Arizona republican., 1912-07-26
LAND SLIDE 0N
 FISH CR. HILL
Nature Administered a Nose Feeling Blow to Cape Horn; Travellers Laid by for a Day to Dig Them selves Out

The cheapest work that has been done on the Salt River reclamation project. undoubtedly, was that ac- complished yesterday in the repairing of the Roosevelt road. The roadmas- ter of the reclamation service was in charge or things but he had a score of sub bosses, every one of whom was throwing Girt and rocks as though he owned the highway and was fixing it up, not far remuneration but as mat ter of pride Among these workmen were George A. Mintz of the Arizona Abstract Co whose experience with a fountain pen came in handy in remOv- ing bOulders: Jake Miller who in punching cattle for the last twenty five years has possessed himself of all there is to be known concerning tha engineering idle of road building: and FTenchy NieuX whose work in build ing concrete sidewalks in Phoenix, made him an ideal mucker. And there were many others. equally as we'll equipped for the labor before them and all working for nothing. The stock holders nf the water users association
 
 this particular achievement
 Explaining the above. about noon of Wednesday,. just after Project Engin- eer Fitch and Electrical Engineer Har- ris had passed what is known as Cape Horn. the extreme point that juts out over the vawni1g ChaSm above Fish creek at the upper end of Fish creek hill on their way back to Phoenix from Roosevelt, thousand tons more or less. of rock and dirt, peeled off the mountai1side above the roadway and fell over into it. Messrs. Fitch and Har- ris spent most of their time yesterday in stroking their rabbits foot which is a good one
 Word from there yesterday by tele- phone brought the information that the roadway was practically filled with debris. but that the main body of the slide went over it into the chasm. carrying with it the retaining wall on the outside of the road Thereafter if was just as easy for an automobile or a freight wagon to go straight over the mountain as it was to go around it and nothing of broader beam than jack rabbit could negOti- ate the road anu ne WOuldn dO II unless there were hound behind.
 At this time of year there are num- erOus camping and touring parties travelling over the road in both direc- tions ana there are also several big freight outfits along the line. The landslide brought. the procession on either side of it to q halt If was found that the east bound parade was headed by the automobile carrying the gentlemen named in the beginning of this article and two or three others. bound for the White mountains. They had been passed near Mormon Flat by Messrs Fitch and Harris but the en- gineers then knew nothing about the trouble or they would have storped the travellers and hired them for labOrers. It was all the better for the farmers of the valley for their services were se- cured gratis.
 Yeste. day morning the west bound travellers who had camped on the Fish creek side of the obstruction and the east bound travellers who had camped on the Phoenix side of it. went to work bravely to dig each other out How many of them there were could not be learned but it was said last night that the road had been sufficiently cleared so the east bound vehicles. travelling