Arizona republican., 1902-01-11

The .midwinter number" of the Los
Angeles Times, issued January s, con-
tanning a complete re-
ARIZONA view of the resources
AND of Southern California
CALIFORNIA. and the southwest,
and the progress made
during the past year, surpasses all OF
the Times former editions OF that char
acter, difficult as such an undertaking
would appear to be. 1t is complete
library of information concerning the
southwest. and of course constitute
the most valuable advertising that the
region spoken OF could have. Los An
geles has become Il great metropolis.
largely through the advertising given il
by these and the regular editions OF
the Times and other papers OF that
city, and 1t is TO wonder that the peo-
pie of that community have bsCO9Ge
convinced that their newspapers ere OF
more value to them than ali their re
sources would be without able news
papers, and it is no wonder that the
Times carries a larger volume of ad-
I vertising than almost any other paper
in the United States. The policy o.
that paper does not always meet the
approval of The Republican. but its
enterprise certainly does. and the pub
lie spirit OF the people of Southern Cal
ifornia in so Loyalty supporting such
a paper cannot be too highly com
mended.
The facts set forth in the edition
mentioned should be an inspiration for
the people of Arizona. and the Salt
River valley especially. We have
everything here that California has,
and more. And when the flood waters
are stored for the irrigation OF this
valley. Phoenix will speedily become Z
second Los Angeles in wealth and popu-
lation. To have such an object lesson
at our doors should be sufficient to
spur our people to be up and doing"
That which has been done in California
and SO graphically portrayed III the
Times and be done here-and exceIled.
The Times gives a very good review
OF the present conditions in Arizona.
from which we make the following ex-
tracts:
Arizona's development during 1901
makes a reTnar kabie showing. The tax
roll, with a valuation of $3S, $50, S3l.
shows only a small part OF the real
property value of the territory, though
/ it indicates a raise of nearly $1,000, 900
over last year.
The principal wealth OF Arizona lies
now in her copper mines. Arizona is
no longer distinctly the land of sun
shine and silver" Since the great de
cline in the value of silver, and the
shutting down of the Tombstone mines.
! the production of the white metal in
| the territory has decreased, until now
it represents only about per cent of
the total mineral output, even the gold
| production being three times as great.
Estima ties of the output of the territory
for 1901 vary greatly, running from
! $50, 00O, coo to $50. 600, 600. OF this much
the larger proportion was copper, the
balance consisting of gold, silver and u
little lead 1t should be remembered
that much of the gold output goes with
the copper bullion, and is thus not ac-
counted for in the shipments. With
the resumption of work on the Tomb
stone mines, the silver output of Arizo-
ma should again forge to the front.
According to the census of 1900, Ari-
iona has a population of 122,2f2. The
race subdivisions embrace: Whites,
90 500; Indians. 26.4SO; negroes. 1.S48;
Chinese. 1.419; japanese. 264. The total
foreign born population. probably
three-nfths of it Mexican. is "a 200.
/ There are $4,000 more white males than
females Illiterat ties among the white
population comprise only So. mainly
among the foreign born. There is lit
tie doubt despite these official figures,
that the territory has a bonafde pop
ulation of about 10000. The census.
taken in the summer time, omitted
1 thousands of residents of the southern
! counties. temporarily absent during
the heated term. This was particular
~ true of Phoenix, which, with nearly
$500 voting registration, was accorded
a population of only $500. It's real pom
ulation is fully 1000. Again, thousands
of workmen have been brought in dur
ing the past year to labor on new rail-
road lines and In the mines.
According to the census bulletin, Ari-
iona has 314 manufacturing establish
! ments, with a capital of s10,157 900. en-
ploying an average of 3.26S wage earn
ers. and paying per annum in wages,
81. 3G9 O65. The value of the annual pro-
duct is given at 81. 315.1S9 This class
ifica ton includes copper shelters.
\ large amount of railway construc-
ton. has been done during 1901. This
year has seen the construction of a
tweutv-five-mile narrow gauge from
Guthrie to Morenci the ABSORPTION Of
the Williams anl Grand Canyon road
by tn" S-nta TIE. and its completion TO
the canyon by that corporation. and
the development OF the plans OF the
lPhelphs-Dcdge company's railway de-
lpartn7ent. This latter. starting with
o short road from Fairbanks to Bis
bee. is to have a trackage of not less
| than miles re