The Florence tribune., 1897-09-04
EDITORIAL coRREsPoNDENcE.
Los ANGELES, Aug. Sl, 1ss

uayS at u tune, I6V db O"itoA "Ae SsA4 v enough deserts for the greater part of the distance across the State, the Ari- zonan at home has much to congratu- late himself upon. True, immediately upon the seashore the breezes temper the air and the climate is delightful during the heated term, but twenty miles away, as at Los Angeles, the heat is simply uncomfortable. Perhaps the mercury does not get as far away from the bulb ss on the raging Gila, but the moisture in the air uses up the Ari- zonan in no time. It isn't the heat; its the moisture.
 It was heartrending sight to see Q dozen or more men from the Territory ranged up at the Hollenbeck bar the other day, drinking lemonades and ''eussing the climate" An adjourn ment was taken to the grill-room, and an organization of the Arizona con tingent was effected by the election of @2Dr: Scroggs, of Tempe, as chairman and John o. Dunbar as secretary. A com mittee on resolutions and relief com .mittee were appointed, the latter be- ing considered the more important, as ss was feared some of our fellow eiti- zens might become stranded and be compelled to remain in this inhospita- ble clime-a fate which was looked up- on with horror
 .s Ellinwood, Tom Smith and Fred FleischEsa were appointed the relief committee, as tribute to their finan- cial standing.
 Matt. Flynn, of Yuma, was made sergeant-at-arms, with instructions to fire out all reporters for the local press except Hon. H. J. Rodman, late of Casa Grande, as he would know it all any, way.
 Frank Cox, District Attorney Will jams, of Phoenix, and w. F. Nichols, of Wilcox, did most of the talking, and their flights of oratory were simply grand when they referred to the beau ties and glories of our beloved Terri tory. Ben. Goodrich, NJ. M Sherman, T. D. Hammond and NJ. " Stewart, who were invited guests on account of their former residence in the Territory, sat and listened and wept tears of re- gret for ever having left us.
 The resolutions committee, which consisted of Bert Dunlap, Dr. Rossen and Edwards, of the Edwards Heuse at Maricopa, made the following report:
 Whereas, It has become popular fad among the people of Arizona to Ego insidep and blow themselves in each year in their frantic endeavors to cool off, thereby greatly depicting the cash assets of the Territory; and
 Whereas, By so doing they have made monkeys of themselves; there fore, be it
 Resolved, That it is our plain duty to discourage this annual migration to California.
 Resolved, That Arizona is a dia- mond pin upon the breast of Mother Earth.
 Resolved, That our canyons are the grandest, our valley lands the most fertile, our mountains the richest in minerals, (including silver, which Cali fornia voted no better than pot-metal), our people the bra7est, most patient and long suffering.
 Resolved, That we are the people.
 The resolutions were adopted unani- rpeusly, and after giving three hearty cheers for Arizona the meeting ad- journed.
 "A visit of week to Ventura has done much to dispel an unfavorable impression of California It is beau tiful little city on the seashore, eighty miles northwest of Los Angeles. Its climate is perfect at this season of the year and its people are hospitable. The production of Arizona strawber- ries Otherwise known as frijoles or beans) in this county is something enor- nous. One can ride through fields of beans for miles and miles. Mir Eastin, editor of the Ventura Independent, kindly drove the wandering Arizonan through the surrounding country, and when he showed him one bean patch of 22O0 acres, the Arizonan was compelled to admit that there was nothing like it in his country, though we are young yet. It is simply as consumers of beans that we pride ourselves. The produc- ton of wheat and barley in the county is also very great. At Hueneme, sea- port twelve miles from Ventura, vessels were being loaded with grain, an aver age of 5000 sacks per day having been received by one warehouse during the past two months direct from the farm CTS wagons. There were evidences of prosperity among the tillers of the soil