Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-28
CAUSE FOR SATISFACTION.

development of her resources during the year which will pass away with the close of the. present month. In nearly every section of the territory there has been unusual prosperity be- cause of the activity induced by the ascending price of the metals which are held in our rock-ribbed hills, be- cause of the excellent condition of the cattle ranges and because of abundant crops grown in the agricul- tural valleys. as the result of abun- dant rains.
 Copper bids fair now to reach 20 cents per pouRd before the year 1905 shall have been completed, and cop Der has not been worth so much in twenty years; silver is climbing and like satisfactory prices rule for lead and other metals. These excellent prices have stimulated all mining enterprises to unusual action and the years mineral production will go away beyond any previous year; especially will this be true of copper. More men are employed in the mines at the present time than ever before and the prices and hours of work are the most favorable to be found in any state in the Union.
 q. The cattle interests have been ia vored by continual rains from Janu- ary to December, and today the herds on the broad expanse of mesas and valleys are in prime condition. The beef trust has been able to hammer down the prices of stock to the min imum, but with the present condi- tions prevailing the Arizona stockmen will have little cause to complain.
 In the agricultural valleys, aside to damage to irrigating ditches, the far mers have enjoyed unusual prosper ity and the crops of the year have been of the best. Less water has been required for irrigation than during any year since the first sowing and reaping began in Arizona. The great agricultural possibilities of the terri tory have been fully recognized by the government and already the work of storing water for the reclamation of the millions of fertile acres here has been begun under the direction of the national irrigation department. When the great Tonto dam has been com pleted then other opportunities equally as inviting for storing water will be taken up by the government. until practically all the land within reach of the Salt, Gila, San Pedro and other rivers will be made productive and afford homes for population of many millions of prosperous people.
 Only the single cloud of joint state hood mars the contentment of our people at the present time; they have every reason to rejoice because of their excellent condition and the pros poets of greater prosperity in the future.
 In Cochise county. especiany, the people have good reason to be con tented and satisfied with their lot in the race of life. Five years ago this county had dwindled to one of the smallest to be found iD tae territory; Tombstone had years before given the county great prominence in ter ritorial affairs, but for years it had been losing in population and wealth, until in the legislature which met in 1899 one of the serious problems was how could the representatives given to Cochise county during the pros porous days of Tombstone be taken away and given to other counties which had passed "Old Cochise" in population?
 Able representatives averted the threatened reapportionment and be- Sore the session of 1901 Cochise coun- ty had begun to climb back into the path of prosperity from which she had temporarily slipped, and today she stands as the richest county in the territory, and second only to Mari copa county in population. In the year 1900 the registered voters in the county were less than sixteen hun dred, and the registration last year showed over five thousand. During