Arizona republican., 1902-11-26

northeast and south of Camp Grant
 military reservation; Chiricahua for est reservation, created by executive
 order of July 30, 1902, is situated east
 Of Tombstone, in COcnse county, and
 extends about ten to fifteen miles from
 the New Mexico boundary; Grand
 canyon forest reserve was created by
 executive order of February 20, 1893.
 Four sections of land southeast of
 Tucson, in Pima county, were reserved
 during the year for an agricultural: experiment station, and the director of
 the agricultural experiment station of
 Arizona has under way upon this land,
 experimentations in the improvement of the ranges.
 The settlement Of lands has pro gressed rapidly during the year, but with water storage, thousands of acres now unproductive can be brought un- der cultivation and the population and taxable wealth of the territory will in- ! crease approximately. Upon this sub | ject Of water storage and irrigation. | the governor states:
 % Various causes have combined to | facilitate the flow to the channels of | the streams. the rainfall that annually comes to the territory preventing the ! percolation that insures a permanent
 water supply. and causing instead tor rential floods during both the winter and summer storms. Among these ] causes may be mentioned the destruc- 1 ton of the forests by fire and other wise, the depletion of the grasses on ! the range by overstocking, and cOnse- quent treading out of the same The ' question now arises as to the best method to control these flood waters ! and to hold the same in reservoirs foi
 use during the season when most need : ed, and the question is answered by the
 terms of the reclamation act, which ai- f lows, under direction of the honorable ! secretary Of the interior. the proceeds l from the sales of government lands i- l the several states and territories com prising the arid belt to be used foI ] the construction of artificial reservoirs l by means of dams for the purpose ol ] impoundIng the flood waters now vast | ing down the different streams, the ! same to be used at convenient seasons | and when needed in irrigatlng lands ! lying below.
 At no time in the history of th- ! west has SO beneficial 9 law for tn, 1 arid belt been placed upon the statut, 1 books as that above quoted, and as the l years go by it's benefits will be appre- ! ciated to a greater extent
 Mining occupies the first place in tn, | territoTy's industries, the production O. 1 copper, gold, silver, and lead being very ! great. The past year has been charac l terized by great activity in mining. an, | a large influx of capital for exploration and development. Tine output of tn. ! old established properties has beer l steadily maintained. and new discov- 1 cries give bright promise for the fu- | ture. Increased attention has beer ! given to mining the ores of molybde- mum by reason of an increased de mand for the metal to alloy with steel | Black and white marble in large de posits and of superior quality, as wei
 as extensive deposits of diatomite l have been discovered.
 The live stock industry maintains [ it's place as second in importance l among the great industrial resources
 A protracted drought during the year | caused some losses in stock raising
 The sheep industry is in excellent con | dition. Native stock has been inn | proved by the importation of bloodeC stock, and the industry has entered
 upon a bright future. Sanitary law.