Evening star., 1901-05-13

and this brings the water out of the
ground.
Ihere are prosperous towns throughout
the desert regions of Arizona and New Mex
are hoping for statehood for the territories,
and applauded loudly anything the Presi-
dent said tending to indicate his desire to
see statehood conferred. Crossing the
southwestern portion of New Mexico the
President stopped at several towns One
of these was gaily decorated. Across the
front of a store was a large sign: New
Mexico demands statehood from the Fifty
seventh Congress- Another sign bore these
words: Mckinley, Otero and prosperity
Mr.. Otero is governor of the territory.
Soon after the train entered Arizona the
train officials pointed out the great gloomy
mountains that We're the Businesses of the
Apache Indians. On top of one of these
was the figure of a mans face. The ma
tives say it is ''Cochise's head Cochise
was a great Apache chief, the father Of
Natchez, who, with Geronimo. led the
Apaches in their final most bloody war.
They were all rounded up by the late Gen.
Lawton in these mountains. In the val
leys of these mountains is good grazing.
One company has 1900 head of cattle.
The Ancient City of Tucson.
Santa Fe, n. NJ. and Tucson, Ariz., are
said to be the oldest cities in the country.
Some historians claim a settlement at Tue
son as early as 1860. 1t was "a fortified
Spanish and Mexican town hundreds OF
years ago. Nine miles below Tucson is
the. mission of San Xavier the Oldest in
this country. 1t is said to have been con-
structed in 1910. In the old town, as
throughout Arizona and New Mexico. big
part of the population is Mexican, all
wearing sombreros. Their people lived here
many years before ours. and they stay.
They couldn't get alorg anywhere else. The
interior of the ancient mission is in the
form of a Latin cross. the foot being to
the Sotlt h. in which direction the edifiCe
faces.
1t is throughout the Arizona mountains
in this vicinity that so many evidences are
found of civilizations that have come and
gene. The mountains are covered with
hieroglyphics and photographs. Old ruins
are everywhere to be seen in the Salt and
Gila river valleys. Vast debris. artificial
mounds great canals are works that the
present races know nothing of. These an
Cient people irrigated their farms as the
present generation does. AT one point they
had a system of canals that irrigated 1000
square miles of territory Everywhere they
left great ruins that puzzle scientists.
Arizona is the home of the gila monster.
This animal is nothing more than an over
grown variegated lizard. 1t is a hideous
creature, and to 1t deadly attributes are
ascribed However, it is harmless. =
The people around Phoenix are very
proud of large ostrich farm nine miles
west of the city. There G4o full-grown
birds in the lot, with little ones ga lore
The owner of the ostrich farm took his
birds there from a farm in Florida and
believes the climate is suited to q success
full business with the birds. carload of
the birds has been shipped TO the Buffalo
exposition. The animals live exclusively
alfalfa. which they are apparently fond
Of This is raised by means Of irrigation.
The Presidents Second Visit.
President Mckinley's visit to California
is his second one. He came to the state in
1887 to visit his brother. David Mckinley,
who was then Hawaiian consul general at
San Francisco. The two brothers were to-
gether a great deal in San Francisco. but
not much attention was paid to Represen-
tative Mckinley then David Mckinley died
about thirteen years ago. One of his daugh-
ters Mrs. Moss. visits the President in
Washington every year. w. w. P.