The Coconino sun., 1891-10-15
ANNUAL REPORT
or Acting Governor n. o. Murphy-TaSabse
Property of the Territory.

IToPcfty VI tht
N. o. Murphy, acting Governor of
Arizona Territory, in his annual report
to the Secretary Of the Interior, en-
presses the opinion that the population
of the territory will reach 10000 peo-
pie before the end Of the present year.
There are at least, he says, $4,000
Mormons in the territory engaged in
agriculture and grazing. The follow
ing shows the kind and quality Of tan
able property in the territory and its
valuation according 10 the report of
the Territorial Board for The current
year:
Number OF acres, 3,34I. COS; value of
same, f4,602, l2l; value of improve
ments, $500 lI; value of city aud
town lots, 81 1872, 2j2; value of im-
provements on same, $2,347, 42I; num-
Der of horses, 1892; value Of same,
81, 1873, 16S. There are also owned in
the territory | ,757 mules, 720, $40 head
of cattle and 2SS,727 sheep. There
are 1888 miles of railway, making Il
total valuation of all taxable property
in the territory of $2S, 27O, 466. This
amount, however, the acting Governor
regards as entirely too low. He is of
the opinion that S70,000,000 would be
much nearer the facts.
The bonded debt of the territory is
given at 5000, 900, the interest thereon
$42 $3.50; the floating debt $3.50, 030,
interest thereon $4,000, making a
total Indebtedness of 1856, 2S0.
The Indebtedness of the several
counties aggregates 81, 175, COS; in
debtedness of the cities of Phoenix,
Tucson, Prescott and Tombstone ag-
gregates $lSS,9SS; average rate Of tax
alton throughout the territory, 1928
per cent. Total number of acres en-
tered under the public land laws dur
ing the year is given as 439, 1873.
Mining has always been the foremost
wealth producing industry in Arizona,
says the report, and during the last
year it has been very active, although
agriculture is fast taking precedence.
The mineral export in 1891 il is thought
will exceed that Of any previous year.
The acting Governor estimates the cop
per output at 30,000,000 pounds, the
gold output at 81 ,l32, 955, and silver
at 81, $3.50, 5S5. During the year valu-
able deposits of superior onyx have
been discovered. The quality is said
to be first-class. The pine forests of
northern and central Arizona cover an
area of about 2,700 square miles, or
approximately 100000 acres. The
common school system of the territory
is said to be firmly established, well
maintained, and will compare favor
ably with any in this country.
The acting Governor recommends
that Arizona may be admitted into the
Union as u state upon the adoption of
proper constitution by the people;
that all public lands within her bor-
ders be coded by the Government to
the territory or state; that all public
lands be surveyed; that the school
lands be made available: that the
Apache Indians be disarmed and pro-
hibited from using arms; that mineral
lands in the San Carlos reservation be
opened to occupancy and development
by white citizens, and that public
sale be held of them in trust for the
Indians. His recommendations of last
year he renewed.
In addition to the above brief synop-
sis, the arid land question, irrigation,
stock raising and the agricultural re-
, sources of the territory were extern
sively treated by the Governor.