Arizona daily citizen., 1901-03-19
The View Of
an Outsider.

1t lie always profitable but not always
pleasant TO 'ssee oarsei's AZ ithers see
us,' but when q writcr deals with us ne
Foster Stockton does In an article which
he sent bis paper in Admission, Ala. 1t ID
well to Iet the people know what he has
seen and the point from which he has
viewed US. MIR. stockton writes:
A ride OF iittie over three hundred
miles from FL Paso towards the setting
sun brought me TO Tucson. This an
eient pueblo 10 also in the great Western
desert, the principal difference in en-
yironments being thai the foothills
about here are covered with magnificent
caefi of many kinks. The round cactus
grows here 70 height OF twenty 10
thirty feet. II 10 said that this caetns
IL the means os many lives being saved
which wauA otherwise be lost for the
lack oa water. Inside this eartns ID d
large pulp which when chewed makes
an excellent substitute for water, such
scarce article out on the plains and
in the foothills. In the grounds Of the
University OF Arizona, which In located
here, there are at least score OF yarie-
ties of the cactus growing in the fullest
perfection and il IL scene oi intexeaa
and beauty that the many tourists here
rave over. Giant palms also flourish
here. The many iadiesot Admission who
take tueh great pleasure in beautfyins
their yards and grounds would doubt
less go 10 much trouble and expense il
they could grow there the cacai and
palms that flourish here without any
care whatever.
Tucson which Id only 20 miles firm
Mexico and about 200 from the Calif,f /.
mia line, is held by many authorities 10
be the oldest white settlement ia tbs
United States, not even excepting 81
Augustine, Fla, and TO look at many o.
the old adobe buildings here one wouio
think the claim was true.
Tacson in my opinion il one OF tb.
most remarkable towns that ever hap
pened.
1t has population OF abont 5000,
m my of them Mexicans and some
Indians, negroes and Chinese. 1t has
about forty saloons and dozen gamb-
ling places, al OF which are wide open
all OF the time nights and Sundays not
excepted. There are only five churches
here and mot a one OF them is self sup,
porting. There are only two policemen,
one on daty in the day and the other at
night.
Now, one would think that drunken
ness aud disorder would be rampant
here but such Ia not the case. Far from
1t. | have been here two months and
during that time have only seen three
drunken men and only heard one man
curse loud enough to be heard ten steps
away. have not heard Of single fight
of any kind nor of any trouble in the
two months. There cont seem 70 be
any unusual respect for .he Law but
everybody's rule seems to be TO attend
to his own business and let the other
fellow alone. However, II Q man is real
anxiously looking for trouble Think he
will find all he wants.
While short on churches Tucson il
well supplied with schools. The terri
torial university Is located here and &C
is big Indian school. There is large
and handsome public school building
and a fine public school system. Ths
public school trustees have some sao, ,0o(
In the treasury.
There is big public library here ant
s.free reading and recreation rooms
magazines, newspapers, games and ath
letic exercises being provided at the lat
ter. Andrew Carnegie has given $25,
600 towards making the public library
$50, 900 institution, and fine building Il
now being erected for it,
There are two banks here, each with
q capital of 10000, but one Of them ha'
about one million dollars on deposit.
The weather in this ''land Of sun
shine" is superb. l have seen few over