Arizona Steps Out

By Jack Dionne

Time was when most of the things that people of the rest of the world knew about Arizona, and most of the impressions they got about Arizona, were of a'character thatdidn't exactly make them want to pack their grips and start for the far Southwest" fn song, and story, and stage, and press, Arizona was long advertised as the home of the cactus, the six-shooter, the rattlesnake, theGila Monster, the bleak desert, and the mad rush for mines. It was not happy advertising that Arizona got.

But it's difrerent now. A new Arizona, an admirable Arizona; an attractive Arizona; a broad-visioned, ambitious, honest, home-loving, courageous Arizona-is telling the world a newer, and bigger, and better story. It is a story-no1 of mining camps, or of bleak mountains, burning deserts,.deadly reptiles, and other unlovely thingsbuta story of an Arizona that has honestly inventoried herself, discovered her weaknesses in order that she might bolster them; appraised her assets in order that she might strengthen and develop them; and has gone out to make a mighty and a useful commonwealth of Arizona. and tell the world about it.

Such is the Arizona of today.

'The new story isa story of splendid progress already made along manifold admirable lines; and of greater things to come with each year that passes as the organized spirit of Arizona rejoices in results and benefits already secured, and surges on to larger achievements.

Where the spn-baked deserts once flared back toward the noonday sun its own reflected heat, today there are countless acres of irrigated farm land, so productive in th,ieir fertility as to rival the far-fam€d valley of the River Nile.

Where once the cow-pony picked his way over path and pass, today broad-guage thoroughfares and permanent roads offer to the traveler smooth, safe, and practical roadways of transportation.

Industry grows by leaps and bounds in Arizona; commerce in its most modern and approved form has come to serve the people of Arizona; fruit trees have replaced the thorny cactus; long-staple cotton has driven out the mesquite; beautiful and modern homes have replaced the shacks of olden days; schools and churches and attractive public and business buildings are everywhere seen; and a progressive and proud people are working together shoulder to shoulder in order that Arizona may come into her own, and that what once were deserts may burgeon and bloom and contribute a full share to the happiness and welfare of mankind fn a lumber way, Arizona has kept step with the march of progress. Many of the biggest and most modern sawmilling institutions in the land are transforming the great virgin pine forests of Arizona into useful and valiable building material Retail lumber firms cover the state, most of them extremely progressive, spreading the gospel of better and more attractive homes and other buildings, and doing more than their share to give to the people of Arizona things to which they may justly point with pride.

Andas the development of Arizona progresses these lumber folks can and undoubtedly WILL do much to help the good work by developing the spirit of the HOME BUILDER in the state, and thereby establishing a foundation upon which her hopes for the future may securely rest.

Woodheadlumber Company Has New Sales Manager

Mr. W. F. Conner, formerly with the Columbia Vallev Lumber Company, at Wenatihee, has taken the positioir as sales manag'er for the Woodhead Lumber Company, at Los Angeles, ieplacing Mr. Earl Gailbraith who his gone with the Hammond I-umber Company.

D. A. STONER ON EASTERN TRIP

Mr. D. A. Stoner, accompanied by Mrs. Stoner, left Sawtelle on April 26th for a two months' trip through the east.

Mr. Stoner is the owner of the Sawtelle Lumber Company.