Arizona republican., 1897-11-04
PEORIAN,S IN ARIZONA.
They are Infatuated With the Climate
 of the Sun-Kissed Land.

The Peoria Journal of recent date contained the following concerning Peorians now in Arizona:
 s. M. McCowan, a former resident Of Peoria county, has charge of an Indian school at Phoenix, Ariz., and a1e is infatuated with the country. He writes to the Journal the follow ing interesting letter:
 Department of the Interior, Indian
 School Service, Office of Superin-
 tendent, Phoenix, Ariz., Oct.
 21, 1897:
 Editor Peoria Journal-A short time ago there appeared in your ex- cellent journal statement to the ef- feet that I had been sent by the de partment to take charge of the h. dian school at Pueblo, Colo, and giv- en s30,000 and carte blanche to make it the best in the service" etc.
 Your information is but partially correct. I have not been transferred to Pueblo. There, is no Indian school there. and if there was I would not accept a transfer to it. I am located permanently at Phoenix, Ariz., the pearl of the magnificent Salt River
 Va valley so cosmopolitan that
 
 e fruits of the tropics in lux
 Zhess and proftableness for him
 tolls.
 want nothing better than life in 6hoenix You may possibly remem Der that but a few months ago I ra fused promotion to the position of supervisor of Indian schools to take charge of the Indian school he,e. Seven years residence in the treasure territory has woven its charms and proven the value of life in a country where the staunch old firm of "Ci- mate & Soil'' are incorporated for the sole purpose of producing wealth, happiness and peace for its adoring - constituency
 The Indian office asked me to come here and take charge of this school, and make it Ehe best in the service, but l was given considerably more than three times S3O,000 to do it with. These Indian schools-that is, those located off the reservations-are not small or insignificant affairs. Alt the Phoenix school, for instance, we take in 500 redskins from the various res ervations, cleanse them thoroughly they need it-clothe them Leatly in garments made in our own tailor shops, prepare and serve three square meals per day, give them the best in struction in literary and industrial pursuits, etc. Some time, if you wish it, I will send you a complete write up of the school here. I will not take the time in this letter, however, as wish to answer in this public man ner a few of the numerous questions asked me through the mails by olt friends in Peoria regarding the eli mate, resources, prospects, etc., of thu Salt River valley.
 The climate, for mine months O each year, is perfect, ideal. I do no think the most dissatisfied dyspepti' could desire improvement. Elysiun cannot excel Arizona in this respect Alaska has it's Klondyke-where deatl stalks in frigid solitude, holding il his ice-manacled right hand big mug gets of gold that faseinate and allur its deluded thousands. This Klon dyke is for the hardy, the lion-heart ed, the avaricious, the strong.
 Arizona has its Klondyke, too. Blu here life takes the place of death holding out the scepter of health, free 1y offering the elixir of joy and peac and content, healing the wounds o
 
 the suffering.
 Arizona offers in it's matchless eli mate stores of health, wealth an boundlesS opportunities. Every da is sunny, every day is a work day The old grow young beneath its gen ial influence, the feeble are strength ened, disease is stayed, and death held in check.
 This is no place for the shiftles CT lazy. Dollars do not grow O bushes in the shape of dollars. w have not reached that Utopian COT dition, so longed for by certain dt luded pops" where the city father can make values by fiat, but he wh digs can create. The soil is reekin with wealth, and it develops in man ways-in mines, in trees, citrous an deciduous, in alfalfa, in grain. Wit a few hundred dollars in his pocke