Arizona republican., 1910-12-24

IT T.
 Thayer to date has received the fol-
 lowing replies:
 Lee H. lands.
 Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 19, 1910
 Ezra w. Thayer. Phoenix. Arizona: Dear Sir-Referring to your ad. in the morning Republican under caption
 of "s30.OO in cash take your No. l. HI Can it be that in the radiant res plendent halo of promise spread about
 the great Salt river valley by Dr. Foss. I you become so all absorbed under the doctors spell that you fell victim to that same "somnolent" sense to
 which your ad. refers? I beg to quote
 the doctors language in part: The
 wealth of our hills would make even Croesus turn green with envy" Seems to me this one line is quite promising
 in its self. Tn fact the writer has been 1 contemplating a burro expedition into |
 the hills in question ever since receipt | of the assurance above indicated. |I At the board of trade prosperity ban
 quet in question there were present |
 three mining men out of a two hundred |
 and seventy-five attendance The fact |
 is our mining friends seem to be hid
 ing their lights" possibly some who nave NANNo ApA | quite a period are unaccustomed to
 late hours. However. seriously speak | ing. it is a fact that were the mining | industry to automatically discontinue | activities in Arizona, the city of Phoe- nix would show decrease Of 65 per cent in it's inbound shipments of mer- | chandise. supplies. etc. Our chief products (hay. grain. cattle, etc) are | l... IaI tn arlrn of hn mir | ing centers direct While the indirect effect could be traced through many
 and long reaching channels.
 Yet the mines would be nearly as | helpless without the products such as | the Salt river and other agricultural sections supply as would the producers without the mining people as consum- CTS The idea suggests itself that we should get together" Even Phoenix has a surprisingly large number of l business men who are directly inter- ested in mining properties-even the writer. who once upon time tried oil, has also for many years been a board of trade member. and believes fully |, that the time is ripe for the OTganiza I ton of a mining bureau to operate. at least during it's infancy. under the , guidance Ot DOdTu Ol
 However, reference to our mineral possibilities having been made in con- travention to information contained in your ad.. l believe that our calling same to your attention together with the fact that we need the money" should entitle us to the ten. Think it over.
 Yours always boosting,
 LEE H. LANDS.
 P S-ReasOns why the next Ameri- 1 can Mining congress should convene within the open portals of Phoenix are many, including:
 Mining men want a change Of scenes. Phoenix will make them welcome. Phoenix will assure them that she ap preciates what the mining men and capital are. and have accomplished in e Arizona. Mining men should see that / their supply center is up and com c ing" keeping apace with all require ments Phoenix is with them in more | ways than one.
 L. E. McCausland.
 Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. Is, 1910. Ezra w. Thayer. Esq, 124 East Wash
 ington Street:
 Dear Sir-Answer to question No. 1
 Sleepy Phoenix has absolutely no right to ask for the next American :, Mining congress to meet here. but the . citizens of Phoenix should arouse themselves and go after that congress, \ as its presence here and the talks of 4 wide-awake business men would show I, the people of Phoenix the opportunities h they are missing. b
 Answer to question No. 3: A
 The citizens of the Salt river valley. c and Phoenix in particular, should en- courage legitimate mining for the req d son that the development of that indus c try in the Salt river valley and will O open to the merchants of Phoenix an tl ever increasing market for their goods, g and practically a cash market at that: W there will be no necessity of waiting t' for months until the crops are gath a cred, as has to be done in an agricul- t' tural section.
 Phoenix. being centrally located, is p the logical distributing point for the U entire territory. It has the land. wa d ter and electric power. all the essen ., m tials for the cheap production and - of goods. and just little effort will give it the railroad facili- h, ties for moving them. The miners re- ID quire and must have canvas gloves. .. tents. overalis, canned fruit. vegetables, . butter, milk, cheese. bread. meats. etc. and every one of these articles can be grown and manufactured here much cheaper than they can be brought here from distant points. and if they are here it means increased population, increased wealth and an np- to- date city for Phoenix. It is also means that the farmers of the Salt river valley will get good prices for their produce and will not have to pay t all out to get their goods to mar Set
 The nearest city east of us is Fl Paso; the nearest city west is Los An yeles. Look at the immense field Phoenix has to draw from and the de- 1elopment of the mining industry will ,ring about all of these things. Again
 say. Phoenix has the location, the and, the water. the power and the field for development. All it needs to make it a city of importance is some ed blooded men who have the capacity If seeing a little further ahead than G he end of their nose. The business non of phoenix arc holding the nickel