Arizona republican., 1906-11-27

Americas. The profits of the com
 pany it is expected will come through the sale of the work of these tribes
 men who are cared for. fed and clothed. whether anything is sold or not. and given proper consideration for their efforts. IL is not expected the families kept on the grounds will be
 able to supply the demand for their
 goods and in that event extra stock will be secured from the reservations
 and homelands of the natives.
 It is believed that in this way 6
 larger market will be created for na- tive wares and the aborigines in turn
 will be benefited both by a market for
 those things they are now able to pro-
 duce and by representatives of all the
 races coming in contact with the
 whites. learning something of their
 ways and spurring their own energies
 to new possibilities. IL is of very lit .
 tie use to half educate an Indian un-
 less there is something for him to do.
 for it will only make him restless and discontented. but this project it is be-
 lieved will help him learn how to help
 himself. and incidentally it is, believed It will prove a successful financial venture for the promoters. MT. Apache's buSiness here was partly % confer with the officials of the nearby reservations concerning this matter.
 station or depot building is now being constructed at the grounds and it is expected everything will be in readiness for the opening to the public on the first of December. One of the chief exhibits at the opening will ba an Alaskan native house. reconstruct ed on the grounds. and the tallest. and 1t is believed. the most notable totem pole in the world. It is fifty-nine feet high and the carved characters are a record of the family of the owner for 2S5 years. a more reliable and more interesting genealogy than most Amer ican white families can boast of. In the house will be families of the Klingit and Haida tribes employed h wood carving and similar industries tn which they are accustomed.
 Mir. Apache's personality and his personal history and struggle for sue cess are of unusual interest here in his native land, but he declines to go into great detail. as mentioned in the beginning and for the further req son that he says he has been "featur- ed" so much and sometimes the facts have been so ridiculously exaggerated by newspaper reporters. that he dis likes the notOriety. preferring rather to talk Of the real and worthy accom- phshments going on in the world and Tn which he is participating.
 He is a fine appearing man and of unusual stature, being of the Chirica hua tribe. There are but three In- dians on the reservation taller than he is and as he is yet on the sun shiny side of life he may catch mn with them. He was taken from the reservation by soldiers when a boy and does not care to discuss the multipli- city of events between that time and his attainment of mans estate. other than to admit what is more than ap- parent to all who talk with him. that he has good education. His conver- sation is mosD interesting. his man. her companiOnable and his command Of English as perfect as that of any well educated American gentleman. He Is well acquainted with the scenes of ms childhood and with many of the leading men of Arizona, for his busi- ness has called him back here fire. quently. Though it Is a long time since he claimed the Tonto basin re- zion as his home he is quite familiar with the country and has had occa- sion several times in later years to travel through the familiar scenes of childhood