Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-24

l which was stolen eight years ago. There is something almost weird about such an occurrence. That after eight years of time Mrs. Howell should hap pen to be sitting in the same car and across the aisle from her stolen prop erty. Although she is near four score years yet her eyesight and memory is better than many others of younger years.
 The commencement essays written by the High School graduates were op yhe foFowing subjects: The Pio- 'neer," by Elsie Toles: The Tender |, foot" by Miss Studley. and "The f Mythical Past of Arizona by Miss Newman. The paper by Miss Wes- cOtt on The Pathfinder" came out in former number of inc Review. A brief sketch of the others may be of interest to those whc were unable | to attend:
 The Pioneer" begins thus: "Twen- | ty Centuries ago John the Baptist, ! standing by the River Jordan, the | voice of one crying in the wilderness, was the pioneer of the greatest reltg ious movement ever witnessed by man.
 | "MohammeG, Franklin, Fremont the \ Pilgrim Fathers all were mentioned as
 pioneers seeking liberty and freedom | of conscience.
 John Sevier and James Robertson were mentioned as pioneers in the | Middle West, and stand as symbols of
 courage. hardihood and daring. 1 Kit Carson and Dave Crockett typi. ] fly the adventurous, indomitable spirit of the West.
 l The prospector is a pioneer. Ari ! Z0na's history is the hisDry of thc | pCspectors quest
 In the years to come. when Arizona | shall have entered the sisterhood of \ states and gained the right to place in Statuary Hall for statues of her ia
 vorite sons, her first contribution will I be the statue of the prospector. And in l the flag On which our star shall ther | be placed, the red Of it's stripes will l symbolize the blood those pioneers shed for Arizona; the white the | purity of their lives and intentions.
 The renderfoot." hy Miss Studley: 1 Is it history you seek? Then throw I aside the dull list of states and dynas- ties and read the story of the tender fooI.
 l Is it romance that you would have? l Romance with thrill and grip? Then follow the page telling the doings of i lis same western figure, The Man With the Sore Toe" There is nothing in the world to equal it, and there can
 never be again. But now all the wild l regions are discovered and there is nothing left to t,s
 l Everything in the world ic relative. l Today our tenderfoot travels west in \ palace cars and builds a cottage in enc ! of our western cities. when he set 1 ties down ad calls himself Western, | ir spite of his Easterness-
 ! No one knows the inglorious Web ster who first invented the generic title. . But it could not be improved upon in score of dictionaries, and
 could not be defined ID 6 page Of eX- plantations. It has not always been lthe man with the head, but the Hfan l with the feet who has done the work
 of the world.
 We are becoming a nariGn of tender
 feet. The man in the auto uUee not
 compare In historic or commercial val l ue With the man on loot
 The big mines, the cattle ranges, the newspapers, all have been accomplish
 ed by the tenderfoot- Slow, but sure, the tenderfoot acquires his western
 education, and is forever adding new
 words to his vocabulary. The great
 terderfoot motive is that of hope, and
 therein lies the spell of the west IL
 is the land of hope, or, at least, 1t once
 was. The hope of obtaining wealth
 and position holds him up and leads
 him on. The tenderfcot thinks that
 success and luxury await him just a
 little farther on. The smile of hope
 will ever go with the spirit of the west
 The Mythical Past of Arizona.
 The life of a nation can be compared
 to the life of an individual, and can ue
 divided into two parts, Ine mythical
 and the real" The past shrouded III
 the veil of mystery tempts the hls'
 torian to incorporate it's legends in the
 real history of a nation. But America
 sprang into life like the fabled Athe-
 ma with sword and shield to battle for liberty. For our mythical we are
 forced to visit our red brothers of the
 forest and plain for their story of the
 past "Montezumas We'll" q wonder
 fu1 body of water, may return within
 its solemn depths the riches of that master of the southwest. The cave dwellings, which may have been inhab-
 tied when the great conqueror of the
 east returned from his conquests, are
 still in existence, though in ruins. k They are the remains of a departed E racs-a race about whom much is written. but little known, for their writings are preserved for eternity | iE books of stone.
 ] In Dixie Canyon are the hieroglph- ics of an unknown race. They may De i the history of a warrior, recounting his i deeds. or it may be that af nedi- ] cire man, proclaiming his scientific | feats. Or the lost Egyptian art of en-
 baIming. AS to whom the first tray 1 eier across the deserJs of Arizona was.
 i. $ all mythicaIly real Even the life of race individuals, as far as he is personally concerned, containing po- sition of time that Is truly mythical. | ii iS WondPrfuI DhpnOmena from