Arizona republican., 1900-12-22
Phoenix to Have a Fuller
 Weather Signal Service.
Some Encouraging Intelligence Re garding Statehood-The Adoption by the Senate of the Amended Canal Treaty.

the following letter he received today from Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in regard to the establishment of a daily weather forecast for Phoenix:
 Tn answer to your personal call and urgent recommendation that local fore casts be made at Phoenix l have to in form you that in case our estimates for the extension of the weather ser vice are passed by congress 1 shall take pleasure in directing the chief of the weather bureau to send to Phoenix such a system of daily observations from the Rocky mountain plateau re- zion as will enable the officials at Phoenix to make a special prediction for that city and vicinity.
 Tn this connection it is pertinent to state that during the past four years l have made extensive improvements in the weather service for your terri tory, establishing a full meteorological observatory at Flagstaff, assigning an additional observer to the Phoenix sta tion, and raising the status of the offi- cial in charge to that of section direc- tor. which latter rank is coequal with that of local forecast official. I have
 
 tory established by daily observations made from standard instruments loca- ted at sfXtythr places in the terri tory. These climatological facts are monthly collected and printed at Phoe- nlN' and extensively distributed throughout the other states and terri tories of the union. For the first time in the history of Arizona observations showing the rapeutic air conditions of that region have been accurately made and published throughout the country.
 Tt would be impossible to prepare T f Phoenix the forecasts you now desire were it not for the fact that q short time ago I secured an aDproprfa tfOn from congress to establish a number of additional observations in the Rocky mountain plateau
 When the service is properly estab- iished i, undoubtedly will De a great help to Salt River valley agriculturists. for it will enable them to spot a rain storm before it leaves the hills. and Jack Frost won't have half the terrors for market gardeners that he now in spires. The weather bureau is fast be- coming one of the most valuable ad- jpncts of the department of agricul- ture.
 REAPPORTIONNIENT.
 The states with only one or two mem bers of the congress are the only ones that are not worrying over the oues- tion of reaDporionment these days. Two bills have been introduced. one Of which gives the house 3G5 members and the other 357, its present member ship. The former bill makes a savage cut at the membership from some of the southern states and takes a mem- Der each from Kansas and Nebraska As a result the delegations from Kan sas and Nebraska have joined force with the southern members to such purpose that today the committee on census Of the house announced that the states So seriously affected by this proposed legislation would not be re- Guced. It is not clear, however that the committee has strength enough to make good it's assertion. and there may yet be a serious struggle in the house over this question. Statehood. it will be seen, does not bring unalloyed hap piness-
 STATEHOOD.
 Speaking of statehood. Messrs. Will son and Murphy had a conference to- day on the subject. Unfortunately some of the members of the house commit tee on territories are out of the city and will not return until after the hol- idays. As soon as they can be assem- b!ed an effort will be made to induce them to take affirmative action. Rep resentatfve Knox of Massachusetts, chairman Of the house committee on territories. has signified his willingness 10 do all that he can to advance state hood for Arizona. Senator Shoup, chairman of the corresponding com mittee of the senate. is outspoken in favor of Arizona's admission. Unfort- unately there are many members of both houses to bring around to his way of thinking. The task is a heavy one. I find that comparatively few mem bers of congress have any knowledge whatever of Arizona or it's resources. Some of them couldn't find the terri tory on the map.
 THE EATASCULATED TREATY.
 The ay-PauncefOte treaty has been emasculated and Great Britian may accept it or leave it alone. This is the meaning of the senate's action. At the beginning of the discussion of this now famous convention there was little op- position in the senate to it's provis- ions, the senators for the most part taking it for granted that a treaty with Great Britain was essential to the be- ginning of work on the proposed Mic aragua canal. One by one obstacles were interposed until at the last only o few SaOa tOrS A-pre willing to hermit the treaty to pass without amend ments. The ayton-Bulwer trs aty has been officially pronounced to be dead, which is a wise declaration, in my judgment. inasmuch as the English have time and again violated its pro- visions and now only seek to hold us to it's strict performance because they see an advantage in it.
 A well known republican senator told me today that no treaty was necessary to enable this country to proceed with the construction of the canal, and if We al T "a I. r,sst