Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-08
OPERATING EXPENSES
 OF THE UNIVERSITY
 BEFORE LOWER HOUSE
Representative Richardson of Pima County Submits Details of the Appropriation Bill. Horse and Mule Story told.

1 PHOENIX May i-The expense of Operating the University O Arizona | came up for review in the house to- cay when the item relating Co that Iji 5titution appearing in tha general approprlating bill was under discus. sion. The first item appeared in Sec. | ten 25 of the bil. which pro, ,osud % Appropriate S227,956.sO for mairton a-ct. This amount Co be equ5lly div ! ideG half Co be expended by thl iica1d of Regents of tho institution | during the years ending Jun. a0;h i3l6 and Jane goth. 1917. When tho ' Iscction was read, Representative Bus- COG, Of Cochise county, moved an am eudment which in effect would reduce tue appropriation for the two years to S20000O Representative Lines called on Chairman Powers of the committee on appropriations to sub ] nit the detail for which the amounts lwere Co be expended which informa ton was furnished by Representative Richardson of Pima county. a mem. | Der of the committee He further read Co the house comparisons from statistics compiled by the Uuite3 ] States Census Bureau of the cost i, other states of maintaining state uni | versailles which showed favorably to ] the State of Arizona. Goodwin called 1 inc attention of the house to the fact
 that the impression should not be gained that the appropriation for
 maintenance was by any means all lthe money which the university was , receiving from the' public funds. but Itaat there were other appropriations
 possibly not for maintenance but all
 for the benefit of the school. some of which were received from the state tut others from the United States gov
 crnment He asked that a detailed
 statement be furnished the members Iof all moneys received from the state lend from all other sources for the
 benefit of the school
 ! Representative Christy of Greenlco ldcclared that there was a plan now ! oing worked in the house whereby
 through a process Of logr0lline. dif- lierent communities representatives. voted to support a ground of appro- priatious Irrespective of their necess- fly or the wisdom of their being made !. in order to make representatives from , those counties in which were located
 state institutions, solid with their con
 stituency "I am moved to come to tbe conclusion that a proof of states manship fin Arizona means bringing home the bacon"
 Graham Of Cochisc, seconded BrIs- o1e's motion and urged that the same be immediately put to the chair over che protests of several members Tno
 desired Go secure more detailed inior-
 nation as Co tho uses for which the l maintesance fund was to be put be. fore voting Go reduce the item. He
 d0ub-ed he said, if any further iufor. mation would be forthcoming than he . had been able to secure up co the pres.
 ent time.
 Representative Richardson called Mir Graham's attention to the fact . that he had failed to attend the ap 4 propriation committees hearings at
 which time President Won Klein Schmidt had explained the necessity
 Go the university for each item which ' made up the total of the budget rec
 commended for appropriation. The ' section then went over for the day and i the dry farmers appropriations were l taken up and considered. Reprcscn tatiYe Johns of Yavapai, explained the
 value to the state of thc Yayauai coun
 ty farms bringing out the point tha
 Arizona had gained widespread adver
 tising by reason of the fact that tho J products from that farm had in g great many instances received frs
 prize at the national dry farming con
 gress and several national agricultur V al exhibits He also made public fo h the first time the details of a pener v ous deed of the Santa Fe railroad
 which has. ever since the institution 70 of the Prescott dry farm delivered 70 without charge to that institution th. .- water for domestic uses The Yaya s pal county farm appropriation O
 5000 for the two years was adoute, '' as was also a second appropriation ,r for the same institution of S1.185.Ot il. for the purchase of a pump and engin
 and other necessary equipment incon
 nection herewith
 .y The dry farm in the Sulphur Spring e. valley was voted an appropriation O 26,OO0 for maintenance and S1 l60 fo D a pump and engine for we'll Mos ie Of the Cochlse county delegation wer u. unramiliar with the facts coucernin
 the C0chise county farm although reT
 rescntatiyos Newberry and GrahaI le urged the appropriation In come, ,f. ton with this item the iniormatio
 concerning the Cochise county dr
 farm furnished by Representatiy
 Cook, came near losing the appropri; ld ton. He admitted he did not kno' ,a where the state dry farm was locate
 in Cochise county He did. howeve es know of a dry farm which was locate of four and a half miles south of th ,s hamlet of McNeal which althoug
 diligently cared for al the end of 's three year period had failed to pr er duce enough Of their main crop, whic 10 was beans Co make necklace for a