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COCHISE REVIEW : SATUEDAY EVENING. JANUARY 26. 1901 fr I. ! w v W," GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE Read in Person Before the Legislature on Monday. A Surprise. The Governor, in person, read his biennial message at two o'clock Tues day afternoon to the two houses With ered in the assembly chamber, as is usual. The occasion was made one of social importance and the floor as well as the gallery was crowded. The message, delivered in the direct, forceful, non-oratorical manner that distinguishes Governor Murphy's pub lic utterances had a number of features far at varianco with the usual stereo typed messages of the territory's executives. Perhaps tho most revolutionary of the recommendations contained was one that counseled the enactment of a high-license law, through which com munities might be authorized to voto whether or not licenses shall be grant ed therein. "I do not believe that pro hibition prohibits," tho Governor an nounced, "and legislation in advance of public opinion is never enforced. The same is true of gambling and games of chanco and I recommend the repeal of the law now on our statute books licensing gambling and that municipal governments be invested with authority to Ox penalties and reg ulate their occupations. It may be a long time before tho people will de mand ih supression of gambling in Arizona but it is proper no.v to stop giving notice to tho world through our statutes that it is authorized by law." Ono of tho strongest sections of the message concerned the territorial prison at Yuma Tho conditions at Yuma are declared to be verging on tho intolerable. Tho Governor de clared it the duty of the legislature to order tho construction of a new and modern prison, capable of containing at least 500 inmates. The location he leaves to the wisdom of the legislature, but it should be at some point where a sentence at hard labor may bo enforced with a degree of profit to the territory. The recommendation of Territorial Auditor Vickcrs that a seperate main tenance tax should be provided in tho prison is concerred in. The Governor calls for a more Btrin ent investigation of personal property schedules and stated that the great corporations and the wealthy mine owners too often evade bearing their just proportion of the cost of main taining the government that protects them. If the value of railroads rise on the market there is no reason why the valuation for the purposes of taxation should not be raised. Tho contention made by the railroads that they would pay more per mile than in states where tho ratos of taxation is lower would be removed if a fuller assessment of prop erty were had throughout tho terri tory. Either the profits of mines or a proper value upon dividend paying mines should be assessed. "There is no possible justification in permitting great producing mines to escape con tributing to the revenues of the terri tory. It is frequently stated that mines worth $100,000,000 in Arizona, and which pay interest to their owners on that amount, do not pay taxes on a valuation for all their property, real and personal, of $2,000,000. This is wroug and in no way can the proposi tion bo defended that great riches in gold, silver and cnppor dug from Ari zona ground and distributed in divi In the enbt and in Europe should not b taxed in some form within the terri tory. The Governor recommends that Bo irds of Equalization be vented within tho power to assess mines, as well as railroads. Assessors should be the best men on the county olllcial lists and should be most liberally paid for their services. Tho question of conflicting range rights, especially concerning the re lations between tho sheep owner and cattleman, is given extensive consider ation. The Governor states: "It is manifestly unjust for droves of sheep which have grazed undisturbed upon their raises in tho northern part of tho territory tho greater part of the year, to bo driven south during the short winter months in such a manner as to invade and destroy in a largo de gree cattlo ranges, whether they are merely possessory or titled. It is equally unfair and unjust for the cattle grazers of tho south to interfere with and try to destroy tho sheen industry of the north. This question," continues tho Governor, "is likely to become nioro acuto under tho evident policy of the government to create forest re seserves, with the object. It is thought, of excluding grazing, for tho hotter protection of tree life and water sup ply. Should these reserves bo ex tended in tho northern part of tho ter ritory and now ones created in the southern foothills of tho Hradshaw mountains and tho Verde and Salt River basins, as I hear is contemplated, and grazing excluded within theso area", tho interests of both tho cattlo and sheep men will, in my judgment, b seriously affected, and tho question of ran go rights