Arizona republican., 1909-06-06

tending to come this way, is it an,
 wonder that the citizens of thi.
 tcountry have got a cheery smile, z
 stiff backbone and their face turned
 squarely to the breezes that blow
 Salome is geographically situated fol
 a town and so is Vicksburg, and SC
 is Winchester. Any town, anywhere
 on terra firma to be permanent and
 have an increasing population, must
 have employment for it's populace The great farming sections of our glorious northwest, by their enormous productions, have compelled the
 building of railroads, and great grain
 elevators and large cereal factories
 In the mining west the mines have
 compelled the building of many rail-
 roads and stamp mills, smelters, etc Denver and Butte, Montana, are a
 fine illustration of what cities the
 mines can build. In Arizona, the mining centers have unfortunately in
 the past been controlled by partizan | interests. All local interests seemed
 to be at war, or it was a one man
 rule, or a corporation control. Thank 1 heavens, this narrow spirit is dis appearing. In the effulgent sunshine of patriotism, as is known best, by the true American, we forget local peccadilloes in the realization of the justice of the greatest good to the
 greatest number. In this new order
 of things Arizona is going forward
 Such a boom, a boom of merit. will
 soon strike Arizona as no country in
 the whole civilized world has ever
 r. I,r, ,.rftl hA,
 ders more water than any other
 western state. That's a big assertion.
 but it is true There are innumerable
 subterranean rivers, and in time
 these water courses will be located
 and by great electrical centrifugal
 pumps it will be raised and the desert reclaimed. This electrical force
 can be obtained from the Colorado, and perhaps later by the utilization
 of the rays of the sun.
 Arizona has lots of oil within her
 borders and necessity is going to soon compel it's development. Arizona
 has lots of marble, slate and building stone. She has many precious stones and in time she undoubtedly will con-
 tribute her share of pseudo galena, peck blende or peach blende, from which radium is extracted She may also produce the gangue peach blende like what is found in Llano county, Texas, also willemite, which assists in radio activity, like what is found in New Jersey. If you don't believe it. study your mineralogy and see if its a possibility of occurrence in cer- tain formation. Dana lives, though
 lzs. ,r ,y.I standard over the world. He tells you all about peach blende and notes it's radio activity properties, also quotes Dr. Kuntz from a contribution to the American Journal of Science in 1896, but he does not tell you how to extract it, because he did not know. It remained for Mime. and Mon. Currie to reveal that priceless secret to the world. Although only z of radium that had to be finally extracted from a composite of l5 milligrams of the chlorides of radium and barium was the total re- suit of extraction from a ton of yraninite, yet it was as gladly receiv- ed by mankind as the stone that would illumine a room for a million years was received from Solomon Trimosin in the centuries of the past Arizona has more mineral within its borders than any other country of relative size In the world. Don't 1t make you glad to know that this great territory is going to give to American posterity the blessed privi- | lege of calling you blessed. You peo- ple of Arizona are now at work pav- ing the pathway for young America to follow in. The overcrowded cities of our country are looking toward YOU; extend your welcoming arms and help them to help themselves. Let everyone of us do our part. When | a new arrival comes among us let us tell him all about the good things | we know about Arizona, and If | knocker gets next to him make him | hit the hot foot down the trail | I have heretofore refrained from too | much expatiation on what l have | seen in Arizona. I have not told you | half of what came under my ob- servation, but only that which to me seemed reasonable of proof. There | are many mining writers, l am sorry | to say, today that accept as gospel | everything that is told them, or that | through corporate bribe prostitute | their pen to exploit, boost or boom a | section with heartless fabrication and | willful roguery. Thank God, there IS still a great, free and fearless press at present whose guiding voice helps | to shape the destinies of the U. ;. | A. If this great power is on the | peoples side the republic is safe. l have got to save most of my other | mining news until 1 make another | little trip or two through the section | I want to see in the Harcuvars, but | will have plenty of good authentic | news in a few days, so look out | ahead. Before finishing 1 cannot help | but add a final word to Arizonians | to abolish sectional feeling. Let Pres colt rejoice in the prosperity of Phoe- nix and if every other city in Arl- zona and every little hamlet will each | help to make the other great then, in deed. will we have a greater Arizona; | an Arizona that we will be proud of and we will also be greater in char acter. Ours will be the true CO., operative commonwealth.
 That immortal newspaper man. Henry W. Grady. when editor Of the Atlanta Constitution, was once ln-
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