Show I ARIZONA STRIP MAY MAYBE I II I BE ANNEXED TO UTAH I I Senator Reed Smoot Offers Amend Amendment Amendment ment to Statehood Bill Which Would Enlarge State The portion of land taken off the northeast corner of Utah by Wyoming will be compensated for by the annex annexation annexation of the Arizona strip at the south southwest southwest southwest west corner of Utah providing the amendment to the statehood bill of offered offered offered in the Senate yesterday by Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Reed Smoot is passed The Tile Ari Art Arizona Arizona zona strip is that territory lying Ing in Arizona north and west of the Colo Cole Colorado Colorado Colerado rado river bounded on the north by Utah and on the west by Nevada I This strip of land irregular in its I contour is practically inaccessible from the Arizona side of the Colorado river because of the intervention of the Grand canyon The only way to get into the Arizona strip is from the north or west The territory from a geographical standpoint really be belongs beI belongs I longs to Utah and its annexation would add an extensive area to the proportions of this state although so sparsely populated that the total amount of taxable property would not be visibly Increased Several movements have been start started started started ed to place the Arizona strip in the state of Utah but the matter never crystallized until Senator Smoot of offered offered offered his amendment yesterday It is understood that Arizona will make no objection to the annexation of the strip |