The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-26
SECTION TWO.
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- HE Arizona strip" is again IL
the public eve especially IN

-HE Arizona strip" is again III
the public eye. especially in
Utah. because of the efforts
of Senator Kearns in congress to
have it cut off from Arizona
and added TO Utah This is
but a renewal Of movement that
has ebbed and flowed i'm the west for
many years. Arizona has been apx-
iOus 10 get rid of the strip" because
10 her it has been a thorn in tho
fiesh-a harbor for horse and cattle
thieves and lawIesS Indians. The Colo
Tado river. with its tremendous can
yons, makes IL impossible for officers
from Arizona to pursue these out
laws who find refuge on the strip"
They cannot be hunted down from the
Utah side for the reason that Utah
officials have no jurisdiction in Ari-
IONA territory. In this way the strip"
has come TO be a menace TO civiliza-
dion.
The strip" includes all that terri
tory lying between the Colorado river
and the southern boundary of Utah.
IT is bounded on the west by Nevada.
At its longest point. from where the
Colorado crosses the line from Utah
into Arizona, to the Nevada line, is
200 miles. The widest point is where
the river makes a bend around the
Sanup plateau. about fifty miles west
of the Nevada state line. At this
point the strip is 100 miles wide.
The average length is not far from
100 miles: the average width about
- miles, making the area not far from
900 square miles. The kanab creek
cuts the strip" into two sections. The
Virgin runs across the extreme north
western corner. For the most mart
she strip is desert, devoid of streams
and with no water obtainable FOR iT-
rigation. The scenery along the Colo
RADIO is among the grandest on the
eaTths surface. Two mines. the Grand
Gulch and the Coconino, are now in
active operation.
"QuiI'' Nebeker on the Strip.
The really great feature OF the
strip: i'm fact. one of the greatest
works of nature, is the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado. Another great fea-
1ure is the Kaibab plateau. more com
monty known as the BuckslSin noun
tai8s. Aquila Nebeker, who spent
eight years IN the cattle business on
the strip says the Kaibab coun-
try is the greatest natural game pre-
serve i'm the world.
This is natural game preserve
Mr. Nebeker says, because it is
bounded on the west by the Kama b
Eulch. on the east by the Pink cliffs
and on the south by the Canyon of
the Colorado. On these three sides
this stretch OF country is inaccessible.
1t is open only on the IN or Utah
side.
ION the plateau, the Coconino FORGET
reserve set apart by the government,
there is one OF the most beautiful
natural parks to be found in the
world. Ii is stocked with elk and
deer. There is the finest kind of sum
mer and winter range; fine trees OF
many varieties abound; deer are seen
feeding every hour as you so through
the park: there, are no running
streams. but springs, laEoons and lakes
are found on all sides; the climate l.
deliChtful: there is nothing else like
81 i'm the west. The government has
taken charge of this Kaibab country
It permits neither sheep nor cattle tC
Craze there: il protects the forest iron
destruction. il is Datrolled by officers
and viii be kept in it's present state
for all time to come. This gardel
spot is wholly within the strip