Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-12-12
LATEST ADDITION TO THE UNION
Facts About States of New Mexico
and Arizona.


and Arizona.
Arizona and New Mexico, the last
two territories in the continental
United States, having just been grant
ed admission into the union on an
equal footing with the other states,
are now very much in the public
eye
When President Taft signed the
statehood resolution the 21st Of Au-
gust 1911, he ended fight for admis-
sion in the case of New Mexico start
ed in 1850, or 81 years ago; and there
have been but few, If any congresses
from that date to this when there
has not been a statehood bill having
for its purpose the admission Of these
territories to the full sisterhood Of
states.
For the first thirty years New Mexi-
CO pursued statehood alone, for there
was no Arizona. What is Arizona now
was then a part of New Mexico. For
the last thirty years, however, both
have been persistent pleaders for ad-
mission, but it has always been de-
MED them.
New Mexico has an area Of 122,634
square miles, and is or will be the
fourth largest state in the union,
those exceeding 1t in size being Texas,
California and Montana. Arizona will
occupy fifth position, with 1895
square miles. New Mexico, according
1F ha1
ton of 327,301, and ranks above
Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Nevada
and Wyoming, and almost equally
with Utah and Vermont. Arizona has
214,354 persons within her borders
thereby exceeding Delaware, Wyom-
ing and Nevada in population.
Each new estate will send two sem
ators and one representative to con-
gress shortly after the first Of next
year. New Mexico is shy about 1000
of the population necessary to entitle
her to two representatives.
The new states have high attitudes
and are in the main mountainous.
The eastern part Of New Mexico,
however, is comparatively level. This
state has an average altitude of about
1000 feet above sea level, and has a
still higher average altitude, running
Yuma to peaks considerably overtop-
ping those Of New Mexico, geological
survey range marks in some instances
reaching as high as 5000 feet.
Rainfall in these two states aver
ages only about fourteen inches a
year. Because Of this combination Of
altitude and aridity, the two new
states have gained more fame as
health resorts, for those afflicted with
lung troubles than from all their own
advantages put together.
There Is no large city in either
state, New Mexico has but one city
above 10000 in population, which is
Albuquerque, with almost 10000 in
habitants. Ell Paso, Texas, just across
the southern New Mexican border,
has retarded the growth of other mu-
inequalities in that section. In Arizo-
ma, Tucson and Phoenix are great
rivals for first honors, and are rum
ming about an even race. Phoenix
having slightly the better with pop
ulation somewhat less than 10000. In
density of population, Arizona has 1.S
persons to the square mile, thereby
ranking Nevada and Wyoming; while
New Mexico, with 2.7 inhabitants to
the square mile, ranks Idaho.
In resources. New Mexico has more
coal than Pennsylvania and possesses
forest areas exceeding in density and
extent in only a few states in the
union. 1t has more sheep than any
other state except Montana and Ohio;
more irrigated land than any other
state except Washington, and more
public land open to homestead entry
than any other state except Nevada
and Arizona.
Among farm products Of New Mex
leo, the cantaloupe leads Farmers
have been known to buy land which
had been used to grow cantaloupes,
with the proceeds of the crops in a
single year Peaches from the Pecos
valley, in eastern New Mexico are
considered as fine as are grown any
where; the broom corn, which thrives
in that state. is becoming staple
throughout the western country.
while maize, wheat, corn, cotton-in
the southern part Of the state-cat-
tie, Angora goats and mules, are
abundantly in evidence.
Mining is an important industry
in both states, Arizona leading New
Mexico in this. Dry farming has
reached a high state of perfection in
New Mexico, more so than in Arizona.
The whole of eastern New Mexico is
being reclaimed from aridity by this
science and by irrigation.
Arizona excels New Mexico in acre
age of public lands, forests. and irri-
gated lands. AS said before, mining
is the big industry Of Arizona. The
copper mines at Globe and Bisbee are
among the leading producers Of this
metal in the world. Douglas is the
great smelling city Of Arizona, and
when the third smelter, now being
constructed is completed, this city
will rank in the world as a producer
Of copper, the ore being mined in the
Bisbee district in Arizona and at Ma
cozari, in northern Mexico.
But it is in undeveloped resources
that the wealth of the two new states
is to be found Through the reclama-
ton service, the national government
is spending millions in developing this
great uncultivated area, and the con-
summation of this work should see
these states populous and prosperous
Above Phoenix on the Salt river
in Arizona, is the great Roosevelt
dam which has been completed. This
dam will irrigate over 100000 acres
of tillable land. Work is also being
rushed on the Yuma project in the
valley of the Colorado river, one Of
the engineering feats of which the
construction is of a concrete syphon.
500 feet long and eighteen feet in di-
ameter, under the Colorado river
ic working