Bisbee daily review., 1903-01-29
Arizona Company.

Arizona Company.
 In a recent issue, the Marquette. Michigan, Mining Journal contains three column article on the Warren mining district It was written by A. Hornstein. who paid this city visit a short time ago for the purpose of inspecting the property of the Mar quette and Arizona property. Speak ing about Bisbee he has the following l to say: "Bisbee. the heart of the Warren | mining district, is situated in a mar row gulch adjoining the Copper Queen l mine It IS Q typical western mining ! town, built as only town can be with | mountains on each side and all around | 1t, and only enough ground between ! thew for one narrow, tortuous street, | and not a long one at that. Buildings are put up on every available place, ] without and attempt at straight lines, 1 or even regular curves, with no hope of equal grades and very few apolo- gies for sidewalks. The dwellings, | tor the most part, must be built upon the hillsides. and the dwellers must CAlHlD lACI CtltI tltI, ulSu tLOuSh lO make a tenderfoot dizzy to look at them. Bisbee is a wide open and wide awake town. It is a typical western mining camp, minus the law lessness, iJ being an exceptionally orderly community. The miner who earns good wages, spends them freely, making lots of business for the liquor seller. Bisbee has some pretentious and slightly buildings, and more are going up. With the development of the mining properties all around 1t, the town will become an important min ing center. The new Copper Queen hotel is a credit to the place and it's builders
 "Twenty-fOur miles southeast of Bisbee, on ,he Fl Paso road, is the new town Of Douglas, where are locat- ed the smelter of the Calumet & Ari- zona Co, and the new shelter of the Copper Queen. This is bright. smart town of several thousand peo- pie, some of whom live as yet in tents. Ten miles southeast of Bisbee is the station called Glance, where the de Velopment Of mines in the immediate vicinity will eventually cause the building oI mining camp.
 Naco Border Town
 Bisbee gets its drinking water From Naco. a town on the Mexican border, thirteen miles away by rail. Naco is half American and half Mexi- can People going from one part of the town to the other, do so under the eyes Of the customs officers of both republics, who are always on the look out for smugglers. On the Mexican slde Is the omnipresent bull ring and cigar and liquor shops. The Mexican urlnk, mescal, is there dispensed; {; but watch is constantly kept by Uncle Sam to see that none is snug gied over. There are times, however, when the stuff is taken across before the eyes or the customs officers. who are helpless to prevent it, and that is when Mexican or American fills him self up to the gills and staggers over the international line
 Fuel is very high and scarce in Bisbee. Coal is over twenty dollars per ton and wood ten dollars per cord. Brush wood and mesquite roots are brought in from the mountains in large quantities to be used for fuel.
 There grows in great profusion all over this region among many other varieties of cactus, one known as Niger Head" which can be success fully used as fuel. It is the size of a live gallon cask, burns easily and emits a fierce heat. In some places 1t is used to make steam, and is very economical fuel.
 Every shrub and plant that crowns 1n these mountainous regions is prick ley, the most slightly among them be- ing the century plant A shrub call G.H 4hr, ten feet long, covered with thorns. This is used by ranchers to build stockades around their houses. The stalks take root and form a natural hedge in a short time.
 Burro Always in Evidence.
 ''The homely unkemp mountain bur TO is everywhere to be seen. He is gentle. patient and strong. He carries a load of wood, a bevy of children ol a full grown man on his back appar ently without effort, and seems tc want nohting but dry sticks to live on
 'The level table land is used fol grazing and numerous ranches dot tho country inevery direction, each witt its necessary windmill to pump watel which comes reluctantly to the sur face. The ranchehs are, as a rule, pros porous, cattle raising being profit able industry in all this southern coun try. The ranchers are a hospitabl, class, glad to welcome the strange who comes their way, and insisting ol entertaining him without reeompense Arizona is celebrated for its sunshin' and moonlight, both of which are eS hilerating and health giving. Tn nights at this season of the year ar cold, but the cold is soon dispelle