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potatoes, 125,000 bu. (i-,ooo A.); hay, 384,000 tons (113,000 A.). In 1909 (U. S. Census), the 

 total value of vegetables other than potatoes was $379,293 ; of orchard fruits, $241 , 1 10 (apples, 

 $109,395); of grapes, $25,371; of tropical fruits, $63,632 (oranges, $52,341). On Jan. I, 1912 

 there were on farms 104,000 horses, 32,000 milch cows, 741,000 other neat cattle, 1,510,000 

 sheep, and 22,000 swine. Dry-farm experiments are being carried on near Prescott and 

 Snowflake and in Sulphur Springs Valley; and experiments in raising date palms (and in 

 artificial ripening) at Tempe and intensive farming at Yuma, where acclimatised Egyptian 

 cotton has been successfully grown. Tunis sheep and ostriches have been bred. 



Mineral Products, Total value, 1911, $44,104,731. The state ranked, as for several 

 years, first in copper, 303,202,532 Ibs. (more than one-quarter the country's output of blister 

 copper), valued at $37,900,317. In the Globe district and in Mineral Creek district there 

 were new companies producing copper in 1912. The yield in gold and silver per ton of 

 copper ore was $0.51, and the total value of all gold $3,521,400, and of all silver from the 

 state, Si, 743, 600. Of zinc the total output was 2,476 tons ($282,264); and of .lead 3,450 

 tons (by smelter reports; 5,137 by mine reports), much more than in 1910. In 1911 asbestos 

 deposits at Bass Camp, Grand Canyon, were being developed. 



Manufactures. The total value of factory products for 1909 was $50,257,000, 79% more 

 than in 1904; capital invested in manufacturing, $32,873,000 (128.3% more than in 1904); 

 the number of establishments, 311, and the number of persons engaged in manufacturing, 

 7,202. The value of the copper smelting and refining products was $41,059,000 (81.7% of 

 the total); of the wage-earners 48.6% were employed in this industry. Tucson's factory 

 product was valued at $2,037,000; that of Phoenix at $1,467,000. 



Transportation. Railway mileage, Jan. I, 1912, 2,190.19. In 1912 the legislature 

 required the raising by tax annually of $250,000 for the state road fund. 



Government. A convention at Phoenix (October isth-December gth, 1910) adopted 

 a constitution, ratified by the people at a special election February 9, 191 1. The opposi- 

 tion of President Taft to its provision for the " recall " of judges led to the passage of 

 Public Resolution 8 (62. Cong.), which required the people of Arizona to adopt an 

 amendment omitting judicial officers from the clause providing for recall. This amend- 

 ment was adopted at the general election held December 12, 1911, but an amendment 

 restoring the original clause by which the recall is applicable to all elective officers was 

 adopted by popular vote (16,272 to 3,491), November 5, 1912. Elections for recall 

 follow a recall petition, giving the reason for removing the official (in 200 words or less), 

 signed by at least 25% of the voters at the last election in the electoral district which 

 elected the official, and not circulated until an officer has been six months in office. If 

 an official is re-elected at a recall election, no second recall petition against him may be 

 filed during his term of office until the petitioners pay into the treasury all expenses of 

 the first recall election. At the general election in 1912 an amendment was adopted 

 (14,928 to 3,602) giving the state and all municipal corporations " the right to engage in 

 industrial pursuits." The constitution reserves to the people the initiative (petition 

 for legislation by a minimum of 10% of the total number of electors voting for governor 

 at the preceding election, and for a constitutional amendment by at least 15%) and the 

 referendum; the legislature, or 5% of the qualified electors may require the submission 

 to the people of any law or any part of a law, unless immediately necessary; and, except 

 emergency measures, no law goes into effect within 90 days. The governor may not 

 veto an initiative or referendum measure approved by a majority of the voters. The 

 constitution provides for initiative and referendum in municipal and local elections. 



The house of representatives consists of 35 members and the senate of 19 ; all must be at 

 least 25 years old and residents of Arizona for 3 years and of the county from which elected 

 for one. They are paid $7.00 a day (for no more than 60 days in a session) and 20 cents a 

 mile for mileage. The legislature meets biennially. At special sessions no business maybe 

 transacted not described in the governor's call for the session. Bills may be passed only by 

 a majority vote of air members elected. Measures or items in appropriation bills may be 

 passed over the governor's veto by two-thirds vote of all elected members; measures not 

 returned with the governor's approval in 5 days (excepting Sundays) become law. The 

 executive officers, elected for 2 years, must be at least 25 years old and citizens of the United 

 States for 10 years and of Arizona for 5: they are governor ($4,000 a year), secretary of 

 state ($3,500), auditor and treasurer ($3,000 each), attorney-general and superintendent of 

 public instruction. There is no lieutenant-governor. 



The supreme court is made up of three justices, with a six year term, one being elected 

 at each general election. The names of candidates for judicial office must be in alphabetical 

 order on the ballots without partisan or other designation. 



