El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-23
ARIZONA MILITIA
RESENTS INJURY
Adjutant General Says Cut
in Appropriation Is Slap
at the Regiment.

Phoenix. Ariz.. Feb. 23.-The house
struggled today with appropriations
and finally Went into secret session for
threshing out the items relative to the
state institutions. \ protest had been
received from the adjutant general
over the decrease of the national guard
appropriation to $4,000. This was said
to be n slap at the men now on the
border. as it would render impossible
compliance with the war department
requirements and would ruin the regi-
mental organization. leaving funds for
only four companies.
Gov. Campbell returned to the senate
( today his veto of the bill eXempting the
Lowell estate from payment of the in
T heritance tax and returned without his
signature also a bill eXempting the
Lowell observatory from taxation The
former bill he stated. was unconsti-
tutional being special legislation.
Residents Of Wilcox sent a protest
against the medical examination of
school children. as something trespass-
ing upon their religious beliefs
Land Not Legally Sold.
a senate committee returned a re-
port of the attempted sale of the old
experimental farm near Phoenix 1t
declared that no sale could have been
made legally and that the university
utO eEEEu IN trying so 10 10 Inc Dill
permitting expenditure OF funds for ap-
praisement of lands offered as security
for state loans passed both houses I'm
der suspension OF the rules the senate
passed a bill reenacting as the state an
them the song Arizona" written by
Mrs. Frank Cox. and adopted by the
eIst territorial legislature. Two other
anthem bills are in the house.
Bills Introduced
Senate bills. BY Getchell, establish
Precipitation OF 800 00O. This is designed
to take the place OF the state smelter
bill. which has no show for passage
BY Claridge. regulating theaters with
respect TO immoral shows.
BY Whipple, for vocational training
in schools in conformity with national
legislation
BY Winsor-concerning disqualified
tion OF judges.
Many Bridge Bills.
Except the new structure at Winkel-
man. every highway bridge across the
ella river in Arizona has lost an ap-
proach or two. according to reports
made by legislators, who have intro
duced bills designed to connect a num-
Der OF isolated causeways with the
mainland.
one such bill appears sure Of passage,
that for extension Of the concrete state
bridge near Florence Another is TO
finish the bridge at Wellton, Yuma
county. though this structure had for
mai dedication by the governor last
year
Two expensive bridges across the
ella and san Carlos rivers at san
Carlos, built by the Indian bureau. still
lack approaches though the interior de-
partment has a congressional appro- /
priation OF 900 to fix things up. So
the legislature has petitioned the sec
rotary of the interior to hurry up
work. for the bridges are needed for !
travel on the highway that stretches !
from Ell Paso to Globe
Speed also has been requested in the !
building Of a diversion dam. with bridge Z
superstructure. across the ella near {
SacatOn-
New bridge Bill.
The latest bridge bill is one by .
Claridge. asking the state to help in .
lengtnenlng washed-out county
bridge across the ella at Stafford
Last year the most popular form Of f.
pork had the form of artesian well !,
bills One such state well. with $4,000
state appropriation was sunk a few
near Duncan, before the money gave
out This year it is proposed to sink
development wells on state lands in
Graham. Apache and Greenlee counties.
May Get $4,000.
Senator Ashurst has written senator
Whipple that Arizona may have $4,000
Of federal funds, conditioned upon Ger
tain instruction to be given in voca-
uOndi training, which the state already
encourages.
Paves Way For Division.
In past legislatures the hardest of
the fighting often was over a never
failing crop of county division schemes
This year the only approach TO such
warlike conditions is contained in a
bill Of senator Roberts providing that
in the event OF desired division there
need be favOrably cast only 10 percent
n the votes Of the old subdivision and
-wo-tnirds in the part soug-.t to be set
aside At present is stipulated Il favor
ing vote Of IS percent in the new sec
ton and 40 percent in the old. This
Dill is understood to be paving the way
FOR a division Of COchise county. with
he county seat presumably at Wilcox.
N the event Of success of a move now
IN foot to move the courthouse from
Tombstone to Douglas or Bisbee-
Probe Bill Favored.
The senate has given favorable con- ,
iideration to the Campbell bill for in
-estigation of state institutions by an
Expert committee, which hall report to
he next legislature. 1t is told there is
ar too much laxity in the purchasing
md OF almost every public institution
md that local traGesmen are favored
n the ordering of supplies in small lots
md at excessive prices
Defends State Farm.
Goodwin in the house stood as the
champion Of the state farm at Mesa
md prevented its loss of all sustaining
appropriations It was shown the sOlons
hat the farm is planned as a model
me, with beauty Of arrangement and
Of plants, as well as for the
more practical demonstration of the
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