Arizona republican., 1901-08-22

1 It is one of those places which must be seen to be appreciated.
 IL is but few minutes walk from the station to the store, yet the camp | is so situated that people pass back and forth between Phoenix and Ash | Fork without dreaming of the thriving | little settlement nestled so lovingly among the pines at an elevation of more than six thousand feet. l Protected on all sides by tall noun | ;ains, shaded by junipers, pine and oak | trees, with immense boulders scattered | here and there, it possesses a pictur- | esque beauty all it's own.
 The progressive. up-to-date spirit l which chara aterizes the people of Phoe- nix Is here shown to great advantage. | 1t is no, by any means 9 tent city, | but a pretty littla village of between | three and four hundred inhabitants who occupy neat, substantial cottages well furnished and fully supplied with l all necessary conVeniencCs.
 ] The sanitary conditions are excellent. ' At a trilng cost to each stockholder 1 a healthful resort is assured so far as ! health can be maintained or promoted 1 by local conditions.
 The camp is abundantly supplied with pure water of uueXcs He'd quality. fur nished by two springs as the nane of the place would indicate Soft as rain | water lear and cold. lt is of itself suf- 1 ficient to attract those in search of a ! congenial place to spend the summer months The supply is fully adequate ' for two hundred families. and at no time has the demand equaled the sup 1 ply
 The unusually heavy rains this Sea son have. at different times, done con i siderable damage to the improvements about the springs, but owing to eff 1 cient management the campers have 1 suffered v ny li.tle inconvenience. How ever. operations arc now on foot where by this danger will in the future be reduced to minimum.
 The natural advantages are such that it is possible Co gratify every taste. 1 Those who attach great importance to the conveniences of life have settled on the low ground close tO the spring 1 postohlce and store. Others who are located higher up tho hill feel abund- antly repaid for their harder climb by the beautiful view which spreads out on all sides.
 ! it seems a reverse order of things that July should be cooler than June. and August cooler than July. vet such Is, indeed, the case in this favored lo- IcaNty. Summer has lost all it's terrors for those who are fortunate enough to have secured a location In this delight -ul snot.
 lt IS an ideal summer resort. where tho failing energies which have borne the strain of a long season can be quickly built up. The pure atmosphere. laden with the odorous breath of the pine trees. is very invigora.ing. and climbing about among the hills induces a healthy appetite.
 It Is place where one can dream away the long summer days. soothed by the murmur of soft breezes among the pine needles. and the gentle twitter or birds which, from the fact that no snoottng Is allowed. are SO fearless
 they will hop about the ground at ones very feet
 We have rain and thunder and light :
 ning-plenty of it-durlng the rainy season. But oh. the delightful purity and freshness of the air after the war
 ring clements have quieted down,
 Some of the electric storms are very
 severe, and the more timiG peon1e can easily be persuaded that they might be
 dispensed with entirely without in any
 measure detracting from their personal
 enjoyment But to one who possesses
 the habit of Inner quiet there is some
 thing grandly beautiful about a storm
 In the mountains which can be wit
 messed nowhere else
 However, the rain does not prevent
 SC tlns about as it does in the valley
 where one has the adobe mud to con-
 tend with. Here the soil is largely
 composed of gravel and the water
 quickly runs ofi lis absorbed. Per
 hau ten mnutesWe Wer the most severe
 storm the sun is shining and the chil-
 dren are out playing aga,n. while the
 only reminder of the rain Is a cool
 braeing air that causes one Co seek a
 warmer dress. or an extra blanket foy
 the coming night.
 There is certainly no inonotony ahout
 the climate, lt keeps one, guessing
 what the day has in store for us. Iris
 nothing unusual to sit on ones porch nigh and dry. with not drop of rain
 falling and looking across gulch perhaps a hundred and fifty yards dis
 tant witness smart shower, the sun
 shine converting each raindrop into a
 brilliant diamond.
 II IS not by any means recommended as sanltarium. Indeed the high att.
 tude, the variable climate and the ire
 quent electrical disturbances. must Y prove excessively trying co the nervous invalid But 10 tnlse who possess a , iair degree of heal;h, with a desire tc perpetuate the jsame the place offer. unexceptionable advantages. , lt seems to have been created ex- , pressly as a refuge for those who have their homes in the heated valley Be.
 inS easy ct access 1t affords an onnor.