Weekly journal-miner., 1915-05-12

SP~NAoA SSSSAOii iS PioN tically certain.
 Although the house had prev iously told the appropriation committee that it didn't want the land commission mussed up in the general bill, the committee stuck it in, anyway, to the tune of $25,000 on the theory that this amount, if it could be jockeyed through, would take care of Mulford Winsor and his associates until a way out of their trouble could be evolved.
 It was charged on the floor of the house, and not denied, that it was the purpose of the admin istration to get,if it could, this appropriation of $25,000 for maintenance" and then the governor would refuse to call another session for further land legislation. With $25,000 to spend in salaries" what need of any more legislation?
 It was too raw even for some of the lobby. Hence the disin- tegration of the best laid plans of mice and men, which now must merge into a call for gen eral land legislation. Some pro fess to see in the vote this morn ing a beginning of the end of the Hunt autocracy.
 Aside from this sensational episode the house spent happy two hours disposing of the peoples hard-earned cash. Everything else went as per schedule, with Christy, Graham, Goodwin and the other loyal defend CTS of the faith fighting to the last | ditches.
 The state asylum for the insane gets $25, 900 for repairs; the Northern Arizona Normal school $80,O00 for maintenance, $41,4845O for improve ments and repairs, and $ll, 900 to GOV CT deficit.
 In connection with the Normal school appropriation, Christy pointed out that the Arizona school appro- priation was greater than any other state in the union, and presented figures from twelve middle and west crn states showing the state per cap ita tax to be $344O against $50.80 in Arizona
 Industry of Education.
 He called it the industry of cdu cation" and declared that in the Flag staff school there were 84 residents of Flagstaff securing a high school education at Normal school rates, while only 73 were taking the regular Normal course, Y pupils coming from outside the state. This, Christy con tended, is pretty high per capita on approximately $l30,O0. It developed that the city of Flagstaff charges the Normal school $4000 year for its water supply, while fuel costs $8OO0 additional Included in the budget is "matron" at $S5 per month to pre- side over a dormitory which has not yet been built It was suggested that this is like providing for the suste- nance of an unborn child. The baby may not come"
 When the prison appropriation was reached, $187, 200, an increase of $60, GOO over the last appropriation, Chris ty was again led to inquire. He won dered if the cost of theatrical talent and professional entertainers made up the difference.
 Pinkley produced figures to show that for the year ending June 30, 1910. the maintenance charges were $lO2,OOO; 1911. $1O4,OO; 1912, $S3OOO; 1913, $94,OOO; 1914, $94,OOO, and for the six months ending December 31, 1914 $48000, and that the per capita had decreased from .722 in 1910 to .52.2 in 1914.
 Thirty thousand dollars were al lowed for the maintenance of the Pioneers Home at Prescott, and s. GOO for improvement and repairs.
 This afternoon the house resumed work on various sub-sections, totaling $l0OO00 additional, for prison i'm provement, including a $40,O0O item for a state farm.
 Nearing the End.
 It is probable that that the house | will complete the appropriation bill in committee of the whole some time tomorrow Then it will be engrossed | and placed on final passage, after which it goes to the senate, and the house can rest upon such lau.els as it may garner from the ruins.
 Senate bill No. 1, known as the