Arizona republican., 1898-07-10
PINNEY & ROBINSON,

itiative for the benefit of people and property.
 Ut may seem frealish,'' said MT Gum, last evening, but it is a fact that 1 come here to enjoy the heat. I am rot sick 1 am, as you see, strong and hearty, but this class of heat makes me stout, and I enjoy it. This is Q much-abused climate, and much or the abuse is malicious Arizona heat is not oppressive, neither is il dangerous. I prefer the heat here at 120 degrees to that of St. Louis, Wash ington, New York or Chicago at 90 I am satisfied that mistake is made by persons who come here on account of ill health when they leave during the summer. This heat has all of the hea;th-siving properties which they are seeking, and they run away from it. It is mistake. I do not wish to be understood as advocating this the ory il cases where the sick are 50 far gone that they have TO strength re- maining. I mean it to apply to those who come here in time
 During the week I have been dr:v- ing about your valley, ard have be- come strongly impressed with it's ad- vantageS. 1 have never seen a local fly with better opportunities for makl ing itself the finest resort in the land and at little cost. What you need is push and energy. There are thous-l ands Of persons going about from place to place looking for some spo. { to make home. They are also look ing for climate. These persons, many Of tbem, come here. The climate is exactly suited to them. But what other Inducements are you holding out to them? You take a team and | drive in any direction, and what dc i you find? Poor roads and plenty Of i dust. You have not one decent driva ] anywhere out from your city. You have nice little city here, but what are you doing towards making it at ] tractiTe and pleasant to those comia ! l in with a desire to remain?
 Suggest? Why, I might suggest
 many. things. For instance: From ! here to Mesa could easily be made one of the finest driveways in the coun-
 try 3Iacadamized roadway, a row of beautiful umbrella trees on each side
 and one in the middle, shady, good
 road to Tempe, and on in to Mesa It
 would be splendid. Your county au- thorities should enter into an ar
 rangement with the railroad company to build a combination bridge across
 the river. This would help out amaz-
 ingly, and lift the communities from
 out the rut of medieval times, when 1 fOrding rivers was fashionable. "Then your city streets, at least Washington and Center streets, should l be macadamized, and your people i should pay more attention to the planting of trees, gardens and vege 1 tatiOn.
 'tIt would take capital to mako
 these public Improvements, but it would bring a return of profit in in
 creased valuations, increased popula- | ticn, increased wealth. increased 1 business and increased happiness.
 fifty fold greater than the outlay, and all that in a very short time.
 i 'I could, any person could. go on
 making. suggestions innumerable. for 1 the improvement of your valley bua i ! take it that few are sufficient for a starter.
 There is nothing like it anywhere, nothing to compare with the sights of
 your valley in the form of vegetation.
 Such alfalfa fields, such vegetable gar dens, such cattle! It is all well worth
 travelling a long way to see. Back in the east if I should tell the people that
 you raise six large crops of alfalfa
 every year, and in the quantities you
 do. they would set me down as a
 teller of fairy tales. I never saw
 such crops. It does a man good to
 look at it and to realize that such
 things are in his own country. And ! while I am enthusiastic about it, ]
 cannot refrain from saying that therd
 is vast amount Of land just as capa- ble. thousands of acres, here in your
 valley, still virgin soil, only awaiting the touch of water. Salt River Valley people must be up and doing. A steady, systematic advertising, a con- sta1t hammering at the door of capi- tai, must bring results. I understand that storage of water is quite feasible here, and that is what you need. KeeE the push on Enterprise and go- aheadativeness is bound to win, and
 l predict that the time is not far dis tant when storage will be al accom- plished thing here and you will have
 q valley the pride of the whole coun-
 try.
 Put in your good roads. good streets, payements, drives and shade
 and the rest will come before you ge.
 awake some fine morning"