Arizona republican., 1917-06-17
NORTHERN ARIZONA RICH IN MINES, LAND AND TIMBER
GREAT NORTHERN COMMUNITY
 SUMMER PARADISE FUR PE0PLE
 NLOWLANDS OF SOUTHWEST

been cut from it's domain until today it is about the size of New Jersey.
 It is worthy of comment that at the recent legislature there was appro- priated sum sufficient to restore the old capitol building at Prescott to it's former appearance, and provision made by the county for it's upkeep. Gold first gave rise to settlement in Prescott and Yavapai county. Great copper deposits brought huge sums for investment and poured millions into the worlds treasury. Now come the claims of a wonderful life-giving ck- mate, an asset at once tangible, ever lasting and priceless.
 Frequent incursions by warlike Apaches from their mountain fast nesses caused the location of Fort Whipple, at Prescott, and soon a live frontier town was established under
 it's protecting guns. Pure water was found at the source of the Verde river, twenty-two miles northeast, the ac- cessories-ef a luxurious civilization soon were made available and today Prescott, the Mile High City of Ari- zOna, enjoys the reputation of stand ing first in per capita wealth among the cities of her size in the union. With abundant mountain spring water, of the purest, a sewer system far in ad- vance of present needs, broad and well graded streets substantial stone and brick mercantile and bank buildings, we'll equipped hotels, churches of nine denominations, electric light, gas, tele- phone and telegraph services. the most modern and adequate, Prescott is sin gularly fitted to welcome and care for all seeking it's superior climatic ad- vantages as well as those who come for business or pleasure
 Proud of Public Schools Yavapai county takes just pride in
 her public school system, equal in eff ficiency of instruction and in modern and sanitary buildings to those of any other county in the United States. It is worthy of note that over ninety per cent of the entire teaching corps in
 Yavapai public schools are graduate
 either of normal schools or universi-
 ties.
 The Sisters of St. Joseph. in a beau-
 tiful building within the city limits,
 conduct a fine academy at Prescott.
 The enrolment is large, the pupils be-
 ing gathered from all parts of the
 southwest. All the comforts of the
 most luxurious home with all its safe
 guards are assured here. The academy specializes in music, fine arts, lan- guages and domestic science
 During the past years so great a prestige has been attained by the Prescott high school that it is enabled to matriculate its graduates into col leges and universities of the first rank in the United States without examina- tion. That this privilege was justi- fled is apparent from the long list of
 graduates who are taking highest honors at these institutions. At this time three of the four class president
 of the University of Arizona are grad
 uates of this school and Prescott for the year just closed ranks first of all
 Arizona cities at the state university. Eighty seven per cent of the gradu-
 ates of the Prescott high school to colleges and universities for further education.
 This is over fifty per cent higher than the record of any other high school in Arizona and is the highest record of it's kind in the United States. An $S0,000 high school has just recent
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