| Show THE ARIZONA STRIP hoc han E D woolley who returned from arizona Ar laona where he be bra been la in company with HOD A 0 3 lund to confer with the legislature of CC that territory in relation to the to utah IT tab of the strip of land lylac northwest of the colorado river says that their mission to our avuL bera neighbor was waa by no means ft a failure ae he is sure abat much moab prejudice ban b been removed and some of the how ban tilita to the proposed transfer allayed mr woolley in ie well acquainted with the conditions existing and feels PON per satisfied that the strip will eventually be transferred to utah from the fact that its natural loo loan tion renden randen such action the strip in question que cllon embraces square miles ut of territory in coconino Cocon lao and mohave counties count tea and out of wat that area there to IB only about fliam aar available for agricultural purposes aeB ter for I 1 the lack of irrigation water at ibee terry ferry there la Is about forty abree watered arm rum jaurea creek and at Fredon Pre donla 1 which to Is beven milan south louth of kanah and three miles south of the dividing line there to about acres acree watered from kanab creek these creeks both rise ribe in utah otah and andare are owned by people residing this side bide of the line and ur um Arizon lanB one the waste and see alepa water that hat reaches them there being aln ft tight light dam in kanab crook creek whereat where all the water to is used and what leons peons an am runs back into the channel there are about twenty famil leb residing in coconino county near VW tto stalk borders border aud and a very few in the Wb corner of mojave county on vi abe ato virgen those people cannot a ft title lulls go 10 their lands from the fact UW that it ak is not surveyed Burve several years yean ate KO mr woolley wrote to the he man aest holding bolding the position 0 general of arizona asking ar that the land be surveyed urve and the people dodl be given a 9 government title to janda and that official replied that it was war impracticable as the aou aoun a az aw aw oot not access able for surveying abl fie colorado river iss a barrier to the the would have urve yora sod and survey 11 be made from utah por for a distance of miles between cimeon ferry and pierce pierces s terry ferry there h 1 noway of crossing the colorado river and it IS la ill very expensive tor for the coun tua la in arizona to give proper protection u to the people interested in the desmet 1 in question the only use thle this lemd can be put to la 18 for grazing pur aoe as aa no mineral ini deposits of any importance imo ortance have ever been discovered abe the united stages government has hae xerva over a million acres of land I 1 the grand canon of the and all valuable timber V b MW tor for a national ai park and in this ana the she belt summer range for cattle Is leased L mr woolley expects so co leave for tomorrow tomorio w he has baa been informed ia formed that thir the snow now on abe divide S hs son and kanab Is IB six elz rt dp deep and if gnat does not prevent route he will continue I 1 o vor over that Is home |
