The Arizona sentinel., 1901-11-27
GOV. MURPKY'S REPORT.

Governor Murphy's annual re. port for 1901 is an exhaustive and interesting document, con- veying indisputable evidence of
 the justness of Arizona's claims
 to statehood, and is intelligently
 and comprehensiveiy written.
 The report will be ready for dis
 tribution within a few days. On
 the subject of population the governor says:
 According to the national census ofl9lO the
 population of Arizona was l22.2i2. Recently
 the statistics have been furnished in detail.
 There was a total white population of a2,903.
 Of this number 5,230 were males and 7,G73 females
 The total number Of Indians was 264S0, a decrease of l ,9G9 from the number found in the
 census Of 1880.
 There were ISIS neg. .oes, Of whom l,3j3 were
 1n2ies and 46j females.
 There were I,4I9 Chinese. of which number
 there were only 32 females
 Inc Japanese numbered 264, including F females.
 Cf the white population T0,5CS were native born and 22 3G5 foreign born. In the returns 90 far received the foreign born citizens are not segregated as 10 nativity, and it is impos-
 sole, therefore, to give with cXactness the preponGerating EGtionali.ics. Itis quite cer- tain, however, that the assumption generally
 held in the east that our foreign born popula- ton is mostly Mexican is an error. All the important mining districts contain a large number Of Irish and Cornish miners, with respectable representation from Sweden, Ger many and italy. l doubt whether our Me2i-
 can citizens comprise one-half of our so-called foreign population.
 WATER STORAGE. The development the territory by reclaim ing it's arid but fertile land presents problems
 of water storage of great importance. Their sout O. is simplifed by the fact that the
 small precipitation Of rain takes place during two plainly marked rainy seasons. In winter the rains begin to fall in December, and the precipitation, whilenot great, is quite sC1n cient to cause floods in the streams. The sum- Iner rains fall in July and August and
 throughout September, and their amount and
 intensity are considerablyin excess of those falling in winter.
 While no reservoirs of importance have yet been constructed in the territory, the future reclamation Of large areas Of fertile lands de- bends upon the storage of flood waters upon | the sites which nature has provided. When perfected these reservoirs should be sufficient ] ly extensive to rroviCe water that will last 1 through temporary GTCughts. They must bc provided with Crc.TSCus Nastc-ways to safely i discharge tLe turrcntial rainfalls, which are not uncomnCn.
 ! The problem of water storage for irrigation i is the nest interesting question before tie i people Of Arizona. Ali are agreed that upon
 the storage Of food waters depends the future ! development of agriculture in the territory. l While there are millions of acres of govern
 ment land open to entry, there is hardly an additional acre that is available until the
 water supply is increased through storage. The executive office is in constant receipt of inquiries from al! parts of the union as to the opportunities in Arizona for settlers on the 1 public lands. To such inquiries the reply is | always made that, practically speaking, all ] Of the land fer Lch there is water available
 at present has teen acquired by settlers; and
 the Cnly opening fer ether agricultur!5tS is to l buy land already titled That there are still | many inviting opportunities for men Of ener- 1 ey and moderate capital is true, fer much Of | ttc land within rc@ch Of wat-r from thu ca nas Is hcid in large bodies and would yield
 much greater returns if iUtjccted to that ! thorough cultivation which always attends
 small holdings in an irrigated ccIntry. SOURCES oF IRRIGATION. There are relatively hut two river systems.
 3t f.a;9 .sl f1 | include the Salt river system with the Gila,
 although cs a matter Of fact the Salt carries ! larger body of water than tae Gia, and under
 the Salt is found the largest area of irrigated | land. The drainage area Of the former and ;s ! triLutaIics, the Rlo Ge Chclly, Little Colorado 1 Cataract Greek and Bill Williams Fork, com ] Trises ahouts oue-haIf of the territory. The other half far more important, agriculturnlly ! considered, l5 embraced by the Gila, with it's
 numerCUs cCnCuonts, each of which is Of suf- i fcicEt prominence to deserve consideration ] as q st parate system possessing Gn indcp2nd- ent though tributary watershed Of it's own. These tributary members are the Upper Gila
 watershed, the San Pedro and santa Cruz watersheds, Che Verde, Salt. Agua FTia, Has l ayampa and the Lower Gila. Within this
 area the agricultural wealth Cf Cochise, Gila, Graham, Maricopa, Pima, Final, Yavapai and
 Yuma counties k practically embraced. Flowing in deeply eroded canyons through ' regio-s cf high plaleaus. the Colorado and it5