Show I WOULD ADD VAST lAST If AREA TO STATE a c Annexation of Arizona Strip tot to t Utah Means Changing r of Map MR MORRIS HAS NO FEAR ADDITION WOULD NOT hOT REDUCE Ai DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY 4 p The to the United Motes tes cor gs lri is that t tha northwestern tor cor torner corn cr crt ner n fot of ot be H annexed to Utah la I nore nw t IB la the tile hands hand of file he commuter on 01 feder federI t tr r n of f th the Mn te whirl will doub I I J l aa report repert favorably on tin the tho mEmoria which h will then theu be paRd pars l by the sen senate s sI l I f ate nto and transmitted to congress congre It pawed the house houw st rd I L The strip of land aff af 13 is s that hin I r north of the Grand Canon of the tile Colo Cob Colorado Colorado CobI I rado rdo It contain mry II ds of I thousands of cert cr c er of land la rid and M baa has baat a t I i population of l Ifs a than The tract is L LI I i nearly all an grazi ig j g land although along I th Colorado rl c there j to III some Umber i There are arf two tiro snail vali towns In the strip I I J i which Includes i p of Mohave and andi i Co in n Arizona Arizo a The towns rI i are n v and Beaver Reaver fl Dam One of or 7 j the m chief P POne rea ons for the pro I ped annexation is that hat it to III I almost Im ImI r h M KiMa for the th residents of that part parte I e of o Arizona to s St t to Lo any other part r c f S Sg g the tate tat because the Grand Canyon of I l th tb Colorado Colordo is Impassable at any an I point in m Arizona Anson TheT e is s an extreme F If I hazardous at the canyon eanon nyon at atI I I k Lees Ferry but at tunes times it hi M t impossible I f to ferry terry the river even at that point To ToK ToI h K get i to Phoenix Ariz Artz from any point I tn n this tM corner comer it St is necessary to ride or orI I 4 T 4 drive SO 50 e miles over a mountain range rangeL L I to Marysvale e tbt to BO go o thence th on the theRan F Ran pete Vall y breach branch of the Denver c Hlo lUo Grande to tf Helper Utah from that F j point to Denver sad end nd thence south and aDd aDdI andJA I JA west wet to Phoenix thus compelling the peo peu people pe j r Ile ide to pa J g through three states to get getto getto I to their own capital I Is Extremely Awkward p The seats leUI of the th counties of oC which this thia territory Is a part are across 1 the canyon and it Is even harder to get getto getto I to their own county seats than to go to Ii Phoenix Th therefore In to this tha th strip are practically without OUt state or coun county countY I ty government although the local kwal gov guy p r of the tte I two towns are excel excellent I lent The people Ie living JIving In this strip are ar desirous eui of becoming annexed to Utah T Their Th business is q practically all done I t through Salt Sell Lake The mall ma for these 1 eople people gees goes by b way of Salt Lake and their th tr trInt e Interests Int are the same as those these of south sout southern F l 1 ern em Utah I i Those who In this strip nearly all allI I I b L conic came from Utah The livestock on the thi I grazing lands ill ui in this n is be nearly all allI I i owned by people The Umber timber is a apart apart part of the tile government forest reserves 1 t t I Th The was waa at one time a favorite t bunting ground for the Mohave I have Indians i I most of Ut whom ar are now beyond 1 hey end pie can canyon canon 4 rh yon on onE E As to Politics The TIle memorial to congress for the thc segre egre segregation M gation 01 cf a portion of r f Arizona and the I H I if I addition thereof to the state stale of Utah U r f E passed ed the Ule house hou yesterday e This matter matterI I has lins been bean In th at every ses session f sion slon for twelve years but the consoli consell consolidation r I 3 i j dation has hes never born been made II ir In the hone haute h yesterday Representative c L i Morrl of 0 Washington county countr the tM author b J of or the memorial was asked by a num number number I j 1 ber her of members with regard to the situ situation 1 alien on oa th the boundary One of oft t Ui M the tho asked a ked was wasI j Will the fen from Washington I I r I tell un Ull u how the change would affect the Ii political situation down that way wa 4 I is III I b The from Washington happy to reply said Mr dr Ir Morris that 4 I there are about thirty votes In the strip V proposed to be bt annexed and that the an annexation f WI would not reduce the Demo Democratic cratic 13 tie majority I l J i IL I There was wan a broad smile at this sally lally ii J second pronounced evi evidence Ith which was wag the I d 4 i dence that the leader of the minority tt t 11 4 Si Is i on the Job lob 1 C J T Smith of Kane saW Bald that he be Ih it like to have the proposed d strip annexed I rt n to Utah or to have hare his county count annexed J I j H to Arizona as RS th tM the Interests of both hoth dis districts d dj dl j i i triot are identical especially et in ID that l lit which has 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