Arizona republican., 1915-08-02

horse. when the Southern Pacific Cor
 rather the Central Pacific and Union
 Pacific) was in course Of construction,
 Travelling in those days was affected
 by stagecoach. It took three days to go from San Francisco to Los Angeles
 T was in Butte. Mont. during it's big boom, thirty-five years ago, and made $500 in the month of July. recollect that Butte was visited at that time by terrific snowstorm, on the Fourth of July, and, in the winter fol- lowing the mercury fell to 40 degrees below zero
 T had some exciting adventures was chased by Indians, wolves and coyotes. I witnessed stages held up and even railroad trains were raided by bandits. l saw an explosion of a steamer Cthe 'YosemiteD resulting in the death Of HOO people: disastrous conflagra tions. riots during the Civil War, murders in saloons and in the streets. I was in Mexico during the hottest of the fights and was marooned in Guaymas for two weeks. l wit messed many incidents of early from tier life, such as have been immortal ized by Bret Harte. Ross. Mark Twain and other writers.
 II was in Tombstone. Ariz. soon af- ter Scheffelin discovered the rich mines in that district Scheffelin was admonished by his friends not to ven ture into that dangerous district. where the bloodthrsty Apache Indians were swarming.
 " You may find a tombstone there, instead of rich mine. he was told.
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 |" Tombstone is good name for my new gold mines. so Tombstone goes.' and the new mining town was thus called Tombstone. The place had quite mining boom. which attracted thereto 5000 people. This was more than thirty years ago. when times were lively and money plentiful. and it did not require much effort to dispose of visit to that vicinity.
 Tombstone was for a time the rem dezvous of bandits. cut -throats and plethora of other vile criminals. Mur- ders, robberies and incendiarism were of daily occurrence They daily had a man for breakfast as it was commonly said People went about town armed to the teeth Marshall Earp carried gun in his belt and rifle in his hands almost continually. He could be seen entering a barber shop and. while get ting shaved, have his rifle ready. cooked, lying across his legs.
 After travelling through all the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains. in those crude days. long before 5here was any travel by rail. and when the iron horse had made his way only as far as Tucson. which city claims to be the oldest town in the United States, I then and there decided to locate permanently somWhere in the great Southwest, which offered the biggest inducements for money -mak- ing. It was toss between Los Ange- les, Tucson, Phoenix and Fl PasO 1 decided on Phoenix on account of it's rich soil. the abundance Of water for irrigating purposes to be had from the Gila and Salt Rivers, it's healthy climate and it's proximity to l northern Mexico, whither I intended to make incursions for business.
 "Old Mexico has proved to be a good ! field for piano vendors. Mexicans are l very fond Of music and there is hardly | q home, 'be it ever so humble, without 1 a piano or a guitar The present rev | olution has paralyzed the piano trade ! as well as all other enterprises. It cer | tainly played havoc with my business. | On a recent visit to Sonora l was ad- i not to tarry in that state as i might be called upon for 'cOntri | bution,' as they called it, for the good | cause. friend even suggested that I | was taking risks, but, he added Stay | to look after your pianos and your mines, keep cool and have presence of | mind I liked his advice, but informed | aim that presence of mind was good, | put that I preferred to have absence of | body; so I skipped and have not re- turned to Mexico since.
 Two weeks after had left the pres dent of the Banco de Sonora was ,alled upon for his share of contribu- ion for the war. Thirty thousand pes | )s was the sum asked. When he re- used to pay and characterized the de- nand as a holdup. he was cast into prison, with the warning that if he did lot pay within five days he would be II