Arizona republican., 1921-02-02
HANDSOME MEN SO
 PLENTY. |T'S HARD n
 FIND PARTICULAR ONE:

Louis Gates? Oh, that's easy. Just pick out the handsomest and best dressed man in the lobby and you'll have him. was the way NJ. J. Gun ningham, vice president of the Bisbee bank, described his friend the general manager of the Ray Consolidated Cop per company.
 So on the trail of the .handsomest man. went the reporter,--tiiscover him leaning 1azily back in deep chair with his handsome head resting against one of the ivory columns, and ac- costed him.
 MT. Gates. would you mind telling me-
 Think you've made a mistake. young lady. I'm not Cates-I'm Bin Jones' . And the handsome one turned back to his Interrupted conversation with a frown on his handsome brow.
 Now. for the first time it was borne in upon the reporter that there were dozens of handsome men in the lobby. Everywhere one looked there were handsome men laughing. talking, smoking intent on their own affairs the place was full of them. Yet, surely. that one using the telephone was a lit tie bit better looking. wore his clothes with more of an air, perhaps. Per haps
 s'No-sorry to disappoint you. But my names Green
 Discouraged. the seeker after news finally sank into one of the leather davenports, determined to wait until the desk was clear and ask Jack Dalton to point out the elusive Mir. Gates. And while so waiting, fragments of con versation came waiting over the back | of the seat, in accents strangely fam | iliar.
 q tell you mines the oldest. I 1 bought this suit in 191S--see, here l the date in the pocket It was Mir Cunningham's voice, without doubt the same who had started this endless quest. He was busily arguing the age l of his clothes against those of his com panion. James Douglas. And I bought these in 1916, SC you've got nothing on me. What about I you, Cates?"
 Gates. The reporters eyes glued on l the third man of the party-the hunted
 man, the man of mystery-found at last He sat there as quietly and as wholesomely interested in the conver- 1 sation as if he had never known what
 it was to be dubbed "the handsomest man.
 Tell you something about the copper l industry?' he mimicked genially 1 Why, there isn't anything to tell There isn't any copper industry right
 now. The mines are either shut down or getting ready to do so. The Ray Consolidated Copper mine is running | about 40 per cent capacity. Why There's no market for copper. that:
 why. Right now. even with our limited running schedule, we have more copper
 on hand than we've had at any time during the past 14 months Asked when he looked for any relief he replied that it would not come unti foreign trade had been regulated. ant until living conditions in this eountr, had been adjusted.
 | .Economy-that should be the watcl
 word for both private and public bust
 ness during the next two years wen on MT. Gates. T cannot emphasize thi fact too strongly, for there seem to b. so few people in this state. today, wh' realize the serious condition of things
 Instead of "save and conserve" tn
 motto seems to be "Spend and waste.
 In the meantime mines and manufac
 turing plants are closing down. an,
 thousands of workers are being tI'vowl out of employment. and no one cal [ tell what the outcome is going to be- [ Those are solemn words to give ou
 to the public"
 T mean them to he solemn smile | MT Gates.