Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-17
ARIZONA WILL
FIGHT JOINTURE
CONFIDENT OF DEFEATING
MEASURE
judge Fletcher M. Doan Tells Of At
tempt on Part of Mexicsns to
Have the Two Territories
Merged

THE great majority of the residents
of Arizona are not worrying about the
joint statehood proposition. They feel
that when it comes to vote in the
fall the decision will be three to one
against joining New Mexico and Ari-
iona as single state" said Judge
Fletcher NJ Doan, United states assO-
ciate Justice of the supreme court of
Arizona, who was at the HollenbeCk
yesterday
"In New Mexico the majority of the
residents are Mexicans and the members
OF that race believe that II the jointure
were to be effected they wonld receive
a greater amount of consideration,
besides having a chance of election
TO office This feeling has also gained
among the Mexicans in Arizona, but
the white population outnumbers the
Mexican in Arizona by a tremendous
margin, and the vote cast by the ignor-
ant Mexicans will have little effect
upon the result
1--WE believe that when the vote is
cast in the fall the result will be three
TO one against Joint statehood If it
should prove otherwise and the major
ity should declare in favor of joint
statehood, then of course we cannot
complain for the majority must rule.
But if the joint statehood had been
thrust upon us willy-nilly. as the house
Of. representatives. sought to do, we
would have had just cause for COM
plant at the arbitrariness of action.
Would Stand Alone
"It is expected by the residents of
Arizona that New Mexico will vote in
favor of Joint statehood. but the de-
cision reached by the senate of the
United States when it considered the
bill was that if either of the territories
voted against joining to become one
state the action of that territory would
be final and the jointure would not be
effected.
ARIZONA has developed tremendously
in the last three years. My district
the second judicial, has come up es-
pecially strong. Tombstone, which was
until three years ago going through
the effects of a burst boom. has again
begun to prosper and the mines which
were deserted a few years ago are pro-
ducing very heavily at the present
time.
THE Tombstone Consolidated Mining
company three years ago bought five
mines which had been abandoned be-
cause the lower workings were flooded
and ever since the company has been
pumping the mines out For two years
they pumped and did not gain an inch,
although more than 100000 gallons of
water were pumped out daily. Then
they installed pumping machinery of
greater power and for the past year
they have gained steadily until at the
present time the water level is low
and tons of valuable ore are being ta-
ken out every day.
1.-The water that is being pumped out
of the mine is being used for irrigat tior
purposes by hundreds of small ranch
ers and apples. figs and apricots, and
in fact, all kinds of fine fruit are being
successfully raised where few years
ago the sage brush was all the vegeta-
ton that existed.
1--WE feel in Arizona that it will be
only few years until we have popula-
tion enough. wealth enough and COM
mercial Importance enough to claim
statehood as our right, and not with a
New Mexico to cumber u.s."