Graham guardian., 1906-11-23


of the Governor of Arizona to
TO the Secretary of the Inter
Tor have been made public. The
report is dated September and
deals in clear cut manner with
the conditions of the territory
for the past fiscal year. The re
port shows unmistakRbIy that
the 6sicSl year just closed has
been one Of the most prosperous
in the history of Arizona Its
taxable wealth has increased about
eight million dollars and its
population has been increasing
for several years past at the rate
Of seven per cent per annum' The
Governor deals at length with
the subject of mining and taxa,
talon and touches upon the In
dians, banking institutions, educa
tional, agriculture, and various
other questions of national in
terest Beginning his report, the
Governor says, addressing the
Secretary of the Interior;
Dear. Sir:
Arizona has had prosperous
year. In some parts of the Ter
ritory, where there are in progress
very active mining develoments,
the population is increasing rapid
Iy, particularly is thls so in
Cochise and Gila counties. The
irrigation works undertaken by
the government under the national
irrigation act are progressing, and
while neither of them nas yet
reached that stage of construction
rendering them available for the
actual storage, diversion, or sup
ply of water, the assurance Of their
early completion has served 10
encourage and make hopeful the
agricultural interests.
Bountiful rains in all parts Of
the Territory have kept the rSnges
in good condition, and the cattle
and sheep industries are especially
prosperous.
Peace aud good will have pre-
vailed throughout the Territory
to greater extent, probably,
than ever before. The increase
of population and the incidents
Of rapidly developing Industries
the Territory have a
strong influence to restrain the
vicious and reckless elements re-
garded as Inseparable from a
new society, and they encourage,
and pomote the growth of those
element essential to the good
order and intellectual and moral
progress of the community.
No system for the collection
of general statistics has been pro
vided by the legislature, and
detailed, accurate statements of
the production Of the range,
field and mine are not obtainable
and can only be estimated.
During the year, the cxperi
ment of growing sugar beets and
the manufacture of sugar there
from has been undertaken. A
Ierge factory has been erected at
in Maricopa county, at
4 cost of about 100000, and 500 |
Or 400 hundred acres Of land were
planted ia sugar beets Some
annoying and unexpected OBJ |
3tacles have delayed the expert
neut, but enough has been done
o warrant the confident prediction
hat the enterprise will be entirely |
uccessful. The land and climate
eem peculiarly well adapted to
he growth of the sugar beet, the
,ied being abundant and the
so saccharine matter
developed in the beets being very
arge as compared with other
ocalities.
POPULATION.
] estimate the present popula-
ion of Arizona to be approx.
nateIy 100000. There is good
eason to believe, as / pointed out
asst year, that the population Of
arizona is increasing at the rate
# 7 per cent per year.
IMMIGRATION
The bulk of Arizona's foreign
immigration comes from Mexico
4arge states of Sonora, and ChIh
ahua are in the habit Of coming
0 Arizona in search of employ
lent in tho mines and on the
ailroads Many Of them return
0 their homes after accumulating
omethng, but not few being !
heir families aud stay. 1t has |
cen found that Americans sci
ON seek employment in railway |
and almost never in
lork as railroad section hands,
xcept for very brief periods.
LABOR
The year has been one Of great
Prosperity for all classes Of labor.
Il most lines of skilled labor the
cmand has exceeded the supply,
nd there has been a marked
hortage in the supply Of uuskiIled
,bor.
TNAECIAL CONDITION OF THE TERRI