The St. Johns herald., 1898-04-02
PROsPEROUS ARIZONA
Governor McCOrd Enthusiastic
 Over It's Resources.


 The Washington Times recently printed the following interview with Governor McCord:
 Arizona is prospe-ing." said Hon Myron H McCord, governor of the territory. to a Times reporter yesterday
 During the last year there were shipped out of the territory 900 head of beef cattle that | netted the shippers about SEQ per head, or lt- tie over $6, ,OC0,O00.
 Arizona produced last year according to the | report of the express companies, something over B, 100000 in gold and about $500, 900 worth of silver. think $1O,C0GOOO would be nearer the value of the gold product in the territory, because good deal goes out otherwise than by express The value of the copper output, l | think, was greater than the gold and silver com bined. Arizona has one mine that is called a copper property, though it produces large amount of gold and silver that the owner has refused S30, 00O for, andI do not suppose fifty millions for it.
 "The agricultural horticultural and dairy in- tertets of the territory are getting to be quite i'm pOrtant. Our mining industry. and. in fact, all of our industries are yet in their infancy.
 You may think it an ex ravaeant statement. but I believe there iS more gold in Arizona than there is in Alaska"
 When asked in recaId to the war feeling in Arizona, Governor McCori said
 "N LEn left home there was not much war excitement hut jn tho ev. nr of t war between ,He lul.n3 ,.tc, .Id SpGiu. Arizona would fur nish as many tlii srs as any state iu the Union according to population believe We coui1 Iut .9j0 volunteers into Galvcstan almosta quickly ss rhe government could flru SI tr1usPor.a so. to l'ke them away, and they would be as good soldiers as ever carried musket.
 "ThCse who would be the frs to off r their services are inn ed to hardships. men who would not suffer from change of climate e&- pert kOrsemcn, handy with gun, and afraid Of nothing
 We hope, Of course, there w;ll be no war, and of course, there will not be if t can be honOra- bly averted, but if it comes. Arizona will do her full duty.
 We have well organized, we'll oficered and well disciplined national guard seventy-ive per cent of whom would be ready to go to war on very short notice.
 Arizona would like to have congress admit her to the sister hood of states, and we think ge have the population, wealth and intelligence to entitle us to it The twenty-twO states that have been admitted during the last seventy-fve years did not have as much wealth CT population on the average when admitted as Arizona has to- day But the people there do not want congress to single them out and put stigma upon them by passing what some are pleased to call home rule bill. There is no demand in the territory for such bill only by few who hope to profit by getting into office
 ''The Territory of Arizona is doing what few states or territories have tried to do, viz worF- ing their conviCts at the | rritCr Crial prison on 3ubiir works. The territory has leas all of it's 'ble-bpdied prisoners to company which is bui ding large irrigation ca, al. taking the wa ter from the Colorado river The Colorado riv CT is one of the largest rivers in the southwest It is 1,5O0 miles long and all seasons of the year carries an immense body of water. The river carries large amount of silt, which when de- posted upon the sharp soil of the desert acts as a potent fertilizer
 ''The territory owns land that will be irrigated by this canal The labor is leased to the com pany thatis building the canal. for which the territory receives 70 CeL.- day fer each man'e labor payable in water rights. These water rights only give the owner of them the right to buy water, for which the person who uses the a.-,eI pays from one to two dollars per acre per year.
 With water upon these lands, and especially such water as runs in the Colorado river, ard upon such lands as lie along that river, the most astonishing results in the way of crops are real ized. Ten lols of alfalf per acre per year is not an unusual crop,an othercrops in the same proportion
 These lands produce the finest oranges, lem ons. apricC ts. reaches. pears and almUnds that are grown anywhere, and in the largest ouanti- ties They alSo grow anything that is grown in any ate except ITiSh p tat0es. oats and ap- pleS."