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Show STATEHOOD BILLS ARE ' BEING ENGINEERED Washington, Jan. 27. Every effort is being made by the house Committee Commit-tee on territories to report the Arizona Ari-zona and New Mexico separate statehood state-hood bills by the end of next week, i Tho statehood bill is being formed by the Republican members of the committee, com-mittee, but will be exhibited to tho minority mi-nority members before hearings aro held by tho full committee. The bill probably will provide for grants of land by the federal govern-, ment instead of grants of money as has been done in somo cases to the territories that have been granted statehood. These grants of land are to be primarily for theu purpose of liquidating certain territorial debts. A thorough investigation of the debts, both county and territorial, in New Mexico and Arizona, is being mado with the object of determining how much land should be granted by the bill. It is proposed, it is said, to givo New Mexico two representatives and Arizona one at large in the house. |