and organized work is carried on with marked results. The Roman Catholic, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches lead in the number of organizations and membership. The ordinances of religion are supplied to most of the communities of Arizona, and the church and Sabbath school follow closely the rise of a new mining camp or other settlement.

The different denominations represented in the Territory at the present time are the Roman Catholic, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Presbyterian, Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Congregational, Protestant Episcopal, Christian (Disciple), Free Methodist, Seventh Day Adventist, Dunkards, Salvation Army, Christian Science, River Brethren, Lutheran, Christian Reformed, Faith Mission, Gospel Union, Mennonite.

Handsome church edifices have recently been erected by the leading denominations, notably the Presbyterian churches of Morenci and Bisbee, the latter being now in course of construction. These churches represent the interest and generosity of members of the Phelps-Dodge Mining Company, who have provided means for constructing beautiful houses of worship and also residences for the ministers. At Phoenix the new Roman Catholic Church and the South Methodist are being built. At Douglas a Baptist church has been constructed, and improvements in church property have been extensively made in various communities of the Territory.

The ministry hold an honored place in the community, and are a cultured body of men who interest themselves in movements of good citizenship and the advancement of public morality. The Christian zeal of the ministry is felt in the advancement and betterment of communities in all portions of the Territory.

Among the Indians six mission societies are carrying forward gospel work. The greater number of the Pima and Papago tribes profess the Christian religion, and during the past year new missions have been organized for work among the Navaho, Hopi, and Maricopa Indians.

Reports from the most of the church societies of Arizona are given below, and are presented to show the strength of the various churches. in the Territory and the increased membership and the valuation of all church property.

Protestant Episcopal.-Number of ministers, 10; number of members, 1,742; increase during the past year, 225; number of Sunday schools, 9; number of scholars, 548; increase during the past year, 158; number of churches in Arizona, 11 congregations; 5 church buildings, 1 hospital, and 3 rectors; where located, Tombstone, Nogales, Tucson, Bisbee, Phoenix, Douglas, Prescott, Globe, Winslow, Flagstaff, Fort Defiance; value of churches and hospital, $20,000; value of parsonages, $5,000; total value of property, $25,000.

Presbyterian.-Number of ministers, 18; number of members, 2,012; increase during the past year, 337; number of Sunday schools, 22; number of scholars, 2,228; increase during the past year, 461; number of churches in Arizona, 20; where located, Phoenix, Bisbee, Tucson, Clifton, Morenci, Flagstaff, Florence, Casa Grande, Solomonville, Safford. Metcalf, Springerville, Peoria, Chloride, Sacaton, Blackwater, Casa Blanca, Salt River Reservation, Gila Crossing; value of churches, $62,214; value of parsonages, $8,700; number of parochial schools, 1; value of school property, $21,000; total value of property, $91,914.

Methodist Episcopal.-Number of ministers, 20; number of members, 1,142; increase in membership during past year, 55; number of Sunday schools, 26; number of scholars, 1,987; increase in attendance during past year, 397; number of churches, 20; where located, Bisbee, Benson, Flagstaff, Glendale, Globe, Jerome, Kingman, Chloride, Mesa, Needles, Phoenix, Prescott, Safford, Tempe, Tucson, Williams, Willcox, Pearce, Winslow, Yuma, Tombstone; value of churches, $87,000; value of parsonages, $30,000; value of school property, embraced in 10 acres of college property near Phoenix, estimated in value at $100 per acre, making a total value of $10,000; total value of church property, $127,000.

Congregational.-Number of ministers, 7; number of members, 334; increase during the past year, 60; number of Sunday schools, 6; number of scholars, 415; increase during the past year, 50; number of churches in Arizona, 6; where located, Jerome, Prescott, Tempe, Tucson, Tombstone, Nogales; value of churches, $11,300; value of parsonages, $3,000; total value of property, $14,300.

Free Methodist.-Number of ministers, 5; number of members, 50; increase in membership during past year, 2; number of Sunday schools, 2; number of churches, 2; where located: Phoenix, Liberty; value of churches, $4,300; value of parsonages, $650; total value of church property, $4,950.

Fifth Avenue Christian.-Number of ministers, 1; number of members, 200; increase in membership during past year, 28; number of Sunday schools, 1; number of scholars, 100; number of churches in Arizona, 5; where located: Phoenix, Tempe, Cartwright district, Bisbee; total value of church property, $7,500.

Baptist. Number of ministers, 10; number of members, 558; increase during past year, 62; number of Sunday schools, 6; number of scholars, 553; number of churches in Arizona, 11; where located: Douglas, Mesa, Naco, Phoenix, Prescott, Safford, Tempe, Tucson, Upper Verde, Yuma, Buckeye; value of churches, $19,300; value of parsonages, $2,000; total value of property, $21,300.

