The border vidette., 1911-12-09

, pay the aXes: for many years and caused the counties through | which the road runs, 1nuch lit gntiOn on account or it When they attempted 10 get q charter from Congress consolidating the two roads under one system. Mark Smith successfully oppOs- cd the grant of Snch charter
 until the A. r. X S. Fc agreed to pay and eyer since that time
 has paid into thc treasury of the different counties through which
 it runs. the flat sum of S115. .0O per mile taxes and with the further stipulation that they would waive any claim of cX- "mption under the original grant after Arizona became d state. Tn" press of northern Arizona, at the time. said: that this act alone had been more beneficial to Arizona than the services of all other territorial delegates combined.
 When the town of Yuma was threatened by the floods of the Gila river, he procured an ap- V means of which was built the levee that now protects Yuma from that danger, and this he did over the unanimous report of the committee and the ODpOSi- tiOn on the floor of the House by the members of the Committee on Rivers and HarbOrS.
 He caused the public debt of Arizona to be refunded at a much less rate of interest, thus saving the territory many thou sands of dollars a year.
 He passed the Statehood Bill through the House of Represent ativeS four separate times only to have it defeated by Repub- lican opposition in the Senate.
 He was the first delegate who successfully placed in the State hood Bill a grant of four section of land in each township for the public schools and the same was retained in the bills for the -ad- mission of Arizona and New Mexico every time that either bill has passed the house.
 He passed a bill for right of way across the Apache rcServ- ation The Bill was vetoed by the President. Mr. Smith intro duced anotherBill meeting the Presidents objections and pas sed that Bill through both Houses of Congress and had it signed by the President in less than two weeks time. This Bill was asked for by the people of Globe and the Gila valley.
 He passed a Bill reducing the White Mountain Indian Reserv- atiOn, and thus secured title to the mines and the homes for the people then living in the town of McMillen in Graham county.
 Reported favorably Bill for feiting the Algodones Land Grant below Yuma and obtained evidence on which that Grant was finally declared void.
 He passed the Worlds Fair Bill providing for the Arizona exhibit at Chicago, and also a similar Bill fof the St. Louis exhibit.
 He fixed the capital of Ariz- ona at Phoenix by act of Con- gross and passed an act validat- tug the bonds, on the sale of the money was raised to build the capitol.
 He had placed in the enabling act grant of land to pay the fraudulent bonds imposed on Pima county by a Republican Delegate to Congress.
 He passed two Bills for Flag staff, one for bonds to build a Court House and one for city water works.
 He passed a Bill in Congress Phoenix was enabled | to provide water and sewerage | for city and health purposes.
 He passed the Right of Way 1 Bill for the north and south rail road from Ash Fork to Phoenix.
 He passed a Bill giving Ari- zona two additional justices of he Supreme Court of Arizona. . He passed the Funding Act, Maricopa, Cochise, Pi- na and other counties could bond heir debts at lower rates of in crest and get on a cash basis.
 He passed a Bill empowering Santa Cruz county to issue bonds or a Court House building, also ! Bill for the same purpose for Gila and Yuma cOun-