Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-24
SPEAKS WELL OF ARIZONA.
Walter C. Moore Returns to Los An. geles and Has Only Words of
 Praise for Arizona.

A great many of our citizens will
 remember very favorably Walter S.
 Moore of Los Angeles, who spent a
 couple of months in Prescott during
 the past summer. Mir. Moore has
 just returned to Los Angeles and
 speaks very highly of this territory,
 as will be seen from the following from the Los Angeles Express; Walter s. Moore. ex-chief the Los Angeles fire department, was taken l from a Southern Pacific train today
 suffering from what is known as the 1 Sonora fever, contracted by him on
 recent trip to Mexico. Moore left | here for Arizona about three months ago. and it was while on a trip ex- amining property in Mexico that he was stricken with the illness from which he Is now convalescing and which 1t was for a time feared would cost him his life. He has lost thirty pounds since he left Los Angeles.
 Moore has obtained control of seve- ral valuable properties, he says, and will go to San Francisco and later east to float them. and will return to Arizona early next year; In discuss ing the prospects of Arizona, Moore, who had not been through the terri tory for fifteen years, today said:
 II went through the territory this time and there are great changes. Every town. no matter how small, has its electric light. ice and cold storage plant,
 ''The cities and towns are well gov erned, streets cleaned and sprinkled, and sanitary work is faithfully per formed. The police departments are composed of bra -e. able. sensible and intelligent officers and men. The fire departments have all the latest and improved apparatus and appliances, and plenty of it, and the firemen are fearless, active. efficient and well drilled and disciplined. They do good work.
 Every city and town has at least . one first class hotel. thoroughly fur 1. nished with clean dining room, kept ]. cool and free from flies with electric !. fans, and where you can get a good meal well cooked, nicely served and |. at a reasonable price.
 The moral and intellectual man is well taken caTe of. There are churches of all denominations and creeds, many | of the edifices being imposing and . costly. and with a good long list of . .,.,.,l..., ,,-l- ,,,,l-, El,,-,1 o,,,4 4,.;l,,, tions for their support. The school system is in no way inferior to our . own. Able teachers are employed at . good salary. The school buildings . are numerous and constructed for health and comfort.
 The Arizonan is a well read man. In every place there is published one or more good newspapers, well edited and chock full of local and outside news. These he literally patronizes and he also subscribes to those pub lished in the adjoining towns and has delivered to him dailies one of the Los Angeles and San Francisco papers. Every hotel, restaurant, saloon. barber shop and other business house take one of our papers.
 Law and order is the rule. Life and property are as safe as they are in our California. The murderous indian, the deadly gun fighter the bad man the foolish and dangerous Arizona Kicker are no more. They have disappeared they have been removed.
 There is no disorder, there is no lawlessness. Even Judge Lynch has gone out of the business.
 Moore declares that his illness over took him just in time, as it has brought him home so that he will be able to vote for Mckinley and Roose- welt.