Arizona republican., 1916-07-18
Forest Service Developing Camp for Summer Tour ists Many Phoenicians Attracted to Coconino Re sort for the Season

FLAGSTAFF, July 17.-Oak Creek twenty miles southwest of Flagstaff, is attracting many tourists to north- ern Arizona. Everyone who has yis- ited there claims that it is great and leave praising it's beauty, trout streams, and ideal climate.
 Many have hitherto refrained from visiting Oak Creek by machine be- cause of poor roads but this year they are better than usual and eX- tensive plans are being made by the Forestry Service for their improve ment. During an interview with John D. Guthrie, forest supervisor of Co., conino National Forest, about the fu- ture of Oak Creek he said:
 Highway Engineer o. N Powell, from the district forester's office at Albuquerque, N. M, arrived in Flag staff on July ?, to begin looking over q proposed route for a government automobile and wagon road from Flagstaff into Oak Creek The forest service plans to build good road into the canyon, which has been iltcucd lOl SO iildlly years.
 The forest service is developing Oak Creek as a summer resort and has already laid out over sixty lots for summer homes, which are to be leased for five or ten years for a modest rental On account of the small iso- lated flats left in the Creek that could possibly be used for farming, and on account of the great demand that has existed for many years for the use of of Oak Creek as a summer camping and fishing resort. the forest service has set aside the whole bottom of the canyon as summer resort site. ana will not allow any additional homesteading in the creek believing that the highest usefulness of the Creek is to provide a place where the people of Arizona may rest and rec reate during the summer months. This matter will be of the greatest interest to Phoenix people as there are many Phoenicians who plan to spend a few weeks each summer fish ing and camping on Oak Creek. There are also many visitors from Tucson and other southern Arizona cities who come each year to oak Creek.
 MT. Powell will carefully look over the best route for a road and will 1 recommend to the district forester which in his opinion will be the best With the building of this road the beauties of Oak Creek will be access 1 ible to all, and will bring the fishing and camping within an hour of Flag l staff There are already on file ( | good number of applications for cot. tage cites in the canyon. and with tn, comple ton of a road it is certain that every one of the sixty odd sites al- ready laid out will soon be applied for The government will require that cottages be built on each, attrae- | tive in appearance and the greates
 care will be taken to provide fo
 sanitation. There will also be re
 served large areas for transient camp
 CTS. people who may wish to put uI
 tent and stay for a few days or
 week. for which privilege there vii
 be no charge made by the govern
 ment at all. the only restrictions be
 ing that all must be careful with fir
 and must see that their camps ar
 kept in q sanitary condition. A stron
 movement Is being made by the peo
 rle of Flagstaff now to secure fo
 Oak Creek a government fish hatch
 cry. as there is no better place il
 Arizona for one than Oak Creek