The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-04-26

desirable farming land. Settlers. who now avail thenselyes of the opportun- ity for obtaiping government title 10 these lands will fndlin ten years he nee that their possessions have risen from the dubious significance of a possessory right to the dignity of an estate Those whos neglect such pppor ;unity will'be led to a .ruesul2apprcciat ion of what might have been.
 ~'' Flagstaff has population of about 1900, ind more thrifty, law abiding and progressive community it would Je hard to find anywhere
 E SCHOOLS, CHURCHES ANIL, LODGES.
 The public school system of Flagstaff is an excellent one.. The schools are graded, and the average alter dance is more than 200 pupils. Nowhere in the Territory can better, sch ,ol facili- ties be found.
 The churches are represented here The Methodist, Presbyterian and Oath. olic all own their own edificss and are all out of debt.
 The secret societies are the F. & A. M 1. o. o. F., A. 0 U. w., I. o. F., k. of F. and l. o. G. T., all prosperous
 LIVESTOCK INTERESTS.
 The value of the livestock shipment from the county last year was about S350,000 There are in the neigbGor. ho,d of 300,000 sheep on the ranges surrounding Flagstaff, yielding an m. nual clip of about 2,5oo,000 pounds of improved wool. At q fair market price this product adds $500, 0C0 to tho sol. vency. of our sheep men annually.
 Scab, aud all kiudred afflictions, which constitute perpetual menace to the fiocks of Texas and other States, and are constant sources of expense and dread to owners of such Hocks, are here unknown, comparatively speak. ing, So easily are they held in sub jection that among the causes which lead to loss disease Is never figured on by Coconino sheep men.
 TOR THE TOURIST AND INVALID.
 X writer of eminence has said that ''one of the most pleasing and advau tageous features of the climate is the opportunity it offers of camping out in the midst of the finest natural scenery to be found in the world, where the mind is so in. terested and tue eye so pleased that physical ailments are for tle time for gotten. As sanitarium the neigh borhood of the San Francisco moun. tains has no equal in the whole Rocky Mountain range, snd when this fact becomes thoroughly understood theus- andS of lives will be prolonged. and en incaiculiLle amount of hDman suffering alleviated.
 Flagstaff is the gateway to the ,irand Canyon of the Colorado, and a tri.weekly stage line was established between Flagstaff and the Grand Can yon im 1892. The distance is sixty. | five miles and it is travelled in less than twelve hours. The road Is level and on excellent one. The stage re- turns from the Canyon every other day, enabling the tourist to abtuin a view of this incomparablo spectacle at the cost of little delay
 In the Grand Canyon are many val. uable deposits Of gold, silver, copper, lead and asbestos.
 Oak Greek lies eighteen miles south of Flgstah, is famous for it's noun, tain trout and fine scenery, a.d it at. tracts many tourists during the sum nor months.
 Eight miles southwest of Flagstaff, is found, in Walnut Canyon, the larg est aggregation of Cliti dwellings to br found in Arizona. The Canyon is sev- eral hundred feet deep with steep terraced walls of limestone. Under the projections of the strata along the ter. races are half hundred of the quaint aLodes of some ancient race.
 The San Francisco peaks affords the finest and most extended view perhaps ill the world, included in the pano. rama is far glimpse into Colorado, New Mexico, Utak, Nevada and Cali. fornia. A trail leads to the summit oi Agassiz peak and the trip can Je made on horseback.
 Coconino in the summer months is Il very paradise for the sightsoor. scicn' ls.t o,, .1, ,,L A., (