Arizona republican., 1917-06-17

Riverside park. Five tranScOntinental auto highways enter Phoenix. Ari- zona Eastern Railway Branch lines to Buckeye valley, Chandler, Hayden and Ray.
 About sixty miles from Phoenix is Roosevelt dam, a monumental en- gineering work costing about $4,000,- 000 Height 2S5 feet. Creates larg- est artificial lake in the world, 25 miles in area. Cliff dwellings near dam. Trip there and to Globe over magnificent mountain road easily can be made by auto. Castle Hot Springs reached by auto or train from Phoe- nix. Agua Caliente, famous mineral springs also reached from Phoenix likewise Garden of Allah, resort on Hassayampa river.
 Vcksbure
 Altitude 1892 population 200 Rich in mineral-gold. silver. copper and lead being principal products. Great American desert-huge species of cacti, towering 50 and so feet in air, with fragrant blossoms notable [. S. government stage station of early days. where water had been develop ed and troops stationed to protect settlers against savage Indians.
 Bouse
 Altitude 99S; population 300 Min ing and stock raising; ice plant; de- sert and mountain scenery.
 Parker
 Altitude 45S; population 5O0 Steel bridge across Colorado river; rich agricultural country. Colorado h. dian reservation will be opened for settlement as an irrigation project; Indian school one mile from here; desert and mountain scenery.
 Blackberry
 Altitude S545: population 100 See ond largest stock shipping point in Arizona and mining point Stu ated on the edge of Hualapai valley are Peacock mountains: the railway climbs this valley from Artares to Kingman; at Grand Wash cliffs near Antares. the plateau country ends
 kineman
 Altitude 332S feet; population 1900 County seat of Mohave county: gate way to Oatman mining district, To- cated 2 miles southwest of Kingman and about IS miles northeast of Needles, California. Present indica- tions are that this district will be- come one of the worlds greatest gold producers. IL is already called a second Cripple Creek. Mohave county is the greatest center in Arizona for gold and silver production. The De- sert Water Power company supplies electric current to several mines in the district. From Kingman the S9nta Fe operates a branch to Chlor- idle in the Cerbat mountains. Trains pass through kingman canyon. Four teen miles southeast lies Hualapai range of mountains beyond which is the sandy River valley, where num- erous farms are growing semi tropi- cal crops. Stock raising and mining are the chief industries of Mahove county.
 Altitude 17S9 feet: population 225. Yucca is a shipping point for the mines located to the south. Three miles west is the Black Mesa. a vol canic flow, with perpendicular walls 1000 feet in height. The Santa Fe  has a well here which is 1000 feet deep.
 Topock
 Altitude 496 feet; population 40. The name Topock is Mohave for bridge Here is situated the Santa Fe's cantilever bridge crossing the Colorado river It was recently pianked fer automobiles. From here an automobile road leads to the Gold Road and Tom Reed mines, an- other to Yucca and Kingman along the sid, of tue railroad. The Sac ranentc wash is followed from Han cock 10 Topock. The Colorado lh CT is first seen from Powell station. Needles, with 4OOO population, is the first station in California after cross- ing the Colorado river from Arizona.