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The Mormons have always been regarded as among the best of Arizona settlers, being quiet, industrious, and economical in their habits, and not disposed to in- trude their religious peculiarities. As a rule polyg- amy has not been practised, though there are many exceptions. Their neat adobe houses, orchards, gar-
25 Robson's Maricopa Stake, MS. The original colony consisted of F. M. Pomeroy, E. Pomeroy, John H. Pomeroy, Wm Newell, C. J. Robson, G. W., W. L., L. C., and P. P. Sirrine, Chas Mallory, Wm Schwartz, J. H. Smith, Chas Crismon, J. D. Hobson, Wm Crismon, and J. H. Blair, most of them with families. H. C. Rogers and G. W. Sirrine were councillors; and from 1882 E. Pomeroy and Thos C. Jones bishops. In 1884 the Tempe branch was organized with Sam. Openshaw as bishop, Mesa being divided into 2 wards, with O. M. Stewart as bishop of Alma. Ist Sunday school 1880, under C. J. Robson; Mutual Improvement Assoc. 1880, C. J. Robson pres .; Relief Soc. 1880, Sarah Phelps pres .; Ist school taught by Miss Ursula Pomeroy. In Ariz., Hist. (E. & Co.), 282-4, is an account of the Mesa colony, with view on p. 168, aud sketch of Pres. McD. on p. 299-300. See also Prescott Miner, Feb. 1, 1878; S. F. Chronicle, Aug. 6, 1883.
26 James H. Martineau's Settlements in Arizona, MS. The St David pioneers were the 4 or 5 Merrills, Geo. E. Steel, Jos. McRae, and A. O. Williams. It was named for David Patten, the martyr. The bishops have been D. P. Kimball, H. J. Horner, W. D. Johnson, and M. H. Merrill. The Pima pioneers were Rogers, Teeples, Haws, Welch, and Dall, Rogers being the bishop to 1885. Curtis was founded in 1881 by 3 Curtis families, Moses M. Curtis being the bishop. Graham in 1881 by Jorgenson, Skinner, Anderson, and Wilson, with Jorgenson as bishop. Thatcher in 1882 by Moody, Pace, and others, Moody being succeeded by Sam. Clearidge as bishop. Central in 1882 by Bishop Jos. Cluff, Clemons, Young, and Witbeck. McDonald was made a ward in 1883, H. J. Horner bishop, Hill, Hoops, and other settlers. Layton, near Safford, in 1884 by John Welker bishop, A. Welker, B. Peel, etc. A settlement in Sulphur Spring valley, founded by Elder Wm Fife in 1882, has been nearly abandoned. There are good schools and churches; grist-mill at Curtis, saw-mill at Mt Graham. Central and St David have each about 250 inhab., the others 50 to 150 each.
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dens, and well-tilled fields form veritable oases in the desert. Their lands are held by the community, work and trade are carried on for the most part on the cooperative plan, and they even live in commu- nity houses, eating at a common table, though each family has its separate rooms. It has been their aim to produce all that they eat and wear, sugar-cane and cotton being among their crops. Notwithstanding their community system, much freedom is conceded to individuals, who may in most respects live as they please and mingle freely with the gentiles. Less de- spised and persecuted than in Utah, they are naturally less clannish, peculiar, and exclusive. In politics they are nominally democratic, but often divide their vote on local issues, or put their united vote where it will do most good for their own interests. As a rule, they are prosperous but not yet wealthy farmers. Polyg- amy has led them into trouble, as it has others of their faith, and in 1884-5 several of their prominent mem- bers have been sent to prison.27
Of the Salt River valley a brief description may here be inserted; further mention will be made in a later chapter. It contains one of the largest bodies of agricultural land between the states of Califor- nia and Kansas. It is walled in by mountains, and wa- tered by a stream which has its source in one of the loftiest ranges, and is fed by the melting snows and by a hundred tributaries. Near the river is found a dark alluvial mold, with a depth of from six to fifteen feet, adapted to cereals and grasses; back from this is a belt of rich loam of remarkable fertility, and near the foothills the surface is of a light and porous nature, suited to the cultivation of fruit.
