Arizona republican., 1915-09-05

Then came the climp of Copper
 Basin nin which did not appear to
 me to be as hard a climb as Fish Creek hill, but we walked about one
 third of it all right, and landed
 within one mile of the summit with 1 a knocking engine, the cause of | which our expert could not locate. | through lack of q proper wrench with which to remove the cylinder l head. It was a desirable place to
 camp with plenty of water and wood. | We camped and the machine was
 lowed into Prescott and worked
 over and returned to the camp about ! 6:30 the next day.
 Let me tell my fellow travellers that there is plenty of good water
 on the saddle of the mountain deliv- | cred al the roadside through a pipe
 at deserted ranch house, any amount of wood and the very finest of air, and I presume good hunting 1 for those who know how, which is
 not yours truly-but there was good 1 sketching and that suited me.
 | Upon reaching the Mile High city i of Prescott. we decided to find some suitable camp near to the city, which was not at all difficult. as l there are numerous beautiful groves ] of pine and scrub oak, one of which we located within ten minutes walk 1 of the business center and with d 1 lovely view of that Sphinx like mountain called Thumb Butte, and 1 that imposing Granite mountain of
 the Sierra Prietas range, with plen- ty of good water and wood. which We enjoyed for eleven days, during | NArbi cl- tn my book. But I will say that there
 are plenty remaining, for the city of 1 Prescott nestles among artistic | scenes In the Dells, about five miles
 east of the city the artist will find work enough to keep him busy for some time and if he attempts to pie ] ture the gorgeous sunsets visible
 from the Mile High city, he has a
 life job.
 i When heard that an irrigation project had been constructed with q | dam in the Dells 1 imagined that d i lot of the artistic beauty of the | Dells must be marred, but such is
 not the case, for nothing has detrac- l ted by the addition of that grand | body of water known as Watson lake. In fact if the artist will pro- vide himself with a boat and circum-
 navigate the lake he will find him. self amply repaid in the great num-
 Der of lovely hooks and scenes
 There is an old saying that man | proposes but God disposes. That is
 surely so in auto travelling. for we | planned to get an early start and get 1 to the Grand Canyon, and in order ! to save time our chauffeur walked
 up town to get his mail while we were loading up. expecting to board | the car up town, but the owner of the car, after killing the engine re- peatedly got off the grade and broke 1 the radius rods, which took till
 noon to get repaired, and we started ! on our journey. arriving at Ash l Fork at : p. m-, after a series of i engine troubles. and the walking of several hills.
 Sunday morning saw. us on our road to the canyon via Williams and although the roads were ideal. we had to have our usual lot of engine l trouble with it's consequent walking | of the hills, and reached that most wonderful place of all, the Grand 1 canyon, at 3 D. m., in a drizzling | rain which did not interfere very much with the setting of the camp l And let me say right here that the
 company is to be commended for it's i consideration of the campers, for | notwithstanding that all the water is | hauled forty miles by rail from Del l Rio. water is free and the only res | trictions placed on the campers is to | pitch camp north of a boundary line
 of stakes plainly visible and every
 one was very generous with infor-
 nation, and of which, believe me. you cannot get too much (write it down) for you will find that the l mind is so wonderfully impressed with the massive grandeur of the scenes that you fail to absorb the | information you receive, and will surely need.
 l have seen many photos and pain l tings of this most wonderful sight, but they fail to impress the mind with the immensity of the sight Not
 even the grand work of that gifted
 of all artists, Aiken, whose collec- | tion can be seen in the Hotel Fl | Tovar, and at the store of Rabbit | Bros, of Flagstaff. Don't miss see ing these, they are worth the jour l Eey alone. We found prices of sou venirs and curious very reasonable
 at the Canyon, although we thought l the price for conveyance by mule down the Angel Trail of $500 per | head too high. and we went on foot l If you take this method of travel be sure and take a canteen along-you will need it on the return journey. | although there is not much need of 1 it on the downward trip.
 Thre is a splendid spring of water
 at the Indian Gardens aout miles down the Trail. about half way to l the river, but going by foot has the | disadvantage of depriving you of the | descriptive information that is i'm | parted by the guides. and you are very apt to get only a shallow con- | ception of the wonderful scenes. And | let me say right here it is simply i'm | possible to absorb it by anr casual observation One should stay at i least month right there and then | he will be just at the beginning Many people who have not seen this wonderful sight are inclined to con- i slider the artists rendering of the 1..IA 4~ I~