Arizona republican., 1917-06-17

lies eighteen miles east, reached by auto. Holbrook is point of departure for Navajo and Hopi reservations to north, also Mormon settlements and White mountain Apache country south. Little Colorado river south of track is followed for short distance Largest shipping point in northern Arizona for sheep and cattle
 St. Joseph
 Altitude 1922; population 200. Pros porous Mormon settlement. bitches irrigate large area. South of track are 800 acres watered by artesian wells.
 Winslow
 Altitude 4S4S; population 23S0. Cat tie and sheep Santa Fe division point Three miles west are great gypsum quarries from which tons of fertilizer are shipped daily; Fred Harvey sta tion hotel; point of departure for HorI Indian villages. sixty-five miles north. Hopi buttes are plainly discernible on northern skyline. To the south lies a heavily -timbered platear. crossed by cid Sunset Pass trail travelled by forty miners Little Colorado river (old name Rio Lino) crossed two miles east; this stream empties into Colorad ] river at Grand Canyon. Near Winslow are ruins of Homolobi pueblo, once occupied by ancestors of the Hopis; Painted Desert northwest.
 Sunshine
 Altitude 5332. Southwest seven miles is huge crater about GOO feet deep and three mics around, formed by giant meteor and known as Meteor ite mountain. Tons of meteoric iron Lave been sent to mucauns from here Fine rock dust caused by lmpactof me teor, has commercial value.
 Canyon 0iablo
 Altitude 541S; population 10 Devils Canyon). Train passes over deep gash in plateau 225 feet deep, $50 feet wide and many miles long. on high steel bridge old Volz trading post here; point of departure for Hopi reserva- tion Beyond Canyon Diablo, at Angell station. begins immense CoconIno for est: three miles south of Angell is Canyon Padre.
 Cliffs
 Altitude 67S0; population 150. Large saw mill. Six miles south is Walnut canyon. fourteen miles long, with scores of ancient cliff dwellings. North ten miles is Sunset mountain, an extinct volcanic cone of almost pure sulphur Ice caves and Black crater are near Sunset mountain. Sixty miles south is MonteZuma's castle, a we'll preserved, five-s story ruin, built in re- cess of limestone cliff-at base of this cliff is Montezuma's well. One-half mile north is Mount Elden; great yellow pine forest, forming San Fran cisco Forest reserve. stretches for many miles on each side of track. All these attractions are best reached by conveyances from Flagstaff.
 Flagstaff
 Altitude 6SS5; population 5000. Coun- ty seat Coconino county. Stock rais- ing and numbering; important yellow pine lumber market; situated in heart Coconino forest. North of town rise twin summits of San Francisco peak G2,611 feet) and Agassiz peak Q2,340 feet), commonly known as San Fran cisco peaks and forming part of great volcanic uplift known as San Fran cisco range. Round-trip to summit of peaks may be made in day, during open season. View from summit em- braces 75,000 square miles. All scenic attractions mentioned under heading of Cliffs station are visited only from Flagstaff station. Seventy-five miles north is Grand Canyon of Arizona reached by auto on graded road. This was gateway to canyon before railroad was built from Williams. To northeast are Hopi and Navajo reservations and | Painted Desert. Oak creek, a trout stream, and Lake Mary are south of Flagstaff. Lowell observatory seen on hill just after leaving station, is noted | for it's astronomical studies of planet | Mars. Northern Arizona normal school | located here. Owing to cool climate | this is Arizona's chief summer resort 1 A 52,000,0 ,000-gallon reservoir of con- crete supplies town and railroad with