Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-09
ARIZONA AT THE FA,R,
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mained for Rand. McNally & Co.,, to issue hand book, an accurate in1ex of everything within iht White City" apf how tfse eisitof may see it to the best advantage. we Have ex. amined this guide with view to see ing what it said of Arizona's display, its ''silyer ribbed mountains" it's boundless wealth of cereals, fruit, and all else emitting the Territory to bes come twinBling star in the gaiaxy Of States, and not finding Arizona in6ni tioned and not wishing to give it up So, we tried again with the same re- suit and being an Ariaoran5 as we supposed, we concluded there was no such place and censeqUehtlS no exhit- it, when all the surshins in cur nature grew strangely dark
 Since the return of Alonzo Bailey those somber clouds are dissipated, however, we can not say with a silver lining, so far ss his description of our thirtv thousand dollar exhibit is con cerned, which like the beverage demon peel and water described by Dickens, is not much unless you make believe a good deal. When in plain language we expressed our doubt as to his state ment he referred us ta ex-Governor Tritle as a corroborative witness, and to clineh the matter suggested that we swear him by telegraph at the Chicago end of the line, where he keeps watch and ward of the exhibit, fearful that somebody may steal it. He, however, need not fear the commission of pet ty larceny for the reason Chat the ''ry- hibit could not be spouted for enough to keep body and soul together ih Chi cago fof lanal month.
 Robert McBroom, another Globeite has recently returned from Chicago and counts the articles displayed in the Arizona building on his finger ends and corroborates the following statement of Bailey, and adds his omis- sion of a bow and quiver full of ar rows; otherwise he says Bailey is scru- pulously correct.
 Here is Bailey's description of Ari- zona's exhibit;
 ''The building is estimated to cost s6,0O0 This was ascertained by in- quiry from practical architects and compared with the costs of other state buildings. The entire building is di- fided in three sections and occupied by Arizona, New Mexico and oklo- homa.
 ''The Arizona department contains four Navajo blankets, tackled on the wall, which are evidently the property of individuals as they are for sale; one is marked sold The wall is further adorned by crayon portrait of Genn. Geo. Crook, the property of Mrs. T. J. Butler sifd is for sale), A erayon DOT traits of ex-Goy Tritls, ahd five chairs a desk, a table, a register, and the Arizona newspapers on file also a rug in one corner, presumably the skin of a Mountain h5n.
 ''In the second story, which is set apart as a reception room, are several chairs, a lounge and piano all rented property But people viewing with disgust the vacancy of the former room, seldom reach the latter; hence you can say it is almost unknown. In front of the Arizona department is one osctns, about IA feet high, and one piece of petrified wood
 "Oklohoma and New Mexico, the ad- joining rooms, are filled to overflow ing with the products of their respec- tive Territories.
 1.-The mineral exhibit of Arizona is me plus ultra none better in Che mines and mining building. The ma. jority of the mineral exhibit is private. The Forestry exhibit is as follows;
 "one piece of pine log, 8 feet long, ? feet in diameter, an exhibit board, about feet wide and fvo feet long. upon which is tackled few mouldings. A photograph of same, about 12x15 inches A notice board upon which is the followinginscription:
 'ARIzoNA
 Generally called the treeless desert, contains nearly two million acres 5f timber like this, almost untouched by the axe.'" Your observer looked the Fair over and failed to find any more than is related.
 From the above inventory it will be seen that the entire exhibit should not nave cost the Territory to exceed four or five thousand dollars in legitimate expenses including Arizona's share of the cost of tine building and franspor- tation ehafges on mineral exhibits. Not only is Afizona out of pocket $50, ,OO0, but interest besides at the rate of 5 per cent. per annun,, which would amount to an additional Ss0,0OO, the bonds running twenty years. If tits was all that we lost on the speculatleh we might count it as valuable, though dearly bought experience, but the frit- tering away to be charitable) of the entire appropriation is not to be com pared in it's disastrous effects with the black eye the Territory will receive by the impression left on eYery persons mind, who enters the Arizona build ing, that the stories of # being a track less wilderness, except for the Apaohes and coyotes in it, is gospel truth
 What must be the feeling of the viss itor to the Fair, who having previous