Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-07-23
CONCERNING PHOENIX. ARIZ.,
BY MIR. HORATIO McGRATH

Mr.. Horatio McGrath who with
his wife has been spending some
weeks in this his former home town,
left last Thursday.
They go to Newark and Mt. Gllead
where they will visit, also to Bell
vile and Fredericktown; and en-
route to their home at Phoenix,
Ariz, they will also visit at st.
Joseph, Mo. Mr.. McGrath, who is
76 years of age, is contractor, and
has had in his charge the erection
of various kinds of buildings.
He considers his home city Phoe-
nix, and the state of Arizona a
splendid locality, and gives some de-
scription of it, as follows:
Arizona is a young state. but one
of the wealthiest states in mineral
and agriculture (under irrigation)
The minerals are gold, silver, cop
per and zinc. The Salt river valley
in the vicinity of Phoenix. is one of
the most productive parts of the
state They raise wheat, corn, rye
and barley, and also cotton and all
kinds of vegetables that grow any
where. They have orange groves,
commercial groves containing hun
dates and olives. They have pecan
groves (the nuts sell for 40 cents
per pound); grape fruit groves in
large acreage, seedless grapes for
raisins, and all varieties of grapes
growing in abundance. The grape
fruit and oranges are bearing about
eight months in the year. They
have two crops of corn and wheat in
II months; six cutting of alfalfa and
one of seed. The sun shines there
practically 365 days in the year; no
winters; the thermometer 116 and
lis degrees in summer, and the
winter months never lower than 27
or 2S degrees. A man can work the
year round. AS it is a dry climate,
do not need overcoat or oyershoes.
In the surrounding country we
have many sanitariums. 1t is
health resort, especially for tuber
culosis, if people 90 in time. Phoe-
nix is equipped with the best hos
pitfalls in the United States. The
Deacon hospital will take care of
$50 patients, and St Mary's hospital
will take care of about 500. The
surrounding buildings are to accom-
modate the friends of the sick.
Phoenix is a paradise for the sick.
Churches of every denomination,
with splendid structures and well
come for everybody Schools of the
highest standard They have the
Masonic lodge, Odd Fellows, Elks,
X of p, and other secret organiZa-
tions. They have II large lumber
yards that accommodate all the
buildings of Phoenix. The permits
taken out in 1924 amounted to "
million. and about three-quar-
ters of a million up to present time
this year The population in 1910
was 1900; in 1920 it was 38,500.
/ The census is taken twice a year on
account of tourists. In April and
May, 1925, the census was $4,000.
We don't have several tons of coal
| to lay in on account of cold wealth
er, or to put up vegetables; they
are grown the year round. They
have three different railroads-the
Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
Grand Trunk line running through
| from Los Angeles to Chicago. They
have about IS freight trains and II
passenger trains daily. All paved
roads connected up to the coast.
The automobile business is one of
the greatest businesses in the state.
Phoenix has the largest show rooms
! for displaying automobiles, in the
state. Every make of automobile is
represented.
Business is good the year round,
and prospects are fine for young
man with ability who is hustler A
wonderful place for elderly people
to winter-will add ten years to life.
Anyone desiring information in re-
gard to Phoenix, Ariz, write H. G.
McGrath, 1917 East Brill St., Phoe-
nix, Arizona, or address the Board of
| Commerce at Phoenix
P. S.:Printers and typesetters are
in demand and wages are good.
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