Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-12
(By Judge Jas. W. MccOrmick)

The return of our national natal day brings to my mind the reflection
 that we of Arizona have greater
 cause for rejoicing than anyonc else. And so, while the small boy iz
 loing his best 10 bring on a case Q: .ockjaw with the toy pistol. toy can
 aon, bomb and giant cracker. viii celebrate the day by putting down on paper
 hat should give zest and earnestness to our celebration. Leaving out of the account the Latin and aboriginal races, both of which are merely neg ligible quantities. the new state of Arizona, tried by the several tests has the most intelligent, enterprislng. orderly and patriotic population of any state in the Union. Some spe- cifc facts that go to prove this broad statement are. that it has the lowest percentage of illiteracy of any state, one of the very best organ ized school systems in the whole country. pays the very highest wages to teachers and shows the lowest criminal record of any state
 These are facts easily ascertain able by any one who is interested to know about these matters, despite the steady stream of eastern newspa- per and magazine literature(O which continues with easy and careless mendacity to paint Arizona as the home of the cactus and coyote, the habitat of the rattlesnake and the Gila monster. the rendezvous of the had man. whose chief occupation is shooting up the town as he rides wildly through the streets, or en- gaees in pistol duels in which one ar both contestants die quickly. These lnanderers to 9 vitiated taste for sen sational reading, whose pot boiling proclivities prevail over their love or truth. fail or forget to mention any of the foregoing facts. They also for get or fail to mention other equally significant facts, such as. that one acre of land in any of the numerous cultivated valleys of Arizona, VIII nroduce six times as much as an acre of what is called good soil in states east of the Mississippi river; that single mines in Arizona are cap able of producing
 That several of the greatest mines on earth are in Arizona; that Ari- zona leads all the other states in the production of copper; and that in suite of this superb showing the de- yelopment of the mineral resources of the state are hardly commenced Here amid what may seem to the nninit;ated barren mountain wastes, Nature has sown her treasures with a lavish hand. and with her develop ed and undeveioped deposits of
 the very rocks seem to cry out that there shall be no end to Arizona wealth and resources
 With the completion of the Roose- welt dam and reservoir, now receiving it's furnishing touches. which will fur nish ample water for the irrigation of the immense Salt River valley, and almost unlimited electric power. and with the development of many other irrigation enterprises, now on foot, with five to seven crops of alfalfa. the finest stock feed known, every year, with correspondingly heavy crops of wheat, barley, oats, sugar beets of the highest percentage Of sweets, with all vegetables and fruits equally adapted to her soil and climate. Arizona's future assumes a roseate hue.
 Think of Arizona's oranges bring ing a higher price net than any oth- CTS bring in the gross, But this Is a fact. easily proved by the printed market quotations. Think of a sin gle plum tree producing half ton of