Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-20
RIENNAL ACTION
ONARIzONA STRIP
4, the Years Come and Go the
Matter Comes Up Only
To Do SO Again.
TIE MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS
,.o,e Action as Heretofore win Pro-
ducc same Result, Believes
senator Miller.

continued story of Utah logisla-
-. "a the annexing OF the Arizona
'.1p Long before he left the United
s,.,es senate. former Senator Thomas
,..rns received Just such a memorial
= was passed yesterday. and made
s,,t such fight for annexation as was
..o5e later by the present congressional
delegation.
AID stiu the Arizona strip isn't
..nsxed. Valiently In 1903 the same
IA memorial comes up rcciting the
49, that the strip is infested with
.-,rolnals. who know no mans laws.
Tho house passed the memorial 20 start
che wheels Of legislative action; the
.,te passed IL because nobody knew
s,s reason why he should vote again &C
"Nobodv In either body seemed %
80. ANYTHING definite about the strip,
nstu senator Miller was called into
s.,ion The senate discussed the me-
r,erisl for a few minutes yesterday
7, hal timo Senator Miller answered
opsstions from Stookey, Williams Will
y, and Bcnner X. Smith In which he
draw much new light on the continu-
,.s problem OF tho Arizona strip and
lH annexation.
mans declarations is that the mo-
mortal like its many predecessors, sets
f,rth a falsehood when IL speaks OF
criminals In the Arizona strip.
Ter number two rs that Utah can
sst the strip, but not by petltloning
congress. 10 will take little matter
Of S3sO00. which the state would rapidly
maze back in taxes. and In addition
would have a great area OF rich country
n the states domain.
PROFIT TO UTAH.
II Utah wants the strip bad enough
70 nut up good cash to Arizona to buy
h the difficulties win he rapidly over
come Eight years ago II was offered
f9r sale for S35.O0O The legislature
couldn't see value In the purchase.
Later the government put two forest
reserves on the strip and the income
for the lease OF grazing privileges on
these would now be paying Utah q
handsome income instead OF Arizona,
had the purchase been made.
Instead OF being populated by Grim
mails Tar beyond the reach or lawyer
and sheriff, the strip actually is popu-
lated by two cities, 200 600 head OF sheep
and 10000 cattle. These cattle are
owned by Utah people The taxes on
them 90 TO Arizona instead OF Utah.
Two Arizona counties owning sections
Of the strip are heavily IN debt. They
need money and az present a fat por-
ton o. their income Is from the cattle
and sheep revenue obtained from these
Utah citizens whose herds Craze over
the line The tight against annexation
OF tho strip 10 Utah is made by these
counties 10 save their revenues from
being shattered at a time when they
can't stand to have them cut down.
Strange 20 say the people Of the strip
Do not want annexation TO Utah. IL
Is case where Utah Is the gamer i'm
revenues. and not the people in privil-
eyes. They have privileges now that
more than compensate them for the
fact that IL Is 300 miles from Fredonia
on the strip, to Kingman, the county
seat
ALL VOTE AYE.
stookey wanted Miller 20 say that
these privileges were exemptions from
taxes, but Miller promptly replied that
d was not so-that the big cattle men
paid thoIr taxes and we're glad 10 do L.
The reason they love Utah less and
Arizona more in Fredonia and Little
field ls that the amount OF money
available for school purposes Is larger
~ Arizona than IN Utah, In Fredonia
hey get 50 for their school from Arl-
iona 10 every 81 they would get n they
came into Utah. This Is what makes
uem contented with a county seat over
ne impossible barriers OF the Colo
ndo
Senator Millers opinion. as he ex-
pressed H. was that IL the legislature
would Indemnify the two Arizona coun-
YES 70 the amount OF $4,000 Utah
would be making a purchase OF terrl-
ny 'as great for Utah, as was the
louisiana purchase for the United
States"
after the discussion had brought ont
utie facts, a roll call was ordered on
ue memorial 10 Congress praying that
teps be taken 10 annex the Arizona
uHp Nobody seemed 10 know any
Hason why he should vote against %.
sha nobody especially was particularly
w Trend. Therefore Il received rs
ulenhusiastlc ayes" Next session,
unless the legislature decides really 20
Wy 20 get the strip, the congressional
memorial viii come up again. and as
aa no this case, viii start the wheels
me legislature into action. il r. the
H measure 10 pass the senate on
quay reading In the regular legislative