Arizona republican., 1905-02-16

location. One reason is that the terri
tory does not own the ground where
the prison walls rest. That is the
property of the town of Yuma. An
other is that there is no useful employ
ment for the convicts and there can be
none there. There are no quarries in
the vicinity and the prison farm where
they might be employed is so much of
the time under water that, 1t cannot
be counted upon as a scene of indus
try. The report states that there are
342 convicts in fifty-five 7x9 cells. The
per capita cost Of keeping them for the
fiscal year ending June was $165.41.
The total cost for the year was $780,
647.43. To offset this there was receiv-
ed from the United States for keeping
federal prisoners $1,744.55, and from
receipts and earnings of the convicts.
$4,941.15. Beside the expenditures for
the current expenses of the prison the
the prison improvement fund was
drawn upon for $4,000. The income of
the prison for the keeping of u. S.
convicts is less than it used to be by
reason of an act of the legislative as
sembly permitting persons convicted of
selling liquor to Indians to be confined
in county jails. The committee found
a good system of discipline and COM
plimented Superintendent Daniels for
his excellent management of the in
stitution under the difficulties to which
he is subjected.
Then comes the suggestion for re-
lief. The report recommends the Gre
alton of a territorial prison commission
to select a site for a branch prison and
I'm making the selection there are 20
he taken into consideration topograpn-
zeal, climatic and geographical cOndi-
tions, and above all, stone quarries.
The frequency with which the commit
tee report aVerted to stone quarries re-
calls the frequent illusions by the pa
pers of Graham county in the last few
weeks to the excellence of the stone
qUarries of that county.
Speaking of the prison farm. the
committee finds that it has not been
signed up in the Yuma Water Users
association and urges that the sncre-
tary of the board of control be directed
to enter the lands in the association.
Mr. Ruiz intended to call up his
anti-ranger bill yesterday but before
he succeeded in making a move in
that direction an adjournment was
taken and it was suspected in some
aforethOught.
Several bills were Introduced into
the house, among them Mr.. Kruger's
bullion tax bill. which differs essen
TALLY from the Wilson bill of the day
before. 1t does not contemplate a tax
ing of the acreage of mines and mill
sites and is otherwise less burdensome
on the mining industry. There was
also the biennial bill for the creation
of the Office of mine inspector. intro
duced this time by Mr. Neville When
the regular order had been disposed of
the house went into the committee of
the whole for the consideration of
house bill No. :. the superior court bill.
Only thirteen of the thirty-two sec
tions had been disposed of when late
in the day the committee rose. The
consideration of this bill will be resum-
ed today. Many amendments were made
without serious opposition. The inn
pOrtant ones had been forecast by The
Republican. Many OF the others were
mere changes of verbiage One of the
reduces salaries of the
judges from $500 to $4,000. Counties
having a less valuation than $4,000. 900
viii be allowed to participate in the
benefits of the bill but will not be
compelled to do so. The same FREQ
dom of movement is allowed counties
having a valuation of more than
IS, 900, 900, but the intermediate coun-
ties are required to establish the
courts.
The consideration of the superior
court bill was for a moment unex-
pectedly interrupted by one of the
most ardent friends of the measure,
Judge Neville. There is another mat
ter in which the judge is also interest
ed and that is the protection of the
capitol building from the Cave Creek
floods. 1t viii be remembered that
some time ago he introduced a concur
rent resolution for the appointment Of
a committee to investigate the cause
Of the floods and to take steps to turn
them aside. The council did not cor
cur but the judge, undiscouraged, has
to the circumstance on every
appropriate occasion with the persis-
tency Of the elder Cato with his ever
lasting "Ceterum, censeo Carthaginem
asse delendam."
While the debate on the amendments
was going on a smart shower broke
upon the ROOF of the capitol and quick
v spread a polish on the lately flood
ed country SO that one looking north
ward could imagine that he saw an
)ther flood coming along the path of
he late inundation. Judge Neville
arose hastily and moved that "the
BOARD of control be directed immedi-
itely and forthwith to dig a ditch