Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-01
CREEL SHOWS PROGRESS IN
 CHIHUAHUA
Governors Message To the Legislature Touches On Many Points of Vital Inter- est to the Mexican State.

On the occasion of the assemblying of the legislature of the State of Chi huahua in the city of Chihuahua re- gently Governor Creel delivered his -'ccs,afar a2aual message. A synopsis of the more important matters of state treated follows:
 Border Disturbance.
 The only variation of the customary quiet and order occurred at Palomas station on our frontier and was caus- ed by a raid, perpetrated by band of outlaws organized in Arizona. They were handsomely repulsed by the Fis- cal Guard. The facility with which the miscreants found refuge beyond the international boundry caused us to obtain from the federal government the detail of the third corps of Hurdles to patrol that section.
 Disturbances Aver ed.
 4 disturbance much more serious was narrowly ayerted by the influence and provision of the closing down of active operations by the Grssn-Gold Silver Co. and the Sierra Land & Lum- Der Co without being able % pay the wages due the laborers whose for 0caraEce and patriotism on this oc- casiou deserves to be highly commend ed.
 Epidemic Averted.
 Better compliance with the hygienic regulations and the activity of the Health Board, saved the capital from a repetition of the epidemic which afflicted us last year.
 Gambling and Drinking.
 ae better enforcement of the re- gula. >ps against unlawful gambling and the sale of intoxicating drinks, have had perceptible effect towards the moral improvement of the people, much to the encouragement of the executive.
 Better Subordinates. Complaints against subordinates of the government have been thoroughly investigated and punishment has fol lowed promptly where it was merited. The Jury of OficiaI Responsibilities had very few cases brought to its notice.
 Dispatch of Justice. Some increase of activity in the dispatch of legal affairs has been noticeable, but We have under stuoy a project for expediting still further i the administration of justice. Public instruction. Public InstructiCiI shows a very en' l couraging advance along all lires. i thus partly fulfilling the earnest hope 1 of the executive. The budget of ex' ! penses for the coming year being ! notably increased, and amounting to nearly 45 per cent of the total eX | penditures of the state, while the re i pairing of school buildings and the ] construction of new ones goes on | apace. More than 2o,000 pupils, 9S of which are in the Juarez Agrieultu' ral school. receive daily instruction. Chuviscar Dam. ! The Chuyiscar dam, which is to supply this city with water. was duly ! inaugurated. The cost of it was fully ] half a million more than was antici paetd on account of the existence Oi 1 a deposit of sand where the founda ! tions had to be, necessitating the con 1 structiOn of concrete foundation 10( { feet high, which absorbed among other material 1S,0OO barrels of ce ment.
 NAW Fenitentiary, etc. The new penitentiary was also in augurated, although some of the in side improvements are not complete hat they will be added gradually The new .slaughter-house was olsC opened for use bey tn public. Tht new Fire Department has been dul. installed in this city in well adapted apartments of the central police head quarters
 TeIephone to Cusihuriachic.
 The federal government ceded tt the state without charge the telegraph line from this city to Cusihuiriachit and it will be turned into telephone line to be extended 10 several district! which will thus De brought int prompt communication with the sea of government.
 L. Mineral Exhibit. The permanent finfg exhibit wa visited during the year by a numbe' of noted personages who all mad, very appreciative remarks and follow ed them by notable articles in tn press and an appreciatiYe mention in the report of the geological con gress.
 State Revenues.
 Notwithstanding the great fnan cial crisis which affected so seriousl, the United States, our near neigh bour, and whose effects could do n less than be felt in this state, I an happy to state that our revenues ,dii not suffer any eiminution and nj stress was felt either in the eollet ton of taxes or the regular disburse ments of the administration.
 Bureaus of Statistics, etc.
 The new Bureaus Of the Regist1. and of Statistics which were latel established, are working satisfactor ly and are already giving eviden