Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-15
Wednesday Morning, August IS, 1917.
BIsBEE

Under the above heading Will Spear editor of the Phoenix Republican and former well known and liked Bsbee newspaper man. takes humorous little shot at his old home town, and at the time pays fine of praise. Spear living he does within the sacred precincts of the capital where the tight of him the left of him. branch lordy and the of him and behind extend the boulevards for which Phoenix is justly noted, just could not resist turning pointed jest and barbed satire at this em bated cleft in the mountains where did dwell.
 But the editor of the Review was himself once state capital newspaper and looked down with pity and upon his brethren who dwe upon the plains the valleys of the less fortunate part of Kansas than Topeka-onthe Raw And he will bet chunk of copper big Spears prntshop that this Spear gasped and sweered in the tropc heat of Phoenix he that edtoriol about how take the door knobs off houses let the sprinkling cart We will wage further, Ben Hur wagered with Mes sala the proud of old Rome. that this Spear sighed then has sighed many times, for breath Of the wonderful mountain air of Bsbee, and for view of majestic sweep the valley looking down from the divide and for the inspiration of these mountain peaks for the throb and hum and brave spirit of this grand little tight little valley
 But be all that as it may Spear Bisbee; knows well; he can write about little pecuarities in the way of topography and its of courage fdence and copper few given to write This the story he tells of recent issue of his Phoenix Re publican
 "Bisbee is the exclusive town in the state; the most exclusive in United To get into Bisbee is a good deal like joining lodge and peculiarly high class lodge which seek membership but admits with greater or less reluctance those worthy and well qualified This attitude of Bsbee is due to opographica conditions and any lack of spirit of hospitality for there hosptable people. We enjoy the pleasure an acquaintance with many of Bisbees chic dweers so that we write something of which have an intimate knowledge.
 spirit of the people of Bisbee is broader thar it's streets and herein is the secret of exclusive ness it's seemingly repelent attitude toward unsifted humanity Bisbee lacks for the entertainment O indiscriminate multitude.
 "Bsbee lies in a large bowl-shaped depression in tho mountains and it's few streets have formed by in credible abors of the gulches which extend down from the mountains they have been carved alonr the sides of the interior elevations owe, tem the houses offices and hotels perched pre- cariously along these thoroughfares of them along mere bypaths the energy and ingenuity O! the inhabitants been unable to construct roads The sites of many fact of the larger building the residences have been secured by blasting away the sides the mountainous rim of the bowl b blowing off tops the elevations within the bowl
 'It has been impossible make for all the thou sands who congregate in Bsbee for business labor that the has overowed poured out part of its contents upon the open end beautiful country about War ren
 Man has made the most of the niggard gifts of na ture to Bisbee thoroughfares have all been paved at great and disregarded expense and former nosome stream which crept the bottom of the bowl has been converted into trunk of an admirable sys tenn.
 The office and business buildings of Bisbee sub santial and ornate Everything appears have been built to please and stay Whatever be saic of what man has Bisbee much must be saif of man himself The popultion of Bisbee is of hgl character includes larger percentage of university men than any other in the country and also of mer who have started from the bottom to climb to the top.
 "On account of the typographical features of Bisbe to which we have alluded there is much entertain