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GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
Gentlemen of the Council and Uie Jlouae a Hep
rattHtatiet :
lu compliance with custom nnd the law,
I now communicate to you such suggest
ions and information as seem projwr to ena
ble you to proceed intelligently with vour
Legislative business. Since tho last Legis
lature convened, the population, wealth and
industries of the Territory have rapidly in
creased; peace and order have, in the main,
been preiorved. ami the outlook for the fu
ture advancement has, at no period of our
history, lcen so encouraging. It therefore
devolves upon you, with renewed force, to
foster, with zealous care, every material in
terest; to enforce the most rigid economy;
to harmonize all conflicting interests, ami to '
worK in union to advance evory part of the
Territory, always remembering that each
suction is a part of the whole and as each
part is injured or improved, the whole is
delayed or advanced.
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KDl'CATION.
The education of the rising generation
has kept steady pace with the inrreaso of
population and wealth. For detailed infor
mation on this subject, I refer you to my'
reports to the Board of Kducation, copies
of which will bo laid before you. Accord
ing to the census taken in -May, 1870, there
arc in the Territory, between the ages of C
and 21 years, 2,9.15 children, of whom 1,401
are boys and 1,-lGl are girls, showing an in
crease over the year previous of 4 17. Of
this number, 1,157 have attended school, and
1,450 were returned a? able to rad and
write, making un increase of 542 who
read and write over the return of the
vious year. This is a very marked end yrat
ifying decline in illiteracy, and from the
present erliciency and prosperity of the
school system, a continued or ever greater
decline in illiteracy may confidently be
expected. The financial reports from the
several counties of receipts, and disburse
ments for school purposes for 1870 are not
completed up to the close of the year, hence
I am not able, at this time, to report the
same, but, will as soon as received, lity them
before you. Tlu total receipts from all
sources for school purM)cs during the vonr
1S75 were $2i759 02, making an increase
of $5,027 00 over the combined receipts for
the two previous years. The disbursements
woru $24,151 07, leiiig an increased expen
diture over that of the two previous years of
$11,740 50. This large increase of "revenue
has been found necessary to supply the con
stant demand for new schools, the numler
having increased from 0, as rejrortcd two
years ago, to 10, ami the same ratio for in
creased school facilities may be looked for
in the future as the country is developed
and jKjpulated. A tax of 45 cents on each
$100 is levied and collected on all the taxa
ble projwrty in each of the counties of the
Territory for school purposes, and a tax of
15 cents on each $100 is collected and paid
into the Territorial treasury for a like pur
pose. It is believed that the revenue refer
red to will be found nulficiont to maintain
the school system and provide for the con
stantly increasing demands upon it. After
watching carefully the picscnt school law
during the past two years, I am of the onin-
ion that, in the main, it meets the require
ments as well as any law that can be devised.
School laws, of all others, should be changed
as seldom as possible, for various reasons, of
which 1 shall mention: First, neatly all of
the jcople have more or less duties to ier-
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iorm uuiier uie law, ami suddtm or arbitrary
changes are liable to confuse; second, when
a law operates well, changes are dangerous
and rarely beneficial. In view of these facts
I would only recommend the law to be so
changed as to provide that a census f the
school children be taken biennially instead
of annually, and the school jvnr close Dec.
15th, instead of Dec. Hist. By the latter
change reports from the several counties can
be forwarded to the Seperintcndent of Pub
lic Instruction in time to incorporate them
in reports to the Legislature at the com
mencement of the session. The people of
the Territory are so strongly attached to our
public system, and so cheerfully contribute
the required means to maintain it, that it is
hardly necessary for me to admonish you to
guard well this sacred trust that is now con
fided to your filtering care. At home and
abroad the action of previous Legislatures
in enacting laws to establish and sustain
free schools, where the rich and poor can
obtain the rudiments of education, has been
looked upon with admiration. Hundreds of
Imivs and girls within our domain give grate
ful thnnki to those who have provided the
means y uiucn their young minds have been
enlightened, and they themselves are bcin
prepared for lives ol usefulness. The thou
ands more who arc following on, look to vou
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uwnmieiifc iiujH, mat wnue in vour
hands no blow shall be given that will in
junously effect their interests. The school
room is peculiarly an American institution
It is organized and kept free from sectarian
or political influences; the pupil is given the
ruuimcuis oi an education at least, am
proper moral instruction. This way, those
of all creeds and political views meet on
equal footing with no word spoken or thought
that can in the least bias or influence them
and by such association each one learns to
respect and love the oilier regardless of re
ligious or jwlitical diiTcrencc. When the
arc called upon the stage of action they will
carry with them the remembrace of their
school association, and this will preclude
uie possiuuuy oi such intoicrcncc, in conse
quence of an honest difference of opinion.
as inigni result ii each sect was educated bv
itsclt.