will becomo still more dllllcultof solution, and in this respect there seems to bo an apparent conflict bntweon tho grazers and tho agricul turists. In this connection. I recom mend that you adopt a strong mem orial to tho Interior Department at Washington, petitioning that grazing o permitted within forest reservations whtro tho water does not shed into t'io stream that furnish water for irri ynion. No important industry should t e injured or destroyed for puroly son ' t'cntnl reasons and where no possible njury can result to any othor in- ustry." Statehood is urged as a right and tho egislaturo is asked to give its support and influenco toward securing passage t-y Congress of an enabling act. It will bo necessary to hold a constitutional convention and to modify some feat ures of the Constitution passed by the convention of twelve years ago. The passage by the legislature is urged without delay of a strong memorial to Congress upon tho subject of statehood for Arizona. The report of the commission ap pointed under tho provisions of an act of the legislature for the codification of tho laws of Arizona as is submitted without recommendation savo that the report be adopted without, material change. The territorial officers are entitled to consideration for the stable and conscientious manner in which they have performed their duties. A thorough inspection of official" work and the conduct of all public institu tions is invited. Concerning the Board of Control, it is advised that the Governor and Auditor be taken from tho Board and that it be composed of hereafter of throe citizen members. The work of the Capitol Commission is especially recommeded. The Gover nor's words are: "It is doubtful if a public buliding has ever been erected anywhere in the country with such thoroughness and honesty." A public and formal Capitol dedication is re cammended. Attention is called to the report of the Superintendent of Public Instruc tion Long, covering the work of edu cation among the 21,000 school children enumerated by the last school census of the territory. Praise Is given tho management of the University and the Normal schools. The creation of a Territorial Board of Health is favored, with a Territorial Health Ollicer at Its head. A strong chapter is devoted to con sideration of the water storage prob lems now being wrestled with in Mari copa county and recommendation was made that if bonds be issued for dam building they be put under the en dorsement of tho territory and bo favored with the benefits of tho Terri torial Funding law. Primary election laws and precinct registration, ropeal of the poll tax law, rehabilitation of the National Guard and ample support for its administra tion, exhibits at Buffalo and St. Louis, the compiliatlon of the history of Ari zona, and measures for sending vicious youth to Whittier or some similar re formatory institution are among the recommendations. The whole message is summed up in ono sentence: "Arizona has advanced rapidly during the biennial period and our people have reason to be proud of the progress made." GRAND I Bisbee Opera House, February 14, '01 Prof. Corson gives a Bon Bon party, first and only one given in this Territory. The Bon Bons will Le fur nished at the dood free. Grand March at 9 p. m Graham & Schmidt's orchestra. All the latest dances Good time. Admission, ladies 25c; gents 51. COME ONE 1 COME ALL ! 444440 uieap uam aiore CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES Fresh Fruits, of all kinds re- toivuu uuujr. tviues, J-illjuuia, a and Cigars, Goods delivered free a Aledigovich & Nobile I I. W. Wallace : : AGENT AND BROKER Bisbee ... Arizona Revresen ting Mining Prop erties. Real Eetate Bought and Sold. Money Loaned and Invested. Giaconovich & Co. & Groceries Life Protection $1000 to $10,000 The call or death assessment plan, even by its most prominent original ad, vocates, is generally admitted to be ono of mistake. The remedy is a re serve. Tho question to be decided is, when can this be best applied to rob in-, creasing assessments of power to work disaster, to avoid the greatest failure j in history, and to make our enterprise the grandest achievement for mutual ' aid and protection. Certainly not I when an order has become old, and the ' young and healthy are rapidly desert ing, and those who remain have all they can do to pay current losses. It is then too Jato to begin to make provisions for tho future. The time to begin is when the order is young: when the death burden is light; in other j words, by commencing right. It is for tho purpose o f putting into practice, not a theory, but a demonstrated ne cessity that a reasonable reserve should be accumulated, that the United Mod erns were organized. This is the ex cuse for its existence and will prove its lasting success. United Moderns differ ' from the usual fraternal beneficiary I order in 'hat its collection rates are