Arizona republican., 1903-05-06

per sent me monthly by Minister Samr- son, I note poor Cooks death. l see his brother is the sheriff of your coun- ty. It is a pity, though, that you peo- pie could not elect more good repubn cans. especially Bob Morrison. l see my well-trained county, Navajo, went solid.
 Regarding Cook, he and were per sonal friends; in fact, a month before he died, we travelled all over this coun- try trying to start a freight transfer ring business, but we found that we could Vot compete with native labor and We quit. He was the manager for some time for the mining department of the railroad and the damnedest hus- tier that ever came to Ecuador. He never knew when he was working hard. He met with an accident, I understand. and broke his leg. Typhoid fever set in, he got delirious. walked out of a two- story window and made things more complicated than ever. No less than half dozen Americans have died here lately most of them of yellow fever. Among them was the American consul to Guayaquil, Thomas H. Mast. the great caricaturist.
 "I am still acting as general manager if this mine. The general manager is not expected to return from England before July. l am not particular about his hurrying, as this is the easiest $500 month I ever made in my life. Of course, il is not permanent, and l eX- pect to be in the States by November next, and then I can dream of such salary per month. This is an English company with capital of $400. 900, and owns sixty square miles. It has spent S1, 900. 900 in improvements. They have done some very fine work; they will have to canal and tunnel and pipe their water to the mine distance of twelve miles. It cost $17,OOO to build one dam" Speaking of the railroad, Mir. Aspin- wall says: Tt is going ahead. but very slowly But few people are working. quite different from the old times. but If the company ever gets funds it will complete 1t to Quito. Natives will be mostly employed: they are so much cheaper than whites and white officials I made a good change, as far as money goes. forl railroading to mining.
 "I am going to quote four verses of oetry written by a prominent Ameri- can O nleaving La Guayra. This ap- plies nicely to all South American re- publics, and will save me the trouble of writing a description of Ecuador or other parts of the country I have been in
 The verses follow: Ados to the La Guayra-city Of the dark-eyed gente. f or ,nIo nd of dolce fo
 niente,
 Home of the wailing burro, and the all-
 abounding flea.
 Mana gracias a Dios, I bid adieu 10
 thee.
 Farewell, ye gloomy casas-better call
 them prison cell~- Ye narrow. crooked calles, reeking with
 assorted smells;
 Ye dirty little coffee shops and filthy
 pulquerias;
 Offensive. dingy patios and fetid cah-
 cries.
 Where beggars ride on horseback. like
 Spanish cavaliers, And vagabonds perambulate, like jolly
 gan1boliers,
 Where the lavanderas wash jour ropa,
 when they feel inclined. And hotel walters strut about vita
 shirts hung out behind. Good bye, ye Latin greasers. Su
 atents servidor.
 Que vaya bien, pues adios, my boat is
 on the shore.
 O dirty people, dirty houses, despicable
 spot.
 Departing. I salute you, in your city
 piping hot"
 Money talks. but that doesn't prevent hanks from having tellerS.