It is becomin
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ih. nilllliil lUIIVlUUIJIl. Will
the wisest and best statesmen the world
over, that to expect and to require the faith
ful performance of good citizenship the cit
izen must be given the advantages of i
common school education; after this has been
done upon his own action depends his future
life. It is evident that to accomplish this
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iumJu;L nunee, a common neutral
ground has been marked off while the fol
lowers of the cross and the crescent may
meet in union and harmony and learn the
lessons that will fit them for usefulness
without the sacrifice of a single principle.
To surrender this system, and yield to a di
vision of the school fund upon sectional
grounds, could oiily result in Uie destruction
of the general plan for the education of the
masses, and would lead as it always has
wherever tried, to the education of the few
and ignorance of the many. This propor
tion is so self-evident, and experience has
ever proved it so, that it does not require ar
gument. TEnniTOniAL.rENrTESTIAItV.
The last Legislature passed an act estab
lishing the Penitentiary at Yum, and au
thorized the issuance ot bonds to the amount
of $25,000, payable in five yeprs from the
date of issuance, and bearing interest at the
rate of ten per cent, per annum. Said
bonds were issued by the Territorial Treas
urer, October 1st, 1875. Immediately ther
after the Board of Prison CoinmUioiini
advertised in threo nevpiiwrs in the Ter
ritory for bids for the purihtwe of the I wild,
fixing the minimum price nt which they
would be sold, at 85 cents on the dollar.
A. Luther, of Sun FrancUco, prwsiinted the
only bid, arid thev were awarded to him, at
85.10 cent, which netted $21.2(15.82. This
sale was made in November, 1875, and
thereafter the Commissioners canvassed the
work of constructing the Territorial Prison.
For detailed information of its construction,
and an itemized account of its cost; refer to
the report of the Conunitmioneri, copies of
which will Ik? laid lnsAwe you. It will
seem from this reinirt, that two stone cell
have laen completed; also, a good adobe
building, containing two prison rooms with
barred doors and windows, ami it i estima
ted that sutlicient room has been prepared
to salely kep thirty prhmueni. Iu addi
tion to the mlmve rooms, others have also
been constructed .a kitchen, dining-room,
hall, room for guards, a room for the Sh
Hriiiteudeut, and an otliee. A good en
gine and boiler and 475 fet of pij Imw
been purchased. A reservoir for tin? Mipplv
of water to the prison bus Ircen constructed",
also a blacksmith-shop, which is furnished
with punch, derrick and shears for hoist
ing goods ad stone. The walls are
built upon a solid stone foundation, and
are 5 feet 0 inches in thickness nt the foun
dation, anil ! foet nt the first floor. In fact,
the whole work seems to have Iwn done in
the most .substantial manner, and the irisin
is considered bv tliose who have examined
it as secure a place for tlie confinement of
prisoners as can be found in most of the
older States. 1 am pleased to be able to
state that the money apjrojriated ror the
construction of the jvrlson has !een expend
ed in au economical manner, and for the
best intcrsets of the Territory, and I con
sider the thanks of the people are due to
the Commissioners for their services, hirh
they have given without pecuniary reward.
The Commissioners, in their rejwrt, ask for
a furthcr"appropriation wt your hands of
$20,000, and of the necesity of this appro
priation at this time, you mnst judge. If
you lclieve tlie room will be sutlicient for
the accommodation of tlte prisoners that
may reasonably Iki expected m the coming
three years, then this exense shall Imj saved
the people at the present time. On the
contrary, if it is thought that the room will
prove inadequate, then it will clearly Ik;
your duty to provide for the emergency.
