Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-02-20


ests. no minerals and next to nothing |
in the way Of manufactures, supports |
a population of 100000 souls; at
the same time paying tribute of So
OOO. 900 a year 10 the sultan. maintain
ing an army of 10000 men, and pay
ing interest on a bonded debt OF stag
gering proportions. With its giant
dams and reservoirs. Arizona may well
be expected to rival in productiveness
the far-famed valley OF the Nile.
The Salt River valley ranks with
South Africa as a home for the os-
trich. and 80 per cent Of all he os-
triches in the United States are to be
found in this one little section. More
han 2000 baby ostr,ches of last years
hatch are now growing to maturity
and the best Matching aud growing
records Of South Africa do not sur
pass those made by the Salt River val
lev growers. The feathers are among
the finest in the world, and the profits
are large. The annual sale Of feath-
ers from each bird amounts TO about
S37. Governor Sloan states tina the
business Of ostrich growing seems
capable OF indefinite expans on in all
the valleys located Ike the Salt River
region. and that the worlds principal
supply OF plunes for milady's bonnie 5
may yet come from Arizona.
/ The territory of Arizona viii make
no mean state in point Of size. In
fact only the states of Texas. Cal'for-
MIA and Montana, Of these now in he
union are larger If Wisconsin and
Michigan were united into one state Il
would be larger than Arizona. and
Iowa and Illinois together are not
greater in size The New England
safes. New Jersey. Delaware. Mary
land. Virginia and West Virginia
might all be placed wi hin the con-
fines of this great southwestern en-
pre-
/ Utah is trying to get possession of a
part Of Arizona The Grand canyon
effectively cuts of he northern part
of the territory, so that ii is valuable
only as grazing country and re-
gion of undeveioped wealth Recently
the legisla. ure of Utah passed a me
mCrial to congress in which it was set
forth that this region is owned priu-
cipally by Utah people; that the .er-
ritory of Arizona cannot get across
the Grand canyon TO govern 1t. and
that the cattle. sheep mad horses
! grazed there are owned By tax dogers
who drive their herds and flocks into
Utah when he Arizona assessor
would list them. Asserting that
Arizona gets no benefits from this
country. and that i. is physically part
and parcel OF Utah, though legally be.
longing 10 Arizona, it is asked that
the Grand canyon be made he bound
airy. But congress is not in a mood
to subtract anything from Arizona
and the memorial of the Utah legis
lature will find a convenient pigeon
hole in which % repose.
UnriValled Scenic Beauties.
II Is useless to attempt to describe
the splendors of the Grand canyon
Every great American descriptive
writer has exhaus. ed his vocabulS- :
trying to picture It, Major Powell
plucks up Mount Washington anC
hurls it into the canyon. and 10 ths
waters are unchecked; hen, fgura
lively. he throws in the Blue Ridge
and stiH the raging Colorado goes #.
way. Charles Dudley Warner. weary
ing q description. tucks away tn
Yosemite in side gorge and calls ]
los Then he brings back Babylon
and its hanging gardens and declare
their beauty 10 be mere LONELINESS q.
compared with the canyon Of the Col
crado.
4 Meteorite mountain, with its era 81
mile across and furlong deep. pre-
sumably made when some comet
, core hit the earth. is ever an object o
: interest SO is he trail worn deep il
? he adamant;ne rock by the mecca
sined feet of prehistoric races. telling
: a story of millions of travellers befor
I the age of tradi ion. The irrigation
= canals of prehistoric races still may b
traced by deep-worn burrows In soiii
2 rock. where the quiet flowing water
, ran on Sor countless generations
Arizona will start OUT as a stat
] with a popula ton Of about 100000
The actual present-day values OF tn
: territory are estimated a. about $50
COZ. 900 II has some SO banks. evev
e lone of which is said to be propering
q There is much promise that the his
e tory Of Southern California will be r
y ipeated. In fac many Of the peopl
; who helped 10 transform Southern
!. ICalifornia into a land Of wealth ar
n now going into Yuma region on aC
count OF opportunities hat offer there
5 IN the wild sections Of Arizona Their
( IS q peculiar little animal known a
the hydrophObia skunk In It's ques
4 for food II visits the camps OF tourist
and cowboys. and sometimes it vii
2 attempt 10 eat the toe. or nose or ca
2 lof a sleeper. Its bite is followed a
2 invariably by q IA al attack Of rabies
2 The prairie dog abounds and as
4 tempting morsel OF food it is to tn
4 Arizona Indian what the postum 3 q
Z the Southern negro