Arizona silver belt., 1889-11-02
The total miles of railroad now in the Territory are .0Qf 32

lures of Arizona and the feasibility Q establishing comprehensive system { of water storage. He says: "ln th, great area of Arizona, nearly doubl, that of the six New England States are presented physical features pecu harly adapted to the construction anc maintenance of an immense system O. irrigation, based on the storage of wa ter by artificial reservoirs. The most casual observer of thu streams in Arizona during the winiei is impressed with the fact that enough water pours down these rivers to wa ter many times as much land as is pos sible of reclamation.
 The number of live stock in Arizo. ma Is given: Cattle, 5S3,000; horses S,066; sheep, 22S,eS2. The value oI all live stock, $5,757 ,400S9. "While the value of cattle has been for some time past, and still is, very low, the general condition of the industry could not be called other than fairly prosperous.
 The following from the report of j. F. Blandy, Territorial Geologist, com. piled from official sources, gives the production, m 1888, of
 GoLD, SILVER, COPPER, SS50, ,0o0 S3,560,000 31,797 500 lbs. In connection with mining l would suggest that the present United States mnng law be so amended as to re- quire for each and every location or relocation that shaft or adit ten fee; deep be required within reasonable tune, say ninety days, or in case of a relocation ten feet further sinking on any shaft already there. See. 2l0l G. $. of Colorado on location, and Sec 24l1 q. $. of Colorado, on relocation, have been found to give greatest satis- faction in that State. 1 suggest them as amendments to the United States law. in place of the first years annual labor"
 "The objection 10 Senator Stewart $ bill is that reloeatonS will be made just as they now are, only as under the 1866 law. locator will use some other persons name and then get a deed from that person, and, therefore, It would not in practice change the present objectionable ways
 The passage ot a law by Congress to authorize the taking of ground for mill.site reservoirs, without regard to the character of the land.-w whether mineral or non-mineral--is recon mended.
 Arizona has large forest area rum ming along the line of the Atlantic ( Pacific R. R., belng about 200 miles Tn length and about sixty miles in width, or fully l2.000 square miles of excel lent timber-prlncipaliy pine. The other kinds most common in the Ter rltory are spruce, juniper, walnut, oak, mesquite and ironwood. A reasona- ble law and regulations to permit the cutting of lumber from Government land, necessary for general consump- ton and sale, is favored.
 The school system of Arzona is an excellent one and IS being literally and fairly carried out. In every part of the Territory children are offered the advantages of free schools.
 The necessity of reducing the size of Indian reservations is urged. The Governor says: "lt is to be hoped that the Government will cut down the size of Indian reservations, espe- cially the San Carlos reservation, More than half of this reservation is useless to the Indians, and yet con tains mining sections that could be made valuable, especially the coal fields Deer creek at the southwest ern corner of the San Carlos reserya- tion The ground IS absolutely use less to the Indians, while the coal is of greatest importance to all classes of business"
 In regard to school lands, Congress is asked to permit the Territory, un- der reasonable restrictions, to control lands as fast as the public surveys are extended over them-also to lease and receive revenue from them.
 The more rapid survey of the A. X ?. t. R. lands is urged, so that inter vening Government sections may be opened to sale and settlement.
 The erection of public buildings at Phoenix, Tucson and Prescott is fla vored, as strictly in the line of econ omy.
 An appropriation for the boring of artesian wells is asked for.
 The Governor dwells al length upon the opinion rendered by the Attorney General of the United States, declar ing void Territorial laws passed or approved after the expiration of the 60 consecutive days prescribed by law for continuance of sessions of the leg