Arizona republican., 1899-08-12

and is besides picturesquely located I IL requires TWO engines to pull you into Flagstaff, be- cause you are ascending the MogOllOn range of mountains There is scarcely any cessation in the ''chug i ''chug" of the locomotives after leav- ing Ash Fork. They toll wearily up 1 the sides of mOuntai-s. across deep i gulches and through tunnels until ] when you have reached Flagstaff you are on top of the range and 1.GG0 feet ] above sea level Mountains rise al most from she outskirts of the town ! on the north and west but on the
 south the country is more open and tn" ] hills low.
 The san Francisco peak is q little west of north of Flagstaff and only laozs q hundred feet or so of being 13.- GOO feet high. From its base 70 it's summit can be found the forms of aLi- nal and vegetable life of almost every zone Scientists have q wide and in teresting field of study on this noun
 tain. San Francisco peak is tEa
 weather barometer of Flagstaff. Tine
 rains thu. fall il the vicinity usually cone down the slope of the mountain
 In seasons when there has not been q
 clCud in the sky for days one will fin
 ally appear in tha southwest and slew
 ly work it's way across the sky till it
 cones to the peak: then it stops and
 begins circling about il. Later in the
 day 1t nay be joined by two or three
 more Day after day the clouds con
 gregate in this manner till q rain cloud
 is formed which deScendS and distrib-
 utes it's burden on the gridn fields and
 potato patches. The San Francisco
 mountains form the background of
 some magnificent scenery. From the
 Grand canyon road one gets beautiful
 effects in green and sunshine OF the northwest slope.
 It is a pleasant drive to the cliff dwellings nine miles southeast Of
 Flagstaff For several miles the road leads up a green pine fringed valley lightly tinted with wild flowers. Then after q short ride through the pines. i the tail end of q small canyon iS reach l cd. An easy descent is begun here on narrow foOtpath. This canyon openeS out into another and larger i one and this also leads into another and sill larger canyon where the cliffs ] are high and perpendicular. The bet I tom of the canyon is several hundred ! feet from the trail and the cliffs and i
 JGsikS dDON t tIt b4ZZA stuu UN EfudH2 From the point where the trail enters | the canyon the houses of the ancient i cliff dwellers can be seen. They are i built under projections of I,he cliffs | and it looks to be impossible to reach i them. For short distance the way is rather difficult and it is necessary | to held on to limhs of trees and bushes to keep from falling over the rocks. i Tho ft.3iI -.bn-l lRFpO1HS mora laEaI lIl- [ the ledge is nO-e too wide for safety. Tine trip to these homes of an unknown | race is not a hard one to make and ! iS worth the while of any one.
 The back crater and lava beds are sixteen miles east of town. \ great many people go to see this exhibition of the fury of q volcano and many da clare it is only exceeded in interest and wonder by the Grand canyon The natural ice caves are nine miles south of town. Perpetual ice is found in them Picnic parties frequently go to the ice caves. Ingredients for iced