Arizona republican., 1909-08-16

school and ward schools unsurpassed anywhere. The main highway of travel is the Santa Fe railway, con meeting with the main line. east and west, at Ash Fork Another Santa Fe line is building westward, to cOnnec- tion with the main line at Bengal. in California. This line already has been completed to the Colorado river, sixty miles south of Needles The climate Is warm in summer. but the dry atmOs- phere makes 1t bearable In winter 1t is delightful, and many make it their homes from early November until late spring. Other splendid little cities, where American thrift, enterprise and culture abide. are Mesa, Tempe and Glendale
 Salt River valley, besides producing sufficient foodstuffs for local con- is the granary and garden of the ter ritory. There are other valleys in Ari zona and they help, but without Salt River valley the territory would have to ship in the most of its supply of food. Even now, foodstuffs arc ship ped in. but Salt River valley contrib utes a great quantity to the demand. This demand yearly is increasing with the growth and development of the ter ritory Arizona especially is develop
 ing its mineral resources. Steadily it has been growing in the production of copper. and for the past two or three years it has led all other copper states of the union. It also is increasing it's production of gold. silver and other ores. and its mountain pastures yearly are adding new herds of cattle and sheep.
 study of the latest report of the governor of the territory Is interesting The territory is 37S miles long and 339 miles wide. containing 12S,142 square miles, or S2.010,SS0 acres. The population is estimated to be 200. .OOO. of which 69 per cent are Americans. 13 per cent native born Mexicans, II per cent Indians. and per cent foreign. The illiterates gre l per cent of the whole.
 The territory has a university. which includes colleges of mines and agri- culture and military institute; and two normal schools, an asylum for in
 
 tory, penitentiary. and a state capi- tOl. The last named was built with out dollar of graft or poodle, and it sits in the most beautiful capitol square in the United States. These public edifices have cost S1.196.O0O
 The total assessed valuation of the territory is sSO.637,5 ,541 and the real value S45O, 100000. There are thirty-two territorial and thirteen national banks. whose aggregate capital and surplus is s3,555. 5.7S164; deposits S13.S49,21464; and loans and discounts $9,35S,64s.
 The bonded indebtedness of the ter ritOry, June 30. 1908, was $3,113,275 This includes the obligations of the several counties, which have been as- stunned by the territory; the counties reimbursing the territory for interest paid
 There are 1900 miles of railway in the territory, an increase of 800 miles since 1905. Besides the Salt River val ley project. the United States govern ernment has completed a reclamation project at Yuma, which includes lands on both sides of the Colorado river (Arizona and California;. This cost s5,63O,OOO
 The governors report was submitted tc the secretary of the interior, Sep tember 1, 1908, and its latest informa- tion is of the year 1907, and before. The year 1908 will not be reported until September. 1909. However. the figures submitted in the governors report for 1907 are gratifying. For instance, an abstract of the copper returns to the territorial auditor is worth while In 1906. the production was $49,141,243. and in 1907, $50, .O51. In 1906, the quantity of production was 255,012,155 pounds, and in 1907, 25z,7S4, ,69S pounds. These figures are the returns upon which to base taxes and are more apt to be under than over the actual pro- duction. The production of gold in lSO6, was 125,O15 ounces and in 1907, | 11S,S73 ounces. The production of silver in 1906, was 2,706.044 ounces, and in 1907. 2,423,723 ounces. The pop- ulation in 1906 was 1S5, 900, and in 1907. | 100000. The territorial tax Is 75 cents of each $100 of assessment, the same | as the year before. County taxes are decreasing. Fifty eight fire, twenty-one l life. and fifteen miscellaneous, insur- | ance companies were doing business in the territory in 1907. The premiums collected were $1,439. .9O5.16. In 1906. the premiums were $1.249,43S.s7. The | school population G to 21 years) in I 1906, was S3.169: in 1907, S4,299. | School districts in 1906 numbered | 29S; in 1907, 3O1. School property in | 1906, was valued at s1,15S,3S5: in 1907, $1,4O9, 7SS
 The Castle hot springs, famous the | world over for health and rest. lie in the mountains of Arizona, between Prescott and Phoenix Their altitude | Is 2.OOO feet above sea level, westward | or the great continental divide Se- |