Weekly journal-miner., 1919-02-19
ARIzoNA'S FINANCIAL SPREE


 Legislators of Arizona appear to be infected with the same financial extravaganza that recently has prompted to plan spending in the fiscal year ten billions of dollars Not day passed but filters from the state house of newly planned expenditure
 This this year ed burdens for the citizens of this State.
 Already plans appropriations reached large figure and the legislature has been twentysx days Pro- posed appropriations of the future will be larger they of include the general appropriations bill for all State agencies for the years.
 The mania for spending have taken hold of each member of satisfied onining themselves necessary expenses they their imagination loose find measures carrying appropriations
 And topping all proposed the wdey-heraded bill to issue thirty millions in bonds build
 Here just partial list of appropriations already proposed of which passed of which have defeated many of which still under consideration
 To provide expenses for, current legislative session.
 To appropriate $36375 covering deficit in the State law library
 provide for burial of exsoIdicrs sailors and ma rines and their relatives dependents
 To appropriate $500 for copyghtng publishing To provide $500 relief for the governors office
 To create board of charities and appropriate $oOoo for its expenses.
 To provide $24OO relief for auditors office. To State highway department appropriate funds for a halfdozen State employees.
 To appropriate $OOOOO exterminaon of predatory mas. To provide $1OOO0 to encourage drilling for oil. To appropriate $15O0O for the Northern Arizona fair
 To appoint and compensate deputy reporters.
 To increase salaries of superior judges
 To care of orphans and approp funds for the commissions expenses etc
 To appropriate $8263 deficit in the appropriation for this years automobile license tags
 To appropriate $4S225 for business houses of Wilcox
 To provide moneys of undetermined amount for the Arizona Soldiers Settlement
 To appropriate $255O95 relief the board of trustees of the Northern Arizona Normal school
 To appropriate $0000 soldiers in New York City, To appropriate $2OOOO bridge Oak Creek Yavapa county
 To raise the salaries of various county officers
 To appropriate $25O relief Phoenix printing house
 To provide $1OOOO for erection of Luke memorial
 To appropriate $250OO0 for a miners hospital
 To appropriate hafmion dollars sustain State ust1- tons for the remainder of this fiscal year.
 To raise the salaries of State legislators.
 This is partial list; the measures are netoous others less worthy many other introduced carry special appropriations and other appropriations proposed But list enough show twentyx days the egisa ture has planned eXtrawagant spending of State funds
 If they add to this the general appropriations the pro- posed thirty millions road bond ssue laying aside other posed appropriations the burden the people State will be than excessive. It will taxes money which normally would be available reconstruction and xpan sion of business Nobody would complain expenditures necessary and legitimate.
 What hurts feeling that money is being needcssl ap. proprated is being oolly spent wasted that the tax payers will have to foot these bills.
 Where'is this of thing end? The money found doesn't grow bushes It of the pockets the people
 Money that ought be spent improving mines and tries paying wages and making farms productive being diverted to all of eNravagance proposed conducted by persons with theories, who do have the bills
 The people of Arizona haven't yet realized what being