The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-23
ARIzoEA.s REss.
Report Of Governor record to
 the Interior Department.

l says that Governor hvrou H. McCoru, of Arizona, has fled his annual rePor' with the secretary of the Interor- ne document, embracing moTe than one hundred tyra-written pages, deais manly with the topics shat most con cern Arizona's growth and develop ment. The following IS an abstract oi the repcrt
 The population Of th3 te4-it v estimated st s7,50O, m increase of several hoa and within year. The eslTn ate of Governor Franklin last year was iOl00 which is declared by Governor McCord to he entirely ia excess of what IS lndi- csted by the scaoei eeasas and by the voters 1 registratiCu
 ConcerninE the character of the population oi the teEritoTy. the governor writes.
 After the mur5e-ous and hendish Apaches had been suadge5 ly the ssrong arm Of the gov e'nment sHd the valuable aid of he early set tierS inn grafton from ali parts of the United States beg sn Co come in. the wonderful health giving pr pertss oj our clms te, ne vast riches of our mi es, -n- Te th oi grazing lands. and the ease a t c0UfrIy with which living could be made ind npsIeucy se"u-sd, began to attract tts stteaGoa Of people in search ot homes, ,rd our .esr.f11y began to ill up with 6 mos desisAole class gf people. The class of p ople thGt came were 05 he oest-honest fru' ga, industrious and -oEthy Ss tiers of this cha setter, though iu aot ss large numbers as we could wish have been com Dg n for many years, and AriRons ear new ast of class of people wh5 for -lteg ity. getf.0t.sH and good citizenship ceanot be he ezcelIsd %
 Largely pom The charac. or population pos sessed by 4r-9ua does ta- governor base his ar- gument thst Arizona should at once be admitted : to the Uniou ss a state There is n position in the gift of be government Jl at c5u l not be ft- tIngly flled from among the citizens of the ter ritory. The institutions or earning are of the highest chs he ind rfary sld legal pro feSsfon hlled with men Of r.o5ity and learning. The pt ople tt Che territory au uuiJ on the sub ject in favor of alulis-.oa spd s,atehoOd IS asked as right denied ,9 Arizona when with even less r-sson ft nae been granted to other commOnwes hs
 he climata gf Ariz us ranges from the frigid to the tropl from 1ae peaks Q ths San Fran cisco noun .siu- @ the orange and olive groves near PhoeuiE Inc aiE or lhc plains, however is almost eni-sly destitute 7t mo.s,ure, and the high tempe-a.Ure of sumner jnterferes little with labor and even is conducive @ health In Arizona temperature Of lo1 has in it less of distress than has one Qf se 3eg1e,s in eastern city. Tn tAe pine-clsd plateau reeion of the northeastern territory conditions are very differ ent, the summers being sp gIike and the win teTs very snow wy and cold
 Products vary accordingly. The main farming region lies the south central paIt oi the terri tory, where tbe streams have been capped by
 
 sands Of rich acres, reatiug every ptoiuct of the semi trop!cs The Sal. River valley of Arizona not only is widely known for her early oranges but as well is one of che greatest pasture and Aa regions of the world 'a,teuiug for the mar ke; range ca,sle snngaH. 10 the nun beT of tens of thousand The fed is alfalfa, or lucerne, of W hich fully 60 oo0 scees are ?. p.anted in this one valley s,one Among new pruducts of az Iiculture tha- arg expected to contribute largely 10 the veatta oi Arizona are named he sugar be, e,t, and canfisre, the new tsani, root, Of the latter, wbich grows wild s over the territory, several thou ld ares are uHds- coltivation ana large siess .f cul.,r5 ed lsads are to be de- voted to it's grow su-arcane s.es, tobacco and cotton srt also nsned az special products for which tn rs-ioa 2 vii aosl ted
 The year hss aeen qr specous one with Ari- zona stockm-u with improving nat ral cond- GiG-As and -s.i T.. .gelr DrOd;IG ts Grass has b.au lleHtt -a o-en no d sss.ee to vez and ths increase smong herds las besD un, c-s.as- Better ig0d Aas been sought in res tossing Ae ge' thjaaed out by the drought c lu Der of years ast, Hereford st ek being specially p.pa.ar The s'me ia TorSbls condi ous sqQ'y to the shtep raising industry of tla territory,
 Nc expense is sQ2--d c. rnEEs the gcaools fur i'll th, ir purEo7 in thehilh-sy degree ter ritorill school ot 5J c-ats On the slO5 of val uitonis anhu .iy .raise6, 10 i, being added 6 county tax av Ia-.Js ca celts additional To this is ided he money raised through gam bling lie nses aaE tiloI-h fines on certain of- feus The average salary paid t-aehers is $69 Il per mol th af tour weeks. This gh sal s1y is m;intsiHed through he stringent qualif- cations demand Of applicants for teachers certificates
 The territoria normal school, located at Tem De, is au instita;..- -f the highest grade, and largely suppli ta- demand for teachers. The university at T1cson flriis hes sdmIrsb' e fseili ties for higher eG cst5a., especially in he lines of mining snd agriculture. The total enroll ment in the cCln1sa hoJis is I3,37I with S24 teachers. Exlendltu.es for school purposes foot up annua aooat @+"Wo- an average per pupil of $3l.oi The valuation of common school property is nearly $5.2 COO About sl50Coo more wIli be addel 1T t.e buildings of the build irgs If the teIri-oria unvi r-IJy and erritor.al normal $, hool br I.,IuGed iu the estimate
 The terr,tori deb ls9st5. 5S,.l2, less cash on hand, $7S,S.9 Of jhe debt $2leGl5 is G1ating in the shape of iut-rs 5-aeariHg warrants The 1 county add nun ipt dettol he territory is set at SI,375,O27 'f fthe lotl srnoH .t he ter1itorial loan commis>iou has lulde- sI7 2. .gyo into terri toFial Ter cen .s. The assessment ss aved by Ge erritorial board of equal ton for 1897 is ysU5l3,7C2. a i gain of about one ra.-- on over the previous as- sessments Its man items are. Land and i'm provemsnts slL5-ya-". cattle S sl5I47 shetp, | S57o, ,222: horse. }-s. s4-. other live stock, ! $s1, s.3 "a lros 1s. 5,--ssge5 ps5-It5- mines, : -64,l74 The Nat.oual 5us-1 of Ehe territory sists of ten comptnies " b 4-4 sui ted ne sud off cers tentiou csllea to he value Of such reserve n. m.litary 10 eeu..-tl border, ready at al times for a2- -c ee~v.~7 -s... F. ms 'e of the yaluaole service f mi....a c n any a. lJogales when the Yaqu r-val-t.1-ists "a t1red that part of the tow l. ug ou t1s sonora .ds of the nat.onat bord Inc Itis asked that Ie gov annual app .pri ton or nil ta uses n Arizona be ilc ,ss -u to 4l Ug0 As prepara. tory 10 entranc .H tle NatonaI Guard, in the schooS of the Ier-ioly. b.. legislative direction, has beeo organ ztd wha ls kuown as be Amer can Guard
 An appendix con-e us he rep fts ct he i'm cUmni .outrs of tus several coun-