| Show SLI S GOOD IN ME ARIZON Y STRIP howell ot of utah in it trip he lie recently made to the HOC soe tiled arizona strip recently said to t thi tho washington post the tho strip la that portion of ot arl arizona between and the grand lauon oan on of tho the Colo colorado rudo I 1 believe in the anneX annexation atLon of the strip to utah aud and of the creation of a new nati onit park and game preserve there tho thu in his III latest message to congro sa briefly refer refers te to this latter proposition and urges it tho k trip is cut off from the balance of tho the ter to which it belonga by the grand canyon if it when the territories of or ulcie and arizona were created the geography of this panic lar sect lori had iwu won known its it is known today it la Is certain that this would hove haye been boon included in ut ills its nature ovi evidently dently in tended the rho on population or reaul resulting ting from the loss 1 of the hits ha nover bei be i an nu element iu in the opposition for the reason that not more than one ono hundred and twenty aie people bould bo be affected w annexation the inhabitants of the favor to utah K chlell r fp I 1 account ac coant of the barrier sep aritt lug thein from the capital at lt present they an are compelled to make a lound tripod trip of nearly tareo hundred undred li f tu iles all overland to do business at tho county seat and this involves cros sili the grand canon twice at nt a point fr removed from the direct from the nature of the strip it ie Is cartall the population can never greatly exceed its present number thia this statement la is rendered rend ored safe by knowledge know ledga of the tho scarcity of water and the utter titter of getting an additional supply there ai A a result of the this condition of affairs aff alra arizona would not joao oso anything of f future a greatness by giving up P tho the strip nor would utah gain much in acquiring it the tile chief chlor benefit ix befit would be to the people peo of the strip they in the town of or rr edonia about five milea south of tho the utah lino and close to kanal tile bunty seat of t m cist mint int the strip isolated a 4 it Is from the control of arazona Arl zono zona Is a n Avous for and criminals and a it constant cun stant menace me to the of Su southern athern utah ali abero ere Is it portion of the tile strip ideally adap td for a is pl park and anti game ganio present that thac portion immell immediately on the grand can n about fifteen hundal square illie tn lie 1 in ill extent lilii portion is lofty an aud ault furred red mill daniw forests and tine line grounds for deer and other rame game which now abound there there Is iio no rt inning aar cen antl intha more fact 41 l part but lint thero there are several ani mailer aller lake scattered about und a apri g or two which servo ar f water lug ing place places for stock ind and came the tho tiri lier ie Is not likely to be much disturbed die un on account of remoteness from front rAlf roads iho 1110 J 1 vt thid portion of tho the strip combined with the excellent opportunities for protecting the game ganie and for adding and maintaining new varieties adapt it pre omi eminently its a rint ional pork park and game gaine pro orve berve W will re r resent the th kaiue of dismonda diu monda and other precious stones lin imported portet into iho through the port of i new ew york during tho the eor ear 1005 abie marks tle high rt cord in thia this line of exceeding exoe that of 1001 1901 by nearly thie this 1 in for tn in att ilat by tho advance of about jis percent owr cent in tile price of gemis dur ing ingae 0 e eor ear but the quantity itself is I 1 cey largely lu the figure 1 ar r tiny uy pro krovious year in fit our history practically all tho of stow aej at f new y york 0 rk tho 0 of that city and this represents what tho the american people havo have added to the sum total of their gem hel holdings dIngs during the past twelve months lu in round numbers they have neen een acquiring property at the rote rate of u da the price would pay for t tn tu u or a doon first class battleship or duplicate an art underground railroad like tho the new york subway during 1904 the various contributions eions for different purposes ies in this country were in the aggregate BR regate only in 1905 how eror these retched a brand grand total et of which wits wu more than double the amount for the previous year religion in 1903 1905 received 6 0 as against th ear before and libraries as against in 1004 1904 museums museum 1 and anti art galleries gallerie received while in 1903 they received the contribution to education in 1805 1905 was charities retired teacher teachers and the n her fund 1173 23 during 1905 1005 andrew carnegie Carue gio gave ill and john D rockefeller I 1 the tile alue of sugar brought into this country county duila duplag 1903 will far ex aeed that of any earlier year according to it bulletin issued by the arrean of statistics of tho department of commerce and labor the bid bulletin letin says tho the of sugar imported during tho the eleven eleen months of ended with No november ember 6 5 was of which was from to t o non contiguous terri territory tor of the united stites states the rho estimate la Is that the total sugar imports for 1005 will ag greanto considerably abo above e while the highest in iny any flacil ear prior to aw was in 1894 1804 when nn an unusually largo quan quantity tit wai imported in of it change in the tariff |
