Graham guardian., 1910-09-16
ARIZONA: THE STATE
Col. H. L. Pickett's Eloquent
Tribute to the New
State

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who was principal speaker at the
Hassayampa banquet in Los Angeles,
recently, according to the press of
the Angel City, won the laurels and
admiration of those who heard him.
We reproduce the speech as printed
in the Los Angeles press. 1t is good
reading and is as follows:
I know of no higher compliment
that could be paid an Arizonan, or
one that is better calculated to stir
his enthusiasm and patriotism, than
to be called upon to respond to the
toast of the new State of Arizona.
The star of Arizona statehood
has already arisen above the eastern
horizon and by the time we meet
here to celebrate our next annual
meeting, it will have assembled to
the zenith of it's glory, and by its
great brilliancy, it will have bedlm-
med the brightness of all of the
other forty-six stars upon the flag
of the nation.
The State of Arizona, although
next to the youngest in the Union,
will lead all other States in many
respects, in too many to be pointed
out in the ten minutes assigned me
tonight, so | shall have to content
myself in referring to only few.
1t will be the greatest copper
producing State of the nation; it
will continue to lead all other States
in the production of copper, as it
has been doing for the past several
years, with the exception of one
year. In Cochise county, at Bisbee,
last year there was one company
that lead all other companies in the
United States in the production of
copper; it paid six millions in div
idends; this, remember, was in the
county of which the historic Tomb
stone is the county seat, and around
which the whole county revolves.
Go a little to the north of Cochise
and you find Clifton and Morenci
that haye produced their many mil
lions in copper and are still produc-
ing. Go west from there to Globe,
and you find the largest copper area
in the new State of Arizona, and
while yet in its infancy it is pre-
dicted by those well versed in the
production of copper, that in doz-
en- years it will not only be the larg-
est copper producing section in the
State of Arizona, but perhaps in the
world. Go from there to the north
ern part of the new State to Jerome,
where you will find the United
Verde, with it's twenty-four millions
to its credit, the largest single cop
per mine perhaps in the world.
While in the northern part of the
State, you will find Mohave county
with it's Gold Roads and Tom Reed
gold mines, and to the south of it,
Yuma county with its North Star
mine; these two counties, extending
from the southern boundary of
Utah to the northern boundary of
the Republic of Mexico, form the
golden axle around which the new
State of Arizona revolves.
1T has the largest artificial res
ervoir in the world, the great Roose-
welt dam, that will irrigate more
than two hundred thousand acres of |
the great Salt River valley. valley |
which in richness is unsurpassed by
the world famous valley of the Nile. |
The I.aguna dam on the Colorado |
river that will irrigate a similar
number of acres of Arizona's rich
alluvial soil. which will furnish |
thousands of homes for the home
seeker Of the crowded East.
The citizenship Of the State Of |
Arizona is excelled by no State in
the Union. We have more fair
women and brave men to the square
foot than any spot on this earth.
No State ever did, OF ever will have
more patriotic citizens than the
State of Arizona. Wherever you
find an Arizonan, you find patriotism |
oozing out of his every pore. When
the Spanish war cloud began to
hover over the nation, it was Ari-
zona that furnished the first yolun-
teer company ready for duty; 1t was
Arizona that furnished the first vol
unteers for that regiment, famous
throughout the world, known as the
Rough Riders, commanded by the
gallant Roosevelt; they were the
first to get into battle and the first
to win victory. They were the
first up San Juan Hill in that inn
mortal charge, forced the Spanish
army 70 sapitnlats, and covered
themselves With giofy, and made q
president of the United States.
Arizona will be one of the largest,
one of the most resourceful, one of
the most attractive of all the States
in the Union, and when the forty
seventh star representing the Stats
IF Arizona, is added to the flag of
he nation, it will be one of the
most brilliant in the galaxy that
constitutes that flag.
Land of the new State of Arizona,
.mserial land;
low proud thy mountains rise; i
low sweet thy scenes on every :
hand: