The story of Arizona . d opposed by the labor unions. The other nine bills included restoration ofpublic works to the contract system, restoration ofcapital punishment, redistricting state legislativedistricts so that house members would be electedfrom smaller units and an anti-vaccinationmeasure. Fourteen democrats and five republicans weresent to the state senate; while for the house, thecount of ballots showed twenty-six democrats andnine republicans elected. STATE FLOWER, ANTHEM AND FLAG Arizona has its own official flower, anthem andflag. Its flower is the white, wax-like blossom ofthe Su
The story of Arizona . d opposed by the labor unions. The other nine bills included restoration ofpublic works to the contract system, restoration ofcapital punishment, redistricting state legislativedistricts so that house members would be electedfrom smaller units and an anti-vaccinationmeasure. Fourteen democrats and five republicans weresent to the state senate; while for the house, thecount of ballots showed twenty-six democrats andnine republicans elected. STATE FLOWER, ANTHEM AND FLAG Arizona has its own official flower, anthem andflag. Its flower is the white, wax-like blossom ofthe Suhuaro (the Cereus giganteus) which putsforth its petals in June. Its anthem, Hail to Ari-zona! the Sun-kissed Land, was written by Cox and Mrs. Elise R. Averill. Both flowerand anthem were adopted by the Twenty-first Ter-ritorial Legislature. The flag, which was adopted by the Third StateLegislature, is described as representing thecopper star of Arizona rising from a blue field inthe face of the setting LAKE MARY On Antomobile Road South of Flagstaff rbotograpb by James McCulIocb Chaptek XXIVSCENIC ARIZONA THE GRAND CANYON IN Arizona, Nature reveals herself in many waysof unusual grandeur and beauty. The desertin moonlight, with the giant cacti standinglike ghostly sentinels guarding the wide expanseof plain; the Painted Desert, which at sunrise,with the different colored rocks and stretches ofred and brown earth, has the effect of a gorgeousstriped ribbon; the San Francisco Peaks, snow-clad; the glory of the views on the Apache Trail;the purple shadows in the early morning on thewest escarpment of the Superstitions; the Roose-velt Lake in late evening; the wisps of rain thatin summer showers fall like bridal veils in thecanyons of the upper Hassayampa—all these, arescenes of quite indescribable loveliness; yet, asthe ghostly rainbow of the moon, sometimes seenin the deserts of the southwest, pales before theradiant bow of day, so all the wonders of theviews
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