The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
GIVING ARIZONA A REAL SOUL, THAT'S GOVERNOR TOMS JOB
De Facto Executive Campbell Wants His Commonwealth to Remember It's State Not Group of Self Interested Folks
 Visitor Finds Phoenix Vertabe Bower of Roses
By ZOE BECKLEY

Phoenix, Ariz., June 29.-(Special.)-I shall never hear the city of Phoenix mentioned without thinking of clear, dry, sunshiny air, roses, wide spaces, brisk new streets and shops, bulletin boards set up everywhere giving mining stock quctations-and big Tom Campbell, de facto governor of the youngest state in the union
 Better go out and see Tom,'' advised Editor Akers of Phoenix's live evening paper. I've known him ever since he wore dresses. You couldn't find a more typical American. Born right in the state, at Prescott, of pioneer stock. Ab- solutely self-made.
 Hes worked on a dairy farm. Driven milk wagon. Punched cattle. Been an engineer and mining man. Delegate to the legislature when Arizona was a territory. Tom was only 21 then. He's only 39 now. second youngest governor in the United States. YouI like old Tom!
 I notice one always likes mayors and first names. So I cheerfully hopped on neat street car (everything's neat in Phoenix, and bright and cracking with modernity) and rode out about a mile to the state capitol.
 My first surprise was the exquisite fer tility of the Salt river valley, in which the town of Phoenix (population 20000) snuggles.
 I had asked someone back in Fl Paso what Phoenix was like.
 "Oh, it's decent enough little place In the desert," said he, adding hopefully that I probably wouldn't die of 1t if 1 had to spend only few hours there.
 ROSES AND THEN ROSES
 But 1t is a vast oasis in the desert, grow, and oranges olives, pears and peaches, cotton trees whose silvery fluff blows in the air like snow, and roses roses, roses-great Gold and Ophir roses and Jacqueminots and American Beau- ties and Killarneys and teeny apricot tinted ones, the size of your finger tip.
 There is a long avenue of homes, big and splendid, little and cozy (some with three rooms and bath, with disappear ing beds" and built-in furniture, which rent all ready for housekeeping at S25 a month) behind which rise spectacular mountains with cardboard artificially lighted lcok to them, like the back drop of Belasco stage setting.
 Not far from the governors stronghold we passee q slightly little building bear ing this legend in bold letters a-front: Twilight Sleep Hospital Dr. Bolou." How like the west to adopt (and adapt if necessary the most improved methods, whether of multiplying crops or minimiz- ing pain!
 The capitol at Phoenix Is Handsome white building, with the usual dome and an unusual garden. The smell of roses fills the hot, dry, sunny air.
 The air within the governors office IS charged with electric energy and hospi- talty. A giant of man rises, holding out big shapely hand, and says:
 Mighty glad to see you, indeed!'
 TOM EXPLAINS "DE FACTO"
 He is amazingly young and good look ing, Is the Honorable Tom, with a man ner i'll which dignity and cordiality are equally blended. His hair sweeps back from a high broad forehead. His gray ish eyes are both wise and genial. His nose and chin are the sort you see in chronological journals to illustrate quail ities that make you successful and fa- nous. It is a big nose. And big chin
 On wall hook hung his big, tan-col- ored felt hat-exactly the kind you would want an Arizona governor who had been cattle man and miner to weari
 asked Governor Campbell first to ex-