Methodist Episcopal Church South.-Number of ministers, 8 Americans and 3 Mexicans; total, 11; number of members, 680 Americans and 102 Mexicans; total, 782; increase during past year, 100 Americans and 2 Mexicans; total, 102; number of Sunday schools, 10 American and 3 Mexican; total, 13; number of scholars, 600 Americans and 100 Mexicans; total, 700; increase during past year, 35 Americans and 10 Mexicans; total, 45; number of churches in Arizona, 7 American and 2 Mexican; total, 9; where located: Phoenix, Bethel, 3 miles north of Phoenix, Tempe, Buckeye, Prescott, near Camp Verde, Solomonville, and Nogales. There are Mexican churches at Phoenix and Nogales. The American parsonages are located at Phoenix, Bethel, Tempe, and Prescott, and a Mexican parsonage at Nogales. Value of churches, $21,400 American and $1,800 Mexican; total, $23,200; value of parsonages, $4,500 American and $1,000 Mexican; total, $5,500; total value of property, $26,550 American and $2,800 Mexican; total, $29,350.

Roman Catholic Church.-Number of priests, 20; number of members, about 40,000; number of Sunday schools, 142; number of scholars, about 4,775; number of churches in Arizona, 39; where located: Phoenix, Tucson, Prescott, Flagstaff, Bisbee, Benson, Tombstone, Willcox, Clifton, Morenci, Nogales, Yuma, Florence, Solomonville, Globe,

Tempe, Wickenburg, Jerome, Congress, Williams, Winslow, Kingman, St. Johns, Concho, Springerville, San Xavier del Bac, Gila River Reservation, Salt River Reservation, and many other chapels.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This great religious organization is commonly known as the Mormon Church, and its members universally known as Mormons. The progress of this organization in Arizona during the past year affords an interesting description and one which gives much information upon the work which is being carried on by this branch of religious organization. The statements from the different subdivisions of the organization will show the strength of the church in Arizona and the increase in membership during the past year.

By way of explanation of the form of organization, I would say that a stake of Zion is a subdivision of the general church organization such as a State is to the General Government. A ward, or branch of a stake, is a subdivision sustaining a relationship to the stake such as a town or city does to the State. A stake has in it all of the elements of a completely organized church; a ward has in it all that is necessary for a complete and perfectly organized church. An aggregation of wards, conveniently situated with stake authorities, is called a Stake of Zion. The many stakes, with the general church authorities over all, constitute the church.

Then there are three general divisions or heads, i. e., general, stake, and ward. The general authorities consist of three high priests, president, first councilor, second councilor, and twelve high priests who assist and form a traveling high council to take care of all foreign affairs, regulate the stakes of Zion, and see to it that the gospel is preached in all the world. A stake has three high priests to preside, a president, first and second councilors, twelve high councilors who assist at home and whose duty it is to look after the wards, in connection with the presidency, or the first named three high priests. A ward is presided over by three high priests, a bishop, and two councilors aided by twelve teachers whose duty it is to go from house to house and look after the welfare of the people.

There are five divisions of the priesthood; i. e., high priest, whose duty it is to preside; seventies-seventy elders in a quorum whose duty it is to preach the gospel under direction of the twelve apostles. There are about 125 quorums in the church. Elders: Ninety-six elders form a quorum or lodge. The duty of elders is to assist the bishop and others at home. Then there is a lesser priesthood-priest, teacher, and deacon, whose duties it is to aid the bishop and elders at home. Aside from these quorums of men and boys, there is in the church what is called auxiliaries, relief societies composed of the women, Sunday schools for all, young men's and young ladies' mutual improvement societies, literary organizations, primary for children, and religion classes for children also. All of these organizations are known as parts of the ward organizations, with stake authorities to look after them; and in turn there are general authorities over the stake similar to the workings of the priesthood. The president of the church is above all in all the world; the stake president is above all in the stake, and the bishop is above all in his ward.

There are three functions in these presiding officers; i. e., the legislative, the executive, and the judiciary. In each of the three general divisions the three functions are known, and the bishop and associates

form a lower court; the stake a district court, and the presidency and twelve apostles a court of final appeal.

Reports of the progress of the various stakes have been submitted as follows:

St. Joseph stake.-Number of ministers, 20; number of members, 3,600; increase during past year, 300 adult members and about 300 children; number of Sunday schools, 20; number of schools, 1 (L. D. S. Academy high school); number of scholars, 220. This stake is located at Thatcher; Andrew Kimball, president. The St. Joseph stake has 10 wards and 10 branch organizations, all of which form a part of this stake.

Snowflake stake.-Number of ministers, 9; number of members, 1,061; number of Sunday schools, 7; number of schools, 7; number of scholars, 733; number of churches, 6; where located: Tuba, in Coconino County; St. Joseph, Woodruff, Snowflake, Taylor, Pinedale, in Navajo County; value of churches, $13,000; number of parochial schools, 1; value, $6,000; value of school property, $3,000; total value of property, $22,000.

Maricopa stake.-Number of ministers, 7; number of members, 1,274; increase during past year, 74; number of Sunday schools, 5; number of churches, 6; where located: 1 at Pine, in Gila County, and 5 in Maricopa County; value of churches, $20,000.

