Arizona republican., 1906-12-07

the place until Senator Martin retired,
 March 4, 1895. In 1896 he became ili-
 terested in an Arizona reclamation
 scheme and came here to manage it.
 This is the Tonto Basin scheme which
 has been taken over by the federal
 government under the reclamation act Mir. Ely became a republican in 1896, and for some years he was editor of the Phoenix Republican. Retiring from the new company he became Governor Murphy's private secretary. retaining the position when Governor Kibbey came in. In the editorship of The Re publican MT. Ely has been succeeded by Billy Spear. formerly of St. Joe.
 The Arizona capitol is handsome str cture ab' Ut one third the size of the Kansas state house. It was built within an appropriation of S10O,000 and there is not a dollar of graft nor poodle in it. The Kansas capitol cost three million dollars and there is graft or poodle in every square foot of it, from the foundation to the dome. The Ari- zona capitol sets in a square of ground on the west side of Phoenix. about a mile and q half from the county court house. The square is filled with trop- ical plants, including bearing orange and date palm trees. From Mir. Ely's window may be seen a profusion of blossoming roses. chrysanthemums, oleanders and all the smaller Towering plants. Some of the cacti are twenty five feet tall, and the trunks of the
 large palm trees are four feet in cir conference. These trees and plants of course, are nourished by irrigation. The territory pays a landscape gar
 dener S125 per month to take care of the grounds and he has a small army of Mexicans planting and pruning and
 sweeping and raking all of the time.
 The walks and drives are not public
 thoroughfares and the capital employees are not permitted to make hitching
 places a.5 stables yards or any part
 of the square. And there is no poll
 tics" in selecting janitOrs or garden
 CTS. the public thereby getting the best
 service possible. Kansas might profit
 by adopting the Arizona policy.
 Arizona is increasing in population
 and wealth. Immigration especially ,S
 coming into Yavapai county (Prescott)
 where the mines will produce this year about eleven million dollars of value and into Maricopa county, (PhoenixJ
 whepe the Salt River valley has be- come rich in agriculture by irrigation. The Tonto Basin and diversion dam.
 when the government completes that project. will add about 250.000 acres of ! land to this irrigated district. which means, of course, room for more pop ulation. North of Phoenix abou- ! twelve miles in the Salt river valley the sugar beet in grown profitably. ! and a mill costing S700O0O converts i the product into sugar Another irri- gated region which is attracting i'm migration is known as the "Holbrook country. in the valley of the Little | Colorado. Here some Mormon settle ments are thriving by irrigation.
 ! Near Phoenix is tent city" where invalids dwell in winter. They go to { Prescott in the late spring, where they have tents in the foothills. But Pres | cott's altitude is a mile high and the | winter is too severe for them. So lat ! in the fall they lock up their Prescott tents and come 100 miles south to ! Phoenix where they find a semi-trop- | ical winter at an altitude of 1000 feet i Prescott is E200 and odd feet high and cold in winter. The palm, the date 1 palm. the orange, the tall cactus and the oleanders grow in profusion here. and roses bloom all winter.