To have good order and give security to life
and projerty, it is alTuteir neceiwnrT to
punish crime with reasonable certainty, "and
the completion of this prison affords the
first safe place for the coituetnent oi crimi
nals since the organizatiim of the Territory,
and its importance should commend your
mature thought ami judgement. fery
thing necessary should be provided to make
the prison secure ami of ample cajmcity to
accommodate all criminals. It should lie
placed ujHm the uutst reasonable bavis jks
sible. Preparations should jui made to give
the inmates employment, mid as far as jks
siblc make themselves wlf-susUining, and
due care should be given to their moral ref-
ormaiion. l recciveu a rejorL irom uie
Commissioners, dated October 2d, 1S70,
copies of which will lie laid before vou, con
taining a statement of the condition
and management of the priroaers, which
shows that there has leeii received into tlte
prison eight prisoners, one of whom has
been discharged, leaving seven at this time
in confinement. The prisoners have Wn
employed in agisting in the construction of
the building. The Heporl show the tital
expense of guarding ami maintaining the
ntnatcs, from May 1st, 1873, to June JJOth,
1S7G, tohnvu !cetr$S,022.l, and the future
exjcnse is estimated at $175 ec month.
The expenses, no doubt, have lwn lanje in
organizing ami systimatizing the manage
ment of the Penitentiary, in proportion to
the number of persons eared for than will
be required in the future; in fact, it re
quires about thesnme expense for employees
to guard one prisoner that it will require to
guard thirtv. 1 am sure that it demand
the seriirs of trusty men to jwrform these
duties, nnd although the prices mid tor
l:Uor have in some instancns see i m 1 :n ex
cess of th.ise paid for like services elsewhere.
yet I presume, under the circumstances, the
Commissioners Used discretion iu the prem
iscs. The law to provide for the erection
of a Territorial prison and for the confine
ment of prisoners therein should be amend
ed in several particulars. The mode of
electing the prison Commissioners by the
joint convention of the two Houses is clearly
in violation ot the Organic Act. Section
of said Act provide.: "That nil Townshio,
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otherwise provided for shall be apnointet
or elected, as the case may be, in ich man
ner a.s shall be provided by tlie Governor
and the Legislative Assembly of the Ter-
nil Fund, December 3tst, 1874, was $8;Jf0.-
58, and the receipts
December .list, 187(1
making a total ot
ImrscmcnU from
been 20,041.14, leavim; a balance on hand
bodied men. Hie latter Indians have since
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tfintc that time up to ; at ume comuuueu irequuui. u,m;.inui" i uvi"ww
! iiv. i-.n A'J o.tj 74 ! in isouth linstern Arizona, jjuii unuersiuuu . past hovcrcu
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;jli,f 10.O-. I he dis- iiimiciiimi mi i.miuunvMuui.... , . cntiiu mm men
the CJenentl Fund have I umler the command oi i.icuieii- , 3iexjc for eccl
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abated. In SciitemlHT last this renegade
lwnd went into the Stata or tJonoru and of
fered through a white man named Streeter
to make peitce In that State. The evident
intention of this treaty was to ;nakc pejjee
in Sonora so as to form a base of security
there to more effectually and severely raid
upon the frontier settlements in Arizona as
they lwwl done in Soaorn w hun located in Ar
izona, but to the credit of General Mariscal
the military Governor of that State such
termt only were offered as precluding the
I Mobility of such actios, consequently no
l)cen 4W.0JK.28, making a total of $11,501.08.
The diHlHirsementa from the School Fund,
lip to December 1, 1870, havobeon $0.22-1.-70,
luaving a balance iu the School Fund,
December 1, 1870, r $2,277.17, It i le
lieved that by the exercise of reasonable
economy, the rosea t tax of 25 oeata on
$100 of taxable jrojerty, vill bo sutlicient
to meit the current oxjwnses iuchuling
tliu interest on the prison bonds, additional
legislation is required to mora rigidly en
force tin collection of poll taxes but a vorv
small portion ol thia tax is colIeeM ami to j WHs concluded. It ie supposed by
tar as my ohstin-ation extends mtw or no j many that this Streeter is idm with the In
eflbrt is iuade to collect iU The 1 iw should dians and a directing their hostile move
either be enforced or repealed. Tho Terri-! mcnts. I would recommend to pftuish in
tory is in debt 25.000 for excuse incurred I famous conduct of this eharactrr, that a
in building a Territorial penitentiary. This ; ! S3, 3
IMC llllll '.tVaill 1IIIIU IIIIMI
aiding and alajtting hostile Indians either by
living among them or furnishing ihem muni
tions of war. The other Apaches have been
concentrn&l on the White Mountain reser
vation thuA owning to settlement a valuable
extent of country and greatly economizing
tho ospcnsTs for their control. J. P. Chun
who has charge of the agency bus shown su
perior qualification iutheir management
and if thciumaoe ami just policy he has
eimuguratd i coatinucd I confidently e.x
jMfct to sec these Itidians iu fow years self
sustaining, ami among tho most orderly in
the Territory. In my message to the Leg
islature of 1871 I used the following lan
guage: The Apache Indians have never manifested
the least disposition to live on terms of
H.tice until they had been thoroughly subju
gated by military jwiver au attempt to
compromise before they arc reduced to this
couditiou is accepted by them as an acknowl
edgement of wonkneis and cowardice.
