Arizona republican., 1912-07-29

1 edly the most kindly disposed and l hospitable man in the whole world. MT. Redhead hitched up his team
 and lowed the Franklin to the Milk
 Ranch Here the party made per manent camp, foOlishly doing every l thing else before they put up the l tent in consequence of which every i thing was thoroughly soaked by a 1 sudden doWnpOur. They had felt the l need of a spiritual adviser when they 1 struck the stump, but when the rain ! began they actually deplored the ab- i sence of such a dignitary. One can l imagine the expressions used in de- | scribing it It rains there nearly
 every day in July, except when a l special program has been planned, | and then it rains twice a day.
 It was at this point in their story that the gentlemen digressei long enough for a little local color. After further eulogizing the Hospitality of l MT. Reidhead and his companionable characteristics, they announce to the world that every person touring that
 country should be advised of the Milk Ranch It is headquarters for milk, eggs and butter for the whole country within radius of sixty miles. It is a place to yearn for in approaching and on departing memory of it fingers
 ever and anon. And the scenery round about is incompatible It is 2000 feet higher up in the hills than White riV- CT only twenty miles away. A proper description of the grandeur of the mountains capped with snow, the piney breezes that greet the nostrils and fill the lungs the vast forests alive with game and the river filled with trout, exhausts the SuperLatiVes of the lan- guage. Nr. Hageman says it is with out exa xaggeratiOn the most beautiful spot in al! the world There is nOth- ing like It in all Europe. He has nev- CT been in Europe but he has seen it at a moving picture show. It should be mentioned that the Milk ranch is about two miles from COoley's ranch, | a historical place.
 The gentlemen were dead set on kill ing a bear if they could do so safely and through a plan they had devised they cam" very near accomplishing it. | They heard of a big she bear and two cubs nd planned tat Hageman should l slip up quietly and seize one of the 1 cubs and planned that Hageman should i bear would follow and the doctor was | to chase her around a tree (running
 in front of course like a pace maker) ! until she was dizzy, while Marks threw cayenne pepper in her eyes from the | top of ire tree until he had blinded | her after which he was to shoot her, | The pan failed only because Hageman could not find the den and the cubs.
 Numerous parties of Phoenix people
 were me- going and coming, some in automobiles and some in wagons. Four
 machines were found broken down but | all were probably able to make repairs
 and get out eventually Among others
 met was Victor Redewil with whom | mountain climbing in a little Brush l auto has become a passion. At Black 1 river crossing all machines are lowed l across the river with a block and l tackle Dy a man who stays at the 1 crossing and makes a good living that way Victor however boasted that he | got his little Brush across under its | own power The statement was doubt ed at first but investigation verified l the truth of it. Victor had peeled his trousers and wading into the stream | threw ali the bOulders out to one side of the ford. Then he pushed the ma i chine across. They tell another story 1 on Victor, who was armed with a rifle | a shotgun, two revOlvers and .22 rifle He thought he saw a bear just over a l slight ridge and cooked all his weap- Ons that they might be in readiness
 AS he was aiming for his first shot it
 moved it's ears and prayed, and Victor 1 drove on
 Then it rained some more.
 The fixing of the Franklin was one
 of the most important duties of the
 spOrtsmen. There wasn't tool ol | anything else to do it with except g | goodly quantity of baling wire but al
 that was necessary was to straighter
 the twisted fly wheel They tied seV- l eral wires to it so it could be handled
 when hot, built a rousing fire and Wftf | available scantling and poles suspend | ed it therein until it was heated, ther | laid the wheel out on a big beam ant
 hammered faithfully until 1t wa: | strengthened out in fine shape. l
 took repeated heating and long and te'
 dious hammering but they finall!
 completed a job that would have beer
 a credit to old Vulcan himself.
 Wednesday morning they were read!
 to start home. It was raining harder
 than ever it had rained before since
 the one big one the Bible tells about
 but they pulled out anyhow and rolled
 down to White river station in fln' 1 shape There they laid over a da!
 and visited Judge Grouse and others among the latter being a most inter
 esting character in the person of al
 educated and cultured Sioux Indian named Little Bison. He is about 4
 years old and is married to whit
 woman. who also is cultured and refin ed. They have several large childrel away at school and now are reJolcln , in a little one about two months ole , Little Bison is quite a noted lecture
 | and traveller, but has a fine home a , White river where he stays when no
 travelling or featuring. His wife ha
 just left on a visit to New Jersey Lit f tie Biscn entertained the visitor
 greatly with the stories of his travel his most notable expedition being f trip from White river, overland, b
 wagon, to Patagonia, South Americi
 II was taken at the instance of tn