Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-09-06

l have enjoyed outing trips in sew
eral of the eastern and coast states
but believe the experienced camper
will find many desirable features and
miss few Objectionable ones if he
will make camp on the Mogollon
mesa in east central Arizona. Cool
days and still cooler nights are guar
anteed, spring water that seems too
good to be Just water quantities
of pitch-pine and cedar for fire.
wood, a practical absence of insect
and other pests, these are some of
the features of this happy hunting
ground that its friends like to tell
of and dream about. OF course there is
scenery, it wouldn't be Arizona with
out scenery; as one man we met
said Scenery, why, there's scenery
as far as you can look in every di
rection" Great beautiful wooded
miles of mountains, rolling forests or
giant pine where Uncle Sam is still
boss, where neither forest fire nor
lumber jack has brought desolation
nor ugliness. Golden and purple
flowers by the hundred acre patch,
and bluejays and big pine squirrels
till one is quite bothered by them.
We made the round trip from
Phoenix. via Roosevelt to Flagstaff
and home again by Prescott in a
Ford, and have no doubt that there
are other machines in which the trip
could be made AS there is a total
climb of over enc mile and a half to
be made between Roosevelt and the
Blue Ridge before the grade down
into Flagstaff begins there is some
good stiff low gear work, and SO
the trip can be made with much less
wear and tear, gasoline, rubber, etc,
if taken the other way round. We
had neither puncture nor blowout.
nor a single mechanical adjustment
or repair to make, so after giving
I due credit to the Ford, those who
may have seen these roads a few
/ years ago will know that they are
now greatly improved.
! The Phoenix to Roosevelt highway,
nearly every one knows, for the
/ Pleasures of that famous road are
widely known. A bit rough right
now in places, but so well engineer
/ ed that it all seems like an ironed-
out boulevard after one tries the
/ trails and the by ways At RoOse
{ welt we crossed the dam and rolled
north along the Tonic arm of the
j reservoir, the road for the first four
teen miles being in perfect condition,
well graded, well-drained, and far
above the Waterline of the lake
which is now over five miles long
on the Tonic wing At the head OF
the basin is found Tonic hill, nearly
a mile long, and while it averages
only 12% grade, on account OF
Loose stone and roughness, long has
been called a hard climb. ella coun-
ty is now building "a fine new road
of comfortable grades around the hills
to the west, and it was planned t.
have it open for traffic this
month. so the old Tonic hill
is probably already ii thing of the
past. A large camp of Apaches has
been stationed here some time and
some unusually fine baskets at very
high prices were offered US. Unless
enc has a few days to spend dicker-
ing; he will buy his baskets in town
more cheaply than from the Apach-
es. as they usually come in and sci
when in need of money, and are
quite Independent when on the reser
walton. From here north the countr,
is much like that along the VERDE
near Fort Mcdowell, beautiful grove!
Of cOttonwoods along the river, ant
here and there a sycamore, which
become more numerous as the eleVa
ton climbs. Thirty miles more ant
you begin to climb Ox-bow hill. Al
though an ascent of 1000 feet is made
this is carried out along over sevel