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Show IOlffl IS a.. Home , LLT.A M , ! J NAVAJO INDUN RESERvafrONjJZi' ! NsP-:j---J- CANYON J -"f V-1 -'BOULDER I "agonal park S. ! Q jfj INDIAN BEIEBVATON fr S is i phoenix 'JHi-'n itn I, , , -. - .c. JtTO -f- "-Cnogauls ! DOUGIAS I" c o At la it I shall give myself To the desert attain, That I, in its golden dust, i May be blmin from a barren peak, broadcast over the sun-lands. If you should desire some news of me, io ask the little horned toad It hose home is the dust, j Or seek it among the fragrant sage, I Or question the mountain juniper, j And, by tlteir silence. They will truly inform you. I May nurd Dixon. By EDWARD EMERINE WND Features THE perfume of grease-wood grease-wood after a desert shower, show-er, the faint and fleeting loveliness of saguaro blos-l blos-l soms, the yuccas with their ! waxen white bloom, the octil-l octil-l los tipped with brilliant red, i a cereus blooming at midnight, mid-night, magic mesas, mysterious mysteri-ous paths, balmy nights that is Arizona, the land of romance, ro-mance, sunshine, progress! The tourist, the sportsman and the vacationist have all enjoyed the state in brief moments, but to a half-million people, Arizona is home.' They live in every section of the state from the northern plateau (4,000 to 7,000 feet above sea level) to the southern part next to the border bor-der of Mexico (500 to 2,500 feet altitude). alti-tude). On the broad plains and the mountain sides they graze their livestock, and through the valleys they lead the irrigation waters. They grow long staple cotton, wheat, corn, barley, oats, potatoes and immense im-mense quantities of sub-tropical fruits. Their dates thrive, and their citrus industry is steadily growing. From their mines they get copper, gold, silver, lead, asbestos, zinc and other metals. Arizona is "A Land Made for Living," Liv-ing," the citizens say. Phoenix, the capital city, is an example. In 1868 a tiny settlement sprang up as a stagecoach stop. Two years later the townsite was formally laid out, and in 1881 the new community was Incorporated. In i893, Phoenix the territorial seat of government boasted a population of 3,000. Today Phoenix is the Southwest's largest inland city, and has a metropolitan metropoli-tan population of 153,000. Its grace- that region home. And Oraibi, in the Indian country, is said to be the oldest continuously inhabited village vil-lage in the United States! First, there were cliff dwellers, the home-owners of the distant past. Then the Indians, many tribes and many kinds. Ruins of ancient cities tell of homes. In 1540 Coro-nado Coro-nado came searching for the Seven Cities of Cibola. Then came the Spaniards with their priests, their herds, and their desire to build missions mis-sions and homes. And later other white men, lured by gold and adventure, ad-venture, came too. Kit Carson came, and bandits too. The covered wagon and the stagecoach rattled over dusty trails. . 'God Enriches.' "Ditat Deus" is the motto of Arizona. Ari-zona. It means "God enriches." Other landmarks Include Inscription house, Dinosaur tracks, Superstition mountain, and man-made wonders such as Roosevelt and Boulder dams, San Xavier and Tumacacori missions, Indian reservations, old stagecoach stations and bullet-scarred bullet-scarred ghost towns. Fishing, hunting, swimming, hiking, hik-ing, motoring from canyon-walled canyon-walled lakes to cactus-studded mountains, Arizona offers the good life, for a ;"ek, or a year, or for a lifetime. '.. nas a little Switzerland In its northern mountains. It has semi-tropical living under palm trees in the southern part. That is Arizona, the Arizona men call home! i N 1 J wlU.: r .JfcA .... J SIDNEY P. OSBORN Governor of Arizona Born in Phoenix, Sidney Preston Osborn has always been close to his native state. In 1899 he was a page boy in the territorial legislature. legisla-ture. He was elected - governor in 1940. He has had a long career as a newspaper man and once operated a cotton farm at Riglcy, Ariz. j, v . V. ' . 1 - y , ! - - , ,v', i L - w, , j A . p N t r i ;?r, - r j I ' ,3' "Mm? .lis i s'- -i' , j il-t - - jr I" - i BOULDER DAJI . . . Lake Mead on the Colorado river makes Bshing, boating and swimming easily accessible to people of Arizona. L ,,,,,5. sT " -- ! i 'f" , 1 f 'tv- J I. 1 I 'V r 4 , : Vl- M i -1 $ I rfaS ffcv sir v Sit "1 f .-", ." 1 ful skyline, its homes and its industries, indus-tries, is a far cry from the pueblos of the primitive peoples, who, in centuries long past, first inhabited the warm and pleasant Valley of the Sun. Phoenix, built on the site which two prehistoric cities had once occupied, oc-cupied, is now the home for thousands thou-sands of families families of modest means and families with millions. Plenty of Room. Douglas, across the street from Old Mexico, urges: "For a visit, or for a lifetime come to Douglas!" Doug-las!" And Florence, south of the Gila on the Old Spanish trail, calls for "those who dream of a modest home where there is room, and health, and time to think." St. Johns, in Apache county, offers a pioneer reunion and rodeo each year for those who have long called Yes, God enriches, but man had to do his part. Dams were built, ditches were dug, and the desert bloomed. Modern science "in the mines found more wealth than mere gold nuggets. Livestock grew fat. Cities with permanent homes sprang up. The warm, life-giving sun shone down on 113,909 square miles of Arizona. God enriches! Arizona has 12 national monuments monu-ments and 10 national forests. Scenic attractions include awesome Grand Canyon, historic Apache trail, fantastic Petrified forest, colorful col-orful Painted desert, Natural bridge. Wonderland of Rocks, exotic border towns of Old Mexico, fascinating Meteor crater, Colossal cave, Oak Creek canyon, and scores of prehistoric prehis-toric ruins and cliff dwellings such as Casa Grande, Tonto, Betatakin, Keet Seel and Montezuma's castle. ANGEL TRAIL ... In the inner canyon of Grand Canyon, the Colorado Col-orado river Is a mile straight down, but nine miles by trail. . "" - ' l.j - 4 i ' ' The Navajos are the largest tribe of full-blooded Indians In the United States, numbering not less than 42,000, divided into 45 tribes or clans. The Navajo Indian reservation contains about 8,000,000 acres ol land. Their rough desert country is characterized by mesa, butte, volcanic neck, canyon and wash, with variety ajid beauty of erosion and wind-blown sand. The tribe numbered about 9,000 In 1869, but is the only Indian tribe which has increased its numbers from year to year. The Navajos are pastoral semi-nomads, semi-nomads, their movements largely seasonal. They live chiefly by raising sheep, but augment their earnings by blanket weaving, silver work and gathering pinorj nuts. They express a rare sense of beauty In their arts, especially hammered silver (left) j |