Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1906-11-23
NEW YORK VISITORS
TO ARIZONA CAPITAL
Col. Frank c. Hatch Makes His Annual
Pilgrimage Accompanied BY a Life
Long Friend.


Colonel Frank Hatch. a pioneer I'm
Arizona. though he hasn't been work
| ing nj II much Of late years. returned
20 Phoenix yesterday on one Of his &C.
casional visits. Col Hatch has pion-
eered In so many countries he don't
have time 10 live In any one Of ,Eem
now for mote than a few weeks at a
/ time. but he still tries TO get around
I often enough 10 keep In touch. Twenty
years ago though he was really part
OF the country, couldn't get along with
out Il and the country didn't want TO
get along without him. In late years
he has made his home IN New York
I city, where he is engaged in the bust
ness OF running bachelors hotel II
2 Is SUSPECTED that pride In his business
is what keeps him from getting mar
ried. for a married bachelor would be
a curious sort OF a bird.
Mr.. Hatch il best known here in
| late years as professional invalid and
/ like everything else he undertakes. he
is success at II. There IL no health
/ Ter happier looking invalid on earth
than he il. His speciality II infiam-
; atory rheumatism and he has suffered
y intensely from Il and tried an the eli
mates in the world. but nowhere gets
! better results than here and the only
thing that keeps him away from Phoe-
/ nix most Of the time II his business.
though he still retains some property
interests here. But ne gets little sym
! PATTY for the pain because he Is 50
! plump. jolly and good natured. His
hauTfk L. ..
great deal OF the time and better than
/ when be last visited Phoenix. though
he still walks with a limp. The New
York climate treats him badly In the
winter time and he generally flies TO
some warmer latitude during the cold
season.
This year he is accompanied by a
friend Of his youth. In the person OF
I Edward @. Bailey. who is also in bust
ness In New York Mr.. Bailey went to
Billings. Montana. about the time NJ
Hatch came 10 Arizona. He was fair
" successful in his Investments and
later returned 10 New Y0Fk where he
and Mr. Hatch renewed the aequaint-
ance OF their youth. Mr. Isailes while
I'm Montana was Interested M an irri-
cation section so he has a practical
knowledge OF irrigation. which makes
this part Of Arizona especially inter
esting to him. More than That be &C
companied Mr.. Hatch = rear ago. on
his tour Of Egypt where both took
considerable pains 10 node The cOndi-
lions resulting from the construction
Of the famous Assouan dam.
Speaking yesterday NJ. Bailey said
he was greatly interested with what
he has seen here though ~ only had a
short drive yesterday afternoon. He
had been told that yesterday was an
unusually cloudy and unpleasant day.
nevertheless he said NJ did not cOnsid-
er II bad weather. He said that from
his observation In the north and in
Egypt and his slight view OF the val
ley here. he should imagine IL TO BE-
an ideal country for investment. and
was somewhat surprised at the low
price of land. all things considered
Referring 10 Egypt and the Ass0uan
dam he said that great project was
revolutiOnizing things In that country.
II had increased the production Of the
Nile valley 900 percent and land there
is now valued at from $500 10 $500 per
acre. Conditions Of course are greatly
different from this country In the
first place the land is owned mainly
by the large English capitalists and not
extensively by the natives The native
cheap labor however has to be taken
care OF and Is employed mainly In
the filling Of the soil. The wages paid
are only a few cents day and this
fact has kept out any extensive impor-
tation Of agricultural machinery. The
soil is titled by the old fashioned
; methods for the operation Is cheaper
than by later methods and 1t gives
the poor people employment. ON learn
. ing something Of the plans Of the re-
clamation service in this valley and the
possibilities Of the soil and climate Mr.
Bailey said he was greatly impressed
with its probable future.
The two gentlemen will be here a few
days just how long they have not de-
cided. In fact their itinerary Is rather
meteoric and undefnable. They had
planned a few weeks ago. to go 10 ia
pan but the election in New York in
terested them so much they decided 10
wait and see It through. When that
was out OF the way they remOdeled
their tour with Honolulu az the OBJ
jective. and started for It, but Mr.
Hatch said he couldn't go-by Phoenix
without stopping. so here they are. and
he declares that they viii go as far as
Pasadena anyway before they go home.
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