Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-06
ARIZONA'S OPPORTUNITY

ions thls fal This committee IS scheduled to visit Arizona in October. They will inspect the work being done by the government in the Yuma district, and then, coming by the way of Phoe- nix, will visit the great dam at Roosevelt.
 The presence of this committee in Arizona can be turned to gold and ultimately to early statehood if the towns and cities through which
 these distinguished gentlemen are to pass do their full duty. The Silver Belt is satisfied that about all that IS necessary to start the ball roll ing IS this simple suggestion. But the time is comparatively short preparations should be made, and harmony and unity of action among the respective cities in line for visit from the committee should exist in more pronounced degree than ever before. The citizens of Ari- zona will understand the full significance of this plea
 Yuma should have full opportunity to ac- quaint the members of the committee with the ored section. They should know of the wealth to be added to the nation by the reclamation of hundreds of acres, now comparatively useless, by the governments irrigation projects in that particular section, and the thousands of homes that will be given as heritage to tol
 There is much of interest in and about Tue son that this committee should not be permitted to miss. The Old Pueblo is one of the show cities of Arizona and we are all proud of it. The city mirrors in a very pleasing way the thrift and enterprise of this entire commonwealth, and demonstrates very forcefully that we have culture as well as cactus in Arizona. Tucson is entitled to much of the time of this represen- tative body of men, and it should be the endeav- or of the whole territory to see that the commit tee enjoys the sights and the rich hospitality of the people in Arizona s metropolis.
 Bisbee and Douglas, famed the world over for their great mines and smelters and for their general thrift and enterprise should be given opportunity to entertain the visitors and ac- quaint them with the wonderful richness of that section and its possibilities. The charm of Douglas as residential and commercial center will surely please these gentlemen and add favor to their impressions of all Arizona.
 Phoenix, the beautiful, the orange grove city the land of flowers, with her surrounding fields of alfalfa her beautiful homes, imposing terri torial and municipal buildings, fine business blocks and wide, well conditioned thoroughfares will be a revelation to the congressman and they should be permitted to finger long amid the beauties of the tropics. Prescott, the ''mle- High" city and the Grand Canyon of the Colo rado should not be overlooked in the itinerary. Prescott is one of the most beautiful and invit- ing little cities in the country. It's residents are right-up-to- the-minute in all things and be- coming acquainted with the resources of that section, the gentlemen will certainly depart with a store of new ideas regarding Arizona and her people,
 The Silver Belt has stated that the committee | will visit Roosevelt dam coming in by the way of Phoenix. Here will be Globes opportunity to receive and entertain this body of representa- tive men. This city can have this unusual pleas ure if Phoenix will cooperate in the scheme The gentlemen will undoubtedly be taken to the dam in autos provided by the Phoenix chamber of commerce. The Globe chamber of commerce should receive them at the dam, provision hav- ing been made for autos, and bring them to Globe, where they will be shown the greatest copper mines in the world, the most rapid grow ing city in Arizona, and where they could mingle i with people of unusual enterprise and intelli- 1 gence It is an opportunity that Globe cannot afford to miss, and she will not if the chamber of commerce exercises one of its most valued functions. Out of Globe, down through the pie turesque valley of the Gila, will beautifully eli max the swing around this wondrous circle and place before the eyes of the nations represen- tatives panorama--a moving, animated pic ure-of earnest life, exemplary citizenship, in diligence, refinement, and determination on the part of the people to wrest from the fertile lands of the valleys, from the rolling hills and lowering mountains, by the magic wand of toll, the treasures of generous giver.