As the average rainfall of Arizona does not exceed ten inches, the people depend largely on irrigation for the watering of their farms and orchards. In this
27 S. F. Chronicle, Nov. 28, Dec. 5, 1884; Sac. Record-Union, Apr. 8, 13, 1885; Tucson Star, Dec. 4, 1880.
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valley alone eight main canals had been constructed up to 1887, at an expense of nearly $1,000,000, with a water-way of about 160 miles, and a total carrying capacity of 70,000 miners' inches, these being the largest and most expensive works of the kind in the entire territory. At that date the area reclaimed was estimated at 168,000 acres.
In 1887 not more than 50,000 acres were under cultivation, of which about 12,000 were in wheat, 16,500 in barley, 15,000 in alfalfa, 5,600 in fruit, and 1,000 in miscellaneous crops. Of cereals, grasses, fruits, and vegetables, nearly every variety can be raised; of textile plants, there are cotton, hemp, jute, and flax; while tobacco and the sugar-cane are also cultivated, the latter being equal to the best products of Louisiana. Of fruit, the yield is almost unprece- dented, from the fig-tree being gathered two and even three crops a year; while few portions of this coast are better adapted to the cultivation of grapes, the product of which reached six or seven tons to the acre. For cattle-raising the valley is also well adapted, beeves fattened on the alfalfa pastures being little inferior to the stall-fed animals of the eastern states. Thus, by means of irrigation and by the enterprise and ingenu- ity of man, has a lifeless solitude been transformed into one of the fairest valleys of the Pacific slope.
Among Arizona explorations of later years, Major J. W. Powell's adventurous trip down the Colorado deserves especial mention. With a party of ten, in four boats built expressly for the purpose, Powell left the railroad and started down Green River, late in May 1869. In the early days of August he crossed the Arizona line, and for about a month was whirled by the torrent through the tortuous channel of the great cañons, whose precipitous sides towered to a height of several thousand feet-sometimes over a mile-above the voyagers' heads. The river proved a succession of rapids and whirlpools; each days' ad- vance brought its new perils and toil; hairbreadth
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escapes from destruction were of frequent occurrence; one of the boats was lost; and the supply of instru- ments, food, and clothing gradually disappeared in the never-ending series of accidents. On the 27th three of the party resolved to scale the cliffs and make an attempt to reach the settlements. It is believed that they were killed by Indians. The rest continued their voyage in two of the boats, and in three days found succor and reached the mouth of the Rio Virgen. From this point three men went on down the Colo- rado, while Powell and the rest found their way to Salt Lake City. In this connection also should be mentioned the surveys of Captain George M. Wheeler and his corps in 1871-8, by which a large portion of Arizona was for the first time accurately mapped.28
28 (Powell), Exploration of the Colorado River of the West, and its Tributaries, explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Wash., 1875, 4to, xi., 291 p., with illustrations and maps. See also Scribner's Monthly, vol. ix .; Appleton's Journal, xi .; Popular Science Monthly, x1. 385-99; xlii. 670-80; U. S. Govt Doc., 42d cong. Ist sess., H. Mis. Doc. 37; 42d cong. 2d sess., no. 173; 42d cong. 3d sess., no. 76; 43d cong. Ist sess., no. 265. Wheeler's explorations are recorded in U. S. Geog. Survey West of 100th Meridian, Annual Reports, 1871-8, Svo, with atlas, maps, and 4to vols on scientific branches.
A bill for the admission of Arizona as a state was introduced in congress by delegate Oury in 1871. Not many years should be required to raise the population to the required figure; whether political obstacles can be as quickly removed, is another question.
Notwithstanding the territory's general characteristic of extreme dryness, floods are of not infrequent occurrence, especially in the Gila and Salt River valleys. The inundations are caused by heavy rains and so-called cloud-bursts in the mountains, subsiding rapidly, but often doing considerable damage to settlements and farms on the river banks. The flood of Sept. 1868 was per- haps the most destructive ever known, destroying three of the Pima villages and a large amount of property on the lower Gila. 1872 was also a season of heavy rains, during which the levee at Yuma City was broken. 1876 was another year of high water. In 1883 cloud-bursts did much damage at Silver King, Florence, and near Tombstone. Yuma was again flooded in 1884, the R. R. bridge being carried away. No severe earthquakes have been known in Arizona, though shocks are reported at Prescott in March 1870, at Yuma in 1872, and at Indian Wells in 1874.
