Arizona republican., 1906-04-18

The humoriSt-I have not time now to be either critical or definitive and use that word for the sake of brevity was in ancient times wont to depict Arizona in a ridiculous, if gruesome, light Long distance from the scene of the stories made nim feel safe and irresponsible and the Arizona Kicker and all of that ilk indigen- out to the east, had great fun in writ ing of that, to them. terra incOgnita, Arizona while they themselves were safely ensconced somewhere east Of the Mississippi, with not much more definite Knowledge of the country they | so humorously-agai I must remind you I am neither critical nor defin- ! itive-wrote about than that DooIey, who in the early days of the Spanish war was quite sure that e Philippines were just beyant' the stockyards in his own Chicago.
 The comic press and I say "comic' for want of any other word to express it-have also depicted the ancient 1 Arizonian as tall. gaunt with hair too rank for profitable harvest with the mustachio of the brigand, accOutered with awful and most conspicuous weapons of Offense and defense. | may say that the caricaturist was not i more accurate in his exhibition of the various extraordinary phases Of the | civilized parts of the United States. | I suppose the effort to be accurate, was the very least of his troubles. | The Curly Bills. the SiX-tOed Petes, the Three fingered Jacks, as import ant elements of the commonwealth, all belong to that mythical past. That and it's literature is of the ancient regime
 Of the modern Arizona. Arizona the | fact and not the myth, Arizonians are proud to speak l mean true Arizo- nians-for we have among us as every community. some who deprecate the place of their abode and exalt some osher. upon the somewhat strange theory that by sacrificing their own i self respect upon strangers altar, they gain the respect of others. For that class, wherever they may be found. we can only entertain the con tempt that disloyalty deserves.
 Without instituting any comparison I wish to impress upon you that we Arizonians are as proud of Arizona it's achievements its cOnquests, its re- sources of mine, range, forest and l field. developed and undeveloped, as are the people of any commonwealth in the union of their, and we think justly so. And we are not merely
 
 tent with our present accomplish ments. however proud we are of them f Each and every true American is en- listed for the advancement and pro- motion of Arizona and the develop ment of her wonderful resources, anC is loyal and active in his advocacA f and his effort.
 f Arizona presents some unique fea' , lures. There prevail there conditions of climate and soil which are new t' |, ! the American. They challenge his al D tention and provoke and stimulate hi . spirit of conquest.
 3. Arizona's high. level, arid, and ap n parently limitless platcaus. ner equal f ly arid valleys. her rugged and loiC r. mountain ranges are at first sight for n bidding and seem hopeless. But tn e contemplating American is not daunt ed by forbidding looks. He hsl sought and found there the element . of enormous natural wealth. Tn
 high plateaus afford ideal grazln ' ranges for sheep and cattle; the low S. CT valleys with the application oI wat
 CT have been demonstrated to be E wonderful fertility, adapted to tn
 nroduction of fruits of exceptional an
 peculiar value, and the rugged mn
 have proved a veritable storehouse
 the precious meJalS anu oA 'liN i'i
 useful of metals, seemingly lheHhaus
 tibIe.
 Arizona, that ancient Arizona
 uhicb I have spoken. was long tl
 land of the prospector, who went
 spv out the land. The modern Arlzc ua-verv modern too, and real an = not imaginary-is the scene Of tf
 builder. of the tiller of the soil. of tl
 miner, of the cattleman and or II
 wool grower. The sturdy America
 from every state of the union, Ina
 entered upon the final conquest an
 has shown that the desert and ll
 mountain must make way for and yleI
 to his progress. The result Is assul
 ed-a result of which every Arlzohla is already proud and which all the pee
 pie of the nation will before long ioo
 uDon as a most splendid and most dt
 stinctiveIv American accomplishment
 An occasion like this is not one t'
 indulgence in mere statistics, but
 cannot refrain from telling you
 some of the things she has done and
 doing.
 Arizona today is producing and a'
 ding to the wealth of the nation mo- = per capita of population than any otl CT subdivision of the union We a adding to the wealth of the nation the rate of more than one huiluI'
 dollars per capita of our populauo =. each year.
 We are paying more per capita f
 the education of our children than u q, people of any other commonwealth
 the Union. Wherever there are
 many as eight children of school al . can be found in an unorganlzed dl
 trict, there we establish a school al
 suppIv it with funds for its malnu
 nance even though not dollar R tax is paid in the district
 We maintain a smaller number f neace officers for a given populate
 than any other people in the unio !. for the simple reason that there
 less reason for them. And do not TOT