Arizona republican., 1897-10-16
officers will take place. In the after
 noon the association will meet wi the territorial livestock association.
THE GOVERNORS REPORT.
l. Embraces All Useful Informa ion
 Regarding Arizona.

The synopsis of the annual report of Governor McCord, issued frcm the interior department last Thursday upon the receipt of the report, afford but faint idea of the scope of the document. On account of the limits d time within which to prepare i, it will lack something in the leng h Of some Of its predecessors, but i1 wi not fail in the volume of valuable and useful information. It contains noth- ing, in fact, that is net valuable. ard answers before hand every inquiry that may be made regarding Ar.zcnl. It will be more cOpiously illustrated than any previous report. The sec ton devoted to climate is, perhaps, more comprehensive than is required for the edification of the department, but just comprehensive enough for an intending settler who wants to know all about it. No section of the te ri tory has been omitted in this de- scripti0n. 'The climate" says the re- port, "can be Ekened to no -other in the world. It more nearly resembles that of Persia. From the sunni. of the San Francisco mountains to the orange groves and olive orchards of the Salt River valley every graduation of climate in the known sworld may be found In winter the traveller within a few hours can transroyt himself from Arctic snow and ice to valleys teeming with fruits md flow CTS more beautiful than the groves cf Daphne. In summer he may tram port himself within the same shcrl time from the heated air which ST. rounds the groves of the orange, the olive and the lime, to the elevated plateaus studded with spruce and pine, whose sylvan isles are as cool and fair as those of far Cathay."
 Then fellows data gathered from the weather bureau regarding meteor olcgical conditions.
 An analysis of the soil and the geological history of its formation oc- cuples section succeeded by a de- scription Of the advantages offered to agriculture and stock raising. Both these subjects are fully treated l1rder other sections.
 The school system is de-crihed as Inferior to none other in the Urited States. It is handled in detail from the time of it's organization by Gov ernor Stafford
 The white population is estimated to be S4,300, the estimate in the ab- sence Of satisfactory census. being based upon the last vote and reefs- tration, which were resrectively l4,050 and 20,158.
 The number of Indians in the ter rftory is estimated at 16,3S8. lower by nearly 5000 than the number give D in the last report.
 The bonded indebtedness is made up as follows: S10.00O, bear 'ng 10 per cent; $100,G00, per cent; S12, GOO, per cent; $15,000, 8 per cent: S22 600, per cent; s3O,OG0, per c.nt; S1,932,O0 funded), 5 per cent. The total is $2,121 ,000. The Heating debt is S219, 9,615.69. The net debt Of the territory, deducting county and city indebtedness, S1,375,027.57, and cash S79, ,829.93, is $SS5,
 Compiled returns from the board of equalization show the value, number or amount of all the property dn the territory by counties, with the rate Of taxation for both county and ter ritorial purposes. The condition o1 the railroads is described and the l section on irrigation is more ex- tensively treated than it has ever been done before. The territorial ins i. .u- tions, their cost and workings, are fully described as we'll as the higher educational facilities The cities and towns of the territory occupy sepa. rate and complete sections. The min ing industry is given a conspicuous place inthe report. The beginning anC growth of journalism in Arizona constitutes another interesting chap. ter. Dry statistical facts are relieved by glowing descriptions of the ma. jestic mountain scenery of Arizona As said in the beginning, nothing has been omitted that man of inquirins mind would desire to know of pres ent conditions in this territcry re garding the pursuit of health, veal I and happiness
 THE CURFEW SHALL NOT RING. The Phoenix Fire Department Resolve.
 Against It.
 The curfew custom was sat upor