The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-17
N zuNr, AMERICAS GREATEST PUEBLO.

iections to statehood raised by IT'S en-
er,ies who visited the two houses
Congress. According to the last re-
norts Of their Governors, Arizona con-
-afns $4,000 Mexicans, while the ma
iority., OF the 100000 people OF New
Ma,,ico are descendants OF the AnSlo-
saxon race and the balance are span
lish-American citizens" In other
words. somewhat less than 200,0ou are
lMexicans.
The Indian populations Of these pro-
posed States. which are innexiole eAs-
ments not altered by Immigration
ware estimated by the last census to
he 2e5oO in Arizona and 1850 In New
lNeSico. and 1t is improbable that this
total of about 10000 Indians has
changed much in the past decade.
In both Territories are found Indians
of the pueblo tribes who are living to-
| day amid the primttiveness or pre-
| Columbian days. and these tncluoe the
| rattlesnake dancers of the Moqu1 set
Elements, also the dog eaters OF 1unl.
The Indian reservations OF the pro-
posed States remain, however, the ter
| r.tory Of the Federal government, and
their red denizens Will not be qualined
| as voters in Arizona and New Mexico.
| or these reservations there are ten In
Arizona and seven in New Mexico
Arizona will not be the least popu-
lous State in the Union. but, with It's
/ 200,O 900 Inhabitants. will have double
the population of Nevada and consid-
erably more than Wyoming. which
boasts of only 10000, these estimates
being all made by the three respective
Governors at the beginning of the pres
1 emit year. All estimates in advance OF
| the 1910 census are, however, OF little
value. Arizona's population has shown
an increase of nearly two-thirds, while
those of Nevada and Wyoming have
more than doubled, If their Governors
i are correct. New Mexico's Governor
4 estimates its population to be about
! 400, 900, or more than twice what 1t was.
at the last census. and II his estimate
is correct it is about as great as that
Z Of Montana or New Hampshire.
Mighty Sparse Population.
l Arizona will be the most thtnly pops
4 ulated State in the Union except Me-
vada, and will have more than half
\ square mile for each inhabitant, where
as Nevada has about one square mile
for every citizen. How sparsely set
y tied Arizona will be can best be illus
4 trated by two comparisons. You could
cut more than ninety Rhode Islands out
of Arizona, yet little Rhody" has more
}, than two and a halt times as many In
habitants as Arizona, whose area,
again, would supply two and one-third
New York States. but whose popula-
ton would have to be multiplied about
forty-four times to equal that OF New
York The little cities Of Toledo or
Columbus, Ohio, boast of as many peo-
{ pie as does Arizona. whose population
would fill only o twenty-fourth OF
New York City.
New Mexico and Arizona are of
q about the same size, although New
Mexico claims double the population
|, the difference. as seen, being robably
made up by Mexicans They city of
/ Milwaukee contains as many people az
, Twill the whole State of New Mexico,
and all of these figures are based upon
published estimates revised to the
4 present year. Only three States, Texas,
California and Montana, are larger
than the proposed new States, Texas
being slightly more than twice as
large. To travel through either Art
Il IONA or New Mexico from north to
Aouth you have to Journey as far as
!, from New York to Cape Hatteras. on
a direct line, which to cross these two
Territories through the widest part
you must so as far as from New York
to Montpelier. VT, in the case of Arl-
iona. and as far az from the mstrono'
lis to Portland. Me-, In the case. OF New
Mexico,
: Only One TwO-Hundredth Rcclntmnble.
The largest reseryoir.in the world is
!, now being built,in Southern New Mex,
/, leo by the reclamation service, This
Is to be formed by the great Elephant
!, butte dam, set in q deep and narrow
4 gorge of the Rio Grande 100 miles
, north of I'll Paso. 1t will be Of con-
: crete, 255 feet high and 1.150 feet long
on top, and the reservoir behind Il
: will be fcrty-siM miles long and 200
! feet deep at the lower end. holding
, of land foot deep
The watars Of the Rio Grapde re