ARIZONA OFFICIAL LIST.
Governor, 1863-5, John N. Goodwin; 1865-9, Richard C. McCormick; 1869-77, A. P. K. Safford; 1877-8; John P. Hoyt (acting); 1879-81, John C. Frémont; 1881-2, John J. Gosper (acting); 1882-5; F. A. Tritle; 1885-7, C. M. Zulick.
Secretary, 1863-5, R. C. McCormick (H. W. Fleury, asst in 1865-7); 1866-9, James P. T. Cartter; 1870-6, Coles Bashford; 1876-8, John P. Hoyt;
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1879-81, John J. Gosper; 1883-5, H. M. Van Arman (asst H. P. Garthwaite); 1885-7, James A. Bayard (asst T. E. Farish).
Justices, 1863-4, Wm F. Turner (C. J.), Wm T. Howell, Jos. P. Allyn; 1865-6, Turner (C. J.), Henry T. Backus, Allyn; 1867-70, Turner (C. J.), Backus, Harley H. Cartter; 1870-2, John Titus (C. J.), Isham Reavis, C. A. Tweed; 1873 4, Titus (C. J.), Tweed, Deforest Porter; 1875, E. F. Dunne (C. J.), Tweed, Porter; 1875-8, C. G. W. French (C. J.), Tweed, Porter; 1879-80, French (C. J.), Porter, Chas Silent; 1881, French (C. J.), Porter, W. H. Stilwell; 1882, French (C. J.), Stilwell, W. W. Hoover; 1883-5, French, and later Sumner Howard, (C. J.), D. H. Pinney, A. W. Sheldon, and later W. S. Fitzgerald; 1885-8, J. C. Shields, W. W. Porter, and W. H. Barnes.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Ist session, 1864. Council, Ist district: Coles Bashford, Francisco S. Leon, Mark Aldrich, Patrick H. Dunne; 2d dist: Geo. W. Leihy, José M. Redondo; 3d dist: King S. Woolsey, Robert W. Groom, Henry A. Bigelow. President, Bashford; sec., Almon Gage. House, Ist dist: W. C. Jones, John G. Capron, Gregory P. Harte, Henry D. Jackson, Jesus M. Elias, Daniel H. Stickney, Nathan B. Appel, Norman S. Higgins, Gilbert W. Hopkins; 2d dist: Luis G. Bouchet, Geo. M. Holaday, Thos H. Bidwell, Ed. D. Tuttle, Wm Walter; 3d dist: John M. Boggs, James Garvin, James S. Giles, Jack- son McCrackin. Speaker, Jones; clerk, Jas Anderson; chaplain, H. W. Fleury; translator, W. C. Jones.
2d session, 1865. Council, Yavapai co., K. S. Woolsey, R. W. Groom, H. A. Bigelow; Mojave co., Wm H. Hardy; Yuma, Manuel Ravena; Pima, Coles Bashford, F. S. Leon, P. H. Dunne; pres., Bigelow; sec., Jas Anderson. House, Yavapai, Jas S. Giles, J. McCrackin, Daniel Ellis, Jas O. Robinson; Mojave, Octavius D. Gaso, Converse W. Rowell; Yuma, Peter Doll, Alex. McKey, Wm K. Heninger; Pima, D. H. Stickney, and 8 members who did not attend. Speaker, Giles; clerk, J. E. McCaffry; translator, McKey.
3d session, 1866. Council, Yavapai, John W. Simmons, Dan. S. Lount, Lewis A. Stevens; Mojave, Wm H. Hardy; Pah-Ute, O. D. Gass; Yuma, Alex. McKey; Pima, Mark Aldrich, Mortimer R. Platt, Henry Jenkins; pres., Aldrich; sec., John M. Rountree. House, Yavapai, John B. Slack, Dan. Ellis, Hannibal Sypert, Wm S. Little, Underwood C. Barnett; Mojave, Alonzo E. Davis; Pah-Ute, Royal J. Cutter; Yuma, Marcus D. Dobbins, Robert F. Piatt, Wm H. Thomas; Pima, G. H. Oury, Wm J. Osborn, Henry McWard, Jas S. Douglas, Oscar Buckalew, Michael McKenna, S. W. Cham- bers, Thos D. Hutton. Speaker, Oury; clerk, J. S. Giles and H. A. Bige- low; chaplain, Chas M. Blake; translator, O. D. Gass.
