Arizona republican., 1912-07-10
Iron Springs

IRON SPRINGS, July S.-The fol-
 lowing interesting facts have been
 learned from Will C. Barnes. of the
 United States forest service: With
 the coming of statehood the Iron
 Springs Outing club finds itself fac
 ing a new landlord. The entire set tlement is upon section 16 a school section. However but one half of the
 section was surveyed at the time
 the land in the vicinity was created a national forest under the decision Of the United States supreme court. Although every section between 16 and 36 was granted the territory for school purposes those which, were not surveyed at the time the national forest was created reverted to the United States government and be- came part of the national forest. Odd ly enough one half of the school section on which Iron Springs lies was surveyed and still more oddly the line ran almost exactly through the center of the toWnsite. This part of the land on which cottage were erected was school land, while the club trustees leased from the ter ritorial authorities while the other or unsurveyed half being forest land was held under special use permit from the forest service When the terri tory of Arizona became a state one of the sections of the enabling act gave the forest service full control Of all state school sections which were within the boundaries of ma | tional forest in the state This is no loss to the state however, but a ] great gain. because the forest ser 1 vice under the terms of the enabling 1 act are required to handle all the 1 school sections for the state free of all charge and turn over to the state | authorities the gross receipts there 1 from.
 | Thus it is that the managers ot | the Iron Springs Outing club vii l have to deal in the future entirely l with the supervisor of the Prescott l national forest reserve for the use ot 1 the land on which the cottages are built
 l It is interesting to learn of these facts just at this time as the forest service supervisor was in camp Fri day to lay the matter before tht 1 secretary of the Iron Springs Outins club
 The largest crowd which ever has been seen in Iron Springs gathered in the plaza in front of the clubhous' Thursday night to witness the dis rIay of fireworks As great man! | children participated in the celebra ton all the variety of harmless bu pretty sparkles were much in evl dence Also there were rockets. Ro man candles, pinwheels and the al ways attractive colored lights. E,vel with the constant vigilance observes two small blazes were discovered il time. One was on the club hous porch which created some excitemen and alarm although not larger thal Il mans hand and was extingulshe almost the instant it was discovered At nine o'clock the crowd adjourne to the pavilion where dancing wa
 begun The floor was comfOrtabl filled as old and young attend tn
 dances at Iron Springs.
 The saucy wood becker is maxim
 his presence known to the cottager: I Many amusing stories are exchange , regarding his performances. One
  | slumber with smart rapping whic he fails to locate at once upon tn t roof and thinking someone is seekin
 entrance calls out Who's there
 Some have confessed to leaving thei
 beds and opening the door to see wh
 wants in as they say in Missour
 With all his amusing antics, one not sure but that he will prove menace to the camp. when one sec the number of holes the busy lit
 bird has made in the cottage wall
 Of course, as long as the tin ear
 1 nold out these holes can be covere over. but one scarcely fancies ths style of decoration for their walls Doctor and Mrs. John Dennett J arrived Friday with their lit
 sons, John, Gage and Mark, Their