The herald., 1897-10-31
To Preside Over ArizOna'S
University
GRAND CANYON RESERVATION
STRANGERS ARE POURING INTO
PHOENIX
Masonic Brethren Will Meet in 6
Cavern-San Diego Would Wed
Arizona

Special Correspondence to The Herald.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 29.-The Terri
torial University of Arizona is on the eve
Of great changes and important im-
provements. To lead in the good work
a new presiding officer will be called.
This new officer will, in all probability,
be an Angeleno. none other than
Prof. Millard NJ. Parker, now principal
of the Throop Polytechnic school at Pas
and Ex-Governor Hughes, both men,
bers of the board of university regents,
constituting a committee appointed for
the purpose. will arrive in Los Angeles,
empowered to employ Professor Parker
If in their judgment it seems advisable
The salary of the position is only $25OO
a year, but to it are Joined house rent
and other advantages that add to max
ing it eminentiy desirable. Processes,
Parker is endorsed by Bishop Newman
Of the Methodist church and by many
prominent educators throughout the
Union, and is believed by the regents to
be the very man they need for revivify-
ing the university, which has not, in
their opinion, during the past few years
approached anywhere near it's true
measure of usefulness.
The retiring president is Rev. Howard
Billman, formerly superintendent of the
Indian school maintained at Tucson by
the Presbyterian board of home mis-
sions. His resignation was presented
during the summer and was accepted to
take effect in December. He will re-
sumo his work in the ministry.
HE WROTE LETTERS
Another important place to be filled
in the university is that of director of
agricultural experiment stations
which post also carries with it the title
of professor of agriculture. 1t is by far
the most important professorship in the
institution. The place has been for
years occupied by William Stowe Devol.
who has attained no small degree of
southwestern fame through the exper-
iments conducted on the various agri-
cultural products of Arizona He is the
head of the Arizona Agricultural asso-
citation, and is a man of considerable
industry and force of character. But he
ran foul of the regents in the matter of
appointment of superintendent of the
several experiment stations. Great was
his wrath when the regents removed DIR.
r. II. Claflin from the Phoenix station
and substituted Ben Eager, the latter
said to have been endorsed by none other
than President Mckinley himself Pro-
fessor Devol had the letter. writing
habit, vice not uncommon in these
days of typewriters, and made a con-
siderable stir at Washington over
Claflin's removal. The letters We're sent
back to the governor Prof. J. w.
Tourney, whose speciality has hitherto
been entomology, is now temporarily
acting as professor of agriculture and
director of stations.
GRAND CANYON PARK
Acting on a memorial of the last legis-
lature and a petition signed by many
Arizonans, the interior department has
taken up the matter of making a ma
tional park of that part of Arizona en-
bracing the Grand Canyon of the Colo
rado river. Judge Bender a special
agent Of the department, is now in
Phoenix, collecting information and
testimony relative to the advisability
of the proposed move. The general sem
timent is very favorable, but among
those informed the hope is expressed
that the reservation should be such as
to permit of the working of the wonder
full copper and other mineral deposits
that lie in and along the canyon, and
that in the congressional act setting the
land aside it be especially provided that
title to mining property may be secured
as in other portions of the public do
main. The mineral deposits, soon to
be opened up by means of the Santa Fe
and Grand Canyon railway, are among
the most marvellous on earth, the cop
per permeating the carboniferous lime
stone cap rock assuredly to it's depth,
about 1900 feet and with surface crop
pings that are plainly noted through a
district several miles in width and
twelve miles in length. There seems
every probability that the next con-
gress will make a national park of the
Grand canyon. but it is also probable
that the boundaries of the park will be
restricted to the walls of the mighty
gorge, and that mining will be permitted
within the park with the utmost free
dom.
FORESTRY RESERVES
A second task allotted to Judge Ben
der is the investigation of the advisable
fty of making forest reserves at the
headwaters of the Salt river, that the
winters SHOWS may be the better held,
and the flow of water be more slowly re-
leased in the spring. 1t has been de-
veloped that though Salt river rises in
pine-clad mountains, nearly all of said
pine-clad mountains are either on the
White Mountain Indian reservation or
are located where sawmill could never
bring it's destruction. In the whole of
the watershed of the Salt are only two
sawmiils, one on Pinal creek, near
Globe, and the other on Pine creek, in
northern Tonto Basin. So it is believed
that no forest reserve will be recon-
mended.
INFLUX from THE EAST
"By January 1st Phoenix will have a
population Of from three to four thou
sand core than she had in the summer y
said Santa T'e railroad man to me yes
terday. "Our line is bringing in an
average of fifty through passengers a