4th session, 1867. Council, Yavapai, John W. Simmons, D. S. Lount, Lewis A. Stevens; Mojave, W. H. Hardy; Pah-Ute, O. D. Gass; Yuma, Alex. McKey; Pima, D. H. Stickney, M. R. Platt, H. Jenkins; pres., Gass; sec., Gage. House, Yavapai, J. S. Giles, John A. Rush, John H. Matthews, Ed. J. Cook, Allen Cullumber, John T. Dare; Mojave, Nathaniel S. Lewis; Pah-Ute, Royal J. Cutler; Yuma, Oliver Lindsey, John Henion; Pima, Chas W. Lewis, John B. Allen, Marvin M. Richardson, U. C. Barnett, Francis M. Hodges, S. W. Chambers, Philip Drachman. Speaker, Lindsey; clerk, Follett G. Christie; chaplain, Thos H. Head.
5th session, 1868. Council, Yavapai, John G. Campbell, John L. Alsap, F. M. Chapman; Mojave and Pah-Ute, O. D. Gass; Yuma, Jos. K. Hooper; Pima, Estevan Ochoa, Hen. Jenkins, D. H. Stickney, Alex. McKey; pres., Alsap; sec., G. W. Pierce; chaplain, A. B. Salpointe. House, Yavapai, Thos W. Brooks, F. G. Christie, Wm S. Little, John Smith, E. Lumbley, G. R. Wilson; Mojave, U. C. Doolittle; Pah-Ute, Andrew S. Gibbons; Yuma, Jas P. Lugenbul, Thos J. Bidwell, Oliver Lindsey; Pima, J. M. Elias, Francis H. Goodwin, Hiram S. Stevens, John Owen, John Anderson, Sol. W. Chambers, Robt M. Crandal. Speaker, Bidwell; clerk, J. E. McCaffry.
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6th session, 1871. Council, Yavapai, J. T. Alsap, H. H. Carter, Andrew J. Marmaduke; Yuma, John H. Philips; Pima, H. S. Stevens, D. H. Stick- ney, E. Ochoa, F. S. Leon; pres., Stickney, and after his death Carter; sec., John Anderson; chaplain, Antonio Jouvenceau. House, Yavapai, J. H. Fitzgerald, John L. Taylor, Wm J. O'Neill, G. A. Wilson, Jos. Melvin, James L. Mercer; Yuma, Marcus D. Dobbins, C. H. Brinley, T. J. Bidwell; Pima, J. W. Anderson, F. H. Goodwin, Wm Morgan, W. L. Fowler, Ramon Romano, Juan Elias, Rees Smith. Speaker, Dobbins; clerk, Wm J. Boyd, and J. E. McCaffry; chaplain, Peter Bernal.
7th session, 1873. Council, Yavapai, J. P. Hargrave, A. O. Noyes; Y. and Maricopa, K. S. Woolsey; Yuma, Thos J. Bidwell; Y. and Mojave, W. F. Henning; Pima, H. S. Stevens, Mark Aldrich, Juan Elias, Levi Ruggles. Pres., Hargrave; sec., J. T. Alsap; chaplain, Rev. G. A. Reeder. House. Yavapai, John H. Behan, Wm Cole, Fred. Henry, Thos Stonehouse, Henry Wickenberg; Maricopa, G. H. Oury; Yuma, C. W. C. Rowell, J. M. Re- dondo, C. H. Brinley; Yuma and Mojave, Geo. Gleason; Pima, John B. Allen, Wm C. Davis, Lionel M. Jacobs, J. S. Josberg, F. M. Larkin, John L. Smith, John Montgomery, John W. Sweeney. Speaker, Oury; clerk, Hyler Ott; chaplain, Rev. Ant. Jouvencean.
