Graham guardian., 1902-05-23
WhaI They Think Of Him.

ne lolloWlnp was written Dy q
lady correspondent 1T Washington,
D. g., to Fiodom published in
Seabrceze, Florida:
Il believe | should feel trife
lonesome here now if il was no,
! for Col. Lee Crandall. Not that
don't have plenty of com pany; but
it is treat to have one visitor so
independent that be don't need
hel p for some weakness or other.
There is nothing weak about him;
he is a monument Of strength. Be
sides this-or rather off Of a piece
with it-he seems to be one of the
purest hearted men | ever saw.
He calls almost every day and
brings in breezes from "the fourth
dimens on of space"-I expect.
If not from there, then | don't
know where they come from; they
are certainly from the realms of
the non-conformed and fetterless,
and seem as fresh and pure as the
first breath of Spring dawn.
yesterday | asked him some.
thing about his life. Well-would
you believe it-he was a .lebcl of
the first water in the Confederate
service, and did his best to lick the
entire United States. | can be.
lieve that he is now glad that he
did not succeed. The fact is, be is
no logger fighter, having come
up out Of the fighting element
through the power of advanced
though and all the splendid vigor
that nee made him commander
of the forces of war is now ex.
pended in the efforts of harmony
and good works. You see be has
the steam, and team is a power
that can be applied either in de.
struction or construction. Col.
Crandlll is now applying it con.
structively. At this time he is
president of The Confederate Min
ing Co., whose head quarters are
f located at Globe, Arizons. And
, he actually has the temerity TO tell
me that Arizona has the finest
. climate on earth. Now the Col
Gnel cannot be hired to tell fib;
bit he has never been 10 Seabreeze
30 n man and he thinks he is
tel ing the truth. L just let him
go on and think so; it is not my
province to destroy harmless de-
lusions.
"Since | came to Washington the
rumos has gone out that am paw
ing the way to Leaving the Halifax
Peninsula. This is 4 mistake. l
bought an additional tract of land
there before left. and | expect to
buy more when l go back. l
never appreciated that place SO
!, much as do now. Washington is
the loveliest city have ever lived
in, and 1t has many advantages; it
is Il city of culture, advanced ideas
and high breeding; it is more free
G from the spirit of commercialism
than any city in the United States;
4 it is the cleanest city ever saw;
it is more open to advanced
thought than any other; the people
seem to have more time TO give TO
thought; but the climate is such as
to confne one to heated rooms en-
tirely to much, and find this very
different from the out door life |
8 lived in Florida. Then too out
door life conduces to high thinking
and fosters the noblest ideals of
the growing mind This-by the
s way-is one of the claims Col.
J. Cranda makes for Arizona, and
which | know to be true; | have
q friends in Dayton who tell me the
same thing; friends who have speut
years in Globe, where Col. Gran
n dali resides. The Colonel lives in
Globe Arizona, and is only here
temporarily while looking after
. some proceedings connected with
the working of his great mine out
there. He is leaving almost i'm
mediately for bis home, and shall
, miss him greatly. He almost
% tempts me to become a miner my
e self, so far as investing in his mine
is concerned. Not that he bas ad-
y vised such thing, or even made a
suggestion of the kind; he has
simply told me about it; but his
e convictions are catching; especial
ly TO one who-like myself-bas
!. spent so many years in mines OF
California, and learned while there
/ to enjoy the excitment of tbt
> miners life"
is Eys1qslSIS Wife leld,