Arizona republican., 1905-06-25
PHOENIX. ARIZONA, JUNE 25. 1905.
Tucson, Phoenix and Prescott.


 The city of Tucson is a thriving and growing place. but if it is to be classed as a modern. western town, it should get rid of its ridiculous pro vincialism-provided some of the newspapers reflect public opinion.
 A short time ago it was announced from somewhere-by what authority we don't know-that the government contemplated consolidating the two land districts of this territor:'. This would necessitate, of course, the con soIidation of the two land offices. In that case either Prescott or Tucson would be without a land office. The people of Prescott, taking the report as true, as unanimously as generously suggested that the United States land office of the territory should be locat- ed at Phoenix-not only because Phoe- nix is the capital but is in the center of the territory and has the best rail- road facilities. The people of Phoenix were interested to some extent, and we believe the board of trade sent some letters and telegrams to Wash ington. At most, however, there was only a mild interest in the matter among the citizens of Phoenix. The location of the land office here would be convenient for the territory. to be sure, and they would be glad to have it here on that account. But it was not considered a life and death mat ter. At most it would mean, perhaps, the addition of two or three families to the population of the city.
 But mark the difference between Prescott and Phoenix on the one hand and Tucson on the other! If some of the Tucson papers are to be believed the people of Tucson were up in arms at the mere suggestion that the town might lose the land office. We are told that Washington was deluged with letters and telegrams protesting against the proposed location of the office at Phoonix. The Tucson Star, owned and edited by a former gOver- nor of the territory. announced that if the nefarious scheme should be carried out the people of Tucson would demand hereafter the removal of the capital. It urged that the To- cation of the land office at Phoenix would furnish sufficient reason for Tucson to embrace the scheme of joint statehood with New Mexico-and so on.
 It seems that there is to be no con- soidation of the land districts-right away-and the people of Phoenix have cause to rejoice. They have escaped a great disaster. While they were going about their business, largely in different as to whether the land of- flee came here or not, they were in peril, not only of losing the territorial capital. but of being yoked up with New Mexicol and all because of dinky land office! Truly we did not think Tucson could be so provincial.
 Note again the difference between Phoenix and Tucson-according to the aforesaid Tucson newspapers. It is generally understood that the new United States marshal will establish his headquarters at Tucson, thus removing them from Phoenix. Phoenix would like to have the marshal and the marshaTs of flee here, and if they were to follow the example of Tucson-according to the Tucson newspapers-they would be paving the air, just now, and talk ing on dreadful over losing the mar shars office. But as a matter of fact there will be no riots in Phoenix over the matter-no occasion to call out the militia, or even the fire depart ment. But by the same token, we suppose that the removal of the mar shal's office to Tucson will be cele- brated by a months holiday in that burg.
 But after all, we guess that the Tucson newspapers do not fairly rep resent the up-to-date citizens of the old pueblo.