Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-11
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MT. J. s. Hooks. formerly of the Hotel Gadsden, left last week for At lanta. Georga. where. it is under stood, he has handsome offer which he may accept. and Mir. Law. whom Douglas regards as quite peculiarly her own, is now in full charge of the handsomest hotel in all the South. west, if not the West.
 The position winch Tommy" Law had at the King Edward Hotel in Los Angeles was an excellent one, there can be no question but that the pres ent one is a step upward in the line of progression for those who make business of taking care of the needs of the travelling public. That there are not only many in Douglas who welcome him back, but that he has also formed many friends in his mi grations around the world who are glad to note his progress is evident from the leteers of congratulation which he is receiving from far and near, for Tommy" has travelled some.
 "Yes," he said to few friends who sat with hi in the beautiful roofed court of the Gadsden, last night, in his hours off, I am thankful to get back again; thankful for the chance to help to take care of the hotel: thankful to note the growth that has taken place in Douglas during the five years and more that have been gone-for you remember that l went away about 1903.
 "To tell the truth. I never was more lost in m life, in a way, than I was when I stepped off the train in Douglas on my return. The town had grown so in the meantime that l really did not know where the old things were. When I went away after several years stay, the railroad depot stood where the W. NJ. c. A building does at present, and the bus mess part of the town merely extend ed up 10th street to G avenue. where Bank of Douglas and Copper Queen store are now That was all there was of the town Tn a mercantile way. The smelters had just been complet- ed. and In a residence way the Junn flats were building: but most of the and where the residence portion of town now stands was open where we hunted rabbits. The present Sports mans park was so far out of town that when any one proposed to take ? walk out there we used to say 'Spose you're going to take your blan- ketsy implying that it would take more than day to go and return.
 Yes, it isn't so very long since I went away. but there have been and ! think that great improvement ss- tsN Gol- in .s turs-
 The pearest ever came to great wealth was one time when I was bunting with a party ia Alaska. he fore the greatest rdsh tc that eoul- try. Our party went to the northeast around the coast as far as the n1osta of the Mackenzie river. Coming back. we ate our lunch. one day, on the site of the present City of Nome. but where then were onl the few shacks of an Esquimaux village. About foot beneath the surface of the ground that we were sitting upon. unsus- pected D us, lay millions Of dollars worth of gold which began to be taken from there the following year, beginning only about a foot beneath the surface Little we suspected itI as we ate our lunch of ship biscuit and wild duck that day on the shore.
 A native of Australia, I have tray ened all over that country. in Brit ish Islands. in Japan, China, Alaska. and in the United States. but that isi the nearest that I ever came to the sudden requirement of fortune However, for a right down good liv- ing and assured prosperity I don't know as I know of any better place 10 get them than in Douglas, Arizona and you folks who know me, know that am not flattering nor emitting hot air on the subject, or on any other. Certainly Douglas seems to me to be about as up-to-date in every way as could be expected of SO young city and with good prospects in every way"
 Then the guests fell to exam'ng al scraB book Of kodak and other pho-i tograpiiic pictures that Tom has. con- taining reminders of himself and h s early days in Douglas. of the early stages of the city. ef strange finds in the heats of Mexico, of pleasant social days in Fruityale. the beautiful city in Californ.a, and like reminis- cences of other lands in which he has travelled. Tom seems satisfied Ger talniy he admits that he has every reason to be. and the travelling pub ic that has known him elsewhere seems equally well pleased to see