Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-10
The Grea. American Desert.
The following extract is from circular
on Arizona. issued by the A. I. & s. +. rail
road:

The following extract Is from circula
on Arizona. issued by the A. I. & s. F. rail
/ road:
The Great American Desert has become al
Ishmaelite and a wanderer on the face o
| the earth. No sooner was 1t comfOrtabl,
settled on the prairies of Kansas than cam,
the locomotive. that grim policeman OF tn,
plains, whose shrill whistle calls to the yaga
bond of a desert: "MOve on, move on, move
on, nowi" When the sandy tramp perehed
for moment among the parks OF Colorado
Il heard the policeman rushing through the
mountains. while each rock and canyon gave
back the warning shrek. move on. move
onP' With despairing hope II clung to the
peaks or sought shelter In the valleys o.
Utah and New Mexico, But even there the
guardian and servitor, followed. Scarce
waiting to catch the familiar sound
that icwas Whispered In the dis
tance, the once proud Great American
Desert, that had SO arrogantly claimed all
this western country as Its domain. sneaked
over into Arizona, and at last turned, like a
thief at bay, to make one desperate fight fol
life. 1t pointed to the valleys and said
They are barren" It glanced at the plains
climbed the mountain and cried: This Is
empty" 1t summoned the lurking Apache
from every .ravine, hung the scalp OF the
pioneer at his belt, Knocked at the immi-
grant, and. said: "rhis is for me-" But
could have had your way, there would not
be settler west of the Missouri river;
Kansas would be desert and Colorado a
bowling wilderness. We will see for our
reds of miles of rich gramma grass and
water for vast herds OF stock. They irrigated
the valley and there came great
harvests. They built saw mills In the
forest and sold the product In all the
surrounding States, Territories and coun-
tries. They delved into the hills and found
millions Of dollars. Then the sturdy police
man took that old humbug of desert
formerly Kansas"-and kicked 1t into the
Pacific, and said: "YOu were a thief by pro-
fession and liar by instinct. You claimed
land to which you had not the shadow of
title. You would have cheated Che poor man
out OF his homestead in Kansas and Ne
braska and his mining claim in Colorado
and New Mexico You would have poisoned
his children In the cities, starved them In
Europe or repressed their every energy in
some little 10x12 Eastern State. So you
would have swindled him out of the thou
sand opportunities offered in Arizona. But the
bones OF your Apache confederate bleach on
the mountain side. Hissquaw draws govern
ment rations on the reservation, and his chill
dren con the spelling book aud wear the lit
tie suits Of blue at Albuquerque. Lawrence
ana Carlisle. Your bOasted title to Arizona
was only the echo Of the fears of towards and
sluggards who died long ago. You are
myth tradition. For you there is no room
In America, the land OF energy and pluck.
move on, n mo move % on nes no%T o And Dse an echc q"
comes from the banks OF the Missouri, "a
on"
Arizona is no Eden. The last earthly par
adise was closed for repairs some time since.
Arizona has Its faults; but it has virtues
never dreamed of by those who are accm<-
toned to give 1t scant credit for what is ac-
c1mplished In its borders. and Il is time that
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