I'lierefore my opinion is tlmt in Uie end it
iiidcbtoJnoss consists of 25,000 in bonds
issued Octobor 1, 1G75 taorim.' interest u,t
the rata of ten per cent, per annum, the
intoiest payable annually and the bonds
iiinturhig October 1. 18S0. A sinking fund
should be ravided at thw session of Uie
legislature to meet the jwymont of thes
IhukU promptly when duo. It is u subject
of pritre that tlw Territory has constantly
on hand a surplus aid. is able to pay every
demand on presentation. Ixst the strictest
economy 1m your rule of action and same
solrunt condition will be maintained.
THE IXSANH.
Under a contract mule by me in bolul
of the Territory with Drs. Laugdon ami
Clark of Stockton, California, the insane of
the Territory are maintained and cured for.
There are at tlie prosent time but two pa
tients iu the asylum. Tlie total expense for
their maintenance to June J0, 1S7C was
$-108 75. In a report to me dated October
28. 187S, tlie physicians in charge gave but I would lw economy to the Government and
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reaaou of either of the imlients. Under all
the circumstances thecautrart wo have with
Mon. Lnngdon and Clark is probably the
must economical and humane plan tiiat can
he adopted for maintaining our insane, but
as the asylum is located so far away, I would
suggest the propriety of authorizing the
Governor to appoint some competent jierson
living at Stockton to visit the asylum at least
quarterly to rxnmiae and report the condi
tion of tho patient their treatment, etc.
While T lelieve that thoe-o physicians liave
faithfully performed their luty to the pa
tients who hare been entrusted to their care,
still it seems but justice to those unfortu
nate people that a disinterested individual
should visit thcai at least once iu 11 months
MINUS AND MIKINO.
eeute the war with relentless yi-ror until
tliey are completely humbled and subjuga
ted. After which I believe it to Imj equuliy
necessary for the Government to be prepared
to accept and provide for tliem in their rola
tions towards the whites. Tliese Indians be
fore thev lay down tlieir arms depend to a
"reat extent uimmi thett lor their subsistence
and when this made of supply fails hunger
and sillier must ensue unless the Govern
ment is nreoared at once to assist them.
They should lie removed to a reservation of
such circumscribed limits that constant
w a tab could Iw kept over tliem, the reserva
tion it'stead of being held in common should
be divided into such reasonable subdivisions
as would give to each family a home and
the necessary land to grow the food they re-
iiiev should also be stimulated and
tie trouble has leeu experienced from the
outlaws who m years
, i . a
near the border to commit
escape acrot'S the line into
irity. A decided and severe
is the only one that will keep this
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placed at my disposal $2,00 to be used
for rewards in nrrestiiiiand punish
ing criminals I hare Mierer found it
necessary to use the full amount so placed
but the increase of business and consequent
increased transmission of money through
the mails, and "by express companies will nat
urally attract the cupidity of highway rob
bers to this Territory from other sections
and I deem it a prudent precaution to ;n-
crcase the appropriation set apart for; re
wards. If the money is not needed It will
not be used and if needed it canuot be ap
propriated to a better purpose. I am de
sirous if these fiends undertake to . ply
their nefarious vocation in Arizona that
they sliall learn that those who for years
braved a savage war with the Apache will
be found equal to the contest and ready
with a firm unrelenting hand to put down a
worse scourge to the human race. The
AjkicIics were wild men without education
or opportunities and therefore deserving of
sympathy, but tliese highwaymen have Iiad
the advantages of. Christian education aud
association and tho same energy they dis
play to obtaiu the property of others if de
voted to legitini'ite p'ursuita would enable
them to lead honorable and respectable lives.
