El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-23
LARGE FIELDS Of COTTON HOLD
INTEREST FOR VISITORS TO MESA
Cotton Fields in thesa River Valley Are Netting Their
Owners Big Returns Highway to Roosevelt Dam Is
One of the Wonders of Road Building Tucson
IS Another Point of Interest
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, with any city its size in the world
and this can be said without exagger-
atiOn-While the ancient tucson, the
Tucson of the Mexican regime, IS as
interesting as it is picturesque 1t
resembles very much the Mexican sec
ton of Los Angeles in many ways and
still wears the air of the sister re-
public rather than that OF the modern
city of which it is part
The ancient San Xavier mission, Il
miles from Tucson, is decidedly the
most picturesque in America; 1t is
also by far the best preserved IN the
country It is very interesting from
an architectural standpoint and equal
ly interesting from its historic side
It is still used for worship and a par
ish school still educateS the youthful in
dams as it has been doing for CEN
turtles a trip to Tucson without
visit to the mission can be counted
Modern Tucson.
Modern Tucson is modern in every
respect, with substantial business
structures, many of them on CLASSIC
lines. The residential section is made
unusually interesting by the FREEDOM
nance of Spanish mission and bunga-
low architecture
campus covered with the finest collec-
/ ton of cacti in the states, a splendid
grove of bearing olive trees and many
! palms and other plants that thrive so
1 well in its salubriOus climate, is a
= The public school system of Tucson
is one of the best in Arizona and the
/ school buildings are modern and ar
! tistic. The newest one is beautiful in
/ its classic architectural lines
J Wide Streets; Railroad Center.
( The business streets of the city are
| all wide and well kept; the sidewalks
/ are also wide and clean The city
/ has sewers, good water. a splendid
I electric lighting and telephone system,
= Like Phoenix, it is the home of the
7 automobile, its good roads and streets
! making motoring a pleasure.
I Tucson is now the most important
| railroad point in Arizona. The South
| ern Pacific main line passes through
I the city and besides its shops, 1t also
maintains division offices there in a
| handsome terminal building. The same
road also operates a branch line to
I NOgaleS and the Mexican state Of So
nora out of Tucson. The western term
/ mus of the FL Paso and Southwestern
! is located in Tucson The terminal
/ yards of this road have been con-
/ verted into a handsome park, with the
new passenger station OF artistic de-
sign on one side and the new fre1ght
( station, equalinS the passenger struc-
/ ture in beauty. on the other. Both are
| constructed of notified press brick,
! trimmed in gray sand stone
Strictly n Modern City.
! Tucson has system of electric
| street cars that render splendid SER
/ vice and connect al sections of the
| city with the business district; two
/ daily newspapers and the other fea-
! lures of a modern city, lacking moth
4 ing to make it a city of the first class.
] Bonds are to be voted almost immedi-
/ ately for paving, Its hotel facilities
! are excellent The Carnegie library
/ is one of the show places of the city
/ and Tucson will soon have a federal
! building in keeping with the import
/ ance of the place The money has
! been appropriated for the site. and.
I with the headquarters of the federal
! court for Arizona located there, the
| need for such a building is now ap-
/ parent enough to induce congress to
/ make the appropriation for the build
/ ing.
| Beautiful yards. large and well kept,
/ that crOWding so much in evidence in
many cities; many residences occupy
I a whole block of ground. The Man
/ ming castle is a residence that would
/ attract attention in any city.
The Old Pueblo club, the Owl club
/ and the Elks' club are social centers
I Handsome churches are another fea-
| ture, with large congregations.
Irrigation and Mining.
Tucson Is surrounded by much rich
/ land that is being reclaimed by irri-
1 cation and is also centrally located
with respect TO rich mines. A smeIter
! is operated near Tucson. The Phelps
Dodge company is expected to build
railroad line to its mining proper
ties in the Santa Catalina mountains,
from Tucson, and erect a smelter in
Tucson for treating its ores.
As an important point on a trans
( continental railway or automobile
journey, Tucson is a city that will al
ways prove attractive to tourists.