Tombstone epitaph., 1915-08-15
2oOo-ACRE FEDERAL GRANT
 SELECTED BY THE STATE

PHOENIX. AIiz.. Aug. l2-With but three days remaining of the three year period fixed by act of Congress. the state land department yesterday filed its selection of 1000 acres at Fit Grant. one of the most important grants ever made to the state. The ffty-fve build ines at the old military post. now used as a state industrial school. and valued conservatively at s240.OOO. are included with the land
 Delay in the survey of ;he land by the government was responsible for the post tponement of the states selections until this week Rv the act of Congress of August Is. 1912. 'he state was given permission to select 2.OO0 acres at the ! Fort Grant military post. providing the selections were made within three years of the date of approval of the act. But 1 a small portion of the tract had at that ';ms been surveyed. and until the plats wer" fled in -he land office the state could do TO h n toward acquiring the rich grant of bri 'di,'gs and land The grant comes u-der that of 100. 900 acres made for refor nli " and charitable institutions. and rhe 1000 acres will be suhtracted from that total.
 The selection of the land and filing ! the records in tho very short period which remained is considered a record ! in 'he annals of state land selection The platS were not filed in the local land office till Angus: 4. and the state department was notified the following day Deputy State Land Commissioner ] Trippel at once communicated with | Commissioner Moeur. who was in the north. and acting under his direction { hy wire. recalled the land SelectorS frcn ! San Simon To Wilcox A map of the section was prepared at the office of the land department. with other data regarding the land. and with these En- gineer KoOutz went to Fort Grant last Friday night The selections were prnrtp ptly made. the papers prepared and fled yesterday afternoon at two o'clock.
 After a careful examination of the property at Fort Grant the old land commission reported 10 the governor the property can hardly be realized" The ffty-five buildings. comprising the post were then appraised at s24l.slO. while the cost of putting them in good repair was estimated at s23. .725. In ad dition there were 2,000 acres of land. most of it susceptible of irrigation. and valued at from five to twenty-five dol lars per acre. In addition to this land there are two school sections lying with in the tract. which automatically re vert 70 the state. making the total acre age ]. 3.2sO. The school sections are in addition to and are not a part of the grant
 The military post at Fort Grant. one of .be largest in the Southwest, was es- tabiished in 1872. when large garrison was kept in southeastern Arizona as protection against the Apaches. IL lies at the western base of the towering Graham mountains. and overiooks the Sulphur Springs Valley The altitude of the site IS little less than 5000 feet. Since 1912 the old post has been occupied by the State Industrial School. permission having been granted by the IHterior Department in anticipation of the filing of the selections by the state.
 The post IS composed of fifiy-hve bull dings, most of which are still in fair
 shape. They are built around a parade
 ground 675 feet square. The land. part of which IS now under cultivation. is
 all considered susceptible to agricul-
 ture, there being good supply of wa ter from the nearby mountains