While pursuing the vocations of theft and
robberry they are a scourge to civilization,
a disgrace to humanity and should beswept
from the face of tho earth as remorselessly
as the most ferocious wild, beast. I would
recommend that highway robbery be made
a capttaj offense punishable with death.
as at tlie present time. 2'cv discoveries arc
constantly being made and many valuable
mines have been devclojwd and "are being
successfully ojterattHl. Among the most
prominent of them I will mention the Silver
King, in Piual County: the Peck in Yava
jwt County, and the .McCracken in Mojnve
Connty. Indian ditliculties, high trntisKr
tntioti and scarcity of capital have greatly
retarded mining developments, but now -L
tlie Indians are mostly living at peace on
reservations, and railroads are tost approach
Tl. fit-A nf . f ouirc
encouraging in the historr of the Territory j arrf ,eu impnne au euiuvaie iueir ium
thotii to the t ml -tlmt they plant, cultivate
ami harvest their crops in due season and to
prevent thceriil disposed from joining ma
rauding hands to the great injury of our
jeoplc aifirjthc .veil disposed or their own
trilje. Time and exerieuce have more
thoronghrv jmfiraicd my views as expressed
at that time ami in fact I believe they fully
accord with the jwlicy of tho Government at
the present time. The experiments of es
tubliehinir schools anioncr tlie Indians have
rio i " rt n l
ing our lonIers both from the wist and the not .PrnTeU v.or? sCCC5Sll- '"c cnuuren
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ritorvof New Mexico. The Governor
should nominate a.id by and with the con
sent of the Legislative Council appoint all
officers not herein otherwise provided for."
The oflice of Commissioner is neither a
township, district, nor county ofiicc, there
fore the appointment must be made by the
Governor, bv ami with the consent of the
Legislative Council. Xo checks have been
provided to prevent extravagant cxpendi
tures on the part of the Commissioners. So
far as the present management is concerned,
l oclieve they have honestly and faithfully
endeavored to perform their duties; but
should n Hoard be selected who had more
regard for their private interests than for
the welfare of the Territory, as niiirht be
the case, great injury and expense might en
sue ticiore any power could prevent. I
would therefore recommend that the power
ic vested in some othce to examine and
audit the expenses incurred by the Commis
sioners before they arc paid. Under the
present law the Commissioners are not re
quired to rejMirt to any one. They should
be required to report annually to the Gov
ernor, copies of which reorta should be
laid before each Leidslulure. The nresent
law appears to make it mandatory unon tho
Commissioners to par the Suocrintnndi.nt
$150 per month and it has so been con
strued bv them. It should rend, "that a
salary ot not exceeding $100 per month be
paid. There is a bill now pending in Con
gress to appropriate $150,000 towards the
construction of a Penitentiary in this Ter
ritory. As it has been customary for the
Government to build prisons for the Ter
ritories, lit seems but hist that this bill
should be ennctud into a law without de-
ay, and I would sur"est that vou memo
rialize Congress upon this subject.
TKHKITOUIAI. KIXAM-KS,
tVs exhibited bv the Reports of flic Territo
rial Auditor, which will be bull before you
with their respective statements, it will bo
seen that the amount ou hamlMu the Gcno
west, capitalists
opportunity to make investments in mine.
I confidently believe that those possessed by
Arizonans Rill excel in the product of the
precious metals any other State or Territory
in the Union.
AOr.ICTl.TUUAt. AND OIlAZtXfl.
The above industries have been enlarged
and advanced during the past two years.
The yield of agricultural products has" been
satisfactory and and the prices secured for
the same have been rcrjonahly remumera
tivc. In a large portion of the Territory
it is necessary to irrigate the land by means
of artificial ditches and it is incumbent
uiion vou to inset such laws as will mete
but a few hours at schcol room while the
balance of the time is spent with their peo
le wh,we no stimulus is given to continue
their studied or to practice speaking any
language cxte.pt their native tongue. I am
of the opinion that such number of chil
dren should la? selected from the tribe as tlie
appropriation for education will permit and
taken to some convenient locality as near
the reservation as possible to le instructed
to rend, write and speak our language that
their parents lie permitted to visit them at
stated times and thev should lc allowed- to
return to their people for briof periods dur
ing vacation and as soon as they attain suf
ficient usre Lc stimulated to become teachers
oui equat justice to all, ami at the same j 0f their own people or to learn some useful
time so economize the use of water as to do
the most possible good. The llocks and
herds of cattle, horses and sheep have in
creaied at least fourfold during the last two
years and stock raising has now become one
of the most profitable and leading indus
tries. The question of fence law or no
fence law, has become therefore a topic of
discussion and of considerable interest to
the jieople. I am of the opinion that a
law requiring crops to be secured by good
fences should be enacted for the reasons that
stock raising of the two, is the predomin
ating interest; and the farmer when once
he has his fields secured by a fence will be
amply compensated for his labor not only
by having his crops secured from his own
stock but also because of the greater econ
omy he can practice in the management of
his fields. That the change may not be op
pressive .to any one by its suddenness, I
would recommend that the law be passed
to take effect at some future day, givins
the farmer time to fence without making
too much sacrifice. The industries of agri
culture and stock raising have now advanced
to such importance that t believe the hold
ing of an annual fair at pome central point
in the Territory for the comiietition and ox
hibition of our manufactures and products
would prove of great benefit to the people
1 call 3'our attention to this subiect with
the hope that you will enact a law for the
encouragement of this enterprise.
