Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-06-17
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH
ARIZONA?

A Question that is of Importance &c
Arizona.
There is nothing the matter with Ari-
IONA. She is preparing herself for the
mantle OF Statehood and breathing the
cir OF O most progressive progress
Phoenix will build on enormous Pan
theon. Not q Pantheon where they
have human Sacrifices, but Pantheon
where vast audiences can in tie beauti-
full months of October and November
view aome OF those grand scenes of Ari-
zone's resources that will prove TO all
the world that western Territory hes
| shook from itself the alleged Rccusa-
lions of cild and aoooleyness and has
stepped into the arena and Joined the
onward march Of great civilization.
10 is proposed that the Kaleidoscope
and Msgnsscope be brought into play
and that ell the beautiful add interest
ing scenes in and about Phoenix, Tempe
Mesa, Tucson, PRESCOTT, Grand Canyon
Of the Colorado and many Of the scenes
OF Arizona placed in bold relief before
an sdmiriug audience under the canopy
a vast Pantheon. There will be vine
yards loaded with ripe, luscious grapes
being gathered by the farmer; there
will be orchsrds of apFicote, peaches,
plums, figs, almonds, olives and dates
and groves of juicy yellow oranges and
lemons, throughout which the indus
srious gsthereE will be as busy as bee.
There will be vast fields Of ripenipR
grain through which the moving ma
chine will be quitting swsthes of beauti
full yield. Hay ricks of.new mown alfalfa
piled. mountain high. Herds of sleek fed
cattle and we'll bred horses will be In
panoramic view to she thousands in
attendance. There will be views of the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the
great piueries of the San Francisco
Mountains and the pretty lakes therein.
Twelve thousand square miles OF Mo-
COLON forest will loom up in the dis
tence. Then the smelters and furnaces
and mills of the gold silver and copper
mines together with the rook-riving
features OF dynamite in cotton and real
istio execution. Then there will be ap
In which chariot races, horse
races, bicycle races and foot r6ces will
be INDUCED In, together with sucb
sports that are beneficial and oivilizing.
10 the closing scenes of the Pantheon |
Exhibit will be seen vast crowd head |
ed by Military and Civic organizations |
and bands OF music on its westward |
march down Washington Street to the |
State Capitol to witness the Inaugural |
Of Governor elected by the people and |
who standing upon the steps of the |
State Capitol with the parchment of |
election in his hands, surrounded by |
numerous State Officials will receive /
the congratulations and enthusiastic
overhead from the capitol dome which
glistens ID the MONDAY sun with beau
5iful slabs and artistic carvings Of AFi
z1nB onyx and marble whilst over them
q equal design and msgnificance will
1ost the flag OF Arizona. A state
whose destined greatness no one osn
accurately compute.
And after these scenes shall have |
been viewed by the citizens of Arizona,
ct some organization of Phoenix well
Known energetic men under the demon
'trstive powers Of the Magnsscope take
ibis living and realistic Panorama and
Unfold it before the arid, frozen and ice
pound sections of the east and north
,ast and let them see the rich and
fruitful endowments with which this
oil is blest where there is perpetual
unehine, free gold, free silver. free
copper and purest free air which the
Grand Master of the Universe has SO
svishly bestowed upon the homoRene
,us and cosmopolitan people thai re
ide in the Zonelsnd of Arizona.
ARTHUR 81. ELLIOTT.
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