Arizona republican., 1901-11-18
pr. Lyons
 PERFECT Tooth Powder
Used by people of refinement for over a quarter Of a century.

has an acreage or 1S5.3 .39t. or Sl.i Der cent of the corresponding improved land. The progress of agriculture dur ing the decade ending with 1900 is at tributa ble to the successful application of irrigation to the growing of hay and forage. cereals. vegetables, fruits an.l other crops. With reference to the stated acreage of improved" land. il should be remembered that such acre age by no means represents the area for which title has been obtained from the government under the homestea | and desert land laws. But until tn. water supply is increased the acreag-. of improved land must remain largely stationary.
 IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT.
 Within the ten years from 1890 to 1900. 5i5 miles of canals and ditches were constructed at cost of s1 sos 469. Out of this total S512. GOO was expended in ditches into which no water had been turned before June I. 1900. Aside from this amount, S250.O00 is represented in canals which were completed within the last few years and which utilize only small quantity of the water ap- propriated for them. The acreage un- der these ditches. which in the near future will be brought under cultiva- tion. will undoubtedly be much larger than the area now irrigated by all the ditches constructed since 1889. In lS90 the acres irrigated. outside of the res ervations. numbered 65.S2l. in 1900 they numbered 1S5.3 .396. By the opening IT new ditches and canals between 1S90 and 1910. 26.291 acres were added to the irrigated area. By the enlargement of the canals previously constructed 9S.27S acres were added to the productive area
 
 irrigated land in ten years was 119.5s5 domain in 1890.
 Iincluded in the lS5.S96 acres of irri- gated land are 974 acres on - farms which were irrigated wholly or in part by pumped or artesian well water. The use of part of the territory. comprising at it does that portion capable of sus- taining the densest population. cannot be made by comparisons with any oth- CT part of the United States. with tn. single exception Of southern California. The northern portion of Arizona con stitutes a region apart. This area, which comprises two-thirds Of the ter ritory. is disting uished in part by the great Colorado plateau and is 5000 feet in elevation. It is mainly a level mesa. save where il is broken oy the extru- sion of groups of volcanic mountains rising above the 7,OOO-foot line and i1 once instance. San Francisco mountain, attaining the altitude of 3.O0O feet. Rainfall lis relatively large over this plateau. and in few localities agri- culture on d small scale is successful without the artificial application of water. The fertile but arid plain to the south lies below the plateau and has an altitude of less than 5000 feet.
 n rn inSur.. he. host utilization of the rainfall and the melting Snow on the mountains greater attention must be paid to the preservation of the forests. The disforestation of many mountain slopes, il is claimed by citi- zens of Arizona. has caused a large in crease in the amount of silt and de- tritus in the river during flood seasons. making more difficult the construction of permanent reservoirs and dams.
 MUST BE DONE.
 With the rapid increase in population and consequent cultivation of larger areas of agricultural lands these ques- tions are becoming more and more pressing and demand prompt and in telligent consideration. Aside from the surface water. Arizona possesses con siderable quantities Of tertiary ground water. or so-caIled underfiow. at depths
 
 tions where this supply has been de veloped considerable tracts of land have been brought under cultivation. The problem of bringing the water to the surface and utilizing it for agricuI- tural purposes is being considered in several counties where the supply of surface water is inadequate.
 OTHER SUBJECTS.
 favN i,. l,a condition of all national banking insti- tutions s the territory are given mucn considera tion by Governor Murphy.
 Regarding railroad building in the territory, the report says that it has been unusually active during the past year. the Arizona & Southeastern hay ing extended southeast of Bisbee to Nacosari. Mexico. and will within Il short time go farther soutn.
 Under the head of manufa ctures the report says:
 The figures show such increase in capital and production and in the num- Der of men employed as 60 De aston ishing if it were not remembered that under manufacturing was classified last year for the first time the business of copper smelling ana refining. the sum Of S17,2s6.517 representing the value of the copper product. the re- rnainder of the total of S21.315, 1S9 being covered by miscellaneous manufac- lures. But it should not be forgotten that by far the greatest development in copper production has been during the past ten years, so that the figures for that industry for last year would show remarkable increase were the means for comparison at hand. Con siderinS the fact that prior to a very D A1iZ 4;..,. community" indeed, and that th, greater part of the advancement in all lines has been during the past decada the statistics make a creditable show ing and present excellent reasons for satisfa ction.
 It would be difficult to find anywhere a business more permanent in it's ture than that of copper mining (upon which the industry of smelling and re- fninS of course depends). as no inn portant copper mine in the territory