Arizona republican., 1906-08-02

invariably miss my boat through
 some truck or other vehicle getting lodged in front Of the car it happens to
 be my fortune to be travelling on. Still we think what we have is better than nothing. It is hard to get help-espe- cially mechanical-at the present time. The greater number of streets are still covered with debris and it will take a long time to remove it.
 MT. CaTaghan the young man whom you met at my house. has gone to
 Kingston. Mass, where he and his family are now located. Think of it- born and raised here and then to go clear across the continent-simply one of the vagaries of what that shake-up did for us; not only shook us up here, but caused many of our good citizens to shake all over the country. I have just succeeded in getting my chimney fixed and inspected, and even in that influence counts.
 By the way. we have bought another cottage in the Richmond district, which we considered a good buy. Rents have gone up; they are at a higher notch to- day than they ever were, and it will be some time before there will be drop. as it will take years to provide housing for the number of people who v remain with the ship. Our loss appears to have affected the whole western part of our country. When we were out of business the rest of our state was tied up as tight as it coud be. The saloons opened on the 5th of July after an in voluntary rest of several months. The bartenders look better for their vaca- tion. Now that our prohibition days are over, we feel as though we're com mencing to get normal and that we will hold on to some of our population who sought places where they could imbibe some nectar.
 I note in the magazines advertise ments something like this: Giving you greatest ruins" Sure. there is no mis- take in that but somehow we don't care to read those things, for it makes us who are passionately fond of the city recall some of. the things that were and some of the things that are not. Be that as it may, in years to come we will see the stately city rise out of her ashes and don her wedding garments when all of the great transcontinental lines that are vending this way build up her commerce and make her a port second to none. We have the location that none will deny; we have the people steadfast in their purpose of re-. building; but we also have those who will taste the wormwood because of. their gluttOnous natures. Under the guise of business. robbery stalks forth: yes, downright robbery, cheating the people out of the little they have man aged to save from what was their pro- portion of this worlds goods. The ministers are keeping silent; they don't seem to be engaged in works of mercy If they are. they are keeping it to them selves. We lost our churches and the sheep have strayed away from the fold. The shepherds will be trying to gather them back again, but it will be a diff icult matter. for what was there is now here, and what was here is now there. We are topsy-turVy, twisted and shifted about so that one knows not his neighbor.
 On the day of the quake we were all neighbors and believed in the brother hood of man. Today We forget the of equality and are striving | each to top Che other