Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-01-16
ton as you deem expedient to afford
proper relief

tion as you deem expedient TO afford
proper relief.
State Historians Work Completed
By June 30th. 1919, the office of State
Historian will have expended s56.7l2.55.
Eight volumes dealing with the early
history OF Arizona have been com
pleted. Sufficient data have been col
lected for four more volumes. This
data deals with affairs so recent that II
is impossible to estimate if it has any
historical value. 1t is equally impossi,
BILE FOR any one to know in what this
historical value consists and its com
parative Importance.
Under the circumstances. / must beg
leave to point out that, from the stand
point of historical interest, the work
of the State Historian has been com.
pleted. The cost of this department
has been $4,000 year. 1t asks for
$4,000 annually for the next bienni
UNI. / therefore recommend the dis
continuance of this department after
June 80. 1919 l would suggest further
/ that the existing records be then
turned over to the state librarian. part
/ of whose duties at the present time is
the filing and indeXinE Of material
that will be useful to historians in the
Years to come.
Weights and Measures Department
The weights and measures depart
ment has made certain suggestions adj
vocatins changes in the laws by which
it is governed. Aside from the salary
increase desired, the most important
recommendation are substantially rs
follows:
The extension of the department.
jurisdiction over all places in the state,
instead of, as now, being limited 10
towns, villages, etc, of not less than
nine hundred nor more than five thou
sand inhabitants. 1t is apparent that
under the above limitation only a
small measure of protection is afforded
as 4 large part of AriZona's population
is centered in rural and other outlying
districts
, Delegating to the corporation com
{ mission authority TO test the meters of
: public utility companies; and
The abolition of fees
r In connection with the latter recon-
mendation, it should be stated that the
fees from this office during the past
year amounted to only $75295. How
ever. it is not expected TO be self-sus-
tanning, but is maintained as q safe
guard to the buying public. l believe
that the changes asked for are sood,'
and, if made, would result in enlarged
and more efficient service
Apiary Inspection
The work of the apiary inspector is
. of undoubted value TO both the bee
man of Arizona and the state. In my
judgment, the work would be more ef-
1 fectively performed and better general
= results secured il it We're done under
the direction Of the commission of nor
ticulture. The small inspection fec
l imposed under the law has proved a
e greater source of irritation than its
value as an asset TO the revenues Of
the state would warrant For these
4 reasons l would recommend the pas
sage of an amendment TO the civil code
that would make the commission Of
g horticulture responsible for apiary in
spection and provide for the discon-
tinuance of the fee now imposed.
Departmental Reports Submitted
f In accordance with the requirements
i OF the statutes, reports have been sub
a mitted TO this office by the various dc
4 partments and institutions of the state
: These reports outline the expenditures
and activities for the fiscal year end
# ing June 80, 1918, and give estimates of
the probable financial requirements
II for the biennium beginning July l.
e 1919. They contain many suggestions
y some of which possess merit They
y are too extensive to permit Of their
!, being included in this message but I
q use this means of transmitting same
: to your honorable body.
Relief of Joseph F. Cloud
Your attention is called to certifi-
0 cate of Indebtedness. a certified copy
= now being in the possession of the
: state auditor, in which Joseph F. Cloud
= is given judgment against the state OF
n Arizona in the sum of s3,250.00 This
lie is a just AND legal claim against the
IS state of Arizona and report hereon l.
lie being rendered to you by the state
70 auditor.
n Emergency Matters
a. | have been able to present for your
N consideration in this message certain
Is problems TO which l have given consid--
d cradle thought and which, I feel, need
f. the attention of your honorable body
J. most imperatively.
ID From time to time during the session
le there will probably arise emergencies
IS requiring immediate action. In such
It, cases l will take pleasure in bringing
3 to your attention in special messages
Mt an outline of the problem TO be solved.
ID with suggestions as to the action that
of would, in my judgment, best serve the
re public welfare
in Building Possibilities
is With the conclusion of the war came
j. removal of the government prohi-
r bition OF private construction. For
+ nearly two years numerous enterprises
I'll have proceeded under an enforced re
at straint. 1t will follow naturally that
- the next two years will see an almost
lg proportionate increase in constructive
u activity. While the more timorous
he may wait the time of lower priced ma
terials and cheaper labor. there can bo
h, no doubt that the bigger returns vii
be accrue to those who seize the oppor-
ce tunity to progress at the flood of pros
es porous times and thus add to and in
lis crease general prosperity. and theil
t. own, to the extent of their expenditure.
tie and their confidence.
ng There are many insistent dema nd,
Tor new work, railroad construction
ed road building, residential structures
is manufacturing equipment-an hav,
ful been held in abeyance in order tina
ill governmental needs may be served
lis The satisfaction of these insisten
ID, structural demands. the need for whicl
of has grown more imperative as tim,
mt passed, will tend to stabilize price:
ed and those suffering from an excess o
IT caution will find that they will have
of lost largely by their delays, and tina
is there Will be propOrtionate reward f.
rk, the more courageous who have had tn,
If nerve to face the problems of the ia,
en as they arose, and have thus helped t,
We maintain a condition of general pros
We perity through which the entire com
e. munity profits.
General Condition of the State
No part of the world faces the futur
lat with such assurance of continued pros
ra perltV as Arizona Without ragarS 4