Arizona republican., 1905-11-19

pronunciation of the name rather than its complete spelling.
 Theer is one feature in the choosing of the name for the funny street, in which The Republican is justified in feeling a pardonable pride. Many of the letters were addressed to MT. Tharaldson without reference to the manner in which the writers were in- formed that suggestions were desired. But in hundreds of cases the letters started with the statement, "I see by The Republican that a name is desired, etc.," or wrods to that effect. That was surely flattering to this newspa- per, but when the list had been finish ed and the name of no other paper had been mentioned by any of the let ter writers, The Republicans repre- sentative could not help but feel that it was up to him to swell up a little bit. Anyhow it was very striking illustration of a truth that is fast be- coming automatic and fundamental, and that is that everybody reads The Republican whether he reads anything else or not There is no publication except the Bible, that has so much truth in it, and so much of the infor- nation needed by the people of Central Arizona, as The Republican and with no reflections on the sacred book it is not unlikely that in point of regular readers, The Republican leads in these parts. But to insure successful and happy lives every family should have both.
 The name Hassayampa is not only distinctly but exclusively AriZonian vl,s H. earliest times it is also more employ ed today than ever before; and popu- lar meaning has been ascribed to it that is more sentimentally expressive than words can describe. The word is of YavapaiApache origin and is the name given by the Indians in the long ago to the Arizona river that rises in Yavapai county and empties county passing through the richest and almost the earliest gold fields worked by the pioneer Arizon- ians. both quartz and placer. Some of the earliest settlements of the whites were along it's banks and many a pio- neer has engaged the redskins on it's rocky bluffs. to the annihilation of one or the other.
 It is therefore a name that means much to the pioneer in a reminiscent way, and equally as much to the new conner in a sentimental way To be called a Hassayamper is to have the distinction of being considered a pio- neer and that is an honorable distinc tion in every country. But the word is often given another and humor- ous meaning. Arizona like all new countries, eventually developed many marvellous things peculiar to herself; things that when first related were un- believable and the doubting ones ex- cused them on the ground that they were told by Hassayampers who had been here so long they had come to believe Arizona was the biggest in ev- erything, or they were so enthused over her marvels that they did not stop at the truth but enlarged their tales to the limits of imagination. From that fact came the popular superstition that one who had drunk of the waters of the Hassayampa, could never again be relied upon to speak the truth if an exaggeration could be used to answer the purpose. These are the things that make the word Hassayampa perhaps the best loved, most widely known and most expressive of any Arizona name.
 Over a thousand different names were suggested. some of them by sev- eral different writers. some writers suggesting several different names The letters were dated in points all over the west from Helena Mont. and Hot Springs, Ark. to the pebbled shores of the placid Pacific in fact all over the territory where The Repub- lican is recognized as an important Fagency for the dissemination of infor- nation concerning public matters.