Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-11
Celebration Was Notable Success And
A Feature of the Exercises Was A
Brilliant Grafton, Replete With Pa
triotic Sentiments, By E. A. Haggott.

here and all through the union nj
states our ncighbors are too busy !,
accomplishing things, in creating pros
per'ty. to allow the calamity bowler ;,
words any room or credence. We q,
Arizona are essentially producers ant
live close ~ mother nature. We love
self'government, and AZ o state tina,
10 attained. We are weary Of one ele
ment, and that is in being q nonentity
among sister subdivisions Of the union
ana y voiceless inhabitant in terrific.
rial affairs. am not q prophet, bu,
looking forward into the mystic fu.
fure, i can see Arizona spring forth Fri.
n'"ph"nt from the carving Of the miner,
and the nursing and culture Of the agri.
culturist. On her head = helmet of
copper, on her left urn 3 shield Of
silver, and in her right hand . spear
Of gold. From one breast flows the
bounteous fruits Of the husbandmnn,
the grain, the orange, the alfalfa, the
olive; from the other bress, flows .
continuous stream Of the earth's pre-.
e'ous metals. Her bright eyes
sparkle ~ she enters the list and
poises for the east. She raises her
right arm aud hurls her spear towards
the goal. And though We may not
follow the swift Aigh, Of the shaft
with our eye, yet where IL picrees the
blue field that enshrincs the stars. there
shall appear n cleaning light, the star
Of the state Of Arizona, shining on Ari.
zonans.
This 10 an -mineptly successful
country. Who would not think him.
self happy to he a member Of IL. But
says the consumer, the man living on
his fellows, the breaker down Of gov.
crnmental sfrnctures--look vt the life
insurance steals, the railway grsfters,
the oil combines, the beef trust; but,
my feverish brother. there are spots ON
the sun, and, for each Of thr,e. We
have "A Toilette. a Folk. u Jerome, and
for the las, named. we are especially
favored in having Mr.. Doos'y. lie
says: I" This the pleasant hour Of
dinner. There IL eommotion in the
back Of the house and CHEEKY per.
fumc M Of beef steak and onions comes
through the open dure. The queen If
the kitchen, smilin' and triumphant,
flags us for the dinin room. The talk
Of the weather stops The story Of the
wndcrful child only four years old
that bit its mother is slowed away. The
company Jashes out, There are 20
good stories hyin' before the nap.
kins are well inside the collars. The
platter comes in smokin' like Vesu'
wins. play me fovorite chime with
carvin' knife on the -tcel. When
Molly Donahue remarks; Z" Have you
read about the s,ockyara inyestyga'
tions!' drop ne knife. Tom Don.
nbuc clutches at his collar. Mrs. Hin
messy says: The room seems close.
and we make n meal Of potatoes aud
water cress. Ivrybody goes home
early without saying goodbye, and the
next day Father Kelly has to patch up
row bcehune you and yer wife. We
ate no more together, and food be'n
the basis Of all frindsbip. frindshiP
ceases. Christmas il marked on the
calendar, and Lent lasts for 40 days
year. ate no more Of anything
but n few snowballs in winter and
mou,hfil Of irish mir in the summer
time"
Best of all, we have an innaiely hon
est nation and big man AT washing
ton who dares TO serve the people, aud
hi, name il Theodore Roosevelt. A
man big enough Ia announce that ne
would not again run for President AZ
ter being notified that he was elected
by the greatest majority ever given
President. A man big enough to say
at is Of mighty little Importance whe-
Their YOU are Democrat or whether
YOU are Republican, NJ long as you
are a decent citizen and obey the laws
Of your land" That is the eapre"s'o"
of n statesman. There are too many
Of ms that are prone to wander too far
from our God and good government
Too many of us occupy great space
.ul time in relating what We have done
for our community in the line Of con
struc,ion for public utility seif'g'
oranaizcmcnt, and self receives the re-
ward. What about our brother' Are
We helping him to achieve better re-