Tombstone epitaph., 1919-08-10
WHAT PRosPecroR MAN
 THINKS OF LONG BEACH

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 Long Beach. Cal
 Aug. |. 1919. Dear Prospector Force Long Beach. the mecca of Arizona plesaure seekers Is blessed these C :'s with merry. money spending ihgon; of natives from the baby stata. MO are enjoying" the cool sea bree-e. and daily plunges in the brine and the aftermath-sunburned backs ard sieepless nights. Al all hours of the day the beach is mass Of big um- brellas. up-to-;omorrow styles in bath ing costumes. and an array of bath ing beauties ths; beggsrs d-scrip,i' n. even to self-styled connoiseur from what the native sons Of Catl ornia, in their base ignorance. see fit 70 refer to as Wild and Woody Ariz- ona".
 This is a great year for the Calf crnia Germsn-Jew Junkers. who have conceived every sort Of craft. and con- :rivance 10 lure the pennies from the pockets of their visitors Eyery,h ls from the old-time shell game 10 blazing carnival on the celebrated Long Beach Pike is open 10 the visi- tor who possess the where-w!th. and d stroll down the Pike Is nothing more than running the gauntlet c' penny. grabbing maniacs
 But the Arizonans come 10 Calf ornia to spend their coin and have a good time. and the wily native svl has seen to il that ne is wei provided we inducements f-r cuitin, the p"~,e st-;rcs.
 And. true 10 tradition. the Arizonan Hips his sheck,es 10 the maniacs and the mermaids. He is here 10 see il all, and when he has taken in all inc Californian has 10 offer. he hies him self back to the cactls anl waits for another summer to roll around.
 Was lying C.. the sand 9: ihe beach yesterday sizing up tie crowd and studying the different and varied typ es of humanity But chief, Sas scanning the mass of mnirir,ent to catch a sight of real huTaan bei.'g an Arizonan. Luck was wiIh me. for I sighted the honorati. person age of the king of Brewery G chs Tammany Hall. Johnnie Tw"ney
 We were glad to see south eyn Arizonan and had a nice little chat as we lay in the sand. nursing sore backs. With MT. and Mrs Twor.ey and children was Mrs Hampton Another Cochise county pioneer who is visiting here is Mrs. Da.: r;aniey
 Mir. Twomey grew quite oonfiden- tial when he expressed 1!s opinion spend a few months up here. blit to be truthful with you. l wouldn't trade one block of old Brewery Gulch for the whole blamed state of California"
 Was strollins out on the pier Wed nesday evening and just seemed to feel t in my bones that an Arizonan was near A brie; Inspection Of the moiionless figures perched ard holding on the rail watching the sinkers and onto the stern end of a bamboo pole soon proved that my hunch was right for there was Johnny Bishop with an all day catch-three small minnows He took us in hand and We saw the town.
 A boxing arena has just ben com pleted and some good bouts are stag ed by the Lcng Beach Athletic As sociation. They are now endeavorihg 10 lure Jack Dempsey here for a day end everyone is anxiously awaiting The announcement tina: the champ will submit to the "once over" at Long Beach.
 Every Friday night the visitors are treated to a beautiful display of fire works, and to say it is merely beau tiful should be accompanied with an apology to the person responsible for this weekly treat.
 But Long Beach is not the only place of amusement in the vacation land, and as soon as our sunburned anatomies will permit travelling we are going to see them all.