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Show THAT ARIZONA STUIP. Commissioners Lund and Woolley Return From tTheir Mission. From Thealt Lake Herald. Commissioners R. C. Lund and E. D. Woolley, who were appointed some time ago by Governor Wells to negotiate with the government of Arizona relative .to the annexation to Utah of what is known as the Arizona strip, returned from their mission yesterday. While. they were only partly successful in the object of their visit, both gentlemen expressed ex-pressed themselves as having been hospitably treated. "The motto of Arizonans," said Mr. Lund, "was more territory, in-. stead of lss domain. There was a decided ntiment against ceding -one inch of the tevritorv to Utah, and so far as annexation was con-cerned, con-cerned, the mission was un-ucc.y ful. Slill, one thing was accomplished. accom-plished. The people pi Arizo-u; promised faithfiilly to protect the people residing on the strip in question. ques-tion. As a result, justices of the peace and sheriffs are being ap? pointed so that in the future the people of this state may not suffer from the heretofore neglect of the Arizonan authorities in failing to supply the territory north of the Colorado canyon with proper-peace officers;" The commissioners first called upon Governor Franklin, who was decidedly opposed to ceding any portion of the territory to Utah. To repeat his reply: "Gentlemen, I do not think your mission will be successful. We think so much of Arizona that we will be unwilling to let any part of murder case occurring cost the county not less than $10,000. Wrhen it is taken into consideration that it is a very sparsely settled ..country that sort of business would soon bankrupt the county. The people in this section then joined in a petition pe-tition to their legislative assembly at Phoenix asking for segregation and annexation to. this state. The district, as is well known, has been absolutely without promotion. Perhaps once a year the s .crirfof cither county, in his capacity as assessor, visits the northern side of the river. The trip is of no little effort. The Mojave county official goes from Kingman across the Sacramento Sac-ramento desert, crossing the Colorado Colo-rado at Pierce's ferry and thence across another desert of; forty miles to the few cattle ranches that are scattered over the country, anjd over which he is supposed to hold the protection of the law. The Coconino county sheriff, to get to Fredonia, has a journey of 150 ( miles over a- desolate country, crossing cross-ing the Colorado at Lee's ferry. In icither of these counties do the resilient resi-lient s north of the river take the 1 trouble to vote, though election precincts are occasionally allowed them. They pay their taxes, but return no net income to the counts. coun-ts. The region fought embraces tbout 8,coo square miles, and tlve population about 250 souls dc-voie dc-voie themselves to stock-raising. The taxable property in this entii-e " district is only valued at $ioo,ocq. At Kanab Wash, one of the tribu-. taries of the Colorado, the commissioners commis-sioners found a Mormon settlement of 23 families, favored with a post-office, post-office, the only school and the only justice of the peace in the entire district. The commissioners, will today make a report to the governor, and he will transmit the same to the legislature. it go; we will . not .willingly share any part of it with anybody else." The objection to ceding that portion por-tion of the territory sought was more of a sentimental nature than from a business point of view. The fact is, said Mr. Lund, that a great many property owners in Arizona would prefer to see the entire territory terri-tory annexed to Utah, to say nothing noth-ing of that portion lying north of the canyon. They realize '-.that at the present rate of progress it will be many years before statehood can be obtained, and until then business instincts and advancement must necessarily be hampered. In Coconino and Mojave counties, which embrace the entire strip, the commissioners found a sentiment against annexation, but after the people were advised of the many advantages- that would result from the segregation, they were quick to change their minds, so that there is now a strong sentiment in favor of annexation with Utah. The peoplej in one of these counties residing . north of . the river, said that one |