Arizona republican., 1899-02-05
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H. A. Bate of Ottawa, Canada: It
 seems to me that you people Of Ari- zOna ought to make more OT an effort to preserve some of the archaeological | specimens from the ruins of the pre- ] historic races. Sc far as I have been l able to ascertain, and l have asked a good many about the matter, no or
 ganized effort has ever been made for ! explorations of the many ruins scat : tered over the territory eXC ept those
 made some years ago by Lieutenauts
 Gushing and Schwatka and all tha splendid specimens they fOund were
 shipped out Of the territory. It would 1 be a capital plan in building your new capitol to set apart a room for a terri
 tOrial museum and make collections
 from all parts of the territory Of ar
 theological specimens. Many of the stones on which hieroglyphics Of the ancient races, who inhabited the ter TitCry. ought also be placed in this museum. Why, I am constrained to believe that if your people would take hold of this matter earnestly, you could in a very few years have one of the most valuable and interesting museums to be found on the conti- nent
 E. H. Winters: Yes sir, 1 leave to- night for Jerome where 1 am going into business. Jerome is one of the
 best mining camps in the west today and after a careful consideration I be- lieve my interests will be materially advanced by moving my store there. have been in business in Phoenix q good many years but competition has cut down profits until tke-e is not margin enough left for a man to work fOT I 60 mi pynaof tn m 4rQ q fOpFl11,p ill year or two ill Jerome or make Un- due profits, but I do believe 1 can make fair profit on my investment there and that, all reasonable people expect a man to do.
 Wm. P Orr of Detroit: Your Ari- zOna historical society or some one in terested ought to prepare g history of Arizona. In fact I am inclined to be- lieve it would be money well invested for your legislature to vote a sub 5idy of say $2,500 for the writing and pub fishing of @ good history of the terri tory. Since coming here a month ago I have been trying to find histcry of Arizona but have not succeeded. Ban croft, in his western states series, fails to give any adequate information about the territory and none Of your books about the territory issusd by the railroad companies or by your I'm migration commissioners are what a student of history wants. A history giving a good account of the earliest explorations by the Spanish, record of the founding of the old missions in Pima county, the gold discoveries Cn the Hassayampa and the subseluent influx of settlers, something of the records of such old time pioneers and | scouts as Bill Williams, Pauline Weav- | CT, Charles D. Poston, Samuel Stevens and some others would be intensely | thrilling and interesting and follow this with q record of the material de- | of the territory. Enough | of the neighboTs of these men are | living to secure much valuable inf1r- ! nation but if the work is put off a few | years a great deal of information that could readily be secured now. cannot . be had. Of course the preparation of . such a history would require great . deal of time and hard work and the 1 sale of the book would not be large enough to compensate 9 man for get ting it up. Hence l believe that 1t would be a good plan for the territory to vote a reasonable sum f7r h. pub lication of a good history Of AlizCn2.
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 Why not try Thomas drug store, hi q. T