New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-23
cries, the rich developments being made and
the number OF reduction works being erected.
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artificial shelter surpasses Arizona for the va
rlety and nutritive qualities Of Its native grasses
Previous to 1892 and 1898 cattle were found at all
seasons of the year upon the open ranges In ut
condition to satisfy the exacting demands OF the
California market
Values f cattle have been constantly going
down, perhaps in sympathy with the universal
decline in all business the world over since 1855.
At present far better feeling pervades all In
terested in the business. That there Is founda-
ton for the belief that more prosperous times
await the cattle grower Is evidenced by the con-
siderable advance in prices. year ago year
ling stock was hard to sell at "a or s. per head
t"o-year-ods brought Sc 10 So; three-year-olds
and over brought 81 30 to 49, and there was
but light demand. To-day yearngs are sell
ing from 81 10 $40 per head: two-yeal-olds at Sl3
to So and three-year-olds at *l4 to 80. and the
country is overrun with buyers anxious to con-
tract fox Nay d 1il d In
The exceptional advantage breeders Of the
highest class Of horses. both trotters and run
ers, would secure by locating in Southern Ari-
iona is just beginning to be understood. and adj
vantage taken Of 1t by enterprlsing owners.
The wonderful success Of the trotting horse
Zombra on the Pacific coast is an indication OF
what arizona feed and climate will produce Dis
tingui~hed horse breeders assert that Arizona
Is producing tn" highest type Of the horse IN
the world
The rangchorse Industry is now passing
through the most critical period Of its existence.
The supply is far in excess OF the demand. Cow
ponies that from 1879 to 1857 were In good de-
mana at prices ranging from $40 to s15 each can
not now be SOLD for sl5 per head on the range.
me freight to any hone market In the world
would exceed the price they would bring.
PICS IN ALFALFA.
The raising Of swine has become profitable
Industry. The alfalfa field is the natural home
If these animals. this forage causing rapid
growth and producing n healthy animal. 1t
takes hit few weeks feeding on grain to make
hrm flesh and a profitable product. Outside of the
home consumption. swine are shipped to Cali
for"ia and T TTn rArrLr RANGE
In general 1t may be said that all of Arizona
not redeemed TO agriculture is grazing land On
account of the lack of water considerable por-
lions Of this area have not yet come into use
grazing lands. but By sinking wells and de-
veioping surface water more each year is being
THE Indian CONrNDRIM
There are in round numbers $1,000 Indians
within the borders Of Arizona. They To-
Gated on five different reservations, under the
supervision of the Government All are on terms
II peace Not single white has been killed
during the yea" By Indians The capture and
the removal of Geronimo and his Apache tribe by
General Nelson A. Miles several years ago
settled the Indian wars OF Arizona. The Gov
eminent and the people Of Arizona have the
indians on their hands not as savages. but as
conquered. detected and dependent race What
shall be done with them Is the all-important
question
Complaints made by settlers charging the
papagOs Of the south and Navajos of the north
With stealing and killing large numbers Of stock
To a casual observer II would seem the Indian
has been converted from a savage into a vaga-
bond or thief.
BIT II, CAN BE TAUGHT
We must have more and larger industrial
training SCHOOLS There ar" not less than $500
Indian boys and girls VINO available for
schools and accommodations for less than 100
The g'Hl results II these Institutions make the
demand NOR" urgent. As illustration the
Presbyterian Mission school at Tucson and the
Government school at Phoenix are furnishing
tho best farm and domestic help in thu Terri
tor. During the school vacation the pupils
seek "mpoymen. on the farms and in families.
and as a rule the are rigidly homes, and indus
q ia ~ NOR fhe Ind
ian boys ~ the Tucson school furnished al the
labor f1r IN" gri line Of the streets OF Tucson,
nish~i thu fuel consumed at Tucson. The boys
~ The Phoenix school contribute. their time in
AKIzONAs EDrCATIoNAI. SYSTEM
NJ state or Territory is working under
broader ~ more liberal system for the education
~ her children Every elucailOnai facilitv Is Of
f"rcd within our own territory. from the kinder
Earieu 20 the normal school and the university.
ana nov that the extensive building OF railroads
within M, past fwo years has united extreme gee
lions u the Territory. that heretofore We're $50
lated hf mountain ranges. more thorough organ
nat!.n and systematzlng %: the schools ~ the
Territory t. possible New schoOlhouses are be-
.ng bulli where a few years aso the country was
,gsdGIel unit ,9r h 1o VIII m9p pro-
AhiHoNA' GOV En tiHf4T,d EICoNNhNp' f''o-
\ large majority D; IN" criminal cases OF the
United States courts In The Territory and the
gfoate~ part ~ 'he expense 10 the Federal Gov
eminent TT maintaining the courts come from the
traffic In strong drink The Federal Government
As tn. power ana the Jurisdiction to remove this
drink VII from he Territory by simply enacting
y law prohibiting IT. manufacture or sale within
our borders viii Congress cOncede this much
20 the great army u good citizens OF the land the
pioneer mothers OF Arizona. who are pleading for
the protection % their boys II has passed lave
prohibiting the sale y liquor 10 Indians In the
Territories Why not make this law general to
all the inha bitauts = the Territories
NEWSPAPERS.
There are nine daily journals, twenty-threc
weekly and three monthly publica tons estab
eh.1 In he T,rri QailpS
are Democratic and four Republican: thirteen
81 the wccklics are Democratic. eight Repub-
lican and two independents There are two
MONTH, educational journals and an illustrated
monthly.
The climate Of Arizona can be iikened 10 no
other climate in the world. II more nearly re-
semblcs that OF Persia than any other known
country From the summit Of the San Fran
cisco mountains. near Flagstaff 10 the orange
and olive groves Of the Salt River Valley. every
graduation Of climate known to man can be
found. In winter the traveller can transport
himself from Arctic snow ana Ice WITHIN rev
hours to valleys teemng with fruits and how-
ors more beautiful than the groves OF Daphne
In summer he can in the same short time trans
port himself from the heated air that sur
rounds the groves Of the orange. the olive. and
the lime to elevated plateaus studded with the
spruce and the pine. whose sylvan aisies are
cool and fair az those Of far Cathay AT
2ona. stripped ~ all but her magnificent eli.
mate. would still command the admiration OF
The world -
In harmony with my predecessor Hon y. o.
Murphy. recommend that "A law be passed CIV
ing TO the women II Arizona the right 10 the
elective franchir"
WHEREFORE LET IT BECOME STATE
The people OF Arizona are almost unit Tor
Statehood This OF all others Is the most I'M
portant issue with us. We have earned TINS
right by the conquest and civilization OF TINS
region. We have every condition necessary lot
/ sclf-government. Population. wealth resources
and commercial. Industrial. educational. moral
social. and religious institutions are all well es-
tabshed. The progress Of last year and pres
ent conditions all confirm Arizonas qualifica-
ton for assuming the responsibilities OF sover-
eign State We ask but simple justice-the In
alienabe right Of sef-government and In grant
This will be only recognition OF deserving