Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-09-16
Arizona needs her public Ian

,. to induce immigration on unsurveyed r. lands. Scarcely day passes that IS the United States land office at h Prescott does not have applications ,- for homestead entries which on in l. vestigation are found to be on l. unsuryeyed land. Thousands of | acres of the Atlantic and Pacific n land grant yield no revenue ,o the n territory in the way of taxes on ae-
 count of the land being unsuTgeyed.
 Arizona should have an approprla- f ton of not less than S75,0O0 to slO0,- 0O0 per year for the survey of pablie
 lands, until all shall have hean sur r veyed. Perhaps in tle sweet by , and by" the citizens Of the territory I may arouse themselves to the im- | portance of electing a delegate to , congress who will make his presence felt there and who will secure some beneficial legislation.
 , While the water problem is a seri- ous one great care should be exer-
 cised in any proposed transfer of the
 water works, that the city does not
 go from bad to worse. While at
 present the revenue derived from
 the sale of water does not meet ex-
 penses, the deficit represents the price paid for use of water for the
 city and for fire purposes. Should q
 transfer be made the instrument
 providing for it should be carefully
 drawn, so as to protect, not only the
 city, but consumers of water as we'll.
 Prescott is somewhat crsmped finan-
 cially at present but the prospects
 for the future are bright, and rather
 than make bad bargain it would be
 preferable 10 spend an additional l
 sum in providing supply of water
 that will not only be permanent and 1
 ample for the needs of the city but
 will be of a quality fit for household l
 use. Any proposition looking to the
 transfer of the city's property should |
 be submitted to vote of the people.
 as 1t no doubt will, should the city
 council receive proposition that
 will justify its doing SO.
 A press dispatch from Idaho says
 that great indignation is expressed
 there over the fact that prize fight
 occurred recently in the state peni-
 tentiary between two convicts which
 was witnessed by all the officers of the institution as we'll as the in
 mates. The fight is described as a particularly savage one, in which the defeated convict was pounded until
 unable to stand and all covered with blood, when his convict second threw up the sponge. As convicts are sup posed to be taught some useful trade during their incarceration, and as prize fighting has grown to be not only a popular but lucrative occu- patton, why should the people of Idaho object to having the manly art taught in their penitentiaryi In stead of the convicts returning to such unpopular vacations as grand larceny, on the expiration of their sentences, they may possibly win {. fame, fortune and a seat in congress by prize fighting. The warden of T the Idaho pen, who introduced :. instruction in the art of prize fight n ing as one of the features of the in n stitution, has great head on him. his efforts do not seem to be appreciated by those outside of fl the institution. A prize fight every f, week must certainly relieve prison ., fife of its monotony. II
 Do the advocates of anti-state r, hood consider that just so long as r, We are kept out of the sisterhood of q, 'tates that long will the develop nent of our manifold resources be in iept under foot" queries the Phenix a, iazette. No sir, emphatically no n, ir. Dakota while being kept out of h; he sisterhood of states by the par hi isan action of a democratic con tb 'ress, went on developing her mani old resources and swelling her pop
 lation, until finally when admitted s two states she had population of x yer 6OO,OO0. The best way to de- nf lI elop our manifold resources is to i'm evise financial system that will re- St uce our taxation to point below ir' hat is considered fair rate of in ir' crest in the east. This will do more r.; 1wards inducing capital to invest he ere than statehood twice over. All tn ne theoretical blandishments that tn m be offered in favor of statehood las innot do away with the fact that ai "n means increased taxation. We do be )t believe there is head in the to 'n. con. long enough financially to an rovide for reduced taxation. ex- ''r ma 'pt by an increase of our indebted see sss. As territorial government, sid lth the payment by the general VIC )vernment of thousands of dollars acl
 our expenses, we show deficit VI lch year of several thousand dol
 rs in the shape of increased in 'btedness. Territorial. county and res taxes now amount to from ao' to 4 per cent. per annum. These Cb ch @ subjects however which the ad- we. 'cates of statehood ignore entirely tow eferring to soar above them in the pos aims of ethereal, roseate lined the cou les. The masses of the people SaSS SS wever, those who have to pay for but g support of the government are ash actical, thinking and intelligent in has alr vieus Thar xr;lI @.l- Al aDO