The border vidette., 1928-12-22
BIG CHICAGO DAILY ADVERTlSES
STATE OF ARIZONA

Coincident with the broadcast
ing of a history and accomplish.
ments of the state of Arizona
over the National Broadcasting
company's chain of radio stations
by Governor Hunt on December
/, the Chicago Daily News de
| voted an entire page of it's roto
gravure section of that date to
the baby state" it was learned
yesterday when an issue of the
paper was received here.
The page. which contains IS
views of various parts of the
state as we'll as q map, and a
photograph of Governor Hunt,
depicts the many phases of the
southern commonwealth from
the cactus-covered deserts to
the highly developed cities of
Phoenix and Tucson. The agri
cultural and mining industries
of the state are both given con
| siderable attention..
In the center Of the page is a
tribute to the pioneers who have
made the rapid development of
the state possible since it was
admitted to the union in 1912.
This tribute was in part: Ari.
zona where far-sighted men are
carrying frontier spirit into SO
cial legislation. commerce, agri
culture and engineering enter
prise, will. be discussed tonight
in radio protologue by it's veteran
chief executive, Governor Geo.
NV. P. Hunt, rancher and bust.
ness man, statesman and student
of human affairs. Crossed by
Coronado almost 400 years ago,
| Arizona was part OF the great
arena in which Spain fought
for the mastery of the western
world. Until 1848 the Arizona
country was part of Mexico. In
1863 was organized the territory
which became the forty eighth
state in 1912. Governor Hunt
will decribe the scenic wonders
Of Arizona, its archaeological
treasures and the present wealth
to. be found in irrigation chan.
fnels, cattle range and mine." @
In the upper left hand corner
of the page is q desert view with
cloud topped mountains in the
background. Wonderfully Fer
tile" the title to the picture
says, is this alkali soil of south
ern Arizona plains that needs
only water to become rich pas
ture lands or fruitful olive and
orange groves. /"
Directly beneath this picture
of virgin desert and in direct
contrast to it is q view of the
highly modern state capitol build
ing at Phoenix, which the pic
ture title declares is one of the
most architecturally perfect gov
ernmental administration build,
1|ings in the country today.
| In the upper right hand cor
ner of the page is view of the
,fomous Indian dwelling ia Wal
pi, one of the Seven Cities of
Tusavan," in which Hopis have
Edwelt for many generations. An.
other direct Contrasts drawn by
the painting of q picture direct.
.Ily beneath the Indian dwelling
view of a section of the business
| district of Phoenix. The title of
1.-The picture calls attention. to the
fact that both Phoenix and Tue.
son have doubled their popula
ton in the last ten years.
I A birds eye view of the cop.
! per ore concentrating plant at
Globe calls attention to the fact
that Arizona produces half Of
Che country's copper supply.
i Pictures<o of the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado river, and views
of the Kaibab national forest set
forth the scenic attractions of
the state, while it's agricultural
achievements are proclaimed by
photographs of cotton field in
the Salt River valley and a grape
vineyard in the Casa Grande
valley.
Unusually fine photographs of
the Coolidge dam of the San
Carlos reclamation project and
the Roosevelt dam 175 miles east
of Phoenix show how these agri
cultural wonders are brought
about through irrigation.