THE INDIANS.
Wc have enjoyed comparitivc peace with
the Apache Indians during the past two
years. I p to the spring ot 1S7C constant
complaints were made by the authorities
and people of Sonora concerning raids made
by tne Chiricahua Apaches, into that statu
resulting in the murder of a large number
of people and the loss and destruction of a
great amount of property. This condition
of affairs existed from the time these Indians
were placed on the reservation in 1872 until
tne spring ot lsio and was a constant source
of mortification to me and a disgrace to the
nation. At the latter date the Indians mur
dered two men on their reservation and one
man on the Sun Pedro. Upon application
from Washington for mv advice as to what
disposition should be made of them 1 ad
vised that they should be removed at once
ither to the Hot Springs reservation in Xew
Mexico or to the San Carlos reservation in
Arizona as might be found best. The latter
llace was selected and the removal ordered.
under the management of J. P. Clum. A
leaccablc removal was effected of all thcln-
ians except two hundred men, women and
hildrcn including about thirty five able
industry. By adopting this plan their ad
vancement iu education would be insured,
their knowledge of and sympathy with their
people would lie maintained and all who
proved worthy would be possessed of a strange
desire to imnart the kaowledire thev had
obtained and thereby become the strongest
instruments to lend the whole tribe to
higher and mora useful life.
ItAIUtOAUS.
Since the last session of the Legislature
considerable progress has boon made in the
building of railroads towards onr Territory;
It is now confidently expected that the
Southern Pacific Railroad will be completed
Irom ban Francisco to 1 uma bv March 1st
of the present vear. It is contemplated bv
the company to diverge at the same point
on the desert and build a line to a point on
the Colorado river at or near the Needles
and then to push forward the construction
of both of these lines as fast as circumstan
ces will pormit, thus affording two lines of
linos of Railroad, and accomodating the
last growing trade ot rsortlicrn and Central
Arizona, and also of Southern Arizona and
Sonora, aud when completed to the seaboard
oi the Atlantic uoast, atlordmg communi
cation across the continent over easy grades
below the snow line. The Texas Pacific
Railroad Company havo a bill before Con
gress, asking a guarantee from the Govern
ment for the payment of the interest of their
bonds to complete that road, aud no doubt,
if such bill is passed, the company will push
its road to completion through Arizona as
speedily as possible. But in any event the
outlook is now encourageing for the con
struction of at least one Itailroad through
Arizona at au early day. The effect this will
have upon the developemcnt of resources
and the stimulation of trade will be magical;
capitol will flow into the country without
stirt; cheap couimnuication nnd transit
will afford facilities for developing with
profit our immense mining interests; stock
raisers with nbuudnnt ranges where the
snow never tails will find ready sale for their
beef and mutton to supply the market of
New York or San Francisco, and the Terri
torv which will soon become a state will
awake from lethargy to life and prosperity.
To accomplish these results as speedily as
possible, it will be your duty to render all
possible assistance and encouragement to
any and all railroads, seeking to penetrate
Arizona.
CMMK.
Considering our extended frontier, border
ng on the State of Sonora, we have been
fortunate in exemption from crime and vio
lence during; the last two years, Very lh j
WAG OX KOADS, TELEGKAl'ir AXD iUZI.
KOUTES.
