The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-05-30

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The first thing of interest after leav-
ing Winslow was the Canyon Diablo.
There is no doubt but what it is
rightly named. When you look down
into it it looks as If it does 60 down
to where Satan resides, for it seems
miles to the bottom. It is certainly a
freak of nature.
For some time before we reached
Flagstaff we were running through
pine woods and hills and way of in
the distance was the San Francisco
range of mountains covered with
snow. Snow covers them eleven
months in the year. They were in
sight nearly all day as We wound
around in the foothills. Flagstaff is
the best-looking Arizona town on the
Santa Fe line. Here they have the
State Normal-and it is beautiful
building-the Lowell observatory, and
the largest lumber yards and saw
mills in the state. The pine woods
and newly-sawed lumber smelled love-
ly and enjoyed my reserved seat in
the vestibule. The woods were burn
ing in so many places. aud l remem-
Der very we'll crossing the bridge just
this side of Flagstaff where the Cali
fornia Limited was wrecked and
burned not many days ago. The
curves on this part OF the road are
grand; it did seem as il we would
turn over any way and it was a very
common thing to see the engine try
ing to get back to the last ear. We
passed the bottomless pit here and it
is shaky looking hole, and no bot
tom has ever been found to it. IF any
one ever went down to see they never
came back to report. When We
reached Williams u number got on
! that had gone out the day before TO
the Grand Canyon. They were all
loud in praise of this canyon and
almost made the rest of US wish we
| had gone on this side trip. We
stopped for dinner or rather lunch at
| .
far this side of Ash Fork, and before
we reached Seligman, there is the
pretliest piece OF road | ever saw. 1t
is all up grade and as you wind
around up the hill you look back in
the valley and see miles of the track.
They call it the horse shoe bend, but
it's n ore like four horse shoe bends.
| At one place the row of telegraph
hundred yards from the train, and to
get to them we had to go five miles
around the hill and back to where we
were. At Selignan every body set
their watches back and we still had
the whole afternoon ahead.
At Peach Springs the Indians met
the train and begged for five cente. -
Every kodak on the train was brough.
out and snaps taken of braves.
siuaws and papooses. Some of the
boys tried to steal some of the little
fellows and it was great fun to see the
women go to the rescue. One old
fellow who was pointed out was said
to be 300 years old. OF course this
was joke, but he looked as if he
might be Thousand. He resemhled
mummy. hen we left there the
conductor came through anu said he
would have to count noses to sec tha
no one had left him and gone with tn,
Indians. | don't know what trih,
they belonged to. They are suppose
, to be the Navajos but they don
seem 20 know what they are. Tn
: women had On Raglans made of fou
, large handana handkerchiefs sewe,
t together. This, with several strings q
, beads and in some cases an old shirt
i seemed to be the style with them, bu
: they all seemed to be happy. The
) are Notwithstanding creatures: eve
the women have streaks of paint o
= their faces. Imagine red face wit
/, -trea<s OF black paint and heav
/ black hair cut square across the eyes
and square in the back!
Y When we crossed the Colorado rive
5 every body "rubbered" out the wiz
dow as we were then nearing til
. promised land for when we got acros
we we're in California. We stop3e
q at the Eeedles for supper. Here agai
e we saw the red man in all his glory
; they have all kinds of bead work 70
n sale, some OF 1t very pretty but non
. If t. cheap One brave had such mic
e long c,rls that suggested to ayoun
/ lady from Kansas City that they wer
; :: ade, of yarn. She walked up Ar
.avs one of them a yank, and fror
> tn. noise the Indian made 1 th:n