I equated so as to avoid an increase of I cost in lato years. To occomplish this result the collection In the beginning ' is slightly In excess of cost at the be ginning, and the surplus carried and , improved by interest as a reserve for a ' day when tho cost will exceed the col-, lection. The collection rate of the United Moderns has been carefully i prepared and is scientifically correct. I It is based on tho mortality experience of tho past and the old line companies, ' and is capable of a demonstration that ' the rate is sufficient in amount to give i a safe protection and to avoid an in crease of cost; and of an equal de monstration that, such a collection is absolutely necessary in order to per petuate the very existance or life not only of our order, but of any other order. M. R. Harlan, general organizer of the Territory, for this order, is now in Bisbee, and is accompanied by Messrs. F. W. Howard and A. C. Hester, two experienced co-workers for tho Mod erns, and either of these Gentlemen will be glad to meet with and explain j the plan to anyone desirous of becom ing more familiar with the principles of tho Order. Contributed. i Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Fruits and Confections. -BREWERY AVENUE New England Kitchen . . . Open Day and Night Short Orders a Specialty Meals served to families and parties. flain Street Whitehead & Marchell, Proprietors. GEO. C CLARK, K. M. C. W. MITCHELL Southwestern . Engineering VNli Assay Office w Examinations and reports made on mining properties. Designs furnished for a.l kinds of mining and milling plants Assays made in Dupli cate, 60 cents a metal. Qualitative and quantitative analyses made of any mineral substances. Surveys of Patents in Arizona and Mexico. E. HOWELL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Estimates ol Buildings Furnished OFFICE: J. H. JACK LUMBER COMPANY NOTICE. Ofllco of the Board of Supervisors, Jan. 10th, 1901. All persons wko huvo warrants for claims of 1000 now in this otllco will please authorize some person to sign for thorn other than tho clerk, as I do not sign for any person, and get tho same us tho money is in tho Treasury to pay all claims for 1000. James F. Duncan, Clerk Board of Supervisors. r 1 da nmi mi Town ,1. I. DrtKllUlVl Transfer j Baggage and Express Handled With Care. ! Leave orders with S. K. Williams. Tel. No PETE HANSEN Beer Garden Ono mile below town in the Cool Cot ton woods. Call once and you will ulwnncotno again. Mining Outfit For Sale. A common senso whim, rope, buck ets, windlasses and rope, truck and car, wator-pipo; complete blacksmith out fit, mining tools of all kinds, tents, etc. If taken as a whole it can be had at a bargain. Apply to I. W. Wallace. tf. 1-12. BISBEE CASH FRUIT STORE Ice Cream and Soda Water Sweet Cream, Confections, etc. Ice Cream Parlor. Geo. Dorflinger Prop. Wallace Building. mwmmmmmMmimmMm M. Diamond & Bro. DRY GOODS, CLOTHING HATS AND SHOES. Main Street Formerly the Can Can Restaurant. We find that we still have left, after our very successful sale a few very fine ladies tailored made suits. To dispose of them at once we will sell them at the regular sale price which means One-half Less than the usual prices. Come and look at them. Also a few mens' $18.00 ready made suits which we will sell at $10.00 a suit. These suits are beau tiful an'd perfect in every detail. 3K: Diamond Bros. Formerly the Can-Can Restaurant ttwwmwmmwmwmm vs? J. B. ANGIUS & GO. General Merchandise Main St. Bisbee, Arizona 99 HTy Wif 'tSt: ZZil&ii'-''7"7"'''-'' "''''vl BISBEE rE Boot and $boe Store Dry Goods and Gents' Furnishings. Stationery, Etc. Just received a fine line of gents' suits, and up-to-date Stetson hats. M. BLEWETT. &iS!'g'2i;2!J2!?.?.!2. 'Ssi's'''? H"H rt i fit f-f-HH-H-H-f-t-H- Union Meat Market1!"! Bakery and PHOENIX Beef, Veal, Mutton, Pork, Lamb and Sausago a specialty. BREWERY AVENUE, BISBEE H H i f-M-H-H-H t t Bread, Pies and i Cakes t I WEDDING CAKES t on hand or to - ORDER a .Specialty 4; I U. S. COURT COnniSIONER, CORONER b NOTARY PUBLIC. CONYEYANCER j S, K, WILLIAMS I JUSTIGE OF THE PEACE Stenographer and Typist always ut hand aud dictations taken at hotel or residence If desired Charges reaso ablo and services prompt and accurate. Dubache Building 8rett Money Loaned. Rents Col- ) lected on Commission. General Real Estato Busidess Transacted. ) Ilouses for Rout. Income w Property for Sale. Property of $ all kinds bundled on commission ri& fg-s , iei(S(S,3 j -i e WSey-" r s ? "O o . ISS?1 "5 ? ,V.V-V.VAVAV.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.VV.VVVVV-VV.VVVAV I Bisbee Transfer & Express I COMPANY TO ALL PARTS OF TOWN DAY OR NIGHT E. B. MASON, PROPRIETOR TELEPHONE 24 BISBEE REAL ESTATE COMPANY 5 I Ifc DI5DEL KEAL LSI AIL LUMntM g fc Rents Collected. Property Looked After Money Loaned. S Sj RESIDENCE TELEPHONE 20 WVWVVWWVAWiVWiVVV.VWWUVWiVViVSAiSSWi: mm !" .. jfcrv.'i &&