Arizona republican., 1912-09-11
L0S ANGELES
 AND PHOENIX
\. Redewill Tells of His Observations in the For mer City, and the Lack of Phoenix Advertising on the Coast.

A. RedeWill, who returned some days ago from the coast, left his family at Avalon, Catalina Islands, whence they will return to Phoenix toward the end of the month.
 Abiding to Los Angeles Mir Rede- will says that if the tide of travelling humanity going forth and returning from that city could be turned toward Phoenix, the city would treble and quadruple in population and wealth yearly If only a small per cent of the tourists who return from that city, disappointed at the enormous prices asked for real estate, and the high cost of living there, could be induced to come to Phoenix and the Salt River valley the population would double as if by magic: MT. Rede- will said
 During my months sOjourn in Los Angeles and various seaside resorts failed to see or hear of anything that would tend to tempt or draw some of the great masses of the float ing population of Los Angeles to Ari- zona. No pamphlets, folders. posters or literature of any description allud- ing to Phoenix or Arizona, no repre- sentative agents could be seen or heard trumpeting our climate rich soil. abundance of water, big crops and particularly our ridiculously low prices of real estate, compared to those in Los Angeles
 Property is selling on Spring street and Broadway at $600O front foot One has to go ten blocks from the business center to procure a business lot at $2500 to $3O0O a front foot.
 Residence property is likewise fab ulously high, ten times the price asked in Phoenix for property similarly sit uated. Way down to Santa Monica, Long Beach and Venice you are asked $2000 for a 50x150 foot lot.
 All first class hotels charge s150 to s3.50 for rooms per night. Board is also high and no ordinary meal can be had for less than sixty to seVentyfice cents except in cafeterias where you have to be your own waiter and even there the price of a meal is higher than in our Phoenix res taurants. The climate is usually cool but quite changeable: very warm dur ing the day and cool in the evening. Colds are easily contracted. My peo-
 
 time of their sojourn in the seacoast towns. Our vaudeville and moving picture shows are better than any thing I have seen in or about Los Angeles and the price of admission much cheaper here. While 50 and 2 cents are charged at the Orpheum, Burbank and Majestic theaters. these prices are much less in Phoenix. Un- T, of tourists visiting Los Angeles soon leave the place and look elsewhere for localities wherein to locate.
 What an opportunity for Phoenix and the Salt River valley if our city and valley could be made known to these homeseekers! Neither the cham Der of commerce of Los Angeles nor any hotel there (and l was in most of the most noted ones) nor the var ious place of amusements nor bill posters boards had anything alluding to Phoenix and Arizona.
 Many of our people are returning after their vacations and the hotels, restaurants and apartment houses are beginning to feel the effects of the great exodus. Our people literally have contributed probably s350,O00 to- wards fattening their pocketbOoks, they should appreciate our generosity and try to reciprocate and help make Phoenix the beautiful, a large pOpulOus and wealthy city, which would mater tally add yearly to the enormous growth and incredible prosperity of our very fortunate neighbOr.
 The veterans of the G. A. R. are having the time of their lives in Los Angeles during their annual convention this week. The city is beautifully dec orated. the hotels are full, the streets are congested with sight seekers and there's music in the air everywhere in gay Los Angeles"