Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-18
WONDERSOF WEST DEPICTED BY
 FAC|LE PEN
MANY NICE THINGS ARE SAID CONCERNING ARl- IONA AND PRESCOTT BY MISS MARIAN GAINES.
(From Tuesdays Daily)

in a late issue of the Louisville, Ken lucky, Evening Post by the facile pen of one of the staff writers, Miss Mar jam Gaines, a sister of Mrs. w. w.. Ross, of this city. While en route home from the meeting of the Ma tional Editorial Association, held at San Francisco in July, Miss Gaines stopped here for few days, and the result was a tribute to the State, and I as pretty a compliment as Pres colt has received in many day. The article follows:
 "The baby State of the union, "Ari- zona," has long been famed as the home of the Grand Canyon. This vast stretch of canyon, extending 80 miles in length and more than dozen miles in width, with its mar ' vicious rock formations of sand, gray red and yellow, rising to height ot 5000 feet, is justly considered one of the wonders of the world.
 It might also be said that the Grand Canyon must be seen to be realized. The haze or mist which ire quent1y envelops the mountains, g1V- ing that indefinable touch of mys terious beauty, is magnified thou sand-fold in effect at the Grand Can von. for instead of the usual gray or blue or purpled tones, it spreads over the rocky summits and valleys in wonderful colors, matching the rocks and fading deeper into shadows of the same hues.
 "The Grand Canyon will probably be better known than ever before at ter this year, for thousands of tour ists are visiting it on trips to and from the California cxpositions.
 Arizona Coming Into Prominence.
 Arizona, however, is coming more and more into prominence on account of its increasing value in the matter of fertile soil, and through the wider knowledge of its splendid climate.
 "Thc Salt river valley, covering an area of 60 miles in length and from i5 to 30 miles in width in the south crn section of the State, has always been regarded as land of fertility and sunshine, but until the twentieth century system of irrigation was put into effect, the half of its possibilities was not realized. The government has recently spent over SS,0OO,OOO in constructing one of the finest irrlga- ton projects in the world here, and it is said that the great Roosevelt dam has already provided, in conser- vation, sufficient water to irrigate the i2OO.OOO acres Of land, now under cul- tivation. for the next five years to come if there should be no rain fall
 Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, is located on the north side of the Salt river, and has a population of about i 10000.
 1t is most progressive little city, containing many handsome commer' cial and public buildings, and hun dreds of beautiful homes. The ho- tels are exceptionally numerous and well equipped, for thousands of peo- pie flock to Phoenix every winter to enjoy the rare, dry climate and almost perpetual sunshine.
 The State Capital.
 "Thc State capital is beautiful white stone building, situated in its own park at one end of the city. A notable feature of the park is the cactus grove, in which is grown every variety of the plant.
 Prescott, in the northern section of the State, has considerable advan tage over Phoenix in the matter of climate. Being 540O feet in eleva- tion. its residents enjoy delight ful mountain climate. while the three summer months in Phoenix are in tensely hot. The humidity at Phoe- nix is so slight, however, that it Is claimed that heat proStrations rarely occur.
 "Prescott is an unusually pretty lit tie Western city. It is built around large and attractive plaza, and many of it's buildings in the business section of the town are handsome and up-to-date.
 Prescott is in the center of a large mining district, which is the industry of greatest value and profit in the State. Arizona leads the Union in the production of copper, the rich est mine in the State being located at Jerome, a few miles from Pres colt.
 "Agriculture is the industry of sec ond importance, and by the spread of cultivation it is predicted by some it will soon become the first Ari-