Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-18
THE COLOSSEUM
OF CAVE CREEK

vi IA 4 GAA1N
when April rolls up her vari-colored
carpet Of wild flowers, and lays away
her rugs OF swast little ground bloom,
the palo verd5s, iron wood and mas
/ quite don thsir summer organizes; and
no queen of fashion was ever arTayed
IS they are. Next, and throughout all
the summer days, the countless species
OF cac-ug one by one display thor
bloom These. like many a gem on
the robes of Mother Earth, az born 10
bloom unseen save by the eyes Of God
and his angels; yet when their charms
arrest the eyes Gf a mortal. they seem
( ID gov and smile and c0qCette N re-
4 Spouse to human admiration and at
'-ention.
The illustrations 2cc0mpa nying lis
s0t's Lie of Christ reveal the fact that
I the topography Ct the Holy Land and
/ OF southern Arizona ESPECIALLY in the
mCuntsia resi0ns) are surprisingly
/ alike; that in latitude, climate and n
wild and cultivated g-CWthS they are
much the same Thus the devCut viS-
/ itor to tbs colosseum is specially in
i terested when he considers that amid
! jug. such scenes a these the Son of
I Gcd spent his terrestrial Life; that eth
er n such granite gr0ttOs, OR under
such Hospitality spreading shade as We
! have hsre He passed the period of fast
ing and prayer; and that against much
/ tbs same b2sa,t bikes flashed the white
wing Of the angels that administered
! to His SORROW
From September Is to the following
JU1e IS the valley OF Ell Rio SaladO
provides a comfort as near perfect as
! is possible anywhere on earth. There
] throughout all thsr period industry
and enterprise do their work, seldom
harassed or interrupted by atmos-
+ phe-ic disturbances. Peace reigls
there disturbed only by little quickly
passing huTriss Of passion, and for a
very few weeks only the bloom and
Terdure Of home areas shrink frcm the
/ touch CT cold Even in .he season
when winters storms and fury cover
! the sas5 and north with the mantilla of
1 desol2tiCn, there. from the rosy dawn
/ CT each IC-ning, the dTCne of the
honey bee. the decentralization that
50 unsteady swells'' from the Threats
Of the orioles, and the rictous melody
CT ths Pretty Quick Knockers cause
the minutes 10 waltz h9Jugh .he
/ hours with the g-int o mountain
/ brooks. und the hours to u1dula5e
/ through the day as wavelets over the
placid face of .he rancher's water res
ervoir
All, imrious is the discomfort that
muttsrs in such IN Elysium: in
Res;Cds and P.nda- s oasis of the
Happy
But in the midsummer months. the
Juno that reigns Over the sou Inland,
J,o
| loves. marriages and childbirth and
| the patroness of our enterprises and
industries, viii fire up her stove, and
from her wash bciler make the hot
steam a-ise. This must be done thai
her realm shall fail not in any Of the
Functions Of comfort and dsIiglp- o,
thou blessed Juno Of ours. how con-
s-derate and benifcenc thou hast been
/ to locate SO near each other that Elys-
ium and these coiCsseums CT Cave
creek and Castle crssk: for they are
8.he refugees prescribed by thee for thy
subjects while thou art raising the
dust and the devil in house cleaning.
The day il this colosseum seems ID
open up as al early morning mass III
a grand cathedral. Before dawn the
wild cattle and herds OF wild bronch0s
and burrCs have left the water holes,
and sand in the mesquite parks in
Tev5Gcnt waiting, and while clCudlecs
IKE rosy maidens in confirmation
robes gather around the peaks. Then
as the sun risss above the horizon the
peaks seem fC iat01e this Benedicjte
Onlrf0 Opera. 80. all ye works OF the
Lord eli th-' have life ard molten; We
WiEd5. clouds, veTciure snd bloom; az
things that suck their sustenance from
tbs sell and a.r-Diess ys ths L0rd:
praise Him and magnify Him forever
AID then the quails hush their talk (
ing; tbs Wild beasts come forth from
r-h5IT LARS; al winged creatures vi n /
feminine hustle and flutt5r CT gay /,
plunla g settle down on their perches. /
and the rocks and granite bCulders +
which ono time would have burst into 1
hCsannahs had the lips CT man been +
n-Gfe-aH these ed by the Pretty .
Quick sing the yc1ite Of the DESERT /
Thus the day q tbs colosseum opens. |
The nlat1On Of the city and valley, i
Of the bcttar part Of the duet Of hus-
band and wire has s-rned her nj dsum-
H5r CL,ing he-s- Al through the
past nine months. bJg, particularly
after the iGas IF March have passed,
and her alley has grown daily more
She has had TO shove
arOUnd ana ped up her cid man 10
keep him rCstling and roofing. She
has had to blaggard and crowd him for
many d detection; she has had to sass
MIN when he came hCEe 81 night err
veiOped in self-c0rce;r and in the nys-
licism CT Masonry and Ctd Fellowship.
But this Eas had an undesirable effect
On her also. During The month Cls May
she becomes the Beatrice CT her Para
disc; size towers majestically above
her 2d0ri1g Dante; sla addresses him
n enlbalnsd measures and il afrig
Grated proa3dy. Bu1 when sh5 comes up
heze aHd perceiyes II al the aspects r
Is ..n.a..allm Int Ihere is a ssmnra M.