8th session, 1875. Council, Yavapai, J. P. Hargrave, John G. Campbell, L. S. Stevens; Maricopa, K. S. Woolsey; Mojave, A. E. Davis; Yuma, J. M. Redondo; Pima, Wm Zeckendorf, S. R. Delong, P. R. Brady. Pres., Woolsey; clerk, E. S. Penwell. House, Yavapai, C. P. Head, Hugo Rich- ards, A. L. Moeller, Levi Bashford, W. J. O'Neil, Gideon Brook; Maricopa, J. T. Alsap, G. H. Oury; Yuma, H. Goldberg, Sam. Purdy, Jr, R. B. Kelly; Mojave, S. W. Wood; Pima, F. M. Griffin, John Montgomery, Geo. H. Stevens, Alphonso Stevens, S. H. Drachman, J. M. Elias. Speaker, Alsap; clerk, Andrew Crouly.
9th session, 1877. Council, Yavapai, John A. Rush, Geo. D. Kendall, Lewis A. Stevens, A. L. Moeller; Maricopa, K. S. Woolsey; Yuma, J. M. Redondo; Pinal, Levi Ruggles; Pima, F. H. Goodwin, F. G. Hughes. Pres., Woolsey; clerk, Alsap. House, Yavapai, W. W. Hutchinson, C. B. Foster, S. C. Mil- les, G. Hathaway, Hugo Richards, John H. Marion, Wm S. Head, Ed. G. Peck; Maricopa, J. A. Parker, M. H. Calderwood; Yuma, J. W. Dorring- ton; Mojave, James P. Bull; Pinal, Geo. Scott; Pima, D. A. Bennett, Wm Ohnesorgen, Estévan Ochoa, M. Samaniego, Geo. H. Stevens. Speaker, Cal- derwood; clerk, Crouly.
10th session, 1879. Council, Yavapai, C. C. Bean, W. S. Head, W. A. Rowe, E. W. Wells; Maricopa, E. H. Gray; Yuma, F. D. Welcome; Pinal, P. Thomas; Pima, F. G. Hughes, J. M. Kirkpatrick. Pres., Hughes; clerk, Hinson Thomas. House, Yavapai, W. M. Buffum, John Davis, Thos Fitch, Pat Hamilton, P. McAteer, E. R. Nicoles, J. A. Park, Jas Stinson; Maricopa, J. T. Alsap, J. D. Rumburg; Yuma, Sam. Purdy, Jr ;. Mojave, John H. Behan; Pinal, W. K. Meade; Pima, A. E. Fay, C. P. Leitch, Jas Speedy, M. W. Stewart, Walter L. Vail. Speaker, Stewart; clerk, B. A. Fickas.
IIth session, 188I. Council, Yavapai, Murat Masterton; Apache, S. Barth; Maricopa, A. C. Baker, R. S. Thomas; Yuma, J. W. Dorrington; Mojave, A. Cornwall; Pinal, J. W. Anderson; Pima, B. H. Hereford, B. A. Fickas, Geo. H. Stevens, W. K. Meade, H. G. Rollins. Pres., Masterton; clerk, Jos. C. Perry. House, Yavapai, Geo. E. Brown, R. B. Steadman, L. Wollenberg; Apache, J. Barton, G. R. York; Maricopa, N. Sharp, P. J. Bolan, J. R. McCormack; Pinal, D. Robb, A. J. Doran; Mojave, D. South- worth; Yuma, G. W. Norton, J. F. Knapp; Pima, H. M. Woods, J. K. Rodgers, M. G. Samaniego, John Roman, John McCafferty, Thos Dunbar, E. H. Smith, John Haynes, E. B. Gifford, M. S. Synder, M. K. Lurty. Speaker, Knapp; clerk, Richard Rule.
12th session, 1883. Council, Yavapai, E. W. Wells, M. Goldwater, M. Masterton, F. K. Ainsworth; Apache, H. E. Lacy; Maricopa, A. D. Lemon; Pinal, J. W. Davis; Yuma and Mojave, L. S. Welton; Pima, J. F. Knapp, F. G. Hughes; Cochise co., E. H. Wiley; C. and Graham, P. J. Bolan.
