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tion is $4,276,000. A very successful Indian and 

 ( 'owboy Carnival was held last winter, with the 

 design of attracting travelers to the Salt River 

 valley and prolonging the winter tourist season. 



The population of Tucson is somewhat more 

 than 7,000 and the valuation between $2,000,000 

 and $3,000,000. 



Globe was incorporated this year, and has in 

 progress a gravity system of waterworks with a 

 catchment reservoir 3 miles to the south. 



Prescott suffered great loss by fire, July 13. A 

 large part of its business portion was burned away, 

 with the loss of one life and destruction of prop- 

 erty amounting to more than $1,000,000. There 

 was slight protection against fire, the waterworks 

 not having been finished; consequently, rates of 

 insurance were high and not a large amount was 

 carried. Offers of aid were sent from other places 

 but were declined, and rebuilding was at once 

 begun. An election was held Aug. 28 on a propo- 

 sition to bond the town for $100,000 for water and 

 sewerage. Of 340 votes cast, 19 were opposed. 



Products. Newspaper reports indicate con- 

 stantly increasing activity in mining, fresh dis- 

 coveries, new strikes in old fields, more capital, 

 improved machinery. The gold product for 1899 

 was estimated in Wells, Fargo & Co.'s report at 

 $3,000,000 and the silver at $739,113; ores and 

 base bullion were estimated at $16,659,148. These 

 figures are regarded by mining men as too low. 



From a description that accompanied the ex- 

 hibits of three Arizona companies at the Paris 

 Exposition are taken the following general statis- 

 tics: The present annual production of the Copper 

 Queen mines is approximately 40,000,000 pounds 

 of copper; of the Detroit mine. 16.000,000 pounds; 

 of the United Globe mines, 6,000,000 pounds. The 

 number of employees of the three groups of mines 

 is 2,500. The coal consumed in generating power 

 is 25,000 tons, and the coke used in the furnaces 

 60,000 tons. Both coal and coke come from the 

 Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. The Copper 

 Queen and Detroit companies have mercantile de- 

 partments and stores at their mines. All three 

 companies support free libraries and reading rooms 

 for their employees. A medical staff and well- 

 equipped hospitals exist at all the establishments, 

 the men contributing monthly from their wages 

 for medical and hospital services. 



The discovery of oil fields near Yuma, near Phoe- 

 nix, and between Prescott and Jerome is reported. 



Onyx is quarried at Big Bug, 20 miles south of 

 Prescott, and in the Cave Creek hills north of 

 Phrenix. New discoveries have been made of de- 

 posits near Mayer. The finishing and polishing 

 opens a field for Indian labor. 



The Live Stock Inspection Law. This law 

 was in March practically declared invalid in the 

 district court, as one of its main provisions was 

 declared contrary to the organic act as restricting 

 the business of the plaintiff in the suit. 



Forest Protection. An organization has been 

 formed with a view to saving the forest, reserves. 

 After a careful investigation of the effect of stock, 

 and particularly of sheep, upon the forest reserves, 

 the commissioner of the General Land Office issued 

 an order for the protection of the forests, exclud- 

 ing all stock from the reserves. Ever since then 

 the large sheep owners in the northern part of 

 the Territory have been endeavoring to have the 

 order rescinded. Recently a bill was introduced 

 " for the protection of the stock interests in the 

 country," and this was the occasion of the action 

 noted above. . 



Political. The Republican Territorial Conven- 

 tion, Sept. 24, nominated Gov. N. O. Murphy as 

 Delegate to Congress. There were two Democratic 

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candidates J. F. Wilson and Marcus A. Smith 

 but Mr. Wilson withdrew about a month after the 

 date of the convention. 



In the contest for Delegate to Congress the total 

 vote of the Territory was 16,620, compared with a 

 total vote of 14,050 in 1896. Of this. Smith, the 

 Democratic candidate, received 8,664: Murphy, Re- 

 publican, 7,664; and Danielson, Prohibitionist, 2!>2. 



ARKANSAS, a Southern State, admitted to 

 the Union June 15, 1836; area, 53,850 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial cen- 

 sus since admission, was 97,574 in 1840; 209,897 

 in 1850; 435,450 in I860; 484,471 in 1870; 802,525 

 in 1880; 1,128,179 in 1890; and 1,311,564 in 1900. 

 Capital, Little Rock. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1900: Governor, Daniel W. Jones; Sec- 

 retary of State, Alexander C. Hull ; Treasurer, 

 Thomas E. Little; Auditor, Clay Sloan; Attorney- 

 General, Jefferson Davis; Superintendent of Edu- 

 cation, J. J. Doyne; Commissioner of Mines, 

 Manufactures, and Agriculture, Frank Hill; Rail- 

 road Commissioners, J. G. Wallace, Felix M. Han- 

 ley, and Henry W. Wells; Mine Inspector, Rob- 

 ert Boyd, succeeded in September by W. H. Hill ; 

 Land Commissioner, J. W. Colquitt; Inspector of 

 Wines, Carl A. Starck; Board of Charities, S. H. 

 Davidson, T. H. Matthews, J. J. Thomas, J. W. 

 Meeks, G. L. Basham, W. A. Jeffers; Chief Jus- 

 tice of the Supreme Court, Henry G. Bunn; Asso- 

 ciate Justices, Simon P. Hughes, C. D. Wood, 

 Bun-ill B. Battle, James E. Riddick; Clerk, P. D. 

 English all Democrats. 



Population. The census returns by counties 

 for 1900 and for 1890 are as follow: 



There are 184 incorporated towns, cities, and 

 villages in-.the State. Little Rock has a popula- 

 tion of 32,307. Among the other larger places are 

 the following: Fort Smith, 11,587: Pine Bluff. 

 11.496; Hot Springs, 9.973; Helena, 5,550; Tex- 

 arkana, 4.914: Jonesboro, 4.508: Fayetteville. 

 4,061; Eureka Springs, 3,572; Mena, 3.432; Para- 

 gould, 3,322; Newport, 2.866; Camden. 2.830: 

 Arkadelphia, 2,739; Van Buren, 2,573; Batesville, 



