Arizona republican., 1899-08-18
NORTHERN ARIZONA
Profits Lying Around Waiting TO Be
Picked Up.

Mr.. E. E. ElEnwocd of Flags.aff, who
was in town yesterday On business be-
fore the board of equalization, re-
/ turned home last night. He said the
prospect Of the north was never SO
| bright as it is now and he can con-
ceive of nothing which is likely to
I happen to set it back. The big lum-
Der mills 81 Flagstaff are turning out
more lumber than ever. More men are
/ employed and all are working three
I hours over time. The mills have
/ lately been equipped with the latest
! machinery, including band saws. They
| have lately taken to practicing econ
Omy in the use of timber. until now
/ nothing is wasted but the bark, as in
great slaughter houses under improved
methods all of the steer IS saved eX
cept his final 'Dawl, wasted in the ag-
Ony of death. Some time tha'. will be
utilized for something, bottled Up,
perhaps, to be uncOrked in silverite
conventions. But Mr. Ellnwood did
not say that.
Returning to the lumber industry,
The slabs which used to be good for
nothing but fuel, and they were not
frst-class for that, are being sawed
over and made into material for fruit
boxes for the Salt River valley and
southern California.
The sheep industry has again be-
come u great thing in the north. Mr..
Ellinwcod has been. for some years
Interested in sheep, and though a dem
ocrat of democrats, he foresaw the
ruin of the sheep industry in the VII
son bill, but he lost a fortune which
fockS, but he lost a fortune which
Mr.. Cleveland only partially made
good by appointing him United States
attorney with a bigger salary than any
other federal official in the territory.
Those who have heard Mr. Ellinwood
in political speeches do not remember
that they ever heard him grow hCarse
clamoring for free trade Or even tariff
reform. He has always favored in his
innerm0st soul a protective tariff. for
revenue no.- entirely for the support
of the government, but FOR men. VINO
were trying TO build up industries
With the Dingley law Though Mr..
EliinwOod did not allude to the Ding
ley law by name) the sheep business
of northern Arizona is on its feet
again. The last season wool brought
$3.50 net, the highest price the sheep
men Of this territory have ever re-
ce-Ved. The fiOcks in consequence are
increasing and will soon be as large
and numerous as they were before the
ruin of six years ago.
The. north, says Mr.. Ellinwood, is
filed with resources. The profits in
the forests and on the ranges are
waiting to be converted into cash
The ranges, by the way were never in
quite SO good a condition as they are
now. Flagstaff and its prosperous sur
roundings is growing rapidly There |
are now in course Of construction five !
twO-Story solid business houses.
The Ktngman outlook is also excel |
lent, thanks to the unprecedented ac-
tivity in mining in the districts trib-
utary to it and the opening of the |
Arizona & Utah road to Chloride /
This road, Mr.. EllinwOcd says. will be !
extended to the White Hills and uIti- |
mately to q junction with the Utah !
Southern. There will be from the |
White Hills a gap of only 125 miles. |
When that is done the Utah & South
ern will be extended to Los Angeles,
thus realizing dream CT Salt Lake for
years