Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-20

The great territory of Arlzona-
 now at last become a state-is 6
 land of mystery to a great majority
 of people of this country and it has
 been much msigned because it is
 50 little known. Take. for instance
 the remarkable area of this great
 political subdivision. How many
 Americans realize that Arizona,
 with it's l14.O00 square mics, is
 twice as large as the state of Hi
 nois. The census of 1910 gives the
 population as 20i 1854, or less than two to the square mile.
 Then as to the resources of Ari-
 Zona. If you ask the average East erner what they are he would say copper and cattle" Here is hum
 erous skit that appeared in 1884 , in the Prospector a weekly paper that I was running in the boom min ing camp of Quijotae:
 Arizona is a marvellous country possesses a wonderful climate has sublime liars extraordinary scenery, magnificent underground rivers, Si- gantic mountains, mammoth mineraI deuosits, horned toads beautiful rat tlesnakes, terrific Gila monsters, celebrated cacti fertile minds, un' precedented divorce laws, tin horn gamblers. buted politicians morganat ic wives sandstorms shyster law vers bonanza kings in embryo, Cal basas ever. striking miners, sfrfkers
 who ,are not m0ers suspenoea banks. faro banks, sand banks, sui phur banka bunho stserers. top an bottom workers, brrros. cayuse pones curiosity merchants, bald-headed editors reporters who wear diamonds stage. vareity theathers. COWBOYS
 rusuers, Illicit love, shops rom
 Fitch, San Xavier church, Saiver Lake. Grand Canyon. Pete Kitchen Sonora tale, Tucson blankets, Yuma soldiers story petrifaed forests anti ouated excursion parties, corkscrews canopeners. Boston baked beans. Mex jeans. Apaches. geestrings. gaisa strings. women on-a-str9ng Jackassss appended to a string string beans apron strings unloaded guns tos yuns son-of-guns, deserts, siroccos frauds. BarTo Libre, prospectors, hasf sheen hs1+ier's delight Tucson stor ed battery i0hrening. mssca., as- ariiente, laugh rs ga5 cps angies sinuossraes. feldspar. black spar. whte snar. mothers-in law, ssters-inlaw.l brothers-in-law. defectivelaws mining laws, and lest mines"
 Seriously. however the resource of Arizona are immense and so fa have been scarcely tappsd- The twt racfprs that have retarted the oe relopuent Of this great common wealth are, first. its isolation uneh , within the past few years. The flrs through train on the Southern Fac f5s reached Yuma on December le 1878 if was not completed to Tucsor until March 20, 1880. and for many wears this was the only railr~ad lin ,n the territory Second, the depreda lions of the biood-thirsty Apaches who for a number of years made Arezona the most dangerous reg on cf the Uni.ed States so that eSers miner and rancher literally earned hE life in his hands
 Whose who have only saen southern Arizona from the windows of a Pull man car on a Southern PacHic uain have little conception of the great va dixsy of scenery, climate and sur ruurdings that may be found within the limits of the new state In the central and northern sections ot Artzona are grand mountains, one or them reaching to a height of IF 5Oo feet heavily tsmbeTed with cool even ings. running water. and aboundn8I with wild turkeys and other game This pine clad mountain region of central Arizona will some day, when it is better known. become a popuia playerounc for Americans. nhe noun tairs and canyons of Arizona are in | deed unrsvaled for grandeur. subl'mity and beauty.
 Among the better kiown attrac tlom of Arizona are the natural mar vel fthe Grand Canyon). the petr1fiedi forest the cliff dwellings and thei valley. or crater of the aerolite, wher some visitor from myster GUS ceiec I tai heights struck the earth with Y force thar must have been terrific.
 Many people who have never vist ed Arlzona suppose that a large par of it is a desert This IS a great mis' take There is very lstfe real deser
 Arizona such as are parts of the ssojaye and Colorado deserts It is indeed more Of a garden than ai tesert. After the ra'ns-there arr two rainy seasons in Arzona. nts one. as with us-the mesas are | most attractive sight The tough me qu.te tree. which often atfains con siderable size, furnishing fire woo and beans that are eaten by Indian and cattle, is found all over tn l southern Arizona The bright verdur of the young grass which the rams cal into life is nottled with patches s,f flowers of varied hue whfe sharp !.