Tombstone epitaph., 1913-06-29
Douglas Extends
 the Glad Hand

On to Douglssi Honkl Honki and
 nearly every available auto in Tomb | stone sped over the boulevard Sstur day loon. festiessly sieeriDR for the
 big Shelter City on the Mexican bor- der. The machines were loaded to
 their utmost capacity, carrying . iovisl crowd to c'ssp bands win a
 host who rendered hospitality with . lavishness not eo be eXcelled by po- ten,stes in ei ded uniforms and iunds
 ruuZ from the earnings of eeris.
 The PRosPEcToR man wss one of the local party. being placed in the lead that he might safely pilot the throng southwsrd and prevent an uninten- tionsl invasion of Mexico. where the odor from burning powder is not thought to be conducive to lcugevi y. The trip from the county seat to Douglas Ewss accomplished without incident and record breaking time made. The party reached the city oi its destination in ,oi bunch and {, owing to the fact that its streets lead into Mexico, would have run across :he line and to Agus Prieta, whose blood besprinkled s,reets are that torbidding that se shudder to reflect what might have been the result had not Colonel Harry Cslisher, who looks after the welfare of the border town, halted the invading force and smiling ly informed then that they had "ar- riv,d."
 From that moment on there was something doing in Douglas. Colonel Cslisher, than whom there is not . more accomplished entertainer in the west, with c retaiuer of able ss .istsnts in the persons of Judge Speed, Colonel George of the Douglas Grocery Co.,, Colonel Lanney, Colonel Pattee, Colonel Par-ons, Colonel Purdon, and hoet of others, surrounded the big crowd from the county court house, took an occssionsl snapshot, gave hearty handclasps, and began ext nding courtesies of such . eener- ous nature as will long be remembered by the recipients. All the places of much repute were poin ed out and explained. the why and how Of build. ing such likely city on the isolated border of Cochise county sIso being explained by Colonel Cslisher, who acts ss chief booster for everything and everybody south o' Tombstone and on to Nsccz ri. And right here it must be mentioned that Colonel
 -usnslly called Harry-Cslisher is a polished detaser, eIquisitively srgu- mentative, every assertion being tm- belished with 6 smile that seems to carry conviction with his con ten tions Thus it is that Douglas is such large and prosperous city. The party wac escorted to the two gres, smelters and, incidentally, to the county poor farm. Thinking perhaps, :h.: ;he visitors were tired of city life, the Country Club-where overworked merchants and others hie themselves 10 avoid the incesssnt rumble of the busy Accomplishments visited. from where the strains of enchanted orator ical music, led by the mstcbless and ever genial Judge Speed, was turned loose upon the desert air to the sublime appreciation of those for shom it was furnished.
 The party was winsd and dined, and there was constantly one thing after another. the courtesies coming with tuch rspidity and gracious man. ner as to csuse one to forget the ills of life, and amid amszement of good fellowship wonder how it happens that Dougiae bae GO many chlyairous men to extend hospitality tbst wine for the Shelter City sn envious name that extends from coast to coast.
 Douglas hes an elegant bunch of fellows-but she has no court house, but Colonel Cslisher has selected . site for such building and he says he is tsnRine that such sp institution will bt acquired not later than when Mexico is attached to Cccbise county The trip sas indeed . pleasant one, and the Tom bs.one visitors will ever hold in high esteem the gentlemen who so generously contributed enjoy
 Al