Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-01-14

Odhudiy O-
 The splendid history of the settle ment of this western land awakens within those of us who have come from other sections of our globe the wish that we were more than adopted daughters of Arizona.
 Because the spirit of heroism, brave endeavors, and progress, has charac- terized the yesterdays, our hope in the future gains new life.
 Railroad building has received fresh encouragement, and with bet ter transportation facilities, prepara- tions are being made for the working of great deposits of ore that once we re considered of hopelessly low grade.
 Today 5000 more mines are em- ployed in Arizona than twelve months ago.
 Since the census of 1900, 5000 in- habitants have been added, and we are citizens of a country that has achieved the greatest advance.
 The assessed valuation of property within Arizona is nearly forty mil lion. There are 1,512 miles of rail road. The net bonded indebtedness of the territory is one million sixty five thousand and four hundred and sixty-one dollars.
 We have twenty-three national and private banking institutions, which carry deposits of ore valued at seven million dollars.
 Testimony of our advance is fur nished in our schools whose enroll ment is 10000.
 Arizona is far from being "wild and woolly" as generally believed, for nearly half the whole population, B, 900 are declared to be church com municants. New congregations are being organized, and new churches are springing up, all over the terri tory. This may seem contrary.
 Public libraries are being built or are planned to be built in our larger towns. Free academy rooms will shortly be opened in many of our mining camps. Public gymnasiums are being erected at sBisbee and Tus- con. Our educational institutions at Tempe, Flagstaff and Tuscon are be- ing newly equipped at an sexpense of many thousand dollars.
 The greatest copper mines are located at Bisbee., Jerome, Clifton, Morenci, Globe and Big Bug, their total production last year ~as III, 900, 600 pounds. The greatest gold mine now in operation is at Con gress, 10000 ounces of gold and the silver were lifted last year from shafts 5000 feet deep. Two million dollars are being expended in reopening the old Tombstone mines, that have a record of produc- ing 30, 900. 600 dollars worth of gold. Rich as Arizona is in her mineral deposits, still the foundations of her progress rest upon her agricultural lands. In few years 600, GOO acres of land-land capable of the produc- tion in largest quantity of practi- cally all the fruits and field products of the temperature and semi-tropic zones will be under cultivation and not endangered by lack of water sup ply, particularly after liquid air may come into use.
 Arizona will not only have a live stock and sheep industry equal to the past, but it will have the greatest of cattle, horses and sheep of any state in the union. Then why should we want statehood? The only difference it would probably make with the members of the Monday club is the shorter name to write-state, instead of territory.
 The average intelligence of the different towns and settlements of Arizona is constantly on the increase; for settling among us are the bright est and most highly educated men and women of our land-and this carries a potency, dynamic force, that must express itself, within few years, in evidences of progress, in business and in Educational insti- tutions, that will not only give Ari- zOna new power and place among the states of the union but will at tract within its borders the youthful of eastern states who are aspiring after honors within the spheres of their varied callings.
 The tireless endeavor which charac- terizes the best element of our pop will prove more and more contagious and the many who come hither will not find a refuge for id lers, but bee hive of industry, a sphere where every citizen is a builder of the common wealth.
 We will be land of ideal citizens.
 In all ages men have slowly realized their moral ideals. The moral evolu- ton of men is oftimes retarded by vicious habits. but men learn that happiness springs from harmony with nature. Men aspire to live naturally and living here amid the mountains the vices that now are indulged in will be thrown off and our morals will be strong and as rugged as our hills of granite.
 Then the statesmen of our great re- public, instead of parading within the senate chamber our weaknesses, will be lifted to the sublimest heights of inspiring eloquence by our sturdy virtues.
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