Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-18

problem. the immediate working out oi which promises to spell Success or failure for our County within the next twelve months. People of money require not only climate. but the conveniences and surroundings which must give a desirable climate the maximum of inducemcnt
 We need good. if small ,our;s, motel Seventy families left Prescott last summer because they could not md suitable apartments or hosses These families left this city dis. gusted. They told their friends else where that the climate and surround 'ngs Of Prescott are perfect, bu, that the people of the town. failing 'o realize the advantage of such blessings. had no, provided adeouate comfort and accommodations for the health and pleasure seeker.
 While our hotels. for the enter. tainment of the commercial embas- sador. arc quite comfortable and de srable, they offer feeble attraction to the person who is used to quar- tcrs m the best hotels of other re- sort towns. Wealthy persons would stay weeks or months in Prescott, if our city had first class tourist re- sort. from which local loungcrs would be excluded. Such resort would help Castle Hot Springs, a pleasure ground of infinite charm and one better known in the far cast. alas, than among the residents of this State.
 If we cannot find means to equip such hotel project, let us at least construct . decent comfortable apart mcnt building. before the opening of the summer season of 1913. Such a building would take care of the class of visitors which arc lost each summer, class not catered to at present by any of our hotels or furnished houses. For this class of visitors. our hotels either arc not select enough or do not furnish the comfort or privacy required and many of our furnished houses arc unfit for such habi,ation or not obs iainable without restrictions as to term. price. and other unreasonable conditions.
 An apartment building. such as is referred io. could be constructed along tasteful architectural lines at a reasonable cost Ii should contain at least fifteen apartments of from two io five rooms and would draw just the kind of temporary residents as might become permanent property holders and increase the wealth oi Yavapai County. The money fof such an undertaking could be pooled by from ten to fifteen business men This would give each shareholder tho impetus to grasp every opportunity for selecting suitable tenants. Al would he interested in its inaneia welfare. To argue that such pro position would dctract from the revc
 nue of our present hotels. is obu
 ously absurd,
 Exhibits Awaken Interest For the first time since favapa County began exhibiting at the Ter ritorial and State Fairs at Phoenix we think this years exhibits hav awakened the curiosity of investor in Southern Arizona. Many soli' citizens of the South today cxpres
 their intention of purchasing and de
 veloping acreages for orchard | Yavapai County.
 1 The Future.
 1 During 1913. far more aetiv { canvas among our farmers and hort . eul,uris,s for exhibits for this rai , will be made than heretofore. w 2 must strive by every means to kee [ Yavapai County conspicuously in th eve of the World and his Wife. You , Secretary is at work now on six al [ ,icles in prominent eastern journal y This shows that the attention of cd - tors all over the United States is b' a coming centered on Arizona an . i, is essential that Nortehrn Arizon s must have her share of publicity thu | 10 be gained, at no cost beyond 'n - labor and ability properly to s' h forth her advantages. F The Secretary thanks all who hay r contributed to the successful yei l. now abou, to be ended and promise a to redouble his cxer'ions towa' 'f making the Mile High County
 Arizona more than ever The fia'
 to Live"