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Pres., Wiley; clerk, J. A. Carpenter; chaplain, E. G. Fowler. House, Yavapai, C. A. Randall, A. Allen, R. McCallum, R. Connell, E. H. Gobin, John Ellis, Chas Taylor, W. A. Rowe; Apache, C. A. Franklin; Maricopa, J. P. Holcomb, S. F. Webb; Pinal, J. W. Anderson; Yuma, J. W. Dorring- ton; Mojave, L. J. Lassell; Pima, R. C. Brown, E. B. Gifford, Moye Wicks, J. H. Fawcett; Cachise, W. H. Savage, D. K. Wardwell, J. F. Duncan; Gra- ham, A. Solomon, D. Snyder; Gila co., Wm Graves. Speaker, Rowe; clerk, A. E. Fay; chaplain, U. S. Truett.
13th session, 1885. Council, Yavapai, W. G. Stewart; Apache, E. S. Stover; Maricopa, R. B. Todd; Pinal, Thos Weedin; Mojave, John Howell; Pima, R. N. Leatherwood; Cochise, W. A. Harwood; Graham, W. G. Brid- well; Gila, Alonzo Bailey; Yuma, J. W. Dorrington; northern district, F. K. Ainsworth; southern district, C. C. Stephens. President, Ainsworth; clerk, A. E. Fay; chaplain, Nathan Guthrie. House, Apache, J. D. Houck, Luther Martin; Cochise, W. F. Frame, T. T. Hunter, W. F. Nichols, Hugh Percy, D. K. Wardwell; Gila, W. C. Watkins; Graham, James Sias; Mari- copa, J. S. Armstrong, Deforest Porter; Mojave, Wm Imus; Pima, E. W. Aram, G. W. Brown, S. M. Franklin, E. W. Risley, H. G. Rollins; Pinal, Levi Ruggles; Yavapai, D. J. Brannan, J. A. Brown, R. Connell, L. P. Nash, W. H. Robbins; Yuma, S. Purdy. Speaker, Rollins; clerk, Morris Gold- water; chaplain, J. M. Greene.
14th session, 1887. Council, Yavapai, C. B. Forster; Apache, J. H. Breed; Pinal, J. W. Anderson; Maricopa, L. H. Goodrich; Yuma, Isaac Lyons; Mo- jave, E. L. Burdick; Pima, C. R. Drake; Cochise, L. W. Blinn; Graham, G. H. Stephens; Gila, R. C. Robertson; at large, north, A. Cornwall; at large, south, W. C. Watkins. President, Cornwall; clerk, Charles Driscoll; chap- lain, J. G. Eberhart. House, Yavapai, A. G. Oliver, W. H. Ashurst, J. J. Fisher, H. T. Andrews, O. C. Felton; Apache, J. Q. Adamson, James Scott; Pinal, A. J. Doran; Maricopa, J. Y. T. Smith, Samuel Webb; Yuma, Charles Baker; Mojave, P. F. Collins; Pima, R. N. Leatherwood, J. B. Scott, A. A. Bean, C. R. Wores, A. McKey; Cochise, F. W. Heyne, J. M. Brace- well, Scott White, B. L. Peel, Michael Gray; Graham, D. H. Ming; Gila, Eugene Trippel. Speaker, Webb; clerk, Richard Rule; chaplain, J. C. Houghton.
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Ist session, 1864. Acts, incorporating 6 road companies and two railroad companies-the Castle Dome R. R. Co. and Arizona R. R. Co., granting ex- clusive ferry rights at Mojave and La Paz; incorporating the Hualapai Min. Co. and Arizona Hist. Soc .; providing for a territorial map; giving $1,500 to certain schools; authorizing the raising of rangers and a loan to pay expenses of an Apache campaign; allowing soldiers to vote and hold mining claims; providing for government expenses; protecting possessory titles in lands; and for the benefit of several individuals, including a divorce. The resolutions included thanks to most territorial officials; invitations for the delivery of lectures; instructions to the delegate in congress on mails, arms, and surveys; publication of laws, etc., in Spanish; the purchase of books for a territorial library; and a protest against the recent expulsion of Sylvester Mowry by Gen. Carleton. The memorials asked for the tract of land in the Colorado bend opposite Ft Yuma; for an increase of salaries; for $150,000 for placing the Colorado Ind. on a reservation; $250,000 for Apache warfare; and $150,000 to improve the navigation of the Colorado.
