The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-12-13
GOVERNOR SAYS ABOLISH STATE
 SENATE
Hunt Says Three Legislative Bodies Are Unnecessary; To Locate Re
 form School at Ft. Grant.

TUCSON--CSov G. w P. Hunt ar rived in the city yesterday afternoon from Benson, Wilcox and Bowie and will attend meeting of the Board of regents of the state university here today. leaving for the capital this af- ternoon.
 The governor had just visited the state industrial school for boys at Benson and he. talked enthusiastically of the work being done by the school He confirmed the report that a num- Der of the students at the Benson school are being sent to Fort Grant, where 2,000 acres of land and a num- Der of buildings that have been jo- mated by the government to the state for the school are located.
 T think it almost certain that the industrial school will be located there," said the governor. The leg islature will locate the school and I have heard of no opposition to it be- ing located at Fort Grant.
 The boys who have been sent there are renovating the old Fort Grant ] buildings, painting the roofs and iwhitewashing the walls. A valuation $of $241 ,0O0 was placed on the property
 
 Ibut I believe that it is easily worth 3half million dollars to the state. 5There is a water works there that is worth perhaps $50,000, and there will be room for 1000 students. T expect that the school will be used more in preference to the ordi- nary methods of treating unfortunate youths, when the new plant is com p1eted. At Benson there is accommo dation for about 3S students and 106 are housed there, SO you see that the efficiency of the institution is greatly crippled by lack of room.
 We expect to make model school of manual training at Fort Grant and believe that in three years it will be practically se1f-sustaining. We will train boys to repair and make shoes, a tailor shop will be established where boys and girls may learn that trade, &UChool for the training of barbers, a baker shop, ft dairy and a carpenter shop
 'The school will be turned into a semi-military school" continued the governor. "The federal government has donated one hundred army rifles to the use of the school. This will give the students the advantage of q military training, will develop them into strong men and will teach them discipline and obedience"
 The school already has a drum and fife corps and a bugle corps, as well as a band, which is under the. in- struction of MT. Gungle, who has had twenty-five years training in that work in the United States army.
 'The industrial school band will make tour of the principal cities of the state in about six months," said the executive; that will give the peo- pie of the state an idea of what we are trying to do"
 Business Conditions.
 Speaking of the business conditions over the state Governor Hunt said: T have never seen a time when there was so much encouragement and sat isfaction regarding business condi- tions."
 The governor spoke of the quality of the rural population in the new agri- cultural districts, which he said was good for the future of the state. lover around Yuma one finds college grad uates farming by scientific methods. I learned over there that spineless cactus is good for turkeys, that they thrive and fatten on it. It is not only in the irrigated districts, however, that one finds satisfactory conditions, for over at Bowie today I saw pump kins that were several feet in diame- ter that were grown by the dry farm ing method. 1 think the state has great agricultural future.
 q believe in the commission form of government said Governor Hunt in answer to a question. We have yet to try it out in this state, but believe that Phoenix will have it soon. I believe that the principle of it might be applied to county government as well as to city government. Some people think that it gives too much power tos the individual, but here in Arizona we have the recall and I do not think we need have any fears from that source.
 Abolish the Senate.
 T am also in favor of the abolition tinued. T voted for it in the consti- tutionaI convention and I still believe that it would be a good thing. As it is we have practically three legisla- tive bodies, the senate, the house of representatives and the people, who may initiate laws and have them re- ferred."
 will you be a candidate for gov ernor two years hence?" the governor was asked. .c. The enthusiasm that 1 d character hzed the governors rema- KS about the Industrial school, business conditions, etc., vanished ;;anI Tea became cau- tio@Ti :Tias Su' depende, s%l1sa ASanswered.
 eso savs see za@a B ss EaSe added a1G%o For instance, I should like to see all state. institutions placed under busi- ness system, sofnstEiu sefhat we are putting into effect now: We aim to 4ntroduce a uniform set of bookkeep- l ing in all the institutions as well as &I, +afa