Arizona republican., 1913-02-10
HON0RAR|zONA'S
 FIRST BIRTHDAY
Aztec Sun Fete Will Cele- brate Initial Milestone in Life Voyage of Baby State; Import of Anni- versary is Tremendous.

which occurs next Friday and Satur-
 day has been composed and sent all
 over the state by Harry Welch, sec
 retary of the Board of Trade. Copies
 of the following, were mailed yesterday
 to every single solitary person thought
 to be interested in the festival. As
 The Republican reaches many people
 not likely to see the story in any
 other form. this paper takes pleasure
 in presenting the account written by
 the budding author.
 The signal for the approach of the
 great historical parade on Saturday,
 February 18th, will be trumpet calls
 to attend the Feast of the Sun"
 The high priest of the Aztecs will
 officiatc at the ceremonies. The date
 has been set and the Calendar Stone of the Aztecs carries none which is more prominent.
 Two mounted trumpeters will lead the pageant followed immediately by wearing the robes Of his office. Next will come the great float carrying the Aztec Calendar Stone and four all tar attendants each burning incense to the Sun The deep toned gong an
 I
 early Spanish era will have it's re-
 presentatives next in order. and fol-
 lowing there will be in chronological
 sequence the Mission Fathers of San
 Xavier, the builders of the Casa
 Grande, the frrgationists of an era
 long gone by. the first group of traV- elers, incidents from the reign of
 Montezuma, the journeyings of Cor teZ and other features of history which have become famous all over the land. Each Indian tribe of the southwest will have its place in the procession and each will be represented in it's I different moods.
 The days of war will be retOld | by costume and armor of long ago. | The industrial activities will De shown | by the products and articles which are now held in such great esteem by | everyone The makers of blankets, the | holders of pottery, the weavers of | baskets and the silver smith will all | be present and at work The present | day life will be illustrated and a won 1 derful feature will be the splendid | Indian band, each member wearing 1 the costume of his tribe. and render 1 ing the music of today with brillian- l cy Flowers of Arizona's Womanhood i will reproduce the flowers of this ''Sunland' The young men will de- l monstrate the transformation accom- | plished by the forefathers in changing | q thorny plain into a rich, green val | ley. Forestry, mining, irrigation, the | lumberman. the frontiersman. and the
 ranger will all be shown in story
 and living picture.
 The opportunity of portraying this | story of intense interest has fallen to the lot of Phoenix, the capital city | of Arizona. Phoenix is we'll situated l for the carrying out of the scheme of | the great pageant. It occupies what l in all probability was once the site l of the famed, fabulousy rich city of | "Cibola." Of which Coronado went in | vain search. Around it, through the | valley, are ruins of buildings, which | men who know tell us were once great store houses and homes. Near l by is a great ruin, which is said by many to be all that is left of the l famed Temple of the sun Here | can be portrayed the meetings of | Cortcz and MonteZuma. It is a cen 1 tral ground where north meets south, | and east gets together with the west. | Here can be portrayed the develop | mcnt of the Indian races which have l for countless generations occupied the | lands of the southwest. Here can be | portrayed the first coming of the band 1 of hero priests, vanguard of another | civilization, the Franciscan Padres. | Here on Arizona soil is the oldest and | most perfect mission building in America, the San Xavier. All it's | history and all of these types of in- | tercsting peoples and races will be fea- | tured and seen in all their former l glory The Hopi Indian, in his re- | ligious salutations, begins with an ap peal to the sun. Standing erect, on l the steep edge of some great mesa, 1 with hands outstretched to the east, l he makes his peace with the Light" | which waking the world turns the desert gray to the glint of gold. In 1 the parade will be the Indians at
 their favorite occupations of silver work, basket weaving, blanket and | pottery making.
 l In the groups of warrior men, each l garbed in the costume of earlier days, present day Indians will illus
 trate modern methods and the modern 1 | tribes has taken to. The Aztec and l Toltec races, those early builders of
 temples to the sun will be featured 1 in the costumes of which we have | record. Tableaux having reference to 1 important incidences in their history | will be shown. The Calendar Stone l of the Aztec has no date which stands l out more prominently than the day of | the anual Festival of the Sun, the l Sun Fete," when the thank offerings | to their chief diety were made by all | The early pioneer who made possible l to the white man the settlement of | the state, the hardy miner and the | prOspector who also helped in the de | ve1opment and did so much in the | great Awakening of the Vest will all be featured All these and more | will be part of the human picture 1 story.
 Modern features of irrigation, fores- | try and mining will be displayed. | Irrigation, we are told, was practiced | in Arizona at a date so far distant that the oldest history has no complete l record of 1t.