Arizona republican., 1912-06-09

l and l miss my rides on the bound l less plains. where the glorious desert i flowers glow under the sun and the sage brush and the yucca reach he roic size. l drive a great deal at ! home. and there are fascinating sights in the solitude of the plains not to be found among the crowded thor
 oughfares of Washington and it's en- Nirons
 Phoenix s quite modern and Well-planned city, and We have our clubs, some serious, some for amuse- 1aent and many for civic betterment and for philanthropy and patriotism We have study club and We work very diligently. The membership is limited, so that We may keen within the bounds of those who really wish | to study. Last wear We made an ex- ! haustiVe reading of Napoleon's life. We have stringent rules about at tendance and those who permit pleasure to interfere have to enrich the club treasury with fines. Of the ] state. l rejoice that it is becoming . one of the beaten roads of travel i ear after wear more tourists come to that awe inspiring wonder of the ! world, the Grand Canyon of Arizona. and Of these fair proportion are foreigners lured to cross the ocean and the continent by an account of 1 the grandeur of this natural phe- nomcnOn. l have visited this won derland many times but il can stand 1 countless inspections. There are now excellent hotels and every facility to l1"ke the journey as comfortable and easy as such plunge into the heart | Of chasms will permit Another splendid point of view for the tray eler is the chalcedony forests near Holbrook in the Navajo country where the osfied tree trunks. some four feet thick, have been broken by 1 the forces of nature into exuuisitaIv colored blocks of marble Everv- ! where the petrified tree trunks, some great mesas of sandstone with pin nacled tops rising a thousand feet or more in sheer rugged abruptness which is almost appalling. Such sights as these impress the mind and
 make cities and mere artificial efforts
 seem insignificant
 "Historic1l societies are having
 such d vogue in every section of the
 country, that one may know mti-
 mate details about any locality with
 in the confines of the United States.
 Arizona, and Phoenix in particular.
 have not failed to study the ancient
 story of the mountains and plains
 The legendary history is fascinating
 and so voluminous that 1t has filled
 books The work of the ethnoIogical
 bureau along these lines is well
 known. and the archaeoIogists have
 done their share in illuminating the
 past. In almost every section of the
 state may be found the ruins of those wonderful builders of prehis-
 toric times the Cliff DWelIers. who were the forerunners of the Pueblo | or village Indians. The ruins. so- called, the Casa Graude in the Gila | valley, are most impressive. and they | have another important interest in ! that Father Kino. one of the carly | Francescan explorers. said mass in the east end of Casa Grande in 1894 | It was then. according To his de- scription. in much the same con dition as it exists today showing how well the aborigines built There are many Wierd stories cInging to these ruins, and. indeed. all of Ari- zona abOunds in legends and mystic tales which are worthy of the most pen
 The history Of the country after the Spanish explorers had penetrated into the interior as early as 153S is well attested and forms a brilliant chapter in the story of the South west. The first white men who set foot in what is now the State of Arizona were Juan de Ia Asurcion and Pedro Nadal two Franciscan friars, of whom little is known ex- cept that they penetrated to the San Pedro river in 1538 Coronado came later, and then the history is an open page. The remains of the Spanish missions and later of the Jesuit missions are IS interesting and as distinctive as those of Cali fornia. Arizona came into the pos session Of the United States partly the treaty of Guadalupe Hi dalgo and by the Gadsden purchase in 1854"
 Represent 1tive and Mrs Hayden are another of the many interesting people in the legislative set whose romance began during their college days. Both were students at Leland