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Show MEMORIAL FOR STRIP. Communication of Commercial Club Asking Congress to Annex Part of Arizona to Utali. (Hunduys Dall) ) The complete form of the memorial which the Commercial club of Salt Lake sent to Congtess last week Is given giv-en he low To the Senate lend House of Hepresenta- lives Washington. 1 I , .,. imr memorialists, the Commerce.! club of Halt !,ske t It) J tab respcctfull) represents rep-resents that on Mnnli n 1102 lion lliorge Sutherland Itepresentsllve from the Slate of I'lah, introduced the following follow-ing bill (II It i2WW In the House of '"ite itlnaci.d b the Senate ant House of Ilcprcontutlvcs of Ihe I ;'' rlyy" of Amcrlcu In t ongress nsslnble.l That all of that imrilon of Arizona lerrltor) which llis north and west of the eenler of the Colorado river Is hereh annexed to and shall hereafter be a part of the Stule nf I leh Provided That the State of 1 tab shall within one year after the approvnl of this set by legislative en-nctm.lii en-nctm.lii accent thi said described las il as a part of ihe State of Utnh and establish es-tablish or extend county government over Hi. r imp lmir memorialist earnestly nsKs null Ihls bill bit pissed and lespectfully sub mlt the fillowlng stntement of facts for v our consldi ration The seelion of enunlr) the annexation of which lo the Stile of I tall Is contemplated con-templated by II It taw consists of all that portion of t oeonlno and Mojito ciuntlis in the Territory of Arlsnna l-Ing l-Ing north of Ihe Coloraelo river nnd Im-inedlalely Im-inedlalely south of and adlolnlng the counties of Washington and Kane In the Stule of t'lnh The Inhabitants of thU snip consisting mainly uf formtr elll stnof th. Stale nf I'lah are practically Isolde el from business, social and political politi-cal association Willi the T rrllorv nf Arlsnna li Ihe I nlorado river whose Impussnbic gorges render comniunlc itlon wllh lb. cnpltul of the Terrltnr) of Arizona Ari-zona and the count) seals of Mojn.o and Coconino counties not onlv unluous elan Be reus nnd expensive but Imprnctlc chin from man) obvious slim Ipolnts, wherrns such eommunleatlon with the rajilt .1 of I lah nml tho eoonli seats of vVashlng- ..... .....I l..Ha . f lltlll. U ITlfth li PI1BV natural ami expedition llecniise of the existence of this bnrrli r to communication communica-tion Willi other purls of Arlxolia the Inhabitants In-habitants of the strip In question are prevented from taking pirt In nny of the niralrs if said rerritor) of Arlrona, mil Ihe onl) otTleiil or said Territory visiting the sail strip Is the Assessor whose nillengee expenses under existing conditions become) a henvv charge upon the citizens e f t o onlno and Mojnvo coun ties Arizona who icsldu south of the Colorado river ' It mm costs tho county of Coconino, Ariz JMirt annuall) I retain this strip outside nf and In ndlltlon to the expense of criminal proce. dings, so Hint, ns a consntusnre Hie revenues of sold count) show an annua! d. licit Vour memorialist further niks the attention at-tention of vour 1 onorable bodies to the fact Hint because of the conditions agnlnet wlilch uur memorialist protests lhc strip is niplll) becoming a resort for criminals ami law-breakers who Unit therein lomiKirntlve linmunlt) from pun-Ithnunt pun-Ithnunt or their misdeeds localise of the enormous expense involved in their ntiettt and nrosicutlon I urthirmuri. the result contemplated bj Ihe passage of II It 12l'i Is enrnestlc ileslnel inn only b) the cltU. ns of Utnh who live In th counties nf Washlngtin nnd Kane whit h are contiguous lo tho sail strip' but also bv the citizens of Arizona who lire resl lent upon said ' strip,' as Is shown by tho petitions which )our memorialist his had the boner to trinsmlt to the benitors and lteprcsentatlves of the Stale of Utah In Congress In conclusion, our memorlillst submits thut tho 'strip is now useless nnd bur-densoin. bur-densoin. lo the Territory of Arizona that Keogranhlrally nnd by reason or the nt-turnl nt-turnl boundar) undo by the Col irado river It, of right should telong to Ihe Stnte of Utah, iintl Hint whereas now tho residents, of I lah tiling business and owning propert) in this part of Arizona t-et no protection from the said Terrltor) and thieves and robbers commit depredations depre-dations with Inipunit), whlln lite honest cttlz ns of still strip' are subjected to numberless Inionvt nlences and annoy-niii.s annoy-niii.s the favorable cunsl It ration l,y )our hoiiornblo bottles of II il lira woul I correct nnd change these unfortunate unfortu-nate conditions and prove a source of Mm nil satisfaction to all tho pirttes In lute rer.1 Ami us In elutv bound, )our memorial. Ut will ever irn, en itiMMI ItiMAI. CI.UU lly W A Nrlileii I'resllcnt. bait Iiko C It) 1 tab April i: lio-.' |