The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-14
SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND LODGES.

ohu pioSieoSiN6 CoiiiihuhiOy it "ouiu pt hard to find anywhere
 SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND LODGES.
 The public school system of Flagstaff is an excellent one. The schools are graded, and the average attendance is more than 200 pupils. Nowhere in the Territory can better school facili- ties be found.
 The churches are represented here, The Methodist, Presbyterian and Cath. olic all own their own edi6ces and are all out of debt.
 The secret societies are the F. & A. M., l. 0. o. F., A. o U. w, I. Q. F., k. of F., l. o. G. T., and c. A. R.
 LIVESTOCK INTERESTS.
 Tho value of the livestock shipment from the county last year was about S350,000, There are in the neighbor, hood of 300,o00 sheep on the ranges surrounding Flagstaff, yielding an an. nual clip of about 2,500,000 pounds of improved wool. Att fair market price this product adds S300,0C0 to the sol vency of our sheep men annually.
 Scab, and all kindred afflictions, which constitute perpetual menace to the focks of Texas and other States, and are constant sources of expense and dread to owners of such hocks, arc 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.
 FOR THE TOURIST AND INVALID.
 A writer of eminence has said that "one of the most pleasing and advan- tageous features of the climate is the opportunity 1t 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 the eye so pleased that physical ailments are for the 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 thous- ands of lives will be prolonged, and an incaloulable amount of human suffering alleviated."
 Flagstaff is the gateway to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and tri-weekly stage line was established between Flagstaff and the Grand Can- yon in 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 abtain view of this incomparable spectacle at the cost of little delay.
 In the Grand Canyon are many val | lable deposits of gold, silver, copper, | lead and asbestos.
 Oak Greek lies eighteen miles south of Flagstaff, is famous for its noun. ain trout and fine scenery, and it at. ,racts many tourists during the sum her months.
 Eight miles southwest of Flagstaff s found, in Walnut Canyon, the larg. st aggregation of Cliff dwellings to bo ound in Arizona. The Canyon is sev. raj hundred feet deep with steep. erracel walls of limestone. Under the rojectlons of the strata along the ter. aces are half hundred of the quaint bodes of some ancient race.
 The San Francisco peaks affords the , nest and most extended view perhaps T the world, included in the pano- ana is a far glimpse into Colorado lew Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Cali. 'rnia. A trail leads to the summit of .gassiz peak and the trip can be made n horseback.
 Coconino in the summer months is very paradise for the siehtseer. scien. < st or sportsman. Under tho shade of { 5 immense pine forests monthq of ! cen pleasure may be enjoyed. The ! 'chacologist here finds field worthy
 his keenest interest; the scientist ay study geological formations un nown to the light in other lands; the 'ortsman in the streams will find g eat salmon and trout, and in the $ oods the mountain lion, bear, decr z Id wild turkey. The light airisp pure, $ one-laden and bracing, and health is Q happy condition that must be known all who tarry. .' : q !"