Next to the importance of railroads for
the advancement of a new country are good
wagon roads for the easy and cheap convey
ance of supplies and products of the
country, the transmission of thought
with tne speed ot lightning and con-
vcnient man iacililics trom one to every
portion oi the ierntory. ihere is a laree
extent of country east of the Verde and
north of the Gila river containing an im
mense mining field, extensive agricultural
resources, and large forests of various kinds
of timber; wagon roads and better mail
facilities are essential to the propensity of this
section and would greatly advance the whole
Territory Mohave county is also much in
need of better mail facilities. The larger
portion of that rich and growing country
has no mail communication and to transmit
letters from there to the Capital usually re
quires as much time as to communicate with
2Cew York City. The rapidly increasing
business requires a daily mail on the two
great east and west thoroughfare to wit:
From Messilla or the terminus of the
Southern Pacific Railroad and from Al
burqucrque to Los Angeles, I would ear
nestly recommend that you ask Congress
for aid to build necessary wagon roads and
for increased mail service. The military tel
egraph has been found of great benefit in fa
cilitating 31ilitary operations and the trans
action of business for the people. The
low rates established for sending dispatches
has enabled all classes to use the line and
confirms the fact that cheap telegraphy so
increases the business that the owners of
the telegraph arc better compensated than
by charging a high tariff.
THE TEHUITOItlAL "LIJlItATT.
There are at the present time In the Ter
ritorial Library 1000 volumes of law books,
300 volumes of statutes, 100 volumes of
patent ojKce reports, 500 volumes of Reports
and 300 volumes of miscellaneous books,
making a total of 2200 volumes estimated
to be worth S.2Q0. Considering the aire of
the Territory the library is very creditable to
it. Wc receive from some of the States,
reports of the supreme courts in exchange
for our statutes, ivhile many others will duly
exchange in kind. I belive it would be the
most economical method of obtaining the
reports of the Supreme courts from the
several states and Territories to authorize
and provide for the publication of the de
cisions of the Supreme court of this Terri
tory. . . TKADIXG LEGISLATION.
I desire to call your earnest attention to
the pernicious practice of legislation based
upon combination or trading, wherebv a cer-
uuu numueroi meiuoers agree to pass an
act providing they receive as compensation
the passage of another act. By this sys
tem laws are liable to be enacted injurious
to tho general welfare that never would be
entertained under .other circumstances.
A measure of real merit for the gcnei
benefit will safely rest upon its own basis
while a doubtful injurious measure can only
be passed through by this system of bad
practice, and such legislation coming to my
knowedge will lead mo to doubt the pro
priety of the passage of laws enacted in
tins manner.
RE10KT OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.
Your attention is directed to the report
of the Adjutant General whose suggestions
m the mam, I cordially endorse. As stated
in said report the amis heretofore received
and issued were distributed among the peo
ple tor their protection, ana seven years
of constant use in a rough frontier life has
so far depleted the stock of serviceable
anus that probably not one-tenth of those
originally issued tiro fit to be used. The
necessity for arms at central points iu the
'.territory to be kept on hand for sudden,
emergency has for some time been appar
ent and I therefore addressed a communi
cation to the Hon. J. D. Cameron Secre
tary of "War, August 15, 1S76, making
requisition for GOO stand of Springfield mus
kets to be used in arming militia . com
panies and received in reply a communica
tion dated Oct. 24, 1S7G, accompanied with
a blank bond for me to sign in behalf of
the Territory, which bond pledges there
turn of said arms on payment for the same
at such time as the Secretary of War may
designate. Not having the. authority of,
law givop mc tq bind the Territory to thus,:
i T 1
airrceuicuu x u&vu uei
: t . .i
ill LliW Mi;llK3W uuu n
,u .. . .
taice tne matter into cob
.i " T rn'i-
as possible. X have a!
requests for arms to sa
! mmnfinvgn til ti "D.
. county and another at
district In Pinal countv a.
n.irh of thd counties nf Hi
' ganizc one or more niUitii i
as the arms are reeeir
suggest that yoa enact aj
l i:.r c .1 -
tie-u&tbat their care and t.'
be assured. ii
ANNEXATION OF ORASIct
KX,.TO A Els
(The people e ftraitreot
liavo ejeprosseoVwith gn
sire to bo annexed to aa4r
this Territory- Thsy aiu'
other reasons, the spJ
and their exccutioBvhlti"
to tho wisdom oi our lav. g
and intort-curstt lvoa
sunt I v InctTaslBir.and I&L'
tion desirable. itseenuU-o
ploof that locality are to,
to which government tbtj.
a3 a cliango of territorial k"
tnent. I have bean agjutf1
appointed ty toe peoj4t i
call your attention to tk
none iiuil tiki wi
upon tno subject.
