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Show 1 HE TERRITORY OF A3IZ3NA. A Few t'oint F.-om t'l- lienor t Arllnc (i.ivrriuir N. t viuriiiv. Washington, Oct S. The aO'a'rs of the territory of AiU'ima during the lis-eal lis-eal year just closed alv th t..i;ed in a re- t port made to the secret. iiy of the interior inte-rior by N. C. Murphy, acti'ii: governor. He states that lie is uiniiiieiaiiy informed in-formed that the r.-eclit o n-as shows the population of the territory to bo 67.000. exclusive of Indians and mill- tary reservations, anil with those who; live on the reservations mot Indians!, the population of the lerrirury wid probably exceed tiO.tii'O, a gaiu in ten years of iy.r70. The mining industry, the report states, is hi a more healthy condition than ever. But more attention is being paid to airi ieulture, owing to the productiveness pro-ductiveness of the lands. Owing tii retrietive legislation in Idaho, and probability of Mini!. ir action in Utah, the acting governor thinks the immigration of Mormon" to Ari.ou: j will increase. The number of Mormons Mor-mons now in the territory is estimated at one-tifth of the population. '1 he report re-port states that unless restrictive measures meas-ures are adopted, the territory will become be-come Mormoiiizeil to such an extent as to seriously disturb society and the allairs of government and prejudice the territory's chances for staleh.mil. Ho therefore recommends that congress grant the same protection to Arizona as is enjoyed by Idaho, and that the Idaho test oath be made applicable to Ari.ona. The report says Arizona has ipi'ito a sprinkliti" of Meuoans nmong her poo- pie, aill.i oruv 01 uieiu uavu iieeinue naturalized citizens and are iu sympathy sympa-thy with American laws and custom. There are few Chinese in the territory as compared with the l'acilin coast states, and as vet they cut 110 lignre as a disturbing element, although they are very objectionable, as a class, and their exclusion is as much desired iu Arizona as elsewhere. The acting governor recommends that an enabling act for the admission of Arizona into the union bo passed by congress; that all public! lands within the tetTito.iv be donated to it; that, all school land" be donated to the territory for school purposes; that the San Carlos Car-los Apaeiie Indians bo removed from the territory, and their reservation be opened for 'settlement; that the salaries of the present judges be increased to $.")!)0() per year, and that tho pay of legislators lie increased to ?10 per day. |