The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1899-07-29
A Friend of Arizona.


than A. Redewill, the ARIZONA piano
king" who loses no opportunity to
speak and write in glowing terms of
the grandeur and wonderful resource S
OF that progressive territory in general
and Phoenix and the Salt River Valley
] in particular. Mr.. Rcdewill is en-
thusiastic over Phoenix, the beautiful
and growing capital city which now
numbers $4,000 people; its extensive
and productive, valley and wonderful
sanitary climate which affords yearly
thousands OF wealthy invalids.
The Chronicle interviewer of Mr..
Redewill cannot give better descrip-
tion of this ancient land of the Aztecs
than is portrayed by the latter's own
pen: No stranger going into Phoenix,
the garden spot OF the aouthwest of
our vast domain, can fail to be impress
ed with the conviction that it is q
lovely place as we'll as a lively city.
1t is settled, like u precious gem in an
emerald frame, surrounded and inter
sected with luxurious trees whose
foliage shade the landscape with leecy
softness.
On every hand are evidences of i'm
provement. Substantial banking and
mercantile houses, capacious schools,
elegant temples OF worship, ii phct ora
of large cOmmodious hotels OF ono to
two hundred rooms, magnificent
capitol building, made of granite, in
course of construction, a fine normal
school, an insane asylum; the govern
ment Indian schools situated near by,
an effective fire department, beautiful
parks, swimming baths, electric street
railway, complete sewerage and wafer
system, four daily and weekly news
papers, ably edited and doing Il thriving
business and everywhere the sound of
the hammer, saw, trowcl, the shrill
locomotive whistle, tie buzz saws of
two planning mills, the rumbling noico
of three Touring mills and two ice
factories ring merrily upon the ear, at
testing that Phoenix is live city.
We haye--that which even San
Francisco does -nr possess s-connec-
tions with the two great transcon-
tinental lines, the Santa F'e and South
ern Pacific systems, both of which do q
vast amount of passenger and freight
traffic, hauling our oranges, grapes,
figs, pears, peaches, apricots, straw
berries, hay and grain, cattle, honey,
poultry and the products of the cream
cry, to distant and near by markets.
a city and valley that produce five
nd url1 # oil
three crops OF figs, the sweetest oranges
raised in the United States, abundance
of early and late semi-tropical fruits
and vegetables, with large cattle ranges
and pastures, and having great water
power for manufacturing purposes,
cannot fail to be otherwise than pros
porous.
The inexhaustible mines of copper,
silver and gold throughout the noun
tains of Arizona, giving remunerative
employment to $4,000 miners and the
immense yield of many of the mines,
place the territory second in the list of
bullion producers in the United
States.
The merchant, the manufacturer, tho
capitalist, will find it vast field for
profita BILE operations and investments,
while the invalid regains that which
his wealth cannot procure him else
where-his health
Mr.. Redewill is self appointed com
mittee of one, a regular board of emi-
grafton COMMISSIONERS by himself
II the are many more missionaries in
Phoenix imbued with the spirit and
enthusiasm of Mr.. Redewill, we have
the keynote to the progress of Phoenix,
Arizona.
Mr.. Redewill is now spending
month with his family in this city
Vallejo Chronicle