St. Johns stake.-Number of ministers, 172, in Apache County; number of members, 1,098, in Apache County; increase during past year, 25, in Apache County; number of Sunday schools, 10, in Apache County; number of schools, 10, in Apache County; number of churches, 4; where located: St. Johns, Concha, Nutroso, and Alpine; value of churches, $20,000.

(Requests to numbers of churches failed to bring reports.)

FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.

Throughout Arizona fraternal societies are very strong in membership. Almost every city, town, or settlement has organized societies which hold honored places in their respective communities, and exert great influence in promoting a condition of brotherhood and good will. Every organization of fraternal orders is represented in the Territory, and during the past year the growth has been very great in the membership of these societies.

TERRITORIAL PRISON.

During the year progress has been made at the Territorial prison, which is located at Yuma, on the Colorado River. Material improvements to facilitate the everyday routine work of the prison have provided work for many prisoners, and augmented the living and working capacity of the institution. At the close of the fiscal year the Territorial prison is in better condition than it has ever been in its history. The superintendent reports that there were 281 prisoners confined in the prison at the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1902, and the average number in confinement during the year was 273. The preceding year closed with 265 prisoners in confinement, and the average number in confinement during the year was 253.

Of the 281 prisoners in confinement on June 30, 1902, 123 are 7351-02- -6

Americans, 132 Mexicans, 16 Indians, 8 negroes, 1 Chinaman, and 1 Japanese; 278 are males, and 3 are females. To the Territory of Arizona 261 are credited, and to the United States 20. There were 116 regularly committed prisoners received at the prison during the year and 1 paroled prisoner returned. Of those regularly received, 114 are males and 2 are females; 43 were Americans, 58 were Mexicans, 5 were negroes, 9 were Indians, and 1 Japanese.

The counties accredited with prisoners during the year were: Yavapai, 25; Pima, 19; Maricopa, 16; Cochise, 13; Pinal, 10; Gila, 8; Graham, 5; Navajo, 5; Coconino, 4; Santa Cruz, 4; Yuma, 4; Mohave, 2. During the year there were discharged 101 prisoners, of whom 62 were by expiration of sentence, 14 by parole, 10 by order of United States court commissioner, 7 by pardon, 3 by commutation of sentence, 2 by expiration of sentence ("canal" time allowed), 2 by death, and 1 by order of court.

Every able-bodied man is given employment throughout the year, and the general health of the prisoners is good.

I have the honor to submit the following report of the improvements and progress made at the Territorial prison, at Yuma, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902, which was prepared by Hon. Herbert Brown, superintendent of the prison:

The year has been one of decided growth and substantial improvement at the prison. Extensive and permanent changes have been made in the Territorial property to the betterment of the physical, mental, and moral condition of the prisoners confined in the institution. So for as time and opportunities have permitted, old buildings have been remodeled or replaced by others in accordance with present and future requirements. The work has been well and substantially done, and the material used the best obtainable at the time. As this material, with the exception of adobes and rocks, had to be purchased, the expense attending these changes involved an outlay of considerable money, but they were necessary to the well-being and good government of the place. With the single exception of finishing the cement floors, all the work has been done by convicts, and the expense reduced to the minimum.

These improvements were further extended by the accidental destruction of the straw and brush roof by which one of the old prison buildings had been covered, and gave a much needed opportunity for remodeling the whole building. This building is located south of the dining room and overlaps the north end of the main cell house. It contains the office of the assistant superintendent, storeroom for convict clothing, barber shop, kitchen commissary, a cell room for the cooks and waiters, capable of accommodating, with comfort, 18 men. The building has cement floors, is well lighted and ventilated.

The old dining room would probably seat 150 men, but as the new year opened with 301 it became necessary that other provisions for feeding them should be made. This was done by taking down the north wall of the building and extending it 12 feet. This included the kitchen also, and made ample provision for future increase in prison population; although on the same floor, the dining room and kitchen are separated by an adobe wall, through which a double door has been cut. The dining room is 74 by 30 and the kitchen 24 by 30 feet in the clear. Both rooms have cement floors, plastered and wainscoted walls, redwood ceilings, and are well lighted and ventilated.

The remodeling of the canyon, or corridor, leading to the cell house, and which separates the dining room building from the one containing the assistant superintendent's office by a width of 9 feet, materially improved it in looks as well as usefulness. It was brought under the same roof as the remodeled building, given a cement floor, light, and ventilation.

Second only in importance to the dining room is the new hospital, which is constructed over the west division of the main cell house-the latter being of stone and iron, afforded an excellent foundation. The walls of the hospital are substantially built of adobe and the building is surrounded on both sides and one end by an 8-foot porch. The outside dimensions of the building are 110 by 24 feet. It is divided into two wards by a passage 6 feet wide, one of which is used as a general hospital and the other for those afflicted with tuberculosis. The latter is 15 by 20 and the