El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14

the. casual observer from the railway
train.
The lumber interest is an important
! and a growing one in the territory. To
] the tourist no, or very little, sources
/ OF lumber appear in Arizona-neverthe-
/ less we have in the territory hundreds
! Of~thousauds Of acres of fine timber. It
I is said by competent authorities that
we have In the territory the largest
single continuous pine forest in the
world.
There are several hundred thousand
Z Of acres Of cultivated lands in Arizona.
Little or none Of this is seen from the
main thOrOughfares of travel. Each
acre Of these cultivated lands IS Capa-
bic Of producing from two to 10 times
as much as an acre Of the lands in the
middle west. Ten million dollars have
been spent by the government in the
CCustI uCtiOn Of irrigatins works in
the territory to make available water
to put other thousands Of acres into
cultivation and make much more pro-
ductiTe than those already in cultiva-
Citrus Fruits.
It IS probable that but a compare
lively small percentage of the area OF
AriZOna will for years to come at least,
be under cultivation. Nevertheless it
may be confidently predicted that so
great an extent Of It will be, and that
Of so high a degree Of prOductiveness,
and the product Of such peculiar value,
that Arizona may easily, and In the not
the great producers Of the citrus fruits,
Of the vine, Of sugar and Of other ike
Arizona Schools.
The wages paid teachers in the ter
r1tOry are higher than those paid in
any other state or territory in the
union, with one or two exceptions.
Notwithstanding our exceptionally
good educational facilities, Il is often
advertsd to by others that our ratio OF
1literaCy IS very high. This is only /
apparent In all estimates OF our pOpu- {
lauon are included large number /
OF indians and those Of Mexican de- /
scent who do not speak or write in I
English, and who are accordingly clas- 3
sified as 1lllterate. OF the Enlish speak 9
ing population Of Arizona the ratio Of I
ish speaking element the iLiteraCy IS I
moi. as prevalent as 1t is made TO appear; I
for while a great number Of them can
not read or write In English, they 90 4
read and write in Spanish; hence, II 1
classed as illiterate, IT is not a just
The population Of Arizona is. now 2O4.-
Orderly State.
Arizona has reason to feel proud OF
her good American citizenship. Good
order prevails, life and property are
safe. and the law is enforced as well
as, I may venture, I think, TO say. or
better than, I'm any other state OF ter
-1tory Of the union. All kinds Of bust
LEos 10 pAON JcADAsr ldUDL IS IN 44Ne4L {
demand at high wages, and the people
generally are hopeful Of the bright fut-
IRE Of the state Of Arizona Whies they
nave so patiently, heroically and ex-
oectantly built
Arizona has within her border some
II the most prosperous banks in the
country Any state might be proud OF
hem not only for their financial sta
)tlity but also for their uptOdate ap-
learance and, as the course Of the
banking business is one OF the most
% tisfactOry evidences Of the progress
VI community, Arizona may truly be
he territorial bank controller for the
'ast few years have shown a marked
nd gratifying increase in the resources
nd deposits in the banks of the terri
DRY, and this is true in all parts of |
ArlzOna showing that every industry Is |
rowing, both agricultural, mining and .
took raising.
There are so banks in the state. Of
which II are national banks and 81
anks organized under the laws Of the 4
erritory. All are prosperous and are I
rowing. The business is about equal I
Z divided between the two classes,
be territorial banks reporting to the
bank controller and the ma
-Cnal banks TO the United States
Bank failures in the territory are
are and not significant Of general con
iuOn. Resources Of all banks both
ational and territorial, are 23.g92749
Territorial banks are subject 10 fire.
uent examination by the territorial
ank controller, and there examine
ons have Of late years been something
ore than perfuntory visit Of the ex-
miner. {