Arizona republican., 1913-03-25

state officials and that in such an adjustment it be provided that the state should be entitled to the first use of the water.
 Third: The location of the school at Fort Grant would, in the opinion of your committee. be ideal from sanitary point of view
 | Many of the houses, however, are in bad condition and would have to be | torn down We found that there were plenty of buildings that can be re- i paired at small expense to take care l Of the needs of the reform school for 1 years to come We found that the 1 board of control has at the present time about eighteen boys at the fort l who are busy in repairing buildings ] and had, up to the time of the in vestigatiOn by your committed re- l shingled six houses
 | Fifth: After completing it's inves- ] tigatiOn at Fort Grant your commit | tee visited the reform school at Ben 1 son. In our judgment the building is perfectly safe and will be for years | to come. The school at the present time is in the hands of a competent man. who has the interests of the l school at heart and is doing all he can to better the present conditions. We feel that Superintendent Harper should have the proper help to place | the institution in a position to be a credit to the state. The school is. | however, in a very crowded condition, ! the health of the children is as good 1 iC nf he 1 is that from twenty to thirty of the boys have to sleep in the attic, which | is the third story of the building ] with a very small narrow stairway | fo: exit and in case of a fire the building would be nothing but a trap with fearful results. We feel that if | the people of Arizona understood the ! crowded condition of the school there would be no word said against the removal of the children to new To- cation at once.
 While it is not in the line of our report, we would like to impress upon the board of control the need of q more modern manual training depart ment which should at least be brought up to the equipment of the average high school and that teacher quali- = fled for this line of instruction should | be provided for such department
 In conclusion, your committee re- comments as follows:
 While the agricultural prospects at the proposed new location are not as
 good as we would like to see and the distance from the railroad is serious drawback, nevertheless inasmuch as the Fort Grant property was granted to the state as a location for the h. dustrial school; inasmuch as there are a number of large substantial build ingS in good repair worth many thous = ands of dollars which can be readily and reasonably repaired
 and made ready for occupancy and
 inasmuch IS the state, in her pres ent financial condition can ill afford | to spend the money necessary to pro- cure more suitable site and erect
 such buildings as would be necessary
 for the use of the school, and inas- | much as the present site at Benson | is in our opinion for many reasons totally unfit and the buildings wholly inadequate and the conditions gen
 erally deplOrable, which conditions | should be relieved as soon as possi-
 ble, your committee, therefore, in view Of the foregoing facts and conditions recommend that the house of repre- sentatiVes approve the removal of the Industrial school from Benson to For
 Grant.
 Respectfully submitted,
 DANIEL P. JONES. Chairman. , J w. BUCHANAN
 , GEO F. COOKIE.
 J. M BALL.
 I concur in the report as to tht
 statements set forth but do not en-
 dorse the recommendation for the re moval of the school to Fort Grant. A. E. JACOBSON.
 NEW YORK PARTY-A party O | well known New York people are re
 gistered at the Adams. They are MT
 Mrs and Miss Loree and J. A. Blair