Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-27

lished in one issue. An installment will be published every day until it has been placed before the readers of this paper in its ent ,rety. REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF
 ARIZONA.
 Office of the Governor, Phoenix, Ariz.. September 15, 1910:
 Sir:--I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report, showing the condition of affairs in the terri tory and its progress and deTelop- ment during the year ended June 90, 1910.
 The prosperity which was so mark ed during the year covered in my last report has cont 'nued, and each 1 of our important industries-farming stock growing and mining-have had satisfactory growth. which has re suited in a substantial increase in the taxible wealth of the territory.
 The people Of the territory as a whole have reason to congratulate themselves on he progress made dur ing the year and the prospect for ev-
 en greater advances during the com ing year.
 Statehood.
 l In my annual report for 1909 1 ex- pressed the hope that an enabling act admitting the territory into the Union as state might be passed by the present congress. That hopc
 was realized by the passage of the
 act of June 20 1910 In accordanc-
 with the terms of this act, of June as. 1910. l ordered an election of 52 delegates to constitutional 1
 ton for the proposed state of Arr
 zcna, to be held on September I2. 1910. In the proclamation calling
 for said election there was specified
 the apportionment of delegates to the
 var ious counties of the territory as
 made by the governor. chief justice
 and secretary of the territory on June
 25, 1910.
 The act requires that the conyen.
 ion shall meet on the forth Mon. day after the election of delegates which will be on the 10th day of Oc. tober. 1910. Assuming that the con. vention will not be in sesison longer than thirty days, 1 estimate that the election on the adoption or rejection Iof the constitution which shall be framed by the convention may be held by January 15, 1911, and if the constitution be adopted, it may be in the hands of the president and con l gress for approval in time for their action thereon before the end of the present congress. If this program ! should be carried out there is every | reason to expect that the new state I government will be in operation by i the end of the present fiscal year. ! We anticipate such benefits from l admission that the prospect of any considerable delay of the possibility ! that the constitution which may be
 adopted may not be approved are | matters of grave concern to the | people of the territory.
 II Population.
 I The census of 1910 shows the popu- I lation of the territory to be 204, ,354. | The immigration to the Salt River Il Valley and other agricultural sections of the territory continues to increase l at a satisfactory rate. The prospect Of early statehood has had a per | ceptable effect Tn increasing the num- l Der of homestead entries not only in sections where irrigation is practical. | but also in those localities where 1t ! !.s i5>ss!sie e sresg crops s;r ay Il farming methods The subdivision of ] the lands in the Salt River Valley into small holdings is proceeding at | population has been added to con siderably during the year.
 II Territorial institutions.
 Under the general supervision of
 the board of control the territory maintains a prison, an asylum for the insane, an industrial school. and
 a home for aged and inffrm pioneers II (pow under course of construction), and a university and two normal schools.
 II Territorial Prison.
 I Since my last report the new pris-
 on at Folrece has been completed and the prisoners have been success I fully removed from Yuma The new
 prison is admirably adapted for the
 safe, sanitary, and economical keep ing of the inmates. It is equipped
 with it's own electric light plant, wa
 ter works, sewer system, laundry,
 hospital, cold-storage and ice plant,
 and arrangements are now under way to bring under cultivation almost forty acres Of land. which will enable the prison to raise practically every thing required in the nature of veg etables or feed for stock. There are now under construction two ad- ditionai buildings similar to the pres eDt radial sections which will pro- vide additional cell room and. larger quarters for laundry and store room.
 These buildings are a part Of the original plan for the prison, but their construction has been withheld
 until the present time as they could be more economically built after the removal of all the prisoners from Yuma to Florence.
 l The use of prison labor in the construction of the new prison and lthe Gila River bridge has proved a successful experiment Labor thus furnished, while voluntary on the part of the prisoners, has in the main been satisfactory and there has been nttle or no trouble in maintain ing d'scipline and in guarding the 1 prisoners while at work For each days labor credit Is given of one day on each mans term, and the expreri ment has illustrated the value of reg ular employment in the management of prisoners confined in penal institu tions.
 In spite of the fact that the terri