The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-01-22

could not possibly Hnu out tHe TRUE
conditions. There are dozens OF men
in Texas, Arizona and California who
know the people, know the language
and the country, and who could have
found out the true conditions in the
interior and have. reported them to
Mr.. Wilson before his presence in
Mexico would have been known to
the authorities there. And again 1t
does not make any difference how
many favors are shown the Constitu-
tionalists, they can never grow strong
enough to re-establish peace without
the aid of some outside power
Tucson, Arizona, must be described
as an Oasis in the Desert. 1t was
great relief after a hot, dusty ride of
eleven hours from FL Paso, through
arid stretches and monotonous seen
cry of hills, sage brush and cacti, to
drop down into green spot with
trees and modern homes and build
ings. There are no sky scrapers in
Tucson, but it is up-to-date in every
other way with fine mixture of Mex
lean, Southern and Eastern architec-
ture. Here are found the only cleo
trio railway lines between Ell Paso
and Los Angeles, a distance of over
500 miles. The abundance of water
from artesian wells make the white
sand plain blossom like a rose, and
the $50 days of sunshine every year
make the little city an inviting spot
upon the map.
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When Prof. II. w. Hurt was princi-
pal of the High School and boarded
at the Downing Hotel, he was such
an enthusiastic advocate of fresh air,
| that the boys used to say he slept in
a room with all the windows open,
1.-THE heat turned off and nothing over
| him but a sheet. This makes one
SILVER in Iowa in January, but here in
Tucson we found it necessary to fol
! low the Professors lead. But they
do not always have tropical climate
! here. Last winter it went down to
zero one morning and the natives
nearly all froze to death, tiguratively
speaking The larger hotels and 9th
er public places have steam or fur
mace heat, but most the buildings de-
pend on salamanders or oil stoves
rather ineffective for freezing wea-
! Their.
Tucson and the mission, nine miles
distant. have a recorded history reach
| ing to the year 1900. The places they
now occupy, however, We're visited
! by Coronado and Mia, 100 years be-
fore that, in 1893. Religious service
has never ceased at San Xavier del
Bac since they started over two hun
dred years ago. Originally Tucson
was appendant to the mission, in the
church records called pueblo de Wis
ta," the supply ranch or farm. The
University of Arizona is here, and its
fine hotels, churches and the public
schools appeal to the visitor Pictur-
esque mountains surround the city
and the little Santa Cruz river af.
fords a charm to the erstwhile barren
plains. go, ,,s ,v ~ ,,,,u
We like Tucson very much. Wife
says she does not see so many paint
ed faces and so many immodest en-
pOSures in dress, as we encountered
at San Antonio and FL Paso. OF
course those things are Greek to me,
but | did notice couple of elderly
gentlemen dressed for society at din
ner at the hotel last evening. They
had long tailed coats, but closely but
toned up vests. The coat and vest
were of dark cloth while the trousers
were light colored, and the high heel
ed, cork toed" shoes reminded us
of the good old days in Oskaloosa
when we were kids. But the people
here are all courteous and attentive.
late your trade, and the people in
charge of the news stands even say
thank you" when you buy nothing
more than a newspaper. ...
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| Tucson is a town of perhaps 10000,
though it would insult the native to
suggest less than 10000. II is up
tinue to hold it's place as one of the
leading cities of the southwest. 1t is
larger than Phoenix, though Phoenix
has somewhat the advantage by be-
ing the capitol of the state. They
have most effective Chamber of
Commerce, or Commercial Club, with
elegant headquarters on the ground
| floor wherein are shown the products
of mines, fields and factories. The
association keeps paid Secretary
and spends $4,000 per year in pro-
noting the best interests of Tucson
The Roustabout.