Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-13
FLOWERS In BLOOM.
What Winter is In The Oldest City
in the United States.


TUCSON, Jan. l, 1897.
To the Editor:
Christmas vas celebrated here by
the Catholics with great spirit. Inc
grand cathedral now being Luilt here
is nearly finished, except In two
towers, which nre to have height oil
about $50 feet. on Christmas eve
grand high Inass was Gel. brsteu al
midnight, there being one archbishop
TWO bishops and others Of less degree
as officiating priesthood. The church
10 lighted by sevsDty-iour incsnues'
cent lights and two arch lighle, ana
has an ,mposipg interior with ten
massive columns supporting tne
proined.srch ceiling. Tue builuiDR
IL of brick. A fair was held In II issI-
ing from December SIN TO lZth III,
elusive, which Melted the sum oi
49, 400, which Is To be useo TOWARDS
campleting the edifice. The total cos'
will be considerably over slOO, OOo.
Arizona is prospecting ab wen OF
probably better than adjoining states
and territories, but 1t Is REMARKED W
many the great era OF prosperity
which was sure to fellow the eleclion
OF Mckinley has failed TO msterlahNe
yet, a fact emphasized by bank failures
chronicled in every newspaper. me
came old story ia tJId-that the roh
are becoming richer auu the pooI
poorer, while trust after trust Is Deihg
formed to clutch the throat OF tne
laboring masses. What VIII the Gnu
bea
Does 1t remind the student OF DIS
tory OF the condition oil the french
nation previous to the terrinie ie'oiu-
ton OF 1892, when the poor anu hIu'
die claBses, oppressed beyohu Ionss,
endurance by the aristocra'ic, plIesoy
and moneyed clnsses, rose III Jury hho
burieu thousands In bloody grave.T
And doea not like causes produce Ike
effects? Who may ioreteil the emu oil
all these things? II any such there
be, IL Ia they whore minua ere
enlightened by the Holy Spirit; they
who by obedience to the laws oil heavep
keen themselves III touch with the
holy Priesthood and with the body OF
the Church-ior the Scripture SAITH,
"Obedience Is better than sacrlnce."
Tucson has some features which
might with great advantage be imi'
tateJ by other small towns In Utab,
With q population OF only 1900 1t
maintains a reading room anu iret
public library OF 1900 VOLUMES, well
lighted and open uay ana night.
A curfew ordinance has been In
force many years, which iorbids
youngsters LEES than IL years OF age
from appearance on the street after
O'Clock pm, unless In company with
some older person. Parents are giau
TO have the assistance OF the law In re-
straining their children from possible
impruper associations at night; and
minors are prohibited from buying
LIQUOR or even entering any saloon.
The city also furnishes Tree BAND
CONCERT once week In the city park
from NAV until November. There is
a spacious banu.stund lighted by
electric lights, and during Six months
in the year the people-hunureds each
night--enjoy the music rendered by
one of the two fine banus In the city.
The city pays the band moderate
compensation, and 1t is money well
spent.
Today roses and other flowers bloom
in door yards, and the graceful pepper
tree 10 at its beat, while cottOhwoous
never lose all their leaves In our 81
called winter.
Arizona ia proving m unexcelled
locality for the culture OF oranges anu
limone, fruit ripening full month
earlier than In any part OF California,
and the orange trees have proved
capable OF wiihstnnding the greatest
cold here without any protection
Lemons are not grown in this lection
but are unexcelled in and about Yums,
as ia also tho date palm, which latter
has also done well nj Ptenix, In Sail
river valley.
Arizonians are incensed Mt the re
cent utterhnce of Gov. Franklin, thai
In case of war with Spain not man In
Arizona would volunteer for service In
the army. In such An emerget cy
many would rally round the Stars and
Stripes with enthusiasm.
j. Ii. MARTINEAU.