Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-23
lNNOCfNTS ABROAD
IN ARIZONA HILLS
Two Young Gentlemen Who Saw
Lot of Places Mark Twain Over
Looked in His Travels.

Two Young men. both tenderfoots
so-called by reason of their newness
in the country. returned yesterday
from a mountain and desert trip Of al
most two months. that was very novel
and interesting though sometimes
sufficiently perilOus to be classed as
adventurous. Though they were ten
derfoots two months ago it is likely
they have a better idea Of the western
half OF Arizona now than 4 great
many people who have spent half their
lives here
one of these young men is Thomas
Bradford. who came mere from Provi--
dence r. !. early in the year for little
experience in roughing it. and he has
got what he came after. The other is
stanton C. Smith of the Forestry s.
ice in Washington, who was sent here
as an inspector and who took this trip
under official direction, Mr.. Bradford
accompanying. to their mutual salts
faction. They QUILTED here and left
Phoenix on March 80 and this is the
4Aiifl III VI llltli
Going through the Buckeye and Ar
lington country. they first saw steel
rails AT ella Bend and thence travelled
west TO Palomas Turning north.
their next stopping place on the desert
was Harqua Hala and then in order.
Salome. Wenden and Planet. From
there they journeyed north to the San
Ia Fe main line. touching Yucca and
Kingman where a short stop was made
for side trips. one of them being visit
TO Hualapai Peak with pack animals
Leaving Kingman finally. they went
TO blackberry. Truxton. Diamond Creek
at the mouth Of which they entered the
Grand Canyon for a short explora ton
Emerging from this subterranean level
they went to Peach Springs. Pine
Springs. Cataract. Havasupai village.
Seligman and Ash Fork From there
they went to Fort Rock Anvil Rock.
Simmons and Burro Creek. thence into
Prescott and from that city TO Phoe-
nix via Congress and Wickenburg. ar
irving yesterday.
They say that at Ash Fork was their
first opportunity to sleep in a white
mans bed and after trying 1t a couple
of nights they gave up in disgust and
were glad to get back in the open. into
the real Arizona bedroom which is big
as all outdoors. on one occasion they
Travelled fifty-six hours without meet
ing human being and had some rea-
son To conclude that the territory is
not yet over populated Another time
they were without water for long
time. not long enough TO perish of
course, but long enough to give such a
fate very thoughtful consideration |
They were directed to certain well |
where they We're told water could be |
had IL the windlass was in working or |
der. They planned their trip in that |
direction believing they had the para
phernalia to get water in any event. |
if it was there. They found the well |
and got the water. but it was so |
strongly impregnated with sulphur |
that their horses would not drink il. |
and they could not except by squeez- /
ing lemons into il. They camped over \
night and the next morning the horses |
still refused to drink. but they kept on |
a matter of thirty-five or forty miles |
until they reached water that both |
could drink. on one occasion they ran J
out of both provisions and horse feed. |
having calculated TO replenlSh tnelr !
stores at point forty miles north of /
Seligman. but found the station there |
without supplies of anything for a |
traveller, the station keeper having |
then gone 10 town" to get something !
to eat. They kept on cheerfully though I
and reached Seligman in safety. They |
saw lots of rattlesnakes. and got some I
fine photographs of them and also of
ella Monster on his native heath. to- /
gether with many other interesting
views.