The border vidette., 1920-01-10
BATTLESHIP ARIZONA.
Captain L. w. Mix Presents Our Gift
 to the Great Ship.


 the State of Arizona, was pre- sented to the battleship Arizona yesterday afternoon at the Brook lyn Navy Yard. The presen ta- tion was made by Captain l.. w. Mix, who has been Mayor of Nogales for three terms, and who represented Governor Thomas E. Campbell of Arizona.
 Several hundred persons, re presentatives of the State of Arizona, friends of the officers, officers of the various ships in the yard, and of the Brazilian cruiser Sac Palo, were present on the afterdeck of the Arizona to witness the Presenta tion.
 As six bells struck the officers and crew were brought to the deck, where, under canopy that covered the three fourteen guns, the silver service was displayed, with naval guard of honor around it.
 Captain John H. Dayton, who is in command of the Arizona, introduced Captain Mix as a
 resident of Nogales, which is on the border line of Mexico, and who, as resident of that place, had been under fire more times than many of us veterans of the great war"
 After giving a brief descrip- tion of the endeavors of the people of Arizona to have one of the three new battleships in the course of construction in 1914 named after their State, Captain Mix went on to tell 8 new story in connection with the launch. ing of the ship.
 When the time came for the launching, Governor Hunt then being in the chair, made ne the Chairman of the committee to go to New York to- be present at the christening ceremonies. One of the party carried g bottle of water, the first over the spill way of the Roosevelt Dam, and he wanted to have this broken over the bow of the Arizona at the launching. We were re- ceived by Secretary Daniels at the Navy Department, and by President Wilson at the White House.
 'The morning of our arrival, the newspapers had large head lines saying that the battleship Arizona was to be christened with water, and that 375 blue jackets had refused to ship on her if it was done. During our reception, Secretary Daniels ask ed Governor Hunt if he saw the article about the bluejackets re- fusing to ship on the Arizona, to which the Governor replied:
 Yes Then Secretary Daniels said: 'Well,' Governor, not withstanding that, we leave the question entirely to you whether The Governor turned to me and said the matter was entirely up to the committee. of which I was Chairman. I accepted the pass ing of the buck,' and replied: Well, Governor. our committee settled that question before our party left Arizona, and our de- cision is that the ship will be christened in the good oldfash- toned waY-with champagne.
 The water member of the par ty, Captain Mix said, felt crest fallen about this decision, but Captain Mix said, II relieved his feelings by telling him that he could hang the bottle of Roosevelt Dam water-or any other dam water-on the same cord with the champagne"
 According to Captain Mix the bottle was prepared" at a jewel lers, and when the time for the launching arrived, and Miss Ross swung the cord with the two bottles, the bottle contain ing the champagne broke. Some one in the crowd said "Oh the bottle of water did not break" and someone else said: "Of course not, 1t was not intended to-"
 "When the bow of the ship arrived st the end of the ways" Captain Mix said in conclusion, d tall bluejacket drew up the bottle of water and dropped it into the river and the good ship Arizona went on her way with honor"
 II am for great navy" said United States Senator Henry F.