Arizona republican., 1901-08-21

most important feature in the scheme of daily living. Under it's kindly shell swung. the steamer chair placed and the water barrel intrenched. From April to October or November the cots find here an abiding place as well, for all Arizona sleeps out of doors at least half the year. During the remaining months a system of adjustable screens on the tents enables enc to sleep wholly or In part in the open air as the weather demands. All the tents have board floors and baseboartis, while some have shinslad roofs ard windows. The side wells of heavy canvas roll from bottom to top. Good tents may be rented from $3 a month up. though most people prefer to buy their own, as they can be readily sold when no longer needed.
 New tents may be bought and placed at a cost of from sij to $l00. depending upon size, material, the fly and the labor required in their erection. There are several complete canvas establish ments, with servants quarters. stables, dining hall etc. scattered throughout the valley. but these belong t0 New York, Boston and Kentucky million aires. and are the exception. not the rule. The brush sheds are usually built by the Pima Indians from the reserva- ton near by who follow their own tribal fashion in architecture. Stout cottonwood poles notched at the top serve as support for the roofing of arrow weed and cottonwood branches, brought froT the banks of the Salt river. Furnishings are usually simple. comfortable cot and bedding, Nav ajo rug or two for floor or bed (and splendid rugs can be obtained from the reservation at an absrrdly low price), a stove, a set of drawers or home made cupboard. an ice box and two or three chairs and the conditions, for confort- able living are assured.
 Luxuries are added to necessities to suit the individual purse and taste. One young English schoolmaster takes his luxury in the form of set bath tub
 Living is not as expensive as one would think. The most delicious mutton chops in the world retail at fifteen cents per pourl3 in Phoenix: porterhouse steak, thick, juicy and tender. for twenty five cents; beef's tongue the same; fresh eggs at twenty cents per dozen, and fresh vegetables all the year around, less than they can h: bought in the
 New York markets. Game is plentiful, and rich Jersey milk sells at five cents quart. Artificial ice may also be pro- cured in town. As nearly every one keeps a horse, and driving Is one of the
 fayorlte amusements, there is little
 trouble in getting the marketing done,
 Horses are cheap. Indian ponies are often obalnable for ten dollars noun
 tain ponies range from fifteen to
 twenty-five dollars. and blooded stock can frequently be bought for less than fifty dollars. Many of the horses are trained both for the saddle and driving. All the women ride cross-saddle. divid- ed skirts, a shirt waist and sombrero | with hat band and belt of Mexican carved leather constituting the costume par excellence.
 Nor is life in a desert colony the tame. monotonous round that one might | imagine. The camaraderie established in a community where individual in , terests are SO closely allied is especially close and cordial. The Dartmouth rep
 resen;ative exchanges college bon-mots with the Cambridge fellow, while both
 bend trained intelligences to the fasci-
 hating study of bees. Harvard and | Sanford find that they have mueh in | common besides symptoms. while the
 bachelor maid from San Francisco hob
 nobs over fashions and 'frivols," new | books and desert flora, with the girl ] from Brooklyn. The broad shouldered | young preacher from Missouri plays Nimrod with excellent success, and | comes back to share his partridge and
 pigeons with the little maid of Arcadia
 and her mother, who camp close under ! Camel's Back: while the soldier boy