The news-herald., 1902-07-26
ARIZONALIARS
NOT SO BAD.
The Colorado Springs Mining
Record Publishes A Few
Truths About Arizona.
The Mineral Is Here
Notwithstanding Lies.

''In ever community on the face
of the earth it is possible to find
some who have a deserved reputa-
ton of not confning themselves
strictly to the truth. There are
several degrees of liars, and per-
haps if one were to 90 to the trou-
bic of compiling statistics, it might
be found that in some places the
liars are more numerous than in
others saws the Daily Mining Rec
4 cord There are not available,
however, such statistics, and CON
sequently it is eminently unfair to
denounce any one place as having
the distinction of hafboring more
liars than another, Those who
make such denunciations, and par
ticularly when they make them
wilfullv, are to our way OF think
ing, bigger and more harmful liars
than those upon whose heads the
denunciations fall.
Now we all have heard Of the
Arizona Liar" We know of the
ancient chestnut about drinking
the waters of the Hassayampa riv-
er, and forever afterwards being
unable to speak the truth. Arizo-
mas attempt to gain statehood has
been in Il measure responsible for
resurrecting the mythical Arizona
Liar and the morals Of her people
have in other ways lately been the
subject for unjust criticism. Ger
tain religious organizations met in
convention this year and saw fit to
pass resolutions protesting against
the admission to statehood of Ari-
zona for alleged moral reasons
BY so doing these good people e.
ffectively displayed their ignorance
of existing conditions in this won
derful section Of Uncle Sans do
main, and it is to be hoped none
will regard them seriously.
More recently an attempt has
been made to prejudice Investors
against Arizona's mining industry
and the Hassayampa and the Ar
iona Liar" are being used as
means to accomplish this end. OF
course there are liars in Arizona as
well as elsewhere. Some ARIZONA
prospectors lie the same as do
those in Colorado or Thunder
Mountain. The fake promoter is
evident in Arizona and has hoated
fake mining companies, the same
as those gentlemen who maintain
elaborate suites of offices in Chi
cago. New York or even effete Bos-
toe. This, however, does not de-
nounce the entire mining industry
of Arizona or detract one dollar
from the value of the many legiti-
and promising propositions which
many enterprising and responsible
Arizona mining men are now float
ING on the market.
Arizona people deplore the das-
tardlv attempts of the decriers,
the alleged moralizers and the
knockers, but with such bounteous
mineral res ources to fall back upon
they know that they can make a
showing for their territory which
must effectively force back the lies,
| down the throats which utter them.
Arizona last year produced over
13O,OOO,000 pounds of copper. The
United Verde ranks fifth among
the copper mines of the world.
The Copper Queen holds seventh
place. Both are Arizona mines.
1t was stated recently that the gold
production Of Arizonr would. in
time exceed her output Of the red
metal. New camps are being OPP
ened in Arizona, railroads are 60
ing in, new mines are being devel-
oped and in numberless other
forms is capital responding to the
intelligent enterprise OF the people