Graham guardian., 1907-08-23
NOTES OF The MOUNTAIN CAMPS
Hi, Graham an Everlasting Source
Of Pleasure TO the Health Seeker
and Profit 10 the Worker

family returned Sunday from u
few duys' outing at Chlarson's
mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. N. Beebe have
returned from an extended stay in
the mountains.
Mt. Graham is alive with camp.
ers, intent on escaping from the
heat of the valley. The air on the
mountains is unusually cool and
bracing, and q vacation is extreme
ly pleasant,
Hyrum Chlarson is turning out
large quantities of lumber at his
mill on Mt. Graham. Oscar Chlar.
son has force of men logging for
the mill and while large numbers
of logs are being constantly taken
out, the supply seems undimin-
ished. To one unacqualnted with
the modus operandi of securing
logs, the labor and effort necessary
seems almost incredible; and yet
the hardy mountaineers go on un.
conccrnedly year after year, cut
ting out the underground of brush, ,
making drag roads, saving down
huge logs, and dragging them
down to the mill at imminent risk
of killing man aud horse in the
process. Some of the logge,s, as
for instance Messrs. Oscar CHAR
son, Knudson, Smith, and others
at Chlarson's mill, attain wonder
ful powers of endurance, and can
climb the steepest hill all day,
whistllng and singing the mean
while, and never seeming to tire,
whereas q "tenderfoot" would be
used up in halt an hour,
AT Chlarson's mill on Mt Ora.
ham, dance is usually held once
or twice a week, when the. mill
hands aud loggers disport them
selves in lively fashion to the
tones of an accordion, together
with such ladies as can be recruited
from the neighboring camping out.
fits and the mill houses. And they
do step lively, if lively steps were
ever taken anywhere.
To take a glance at Mt. Graham
from any Of the towns of the val.
ley, it would be difficult to believe
how diversified are its canyons
and ridges. In a thousand differ
ent directions huge rock ed.ribbed
hills stretch away mile after mile,
covered with a dense underground
of brush, and containing hundreds
of thousands of huge trees Of var
ious kinds, enough to supply many
generations. The deep and rocky
ravincs ip many instances contain
beautiful mountain rivulets, rs
clear as crystal and as pure as the
air which fans the everlasting hills
These little streams in many in
stances jump down steep decliv
tiles and create pretty little water
falls, while the water beating con
stantly upon the granite, scoop;
out in the course of thousands OF
years q clean cut bowl like 0
gigantic saucer in the solid rock
All these features, combined with
the wide spreading wildwood, the
towering pine, the gray hills and
the sparkling water, combine &c
make scenes of virginal beauty
never surpassed 10 the famed Alps
and leave lasting impressio o
grandeur and splendor upon tht
visitor to Mount Graham.
Messrs. ]. G. and J. N. Robinson
and j. e. Brown spent last Sun
day at Camp Inception, the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Birdno
Work on the great flume at the
Mt, Graham Lumber Company
mill goes steadily on and it is be
coming one Of the wonders Of the
mountain. The water goes dowr
it, so far as it is finished, like ,
bullet, taking with it anything anC
everything thrown into the chute
1t will be an extremely valuable
piece of property when completed
Miss June Hord of Globe, is still
at Camp Inception, and says /
month on MI, Graham is worti
more than a thousand prescrp
tons Of medicine for rejuvenatinG
tired nature and building up th'
system.
1t is the fashion now to "go ~
on top" of Mt, Graham. 1t is
five milo climb from Chlarson'
mill, and is generally very steep
However, the view from the peak
over 10000 feet high, well repay
the effort to those who have tn
time to make the journey by cas-,
stages.
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