Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-19

tired Of them. Until recently there was a
Rough Rider sovernor. bu, the President
gave him better bertha life appoint
ment In the United States army as major
The present governor Judge kibbey, was
not a Rough Rider. but has served on the
bench here with honor and credit since the
Harrison administration.
b. F. Daniels. the United States MARSHAL
has been appointed TO that office twice
The first time his nomination was with
drawn because It was discovered that he
had served a term In the penitentiary and
had been deprived OF citizenship. He was
then appointed superintendent of the prison
with salary OF 5000 per year and house
rent until he could be pardoned and re-
stored TO citizenship: and recently the
President again took the responsibility OF
making him marshal. There Is nothing
the matter with Daniels: he WAS a good
soldier and Is considered a square man,
although his early record Is very bad. He.
too, stands by the boys" Walter Gregory,
the secretary. and nearly all the guards at
the prison during his administration were
Rough Riders and all tho deputy marshals
belonged 10 his regiment.
Wesley A. Hill. territorial auditor. with a
salary of $500; George b. Wilcox. clerk
of the court, who draws 5000 In fees; +.
= Hildreth, register of the land office
$1,000: d. Bardshar, collector Of internal
revenue. 5000: George f. Trueman. menu
Der OF board of control. s., 100: Thomas II.
r. Lyning. captain OF rangers. 81, 100; ].
II. MoClintock. postmaster at Phoenix,
5000; j. II. McCabe. postmaster at Bisbee.
S<,fVV. anu Il dozen or more other post
masters throughout the territory are all
Rough Riders, and ]. L. B. Alexander. who
expects to be United States district attor-
ney. 1t should be explained. however. In
justice to the President, that while he Is
devoted In his attachment to the members
of his old regiment, he will not appoint
them TO office unless they are recon-
mended like other candidates. And his
Rough Rider appOintees have usually given
satisfaction.
A monument In honor OF the Rough Rid
ers is to be erected at Prescott. The legis-
lature has appropriated $4,000 for that
purpose and the remainder OF the fund will
be raised by public subscriptions. The
President has already sent his check for
$50.
overworked "Proposition.''
Everything down here is proposition"
That word is applied to all kinds of under
takings and objects. animate and mani
mate. You hear people talk Of a reckless
man as being wild proposition" or a
frivolous woman as dizzy proposition
or a mining company as "a fine PROPOSE
tion," and SO on. It is a very useful word,
and the dictionary will have to be amended
considerably to cover the breadth and
length Of it's application out here.
The most novel 'proposition' have found
during this journey is at Canyon Diablo, a
yawning gulf or crack on the great plateau
Of Eastern Arizona, four or five hundred
feet deep and many miles long. 1t is a
mysterious cash in the surface of the earth,
and Its sides are almost precipitous. 1t
cannot be observed by traveller until he
Is upon its very brink, and in early days
strangers crossing the plateau were COM
PEELED to make a detour of one or two hum
dred miles in their journey to get over: so
they named 1t after the devil. Near the
brink OF the canyon, 1000 feet above the
sea, Is a freak Of nature in the form OF a
depression a hundred feet deep or more
and about a mile in diameter. The edge Is
almost an exact circle, and 1t looks as IL
some time it might have been the crater OF
a volcano but 1t is now healed over with
a thick coating Of sage brush and buffalo
grass.
The surface of the ground around this
depression is strewn with fragments OF
molten metal, an amalgamation of copper
and t1n which resembles the material OF
which meteors are made. This suggested
the idea that the depression was caused by
an enormous meteor or some other heavenly
body falling upon that place with sufficient
force to bury itself deep in the ground. AS
q consequence of the theorizing and discus
sion any honest citizen in this part of the
country will assure you that an enormous
meteor is buried In that spot.
Meteors are valuable property. They are
usually made of useful metals, refined and
pure. You can see them at museums. Sem
ator Penrose of Pennsylvania and some of
his friends heard of this one and decided
that 1T was fair speculation to dig IT out
and sell 1t in the copper market. They sent
down big drill. such as prospectors use
in the oil districts of Pennsylvania. and
bored holes into the ground all around the
depression. expecting to strike solid body
OF pure copper; but they have not been
able to find the slightest sign of IL. The
other day, however, their well-drivers evil
IDENTIFY tapped an artesian basin, because
when they drew the augur out 1t was fol-
lowed by stream of pure cold water, which
Is much more valuable than metal of any
kind down here.