ARIZONA tion. The convention had sixty days for its ses sion. In thirty days more the citizens of the State voted for a ratification of the Constitu tion. The indications from the proceedings of the convention were that the Constitution would contain, in addition to the initiative, referendum and recall, other provisions even more radical. It was well known that President Taft had strong objection to such a Constitution, as he had already strongly opposed the Con titution of Oklahoma, upon which the Arizona Constitution was, to some extent, based. For this reason there were fears that the Constitution might not be accepted by the President and Congress. No elections were held in Arizona for territorial officers during the year as by a previous Act of Congress the former officers continued until the final acceptance of the Constitution. The fact that the legislature of the new State will be Democratic insures the presence in the Senate of two additional Democratic Senators. ARKANSAS. One of the West South Central Division of the United States. It has an area of 53,335 square miles, of which 810 square miles are water. Its capital is Little Rock. POPULATION. The population of the State, according to the Thirteenth Census was in 1910, 1,574,449, as compared with 1,311,564 in 1900 and 1,128,211 in 1890. The growth in the decade 1900 to 1910 was 20 per cent. The State ranks twenty-fifth in point of population, the same relative rank which it held in 1900. The population of the larger cities and towns will be found in the article UNITED STATE CENSUS. AGRICULTURE. The acreage, production and value of the principal crops in 1909-10 are shown in the following table: tion by increasing the expense of providing water for the boilers. There was no shortage of labor in the mines of the State during 1909. According to the reports of the State inspector in the last six months of 1909, 12 men were killed and 34 injured in the coal mines of the State. There is a considerable quantity of iron produced in the State as well as lime and limestone. In 1909 there was a small quantity of lead smelted. There was also a small production of spelter in 1909. The acreage of corn in the State has almost been doubled within eight years. The acreage in 1910 was slightly in excess of that in 1909, while the production in the former year surpassed that in the latter year by nearly 20,000,000 bushels. A considerable area in the southwestern part of the State is devoted to the cultivation of rice. The acreage in 1910 showed a great increase over that of 1909, while the proauction more than doubled. EDUCATION. The total school population of the State on June 30, 1910, was 573,842, while the enrollment was 395,987 and the average daily attendance was 255,135. The permanent school fund of the State amounts to $1,134,500. The funds available for educational purposes in 1910 amounted to $4,530,131 and the expenditures to $3,187,082. The first compulsory attendance laws enacted in the State became effective at the beginning of the school year 1909-10. Two acts were passed by the last General Assembly; one required a minimum attendance for one-half the school term between the ages of 8 and 16 years, and is effective in 31 counties; the other makes the age limit 8 to 14, effective in 9 counties. This leaves 35 counties without compulsory law. These measures resulted in a marked increase in the attendance in both the town and rural schools where these laws applied. The General 36,288,000 Assembly also appropriated $160,000 for the es2,547,000 tablishment of four agricultural schools in the State, one in each of the four districts. Measures were also enacted making possible consolidation of school districts. Acreage Prod. bu Value 1909. 2,710,000 164,000 3,739,000 1,893,000 24,000 1,008,000 93,600 1,680,000 An Education Commission made investigations 2.213.000 during the year of the school system of the State 2,125,000 and the laws under which it is organized. The 3,124,000 first meeting of the commission was held on July 2,678,000 28, 1910, and a preliminary report was issued at the close of the year. The association made many important recommendations leading to the improvement of the educational system and administration in the State. A complete report will be issued later. a Tons. b Pounds. c Bales. MINERAL PRODUCTION. The most important mineral product of the State is coal. There were produced in 1909, 2,377,157 short tons, having a spot value of $3,523,139, an increase of 298,800 short tons in quantity and $23,669 in value over 1908. Mining in the State in 1909 was not satisfactory either to the operators or the miners. Competition with petroleum and natural gas resulting from the development of the Louisiana and mid-continent fields adversely affected the market for Arkansas coal, and since 1907 has reduced the price from $1.68 to $1.48 a ton. In addition to this, whatever benefit may have been gained in 1909 by the recovery from the depression of 1908 was largely offset by a drought which lasted from the 1st of June to the middle of November. This not only created a crop shortage in the State, but affected the demand for fuel and caused a great scarcity of water at the mines and raised the cost of produc POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT. The biennial session of the legislature began in January, 1911. This was the first legislature to meet in the new State capitol. CONVENTIONS AND ELECTIONS. Governor George W. Donaghey, who was nominated for a second term in the Democratic primary held in March, 1910, over C. C. Kavanaugh, was elected Governor in the September election by a vote of 101,557 to 39,880 for Andrew I. Roland of Hot Spring county, the Republican candidate. The Socialist candidate, Dan Hogan, got 9194 votes. In the March primary the following Democratic candidates for Congress were nominated, all of whom were elected at the November eletion: First District, R. Bruce Macon; Second District, W A. Oldfield; Third District, J. C. Floyd; Fourth District, Ben Cravens; Fifth District, H. M. Jacoway; Sixth |