The school at Sacaton agency, on the Pima 

 reservation, has 260 pupils, who fill it to its ut- 

 most capacity. The school is in a desert sur- 

 rounded by miles of sand and cacti. 



A new school was opened at Rice Station in 

 December, 1900, and has 208 Apache Indian 

 pupils. 



Railroads. The valuations of railroads for 

 taxation were considerably increased this year 

 by the Board of Equalization in view of the great- 

 ly increased earnings. Two new roads were val- 

 ued, the Morenci Southern at $41,400 and the 

 Southwestern at $57,100. The increase on the 

 older roads amounts to $362,324, and the total 

 valuation to $4,822,859. 



Contract was closed in August for the con- 

 struction of the Bradshaw Mountain Railroad 

 leading into the Lynx Creek country, which will 

 give access to a valuable mining region. Though 

 it is very short, only 8 miles, the work of grading 

 and tunneling is very heavy. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed for the 

 El Paso, Phoenix and California Railway. 



Insane Asylum. The report on the insane 

 asylum describes its condition at the beginning 

 of the last biennial period, and the improvements 

 that have been made with the $12,000 appropri- 

 ated by the last Legislature, which was $6,000 

 below the estimate. It is shown that, in spite 

 of the extreme drought of last year, the gross 

 revenues of the asylum farm were $8,366.64. The 

 expense of the farm was $3,301.29. 



The Penitentiary. In reporting on the con- 

 dition of the Territorial prison, the Board of Con- 

 trol says it is to be regretted that no employment 



has been found for 11m prisoner* whereby the 

 institution may be made sH [-sustaining. It is 

 estimated that alterations and improvements 

 needed will cost $37,500. Tin- expends O f the 

 Territorial prison are now paid \>y w;i mints on 

 the general fund drawing 7-per-ccnt. interest. 



Reform School. The contract for building the 

 Reform School provided for by the Legislature 

 of 1901 was let in September. The citixeri* of 

 Benson gave a tract of 40 acres for the .site. 

 There is on the land an artesian well with a 

 strong flow. The building, the contract price of 

 which is $25,000, will be 120X52 feet, two stone. 

 and basement. It will be constructed of stone, 

 and is to be finished by Oct. 1, 1902. 



Products. The production of copper is stead- 

 ily increasing in the Territory. In 1883 it was 

 23,274,965 pounds; in 1890, 34,906,680; in 1895, 

 48,329,403 pounds; in 1898 it was 110,823,364 

 pounds; in 1899, 152,267,403 pounds. 



Among new discoveries recently reported are 

 wolframite, in Mohave County, about 25 miles 

 north of Signal; gold near Wickenburg, also at 

 a place about 12 miles from Congress Junction, 

 near Payson, and near Dos Cabezas, in the heart 

 of the southern Arizona desert; and oil near 

 Kingman. 



According to a bulletin issued by the Census 

 Bureau in August, " there are 5,809 farms in 

 Arizona, with a total acreage of 1,935,327 acres, 

 of which 254,521 are improved. Of these farms 

 1,769 are owned by Indians. There are 71 farms 

 of more than 1,000 acres, and 814 of less than 3 

 acres. About half of the latter class belong to 

 Indians. Of the total investment in farms over 

 half, or $15,458,717, was in live stock. 



The raising of the California navel oranges is 

 a growing industry, and experiments with the 

 date-palm show that it can be successfully cul- 

 tivated. The only home-grown dates shown at 

 the Buffalo Exposition were from Arizona. 



A report on the industries of Arizona by the 

 Census Bureau shows that the Territory has 314 

 establishments with combined capital of $10,157,- 

 408, an average of 3,268 wage-earners; total 

 wages, $2,369,065; miscellaneous expenses, $433,- 

 272; cost of materials, $8,464,410; value of prod- 

 ucts, including custom work and repairing, $21,- 

 315,189. 



The New Capitol. This was dedicated Feb. 

 14, and at the same time the thirty-eighth anni- 

 versary of the organization of the Territory was 

 celebrated. After a parade in the streets of Phoe- 

 nix, the dedicatory exercises took place on a 

 stand in front of the building. Addresses were 

 made by the Governor, the President of the Coun- 

 cil, the Speaker of the Assembly, the Chief Justice, 

 and representatives of the counties. 



The Territorial Government was first pro- 

 claimed at Navajo Springs, and the first legis- 

 lative session was held at Prescott. The capital 

 was afterward removed to Tucson, returned to 

 Prescott in 1877, and in 1889 was changed to 

 Pho3nix. 



Legislative Session. The legislative session 

 opened Jan. 21, and closed in March. P. P. Parker 

 was chosen Speaker of the Assembly and Eugene 

 S. Ives President of the Council. The Democrats 

 were in a large majority, the parties standing: 

 Council Democrats 8, Republicans 4; House 

 Democrats 19, Republicans 5. 



The poll-tax law was repealed, and code laws 

 were passed upon and made effective. 



A bill was passed providing for the improve- 

 ment and enlargement of the Penitentiary at 

 Yuma. and authorizing a tax levy of 3 cents 

 on each $100 of valuation. The Governor vetoed 



