Arizona republican., 1910-02-04
TRUTH CONFESSED BY
 SPOKANE VISITORS
They Are Not Looking for Anything in
 Their Eyes Closed While Here.

Among the visitors in the city are Alfred Coolidge and D. NJ Drumhel-
 Ter of Spokane, president and vice president respectively of the Traders National bank of that city. Incidental | ly they are each of them officers or di- rectors of half dozen other banks in the north and northwest. ant moving spirits in developing projects too nmer- Ous for recital Their mission here is purely a social one. as they came to visit C. B. King. formerly of Spokane, but now of Phoenix and Spokane. The length of their stay is indefinite. but | they do not propose to tarry a great | while because of business engagements i elsewhere.
 Mir. Coolidge was visitor here about I a year ago and at that time purchased fine tract on North Central avenue with the object of making this his winter home. but unfortunate circum- stances, not of a financial nature how ever. forced him to change his plans and he sold the property again. He is, | however, just as much in love with Phoenix as ever. and is most regret full that he cannot become a resident here at least for a portion of each year. He says it appeals to him as a coun- try of exceptionally opportunities for
 business and investments.
 Mir Drumheller is the older man of the two and is referred to affection
 ately by the Spokane colony in Phoe-
 nix as Uncle Dan" MT King says
 he can look further into the future than any white man he ever saw, and he is regarded up north as d sort of an oracle. and more men appeal to Uncle Dan" to know what to do in business ventures than to anybody else in that part of the world. He is a very plain, approachable and kindly sort of per
 son and always takes pleasure in giv-
 ing good advice, or seems to. which amounts to the same thing. He has made a great deal of money in the
 stock business and in lands as well as
 in banking In fact he was originally
 stockman, and through that fact
 came very near being a pioneer resi- dent of this valley at one time.
 He travelled all over Arizona in a
 blackboard way back in 1885 looking
 for a stock range. and things did not
 suit him exactly. so he kept travelling
 in the old blackboard until he had
 pretty thoroughly prOspected the whole
 Rocky Mountain region. finally settling
 in the north IL is believed that one
 of the secrets of his success is that
 he first acquainted himself with the
 west thoroughly before settling any
 where and when he did stop he stuck
 and made his enterprise win He has
 not been Arizona since then until this
 visit. but he remembers all the live set
 dement's of those days almost as well
 as if his visit were yesterday. and 1t
 is much the same with all the western
 states. They all have little claim on
 him It is needless to say that he notes
 some changes in Phoenix. however. in
 the last twenty-five years. Alter leaV-
 ing here he made his first extended
 stay in the Sacramento valley and then
 moved to the new state of Washing
 ton.
 Mir Drumhcller says he is not look | ing for bargains or any kind of invest ments down here as he merely came. to sec friend King. but he cannot help
 being impressed with the wonderful opportunities in this section, and his friends say one never can tell when he will dip into something. He insists that he really has no idle funds for in vestment but it is also said of him ! that his paper is never turned down wherever he goes or whenever he feels like edging into something that looks
 particularly good The impression seems to prevail that when it looks
 good to him it must be good whatever { it looked like to other people before. ! And whether he makes any invest ments or not he admits that this valley
 looks good. which is not a bad pointer ] for others who have invested.