Arizona republican., 1914-09-13

anu II HeSeoSdIy ISlIlUuTSiHS lHelii
 for the cost of the change. The
 worst feature of many roads in the White Mountains, also on the Mo-
 gollon mesa and in other parts of
 the state is the fact that the ruts
 are 31s inches further apart than the
 tread of the standard wagon or au- ,tomobile. Not only very hard on
 tires and steering gear it makes
 anything like easy riding or fair speed impossible in some sections.
 l Once on the mesa it is very much
 cooler, and three blankets and a can vas were no more than comfortable
 for cover, with days so sunny and pleasant however, that coats are not
 needed. The real ''pinery" as we call I it in Wisconsin, begins here and for | the first time we are ready to be-
 lieve the report of the U & Forest
 body of pine in the United States.
 Big timber, too, better than we have
 seen north of the Santa Fe, and
 clean and straight, with few indica-
 tions of storm or fire We hope
 Uncle Sam keeps title to this for a long time, and when that new elec- 1 tric line from the Grand Canyon
 down to the San Francisco Peaks,
 over to the Petrified Forest, south
 via the Natural Bridge to the Roose- welt Dam, and down the Canyon to
 the Salt River Valley is completed, the mountain may become the rec reation center for thousands where now only hundreds may enjoy it. When one reads that over 5,700.000 people climbed the Alps of Switzer- land in the new funicular railroads hundred thousand at least of the prosperous millions of this country, might come to Arizona if proper transportation and accommodations were offered Arizona could spare enough scenery and climate to make la dozen ordinary European mountain resorts and never miss it. If the
 country only knew it, the slogan, See America first might be changed
 to See ArlZOna 1lrSt
 About ten miles north of Pine the
 beautiful little parks" begin to ap-
 pear, some are only an acre or two
 in extent, some are half mile long or more old lake bottoms updoubted- fly. Covered with deep grass and flowers, and edged with the big pine on rolling hills, the small parks in particular seem the work of some master landscape gardener. as indeed they are. Eleven and one-fifth miles north of Pine is Pivot Rock hill, at the foot of which is a lovely little
 park, with two good springs. 3.2
 miles north again is the famous Clover spring, on the east side of the road, near an old log cabin, you can't miss it. The ice-cold water flows out from the side-hill through a hollowed- -out log, and then trickles down through Glover, valley to be- come one of the feeders of beautiful Clear creek, which flows into the Verde a few miles south of Camp Verde The gods of the mountain have given the traveller a wonderful drink at Clover, it seems better than any other water on earth. It's a favorite camping spot, and up and down the narrow valley are the tents and wagons of many campers
 North of Clover, the next place is Long Valley, with plenty of wa ter. This is 19 miles north of Pine
 Next is Willow Valley, twelve miles north of Clover, and the home of w.
 J. Randall and brother, who were good enough to help us through mud hole of which we had been
 warned. It's remarkable how much
 help couple of lively ponies can give a machine. especially when rid
 den by experts who know just how to handle their ropes from the front axle to the saddle horn. Coming down last week, Ed Rudolph says he
 pulled through this place all right,
 but when going up" there's a steep pull up out of the hole, and a little outside power is quite necessary, as
 many have found out.
 The Randalls are cattle men, and asked us to help them boost for good roads through their country. Fifty
 two miles south of Flagstaff, it is quite a trip to town and back and they feel that their section is entitled to better roads, so that they will be able to use automobiles to advant- age. This is in Coconino county, where practically all road money has been spent on the roads along the r,i ilrood and to the Canyon If CO., conino will only take up the work al the rim of the mesa, the boundar0 of Gila county and continue the gooo work of it's neighbor it would not De difficult to have a good thorough | fare from Roosevelt to Flagstaff. There has been a great increase Tn l traffic this season, with more to come, and little judicious gradlne' coupled with the suggested change Tn wagon treads will do wonders to-
 wards bringing more southern Arl-
 zona people and their money Into northern Arizona each summer.
 l If you believe in signs, you Will
 welcome the one that appears on a cross road, just 29 miles north oi Clover, it reads, 'Stoneman's Lake I7 miles" This is beautiful little flake at an altitude of $500 feet, and lis on the road to Montezuma's well
 which is about 17 miles southwest 1offering another route by which one may return to the Prescott country 1 Going north Mormon Lake, SIX
 miles long, with it's nearest poln'