The border vidette., 1929-11-09
SHOULD RALLY At The
STATE FAIR

/
ing the entire period to be the
most prosperous state west of
the Rocky mountains-part of
the time the most prosperous
district in the United States.
some of our own people are M
acquainted with the state and its
resources. These should See
Arizona First" by visiting the
fair and be sold on the baby
state by the physical evidences
of its vast resources and pro-
ducts which will be manifest on
| every hand.
Aside from an amusement and
racing program, which will make
the fair this year the best show
on earth ,one who has any doubts
about the present and potential
production of the state, may see
| citrus prod ucts rivaling those of
either California or FIorida;small
fruits superior to those of any
other locality; lettuce that al
ready has markets Of it's Own, 10
| q class by itself, in national com
petition; melons superior to those
| of Rockyford, Colorado, or Tur
lock or Imperial Valley, Califor
nis; apples bigger and better,
more hardy and higher priced
than those of Hood River or
Colorado; cotton in abundance,
of long staple and superior quail.
1ity and fancy price; live stock,
such as mace the state world
famous as prominently the best
stock country out of doors; cop
per products, in purity and vol.
ume high above those of any
| other copper districts in the
| world. Evidences of scenery and
natural wonders that attract
scientists and travellers from
both hemispheres; attractions for
the sportsmen which thrill both
old and young.
The Arizonan who visits the
fair will be overwhelmed with
evidences thath he fortunately has
chosen to live in q self support
ing empire. now materially con.
tributing to the maintenance of
the nation.
Much has been done by Ari
zona newspapers to correct the
erroneous impressions, prevalent
throughout the country, that
Arizona is a broken desert waste,
smauldering 10 intense heat and
inhabited principally by lizards,
rattlesnakes and gila monsters.
Many of our people do not
realize that the state can dupli.
cate any climate in California,
except where there are sea fogs;
that it's attitudes range from sub
stantially sea level at Yuma to
the dizzy pinnacles of San Fran
cisco Peaks, near Flagstaff, 12,.
600 feet hig her, covering q series
of benches characteristic of this
great plateau country, which are
progressively higher as the more
than two miles upward is trav
ersed. Each of these benches is
inhabited by different types OF
animals and suited to the pro
duction of different species of
timber. verdure and crops; mem.
bers of the u. S. biological sur
vey have selected the area as
the best in the country for the
isolation and study of the vari
Gus forms of animal and wild
life; far from being a desert the
state teens with most forms Of
virile animal and vegetable life.
While most of our people are
pros porous, some of them per
haps cannot spare the time for
a tour of the state, cannot see
its fast growing cities, its thriv'
ing mining camps, it's irrigation
districts. it's natural orchard.
and vineyards, its primeval for
Tests, at first hand. These car
we'll afford a visit to the fail
where concrete evidence of these
things will be accumulated anc
the visitors conception Of wha
the state is, broadened accord
ingly.
Another forceful reason why
: we should all attend the fair i!
that we should become bette
acquainted. The small popula
tion of the state is on the grount
floor OF one of the largest pro
positions in the way of unit o
government, of a contribution t,
civilization, which has ever beer