Show I t I U M I n t t t M H- H 1 i THE HE ST STATEHOOD BIL BILL 1 0 t to M M MM I I 0 I M I I M J M t. t We Ye hear from Washington today that the omnibus bill proy providing ing for the admission as States of the Territories of Arizona New ew Mexico l and Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa a is to b be considered in the House of Represent Representatives t tives immediately after th the District of Columbia I ap app appropriation tion bill has been disposed of bf It is said that friends of the tIle measure are are aie hopeful and ef even n Confident of its p passage in the House se This his may may mean th that there is a e final action upon the he inea measure ure at the p present session ah which renders lenders rs it necessary for the Utah tah delegation to be on oil the alert in l regard gard to the time matter mat mit t ter tr r of f the Arizona Arizona ls strip r p. p We Ye assume that any auy auD arrangement our OUI representatives representatives may l i ay- ay have made looking to an understanding between tl the y Utah state and the Arizona territorial rial governments governments' to 10 tobe o obe be antecedent to any movement nt in Congress for forthe the cession e of the strip will have been een based upon upon- po tb the theory that the statehood bill bilI would Ot not o be enacted enacted en acted at this session Of course it goes without t-ng t J that t we were e tile the matter l left ft hanging inthe the ai air an and Arizona admitted into the Union in the meant meantime meantime mean mean- t time n o our i chances chance of ever ever- acquiring the e. e coveted coveted- area mea wh which is of imp importance to us and h hardly r ly at all ll I to to- Arizona Ar practically would woul vanish into thin ail air It would be be unfortunate to permit the statehood bill to become law with this his to us serious question mH tion unsettled If there be any real danger that danger angel that legislation legisla legisla- HOn tion on the admission of the time three territories may become complete within the next few months it itis itis itis is the duty ut of those entrusted with our our interests at at- Washington as far faras as they are able to s see that that- Arizona shalL coine come in if at all with w-ith the strip ip eliminated eliminate I |