Arizona republican., 1908-02-16
OLD ARIZONIANS
 WILL DRIFT BACK
The Chamberlain Brothers Spend Few Days in Phoenix-One of Them a Pioneer of the Territory.

| ftoneer or tne errItory.
 D. $. Chamberlain and l.. Chamber
 lain president and secretary respect
 lively of the Chamberlain Medicine
 company of Des Moines, Toronto. Can
 ada, and Sidney. Australia, and mil lionaire business men of Des Moines
 have been the guests of the Hotel Ad-
 ans for the past two days, and will
 leave tonight for California. L. Cham
 berlain organized the company in 1872
 and not long afterward his brother
 joined in the enterprise. The former
 was q student of the New York Col
 leg of Pharmacy in 1871. at which time D. s. Chamberlain was in Arizona.
 The latter yesterday recited how he
 came across the plains in 65 on horse
 back, starting at the Missouri river
 and riding to Salt Lake, and from
 there to Oregon. He came down to
 Los Angeles on boat and then with one
 companion began the journey into Ari-
 Zona on horseback. At that time the
 Apaches were most perniciously ac-
 tive and murders were a common oc-
 curence. From the Colorado river to i Wickenburg MT. Chamberlain and his
 travelling companion came by night.
 resting in a safe hiding place during
 the day. Like all men in those days | they were heavily armed with revol-
 vers and rifles and plenty of ammuni- milton. When an Indian and a white
 man met it was a fight to a finish. | However their journey was made
 without conflict, and Mir Chamberlain
 remained for sometime in that section.
 That was in 1871 and the Vulture mine was then in its bonanza days, a mine | which turned into the worlds supply
 of gold near S20 000, 900 worth
 | The country was then really deserv- | ing of its wild and woody reputation. He recalled the incident of two ore | haulers from the mine who were kill ed. and their bodies mutilated Gus
 Swain who had the record of killing
 more Indians than any one in the. country, was finally slaughtered by
 the Apaches. One of his hands was
 cut off at the wrist and the foot of a mule also killed was bound to the stump of the arm-a very illustrative { incident of how the Apaches treated
 the bodies of their victims.
 MT Chamberlain was in Tombstone during the year of the discovery of the
 mine there. he was in Phoenix when it was nothing but few adobe shacks without railroad facilities and land was free as the summer sun. IL has been fifteen years since he was last here and he notes a marvellous growth in the city. He likes Arizona and may be persuaded to locate here. buy winter residence and become interested
 in valley enterprises Once when he loft Ariz h. being massacred by inc Indians To- day he realized the vastly changed conditions and the great promise ofthe future. He would not be surprised to see Phoenix a city of half a hundred thousand in the next ten years.
 Mr. Chamberlain was well acquaint- ed with most all of the old pioneers of the territory, of whom but a few are living today. In this connection he calls attention to the fact that scarcely any of the graves of the oldtimers have a mark of any character. He believes that it should be the sentiment of the | people that a headstOne or granite l powder engraved with the name and date of birth and death. should be erected at the resting places of the worthy pioneers of Arizona. One old timer he mentioned, J. H. Peoples ! whom he knew well. and whose grave is unhOnored even in Phoenix Pee ples was a liberal hearted man, and never a stranded family came into | Wickenburg but what he was ready to ! render financial assistance. He was in every sense a philanthropist He was also on government commission l to make treaty with the Pima h. dians. He was one of the party who ! discovered in the early sixties. the | first gold in Arizona, at Antelope Hill. 1 where nuggets were dug out with | butcher knives. There were six in | the party and the ground was divided | among them, a twenty foot claim to | the man. That was the beginning of | the gold mining in the territory
 A story that is vouched for is told I of Peoples and his party when they | came across Arizona from Texas bound i for California. When the party arrived | in Arizona, their stores of provisions l were nearly exhausted. Fortunately | they met d wandering band of friendly | Indians, the MaricopaS' who boasted l they had never shed a drop of White | mans blood, and began negotiations | for food. They had little 10 trade | However, there was in the party a | woman who had in her possession d | flaming red petticOat the purchasing | power of which proved truly remark able. IL was torn into narrow strips, | and these red bands which the h. | dians bound around their foreheads | and long black hair were traded for | dried pumpkin and wheat and other 1 prOvender
 MT. Chamberlain has just returned | from a trip to Cuba. Last year he | made a tour through Africa, up to Vic | toria Falls, Kimberly and far into the l jungles with a travelling party. The | trip extended over other foreign roun- 1 tries where the Chamberlain medicine | company has agencies and the return 1 home included the Suez Canal, Aus tralia and other points. The Chamber lain medicines are sold in nearly every country in the world, ana its advertis- ing is translated and published in 90 | different languages, so some idea of the extent Oi its sale can be judged. l.. Chamberlain has been in Arizona before, introducing their line of rem edies 2l years ago and has been ad- VertiSing eXtensVely here ever since.