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ARIZONA 



\ < iuir.Hf in \ritiimriif. The following arti- 

 cles in thr.se volumes, if studied in connection 

 with the above, will serve as a basis for a com- 

 ..urse in arithmetic: 



Addition 



Angle 



Arabic Numerals 



Area 



Cancellation 



Circle 



Cone 



Cube ' 



Cube Root 



Cjrlli 



Decimal Fraction 



Degree 



Denominate Numbers 



Digit 



Divisibility of Numbers 



Evolution 



Factoring 



Fractions 



Greatest Common 



Divisor 

 Insurance 

 Interest 



Involution 



Least Common Multiple 



Longitude and Time 



Mensuration 



Metric System 



Multiplication 



Notation and 



Numeration 

 Number 

 Percentage 

 Polygon 

 Prism 

 Proportion 

 Pyramid 

 Quadrilateral 

 Ratio 



ngle 3 



Rhombus 

 Roman Numerals 

 Root 

 Sphere 

 Square 



Square Measure 

 Square Root 

 Subtraction 

 Taxes 

 Trape/.ium 



Triangle 



Unit 



Weights and Measures 



Zero 



.RIZONA, air'izo'nah, the newest 

 state in the American Union, one of the great 

 states of the plateau section. The name is 

 variously interpreted as being Spanish for arid 

 zone or Indian for jew springs, but in either 

 case it emphasizes the dryness of this state, 

 which has but 146 square miles under water. 

 Its area of 113,956 square miles makes it fifth 

 in the Union in point of size, but in popula- 

 tion it ranks forty-fifth, only Delaware, Nevada 

 and Wyoming having fewer than its 204,354 

 inhabitants (in 1910). It averages but 1.8 peo- 

 ple to the square mile. The New England 

 states, which have a combined area of little 

 more than half that of Arizona, have a popula- 

 tion more than thirty times as great. 



The People. Since 1870, when it contained 

 but 9,658 people, exclusive of Indians, Arizona 

 liav had a steady and rapid but not a phenom- 

 cn.il growth. The largest growth in numbers, 

 though not in percentage, for any decade was 

 hi i \\rcn 1900 and 1910, when the population 

 increased from 122,931 to 204,354, a gain of 

 about 66 per cent. Of the population in 1910, 

 171,468 were white, 29,201 were Indians, and 

 the remainder were negroes, Chinese and 

 Japanese. There are comparatively few Euro- 

 peans within the borders of the state, but the 

 Mexicans are numerous, comprising one-fourth 

 of the entire population. 



Almost seventy per cent of the inhabitants 

 live in the small towns or rural districts, and 

 only 63,260 in the cities. The latter, however, 

 are growing, some of them very rapidly. The 



most important cities are Phoenix, the capital; 

 Tucson, Bisbee, Douglas, Globe and Prescott. 

 The more important of these are described in 

 their places in these volumes. 



Indians. The number of Indians in the state 

 remains fairly steadfast, but shows a slight 

 inclination to increase. All of them except a 

 few hundred live in rural districts, chiefly on 

 government reservations, and their flat, quaint 

 adobe villages are pointed out to travelers who 

 pass through these sections on the trains. More 

 than half of the Indian inhabitants of Arizona 

 are Navajo, who numbered about 16,000 at the 

 last census. Their reservation is in the north- 

 east corner of the state, and has attracted more 

 attention than most Indian colonies, because 

 of the famous Navajo blankets which are 

 manufactured there. South of the Navajo 

 live the Hopi or Moki Indians, little more than 

 one-tenth as numerous as their northern neigh- 

 bors. They have aroused considerable interest, 

 however, because of the strictness with which 

 they have preserved the old customs followed 

 before the coming of the white man. The 

 Apache and Mohave tribes are also of im- 

 portance. All the Indians have improved in 

 recent years in their manner of life. See de- 

 scription of each Indian tribe under its title. 



Position and Physical Features. Arizona is 

 one of the far Southwestern states, and has 

 Mexico as its southern boundary. To the east 

 is New Mexico, to the north Utah, and to the 

 west Nevada and California. From these latter 

 states it is separated by the Colorado River. 



