Arizona republican., 1911-09-04
JOHN 4. MARSHALL
 STILL 4 BOOSTER IS JUST AS STRONG FOR PHOENIX AS THOUGH HE LIVED HERE The Best Town on Earth of Its Size
 and Its Future Assure.

Mention was made a couple of days ago of the return of J. A Marshall
 for short time in connection with
 matters of a business nature. As Mir.
 Marshall was for a quarter of a century -idenified with the business
 and political interests of Arizona, and
 especially of this county, 1t s most
 gratifying to note that although he
 has changed his residence to San
 Francisco he retains just as strong
 sentimental interest in the new state
 as though he lived here and is just
 as enthusiastic over the business
 future of this county as when he was
 enrolled in the list of home boosters.
 Mir. Marshall says that when he came here this time he had practically made up his mind to sell his residence on West Washington street. But after look at things he has come to the conclusion that he don't care whether he sells or not. It will be an easy matter to lease 1t and the property is bound to increase in value with the
 present prospects of the city. When he was here a year ago he made a great big kick about the way the streets looked. He did not notice it so much when he lived here but after travelling through a score of coast cities with paved and we'll kept streets the Phoenix thoroughfares looked very like an eye-sore. Now he noted the paving operations under way and rejoices with the most en- thusiastic of the home folks One thing more he says should be attended to at once. or just as soon as the fall growing weather is about over, and that is the removal of the weeds. not only from the streets but from the vacant lots. It is hard to keep the weeds down in this fertile soil but it can be done and is well worth the effort
 MT. Marshall says that he knows of no city on earth of the size of that is making so much pro- gress right now and there is nothing on earth can hold it back. The soil and climate have always been here the water is now here and the people are coming just as fast as they can get here. The town is growing and the new houses under construction, more than ever before, are but an earnest of those to be built in the years immediately succeeding
 But it must be remembered that sTr Marshall is now a citizen of San Francisco. He is now plugging ~or his home town as we'll as for Phor.ix and predicts for San Francisco a most growth between now and the holding of the exposition. For the preceding six months San Fran cisco was very dull but when the site for the exposition was decided upon things began to move. Houses are springing up now. almost in a night and new buildings are under way in every direction.
 The population of the city Is al- ready rapidly increasing. The regis tration for the primary election that closed recently showed 1O2, 500 names as against 92.O0O when Schmidt ran Tor mayor. that having been the pre- eeeding high record. Politics are get ting warm and Mir Marshall says he believes Mir. Rolph. candidate for may ,r put forth by the democrats and combined, on a cleanup platform, will easily defeat Mccarthy | he labor leader and present mayor | The movement Is to cleanup the city | n every way. morally and physically l md get ready for the entertainment |