Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-21
C0VERNOR GOES AFTER
 GAMBLING IN MESSAGE

statehood l feel sure must impress us ' all with the responsibilities that rest upon us. which. while not new. are brought more clearly within our view. and which ought to impel as well as to inspire us to the fullest and best and most conscientious discharge of the dut. ies involving upon us at this juneturc.
 "There can be no question but that the manner in which we administer our public affairs will and does affect the sentiment of congress and of the people at large toward us, favorably if we manifest a willingness and the ability to manage them according to the high standards of American citizenship; un. favorably if we do not. At this june. ture we are naturally and inevitably subject to closer scrutiny than ever be- fore in our history. In view of our ex- pressed desire for statehood and of the fact that the question is now before congress and the American people. par ticu!ar attention is more than ever di- rected 10 us and to what we may do or leave undone. ''
 The executive referred briefly to the prosperity of the territory and the growth of the population which now numbers about 100000 souls, as we'll as to the consequent increase of the de velopment of all resources, mineral. az rieultural and industrial, and launched into discussion of the gambling laws, as follows:
 At the last session of the Legisla tive Assembly an act was passed re- pealing paragraph 2S6s of the Civil, and paragraph 290 of the Penal Code of the Revised Statutes. Chapter l.. Laws l907.)
 This was designedly, as appears from the title of the Act. to prohibit gambling. It was an indirect method. and, experience has developed. not wholly an effective one to prohibit gambling.
 By the looseness, vagueness, or want, of definitions contained in nara. graph 2s9 of the Penal Code and of the limitations there impliedly made, the purpose of the Act of 1907, entitled An Act to Prohibit Gambling. is being evaded, The Legislature of 1907 deemed it advisable to prohibit gamb- ling; and in concession of an oyer whelming public sentiment on that sub jeet, enacted the law have mentioned. The purpose of this Legislation, because of the inapt method adopted, is being made imperative to considerable de gree.
 'The reasons for prohibiting gamb ling that prompted the legislation of 1907 are even more urgent now, and the purpose of that legislation ought to be made effective.
 'l therefore recommend again, as did then, that you enact law making 1t unlawful for any person to maintain, conduct, or permit gambling in any pub lie place, or in or about any place where intoxicating liquors are sold, dis. pensed or permitted to be drank This can be effected by proper amendment of paragraph 2s9 of the Penal Code.
 l also reiterate my recommendation of two years ago that the Assembly enact law requiring all vendors of in. toxieating liquors that are to be drank upon the premises where sold, to close their places of business and to refrain from selling or dispensing such liquors between the hours of l2 clock mid night and O o'cloek a. m., and during all of Sundays. v
 Concerning tuberculosis and the in speetion of dairy herds, the governor said:
 some measure to mitigate the scourge of tuberculosis and to limit or prevent the spread of that disease It is quite probable that Territorial law upon the subject sufficiently specific to be effect lively applicable to the conditions ex- isting in different localities of the ter ritory may be impracticable.
 "I think, however, that the diff culty can be overcome by providing ! that in addition to the provisions of general law upon that subject, the | Boards of Supervisors of the several counties of the territory, as the exigen !. cies may appear to them, make by ordi nance such regulations, rules and or. ders as may effect the specific pur pose.
 "The importance of this is urgent { and 1 recommend the enactment of sucf laws.
 Affecting public health more thar the live stock industry, and of cours,
 more important, is the infection oi dairy cattle by tuberculosis and othel diseases, rendering the milk product un wholesome and dangerous for human consumption. recommend your care ful consideration of that subject, witl a view to devising and adopting plai for it's elimination, or at least greates possible limitation.
 | On the subject of fruit raising, growing industry, the governor con cluded that it would be impossible t,
 make a territorial law for the protec
 tion against fruit pests, and he rec commended law authorizing the vari ous boards of supervisors to pass neces