Arizona republican., 1901-03-25
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, MARCH 25, 1901.

The first exclamation cf every visi- itor to Phoenix Is one of delighted sur
 prise. No one expects THE CITY broad streets and mod BEAUTIFUL. ern architectural excel
 lence in frontier city. The ordinary customer leoks for rude adobes or dHapidated shacks, and city of rum holes and gambling dens, with streets of convenience rather than design. and these streets filled with gal hoping cowboys and defiant redskins.
 The visitor comes to scoff and re- mains to praise. He is first surprised and skeptical rather inclined to the be- lief that he Is hypnotized, that all he sees is not real. but merely optical de- fusion. Then. as the sweet truth beats its way back and makes conquest of skepticism. he is overcome with delight. He is charmed and revels in the new ness and strangeness of scenes and sights undreamed of.
 We wonder at the foreigners enthu- siasm-we old Hassayampers. who have became crabbed and crusty with unbelief. We have lived here long and have grown pessimistic. We have worn the country and<the cline into tatters and in unaccourtab.e unrest of peons of thankfulness. If we would but see ourselves as others see us we would realize that our beautiful valley. with all it's imperfections, Is better than the perfectbons of other localities.
 Let us stand at the corner of Center and Washington streets. Now turn your eyes to the east. As far as your eye can travel stretches cut one long street lined with good business blocks and comfortable residences. Look to the west. Did you ever see d more charming perspective? 1.-Two miles away rests the elegant new capitol, emble- nratic of wisdom and peace. Either side of the street leading thereto is lined with two, three and four story buildings. There are shade trees all ths way-ash. umbrellas and palms Turn ing tc the north, and. if 1t were possi- ble, your eyes could follow a most beautiful avenue for seven miles, un- til it lost itself in the guardian noun tains. An avenue built up for several miles of the distance with splendid hnp tan ,i, aA. day. not so very distant now, Central avenue will be enriched by elegant homes and beautiful lawns it's entire length.
 Nowhere else, except in Washington, D C., can it be so truthfully said as of Phoenix that 1t is city of magnificent distances.
 Then go whither you will In the con fines of the city and you will find homes that would be credit t3 any city large, commodious, palatial. Our ho- tels will compare favorabiy with those in Los Angeles. We have business em- poriums equal to any city anywhere not SO large, perhaps. but convenient. and with piles upon piles of goods fresh and cheap.
 And last. but net least, comes the cline. We need make no excuses when climate is mentioned. We have no cause to blush at climatic comparisons And when we stop to analyze the cause of the strangers outburst of enthusl- asm we will find that much of it is due to the wonderful intoxication of cline. The glorious sunshine has gotten into his blood. He Is fascinated with It's kindly attentions. charmed with it's golden luster. And he finds himself ooddling 1t and fondling 1t, and it Is difficult to restrain its hypnotic infiu- ence. It warns the very cookies of the heart, and thaws out feelings of gener- osity and charity that have been elm balmed in rigid thralldom for years