Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-11-10
THE UNIVERSITY. Splendid Showing Made by
 the Faculty. IHT2RE INt, VALUABLE Experiments and Research into the kes9uroes of Arizona
 Beirg Made.

] hC NfAfriFAty UT tdGudIf 4Ec HIS senicr c.azs NJ |! 2S, 1895
 , Stude1ts from the University hay,
 II ds excellent r~c0rds ,n tho eX ,mI g
 tons for tea'hers thIs year. Severa
 Va obtained schools in the terrrltor,
 and are doing good Work.
 Prs'essor Wm ?. 3 aks, the noted
 mibing euOiue cor of Nv Esvan, Conn.
 Professor ". ' M Gee, f h United s ta- Bur au if Ethuology, Washing
 ton, D. C.; Dr. Geo. W. Athertop, Pre- S
 id-nt f th- Pa ns, Iva .. State College
 D R. A. f. Peorcs-, IT,, Professor oi econom c seoi gy n tue University Ci
 C. icaFo, have ali visit-d the UnIver- sItY of Ariz ma wiJ in the la [ few
 months. Every ere oi these gentlemen
 expressed suro~ ga and gTatItic catIou al
 the advances made oy this young but
 growing iuetitution.
 Or. Taeo 3 ComstcclE. President of
 the University Of ArIzOna, will repres-
 Tt that insutJtion at he meeting in
 Washington is Nu7eu Der, If the Asso-
 ci.iion of Agfl-u,tural Colleges and Experiment. Stations, de will return
 vi St. Louis n tins 70 set as terrier
 lel deleg ts. represent GE "mines and
 mining" at inc Tran- Missi sippi Con- grees bjch ccrvsnes Nov. $.
 The Bureau of Mines cf the Univer city nj Ariz pns. IS oontlnuai,y V receiving specimeus Of ores, rocks, erals. etc. which are preserved in ths cabinet. 1 ffr-e reports are fu ni> ned sii Nho re quest in:Orc alton corcerning the value
 pUd mnerai character of what thas
 send. al eady this branch Ct the Uni
 vs rsity has examined and reported n
 nearly 40C ccDsigD nents, including many working tests Of ores for wh'ch ample machinery is provided. The charges for work of thls character gre vary reasonable.
 l The TertI;oria, Bureau of Mines at She J iysrsity had patty ia tto field , scT several weeSa last Eummer. The , Director s1c Professor Jooiloe visited : acd collect , from t5e Santa Ritz, , Huachuce. Mule. Chgicahua Genaro and GrtstIl,o roIntaius, srd later : Or. Cons, ,oCX made an extended trip through Northern Arizona and tn Brad bGw mountains, trilgiog ID mach vsiUs ole material for study. Tss stsT e tho Agricultural Experi. : rer, S,ati0c aS the University of Ariz- eng IS ous:iT engaged in important studies. ta0 res-,ts oT Thicb win ap [ gear u cu''stics tc oS issceo shortly ScEs cc 5ns york recD.Tes more ne kovo7e-. ss tn5 e,ah0rais series of ex- | psIiUents lc-tltlteS fOr ths purpose o4 ] Dtsct c3iiy determining the cost aud . best D-GGe o3 c.itivatrE the canaie5t rcCt. Heretofore no records have been ! been made Of definite results fron suct expsrImer .. El her tbe methods q eEperj1eusi3g hs-e been crude Or a, e-olts have bse2 = i'it,o sxect ve DO Or tae University ground as Tue eoD under me Dew ccu1sge1eat ot the station, 5ry comp'ets ss-ies of tess is bslcg inGJEurnted There will b. s'rht caFefu,y pTepsisd pla,s, each itl e'Rht .O75s fl ths roots, aud D whole ls 90 arranged that esca plat car be wste-eG and cul5:yated separately tts exa 0UsuIiry of ter used beir2 meas red uy meter. Earh portion o' : tho x is ;n She hands oi specialist ,n that iipe and ths Con- ci' oi the St : tiOr 0Iscusss- ths methods hsfore they are adopted.
 Csuaigre Is attracting widespread ct tertiIn throughout the world. The PiesideBt 9i the UnIve sisy of Ariz ns n been asked to send roots fr trial Ia the Cape of Good Hope, the SandwlcF
 Islands. Australia, Ct3ada, Ars ent;oe
 R'pub I,', md 70 nsoy states aD t-rritorIes from Oregon to Florida. l.
 the crop can be aconomi ally culti-
 vated. 1t wiii 5s .oe basis of an eror
 nous industry and Ar'zona being ore
 of it's native haunts, the bene it To tn S
 ' rTtory will Se IncHlCulable. It seems,
 5herefora. rt uorkatle { at th. se nev
 experiments sr- really the Srst to be
 mi: ut der cO5ditlGns enabling relia-
 ole conclusions to be drawn. No one
 ctuaily knows the cost If growing the ruor, because all exp rimsnts hitherto m d. have been ouly qualitative.
 A statement recently matIrg the
 ounds of the press to the effect th.f frost destroys Ee taDr ! O' cRnaigr. proven to be without sounda ion by :. . tests of Prof ssor Root. H. Fortee chemist of h. ArIzuna Agricul ural | Exp rImpnt Seton at 1tcson. Iii experiments conclusive y show th4 neJher u-O:ou geu fr- eG ug. nor rep a ed free zing and thrCEirg. affect th, tasD'c sc;d content of ths root t0 per | :ep ible degree. Wtsn cenajgre !. once grown it is safe 10 say that It. | valuabl- tam ug pr.ncipie wlli not b, I ie-seued by cod weather
 It bsInQ sncthsr question whether growth De ipiuriously affected by fros.s "! iCh are not b avy enough 10 hUTt ti plant in its Ariz1na habitat, sevsra samples If roots nave been sent fI | triai to northern localities. IJ is pr b able that the r, suits will prove unfav oia able in any bot mild climates similar to OFT Owr, because the freezing anC thawing vii presv nably interfere witt the growth Of the plan.
 The Board of Regents of the Uni-e- sity of ATiZCns has aC shO-ized the 0Irec- tor Of lie Bureau of Mines to purchase and erect complete new plant Cf machinery for the treatment o1 golc ores " the stamp milling process. A G~e stamp mil with ail modern arpi ances will De added 10 :he present ex- tensive apparatus in the mill ct the Schco or Mices at the Uai7e-si y Heretofore the officers O. this Imp9rtspt department have beep able to treat nearly all csasses Of ores, Euch of the machinery being espec sly aSarted 10 silver ores. The increasing output of gold ia' the territoTy and the growing 3-maGd for tssts upon working scale have jed the Director to plan :his neces- sary addition Wi:h this in operation rn lesSlrg works in tho United States will be better prepared to handle ores .a large and sn sil lots.
 Professor T. W. Tourney, bctsnist of .hs University, has recently added yre5t!y sp the collections iC his depart -;snt. He now has representa- ves of 2 most everything ir ArZcna ID the iUe of p.ants. Some Very Interesting , material was brought ju by h'm this 'ebr from the iGountaI1s O the terrI- t .ory. He accoopsn led Dr. Cumstock 7, . his sc-t5ero IT ?, atd stterwaId wis . tad the 8Fadsb av-, going later to the :, 7 \ . N l.x-