2d session, 1865. Acts, creating county of Pah-Ute from Mojave (later for the most part attached to Nevada); repealing a previous act for stay of proceedings on foreign indebtedness; creating boards of supervisors for the counties; securing liens to mechanics, etc. Resolutions, on national affairs; on the importance of surveying territorial boundaries, with a view of getting for Ariz. the Yuma land, and perhaps the Rio Virgen settlements of Utah; on the library; on C. D. Poston's attempt to contest Goodwin's seat in con- gress. Memorials, for improvement of the Colorado; for the land at Yuma; for a separate land district and surveyor-general; for Ind. reservations on the
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lower Gila; for an increase of military force. This year Utah tried to obtain a part of northern Ariz. Utah, Acts, 1865, p. 91-2.
3d session, 1866. Acts, creating the offices of district attorney and audi- tor; providing for the location and registration of mines. Resolutions, of thanks to Ariz. volunteers and to several officials. Memorials, against the ces- sion of Pah-Ute to Nevada; for new mail routes; and urging the importance of a southern Pac. R. R.
4th session, 1867. Acts, permanently locating the capital at Tuscon (see Ariz., Compiled Laws, 1871, p. 564); moving the county seat of Pah-Ute to St Thomas; authorizing the digging of wells on desert lands; providing for pub- lic schools. Resolution, asking that Ariz. be separated from the com, of Gen. McDowell, and made a separate mil. department. Memorials, for a separate customs district; for the construction of military roads; and against the cession of Pah-Ute to Nevada. On the dispute about taxes, involving the ownership of the land opposite Ft Yuma by Cal. or Ariz. See, for this year, Cal., Jour. Sen., appen., no. 53, 70; also, for original corresp. and doc., Savage, Doc. Hist. Cal., MS., iv. 81-98, 115.
5th session, 1868. Acts, locating the territorial prison at Phoenix; creating offices of attorney-general and county surveyor; and establishing public schools. Resolutions, asking for mail routes; recommending a U. S. deposi- tory in Ariz .; instructing the officials of Yuma co. to assess all property within the limits as fixed by the Howell Code (that is, to disregard the claim of Cal.); and in favor of artesian wells. Memorials, asking appropriations for capitol buildings, territorial library, and codification of the laws; also the appointment of a surveyor-gen., and an appropriation for surveys. On the boundary question there is a full report of a com. against the pretensions of Cal. in the Journal, p. 189-92.
6th session, 1871. Acts, changing county seat of Yuma to La Paz; di- vorcing several couples; creating county of Maricopa from that part of Yava- pai south of lat. 34° and west of the S. Carlos, county seat at Phoenix; re- pealing the act to create Pah-Ute co., and attaching what was left of it in Ariz. to Mojave; providing for biennial sessions from Jan, 1873; authorizing the publication of information to attract immigration; establishing schools; providing for roads, bridges, and ferries; and for the revision and printing of the laws. Memorials, asking protection from Ind .; and a modification of excise laws. In the Journal are several reports relating to outrages by Mexi- cans, and attempts to arrest the offenders. On the Yuma boundary dispute, see S. Diego Union, Apr. 14, 1870; Hayes' Scraps, Ariz., v. 167. This year was published The Compiled laws of the Territory of Arizona, including the Howell Code and the session laws from 1864 to 1871 inclusive. . . Compiled by Coles Bashford. Alhany, N. Y., 1871, 8vo, 627 p. (A later edition of the Compiled Laws was that prepared by John P. Hoyt, and published at Detroit 1877.)
7th session, 1873. Acts, to divorce several persons, including the gov- ernor, and changing the names of others; changing the name of Arizona City to Ynma; authorizing a levee on the Gila and Colorado; encouraging the sinking of artesian wells; prohibiting the sale of liquor to Indians; providing for the incorporation of religious, social, and benevolent societies; and adding to Maricopa co. that part of Pima north of lat. 32° 34' and west of about long. 112° 6' (as it still exists south of the Gila). Resolutions, expressing satis- faction with Gen. Crook's methods of fighting Apaches. Memorials, asking for a reduction of the White Mt Ind. reservation; for a donation of land for artesian wells; and for school lands. On Cal. boundary dispute, see Hayes' Scraps, Ariz., v. 175; Ariz. Sentinel, April 12, 1873.
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