Arizona republican., 1906-12-20
GEN. A. ]. SAMPSON
ON ARIZONA'S WONDERS
A Letter From Him complimenting an
Ohio Paper on its Kind Words for
This Territory.

Says the Warren tOhio) Tribune
Hon. a. J. Sampson of Phoenix. Ariz
well known in Warren. who has recent
IL returned from an eight years serv-
ice as minister To Ecquador. writes the
Tribune rs follows:
Editor Tribune:
In your issue of last Saturday you
present several strong reasons why
Arizona should not be joined i'm state
hood with New Mexico. As an Ari
zouian l wish To thank you. The rea-
sons why they should no be Joined are
many and there is no not one good
reason why they should be.
As YOU well observed united they
would be an "unwieldly area = state
of such dimensions. of such radical diff
ferences. af divers resources resources
of conflicting interests as To make
statshoOd curse instead Of a blessing.
They would form a state greater than
all New England combined with New
York. Pennsylvania. Ohio and West
Virginia thrown in and then have
large area left. 1t would take longer
and cost more money TO go To the state
capital at Sante Fe than il would TO
go from Warren. Ohio. TO Springfield.
Ills. or Agusta. Ne. And yet undoubt-
edlv this outrage would have been per-
petrated had it not been for the grand
fight made by our own Senator For
aker to prevent it. He can have any
thing in Arizona for the asking. includ-
ing every vote republican and demo-
cratic alike for president. II we can
=. % Ffr. him
Arizona has a greater population
now than any territory ever admitted
rs a state save two and far greater
taxable wealth than these. except Ok
lahoma. just admitted as having the
largest population and greatest wealth
of any territory admitted.
Arizona stands No. i'm copper out
put in 1906. In 1905 Montana alone
had a greater output.
Few states in the Union equal Ari-
IONA in number of cattle and sheep,
while she has many fine horses. In
January. 1906. Arizona oranges brought
ten cents more than double those OF
California. Florida, or elsewhere in the
New York MARKET
In no part Of the United States is
there a larger. better section Of virgin
timber than in Arizona.
In no part of the world is there . bet
ter winter climate than in the Salt riv-
er valley. where is located the capital
Phoenix.
And where can a summer more plea
sanity and profitably be spent? Just
think of a visit TO the Grand Canyon
Of Arizona. the grandest natural scene
~ ia the world: Of the "Petrified For
ests" thousands Of acres covered with
petrified logs that. according to many
scientists who have visited there must
heve been pet flied more than three
million years: Of the cliff Dwellers
holes in the cliffs of rocks. OF the Gave
DWellers.-' only & short distance away.
It is the general impression East that
We have no agricultural resources in
Arizona. whereas the fact is. that in
the Salt river valley alone there is
more tillable land than in the combined
states Of Delaware and Rhode Island,
that will produce forty to sixty BUSH
els Of wheat to the acre. and that can
be cultivated at a minimum OF expense
per acre. or. one can grow alfalfa
there If he prefers raising three to six
crops per year. and sells for ten dollars
>
when admitted as a state. had such
greater variety of interests or gave
better promise OF becoming a very
wealthy state. with a large, intelligent, !
progressive, patriotic American citizen
ship. And yet. strange as it seems. /
there has been those who wanted to
force Arizona into unholy, undesir- /
able. unnatural wedlock with New |
Mexico. An intelligent. patriotic. Ari- /
zona-Ioving people have set the seal
of condemnation on this move. as it
only received about u per cent Of the |
votes cast at The late election.
With the many and varied resources /
of Arizona inviting Drawn. brain and
money TO come we have no doubt that
in few years Arizona will have d |
pOulation Of half a million inhabitants. 1
Many other things Of interest can be /
said of Arizona, but ! must leave them ,
for another time.
Respectfully yours.
ARCHIBALD J. SAMPSON. /
The editorial in the Tribune. referred 4