The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-03

now avail themselves of the opportun- ity for obtaining government title to these lands will find in ten years hence that their possessions have risen from the dubious significance of possessory right to the dignity of an estate Those who neglect such opportunity will be led to,a rueful appreciation of what might have been. a E
 Flagstaff has a population of about l,S00, 1ndla more thrifty, law abiding and progressive community it would b1 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 De found.
 The churches are represented here. The Methodist, Presbyterian and Cath olic all own their own editices and are all out of debt.
 The secret societies are the F. & A. NJ, I. 0. o. F., A. o U. w, I. Q. F., k. of P and l. o. G. T., all prosperous.
 LIVESTOCK INTERESTS.
 The value of the livestock shipment from the county last year was about s350, 1000. There are in the neighbor- hood of 3oO,ooO sheep pp the ranges surrounding Flagstaff, yielding an an nual clip of about 100000 pounds of improved wool At a fair market price this product adds $500, Ooo to the sol vency of our sheep men annually.
 Scab, and all kindred afflictions, which constitute perpetual menace to the focks of Texas and ether States, and are constant sources of expense and dread to owners of such locks, are here unknown, comparatively speak. ing. So easily are they held in sub jection that among the causes which lead to loss disease is aever 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 tue opportunity it offers of 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 tfe time for gotten. As a sanitarium the neigh. borheod of tue San Francisco noun. 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 incalculaLle amount of human suffering alleviated."
 Flagstaff is the gateway to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and tri-woekly stage liue was established between Flagstaff and the Grand Carr 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 tue Grapd Canyon are many vel. uable deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead and asbestos.
 Oak Creek lies eighteen miles south of Flagstaff, is famous fer its noun tain trout and fine scenery, and it at- tracts many tourists during the sum- mer months.
 Eight miles southwest of Flagstaff, is found, in Walnut Canyon, the larg est aggregation of Cliff dwellings to be 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 abodes of some ancient race.
 The San Francisco peaks affords the finest and most extended view perhaps in 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 of Agassiz peak and the trip can be made on horseback.
 Coconino in the summer months is a very paradise for the sightsecr, scien.