AJlEXDitEXTS TO TBI
fT"l. T T t i . . .
actions may oe comruernei
ot indebtedness ouanorni
wares and JiKirehanilLst- rf
uun in 1UIT.U, 19 'SHUMiraM
Ofinn lot niirl Hliimtlzi Ttrv
intention nt tho i wwiii
length of time- at twt r'
I I a X' MAWinr. niiA.r.'
11.11 3 , U. SUVU1U 13 tiSlNiW
days.
Tho law oT exemption d
ertyy except that used fort
uiuiis. snail do shduh
i r,. I - i . .
tlift AiitirA spiuntmn tJC,-
-' I -" - - w . u.
hi;.. 1. j.i l -
its own foundation, zai ppt
ior inc protection tne l
nronertv it has aenuired.
nie registry law stioaa
designating a. registering sis.
i 1 1
ume ror so doine shouW l
who " piJi ii UJCVKflWl
The law for taking tbetj.
cnanced dv niacin tr tne
iuuaua diamittLi ill kirc x
iii ui u mir anu. just eewarr
entire Territory. Am tU-fe
local rivalry is liable iblti
uis-iaiiaiacuuu.
Everv Dossiblo eneouna
hn n. in st nnd .saJnLarv iKr
limited amount all heads j i
taxaiton during the first ywT
.. 1- o , 1 o
ainenuea so as wmoro ciev..
uon to oo nam into iu
The law for canvassinc-
more clearlv defined, and c
provided, to prevont thec-v1
nfTni-4f f wrn f lucrum t n e lt
nnon frivolous teehmcalak
unc law proyraing ior tv ,
establish a uniform otSciik;
Viointmonts nhocld. ba-tini
fc. 1 ill Ul IUD JWWBi
iietiessarv for the convenkrn.
-injs bemitne last raes-.
to the Xeeislature of Ariio-1
braeo t?.'iis onportunity tomr
inanKs to tne people ot isa:c
I. mi-la rwn T nHttmieu
...... i .u4j. & m&omcsjk i
Tl rtrMTiT-r rsVAwnr. .nth
freouent tlepredktions aidi-ii
l r n.t.A l .im :
nuc. iiiu lansuiN iub ibl
fusion, and no att-emptw,
. n ir nrr. -.ri. v . . ihi
... ...r.:,! i.i . .v. . 4 -
poverty and distress : rt aa. t
vu -,vr j uiit -f-Biu tua
now soon his turn woulrt. r
brnf lir TiAtftihrii- ni- fria r
ana bloody grave, iiv-the
1 t
uavo uecn niauc. ow,
ceptions, wo are on terms-
with tha .-vpache Indians
pat three years has been air
cure from'inarauding bani
and willing obedience is jjr
We are out of debt, excej.fr.
Tvfnifnnfiarxr nmi 'nrn a en -
iuverv district in thsTerre.
are sutlicient children, is &
irood f riG-sohooL Manv stir
r . . . r-
oeen erect eu mat wouia aoe s
iuent reijrn throughout tlieT&t
'Without nssnmlncr in r..
any credit for these eratf
Territory and to all its vvtt
lmmrrla- anil if in tha rrtt
this ooitHrt i nave errea. i
snfftir nv fr. hau iuwn fin prrsil
ana not ot ucsign. e
Gentlemen of the Leci-ii,.
examine his own heart Me
proaches tho work with a virt
as to aid tho DrosDcritv of r
lorv. vast asiuu an romrw"
lf wl.M .f..innt a.wl
nnnthorho vnnr rnl of actio!.
narn finihvl vnnr Inhnr. nt13
. . . . .
in Tnuini ir. i in. rwfirui aiarii
- " z -...
flnm thA nmisn or rvAVinf .
servants.
rClr-nn.11 A T T W
Tucson, A. T., Jan, 1st, 1
it
The advertisements in a w
They are the map of a hufth
ltr. fliA tnf.nl Tiinm. onn 11 .
rtnlnmna OWIO v.7aH.M "
town, its commerce, its boa,
1
cniues oi sioreKcepers, lis i
most every case he can eatir
ter of the men who are seBcn
ace. xuc auverusiuK !-:
. n .nn M J A . . . ....... i rvm '111
. j i . r . u . v. v . . i . i
Dusmess contession oi me u
UiLUU JL IA.1Uq viiu u-juiwm-
of one man, it is freightei
thoujrhis of a hundred. 6toL
For to guard against anyJ.
nt the installation ccretnc
I rn tii nrnnn
caused large timbers to be ,
distances from each Other r 1 "
der tho Masonic hall, so &
bo entertained, by those R
will drop through the floor.
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