Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-08-01
. A NOBLE SENTIMENT z
Words of Praise and -EDcourstcelnent for PreScott's CttiEenS from
 Hon. A L. Morrison.

The following letter, written by Hon. ! A l.. Morrison. internal revenue coiIec- | tor for New Mexico and Arizona. father ot United States Attorney R. r.. Morri-
 son and of Attorney ]. r. Morrison, of ! Prescott, has been received by the edi- | tor of this paper. Although V was in- | tended as a private communication to the editor ii contains such noble scnti- ments and such encouraging and cheer ! iHg words that it should be read by every individual in Prescott who sus-
 tsined loss by the recent confia Ers ton
 and the Journal Miner takes the liberty of publishing u for the benefit of all.
 santa Fe. =. NJ. July =. isaa.-My Dear Mir. Martin. While am sincerely
 soTry for the terrible fire which has de- stroyed the best part of beautiful en- terprising Prescott. will not indulge in vain regrets but hasten to congTatu- late you on the PhOenix-liks resurrec- ton from the ashes of your former well eQUipPed inStstuEsss. remember as u it was yesterday ttt~ aNfUl v,sRsisEr ton which reduced Chicago tG an un- slightly heap Of smOutderiuE ruins. Sew sTal Square mils< of magnificent busi- ness edfficsS. thousands of residences fr,,m the stately mansion ef the million sife. Co the cosy cottage ef fhe working
 man. were AS if they had never been: and st least inp.ss men. women and children were wandering sinles~iy around the streets. destitute 'sf every ta 1g-~Ven of she har-st n-cesssries cf Hfs- T-srs almost blind my eyes as call up that scene of desolztion and 1soe. For fcw days We looked st each other and then al the unparalleled s>sne of destrociion- and tt sss not un- til the first newspaper Snke a bright ray of hopsR appeared that the heavy cIrutS of si~sT-rnfs-ncy began to Eve Way tc ghe bright EiesIns of hope and courage The indcnitshis spirit of Agn-ricsnisui. which had osrr1ed our country thry,ueh bout sf the wArs and g-erils "f the past manifested itself srsN- work began and all through the Hiat-r sproVideHrsaIly a mild onel con- rinued without let cr hindrance. dag
 and night and inside cf one year The old buildings Were repfzced ssy sommer- cisi fSsl.ce< than ahich there ~ere 
 vi,-tnrses as ~ell ss war. and ii takes the sane bravery. the same deierJuina- .iaa. and more ths, the same moral ,-suEz<e ie achieve them. The rebuild iu= cf Chicago vas one and The re- iyuslting cf Prescott Wiil be another. From the smoking deSrIs on the shore nf lake Michigan has arisen the Won der City .s the ~orld- Who would have believed ou that terrible day iu is5l. that within a quarter of a century the
 n,,~i magnificent exposition og ulsnu- fArtu-sS. arts. archit~cture and beauty. th.- world ever saw or probably ever
 Nim se.. would b. held on the same -5,s.f- ", oa.. could h-N~ Sr-srrr~ri v. and yet .t sfid take place Even the .-,-called Ernpire City cf New York has been compelled to take in all of Sta ten island. nearly an os Le=s island. including the great city ef Brooklyn and the most IscPuleus parts of West chester county. to keer herself q little ahead ~f superb and peerless Chicago.
 Without thst dreadful fire that city
 would have been struggling many years
 a. accomplish what she then achieved t-, one And so in proportion it Wtll '-. with Pres ,,yt. The invinvthlr spirt shown bV your indomitsblr business
 r,s.n in your columns Is beyond sN praise They hAss psss'-d through th"ir
 Bunker Hiil defeat. hut already thstr Yorktown with all it's rcsplendent gior-
 is> !s lighting up the mountains ike he rising of Gods hIesSed sun. to cheer and encourage them on their wsy. That .A.. ---..t ,--.g -,-fiT an fh.fr h.-r rfz N-fth genuine Nankee courage and change thsir present trouble into joy and prrs- p4riiy. is the earnest prayer af their fTi nd and sdmirer-
 "A. L. MORRISON"