Arizona republican., 1901-03-07
NOT CAREFUL ENOUGH
People Who Pass Judgment Should
 Look at All Sides.

Many visitors to Phoenix during the winter months avail themselves of the opportunity afforded by spare time amid strange scenes, to write to their home papers lett.rs descriptive of this region as they see it. When the writer proves to be a fair minded man and takes the trouble to investigate. his work is always a benefi, to this coun- try and should be a source of satlsfac- ton to the writer.
 But too frequently such letter writers either fail to investigate fully. else follow up a single subject. choosing possibly one that is not agreeable in the first place. These le.- ters as a part of the whole, were it al, told. perhaps would not be deceptive. out in the manner in which they are so often handled they cannot help but prove detrimental. The above com ment Is suggested by series of leI- ters recently published in the Cedar town (Ga.) Standard. by one Dr. Brad ford, who visited n Phoenix for very few days, a month or two ago.
 Be 1t said to the credit of Dr. Brad ford that his letters are written in good naturei and humorous vein and with no apparent intention cf doing harm. And be 1t further said tha, they are well written and that he has shown himself to be rather a close ob- server during th9 short tlr:e ha was here. from the general idea he gained of Phoenix, her institutions and the political and industrial organization If the territory. But he made some statements that were either prejudiced or thoughtless. fer they are certainly not borne out by the facts.
 Dr. Bradford says that nearly every house reeks with diseased sounds and smells, and that most of the sleeping rooms are canvas built or of cheese clott etc. Tn the first place. many houses are so constructed. and purp0ss- ly, for the benefit of sick people. But of all the houses in the valsy not one in a hundred Is SO arranged. AS for diseased sounds and smells. if one Is an invalid and looking for Invalid quarters he is directed 10 these houses and these sounds and smells. But If he wants to be alone and has i reasonable amount of money he can find as much solitude as he wants to pay for. and with conveneipces, too.
 The doctor also makes the broad as- sertion that half the population are victims of lung trouble This state ment is also a ten-fold magnifying of the truth. There are lots of them here and they are invited here. but there ia no euch 0 percentage as ttar in evidence. Indeed. the winter popu- lation of Phoenix, ccnservativelv stated, is only about 5000 more than the summer population. And the win ter residents for the most part in clude the consumptives. With nearly every one of them there are from one to dozen relatives who come with him to make life more pleasant. This whttles' down the invalid contingent tc 2 thousand or so out of 15000.
 As matter of fact one sick man will make 800 who are around him think If being sick some time, SO if the tourist correspondent is not unusually. fair minded and h1nest he is bound 10 cx- aggeratc against the town. If one is looking for sick people he can And them. but it would De astonishing to see how many healthy people are here if one would take the trouble t0 count them.
 There are dozen little statements of this kind thet were evidently not written to prejudice. offend or m!s. lead, but tley arc bound to do so just the same. One of Dr. Bradfdrd'' lc.- ters has a little information that will bc interesting to the friends of Mayor Gang and will be news to some of his fellow citizens. He met a numbe: nf former citizens of Cedartown, and says:
 "One is the present mayor of Phoe- riN, a robust, rotund, rosy little Tcdton ,.amed Ganz-E. Ganz he says he vas postmaster of Cedartown in he tempestuous days of 50 and '6l He volunteered from that office--a "hoinb- proor'-into the confederate army. No wonder he is mayor here: he ought tG be governor, and will be, doub: less when these people are allowed 10 choose their own official head. He says that Major Blance. Col. Jim Wuddell